NEW: #FeesMustFall: My parents sold a cow to send me to varsity

Banele Mathenjwa's parents had to sell one of their most prized possession to send him to university.

The first year student from a small village called Manyiseni in Ngwavuma, northern KwaZulu-Natal, said his father had to sell a cow to raise R6 000 for him to register for his law degree at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. 






















"I am one of 12 children. My mother is part of an Expanded Public Works Programme that cleans the roads in the area and my father works in a shopping complex in Ngwavuma," the 18-year-old said.


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