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TZANEEN: Small business gives back to the community

A local businessman is doing his part in eradicating poverty by giving back to his community in Mhangweni Village outside Tzaneen.

Golden Manyike, Owner of White Corner Shisanyama and Car washExclusives, together with his team donated sanitary pads to 64 learners from BM Mkhabela Secondary School and 16 pairs of school shoes to selected learners from Mhangweni Primary School.

Manyike started his schooling journey at Mhangweni Primary School and says to him it means a lot to be able to give back to his former school.

The team also took the time to motivate the learners by encouraging them to study hard and to never let their backgrounds hinder their dreams.

Golden Manyike, Matome Sekgoka, Sydney Makelana and Rebecca Mathebula, motivating BM Mkhabela Secondary learners.

“I’m happy that today White Corner visited us and also grateful for the donations, as our parents don’t always have money to buy sanitary pads for us.

“It will also help in reducing the number of learners who sometimes skip school, because of having no pads,” explained Nyiko Mashabana, a learner from BM Mkhabela High School.

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Meanwhile Hitekani Shikwambana, Principal of Mhangweni Primary School expressed her gratitude for the donations.

“On behalf of the teachers and parents, we are grateful for the contribution towards our learners.

We feel sad when we see our kids without shoes and we pray that God bless their business,” Shikwambana said.

Mhangweni Primary school learner receiving school shoes from White Corner Shisanyama and Car wash exclusives.

Manyike and entourage said they are happy everything went accordingly, but most importantly they now see that there is more to be done in making school easy for the local learners and promised to continue doing their bit in improving the lives of the learners.

“I’m happy that we were able to finally give something back to our people and we promise to continue supporting where we can,” Manyike said.

He also thanked all the people who lent a helping hand in the donations including Minki Phakula, Fatima Mushwana, Nkateko ‘Queen Vosho’ Mohlala and Matome Sekgoka, he concluded by stating that he still need their help in changing the lives of these learners going forward.

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Emelda Tintswalo Shipalana

Tintswalo Shipalana, a journalist for the Letaba Herald, has been in the media industry for over a decade. She started her journey in radio, but ended up in print which is her first love. She joined the Herald newspaper as a cadet in 2016, where she graduated with a journalism qualification from the Caxton Training Academy. She also has a qualification in Feature Writing from the University of Cape Town and a Media Management qualification from Wits University. She is completing her BA Communication Science degree with UNISA. She sleeps well at night knowing she is a voice to the voiceless and her work contributes to promoting local talent, businesses and service delivery. Her love for her community keeps her working hard every day.

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