A Durban-based MTN customer has claimed his prize in the MTN Sky Win a Plane competition - a promotion launched by the operator in June that spurred online discussion.
As the winner of the competition, Shikanth Bugwandeen had the option of taking home the Sling 4 four-seater aeroplane or redeeming its cash equivalent of R1.7 million.
Bugwandeen opted to redeem the cash prize and pledged to donate 10% of his winnings to charities, including Open Air School, an institution that his daughter attends that caters for children living with disabilities.
Larry Annetts, chief marketing officer at MTN SA, announced the winner yesterday. He says the competition was met with an "overwhelming" response.
A medical doctor by profession, Bugwandeen said he was speechless when he got the phone call telling him he had won an aeroplane. "I was at a loss for words. My family does not want for anything. When MTN called me and told me that I am the winner of the competition I shrugged it off wondering: 'who gives up a plane'. I don't know what my family has done to deserve this."
Bugwandeen says he will reserve the rest of his winnings for his children's education.
Launched on 25 June, the competition was open to anyone who purchased any of the MTN Sky bundles from R25. The promotion - a bundle offering - ran until the end of September.
The MTN Sky Unlimited Daily R25 bundle featured unlimited calls to MTN numbers, 400 SMSes to any network, and 10MB of mobile data for a 24-hour period. For every day spent on the MTN Sky offer, customers received one entry into the competition.
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