A gas station attendant helped a woman to pay for her fuel when she had left her cards at home. However, he never thought that he would end up with a generous reward of $US32, 972.94! Nkosikho Mbele, 28, did not think long when Monet van Deventer, 21 could potentially be stranded when she ran out of gas and had accidentally left all of her bank cards at home.

The kindhearted gas station later paid for Monet’s gas worth US$6.attendant31 to make sure that she could drive out of the notorious Khayelitsha township and reach her destination safely with a full tank. The woman later returned to the gas station to repay him but the heartwarming story did not end there. Monet was forever grateful by the generosity and understanding that Nkosikho had shown to her and she wanted to repay for the man’s kindness.

Following that, she organized a crowd-funding campaign to raise funds for Nkosikho, and the campaign much exceeded her expectations. Monet had raised US$32,972.94 for him by the end of the fundraising campaign. To put it in perspective, the sums are equivalent to eight years of Nkosikho’s wages! Nkosikho was pleased when he learned about the unexpected reward. This individual stated that he assisted Monet because it was the right thing to do…

“I was only doing what anyone else would have done, from the heart,” he explained. “I believe there is no such thing as black and white and that we are all one people, and all I want to do is bring people together,” she says. “I knew how hazardous that part of the N2 she wanted to travel on is, and my trust in God told me it was the appropriate thing to do to pay for her to travel safely, so I purchased her petrol.”

This kind of money has enabled Nkosikho to construct a house, as well as pay his expenses and his children’s school fees. Furthermore, his employers at Shell, who were impressed by him, promised to match the donations Nkosikho received and donate the money to a charity of his choice!