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Mom,daughter graduate together Kariega’s Natasha Meyer became a mother as a teenager — but refused to let that define her future. Decades later, she and her daughter, Naqeesha Koester, crossed the graduation stage together at the ICC in KuGompo City, both earning Honours degrees in Educational Leadership and Management through UNISA. Read the full story on page 4. PHOTO: LARNELLE’S PHOTOGRAPHY