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Collin Cloete (foreground) fulfilled his graduation dream when he received his advanced diploma in project management earlier in 2022. Picture: Supplied

Ewn inspired

'I started at the bottom': From toilet cleaner to graduate, CT man fulfils dream

By Graig-Lee Smith

Collin Cloete said that his biggest achievement in life had been that he had not given up on his dreams despite the odds against him.

  • Prudence Prins of Caledon in the Western Cape will spend a year studying in the USA after receiving the USA Early Childhood Development scholarship. Picture: Supplied

    Caledon mom hoping to make a difference after getting opportunity to study in US

    Prudence Prins will be leaving for the US later this week, where she'll spend one year studying. When she returns, she'll have a qualification in early childhood development.

    29 days ago
  • A surgeon at the Groote Schuur Hospital demonstrates the use of the Da Vinci Xi robotic system in surgeries. Picture: Kevin Brandt/Eyewitness News

    Groote Schuur becomes Africa's first public hospital to use robotics in surgery

    The Da Vinci Xi robotic system allows surgeons to perform procedures in numerous parts of the abdomen and can also be used for thoracic as well as head-and-neck surgeries.

    310 days ago
  • Nawaal Moses is overjoyed that her son Abdul-Khaaliq Moses is now at home. Picture: Melomed Gatesville Hospital

    Tiniest bundle of joy: Cape Town family celebrates as ‘miracle baby’ goes home

    Little Abdul-Khaaliq Moses was born at just 24 weeks on 30 April, weighing a mere 630 grams.

    405 days ago
  • Theo Cogill. Picture: Supplied

    Escaping death & paddling on: Bonteheuwel table-tennis champ chases Olympic gold

    Bonteheuwel table tennis champion, Theo Cogill, is gearing up to represent South Africa at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games between 24 August and 5 September.

    409 days ago
  • Dr Ngwako Stephen Sebopetsa, the principal of Rathaga Primary School in Rakwadu 1 Circuit, Mopani East District was named winner of the Global Principals’ Award on 21 June 2021. Picture: Supplied.

    Limpopo's Dr Ngwako Sebopetsa crowned best principal in the world

    Dr Ngwako Stephen Sebopetsa, the principal of Rathaga Primary School in Rakwadu 1 Circuit, Mopani East District, has been named winner of the Global Principals’ Award.

    415 days ago
  • Joshua Swarts with a skinny horse he is rehabilitating at his NPO Horse Pals Atlantis. Picture: Graig-Lee Smith/Eyewitness News

    From tragedy and tik, Atlantis man finds his purpose in rescuing horses

    Despite facing significant personal hurdles, Joshua Swarts has made it his mission to look after the needs of neglected and abused horses in his neighbourhood.

    459 days ago
  • FILE: District Six’s oldest living land claimant Shariefa Khan turned 100 on 25 April 2021. Picture: Supplied.

    Oldest living District Six land claimant turns 100, last wish is to die there

    Mr and Mrs Khan lived with their six children in the Bailey Flats in Hanover Street, close to the Avalon Bioscope and owned the Bombay Café, also known as Dout’s Café, which was famous for its Indian and Cape Malay cuisine.

    483 days ago
  • Matriculants wait to collect their senior certificate exam results at the Elswood High School in Elsies River, Cape Town on 23 February 2021. Picture: Graig-Lee Smith/Eyewitness News

    Elsies River matriculant celebrates 4 distinctions, inspired to beat social ills

    Wesley Swarts said that the social ills in his community were what motivated him to believe that it did get better.

    541 days ago
  • Nurse Zoliswa Gidi-Dyosi was the first South African and health care worker to receive the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on 17 February 2021 at Khayelitsha Hospital. Picture: Twitter/@DrZweliMkhize

    Delivering hope & babies: Nurse Gidi-Dyosi's joy at being first to be vaccinated

    Sister Zoliswa Gidi-Dyosi was in high spirits and said she did not have any side-effects after being vaccinated on Wednesday.

    547 days ago
  • The food programme at Phakamisani Primary School includes rice, vegetables and pilchards. Photo: Siphokazi Mnyobe / GroundUp

    The Garden Route school & its teachers going the extra mile to feed its learners

    ”With the food I get from school I manage to eat during the day”

    560 days ago
  • Resident Yolanda Daniels walks into one of the informal structures on the Beacon Valley premises in Mitchells Plain. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News

    Mitchells Plain family of 47 finally receives assistance from CoCT

    Since the family's story was published on Eyewitness News, the City of Cape Town has stepped in to assist them.

    562 days ago
  • Riyaad Avontuur (front row, third from right) has survived trauma and years of substance abuse and now works to make a change in his community. Picture: Supplied

    How former drug addict Riyaad Avontuur inspired Bonteheuwel to do better

    In a community plagued by drug abuse, gangsterism and unemployment, Riyaad Avontuur started an athletics club and outdoor gym. His impact on people's lives have been big.

    563 days ago
  • A YouTube screengrab of Nathan Marais thanking donors for contributing to his hearing aid fund.

    702 caller wins competition, donates winnings to help boy get hearing aid

    But, 702 caller Angie decided to give back in an incredible way, when she donated her winnings to help a little boy in need of a hearing aid.

    577 days ago
  • Nurse Nosipho Nkantini with her baby after having to give birth due to COVID-19 complications. Picture: Supplied.

    A story of hope: COVID-positive nurse rejoices as her premature baby survives

    Eerste River health worker Nosipho Nkantini had to have an emergency delivery after COVID complications in December.

    583 days ago
  • FILE: One of the ventilators now in production in South Africa as part of the National Ventilator Programme was designed by the CSIR. Picture: CSIR.

    Small wins inside the COVID-19 storm: How SA is reviving hope and the economy

    During the toughest part of hard lockdown, government announced plans to use the pandemic to try and pivot the economy and reignite manufacturing. Eyewitness News looks at the progress made so far

    620 days ago
  • Zirk Botha’s boat is made of foam and laminated with an epoxy coating that gives it a strong, waterproof surface. Picture: Supplied

    Capetonian to row 7,000 km across Atlantic to raise awareness on saving planet

    Adventurer Zirk Botha (59), a former navy combat officer, departs from Granger Bay on Saturday morning.

    623 days ago
  • Sixty-five-year-old Olpha Selepe was a musician and scholar. Picture: Supplied.

    Obani lababantu? Get to know the woman behind the name GeeSixFive

    Sixty-five-year-old Olpha Selepe isn't just the composer and singer of 'Obani Lababantu', she's also her academic chasing her PHD, proving age is nothing but a number.

    632 days ago
  • Zulzi's company founder says since the start of lockdown, business has been booming. Pic: 123rf

    SA entrepreneurs who made the best of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Over 2 million South Africans lost their jobs as a result of lockdown, but some businesses have seen remarkable growth despite a sharp downturn in the economy.

    662 days ago
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