Durban homeopath graduates with flying colours
With a passion to further her studies, Khasa (23) is currently completing her Master's degree in Homeopathy at DUT.
MUSGRAVE resident, Luvolwethu Khasa graduated with her BTech in Homeopathy, at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) Autumn Graduation which took place online on Thursday, 27 May.
“I always wanted to be a doctor. Medicine applicants have really high marks, so I decided to pursue something else in the health sciences. Homeopathy is an alternate form of healing. We are practitioners who use natural substances to create remedies. We believe the body can heal itself, it just needs a nudge,” said the graduate.
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Commenting on her achievement, Khasa said, “I knew that I passed very well but I did not expect it to be Cum Laude. Judging how challenging last year was, I was just happy I made it through to this year in one piece. My mother literally did not even know what a Cum Laude is, and she asked one of her colleagues at work to explain it to her. She could not believe it. My siblings are super excited as well.”
With a passion to further her studies, Khasa (23) is currently completing her Master’s degree in Homeopathy at DUT where she lives in a student residency. Her success did not come easy as Khasa had to overcome some challenges during her studies. In October 2019 she fell pregnant and when the Covid-19 pandemic hit South Africa in March 2020, she was in her second trimester and had to finish her degree.
“I literally had that added challenge of going through the pregnancy, while trying my best not to be too stressed because stress was going to affect the baby. Covid-19 got serious, I had no idea how safe my baby was going to be. I was just going through the most and I had to go for a C-section earlier because we had to come back to school for practical assessments. I left my baby at three weeks and I came back to being a student,” said Khasa
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She said this had an effect on her mental and physical health to some extent. It was a time where she needed all the support but unfortunately Khasa was alone tackling schoolwork and trying to recover.
“It was a very lonely, stressful and very challenging time because I had not even gotten through the transition from being pregnant to being a mother and I had to go straight into being a student. I’m still surprised that I pulled through,” explained Khasa.
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