When 51-year-old Angela Mokasi graduated with a masters degree in public management and governance from UJ, she chose to walk the stage in her Johannesburg metro police uniform instead of wearing elaborate attire.
According to Mokasi, operations director at JMPD, the uniform she wore under her gown as she walked on the stage was not just her work clothes. She said the uniform represented 30 years of serving the people of Johannesburg and also reminded her of the journey that brought her to the graduation stage.
I prepared an elegant outfit for my graduation however, I chose to wear my uniform because its part of my identity and a symbol of the journey I have walked as a metro police officer.
