LOOK: Graduation is not only about the graduates, it’s about family too

Durban – It’s graduation season at the Durban University of Technology. While hundreds of graduates are excited about their future prospects, others are taking time to pay homage to those who have stood beside them, supporting them through the long nights, the anxiety, the exams and the stress along this journey.

One such student is Sthokozo Mpisane.

Mpisane, 28, dedicated her second qualification, a Degree of Bachelor of Technology in Engineering: Electrical (Heavy Current) to her grandmother who had raised her since she was 11-years-old, after her mother had passed away.

Sthokozo Mpisane and her gogo, Bathini Danca. Picture: DUT/Supplied

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