Author: Imstaying

Inspiring and Training Future Firefighters

Submitted by:  Zweli Khoza
Meet Oom Piet Van Staden.  I joined the fire department as a volunteer in 2001, when I was still very young and naughty.  Not once did this man ever give up on me.  Yes, he would reprimand me now and then, but that was to show the love he had for me.  He became a father-figure to me.

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The Healing Power of Art

Submitted by:  Tanzi Ann Cruise
I am staying because South Africa needs healing.  South Africa needs Ubuntu!  It needs you and me to believe in the change we want before we can see it.  We need to be the change makers – to be active citizens of change in our communities.

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We are Born to Win!

Submitted by:  Melinda Sturgeon

After 15 years as a car-guard at Seadoone Mall, Amanzimtoti, she is moving on.  2020 holds new beginnings for her, and it is all due to her hard work and commitment to making life better for herself and her family. 

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