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Paraplegic beats odds to get degree

‘Challenges prepared me for real world’

Noxolo Sibiya Journalist

Lehutso Ntini, a paraplegic with a speech defect that only allows him to communicate via text on his cellphone or use partial sign language, refuses to allow his physical disability to determine his future.

Despite his challenges, Ntini, 35, from Ga-Maja Kopermyn in Limpopo has just completed his Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Management at the University of South Africa, which will see him being the first in his family to graduate at tertiary level. ..

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