When an East London mother shared her little girl’s letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa on social media, the duo had no idea how many heartstrings it would tug.
Daisy Ngedle’s letter has been shared more than 200 times on Facebook since it was first posted on December 7.
The next item on the eight-year-old’s wish list is to visit Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings to see how he gets the job done.
When the Daily Dispatch met with the mother and daughter at Clarendon Preparatory School for Girls on Tuesday, the Grade 2 pupil said she was “hopeful that her letter would reach the president soon”.
“I wrote two letters but I started it all over again because the pencil writing was too faint. I feel really good for writing to him and I hope he responds,” she said.
That is highly possible as one of the people that shared the letter was Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Khusela Diko...