{"id":42732,"date":"2026-09-09T16:51:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T16:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?p=42732"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:05:42","slug":"prof-nyna-amin-urges-universities-to-become-civic-anchors-at-vut-teaching-and-learning-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/nso\/prof-nyna-amin-urges-universities-to-become-civic-anchors-at-vut-teaching-and-learning-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Mop Nyna Amin o hlohlelet\u0161a diyunibesithi go ba ditshetledi t\u0161a set\u0161haba Khonferentsheng ya go Ruta le go Ithuta ya VUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cMoprofesara Nyna Amin o hlohleledit\u0161e diyunibesithi go feta maemo le go ba ditshetledi t\u0161a set\u0161haba t\u0161eo di otlelago boitlhamelo, go akaret\u0161wa le khuet\u0161o ya leago khonferentsheng ya VUT.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>09 Lewedi 2026 | Pale ka: Sadiki Siphiwe | Seswant\u0161ho:<\/strong> <strong>Keitumetse Mokgope<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Metsotso e 6 nako ya go bala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 0 24px; padding: 0; background: #000;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Prof-Nyna-Amin-scaled.webp\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\">\n    <figcaption style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: left; color: #fff; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; background: #000; box-sizing: border-box;\">\nMop Nyna Amin o hlohlelet\u0161a diyunibesithi go lebelela ka kua ga maemo a lefase ka bophara le go amogela tema ya t\u0161ona bjalo ka balekane ba mafolofolo go rarolla ditlhohlo t\u0161a set\u0161haba le t\u0161a ekonomi.\n    <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diyunibesithi di swanet\u0161e go feta go kitimi\u0161a maemo a lefase ka bophara le go ba balekane ba mafolofolo go rarolla ditlhohlo t\u0161a leago le t\u0161a ekonomi t\u0161a dit\u0161haba t\u0161a t\u0161ona. Ye e be e le molaet\u0161a wa bogareng wo o filwego ke Mop Nyna Amin, Molaodi wa Nakwana wa Thuto le Thuto ka Yunibesithing ya KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), nakong ya polelo ya motheo ka Khonferentsheng ya go Ruta le go Ithuta ya Yunibesithi ya Theknolot\u0161i ya Vaal (VUT) yeo e t\u0161welago pele ka Emerald Resort ka Vanderbijlpark go tloga ka la 8 go fihla ka la 10 Lewedi 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ge a be a bolela le barutegi, banyaki\u0161i\u0161i le ba\u0161omi ba thuto ya godimo ka fase ga morero wa khonferentshe, \u201cGo Nagana gape ka go Ruta le go Ithuta ka Bokamoso: Boitlhamelo, Go akaret\u0161wa le Kgahlamelo Thutong ya Godimo,\u201d Mop Amin o hlohleledit\u0161e baemedi go nagana gape ka tema yeo e kgathwago ke diyunibesithi lefaseng leo le fetogago ka lebelo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tlhagi\u0161ong yeo e sego ya tlwaelo yeo e filwego ntle le diselaete t\u0161a PowerPoint, Mop Amin o hlohleledit\u0161e bat\u0161wasehlabelo go akanya dikgonagalo t\u0161e mpsha t\u0161a thuto ya godimo yeo e se nago dithibelo t\u0161a set\u0161o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O thomile ka go nagani\u0161i\u0161a ka bohlokwa bja selete sa Vaal, a lemoga gore Vanderbijlpark e hlomilwe bjalo ka motse wa intasteri wo o agilwego go dikologa t\u0161welet\u0161o ya t\u0161hipi, mola Noka ya kgauswi ya Vaal e dut\u0161e e le seka sa go fetofetoga le maemo le go kgotlelela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c&quot;Noka e gana mela ye e otlologilego. E feto\u0161a tsela, e tlwaela le go t\u0161wet\u0161a pele bophelo bjo bo e dikologilego,&quot; a realo. \u201dThuto e phagamego lehono e lebane le tlhohlo e swanago. Dihlongwa t\u0161eo di agilwego bakeng sa mehla e fetilego di swanet\u0161e go ithuta kamoo di ka tlwaelanego le phetogo e sa kgaot\u0161ego mola di dula di le maleba set\u0161habeng.