Thembekile Mahintsho

When Thembekile Mahintsho's father died in 2015, the 22-year-old accounting student became determined to bring accessible healthcare to his community in Joe Slovo Park, Cape Town. Saving every cent he could, Thembekile opened his community's first medical store, where residents can purchase reasonably priced, unscheduled, over-the-counter medicine. Thembekile's father lived in the Eastern Cape, while he lived with his mother in Joe Slovo Park. He says he attributes his father's death to lack of access to basic health care. His father could not muster the strength to make the strenuous journey to town. While Thembekile mourned the loss of his father, he planned meticulously and sacrificed meals and other necessities to make his dream a reality. He saved portions of his monthly NSFAS vouchers and bought medication slowly, until he had enough to launch his medical store - Mangethe's Medical Store.

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