Pupil’s rap leaves school in tears
When Buccleuch Primary School pupil Mihle Mbilase broke out into a rap, he was trying to comfort three classmates who had lost their father.
“I felt I needed to cheer up my friends and other kids who do not spend time with their fathers‚ so I composed a song called Dad’s Plan‚” the 13-yearold said.
His classmates – triplets Phefeni‚ Philani and Phoki Ngwenya – who are mentioned in the song‚ lost their father in April. “When they heard it‚ they started to cry. The teachers also cried. But my friends were touched by what I had done‚” Mihle said.
Charlotte Struwig‚ who was principal of the school in Woodmead‚ Johannesburg, at the time‚ said Mihle was nominated as the “Truper” for July as he wrote and rapped the amazing song to the pupils at line-up just before Father’s Day.
His teachers nominated him to be a “Truper”‚ a Toys R Us ambassador‚ an award to pupils who “go above and beyond their daily routines to carry out good deeds and serve as positive role models to peers”.
“I was very surprised to be nominated. I feel honoured‚ excited and very happy because [no one else] got nominated in the whole school‚” Mihle said.
Toys R Us spokesperson Nicole Annells explained that the campaign rewarded children from participating schools in Durban‚ Gauteng and Western Cape for simply displaying good etiquette.