Jo-Anne Seekoei

Jo-Anne Seekoei

Jo-Anne grew up with tough circumstances. She was raised by her aunt as her mother was not in a position to take care of her. She attended Harkerville Primary and graduated at Plett Secondary school in 2014. Once she had commenced her tertiary studies at the Eden...
Merilene Hartley

Merilene Hartley

Merilene Hartley joined the Born in Africa programme when she was at Kranshoek Primary.  She is one of five siblings raised by a single mother.  Her father sadly past away when she was still in primary school.  Merilene completed her high school career...
Candy Gadebe

Candy Gadebe

Candy Gadebe joined Born in Africa when she was 14 years old whilst attending Harkerville Primary. Candy continued to complete her schooling at Wittedrift High and then graduated at Tsiba Eden Campus with a Higher Certificate in Business Administration. She was...
Mandy Mngomezulu

Mandy Mngomezulu

Mandy Mngomezulu joined the Born in Africa programme in 2009 when she was a Gr 8 scholar at Wittedrift High. She commenced her tertiary education at the University of the Western Cape and completed a three year BA degree majoring in Liguistics. Mandy was then awarded...
Shenise Stuurman

Shenise Stuurman

Shenise Stuurman hails from Kranshoek where she also went to primary school. She went on to Plett Secondary and then completed a three year diploma in Business Management at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in George. After graduating she finished a one year...
Abygail Links

Abygail Links

Abygail Links joined the Born in Africa programme in 2005!. She was 15 at the time and looking back at all she has achieved since joining the programme she really is a unique success story. Her grandmother raised her and she was one of 13 people living in a modest...