Soweto Kota Festival Competition Terms and Conditions

1.    The Promoter is Sovereign.

2.    This promotional Competition is open to all South African citizens who are over 18 years of age and in possession of a valid South African identity document or a valid South African passport, except any director, member, partner, employee, agent or consultant of the Promoter, the marketing service providers or any person who directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by these entities, including their spouses, life partners, business partners or immediate family members.

3.    The Competition will run from Monday 4 August 2026 to 24 August 2026 and will end at midnight on 24 August 2026.

4.    To enter, participants must:

  • Tag the person you’d take with you to the festival
  • Winners will be selected at random. 

5.    The Promoter will select the competition Prize winner by random selection from all valid entries received. The Prize can only be awarded to a prize winner that has not won any Sovereign competition within the last 6 (six) months.

6.    The Prize consists of 1 of 5 pairs of tickets to the Soweto Kota Festival for the 5th of September. Each pair of tickets is valued at R260.00 (R130.00 per ticket), redeemable at the Soweto Kota Festival. The total prize value is R1300.00 . Any prizes pictured/worded on promotional materials are for illustrative purposes only and may vary from the actual prize awarded.

7.    Prize winners will be required to provide their name, ID number and contact details, and to sign an acknowledgment of receipt of the prize 

8.    Prize winners will be contacted via email/telephone within 1 day of the draw and will be required to verify their details. The Promoter (or their Agent) will endeavour to contact the Prize winners 3 times after their name is drawn. If the Prize winners cannot be contacted with those 3 attempts or does not return the voicemail within 24 hours of the last voice message being left by the Promoter, the prize will be forfeited and another winner will be selected in accordance with the rules.

9.    The name of the Prize winners, once contacted, may be published on the Sovereign’s Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/sovinvestments/
Sovereign’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Sovereignsouthafrica 

10. The Promoter shall not be responsible for any lost, damaged or delayed entries for any reason whatsoever. Proof of sending will not be accepted as proof of receipt.

11. The prizes are not exchangeable for cash and are not transferable.

12. The Promoter shall not be responsible for the failure of any technical element relating to this promotion that may result in an entry not being successfully submitted.

13. The Promoter does not accept any liabilty for entries lost, damaged or delayed as a result of any network, computer or cell phone hardware or software failure of any kind.

14. Neither the Promoter, its agents, its associated companies, affiliates nor any directors, officers or employees of such, shall be liable for any loss or damage, whether direct, indirect, consequential or otherwise arising from any cause whatsoever, which may be suffered by the participant.

15. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any claim if fraud or cheating is suspected, including without limitation, through the manipulation of code or otherwise frequently falsifying data.

16. Any attempt to use falsified unique codes, till slips or other tactics to enter more than the stated limit may result in disqualification and all associated entries and/or votes will be void.

17. The Promoter reserves the right to use any images taken of the winner for publicity purposes in any manner they deem fit, without further remuneration being made payable to the winner. However, the winner has the right to object to these images being used by prior notification in writing.  

18. The Promoter shall have the right to change or terminate the promotional competition immediately and without notice. In the event of such change or termination, all participants agree to waive any rights that they have in respect of this promotional competition and acknowledge that they will have no recourse against the Promoter, its agents, its associated companies, affliates or any directors, officers or employees of such.

19. In the event that the prize is not available despite the Promoter’s reasonable endeavours to procure the prize, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal value.

20. Participation in the promotional competition constitutes acceptance of the promotional competition rules and participants agree to abide by the rules.

21. By accepting the terms and condition as set out herein, you confirm that you are aware of the information that is being collected by us and that this information will be solely processed for the purposes of this promotion.

22. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with WhatsApp, Instagram & Facebook. Participants acknowledge that they are providing information to the Promoter and its agents only and not to WhatsApp, Instagram & Facebook.

23. All entrants in this Competition release WhatsApp, Instagram & Facebook from all liabilities and claims that they may have arising out of or in connection with this competition and these terms and conditions.