Nomzamo Mbatha has added the title of graduate to her long list of achievements.
2017’s woman of the year, who has been juggling her busy career with her studies, has obtained her BCom degree in accounting from the University of Cape Town.
Nomzamo Mbatha is a well known South African actress and television personality best known as one of the three finalists in the 2012 MTV Base VJ Search.
She landed her first acting role as Thandeka in the Mzansi Magic telenovela-turned-soap-opera isiBaya, in 2013.
But Mbatha was born in KwaMashu, north of Durban. She is known among her friends for being full of life, with tons of personality, a big heart and the gift of the gab.
While still at school she used to be invited to speak at other schools around Durban and was subsequently invited to become Madam Speaker in the KZN Youth Parliament.
Just last week, the incredible actress celebrated her graduation of her Accounting BCom degree with a powerful message!
Speaking to DJ Fresh on Metro FM, Nomzamo expressed that as much as she had been thriving in the media industry, her studies have always been at the back of her mind
“For the past five years that I have been in the industry, every year in January it was so hard for me because there was this thing that reminded me that I have a certain incompletion and dropping out and a certain failure. Despite all things that I was achieving, it just wouldn’t go away”
“I felt I wore that face of failure for such a long time. I knew the responsibility that I had. I understood the badge I wore and the badge had to have an effect now. For me, it was understanding where I am and completing it for myself”
And the South African’s graduation dress was astounding but the powerful statement it made was even better!
The dress had the South African Depression & Anxiety Group’s toll free number printed on it. It also featured pictures of the people that she’s lost in her life. She also added the words ‘resilience, courage and overcome’ on the dress.
Here’s a look at some of the pictures from her graduation day:
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