{"id":20873,"date":"2025-04-05T11:24:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T11:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?p=20873"},"modified":"2025-04-05T11:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T11:59:50","slug":"tradition-reimagined-the-thothotho-gin-story-begins-at-vut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/nso\/tradition-reimagined-the-thothotho-gin-story-begins-at-vut\/","title":{"rendered":"Tradition Reimagined: Kanegelo ya Thothotho Gin e Thoma kua VUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>05 Moranang 2025 | Pale: Qhawekazi Memani| Set\u0161oant\u0161o: VUT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Metsotso e 3 nako ya go bala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mello-image-for-story-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tradition Reimagined: The Thothotho Gin Story Begins at VUT\" class=\"wp-image-20875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mello-image-for-story-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mello-image-for-story-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mello-image-for-story-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mello-image-for-story.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pelong ya metse ya Limpopo, nako ye telele pele ga distillery le meoya ya leina, go be go na le Thothotho\u2014seno se maatla, se se sefilwego sa set\u0161o. E kile ya ba seka sa botee manyalong le dipokanong, moya wo wa bagologolo o ile wa hlangwa ka bokgoni le tlhokomelo, gomme diphiri t\u0161a wona di ile t\u0161a feta go tloga molokong o mongwe go ya go o mongwe. Le ge go le bjalo, ge melao ya bokoloniale e be e nyaka go phumola dit\u0161o t\u0161a go dira beine t\u0161a setlogo, Thothotho, go swana le meoya ye ment\u0161i ya Afrika, e ile ya kgoromet\u0161wa ka fase ga mmu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go Morena Moshe Mello, moithuti wa PhD Yunibesithing ya Theknolot\u0161i ya Vaal (VUT), kanegelo ye e be e se histori fela, e be e le ya motho ka no\u0161i.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ge a gola Ga-Mphahlele, Morena Mello o be a nwelet\u0161e dikanegelong t\u0161a koko wa gagwe, Mohumagadi Pheladi Tladi, modiri wa distiller yo a hlomp\u0161hago wa Mokoporo, moya wa set\u0161o wa go swana le vodka wo o tsebjago bjalo ka Thothotho. O ile a tseba mo\u0161omo wo gabotse mathomong a lekgolo la bo-20 la nywaga, a diri\u0161a metswako ya setlogo le mekgwa ya kgale. Lega go le bjalo, go gatelela ga mmu\u0161o go hlweki\u0161a ga lefelong leo go ile gwa mo gapelet\u0161a go tlogela phi\u0161ego ya gagwe. Di- still di ile t\u0161a homola, eup\u0161a bohwa bo ile bja phela ka dikanegelo t\u0161e di sebelago le dikgopot\u0161o t\u0161a kgole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bjale, Morena Mello o ikemi\u0161edit\u0161e go bu\u0161et\u0161a morago seo se bego se nyakile go lahlega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ge a be a phegelela PhD ya gagwe ya Boent\u0161enere bja Dikhemikhale ka VUT, Morena Mello o bone sebaka sa go kopanya tsebo ya set\u0161o le boitlhamelo bja sebjalebjale. Go e na le go no bopa Thothotho gape, o ile a nyaka go e hlweki\u0161a, a feto\u0161a tshepedi\u0161o ya go hlweki\u0161a gore e fihlelele maemo a intasteri mola a boloka semelo sa yona sa sebete, sa mathomo. O ile a leka ka dimela t\u0161a setlogo, a netefat\u0161a gore moko wa moya o dula o sa kgongwa mola a godi\u0161a botebo bja wona le go raragana ga wona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mafelelo? Thothotho Premium Gin, moya wo o kopanyago nako ye e fetilego le ya bjale. Go feta seno feela, ke polelo ya set\u0161o, kgoelet\u0161o ya gore bohwa bo ka t\u0161welela ntle le go lahlegelwa ke moya wa bjona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ka 2025, lebotlelo la mathomo la Thothotho Premium Gin le t\u0161weledit\u0161we, e sego fela bjalo ka moya wa premium eup\u0161a bjalo ka mot\u0161hene wa go sepela. Ka lefelo la gagwe la go dira bjala, Morena Mello o tso\u0161olo\u0161a set\u0161o seo se timet\u0161ego, a fa lent\u0161u go dikanegelo t\u0161eo di sa bolelwego t\u0161a ba\u0161omi ba go dira bjala ba Afrika bao, ka mengwagakgolo, ba bolokilego mo\u0161omo wa bona wa diatla o phela meriting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lehono, Thothotho Distillery ga se feela leina la kgwebo; ke tlhompho ya go kgotlelela. E hlompha bao ba ilego ba dira beine ka sephiring, ba \u0161irelet\u0161a tsebo ya bona gomme ba gana go dumelela histori e fela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ge a bolela ka leeto la Morena Mello, Ngaka Simphiwe Nelana, Motlat\u0161amotlat\u0161amokhanselara wa Dinyaki\u0161i\u0161o, Boitlhamelo, Kgwebo, le Bodit\u0161habat\u0161haba (RICI) ka VUT, o retile bokgoni bja gagwe bja go kopanya dinyaki\u0161i\u0161o t\u0161a thuto le khuet\u0161o ya lefase la nnete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c&quot;Mo\u0161omo wa Morena Mello ke mohlala wo o phadimago wa ka fao dinyaki\u0161i\u0161o le boitlhamelo di ka bolokago bohwa bja set\u0161o mola di hlohlelet\u0161a kgolo ya ekonomi. Go VUT, re hlohlelet\u0161a baithuti go nagana ka ntle ga phapo\u0161i ya borutelo le go hlama ditharollo t\u0161e di nago le mohola le t\u0161a phetogo. 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