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A heartbreaking picture of 16-year-old Akhona Wali accepting an honours degree on behalf of her dead mother has left many South Africans in tears. | MaliDayimani

The picture of Akhona Wali, dressed in blue jeans and a black leather jacket, walking onto the stage to accept the certificate from Nelson Mandela University registrar Edgar de Koker has gone viral.

Nandipha initially graduated from the university in 2017 with a Bachelor of Education in intermediate phase, specialising in maths and science.Instead, her daughter, Akhona, the second of her three teenage children, stepped up and accepted the degree on behalf of her late mother. "We would have loved to see her there on stage, but God had her own ways," an emotional Ziphozihle said on Monday.SuppliedAccording to Ziphozihle, her sister's children – Ikho, 18, Akhona and Luphumlo, 14 – have decided to take the tragic loss of their mother and use it as motivation to excel in life to honour her memory.

 

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MaliDayimani Late mother that sound better

MaliDayimani What do we leave for our children? What should we invest more in? Papers? Qualifications?

MaliDayimani You should have wrote 'On behalf of her mother who passed away' have some respect

MaliDayimani She can now use it for herself, maybe a few edits?

MaliDayimani Is she also an NSFAS thief....Your view if black students

MaliDayimani You on the keyboard can do better than write dead

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