From tears to joy for emotional UKZN graduate who touched hearts of South Africans

22 May 2022 - 00:00 By Mfundo Mkhize

Two weeks ago University of KwaZulu-Natal graduate Dumisani Ngobese — whose tears on the graduate ceremony stage touched the hearts of South Africans — did not have a proper pair of pants to wear to the event...

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