For almost two decades Tsepiso Tshivhase had gone through life keeping an "enormous", tragic secret from his family. The 27-year-old University of Cape Town (UCT) civil engineering graduand was just six years old when his mother was gruesomely murdered in 1999. His father was the alleged perpetrator and took his own life that same day. Despite this, Tsepiso will be one of the many graduands graduating in absentia due to the coronavirus outbreak.
For years, Tsepiso's family attempted to conceal the truth, admittedly, he said, in an effort to protect him from the horrors of gender-based violence (GBV), which had for years plagued his home.
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