Black Gas Pump Attendant Who Paid For White Woman's Fuel In Dangerous South African Area When She Forgot Her Wallet Receives Eight-Year's Pay

A black petrol pump attendant who paid for fuel for a white woman who forgot her credit cards and risked been stranded in a dangerous part of town has been rewarded with more than £26,000.

Nkosikho Mbele, 28, was helping serve 21-year-old Monet van Deventer at a Shell garage on the outskirts of Cape Town when the account manager realised she had left her credit cards at home.

Knowing that refusing the young woman fuel could mean standing her in the notorious Khayelitsha township that she was about to drive through, Mbele paid £5 of his own money to fill her tank up.