Sitembele James Sitembele was funded by ASF during his high school days (2005-2006): I write to you to thank you so much for the great work that you are doing. I can now look back and say “I am because you are”. I matriculated at Nyameko High School in Mdantsane (Eastern Cape). I enrolled for B.Com Accounting for Chartered Accountants at NMMU in 2007.
Zukile Betana‘s story reads as follows: “I would like to take this time and express my deep feelings of joy and appreciation to all the sponsors, shareholders and co-operators of the AFRICAN SCHOLARS’ FUND family for their assistance and contribution towards my education during the academic year 2011. Allow me to take you a few footsteps with me and
Kgotlaetsile comes from Batlhoros in the Northern Cape. Both his parents are deceased and the only income comes from his older sister who gets a child support grant for her two children. After completing his senior certificate in 2004, Kgotlaetsile went on to work as a labourer for two years, trying to help her sister.
Fatima lived in the Milnerton area and the only income for her family came from her mother’s disability grant. We helped her to complete her schooling and she gained an excellent Matric pass. Then we arranged bursaries for her, through TECSAT, so that she could study Financial Management at the FET college in Muizenberg.
Joseph was a lively lad in Langa during the apartheid 70s, in the days when police raids ruled the night with their cars and bright lights and Casspirs as they hunted down dissidents. Joseph and his friends slept in different houses every night trying to avoid being arrested, but one night they were caught, taken to the police station and badly beaten.
Pazuna, originally from the Herschel district, was referred to us from Groote Schuur Hospital where he was treated for congenital heart disease. He had surgery and a long convalescence. African Scholars’ Fund helped him through High School and then Technical College where he completed N3 with 4 distinctions.