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‘I spent half my life on a Putco bus’

For over 20 years, Lindiwe Ntuli has caught the same Putco bus from Soweto to Woodmead, sacrificing family time to keep her job.

‘I wake up at 3:30am just to catch the train’

Every morning, Lungile Mafu wakes up at 3:30am to catch a packed train from Soweto, just to keep his job.

Student turns R500 from NSFAS into farm business

A young Eastern Cape graduate turned his small student allowance from NSFAS into a growing farming empire that's creating jobs in his community.

‘How I built my home with NSFAS money’ 

Lungisani Mbutuma explains how he used NSFAS money to build a home.

‘I built my own home with NSFAS money’ 

A student used his accommodation and transport allowances to build himself a two-roomed home.

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