The Dream Walk

#BackTheWalk: 5,000km on Foot. For a Dream. For the Voiceless.

I could have asked for money. Instead, I'm walking for it.

One man. Nine provinces. Nine capitals. No vehicles. No shortcuts. Just my feet.

THE SILENCE I REFUSED TO KEEP

Too many women and children in this country live in fear, and too many people stay quiet because speaking up feels impossible. I refuse to be quiet. I want to be their voice and their strength. Every step I take is a step for every victim and survivor of gender-based violence (GBV). And to my brothers, men: the silence is part of the problem. It ends with us.

FOR EVERY FIGHTER AND SURVIVOR

I started this journey in Cancer Awareness Month, and I'm walking for every cancer patient, every survivor who beat it, every family who stood beside them and everyone we've lost. I'm their voice too.

THE DREAM

I want to be a commercial pilot. Flying has been my dream since I was a child. But training costs R300,000 to R800,000, and I don't have that money. I've watched friends quit flight school. Some are still trying...