Big dreams for Barclays- Mogae Scholarship recipients

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The recipients of this year's Barclays FG Mogae Scholarship make a fine balance of gender, experience, youth and disability.

There are three women, a district officer, a person with visual impairment, and one of the youngest among the five just completed his undergraduate degree in May.

Aged 35, Boikhutso Majang is not only the oldest and most experienced in the group, but she is also the most striking. She lost her sight in 2005, just after graduating with a bachelor's degree in Physical Education. Battling to come to terms with her condition, she only mustered the courage to go to work after a year, and she was deployed to Molefi Senior Secondary School, which has a has a special unit for people with disabilities. In 2009, she was reassigned to guidance and counselling duties.

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