Shanice grew up in Kurland Village, The Crags and was raised by her grandmother and her mother. She had a very tough childhood with many social difficulties yet this never stood in her way.

Beugene is originally from Johannesburg and spent the last days of her schooling living in Green Valley, Wittedrift. There she lives with her mother, stepfather and two siblings.

Hadley was raised by his mother single handily in Green Valley. He completed his school career attending Plett Secondary school.

Adija graduated from Wittedrift High school in 2014 and was then accepted to study her passion, teaching at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth.

Jamee- Lee hails from the community of Kranshoek and attended Wittedrift High School shortly before being sent off to George to the skills school of Van Kervel.

Tamsyn hails from the community of Kranshoek, but attended Plettenberg Bay Primary School before being sent off to George to the skills school of Van Kervel.

Alberto commenced his tertiary studies at NMMU in Port Elizabeth studying a National Diploma in Accounting in 2016. Not only does he love studying towards his dream of becoming an accountant one day but he is also a very keen cyclist and is part of the University Cycling Club.

Carey-Ann grew up in Johannesburg and moved with her family to Kranshoek.  After she graduated from Wittedrift High in 2015 she was accepted to study Culinary Arts at the very prestigious school of Francois Ferreira Culinary Academy in George.

2016 was Deidre’s first year of tertiary studies after Graduating from Wittedrift High in 2015. This young lady has high business aspirations and we look forward to supporting her every effort at making a huge success of her studies. 

Nicole hails from the community of Kranshoek, but attended Plettenbergbaai Primary School before being sent off to George to the skills school of Van Kervel. Born in Africa supported her to go there and attend boarding school as well.

This young man is destined to succeed in his passions and what he puts his mind to. Tarric lives in a small rural community in Harkerville, about 20 miles west of Plettenberg Bay.

Cameron Stuurman is a young man with a serious calling to become a doctor. He started by embarking on an EDP year in 2012 at Stellenbosch University, after not being accepted for the Bachelor of Human Science.

Tammy joined the Born in Africa programme when she was in Gr 8 and already a scholar of Wittedrift High. She was selected because of her academic excellence and her dedicated nature which enabled her to always look to the top for her goals. Tammy excelled on the sports field with Tug of War and she took ballet since her primary school days.

At the end of 2017, Mervin September graduated after completing his four year Electrical Engineering National Diploma at South Cape College (SCC) in Mossel Bay.

Denilson hails from the community of The Crags and attended the primary school there when he was little. When he was in grade 7, his parents approached Born in Africe asking for assistance as they wanted to send their son to Van Kervel High school, a skills school in George.