Go Study Now Empowers South Africa’s Class Of 2025 With Simple Moments Of Courage And Connection

A Go Study Now story about courage, community, and the Class of 2025

It’s 10:57pm in a quiet South African home. A Matric learner (let’s call her Anele) has a page open, a highlighter uncapped, and a stomach full of knots. She does what so many of us do when the worry is loud: she scrolls. Between the noise, a familiar local voice appears. Twenty seconds. One breath. Three tips. “You’ve got this.” The clip ends, and something small but real shifts. Her shoulders drop. Tomorrow feels possible.

That moment - tiny, human, replayable - is the heart of Go Study Now’s mission: access, dignity, momentum. Not just more content, but the belief to keep going. Built in South Africa for South African youth, Go Study Now is a free, ad-free study app that helps learners practise past papers, quiz themselves, prep for NBT, and even tackle K53 - without paywalls, pop-ups, or distractions. And today, we’re taking that mission beyond the app with something simple and generous: the Motivate a Matric - One-Breath Challenge.

Why “one breath” matters

Ask any teacher: before the marks, there’s the mindset. In the final stretch, learners don’t need a 40-minute lecture; they need a clear, kind voice that lands. One breath forces honesty and focus. Three tips make it practical. Three nominations turn a single message into a ripple.

The format is intentionally copy-able. Record 20–35 seconds in your own style, in your own language. Say the line, drop three tips, nominate three more voices. No stunts; no scripts; no brand-speak. Just people who care, speaking to kids who are listening.

“Finals are about courage as much as content,” says Tariq Rufino, Founder of Go Study Now. “If one honest, 20-second message helps a learner breathe and try again tomorrow, we’ve done our job.”

A South African echo

What’s striking already is how proudly local the challenge feels. Entries arrive in isiXhosa, Afrikaans, English and more - so learners hear encouragement in the words and rhythms they trust. A Cape Town creator talks discipline as self-respect; a teacher from Joburg models calm; a parent remembers the night before their own Paper 1. It’s not a stunt. It’s a chorus.

This is where Go Study Now’s purpose meets the moment. Inside the app, learners can practise the exact past-paper sections they’re worried about, run a self-exam when they’re ready, or take a quick quiz to build momentum. Outside the app, the One-Breath Challenge carries the same DNA - short, useful, respectful - into the places learners already spend their time.

What we’re asking South Africa to do

We’re inviting creators, teachers, parents, alumni, and public figures to lend their voice. Not for clicks. For courage.

• Say the line: “I’m doing the Go Study Now Motivate a Matric One-Breath Challenge.”
• Share three tips: Keep them practical and real—sleep, a past paper a day, time-boxing.
• Nominate three people: Tag three South African voices who will keep the chain moving.
• Post on TikTok/Instagram/YouTube Shorts. Tag @GoStudyNow and use #MotivateAMatric #MatricFinals. Big captions. Clean audio. Kind tone. That’s it.

More than a feel-good moment

Feel-good matters, but so does follow-through. As the challenge grows, Go Study Now will share anonymised trends with interested newsrooms and partners: the past-paper sections learners attempt most, which tips are most saved, when study windows peak in the evenings. Not to score points - so families and schools can see where the need is, and meet it.

And because the app is free and ad-free, learners can focus on learning, not dodging pop-ups. The goal is simple: lower the noise, raise the belief, and make practising a little more doable every day.

If you’re reading this, you’re part of the story

Maybe you’re a creator with a few thousand followers. Maybe you’re a parent with five WhatsApp groups. Maybe you’re a teacher whose learners imitate your walk down the corridor. Your voice counts. Record one breath. Share three tips. Nominate three people. Somewhere tonight, a learner will watch your clip and feel their shoulders drop. Tomorrow will feel possible.

“When trusted local voices say ‘you’ve got this,’ it lands,” Rufino adds. “We’re inviting the country to lend that voice - one breath at a time.”

How to join (quick reference)

Script you can copy: “I’m doing the Go Study Now Motivate a Matric One-Breath Challenge; my three tips: [Tip 1], [Tip 2], [Tip 3]; I nominate [@A], [@B], [@C] - download Go Study Now, free and ad-free.”

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About Go Study Now

Go Study Now is a free, ad-free South African learning platform for youth aged 13–22. The app offers past-paper practice, quizzes, self-exam mode, NBT prep, K53, and curated study resources - built to give every learner access, dignity, and momentum.