When Benson Laka poured fuel with a smile and urged a distressed motorist to enter a car competition, little did he know his gesture would earn him a R25,000 reward.
Like any petrol attendant, Laka was simply going about his day in Pretoria when he asked a then-desperate Tembeka Sonkwele if she had a rewards card.
I was feeling very down and sad because I had just lost my job, but Benson Laka was very friendly, said Sonkwele on Thursday.
