South Africa: Unemployed Doctoral Graduate to Test the Waters After Finally Landing Internship

21 September 2017

One of the youngest doctoral graduates from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology is expected to report for the first day of his new internship at the City of Cape Town on Thursday after months of searching for employment.

Lukhanyo Mekuto, 28, who on Friday, September 15, graduated as a Doctor of Engineering: Chemical from the institution, finally landed the internship when mayor Patricia De Lille offered him a position, saying his "expertise in engineering and micro-organism will be indispensable to the City of Cape Town's efforts to achieving water resilience".

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