Unemployment can be viewed as both a devastating curse and a disguised gift, depending largely on an individuals financial stability, and most importantly, mindset. To this day, the 36-year-old Matthew Msingathi thanks his resilient, strong-minded mother for the lessons he learned.
Msingathi was unemployed for nine years after obtaining his diploma in Information Technology IT from Walter Sisulu University in the Eastern Cape. Today, however, he runs his own tech venture and has taught many people how to code through his YouTube channel.
Being born and raised by a single mother in a poverty-stricken community in Dimbaza was, in many ways, a blessing in disguise, he said. My mother taught me resilience through example.
