During her recent visit, Oprah Winfrey was awarded an honorary doctorate in education from the University of the Free State.Many asked why the icon choose to honour this particular varsity - scarred by the racist Reitz video scandal a few years ago - and Winfrey admitted that it was an article in the Sunday Times by Jansen about not accepting mediocrity in SA that inspired her.
Oprah described the university's journey in the fight against racism was "amazing", "I reached a point in my life where I only do what I want to do. And so, when John Samuel was telling me about the great things that were happening in terms of reconciliation, transformation ... I thought this is something I wished to see and was willing to give up my time for," Winfrey said.
"I really do believe that what has happened here at this university comes under the category of amazing."
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