Honours degree for petrol attendant

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Bethela, who did not have money to further his studies after matric, said he never gave up on his dream to succeed despite the adversity.

Zolani Bethela, a former petrol attendant, with his proud mother Mvulakazi and younger sister, received an honours degree in industrial sociology at Rhodes University on Saturday. / SuppliedOn Saturday, the 26-year-old from Joza township outside Makhanda, graduated with an honours degree in industrial Sociology at Rhodes University.

He recalled how one day a car pulled up at the petrol station and he overheard a father scolding his daughter saying she would end up as a petrol attendant if she did not listen."I decided there and then to go back to school. However, I had to improve my matric results as I had received a D average," Bethela said

 

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