Graduation 2025
UCT Graduate Lwazi Thobani: A journey of resilience and triumph
17 September 2025 | Video Production Team Boikhutso Ntsoko, Kamva Somdyala. Photo Lerato Maduna.UCT’s spring 2025 graduation on 8 September marked a powerful milestone for Civil Engineering graduate Lwazi Thobani, originally from Centane in the Eastern Cape. Despite losing his father – his greatest motivator – during exam season and facing a debt of R165 000, he persevered through support from UCT Student Wellness Service, scholarships and determination to complete his degree.
Walking across the stage at the Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment (EBE) ceremony, the ceremony was more than an academic achievement for Thobani; it is also a tribute to his late father.
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Spring 2025 Graduation
The University of Cape Town (UCT) hosted graduation ceremonies from Monday, 8 September until Wednesday, 10 September 2025. The ceremonies were livestreamed on the website and UCT’s Facebook page (recommended for mobile devices like cell phones and tablets), and the video recordings will be available on this feature page and UCT’s YouTube channel as soon as possible after the event.
Graduation news
Graduation news
Inspirational graduates
Our stories: inspirational graduates
The UCT News team has profiled a cross-section of inspirational graduands whose stories have inspired us. To all those we haven’t been able to feature, we’d like to say: each one of you is an inspiration – to your university, your families and your communities. We wish you every success in the future.
Ceremony recordings
Ceremony recordings
Graduation programmes
The names of all of the spring 2025 qualifiers are listed in the graduation ceremony programmes. Congratulations to everyone who has graduated.
We are excited to see our UCT graduates unleash their potential for a fair and just society. Thank you for joining the celebrations on social media by using the #UCTGrad2025 hashtag.
Social media elements#UCTGrad2025 – social media elements
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