“I found that when I would study at night, I would get complaints from my aunt to switch off the light because it was too bright.”
Now 21, he says he knows what a struggle it can be to study in a house you share with a big family. Ntshewula matriculated in 2017.
He came up with the idea of making a desk lamp from a small light bulb and a 20-litre plastic bottle. He made three lamps, covering the bottles with fabric from an old pillow. Two lamps were stolen from inside his home, but he sold one to a friend who loved it. “I am also looking into making my lamps battery-friendly, because as you know, we have problems with load-shedding. And sometimes people cannot afford to buy electricity,” said Ntshewula.
Children in the area collect plastic bottles for him and his aunt brings him offcuts of fabric from the factory where she works.
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