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Lasizwe Dambuza is officially a Forbes Africa ’30 Under 30′ title holder. Image via Instagram @lasizwe.

‘We are paying for everyone’s registration fees’: Lasizwe to students

Lasizwe Dambuza announced that all students who registered for his R10GoesALongWay campaign will have their registration fees paid.

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Lasizwe Dambuza is officially a Forbes Africa ’30 Under 30′ title holder. Image via Instagram @lasizwe.

Social media personality Lasizwe Dambuza announced that everyone who registered on the #R10GoesALongWay campaign will have their registration fees paid, via a video posted to Instagram on 1 February. 

LASIZWE: ‘WE ARE PAYING FOR EVERYONE’S REGISTRATION FEES’

Lasizwe posted a video of himself addressing his #R10GoesALongWay campaign. He first joked that only selected students from a draw would get their registration fees paid but he explain that he was joking. 

The social media personality said everyone who registered for the campaign will get their registration fees paid. Take a look..

“This is the most heartbreaking thing to do! ????????,” he began.

“JOKES!!! WE ARE PAYING FOR EVERYONE’s UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION FEES! Thank you to my friends @sibumabena @kingaya_ and @takkies7 for being part of this initiative. And a BIG THANK YOU TO @fundi_southafrica for helping us through out this whole process,” he continued.

“WE DID IT SOUTH AFRICA!!! STUDENTS ARE GETTING INTO UNIVERSITY!” he added. 

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WHAT IS THE #R10GOESALONG WAY CAMPAIGN? 

Lasizwe launched the R10GoesALongWayCampaign in March 2021 alongside Sibu Mabena, Takkies Dinwiddy, and King Aya. The initiative was created to raise funds for students to pay their university registration fees. 

This was because of the #FeesMustFall protests that took place during that time. The social media personality raised R1 million within five days with the help of sponsors.  So, Standard Bank matched that by donating another R1 million. This equated to R2 million. 

The funding took some time to clear so Tweeps dragged Lasizwe over the R2 million. 

Lasizwe first responded with memes but later told Daily Sun that it was the tax clearance process that had been taking a while.

“Usually, I’d be upset about the backlash and worry about what people are saying but this time around, I thought let them be. They don’t know what they’re talking about,” said Lasizwe to Daily Sun.

“Some companies that pledged to the initiative had to get tax clearances and it’s been a long process. Fundi has its own protocols it needs to adhere to,” he added.

The Drink or Tell the Truth host has since tweeted that trolls on Twitter ruined his beautiful campaign. This was before he announced that everyone who registered would receive the funding. 

“Trolls really ruined a beautiful campaign that came from pure intensions to help students get registered into university,” he tweeted.

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