2202“The person who first said that to me is my late grandmother, who raised me, because my mum and dad were working. She’s the person that nurtured and cared for us.

"Often that stuck with me, even later on in life, in that the more I got educated, whether it was to a scholastic education or I dropped out of uni after two years and did all sorts of further education and training, it always stood me in good stead.

”Whether it was for employment creation, or a job, for any form of preparation. It also bodes well with the term of life long learning, which I pretty much believe in. You’re never too old to learn.”

Mike explains his story in his audio commentary and speaks his SOTM in his native language of Xhosa, which is quite beautiful to hear. Taken in Langa township in Cape Town, South Africa on the SOTM World Tour. Mike is involved with the Langa Quarter social enterprise project which aims to improve life in the township.