{"id":44139,"date":"2026-10-06T14:44:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?p=44139"},"modified":"2026-10-06T14:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:48:46","slug":"vut-community-stands-together-against-gender-based-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/nso\/vut-community-stands-together-against-gender-based-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Set\u0161haba sa VUT se eme mmogo kgahlanong le dikgaruru t\u0161e di theilwego godimo ga bong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cBa\u0161omi le baithuti ba VUT ba apere diaparo t\u0161e ntsho gomme ba kopane ka pit\u0161o ya dikhamphase t\u0161e di bolokegilego, boikarabelo bjo bo tiilego le go fedi\u0161a dikgaruru t\u0161e di theilwego bong le polao ya basadi.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>06 Diphalane 2026 | Pale ka: Tshepiso Kaibe | Seswant\u0161ho: Sifiso Nomzaza<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Metsotso e 4 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\/10\/GBV-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   Ba\u0161omi le baithuti ba VUT ba apere diaparo t\u0161e ntsho gomme ba kopane ka pit\u0161o ya dikhamphase t\u0161e di bolokegilego, boikarabelo bjo bo tiilego, le go fedi\u0161a dikgaruru t\u0161e di theilwego godimo ga bong le polao ya basadi.\n\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ka morago ga dipalo-palo t\u0161e dingwe le t\u0161e dingwe t\u0161a bo\u0161oro bjo bo theilwego bong ke bophelo bjo bo fetot\u0161wego sa ruri, lapa leo le tloget\u0161wego le nyamile le bokamoso bjo bo kgaot\u0161wego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ye e be e le molaet\u0161a wo o ilego wa kwagala go ralala le Yunibesithi ya Theknolot\u0161i ya Vaal (VUT) ka la 22 Lewedi 2026 ge ba\u0161omi le baithuti ba apere diaparo t\u0161e ntsho gomme ba kopane ka pit\u0161o ya magato a maatla kgahlanong le dikgaruru t\u0161e di theilwego godimo ga bong (GBV), polao ya basadi le dikgaruru kgahlanong le basadi le bana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lesolo le le diregile kgahlanong le semelo sa go tshwenyega mo go golago ka dikgaruru dit\u0161habeng t\u0161a Afrika Borwa. Go ya ka Statistics South Africa\u2019s 2025\/26 Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey, 38.9% ya batho ba mengwaga ye 16 le go feta ba dumela gore dikgaruru t\u0161e di theilwego godimo ga bong di oket\u0161egile ka mafelong a bona, ge go bapet\u0161wa le 36.3% ka 2020\/21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lega go le bjalo, kua VUT poledi\u0161ano e ile ya fetela ka kua ga dipalo-palo t\u0161a set\u0161haba. E be e lebelet\u0161e kudu maitemogelo a baithuti le maikarabelo a dihlongwa le dit\u0161haba go netefat\u0161a gore batho ba ka ithuta, ba phela le go t\u0161ea karolo bophelong bja yunibesithi ntle le poifo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seo se thomilego bjalo ka let\u0161at\u0161i la temo\u0161o se fetogile pont\u0161ho ya kopanelo ya botee le baphologi, motsotso wa go gopola maphelo ao a lahlegilego le pit\u0161o ya gore leloko le lengwe le le lengwe la set\u0161haba sa Yunibesithi e kgathe tema go hloleng mafelo a bolokegilego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Molaodiphethi\u0161i wa Ditirelo t\u0161a Thekgo ya Baithuti, Ngaka Gugulethu Xaba, o bolet\u0161e ka ga maikarabelo ao dihlongwa di a rwalago ge di thekga baphologi ba dikgaruru. O lemo\u0161it\u0161e kgahlanong le kotsi yeo e ka hlolwago ge ditiragalo e fetoga taba ya go fopholet\u0161wa ga set\u0161haba pele dinyaki\u0161i\u0161o di phethilwe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKa nako ye nngwe, a re emeng motsotso, re dumelele banyaki\u0161i\u0161i go nyaki\u0161i\u0161a molato wo mola re thekga mohlaselwa,\u201d a realo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ka nako ye e swanago, Ngaka Xaba o gatelet\u0161e gore boikarabelo bo ka se diegi\u0161we goba go hlokomologwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c&quot;Re lapi\u0161it\u0161we ke gore mangwalo a bewa ka fase ga dikhapete. Re nyaka gore mangwalo a bewe tafoleng,&quot; a realo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dipolelo t\u0161a gagwe di laedit\u0161e go tshwenyega mo go abelanwago ke bat\u0161wasehlabelo ba bant\u0161i: gore baphologi ga se ba swanela go hlohlelet\u0161wa fela go tla pele, eup\u0161a gape ba swanet\u0161e go kwewa, go \u0161irelet\u0161wa le go thekgwa ge ba dira bjalo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taba