Dr Preyan Arumugam-Nanoolal with her twin boys, Matteo (left) and Mikhail.From achieving an undergraduate, honours and master’s degree in her 20s to a PhD and set of twins in her 30s, it is no wonder that Dr Preyan Arumugam-Nanoolal compares graduating to reaching the top of a mountain after a very long, challenging hike.
Rocket man, Mr Jordan Silver.
Ms Nosipho Dlamini graduates with a Master’s in Agricultural Engineering.Ms Nosipho Dlamini is celebrating graduating with her Masters in Agricultural (Bioresources) Engineering after developing integrated climate change adaptation strategies using the Water-Energy-Food nexus approach in the Buffalo River Catchment, situated in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).
Dr Bhekisizwe Mthethwa with (from left) his supervisor, Professor Hongjun Xu; mother, Ms Thandiwe Mthethwa; and brother, Mr Mzingaye Mthethwa.Having spent endless late nights coding and running Python-based Monte-Carlo simulations, training artificial intelligence (AI)-based neural networks, deriving mathematical models, and performing nonlinear mathematical optimisation, it is no wonder that Dr Bhekisizwe Mthethwa describes graduating with a PhD as ‘a reward for conquering adversity and proof that I have a high adversity quotient (AQ).’
Dr Mohamed Elmezughi was awarded his PhD in Electronic Engineering.Dr Mohamed Elmezughi was awarded a PhD in Electronic Engineering for his research on novel improvements of empirical wireless channel models and proposals for machine-learning-based path loss prediction models for future communication networks.
Mangosuthu University of Technology lecturer, Dr Sfundo Gumede graduates with a PhD in Applied Mathematics.For Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) lecturer Dr Sfundo Gumede, attaining his PhD in Applied Mathematics for research on relativistic shear-free fluids - important fluids in astrophysics and cosmology - is a step towards propelling his career in academia.
Mr Damien Cole Ragavan earns his MSc in Applied Mathematics degree cum laude.
Statistics staff with Postgraduate Diploma in Data Science graduates (front row from left): Ms Fathima Ally, Ms Nontsikelelo Pam Sosibo, Ms Sumeshini Moodley, Ms Sanera Maharaj, and Mr Mohammed Uzayr Akubaraly. 
Ms Tasmiya Papiah graduates with her Honours in Applied Mathematics summa cum laude.Ms Tasmiya Papiah graduated with her Honours degree in Applied Mathematics summa cum laude after undertaking her studies through UKZN’s Astrophysics Research Centre (ARC), an experience that brought with it opportunities to attend conferences and research sites and complete a project on drone-beam mapping for the Hydrogen Intensity and Real-time Analysis eXperiment (HIRAX) radio telescope array.
Top performing Bachelor of Science in Engineering graduate, Mr Bukani Ndebele.To score 94% for one’s final-year Civil Engineering dissertation is no mean feat! Yet this is the rabbit that Mr Bukani Ndebele managed to pull out of the hat. The high achiever has now graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Engineering.
Mr Yasthiel Kemraj with (from left) his father, Mr Deavesh Kemraj; mother, Mrs Nisha Kemraj; and girlfriend, Ms Tarika Panday.
Summa cum laude for BSc in Mechanical Engineering graduate, Mr Rylan Odayan.