MAKING THE GRADE

Lavender Hill slimkop Shaiyene Fritz is determined to vang graad despite losing her mom and student funding

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FOR 24-year-old Shaiyene Fritz, the road to graduation has been anything but smooth - but she is refusing to give up.

The Humanities student took a devastating double knock last year when she lost her mom to complications with diabetes and her NSFAS funding.

But after finding her purpose, she won't let niks stand in the way of making the best of a nightmare situation.