Good people are still around in Tzaneen

During lunchtime, Groenewald, locked her keys in her car at Sugarhill.

She was alone and had no one with her to help.

A regular shopper from Sugarhill saw her struggle and without damaging it, opened her car for her. On her way home she couldn’t find her phone and rushed back to Sugarhill.

The friendly manager, Sinj Clegg, checked on their cameras but they could not see anything.

Clegg proceeded to call Groenewald’s number and Masale Malogadihlare, a newspaper delivery man from Letaba Herald, answered her phone.

It was then established that Groenewald forgot her phone on the roof of her car and when it fell off, Malogadihlare picked it up. They arranged a meeting at the local police station and Malogadihlare came all the way from Nkowankowa to return Groenewald’s phone.

This truly is a feel good story and it shows that there are still great people out there.

Groenewald also shared a message Malogadihlare sent her that the Herald would like to share just before Youth day.

The message from Masale Malogadihlare reads: “My heart bleeds for our stubborn youth who don’t want to listen or take advice seriously. Do they even know that listening is the biggest skill of them all? If I could, I would change all cellphones, cars, music, drugs and alcohol and turn them into school subjects. Simply because the only thing the youth are passionate about are material things. They have no idea that the choices they make today will determine their future. I fail to understand why they always make the wrong choices when they have a pool of good choices at their disposal. When you talk about anything that has to do with intoxication then you make their day. I also missed great opportunities and I wish I could turn back the clock but unfortunately this is not a fantasy world, it’s real life. There are positive things that can be said about youth. In my area alcohol leads to other heavy drug addictions. Today boys threaten their teachers, the teachers who are suppose to teach them about life, they also turn schools into gang war zones and girls on the other hand, fall pregnant because they are competing with each other. Our parents never had it easy walking to and from school and ducking bullets, it was the order of the day during their time. Today’s kids have been handed over virtually everything on a silver platter but they fail to grab these chances with both hands.”