Convicted carjacker’s 6 distinctions put him on the road to a better life

Matric inmates prove that where there’s a will and top-class educators, there’s a way to new beginnings

31 January 2023 - 20:16 By MFUNDO MKHIZE

A KwaZulu-Natal inmate who bagged six distinctions in matric last year says incarceration offered him a ray of hope to turn his life around...

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