On top of this the young man couldn’t afford to buy himself a matric jacket.
His classmates got together and raised the money to buy him a second-hand phone and a matric jacket.
The touching gesture brought the boy to tears.
Tasreeq Dovey gave Roxanne Carter permission to share his remarkable story. Photo credit: Roxanne CarterSource: UGC
She was beaming with pride at these young adults who proved that Ubuntu is alive.
So far R24 500 has been raised for Tasreeq with a goal of R55 000.
Xolie said she was moved when she realised that no one was willing to help the gogo.
Other people were just looking at her, she said.
In other news, Lebo George Molaolwa took to Facebook to share a throwback video to his graduation day.
In the video, Molaolwa’s friends can be seen celebrating his Master’s graduation with him.
He captioned the post:
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