Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramakgopa has been nominated for a Feather Award, but it has nothing to do with his mission to put an end to Eskom’s load shedding.

The minister – nicknamed “Sputla,” is in the running for “Socialite of The Year,” and it likely has everything to do with his dazzling dance moves and outgoing personality.

 

The 15th annual Feather Awards will take place on 9 November at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg.On Friday, 13 October, the Feather Awards announced its list of nominations for its annual event.

The awards – created by Thami Dish – are geared at celebrating entertainers who’ve impacted the LGBTQ+ community.

With categories of Best Dressed, Drama Queen, and Cutest Couple, the awards are entertaining, to say the least. But no one could predict organisers nominating Kgosientsho Ramakgopa for the “Socialite of The Year” Award.

The minister is in the same category as actress Tshiamo and “slay queen” Lethabo Lejoy Mathatho.Needless to say, South Africans were both shocked and amused by the minister’s nomination.

And for many, it made sense.

@TheZingOne: “Well… he is a slay queen”

@LindoLunga: “Electricity may not be readily available everywhere, but he is.”

@Neo08756796: “It just shows what a joke our government is. They’ve spent years not taking citizens seriously, and now people don’t take them seriously either.”