Mandela Inspired Me to Be a Rugby Star
Zimbabwean Tonderai Chavhanga grew up in poverty but became a record-breaking Springbok.
Zimbabwean Tonderai Chavhanga grew up in poverty, but was inspired to take up rugby after watching the 1995 Rugby World Cup. He went on to become a record-breaking player in the South African Springboks team.
Anders Callesen from Denmark presides over the world's largest collection of unopened beer bottles. He took Outlook's Saskia Edwards on a tour.
British writer Bella Bathurst lost her hearing in her late 20s. She's written about her experience of going through deafness but then getting her hearing back.
New Zealander Nigel Skeggs helps people during the dangerous cyclone season in remote communities in the South Pacific. Outlook's Joel Carnegie went to meet him.
(Picture: Tonderai Chavhanga. Credit: Duif du Toit/Gallo Images/Getty Images.)
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