A South African man has shared with the internet community an inspiring story of how he rose from being a cleaner at university and becoming a professor of the same institution.
Identified as Ntsikelelo Pefile, the professor at the University of Cape Town (UCT) worked in the same institution as a cleaner at a time when his aunt was a domestic worker in the vice-chancellor’s residence.
Speaking to SowetanLive, the lecturer said his aunt then moved to the school’s medical department and made connections with the students and that was where his journey to physiotherapy began.
“She marched into Ramphele’s office (former vice-chancellor) and asked for a loan. She took my academic transcripts. Luckily in the first year, I had straight As in the second semester.
“Ramphele gave my aunt the loan. UCT gave me a loan to study at UWC. That’s my relationship with UCT and now I’m back as a lecturer”, he said.
