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Guard your mental health, says matric pupil after challenging year
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Gauteng matric pupil Ofentse Phukubye has given sage advice to his classmates ahead of their final exams.

Ofentse Phukubye was raised by a single parent and spent most of his life moving between Limpopo and Gauteng.

“I was a kid who was always intrigued by objects around me and that led me being curious to open these objects,” he said.Ofentse Phukubye's left arm was burnt with boiling water when he was a child.“This also led to high insecurity where I only wore long-sleeved clothing to avoid being teased but it happened either way in primary school.

“I was never ready for this year. At the beginning, it was all good as the pressure wasn’t much academically. I was having a bad year because of problems at home, and this led to the year becoming too much.

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