Financial troubles tend to bring out our creative side for our money-making schemes. Hopewell Mpapu tells us more about the student who became an exotic dancer to achieve his academic dreams.
But he didn’t give up his dream; instead, he contrived a plan, which was to use his body and become an adult entertainer or a male stripper to amass enough money to further his studies. Almost overnight, Mebupe became a student by day and a stripper by night.
“With the money I made from my work, I managed to pay off my fees and I’ve completed three years. I’m now doing my last year of learnership in mechanical engineering,” he said.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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