Sindelo attended school in Willowmore and Pacaltsdorp before matriculating in her hometown in 2007. She excelled academically and longed to become a professor.“I used to watch a soapie on SABC where one of the characters was a lecturer and I wished I could one day become a professor and work at a university,” she said. She excelled academically and longed to become a professor.
“I used to watch a soapie on SABC where one of the characters was a lecturer and I wished I could one day become a professor and work at a university,” she said. But life pushed her dream out of reach — at least for a while. “My journey to becoming a doctor did not start in lecture halls or libraries — it began behind a till,” she said.
After matric, she worked as a cashier for two years and washed dishes at hotel functions. “At that time, studying felt like a distant dream, but something inside me knew that my story was not meant to end there and that I am destined for greatness.” She worked several jobs, including as a caregiver, before enrolling at CPUT in 2012.“Financially I struggled but I persevered because studying was what I always wanted,” she said. While awaiting financial aid, relatives and “good Samaritans” helped her stay afloat.
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She worked several jobs, including as a caregiver, before enrolling at CPUT in 2012. “Financially I struggled but I persevered because studying was what I always wanted,” she said. From her second year, she worked part-time in a call centre.
“That experience taught me discipline, time management, and the importance of hard work,” she said. Her in-service training at a Western Cape Government department later led to a permanent post. “During that time, I had a tough conversation with myself. I faced the reality that I had stopped growing, that I was no longer motivated, and that my passion had dimmed.” She resigned from her job to pursue her doctorate full-time.
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