She had also set her sights on the grand prize, which is one of two Fords Everest valued at almost half a million. “Although I may downplay my ambitions of winning one of these two cars, my heart yearns for it, more especially after winning this week’s draw,” she said.“ I wasn’t even aware of this promotion yet I spent a lot of money on both airtime and data. The only time I learnt about it, was when I was called to be informed that I was one of the lucky weekly E1 000 prize winners,” she said. Another lucky winner, Agnes Bonisile Shoba (47) from Maphalaleni said she also didn’t see it coming. “Although I had heard about the promotion, I initially had no interest in it. This was because I never imagined myself winning anything. That is why I was really surprised when I heard that I was one of the winners,” she said. She is also unemployed and earns a living through farming. “I will use the cash prize to make sure that my school going children get everything they need to be warm, and beat the biting cold,” she said. She too had set her eyes on the bigger prize, one of the Fords Everest Sports Utility Vans (SUVs). Speaking during the launch of the promotion, Swazi MTN Chief Marketing Officer Sylvia Otuo Acheampong said to qualify for the draw, customers will earn points by simply calling, browsing and sending SMSes. “Each E1 a customer spends on the Swazi MTN network will earn them a point, and they will be able to view these points on the shortcode *2020#,” she explained. Points earned today will only appear after 11 am the following day. While customers are at liberty to opt out of ‘4Ever Makoya’ there is a notable trend where customers opt out, but later request to join the competition. To minimize such incidents, customers are encouraged to read the promotional message before they chose to opt out.