ya polokego ya baithuti e ile ya fetela ka kua ga dikgoro t\u0161a Yunibesithi. Molaodi wa Mo\u0161omo wa Ditirelo t\u0161a T\u0161hirelet\u0161o, Morena Zolile Putuma, o amoget\u0161e matshwenyego ka ga ditiragalo t\u0161eo di diregago ka mafelong a bodulo a praebete le dit\u0161habeng t\u0161e di dikologilego, a gatelela gore polokego ya baithuti e sa le bohlokwa go sa \u0161et\u0161we gore baithuti ba dula kae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c&quot;Ka moka re mo go ithuta. Ka moka re mo go ithuta. Ka fao seo se diregago ka ntle se bohlokwa go rena go swana le mo,&quot; a realo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go maatlafat\u0161a thekgo go baithuti, Yunibesithi e t\u0161weledit\u0161e ditirelo t\u0161e di lego gona, go akaret\u0161wa Kelet\u0161o ya Baithuti, Kliniki, Senthara ya Matlafat\u0161o ya Bahlaselwa le thekgo ya t\u0161hoganet\u0161o ka Ditirelo t\u0161a T\u0161hirelet\u0161o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lesolo le le tsebagadit\u0161e gape tiri\u0161o ya Gauteng e-Panic Button, yeo e dumelelago badiri\u0161i go hlohlelet\u0161a karabelo ya t\u0161hoganet\u0161o le go kgokagana le ditirelo t\u0161a t\u0161hirelet\u0161o t\u0161a kgauswi dinakong t\u0161a kotsi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go Mopresidente wa SRC le Mohlankedi wa Bong le Pheto\u0161o, Morena Carcidio Khoza, temo\u0161o e nno\u0161i ga se ya lekana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRe ya go dira gore bohle ba ikarabele, gomme re ya go netefat\u0161a gore masolo a ga a gona fela bakeng sa ditiro t\u0161a semmu\u0161o, eup\u0161a se sengwe le se sengwe seo re se holofedit\u0161wego se swanet\u0161e go phethagat\u0161wa,\u201d a realo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Molaet\u0161a wo o swanago o tlile go t\u0161wa go Mx Thapelo Kgaketsi, Mongodipharephare wa Set\u0161haba sa Ba\u0161omi ba Bong sa Mo\u0161omo wa Dihlongwa t\u0161a Thuto ya Godimo le Dikholet\u0161he t\u0161a TVET, yo a hlohleledit\u0161ego dihlongwa go feta melawana le go tsepelela go phethagat\u0161o ye e nago le mohola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c&quot;Dihlongwa di swanet\u0161e go tloga go melawana go ya go ditiro. Re babja ebile re lapi\u0161it\u0161we ke dihlongwa di re re na le pholisi yeo e sa phethagat\u0161wago,&quot; a realo Mx Kgaketsi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bat\u0161eakarolo ba ile ba gopot\u0161wa gape gore dikgaruru t\u0161e di theilwego godimo ga bong di ka se rarollwe ke bolaodi, ba\u0161omi ba t\u0161hirelet\u0161o goba ditirelo t\u0161a thekgo di nno\u0161i. Leloko le lengwe le le lengwe la set\u0161haba sa Yunibesithi le na le maikarabelo a go bega t\u0161homi\u0161ompe, go thekga baphologi le go hlohla maitshwaro a kotsi neng le neng ge a direga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Motsotso wo o nago le maikutlo kudu wa let\u0161at\u0161i o tlile nakong ya moletlo wa go bone\u0161a kerese wo o etelet\u0161wego pele ke Moruti wa VUT, Mohumagadi Fihliwe Mvundla, go gopola baithuti ba VUT bao ba hlokofet\u0161ego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ge dikerese di dut\u0161e di bone\u0161a kopano, poledi\u0161ano e ile ya tloga go melawana le ditshepedi\u0161o go ya go batho. Mabone a phadimago a ile a \u0161oma e le kgopot\u0161o e matla ya maphelo ao a lahlegilego, ditoro t\u0161eo di \u0161iti\u0161it\u0161wego le malapa a fetot\u0161wego sa ruri ke bo\u0161oro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">E bile motsotso wa go nagani\u0161i\u0161a, manyami le boikgafo bja kopanelo. Go ba bant\u0161i bao ba bego ba le gona, e ile ya tii\u0161et\u0161a lebaka leo ka lona ntwa kgahlanong le dikgaruru t\u0161e di theilwego bong e ka se fokot\u0161we go ba lesolo la ngwaga le ngwaga goba tiragalo ya temo\u0161o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Molaet\u0161a go t\u0161wa let\u0161at\u0161ing o be o le molaleng: go apara boso e be e le mathomo fela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go VUT, tekanyo ya nnete ya katlego e tla ba ge e ba temo\u0161o e fetoga tiro, ge e ba baphologi ba hwet\u0161a thekgo yeo ba e hlokago le ge e ba baithuti ba ka sepela ka khamphaseng le dit\u0161habeng t\u0161a bona ntle le poifo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ka gobane go morutwana yo mongwe le yo mongwe yo a phegelelago lengwalo la thuto, t\u0161hirelet\u0161ego ga se tokelo. 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