Miss South Africa 2026 · Top 12 Finalist
Cwenga Koyana Kotu-Rammopo
Social entrepreneur advocating for adolescent parent empowerment and education access.
Age 27 · Gauteng
About
Her story
Cwenga Koyana Kotu-Rammopo, 27, from Gauteng, is a social entrepreneur, digital storyteller and Co-Founder and Managing Director of Talitha Together. Holding degrees in Theatre and Performing Arts, Film and Television, and a Master’s degree in Digital Curation from the University of Cape Town, she is passionate about youth empowerment, education and creating opportunities for vulnerable young people across Africa.
Since founding Talitha Together in 2021, Cwenga has helped empower more than 3,500 pregnant girls, adolescent mothers and their children across Southern Africa, while providing pregnancy prevention education to over 20,000 learners. A recipient of numerous leadership and entrepreneurship awards, including the UNESCO and Women@Dior Dream For Change Project Award for Africa, she hopes to create a future where no young person is excluded from opportunity because of their circumstances.
Her Empower Youth Africa focus
Through the Miss South Africa Organisation’s Empower Youth Africa (EYA) framework, Cwenga’s advocacy focuses on adolescent pregnancy prevention and empowering adolescent parents through education and skills development. She aims to address the barriers that often exclude young parents from educational and economic opportunities, while promoting access to future-ready skills, entrepreneurship and digital inclusion.