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President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated actress Leleti Khumalo and filmmaker Anant Singh on their recent Golden Nymph Award win at the 64th Monte-Carlo Television Festival in Monaco.
Khumalo and Singh attended the glitzy event on Tuesday night, where they won the coveted award in the ‘Best Creation’ category for their film Don’t Give Up.

Produced by Anant Singh and directed by Darrell James Roodt, Don’t Give Up stars Leleti Khumalo as a homeless mother struggling to survive in the harsh environment of modern-day Johannesburg.
Ramaphosa took to X to share that he bumped into Khumalo at OR Tambo International Airport while travelling from the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Canada.
“Leleti did have something to declare: she’d returned from the Monte Carlo Television Festival in Monaco, where she and acclaimed film producer Anant Singh had won the prestigious Golden Nymph Award for their work on the short film, Don’t Give Up, which portrays life on the streets of Johannesburg for a begging mother of two.
I congratulate Leleti Khumalo and Anant Singh for flying our flag and for spotlighting one of our nation’s spcio-economic challenges,” Ramaphosa said.
Watch the video below:
On my travels to and from the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Canada, I had the good and proud fortune of bumping into our veteran star performer Leleti Khumalo at OR Tambo International Airport.
— Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 (@CyrilRamaphosa) June 19, 2025
Leleti did have something to declare: she’d returned from the Monte Carlo Television Festival… pic.twitter.com/iI18v0DCsS
Khumalo and Singh have a long-standing partnership, having worked together on successful productions including the films Sarafina!, Yesterday, and the e.tv drama Imbewu: The Seed.
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