She has become the first female pilot and
her dream came true
What this first South African black pilot does for other
women is incredible. You should hear her story!
Meet Asnath Mahapa. She has become the first black
woman to drive an airplane in South Africa. It’s a real
victory for gender and race equality for this country.
However, the path there was not easy for Asnath.
In the childhood, she used to stare at the sky and see
those huge planes crossing it. One day she realized a
small person could drive a giant aircraft. Why could
not that be her? She became very determined to
become a pilot, but fulfilling the dream was almost
impossible in the country being a black woman.
Against the will of her father Asnath left her school
and entered the flight courses. She was the only
woman in the class. She had to work the hardest
among the new pilots to finish it. Many times she felt
extremely sick in the air.
But she did not give up and in 1998 she became the
first black female pilot in South Africa. She was only
22 back then. 14 years later she has opened a flight
college for women. She had enough experience to
make the path a lot easier for her sisters, the girls
with the dream of the sky. Here is what she says:
“The boys must accept that the girls can become
anything they want, and girls must believe in
themselves that they can become anything they want.”
“Gender equality” are not just words for her. She
worked hard to make a dream come true and inspires
others to do so, too.
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