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Last month Bongiwe Gamede, 26, of Ermelo in Mpumalanga, approached Consumer Line for help after battling to claim her inheritance from Fairheads Benefit Service.

And last Wednesday she received R62,400 from Fairheads Benefit Service.

"I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to you for highlighting my plight and helping me get my inheritance.

"Words cannot describe how happy I am because I can now go to college to pursue my dream of being a firefighter and earning a living for my family," Gamede wrote in her letter to Sowetan.

She says she will pay back the loan her sister took to help her register for the firefighter's course.

Her sister, who works as a waitress, secured a R5,500 loan to pay for Gamede's studies.

Gamede was 14 years old when her parents died. She was the only sibling among three who had not received a cent from the fund.

She accused Fairheads of not fulfilling their promise of building them a house after their father's death. The Gamedes live in the Thuthukane Mine hostel, which was abandoned when the mine closed down, Gamede says.

• This article was published in the printed newspaper on 22 October 2012

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Oct 23, 2012

RobinHH

GREAT!!!! I am so happy for you!
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Oct 23, 2012

Arewanga

You deserve it, go for it.
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Oct 23, 2012

ThirdEye

She looks older than 26, all the best though.
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Oct 23, 2012

RobinHH

ThirdEye: A tough life tends to age one.
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Oct 23, 2012

ThirdEye

RobinHH
Indeed.
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Oct 23, 2012

Xicoqa

yha shame she really does not look 26 at all, however i am happy for u ntombazana!
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Oct 23, 2012

Kabelo10

Now that you got your money, please visist barbeshop and remove beards.
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Oct 23, 2012

seribe

Is the pic on the article for Bongiwe because the person is not looking 26, If not who the person be specific Mr Editor
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Oct 23, 2012

RobinHH

kabelo: Don't be such a jerk.
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Oct 23, 2012

maditaba

RobinHH,ThirdEye,Xicoqa, Kabelo10!!!!Guys Guys!!!. The picture is not for the Bongiwe the complainant. Its Thuli Zungu consumer editor for sowetan. READ the picture's caption
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