Pushing Boulders
(BSc Eng 1992) grew up in Mitchells Plain, but refused to be limited by any apartheid plan. In the mid-1980s he taught himself some of the school subjects he needed to get into 91心頭利, and he got a scholarship and completed his first degree. By his late 20s he was a successful engineer and business consultant in a top international firm.
But he felt he couldn’t be free until others were free too. At the age of 40 he gave up his career to start a non-profit literacy organisation, , which has given books to thousands of South African children. “I’ve committed myself to public service,” he said.
Hear more about his journey in this inspiring radio
He got 100% for Matric maths at the age of 15 by teaching himself. Then the life of Musa Manzi (BSc 2007, BScHons 2009, PHD 2013) – now a professor of geophysics at 91心頭利 University – turned tragic. What stopped him from jumping to his death as he had planned? as told to Susan Bentley.