Nanna van Niekerk (pictured on the left) from Bethal and Thomas West (pictured on the right) from Tennessee in the USA each won R25 000 from Sanlam in the prize drawing of Sponsor a Word on Saturday evening. Thomas West is a translator and therefore sponsored the word "vertaler" exclusively. Nanna sponsored the word "skitterend", as it is always her husband's reply when somebody asks how he is. Their reaction to the good news was:
Nanna
I am still stunned. Thank you for the big prize.
Chris owns a civil construction company here in Bethal, and when he answers a telephone call, he always says: "dit gaan SKITTEREND" (things are BRILLIANT). Then I always think that he is a wonderful example to us all. That is why I bought the word for him. I never thought it would bring me so much luck. I did not even know that I was entering a competion. Thank you again.
Thomas
It is wonderful news! I have never won a prize before in my life!
Perhaps I will be able to buy a ticket to South Africa with the money. That would be very nice. I wonder what the weather looks like there in winter.
Sponsor a Word continues, and people who sponsor a word now will qualify for next year's prize drawing.
