Help for singing sensation
After visiting viral singing sensation Nosipho Ngubane recently‚ “People’s Blesser” Malcolm X has put his money where his mouth is and paid R20‚000 towards efforts to build her a new home.
Nosipho, 13, made headlines a few weeks ago when a video of her singing outside her mud home went viral.
Viewers were heartbroken by the conditions she lived in and her skinny frame‚ which some suggested was from a lack of food and nutrition.
Malcolm X visited Nosipho and her family with the mayor‚ regional ANC chair and political leaders of Mpophomeni‚ Howick‚ in KwaZulu-Natal.
During his visit he pledged R10‚000 to help her finish school and possibly study further. He also wanted to build her a new home‚ but was told that there were already efforts under way by community leaders to do so.
On Thursday, Malcolm X paid R20‚000 towards that building effort.
“I initially wanted to singlehandedly build Nosipho and her family a house, but since others have grouped themselves to build the house‚ I had to be part of the collective in building it.
“I drove to Mpophomeni‚ Howick‚ from JHB to drop R10‚000 for their Christmas groceries‚ and that’s when I noticed that their mud house is worse than what I saw on social media.”
He said he was not going to end the project there‚ but “contribute more to building the house‚ and later fully furnish it”. –