Throughout my student life in South Africa and abroad I've never heard any professor so true, so strong, and so convincing about the state of studentship, academics, government, democracy, and social justice. To cap it all she is a young black woman professor of mathematics, a vice chancellor on academic research among other positions. Sure, in this present climate of "Fees must fall" in universities of South Africa she is the only one talking sense about long lasting solutions rather than blaming student violence. The big thing is how to address the causes rather than condemning student who are frustrated by the trauma of coming from the poor backgrounds and having to face very expensive university fees. It's like, asking where are all the promises espoused by our by our senior leaders in the "FREEDOM CHARTER" and why there's so much corruption and extreme poverty, and why the universities keep on raising fees instead of lowering them. One from the black student background realizes that this has been going on for a long long time in South Africa, perhaps since 1948 under the apartheid regime. Thanks, Prof. Mamokgethi Phakeng, you are a real inspiration for the black children, youths, and students of South Africa. Government, ministers, universities, and police are quick to condemn and beat up and arrest the students, without paying due regard to the causes, and how to remedy the same. It's an irony that a post-apartheid black government is so confused about what's going on, as if there was nothing like it before, and turning a bling eye on the student riot of 1976 that helped immensely in the liberation of South Africa, albeit, politically.
Yooooooooh volume Prof.. She just gets it, we have been through alot of struggles during varsity years and we didn't have much black academics to stand our grounds and that's a problem. How can you exclude the majority people of a nation in education, economic and other spheres and expect them to shut up? Rage, anger and vandalism as a result will never stop until common grounds are reached... Kubi guys we were born in the 90s but what we experienced at varsities post 2005 still was not on. You'll be failed for no concrete reason and having to come from a disadvantaged background you just see any possibility of a better future crumbling before your eyes... There is alot that needs to be done on SA universities... I studied at NMMU and white privilege knocked down alot of black students who end up not finishing their qualifications or they were kicked out. It's painful to see the people you used to study with who had so much potential but were academically excluded "physically" in writing and really nothing concrete to assist them with thier needs... It's alot tjooo😭😭
Amen professor, even at primary level, they blame the child from poor background who has to learn in English for the first time. It's easy to blame the child rather than blame ourselves teachers for not knowing the home language of the child. There is nothing wrong with the child coming armed with their home language, there is something wrong with the teachers who can't help them understand concepts through their own language, teachers must be humble and realize that they need to educate themselves about the issues of language and learning challenges in the classroom.
As I went to an Afrikaans school in SA with my name Francesca and my last name miccadei, The Afrikaans teacher was asking me why I was put in an Afrikaans school? With my name been Francisca? At the time when I was 10 years old 👵, she then writes my name as Siska, when I got home my father ask me why my teacher chance my name to Siska? I then ask my Father? Why do you put me in an Afterkaans School with my name be Francesca? Aright never the less. my father paid for my school funds. And I am still paying for my college tuition. I have never heard of such as free education. I am still paying even as I'm tweeting this. Nothing is free, never heard of anything free? Perhaps now I live abroad I still pay for my schooling. I now 59 years of age I'm working and supporting my self. Do not have kids. I didn't have the privilege to race a family of my own since I was rob from my inousn as a very Jonge kid. Nevertheless, I have moved on and forgiven. It was not easy to absolve. But I now look back and I am proud of who I am as what I have accomplished in my life. I thank the Lord Jesus Christ every day.
Throughout my student life in South Africa and abroad I've never heard any professor so true, so strong, and so convincing about the state of studentship, academics, government, democracy, and social justice. To cap it all she is a young black woman professor of mathematics, a vice chancellor on academic research among other positions. Sure, in this present climate of "Fees must fall" in universities of South Africa she is the only one talking sense about long lasting solutions rather than blaming student violence. The big thing is how to address the causes rather than condemning student who are frustrated by the trauma of coming from the poor backgrounds and having to face very expensive university fees. It's like, asking where are all the promises espoused by our by our senior leaders in the "FREEDOM CHARTER" and why there's so much corruption and extreme poverty, and why the universities keep on raising fees instead of lowering them. One from the black student background realizes that this has been going on for a long long time in South Africa, perhaps since 1948 under the apartheid regime. Thanks, Prof. Mamokgethi Phakeng, you are a real inspiration for the black children, youths, and students of South Africa. Government, ministers, universities, and police are quick to condemn and beat up and arrest the students, without paying due regard to the causes, and how to remedy the same. It's an irony that a post-apartheid black government is so confused about what's going on, as if there was nothing like it before, and turning a bling eye on the student riot of 1976 that helped immensely in the liberation of South Africa, albeit, politically.
Yooooooooh volume Prof.. She just gets it, we have been through alot of struggles during varsity years and we didn't have much black academics to stand our grounds and that's a problem. How can you exclude the majority people of a nation in education, economic and other spheres and expect them to shut up? Rage, anger and vandalism as a result will never stop until common grounds are reached... Kubi guys we were born in the 90s but what we experienced at varsities post 2005 still was not on. You'll be failed for no concrete reason and having to come from a disadvantaged background you just see any possibility of a better future crumbling before your eyes... There is alot that needs to be done on SA universities... I studied at NMMU and white privilege knocked down alot of black students who end up not finishing their qualifications or they were kicked out. It's painful to see the people you used to study with who had so much potential but were academically excluded "physically" in writing and really nothing concrete to assist them with thier needs... It's alot tjooo😭😭
Amen professor, even at primary level, they blame the child from poor background who has to learn in English for the first time. It's easy to blame the child rather than blame ourselves teachers for not knowing the home language of the child. There is nothing wrong with the child coming armed with their home language, there is something wrong with the teachers who can't help them understand concepts through their own language, teachers must be humble and realize that they need to educate themselves about the issues of language and learning challenges in the classroom.
She is an engine behind openness on education issues
As I went to an Afrikaans school in SA with my name Francesca and my last name miccadei,
The Afrikaans teacher was asking me why I was put in an Afrikaans school?
With my name been Francisca? At the time when I was 10 years old 👵, she then writes my name as Siska, when I got home my father ask me why my teacher chance my name to Siska? I then ask my
Father? Why do you put me in an Afterkaans School with my name be Francesca? Aright never the less. my father paid for my school funds. And I am still paying for my college tuition. I have never heard of such as free education. I am still paying even as I'm tweeting this.
Nothing is free, never heard of anything free?
Perhaps now I live abroad I still pay for my schooling.
I now 59 years of age
I'm working and supporting my self.
Do not have kids.
I didn't have the privilege to race a family of my own since I was rob from my inousn as a very
Jonge kid. Nevertheless, I have moved on and forgiven. It was not easy to absolve.
But I now look back and I am proud of who I am as what I have accomplished in my life. I thank the Lord Jesus Christ every day.