Durban -
When Nosipho Nguse went on stage to receive her post-graduate degree in education, little did she know about her boyfriend’s engagement plan.
The crowd at a sports hall at UKZN’s Westville campus went into a frenzy on Saturday when Sanele Mhlungu went down on his knee to propose to Nguse who started to cry tears of joy.
A bystander, who did not want to be named, told The Sunday Tribune that Nguse had already collected her qualification and was walking back to her seat when the unexpected happened. On the red carpet Mhlungu went on one knee and proposed to the graduate, much to the crowd’s approval.
“She flinched and I saw tears streaming down her cheeks. It was so romantic. I have never seen anything like it.
“The crowd went mad, parents stood up and cheered the couple.
“They gave them a standing ovation,” she said.
“The proceedings were disturbed for, like a minute, but who cares. If something is beautiful it needs to be congratulated.
“It was so funny because every parent that he walked past as he went to his seat, shook his hand,” she said.
On the UKZN Facebook page followers congratulated the couple.
Sunday Tribune