<figure class="article-body-image-wrapper crop-landscape"><img src="https://imengine.public.prod.inl.infomaker.io/?uuid=ab2a68e9-9c6d-5362-a830-37a4beee5d9c&function=cropresize&type=preview&source=false&q=75&crop_w=0.99999&crop_h=0.46973&width=1079&height=607&x=1.0E-5&y=0.26514" alt="" style="width:100%"><figcaption>There was singing, a standing ovation and ongoing applause, appreciation and admiration as Dr Sindiwe Magona received the very first PhD in creative writing to be conferred by the University of the Western Cape, a fortnight ago. Dr Magona, 79, is the author of books When the Village Sleeps, Mother to Mother, To My Children’s Children and Beauty’s Gift. She is a former Langa resident.</figcaption></figure>