{"id":21206,"date":"2025-04-10T14:34:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?p=21206"},"modified":"2025-08-01T08:51:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T08:51:50","slug":"from-the-frontlines-of-student-leadership-to-the-vut-graduation-stage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/from-the-frontlines-of-student-leadership-to-the-vut-graduation-stage-2\/","title":{"rendered":"From the frontlines of student leadership to the VUT graduation stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Tumelo Ramabolu graduates with an HR diploma while serving as SRC Secretary General, proving that leadership and perseverance go hand in hand.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10 April 2025 | Story: Vince Twala | Photo: Peter Masela.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 minutes read time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" data-id=\"21201\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/From-the-frontlines-of-student-leadership-to-the-VUT-graduation-stage-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"From the frontlines of student leadership to the VUT graduation stage\" class=\"wp-image-21201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/From-the-frontlines-of-student-leadership-to-the-VUT-graduation-stage-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/From-the-frontlines-of-student-leadership-to-the-VUT-graduation-stage-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/From-the-frontlines-of-student-leadership-to-the-VUT-graduation-stage-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/From-the-frontlines-of-student-leadership-to-the-VUT-graduation-stage-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/From-the-frontlines-of-student-leadership-to-the-VUT-graduation-stage-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/From-the-frontlines-of-student-leadership-to-the-VUT-graduation-stage.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 9 April 2025, the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) conferred a Diploma in Human Resource Management, under the Faculty of Management Sciences, to Mr Tumelo Denis Ramabolu. 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