In her acceptance speech at the Royalty Soapie Awards the actress expressed her gratitude for the multiple lifetime achievement awards she has received since 2022.
“From 2022 guys they've just been coming. They say give someone their flowers while they can still smell them, I'm smelling them and I appreciate it. I don't take anything for granted, thank you a million times. I want to thank everybody who has touched me in my life and my career in anyway. If you've touched me in any way, I want to thank you , you've made me what I am and I also want to thank my family for always standing with ,me. My children are always there for me.
She jokingly addressed the minister directly and said she was in the queue of those who were requesting a meeting with him, “We will be talking very soon,” she said. Mam’Connie related how her career started off during apartheid, its advances during the democratic dispensation. While a lot has changed - Mme Connie said more needs to be done by the department on the creative sector Rights.