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mop Amin o ile a \u0161upa gape bohlokwa bja histori bja Khutlotharo ya Vaal, go akaret\u0161wa Sharpeville le meferefere ya 1984, a phega kgang ya gore boitlhamelo le phetogo thutong ya godimo di ka se aroganywe le dipot\u0161i\u0161o t\u0161a toka, seriti le go akaret\u0161wa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cO it\u0161e: \u201dGo nagana gape ka thuto e phagamego ga se feela boit\u0161hidullo bja t\u0161a thekinolot\u0161i.\u201c \u201dKe taelo ya boitshwaro.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ge a kgokaganya molaet\u0161a wa gagwe le morero wa khonferentshe le Leano la VUT la 2033+, Mop Amin o hlalo\u0161it\u0161e pono ya diyunibesithi t\u0161eo di agilwego go dikologa dikgopolo t\u0161e tharo t\u0161eo di kgokaganego: khamphase ya seela, mot\u0161hene wa bohlale, le ankora ya set\u0161haba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kgopolo ya mathomo, khamphase ya seela, e nyaka ditsela t\u0161a go ithuta t\u0161e di fetofetogago kudu t\u0161eo di lemogago dibopego t\u0161e di fapanego t\u0161a tsebo le maitemogelo a go ithuta. Go ya ka Mop Amin, dibopego t\u0161a set\u0161o t\u0161a yunibesithi di hlamet\u0161we nako yeo ka yona batho ba mmalwa ba bego ba hwet\u0161a thuto ya godimo gomme dialoga di be di ka letela mo\u0161omo wo o bolokegilego ka morago ga go fet\u0161a lengwalo la thuto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lega go le bjalo, there\u0161o ya lehono e fapane kudu. Go t\u0161ea karolo ga baithuti go t\u0161wela pele go gola lefaseng ka bophara mola mebaraka ya ba\u0161omi e fetoga ka lebelo, go nyaka gore dialoga di mpshafat\u0161e le go katolo\u0161a bokgoni bja t\u0161ona me\u0161omong ya t\u0161ona ka moka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O ile a phega kgang ya gore diyunibesithi di swanet\u0161e go t\u0161wela pele go ya go dika t\u0161a go ithuta t\u0161a bophelo ka moka t\u0161eo di akaret\u0161ago mangwalo a go hlatsela a mannyane, temogo ya thuto ya pele, dithuto t\u0161e kopana le dibaka t\u0161a go ithuta t\u0161e di theilwego mo\u0161omong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go Afrika Borwa, go fetofetoga mo go bjalo go ka hlola dibaka go batho bao ba ka bago ba se ba latela ditsela t\u0161a thuto t\u0161a set\u0161o eup\u0161a ba sa nyaka phihlelelo ya thuto ya go t\u0161wela pele le tlhabollo ya mabokgoni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cO it\u0161e: \u201dYunibesithi e ka se sa ba lefelo leo batho ba tsenago go lona gatee gomme ba tloga ka mo go sa felego.\u201c \u201dGo ithuta go swanet\u0161e go t\u0161wela pele, go fetofetoga le maemo le go fihlelelwa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kgopolo ya gagwe ya bobedi, e lego mot\u0161hene o bohlale, e be e lebi\u0161it\u0161we tutuet\u0161ong e golago ya bohlale bja maitirelo thutong e phagamego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le ge a amogela bokgoni bja phetogo bja theknolot\u0161i ya AI, Mop Amin o lemo\u0161it\u0161e kgahlanong le go lebelela bohlale bja maitirelo bjalo ka legato la kahlolo ya batho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O ile a bolela gore gae\u0161ita le ge met\u0161hene e ka \u0161oma tsebi\u0161o ka lebelo leo le sa kago la bonwa, e ka se kgone go boelet\u0161a bohlale, boitshwaro, kwelobohloko goba kahlolo e swayago dipho\u0161o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cO it\u0161e: \u201dBohlale ga se bohlale. \u201cBohlale ke go tseba gore ke dipot\u0161i\u0161o dife t\u0161eo di lego bohlokwa, gore ke mant\u0161u a mang ao a hlaelelago le kamoo diphetho di kgomago batho ka gona.