{"id":44114,"date":"2026-10-06T15:57:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?p=44114"},"modified":"2026-10-07T19:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:37:38","slug":"vut-connects-with-future-students-at-educonnect-future-economy-expo-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/nso\/vut-connects-with-future-students-at-educonnect-future-economy-expo-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"VUT e kgokagana le baithuti ba ka moso go EduConnect Future Economy Expo 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cVUT e tsenet\u0161e baithuti ba Gauteng ba go nyakile go ba 1,000 go EduConnect Future Economy Expo 2026, go t\u0161wet\u0161a pele dibaka t\u0161a go ithuta le go maatlafat\u0161a maitapi\u0161o a go thwala baithuti.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>06 Diphalane 2026 | Pale ya: Tayron Mhlongo | Seswant\u0161ho: Siphephelo Dlamini<\/strong><\/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\/10\/VUT-and-LGSETA-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;\">\n   Baithuti ba Khonferentshe ya EduConnect Future Economy le Career Expo 2026, moo VUT e bont\u0161hit\u0161ego mananeo a yona a thuto le go tsenya letsogo go baithuti ba ka moso ka ga menyetla ya go ithuta le ya mo\u0161omo.\n\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yunibesithi ya Theknolot\u0161i ya Vaal (VUT) e boledi\u0161ane le baithuti ba go nyakile go ba 1,000 go t\u0161wa go ralala le Gauteng ka Khonferentsheng ya EduConnect Media Future Economy le Career Expo 2026, yeo e swerwego Sekolong sa Kgwebo sa Johannesburg (JBS) ka Auckland Park ka la 28 Lewedi 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bjalo ka karolo ya lesolo la yona le le t\u0161welago pele la go thwala baithuti, sehlopha sa VUT sa go Thwala Baithuti se bont\u0161hit\u0161e ditlhagi\u0161o t\u0161a Yunibesithi t\u0161a thuto le mananeo ao a lebanego le bokamoso mola se hlahla baithuti bao ba tlago ka ga dibaka t\u0161a go ithuta le t\u0161a me\u0161omo t\u0161eo di sepelelanago le ekonomi ya Afrika Borwa yeo e t\u0161welago pele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pont\u0161o e kopant\u0161e dihlongwa t\u0161a dithuto t\u0161a godimo, ditsebi t\u0161a intasteri, baruti\u0161i, batswadi le baithuti bakeng sa let\u0161at\u0161i la dipoledi\u0161ano t\u0161a phanele, diklase t\u0161a maemo a godimo le dithuto t\u0161a tlhahlo ya mo\u0161omo. Dipoledi\u0161ano di be di lebelet\u0161e kudu mafapha ao a t\u0161welelago a go swana le bohlale bja maitirelo, fintech, dithulaganyo, borakgwebo, phetogo ya datha le theknolot\u0161i ye nngwe yeo e bopago lefase la mo\u0161omo la ka moso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ge ba emet\u0161e VUT mo tiragalong ye, Morena Sennanyane Masike le Mohumagadi Dimakatso Motaung ba ile ba boledi\u0161ana thwii le baithuti ba Mphato wa 11 le wa Mphato wa 12, ba fa tshedimo\u0161o ka ga dinyakwa t\u0161a kamogelo, ditshepedi\u0161o t\u0161a dikgopelo, dikgetho t\u0161a go ithuta le ditsela t\u0161a mo\u0161omo t\u0161eo di kgokaganego le dithuto t\u0161a bona le maemo a bona a thuto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go tsenela mo go hlot\u0161e gape sebaka sa go goket\u0161a baithuti ba ka moso bao ba bego ba se ba nagana ka VUT peleng. Go ya ka sehlopha sa go thwala, baithuti ba mmalwa ba laedit\u0161e kgahlego ya go dira dikgopelo ka morago ga go etela lefelo la dipont\u0161ho la Yunibesithi le go ithuta ka botlalo ka ga mananeo a yona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c&quot;Go ba karolo ya pont\u0161ho e be e bula mahlo. E be e se ka ga VUT fela; go fapafapana ga dihlongwa go dirile gore tiragalo ye e hume le go feta. Re leboga sebaka seo gomme re tla t\u0161ea karolo gape ka lethabo ge pont\u0161ho e boa,&quot; a realo Mna Masike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pont\u0161o e ile ya kgont\u0161ha gape baithuti go hwet\u0161a go hlaka ka ga mat\u0161at\u0161ikgwedi a go tswalela dikgopelo, ditlhagi\u0161o t\u0161a mananeo le dinyakwa t\u0161a kamogelo ya yunibesithi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mohumagadi Kim Matebele, moithuti wa Mphato wa 12 go t\u0161wa sekolong se se phagamego sa Crystal Park, o bolet\u0161e gore o etet\u0161e seema sa VUT go hlahloba dikgetho t\u0161a gagwe t\u0161a thuto ya godimo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c&quot;Ke be ke nyaka go hwet\u0161a dintlha ka botlalo ka ga dithuto t\u0161a VUT le mat\u0161at\u0161ikgwedi a go tswalela dikgopelo. Ga se ka dira dikgopelo go fihla ga bjale, eup\u0161a ke be ke nyaka go katolo\u0161a dikgetho t\u0161a ka t\u0161a ngwaga wo o tlago,&quot; a realo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gae\u0161ita le ge a be a tseba ka mat\u0161at\u0161i a mafelelo a go dira dikgopelo ao a bego a batamela, o ile a dula a e-na le kholofelo ya go phegelela lengwalo la thuto la boent\u0161eneare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cO okedit\u0161e ka gore: \u201dRuri ke t\u0161hogile ka gobane dikgopelo di tswalela kgauswinyane, eup\u0161a ke holofela go hwet\u0161a lefelo thutong ya boent\u0161enere yeo ke e nyakago.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moithuti yo mongwe, Morena Wonga Mfene go t\u0161wa sekolong se se phagamego sa Wordsworth, o bolet\u0161e gore pont\u0161ho ye e fetot\u0161e temogo ya gagwe ka Yunibesithi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c&quot;Ke be ke se ka tloga ke nagana ka VUT pele, eup\u0161a ka morago ga go lebelela ka gare ga porosepet\u0161e, ke ile ka kgahlwa ke go bona gore e fana ka mananeo ao a amoget\u0161wego ke SAICA. 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