STEPHEN Ratsatsi of Pretoria is over the moon about walking off with a prestigious prize after entering the popular Hennessy Artistry competition that ran for the whole of August in Sowetan.

STEPHEN Ratsatsi of Pretoria is over the moon about walking off with a prestigious prize after entering the popular Hennessy Artistry competition that ran for the whole of August in Sowetan.

He won a trip to New York.

This trip is worth more than R200000 and was courtesy of Sowetan and Hennessy Cognac. It includes five days in New York, VIP tickets to the global Hennessy Artistry event, accommodation at Le Parker Hotel, lunch and dinner at top restaurants, clubbing at a hot nightclub and a helicopter trip around the city.

"I was about to go into a meeting on Monday when the organisers called and said I was the winner. I will take someone special with me on this trip. I am a regular reader of Sowetan, and when I saw the competition in the paper, I took a chance," he said yesterday.

Ratsatsi, who said he was a professional, has travelled widely.