by Phaphama Tshisikhawe
“The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) boasts a special breed of students - perhaps the feistiest and the most resilient students in the higher education sector. Before they arrive at the gates of TUT, many of our students have had many rivers to cross, several mountains to scale, winding roads to negotiate, and steep valleys to walk”, says Prof Tinyiko Maluleke, the Vice-Chancellor and Principal, in a personal message to the newly minted graduates as the autumn graduation season commenced on 8 April 2024.