NEW: 'I kind of gave up on Harvard' - Umlazi teen who won scholarship

A KwaZulu-Natal teenager, through persistence and perseverance, will be attending the prestigious Harvard University in the United States after being accepted on a full scholarship for 2016.

Mfundo Radebe, 18, an Umlazi resident, was awarded an all expenses scholarship worth $69 000 per year to study political sciences. The straight A student spoke to News24, saying it was diligence and a hunger for wanting more that saw him accepted to Harvard.

According to the teen, he planned his future since the tender age of 13 when he was at Addington Primary School.


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