POPULAR actress Dawn Thandeka King understands the struggle that children from poor families goes through.
For this reason, she has taken a stand to help them realise their dreams of a better education.
Dawn is the ambassador of School Shoes for the Poor campaign, which is driven by the National Funeral Practitioners Association of South Africa (Nafupa SA).
As the schools opened this week, a lot of pupils will be walking to school without shoes. But Dawn said through the campaign, they would donate shoes to hundreds of pupils from poor backgrounds to help them realise their dreams.
In other news – Drama at Idols SA: Unathi Nkayi fired; Somizi rehired
TV personality Unathi Nkayi will not be returning to SA Idols season 18 due to her Kaya 959 scandal. The singing competition will return next Sunday (23 January).
Sources close to the production allegedly revealed that Unathi’s exit will coincide with the dramatic return of Somizi Mhlongo who was let go in season 17. Idols SA and M-Net recently met to discuss the fate of the show, which has been heavily affected by Unathi and Somizi’s scandals. learn more
