Shell Slammed For Opting To Donate R500 000 To Charity In Nkosikho Mbele’s Name.

South Africans are lashing Shell for announcing that they will donate R500 thousands to any of Nkosikho Mbele’s charity of choice.

(Nkosikho Mbele PHOTO: Facebook)


By Staff Reporter


The Cape Town petrol ‘good samaritan’ attendant Nkosikho Mbele inspired millions of South Africans when he helped a customer who forgot her bank card at home and needed fuel. The story trended after it was shared by the customer on social media.

In light of Nkosikho’s ubuntu, a donation account was made to repay and award his kindness. The account has since received over R450K which is said to will help his family and start some charity work as he always felt a need to give.

His employer, the Shell company was lambasted by many in social media after the Country Chair of the company, Hloniphizwe Mtolo announced that they will donate about R500 thousand to a charity of Mbele’s choice.

“I’ve seen the good news and I wanted to call you directly and congratulate you for the good work that you have done”, says Hloniphizwe Mtolo on a phone call to Nkhosikho.

“In recognition of what you have done, as Shell, we have decided to respond to what the public has done and donate half a milions rands to a charity that you will choose”,

Shell has also promised to nominate Nkosikho Mbele in next year’s awards.

See some of the reaction from social media bellow.

Asking someone that’s earning less than 6k per month to donate 500k to a charity of their choice is a bit of a kick in the teeth. You’re barely surviving financially.

Don’t make Nkosi an overnight philanthropist. This isn’t what he signed up for.

— Harper (@WayneH__) June 4, 2019

Hi @Shell,
This is NOT IT!
You systemically underpay service station employees (such that most of them can’t afford any of the very cars they tend to) & entrench inequality.
Using a staff member’s act of kindness for YOUR PR (and thus profit) is shameful.
No. No. No. pic.twitter.com/WZvv2J4uSA

— Ottilia Anna MaSibanda (@MaS1banda) June 4, 2019

Hi @Shell…

Can you guys invest that R500k or give him shares at your company worth the same amount?#NkosikhoMbele has done his charitable work already. Don’t force him to pick a charity, also… Allow him to decide how much he wants to donate n if he wants to https://t.co/ecMBCDkgfm

— Aunt Lili (@anelisa_tuswa) June 4, 2019

#NkosikhoMbele needs money and you wanna use his name to donate to a charity? Get your life @Shell

This is an insult. https://t.co/mAOpMToYsF

— Karabo Mokgoko 🦄 (@Karabo_Mokgoko) June 4, 2019

The Shell company is stealing #NkosikhoMbele shine, they don’t wanna see a black man flourish.

— Hermaine M (@HermaineM) June 4, 2019

Shell is stealing Nkosikho Mbele’s shine. #NkosikhoMbele

— Man’s Not Barry Roux  (@AdvBarryRoux) June 4, 2019

This Shell and Nkosi situation is a clear indication of how your employer really does not care about you and bettering your life.

— Ngoako Lerato Mannya (@LeratoMannya) June 4, 2019

How do you use someone’s name to donate to charity when they don’t even have a decent home to live in? @Shell The disrespect. #NkosikhoMbele

— Karabo Mokgoko 🦄 (@Karabo_Mokgoko) June 4, 2019