THE winner of SA Idols season 18 encouraged pupils at Lotus Gardens Secondary School in Atteridgeville, Tshwane to put education first.
Thapelo Molomo visited the school on Friday, 4 August. He also visited Fusion Secondary School in the same area.
The singing police officer said he visited the school to motivate the pupils and give them hope for their future and to advise them on the importance of studying.
"My story gives hope because I am just an ordinary person from Tembisa in Ekurhuleni who became an Idols winner," he said.