ALL Lucky Shange wanted to be while growing up was to become a soccer star.
But that was not to be.
Lucky (36) saw his dream fade away when he developed an eye condition as a teenager that left him blind.
Lucky, from Nseleni outside Richards Bay on the KZN North Coast, said his positive attitude in life made him change his career goals.
Instead of feeling helpless and hopeless, he decided to work hard and persevere.
He got himself a job as a training practitioner at Sassa’s offices in Mpumalanga.
Last month Lucky graduated with his Masters degree in Leadership Studies at the University of KZN.
He told Daily Sun that he lost his eyesight while in grade 10 in 2000.
“The doctors told me I had cryptococcal meningitis (an infection of the tissue covering the brain),” said Lucky.
He had to move to the Eastern Cape to study at Zamokuhle Special School, where he matriculated in 2003.
In 2006, the bright young man completed his first degree – a UKZN BA in Art.
“Because I was not sure what I wanted to do at that time I enrolled again in 2007 for a post graduate course in leadership and management. Since then I’ve continued studying and currently have a number of different qualifications.”
Lucky said he wanted to be an inspiration to other disabled people who feel hopeless.
“Being blind or having any form of disability doesn’t mean that you have no brains,” he said.