Durban - Celebratory photos of Nongcebo Khuzwayo and her aunt, Gabisile Mbatha, had thousands in tears this week. The pictures were taken at a University of KwaZulu-Natal graduation ceremony and went viral on social media this week. Mbatha danced and ululated when her niece had her media, marketing and cultural studies degree conferred upon her.
Nongcebo’s shy parents looked on from a distance and watched as their relative rejoiced inside the university’s sport centre. Nongcebo, 22, the youngest of three children, whose mum is a traditional healer and dad a taxi owner, became the first graduate in her family. She said she was overcome with emotion and felt like she had redeemed herself. She had fallen pregnant after she completed matric at Durban Girls High school and has a 4-year-old daughter.“But part of the tears are because so much has happened. I had to de-register in 2015 when I fell pregnant.
Nongcebo said she was praying for a job so she could pay her R50 000 university debt and support her daughter.
Nothing fails like prayer
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