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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Pretoria – As a gesture to plough back into communities, a group of 25 volunteers took time yesterday to cover 400 textbooks for some learners in Soshanguve.<\/p>\n

Under the banner #ThusaNgwanaGeno (help your brethren), the group congregated at Mathaga Primary School in the township ahead of schools reopening in two weeks time.<\/p>\n

The brains behind the initiative Dr John Molepo said: “Normally, we would do it when learners are back at school so that we can also teach them how to cover their books, but because of Covid-19 we had to readjust.”<\/p>\n

Molepo – an activist and a senior lecturer at the University of Mpumalanga – said the idea behind the initiative was to create uniformity in schools by making sure there was no distinction between learners from rich and poor families.<\/p>\n

“We also wanted to reduce the financial burden on parents,” he said.<\/p>\n

Through the #ThusaNgwanaGeno initiative, some students at institutions of higher learning were previously assisted with obtaining their drivers’ licences.<\/p>\n

“We also assisted students in universities with tuition fees, outstanding fees and registration fees,” Molepo said.<\/p>\n

He commended people who made the charity work possible by opening their hearts and purses to help the needy.<\/p>\n

“There is a motivation by an African proverb that ‘If you want to go fast, go alone, and if you want to go far, go together’. I am one person who believes in collectivism, that whatever that you do you need to plough back to your community, more especially where you grew up,” Molepo said.<\/p>\n

Molepo, 31, did his primary school at Mathaga and was the youngest to have a PhD in public affairs conferred on him at the Tshwane University of Technology in 2019.<\/p>\n

In the same year, President Cyril Ramaphosa recognised Molepo\u2019s activism, honouring the young academic with a presidential award in the category of compassion for the \u201cimmense value of his contribution to the community\u201d.<\/p>\n

His former teacher, Sally Mothupi, said: “I am happy that our former learner John Molepo didn’t forget where he came from. I taught him here at Mathaga primary school.”<\/p>\n

She expressed gratitude to Molepo for helping learners who can’t afford to buy book covers.<\/p>\n

“We have challenges of learners who come to school with their books not covered. I am very proud of him and he is a doctor today. It means we laid a proper foundation. May the good God bless him,” she said.<\/p>\n

One of the volunteers, Duduzile Masombuka, said the initiative was bred from raising funds for university students at road intersections, where motorists donate as little as R5.<\/p>\n

“There is a saying that \u2019when you look good you feel good and when you feel good, you do good\u2019. We believe that if a child has a school book that is nicely covered that is a motivation that says ‘here is something that is good before you, take care of it and preserve it and then run with it’,” Masombuka said.<\/p>\n

Five schools in four provinces, which include the North West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Gauteng, will benefit from the textbook-covering initiative.<\/p>\n

“For this week we want to cover 1 600 books, and we are positive that we are going to achieve it,” Masombuka said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. Pretoria – As a gesture to plough back into communities, a group of 25 volunteers took time yesterday to cover 400 textbooks for some learners in Soshanguve. Under the banner #ThusaNgwanaGeno (help your brethren), the group congregated at Mathaga Primary School in the township ahead of schools reopening in two weeks time. 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