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Our future looks bright: UCT, UKZN and UFS 2019 graduation wrap

12 April 2019 - 13:31 By Cebelihle Bhengu
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It's graduation season and Mzansi has a lot to be proud about.
It's graduation season and Mzansi has a lot to be proud about.
Image: Instagram/UKZN

The University of Cape Town is the latest varsity to trend on Twitter for its heart-melting pictures and videos taken at graduation ceremonies.

Proud parents, lecturers and students are beaming with excitement, and congratulatory messages are once again flooding our timelines.

In the past two weeks, the University of the Free State and University of KwaZulu-Natal also attracted attention while their ceremonies were under way.

From PhD to diploma graduates, and touching stories of roadblocks and ultimate victories, here is a wrap of the UCT, UKZN and UFS graduations in pictures.

 

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