Thesis or your life? South African student resists armed robbers to hold on to master's thesis


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  • Thursday, 14 Sep 2017

Noxolo Ntusi refused to give up her bag to the robbers, despite having a gun pointed to her head. PHOTOS: SCREENGRAB FROM BBC VIDEO.

JOHANNESBURG: Faced with the prospect of losing the only copy of her master's thesis, South African student Noxolo Ntusi resisted armed robbers despite having a gun pointed to her head.

Ntusis, 26, was almost done with her thesis and was determined not to let her attackers have it during the robbery on Tuesday.

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