Single Mother of 4 Kids, Who Works As Housemaid Bags University Degree, Shares Her Story

A resilient African woman, Mponegele Jane who worked as a househelp has bagged a University degree against all odds.

The single mother of four works as a domestic worker in Centurion near Pretoria, South Africa but managed to pay for her fees, put food on the table and take care of her four children. 

Against all odds, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Health Sciences and Social Services degree from the University of South Africa (Unisa) and plans on undertaking an Honours Degree that would enable her to become a practicing Industrial Psychologist. 

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Sharing her story with Women of Power Africa, Mponegele said:

“I am so happy to have obtained my qualification because I never thought I would get to this point, especially with the job I am doing as a domestic worker and needing to take care of the kids, pay rent, buy food, and pay Unisa with the small salary I earn.

“I have always wanted to provide a better life for my four children and so I made the decision to further my education with no outside help besides some food handouts from one of my three employers Adele.

“Sometimes, we would go the whole month without food. Adele would help me here and there with food and bread, and I always made sure to work hard during the December holidays to earn cash that I could pay to Unisa. That is basically how we survived.” 

“I would love to work as an Industrial Psychologist, and my ultimate dream is to create a better life for my kids and build them a home of their own,” said Mponegele Jane Tlole. 

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