{"id":268024,"date":"2025-10-26T08:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T06:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/eastern-cape-speech-therapist-crowned-miss-south-africa-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T14:07:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:07:42","slug":"eastern-cape-speech-therapist-crowned-miss-south-africa-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/eastern-cape-speech-therapist-crowned-miss-south-africa-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Cape speech therapist crowned Miss South Africa 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Pretoria<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Speech therapist Qhawekazi Mazaleni from the Eastern Cape has been crowned Miss South Africa 2025 after a glittering ceremony at SunBet Arena, Times Square, on Saturday, 25 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 24-year-old was elated when she was announced as the winner from a field of ten finalists, following thousands of initial entries for the prestigious 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