By Jonk wa Mashamba
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Brilliant Nkuna (28) spent six weeks in hospital after he was involved in a horrific accident on the 7th of May 2016.
The accident, which occurred at the Bush Valley Farm, left him with four fractures on the right elbow and his neck was broken. The accident also left him with head injuries.
Nkuna had always wanted to be a pilot, but the accident had dealt him a serious blow, as there was slim chance that he would ever make it.
And there was also a high chance that he might use a wheelchair for the rest of his life. However, God answered his prayers.
Nkuna from Joppie Village (Ka-Nwamitwa) outside Tzaneen in Limpopo Province said:
“Miraculously, I was found to be 100 percent fit to be a pilot.
“God transformed my life in such a way that it still feels like a dream even now.”
His story to self-discovery has inspired many young people who saw and heard him on media houses being interviewed.
In 2018, he was invited for a TETA Scholarship to be part of an aircraft maintenance engineering training at 43 Air School in Port Alfred, outside Port Elizabeth (PE).
“I was so excited to finally have my foot on the industry that I love heartedly.”
Nkuna said he met a lady called Fatima Jakoel, who works for the South African Airwaves as a senior pilot, when he was flying to PE.
“She offered me a sponsorship to become a pilot through her organization called Sakhikamva Foundation based in Cape Town. That’s where everything started.”
Nkuna, a cameraman at Power Life Church of Christ based in Kaalfontein, says the church and his family were the fountain of his strength as they had been supportive from the word-go.
After he spent 15 months in the Eastern Cape, he came back in Gauteng to complete his pilot training, as well as aircraft maintenance engineering training at Sky-hawk Aviation based in Lanseria International Airport.
His advice to young: “Everything is possible if you have faith and remain prayerful and believe God for your breakthrough.
“Education is a key, regardless of your family background; you can still have a good career.”