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ge AI e dut\u0161e e tsenywa ka go oket\u0161ega tikologong ya go ruta le go ithuta, diyunibesithi di swanet\u0161e go tsepelela go hlabolla dialoga t\u0161eo di ka sekasekago tshedimo\u0161o ka tsinkelo, go sepet\u0161a ditlhohlo t\u0161e di raraganego le go \u0161omi\u0161a boetapele bja maitshwaro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mop Amin o \u0161i\u0161inya gore barutegi ba swanet\u0161e go nagana gape ka mekgwa ya bona ya go ruta, ba tloga go kabo ya diteng le go ya go nolofat\u0161a go ithuta ka mo go tsenelet\u0161ego, tharollo ya mathata le go tsenela ga bohlokwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cO it\u0161e: \u201dMohola wa nakong e tlago wa thuto e phagamego o ka se thewe go gore ke mang yo a ka neago tsebi\u0161o ka lebelo kudu.\u201c \u201dE tla thewa tabeng ya gore ke mang yo a ka hlagolelago batho bao ba naganago gabotse bao ba kgonago go dira diphetho t\u0161e bohlale lefaseng leo le sa kgonthi\u0161egego.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">T\u0161hi\u0161inyo ya gagwe ya boraro le ya bohlokwa kudu e be e le kgopolo ya yunibesithi ya ankora ya set\u0161haba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ge a diri\u0161a borutegi bja bodit\u0161habat\u0161haba, Mop Amin o bolet\u0161e gore diyunibesithi ga se t\u0161a swanela go ahlolwa kudu ka maemo a bodit\u0161habat\u0161haba, eup\u0161a ka tekanyo yeo di kaonafat\u0161ago maphelo a dit\u0161haba t\u0161eo di di hlankelago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O ile a sola seo a se hlalosit\u0161ego e le tshekamelo ya kgale gare ga diyunibesithi ya go hlalo\u0161a bokgoni ka go bapet\u0161wa le dihlongwa t\u0161a maemo a godimo t\u0161a lefase ka bophara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cO it\u0161e: \u201dBokgoni bo ka se bolele feela go swana le 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bja ba\u0161omi, a phega kgang ya gore diyunibesithi di swanet\u0161e go amogela kwe\u0161i\u0161o ye e nabilego ya tlholo ya tsebo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cO it\u0161e: \u201dYunibesithi ya set\u0161haba e swara mant\u0161u a set\u0161haba e le balekane, e sego feela e le baamogedi ba bokgoni.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mop Amin o phethile ka go lemo\u0161a baemedi kgahlanong le go dumelela dikgopolo t\u0161a phetogo go hlapolo\u0161wa ka ditshepedi\u0161o t\u0161a bureaucracy le t\u0161a kobamelo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O lemogile gore dikgopolo t\u0161a go swana le boitlhamelo, go akaret\u0161wa le go tlo\u0161wa ga bokoloniale gant\u0161i di lahlegelwa ke maatla a t\u0161ona a phetogo ge di fokot\u0161wa go melawana, mananeo a go hlahloba le dit\u0161hupet\u0161o t\u0161a tshepedi\u0161o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O ile a phega kgang ya gore phetogo ya kgonthe e fihlelelwa ka ditiro t\u0161e nnyane t\u0161e di sa balegego t\u0161eo di dirwago ke batho bao ba ikgafilego go ralala le dihlongwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cO it\u0161e: \u201dPhetogo ga e fihle ka nako e tee.\u201c \u201dE t\u0161welela ka diphetho t\u0161a let\u0161at\u0161i le let\u0161at\u0161i, ka dipot\u0161i\u0161o t\u0161eo re di bot\u0161i\u0161ago, mananeothuto ao re a hlamago le dibaka t\u0161eo re di hlolelago baithuti ba rena.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ge a hlohlelet\u0161a baemedi go hwet\u0161a tlhohlelet\u0161o go t\u0161wa Nokeng ya Vaal, o ba hlohleledit\u0161e go amogela go kgona go fetoga, sebete le boikgopolelo go bopeng bokamoso bja thuto ya godimo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cO it\u0161e: \u201dNoka e be e le mo pele ga motse wa t\u0161hipi, gomme e tla dula e le kgale ka morago ga moo.\u201c &quot;E re ruta gore kgotlelelo ya nnete ke ya bao ba kgonago go tlwaela, ba hwet\u0161a ditsela t\u0161e mpsha le go t\u0161wela 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