When Norma Mngoma stood up and accepted her award it was an affirmation of what she’d been working towards – a fresh start – personally and professionally.
It’s been a wild year for the former “Mrs Gigabyte”, the now-estranged wife of former home affairs and finance minister Malusi Gigaba.
She spent a night in a police cell after she was arrested by the Hawks and charged with damaging her husband’s R3-million Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon.