NEW: Inspirational Cape Town ouma walks tall to receive her degree

Hitchhiking to class, not knowing anything about computers and struggling with a language barrier - while battling cancer - were some of the obstacles a Delft grandmother had to navigate to get to her university degree.

So on Friday Regina Bessick, aged 50, walked tall to receive her theology degree from Stellenbosch University, seven years after walking onto campus as a first-year student.

“Everything I went through to get here was worth it,” she said, hours after her graduation ceremony.


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