Your roots in colour: Win big with Takealot’s Heritage Design Challenge

With Heritage Day on the horizon, Takealot is inviting the nation to showcase its pride and creativity with another return of its Heritage Design Challenge.

As always, one winning design will not only scoop up a R100 000 Takealot voucher, but will also feature on one million Takealot delivery boxes during the festive season – a moving canvas of South African heritage delivered door-to-door.

To add to the spirit of giving, the winner will also receive a R10 000 voucher to donate to a South African charity of their choice. A second-place winner will also be walking away with a R20 000 Takealot voucher.

How to enter:

The challenge is simple but powerful:

• Download the Heritage Design template (available here in English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu and seSotho)
• Take a moment, reflect on your heritage, and visually re-imagine the Takealot box
• Use the colours of the South African flag, and include Takealot’s signature blue, to bring your vision to life
• Submit your design, along with a short motivation of what your unique design and your South African heritage mean to you, via Takealot’s WhatsApp line (061 025 4949) by 11:59pm on 24 September 2025 (Heritage Day)

Your design can be submitted as an image or video (or both), while your motivation can be sent using text, video or voice note. You can also enter in multiple languages, but you may only submit one entry.

Read the Heritage Design Challenge Ts&Cs here.

Meet this year’s judges:

A diverse, star-studded panel will again choose the winning Heritage Design Challenge illustration, bringing together some of South Africa’s most inspiring creative voices:

• Karabo Poppy: Internationally recognised and award-winning illustrator, graphic designer and street artist based in Johannesburg
• Zikhona Sodlaka: Celebrated South African actress and South African Film and Television Awards nominee
• Bryan Habana: Legendary Springbok player, 2007 World Cup winner and one of rugby’s all-time greats
• Muzi: Dynamic South African DJ, singer, songwriter and record producer who made waves with his breakout album, Afrovision
• Maeshni Naicker: Well-known South African actress, comedian and radio personality best known for her role in the popular film franchise Keeping up with the Kandasamys

The Heritage Design Challenge runs until 24 September 2025 – Heritage Day itself. Whether you’re a seasoned designer or simply passionate about your roots, this is your chance to leave a mark on a million households and win big while doing so.

First-place and second-place winners will be selected by the judges on or before 6 October 2025.

Enter via the WhatsApp line (061 025 4949) today, and let your heritage inspire the box that carries South Africa’s stories.

For more information and to enter, visit Takealot’s website here.

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