By Katlego Sekhu

Congratulations are in order for actress Shalate Sekhabi, popularly known as Shoki in e.tv’s House of Zwide – she graduated from Wits.
Sekhabi graduated with a BA Degree in Film and Television. The actress wore the same gown her dad wore when he graduated with a BA in Dramatic Arts 30 years ago.
Shelate is the daughter of playwright and director Aubrey Sekhabi.
“God got me here, all the glory belongs to Him,” she wrote. “His grace and mercy is unfailing.”
Shalate is pleased with the woman she has become.
“The person I am today is not the person I was when I first stepped through these University gates. I am so proud of the woman standing here today, boy is she strong and capable of anything she puts her mind to. She inspires me so much, whenever I am low, I will look back on this day, on this journey and I will pick myself up again the same way she had to, over and over again.”
Looking back at the challenges she’s come across on her journey, she notes that it has been “mentally, physically and spiritually taxing” and at times thought about quitting.
Shelate expressed gratitude to her “mom and dad, family and my friends” for carrying her through till the end.
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