Meet Dale Austin Debideyal, a KZN teacher whose viral TikTok video bagged sponsorship for his school

23 Feb

Phumi Ramalepe

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Dale Austin Debideyal at his school in Chatsworth, KwaZulu-Natal.

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KwaZulu-Natal high school teacher Dale Austin Debideyal found himself in the limelight after a TikTok video he created about the realities of being a public-school teacher in South Africa went viral.

The video, featuring the famous "of course" challenge, amassed more than 1.2 million views in a few days, scoring overnight fame and unexpected sponsorship opportunities for the 28-year-old teacher's school.

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