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It is never too late; I repeated Matric four times

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"Bathandwa Kosani on his way to school". Photo Supplied Meet Bathandwa Kosani who repeated Matric four times. He hails from a small town in the Eastern Cape called Ngqushwa. This young man doesn’t believe in giving up or settling for less, in 2019 he did his grade 12 and unfortunately he didn’t make it, “I was facing challenges on my studies as I fell ill and was in and out of hospitals and I couldn’t focus at school.” Said Kosani He moved to Johannesburg in 2020, his family was supportive; they encouraged him not to be negative as they believed failing means that you will do better next time. Kosani wanted to return to school full time when he got to Johannesburg but his family said he should rather write his supplementary exams as he is old, he had just turned 20 years old. He failed his supplementary exams in 2020 and that when he decided to move back to Eastern Cape so that he can go back to school full time. “I told myself that I need to have my Matric Certificate so