Young Motswana takes on Oxford
The year was 1999. Five-year-old Dineo Diana Tamia Serame watched on with hypnotised awe as her mother was awarded a Master’s Degree in Macroeconomics.
The little girl made herself a silent promise: one day she too would follow the education route to make her way in the world.
INSPIRATION: Serame's graduation in 1999 with 5-year-old Dineo
20 years later the little girl’s pledge became a young woman’s reality.
In 2019, Dineo, 25, received the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, granted to the best Southern African scholar.
This guaranteed her a pla...
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