Bonita Orson (42) a stay-at-home mother from Stellenbosch, Western Cape, was diagnosed with Myeloma, an incurable but treatable blood cancer, in September 2021. Knowing that Bonita has two small children between the ages of 2 and 9 years old, as well as a mentally...
Reece Trumpelmann (17), a teenager from Bapsfontein, Gauteng, with the courage of a lion, was diagnosed with Gorlin Goltz Syndrome, an extremely rare cancer condition in 2016. After bumping his jaw while playing on a jumping castle, Reece was taken to hospital, and...
Jenny Tshuma (29) from Soweto, Johannesburg, who works as a Bolt driver has become a victim of a brazen drive-by shooting which occurred in Rosettenville, Joburg South on 30 April 2022. Caught in the crossfire, the husband and father of 2 young children was shot in...
Lerato Monyatsi (41) from Krugersdrop, Gauteng, is the founder of SkirtGirlHiker Foundation, a non-profit organisation that aims to restore dignity to Ostomy and Cancer Patients by conquering mountains and hiking with purpose. In 2020 while many lives had been shaken...
Fanele Memela (6) from Durban, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in March 2022, and is in desperate need of a stem cell transplant that could save her life. As none of Fanele’s family members is a viable bone marrow stem cell donor match for the little one,...
Stan Potgieter (56), a veteran from Centurion, is embarking on a healing journey beginning on 23 May 2022 at the Voortrekker Monument and ending at the scene of an attack he and his squad were led to 38 years ago in Southwest Africa. Stan’s Story Stan was in for a...
On the 29th of May 2020, Lisa (41) and Russell Swanepoel (38) from Berea, Durban, who for years longed to be parents, finally welcomed their twin daughters, Stevie-Mae, and Lily-Jean, into the world. A few months later, the twins were diagnosed with epilepsy after...
Shaun Phelan (23), an electrical apprentice from Stanger, Kwa-Zulu Natal, learned that his dad, Shaun (Senior), was diagnosed with chronic kidney failure in January 2020. Just 3 months later, doctors discovered that his kidney function was less than 4%. Hearing that...
Liané Roux, a 10-month old baby from Secunda, Mpumalanga has faced a number of serious health issues since the start of her life, as a result of being born with 3 congenital heart defects. Concerned that their daughter (who was 4 months old at the time) was showing...
Charlene Drotsky (34), a stay-at-home mom from Klerksdorp, North West, was involved in a hit-and-run accident on 2 April 2022, while on holiday with her fiancé, Corné Viljoen (39) in Malmesbury, Cape Town. After spending a night out with friends, a man with a bakkie...
Selina Kokolosi (47), a grandmother from Potchefstroom, Northwest Province, who works as a domestic worker, was attacked and grievously mauled by her employer’s three pit bulls on 25 January 2022. The dogs, which are ordinarily locked away when Selina arrives for...
On Friday, Victor du Plessis, 35, sadly passed away due to multiple organ failures after he suffered from various incurable diseases. Marlene Mans (52) a single mom from Rustenburg, Johannesburg, has dedicated her entire life to caring for her son, Victor du Plessis...
