Group of Med Students Celebrate Obtaining Degrees, SA Cheers Them on: 'Title Change'

Group of Med Students Celebrate Obtaining Degrees, SA Cheers Them on: 'Title Change'

  • An inspirational band of medical degree students have headed online to celebrate a major flex
  • The students from Sefako Mokgatho announced they had completed their medical courses to qualify as doctors
  • Saffas were instantly bowled over by the achievement and the incredible snap shared online to mark the milestone

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Saffas have taken to heaping praise on a group of students from the Sefako Mokgatho University who are recently the proud holders of degrees in medicine.

An excited Twitter user, @mpho_bubbly, took to sharing an incredible snap of the group huddled up in a circle and holding the stethoscopes that all but confirm their new status as qualified doctors in the palms of their outstretched hands.

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Med students from Sefako Mokgatho are the toast of the town online. Image: @mpho_bubbly
Source: Twitter
"My friends and I did it! Title change is now official! Sefako Makgatho MBChB Class of 2021! Course e wele guys!" read the inspirational caption.

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Adding to the aesthetics of the picture, the eleven graduates each appear to firmly balance their new name tags with their official professional titles above the stethoscopes at the front of their fingers.

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The tweet sparked an immediate outpouring of excitement from locals on the socials, who took to sharing their heartfelt congratulations with the new doctors. Among the tweeps were a few who instantly alluded to the "the German" car dealerships that will be happy to cater to the university alumni.

Mzansi celebrates cheerful band

The tweet attracted a whopping 27 000 likes, almost 3 000 retweets and 200 comments at the time of publication. Briefly News decidedly jumped into the comments to bring readers all the astounding comments to the post.

@GosiameMalepe wrote:

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"I’m sure German carmakers are going crazy… but anyhow Congratulations Bathong."

@Kgothatsomath02 said:

"'Hamba no dokotela , ama superstar.' Cheers."

@d7854a962a7a4b1 added:

"See u whn doing Ur peads allocation if you will b in DGMAH."

Mzansi man celebrated after bagging degree in medicine

It's graduation season in SouthAhh, and the medical degrees are coming in droves as hardworking university students all across the country celebrate finally crossing the finish line.

Briefly News recently reported that it was no different for a Twitter user, @Thulahnkala, who took to his account to let his over 2 100 followers in on the special milestone he's reached. Thanks to his passion and dedication, his update on the microblogging platform had locals in a celebratory mood.

The caption read:

"It ended in Dr T Nkala."

There was an immediate and palpable joyous atmosphere as the tweet attracted more than 9 000 likes at the time of publication. Further, it was retweeted over 360 times and saw almost 100 mentions lighting up the comments section.

Source: Briefly News

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Tshepiso Mametela Tshepiso Mametela is a seasoned journalist with eight years of experience writing for online and print publications. He is an evening/weekend editor at Briefly News. He was a general news reporter for The Herald, a senior sports contributor at Opera News SA, and a reporter for Caxton Local Media’s Bedfordview and Edenvale News and Joburg East Express community titles. He has attended media workshops, including the crime and court reporting one by the Wits Justice Project and Wits Centre for Journalism in 2024. He was a member of the Forum of Community Journalists (FCJ) from 2018 to 2020.

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