At the age of 3 Omolemo developed a passion for buses. From his collection of toys, he would only play with the buses and leave all the others. This went on and on until he could tell me that I should stop buying him any other toys but buses.

When Omolemo was 5, he used to tell us that when he grows up he wants to be a bus driver, and not just for any fleet but for Ipelegeng Transport. I used to laugh at him and discouraged him at times and told him he should study .

Whenever I’m driving around or when we’re in Sebokeng Omolemo will look at buses and tell me about the bus numbers and which routes they go. He would ask for me to download bus simulator games on his phone for him and would passionately play them during school holidays.

When Ipelegeng Transport launched their concept of naming their buses after their passengers Omolemo was the first one at home to notice that. He became so excited to see the buses on the road and he quickly learned theirs names. This was a beautiful thing to witness.

A couple of weeks ago my sister wrote to Ipelegeng Transports Facebook page and shared Omolemo’s story. Today Omolemo was invited to the Ipelegeng Transport offices – depot. Not only was this a normal visit but my boy got to spend the day with his role models and on top of that, he got a bus named after him.

Thank you Ipelegeng for the beautiful work you do for our community, thank you for inspiring our children and bringing out the best in them. We salute you

Motswalle Wa Hao