Kat Stott and her daughter were stranded on the N1 highway when Good Samaritan Godfrey Makhubela helped them. Now they are raising money for him for Christmas.
Earlier this week we shared the story of Godfrey Makhubela and how he helped Kat Stott and her daughter. Stott broke down in the middle of the N1 highway on Saturday while en route to a wedding with her daughter. The car just failed them and stopped working while in the middle lane. All she could do was pull the handbrake up and put her hazard lights on.
This breakdown was very dangerous, the pair were basically sitting ducks on a busy highway.
“People were hooting at me – like I’d actually chosen to stop in the middle lane of the flippin’ N1 – screaming at me and flashing their lights as they swerved away at the last second.
You cannot believe the craziness of being stationery on a highway that is flowing at 120km an hour. When you’re driving you are a part of the flow, so you don’t feel the speed. When you stop, you suddenly realise how vulnerable you are. It was HARROWING. Watching through my rear-view mirror as a 16-wheeler truck filled my back window, only to swerve away from hitting me within milliseconds. Watching 15 cars pile up behind me at random angles as they swerved to miss one another and ultimately prevent themselves from crashing into me. How we didn’t get hit was beyond me and an absolute MIRACLE!”
That is when Godfrey came along. Working as an e-Toll tow truck, Godfrey approached Kat to offer some assistance. He insisted that he wouldn’t ask for any money, he just wanted to help to make sure they were safe.
Kat was deeply moved by this show of kindness so she and her daughter set up a BackaBuddy page to help raise funds for Godfrey as a thank you and a little Christmas bonus.
They started out with the goal of buying him a new phone but another generous human came forward and offered to buy one for Godfrey. Their target is R20,000 and in just a matter of days, people have donated over R10,000 towards Godfrey’s Christmas gift.
“We reached the target for collection for Godfrey’s smartphone in under 24 hours, and during that time, a Good Samaritan offered to give Godfrey a smartphone for free. Humans are amazing! We thought that Godfrey could then use this money for whatever he wants: fixing up his house in Diepsloot, buying (lots of) airtime to read all the lovely messages about him or buying Christmas presents for his friends and family.
This man who displays such integrity and inherent kindness is going to have the most wonderful Christmas to remember in 2018! And it is all thank to YOU!”
Godfrey is a hero and he is being rewarded for his spirit of Ubuntu. This is such a heartwarming update to share with you all!
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