iFani’s Charity donation to the Wits #AccessCampaign
iFani’s charity donation to the #AccessCampaign was a generous sum of R 50 000.
The #AccessCampaign works to raise funds for Wit University students who owe the school money and aren’t able to qualify for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) due to their family’s income.
iFani’s charity stems from a desire to help that has always been a part of his nature…
“I wanted to get involved in the Fees Must Fall campaign, but I didn’t like the way the students handled it; I didn’t like the tone of the campaign. So, when I saw that the students were doing this campaign, I told them I wanted to get involved. I want to encourage other people to get involved, even if they are not celebrities.” Said iFani
He would like to see the #AccessCampaign reach R 1 million and he has reached out to fellow local artists to get in on the donation process too. iFani made Twitter requests to local musicians and Cassper Nyovest responded by matching iFani’s charity of R 50k.
On a side note, when iFani took his impassioned plea to Twitter for other artists to donate, the tone of his urgency took a little awkward turn.
DJ Shimza along with a few other Twitter users ‘lashed out at him for apparently calling out musicians who couldn’t donate to the campaign’.
The misunderstanding seems to have occurred when iFani tweeted a response from the Major League gang. iFani has since deleted the tweet and was mature enough to apologise.
The cause behind iFani’s charity is one that he is clearly passionate about. Recently a student from the Durban University of Technology allegedly committed suicide when the NSFAS rejected his funding application.
The F2A Project started by iFani with the help of Juta Academic sees the local rapper head out to universities to give talks on staying positive.
“I understand how it feels to only see the negative in your life. I’ve also been depressed. When I lost my grandmother a few years ago and was involved in an accident immediately after that, I couldn’t see any positives in my life. No one wanted to accept my music and because of that I was depressed and I didn’t think my situation was going to change.” Shared iFani
