Asive Shaun Maqubela
My name is Asive Shaun Maqubela, I am 25-years old and I live in Mandalay. I attended Cornflower Primary School in Lentegeur, from Grade 3. My primary school teachers helped me to apply to the Cape Academy of Mathematics, Science and Technology, which I attended from Grade 10 to 12. I applied to the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) to study Industrial Engineering or Mechanical Engineering. My application or Mechanical Engineering was successful. In 2012 I was first-year and I was struggled with the academic pace and living at home because my high school was a boarding school. I am doing my in-service training at Sea Harvest in order to obtain a National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. I am grateful to be a recipient of the Bursary Trust. When I applied in 2017, I was worried that I would be excluded from university because I could not pay tuition fees. The Mitchell’s Plain Bursary and Role Model Trust gave me the opportunity to finish. With work exposure, I am more comfortable working with machinery. My plan for the future is to pursue a career at sea as a marine engineer.