Sikhokhele Dumzela is The future Teacher

Sikhokhele Dumzela who is well known by the name of #K2 goes by the clan names of; Zikhali, Jojo, Tiyeka, Butsolo bentonga. Was born eNqeleni in the Eastern Cape, in a village called Mandileni. Sikhokhele has been pro-active since primary school, he was involved in school choir and athletics in primary school. When he was doing grade 10, his life took an interesting turn. He had to travel from home to school 75km every day, and that caused exhaustion. He had no choice but to move into a friend’s house that is located near his high school, were he discovered that his clothes were being stolen. Sikhokhole had to go back home, when this started to happen constantly. Rains and hush winds accompanied him to school, and he had no choice but to endure the weathers and keep on moving. There were times whereby heavy rains prevented him from going to school, because the rivers were full, and he could not cross them. Sikhokhele’s mother had to arrange a car that will help him get to school. Sikhokhele involved himself with a Hip Hop group called T.W.S (Together We Succeed.) but this Hip Hop group was struggling to get funds or gigs, eventually they managed to release an album called “ISIKOLO” which means “School”. Later that year Sikhokhele discovered that he has so much love towards Geography as a subject, and he decided when he is done with high school, he will go ahead and pursue his dream of being a Geologist. On 2014 Sikhokhele Matriculated with a symbol (D) which stands for Diploma, he then decided to do Mechanical Engineer instead of Geo-Science at KSD College (King Sabata Dalindyebo Collge) in Libode Eastern Cape, Sikhokhele did not finish the course because he was struggling financially; he had no money to pay for his residential accommodation or money to buy food. On his return from KSD college Sikhokhele took a decision to go back to school and upgrade his matric results. 2016 Sikhokhele decide to go and pursue his dream of being a Geologist at Nelson Mandela Metro University in Port Elizabeth, were he did not finish his course even there because of financial problems, he had no choice but to drop the course and apply for another one. On the same year Sikhokhele applied for B.com in Accounting at Fort Hare University in Grahamstown where he experienced the same financial problem, Sikhokhele had to ask for a place to sleep to strangers who were passing by the road. He decided to drop this course too and moved back home, he did not just sit and do nothing even when he was at home. He helped High School kids with their Maths studies, he tutored for them for free and got involved with a drama group called “Siseko Youth Development”. When 2016 approached the end, Sikhokhele relocated to Cape Town at Paarl in the township of Mbekweni site C. were he was staying with his aunt and his aunt’s husband, Sikhokhele applied for a Teaching course and Nature conservation at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He got accepted for teaching course at CPUT Mowbray campus, as IsiXhosa and Maths student teacher. Sikhokhele is currently staying at the St Peters student residents, and is a Buya Mbo Art Society member. Through Buya Mbo Sikhokhele got the chance to perform at Barkly Davis Hall, Main Building Hall, Foyer and Club House residence. For me the moral of this story, is no matter how many times you fall, never get tired of standing up and carrying on with your journey to success. Sikhokhele has performed at American Corner during Back 2 School workshops as a Buya Mbo Art Society group member.