Angela Harvey Lang forgot her rings in the rondavel she stayed at in Kruger National Park; Emmanuel had found them and ensured they were safe until she could collect them.
Kruger National Park (24 July 2023) – Realising you have misplaced something meaningful is a dreadful feeling, and one immediately berates themselves. In South Africa, you run the risk of never seeing your item again, but time and time again, we get to celebrate the real-life do-gooders that find lost items and go above and beyond to reunite them with their owners.
Emmanuel is a cabin attendant at the Pretoriouskop Rest Camp in the Kruger National Park. While working last week, he found a set of rings left behind by a guest. He went straight to the main office to report the find and the rings were placed safely away.
At the same, time Angela Harvey Lang had looked down at her hand and seen her rings missing. Absolute dread filled her and she quickly reached out to the office at the Pretoriouskop Rest Camp. They reassured her that her rings were safely packed away and a plan could be made.
Angela set out the very next weekend to go and collect her rings. While at the rest camp, she asked to meet Emmanuel to thank him for finding her precious rings.
Unbeknownst to Emmanuel, Angela had arrived at the rest camp with a small reward as thanks for his commitment to serving his guests.
“It’s not often these days that you find this level of honesty and integrity.
I came back to Kruger to fetch my rings today and happily got to meet Emmanuel and thank him personally for this wonderful gift that he gave me.
I handed over a reward, that he wasn’t expecting. It was worth every cent. He was so appreciative and humble. He was just pleased I had my rings back.
No price can really be put on the emotional attachment that I have to my rings which have been on my fingers for 38 years, I didn’t even realise it until they were gone.
I will be forever grateful to Emmanuel at Pretoriouskop Camp, Kruger National Park, for retrieving them for me.”
These kinds of acts are not uncommon in South Africa; in fact, they seem to happen every day.
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