Broadcast excerpt·SUN, 04 OCT 2026 · 11:37:10–11:38:51 SAST
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And it it's not just the teachers, it's even us parents, it's even us, the community that must really try and build a nation of the new generations coming to take a world that we want to be proud of, you know, a a South Africa that we want to be proud of. So, as we teach, I think patience. And I mean, I need to tell you about my brother Pacey, what what she what he does.
Maru Apula. He teaches at one of the schools in Soweto, also studied in the US. For the longest time, he did not have employment, but he had passion for students. And he actually encourages the students at the school, and they come from disadvantaged families and the like. But he took it upon himself that he's
Gonna teach them. He teaches them hockey in Sowetu. I don't even know he can play hockey himself, but he supports them through hockey, but he teaches them maths and economics on weekends. And it was just so fulfilling for me to see one of his with his students, Grace, who came through that and went to Free State University to do a degree in geology.
And today she works for Maziv, you know, the Maziv that merged, sorry, that merged with Voracom recently. So she works there in internship. But this is somebody that, you know, grew up with no parents, under a grandmother, just needed help and courage and to be encouraged and to be supported through her studies.
He went to his graduation last year. It's those type of people that we need. Humbling. You know, very humbling. You see an opportunity in a student. They don't have much. They probably don't have the right support at home. And you just say, Because I can, let me help, and let me ask others who can help to help. So I think we need a lot of that for me. Yeah. Now let's get to your career.
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