Sinoyolo Nkilana, who lives with a bullet in his waist, is ready to study at the University of Fort Hare in Dikeni, thanks to education MEC Fundile Gade’s generosity.Ntabankulu-born Nkilana’s hopes of going to the university dwindled when his parents were unable to raise the registration fee of R3,500.
An Eastern Cape youngster has become the living embodiment of the popular saying: “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”. The story of Sinoyolo Kilana, 22, who is about to start his first year at Fort Hare University, is one of hope and perseverance.
Matric pupils at two neighbouring high schools who were subject to a reign of terror that made national news beat the odds with good matric results. The pupils were terrorised by gangsters, attacked with guns and knives, raped, shot at, their homes broken into and their valuables stolen.