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MBONGELENI PRIDE MDAKA – A MAN OF MANY HATS

Mbongeleni Mdaka is a devoted family man who wears many hats in his community of Schoemansdal, Mpumalanga. He is a school principal, a priest, community-builder and a counsellor.

His belief is that people should prosper and live in peace and harmony. In helping people to achieve their goals, he follows he monitors his former pupils after matric and always offers his advice.

His belief is that people should prosper and live in peace and harmony. In helping people to achieve their goals, he follows he monitors his former pupils after matric and always offers his advice.

For those who have financial difficulties, Mbongeleni has through his excellent networking skills managed to put together a foundation which helps matriculants who don’t have money, to access institutions of higher learning.

In church he is a priest, who preaches gospel in and around his neighbourhood and also helps with marriage counselling.

At work, Mbongeleni manages a pool of educators and a large student body. His management has not gone unnoticed: in 2008 he was honoured with a National Teachers Award – Lifetime Achiever.

Mdaka was nominated as a Brothers for Life 2011 Man of the Year by his sister, who felt that he has made an enormous contribution not only to his family, but to his community. For example, today the Schoemansdal community enjoys recreational facilities that he helped to build through his Yebo Foundation.

“When I first saw the Brothers for Life advert it was during the World Cup, and I never thought that I would also be honoured as a Brother who has made a difference in someone’s life,” says Mbongeleni.”

At home, Mbongeleni is a devoted husband to his wife Andronicah, whom he married in 1987. He says he never misses an opportunity to be with his family after his demanding daily schedule.

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