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25 April 2022
Photo Jan van der Walt
From the left are Eduan du Plessis (Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and recipient of the SAIPA Prize for Best BCom third year student in Accounting), Johanco Viljoen (Bachelor of Science: Botany and Zoology), Louis van der Walt (Bachelor of Accounting), and Thinus Greyling (Bachelor of Commerce: Investment Management and Banking).
Seventeen years of friendship, with four degrees among them. This is what friends Eduan du Plessis, Johanco Viljoen, Louis van der Walt, and Thinus Greyling celebrated during the University of the Free State’s April graduation ceremony. The four friends – who started their academic careers together at Grey Pre-Primary in 2006 and matriculated at Grey College in 2018 – obtained qualifications during the graduation ceremonies of the faculties of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and Economic and Management Sciences.
First profound deaf person with South African Sign Language as first language to graduate at UFS
2012-04-04
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Natalie Jordaan and her parents.
Photo: Hannes Pieterse
4 April 2012
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Natalie Jordaan is the first profound deaf person with South African Sign Language as first language of the Unit for Students with Disabilities to graduate a the UFS's graduation ceremony. She receive a B.Com. IT. degree this week. Natalie is an IT developer at Multichoice in Randburg. Seen with her, are her father and mother, Mr Hennie Jordaan and Mrs Trilby Jordaan, who are both working at the ABSA head office in Johannesburg. South African Sign Language is also their first language.