{"id":22791,"date":"2025-06-02T11:20:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?p=22791"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:33:39","slug":"vut-advanced-diploma-in-visual-arts-students-attend-the-bridge-the-gap-series-at-tut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/vut-advanced-diploma-in-visual-arts-students-attend-the-bridge-the-gap-series-at-tut\/","title":{"rendered":"Baithuti ba Diploma e Phahameng ea VUT ea Bonono bo Bonahalang ba ba teng letotong la Bridge the Gap ho la TUT."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cMoithuti oa VUT Fine Art, Dimpho Lehoko, o sebelisa lipapali tsa botjha le ho pheta lipale ka pono ho Strange Fruit ho tobana le tlhekefetso le ho tsosa pholiso e kopanetsoeng.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>02 Phuptjane 2025 | Pale: Qhawekazi Memani | Senepe: Peter Masela<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nako ea ho bala metsotso e 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/VUT-Visual-Arts-Students-Join-TUT-Bridge-the-Gap-Series-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"VUT Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts students attend the Bridge the Gap lecture series at TUT, engaging with peers and industry professionals\" class=\"wp-image-22793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/VUT-Visual-Arts-Students-Join-TUT-Bridge-the-Gap-Series-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/VUT-Visual-Arts-Students-Join-TUT-Bridge-the-Gap-Series-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/VUT-Visual-Arts-Students-Join-TUT-Bridge-the-Gap-Series-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/VUT-Visual-Arts-Students-Join-TUT-Bridge-the-Gap-Series-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/VUT-Visual-Arts-Students-Join-TUT-Bridge-the-Gap-Series-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/VUT-Visual-Arts-Students-Join-TUT-Bridge-the-Gap-Series-jpg.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>VUT Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts students engage with peers and professionals during the Bridge the Gap lecture series at Tshwane University of Technology.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La 23 Motsheanong 2025 e bile phihlelo e sa lebaleheng le e matlafatsang bakeng sa baithuti le basebetsi ba karolo ea ho Nka Lifoto ka har&#x27;a Lefapha la Bonono ba Pono le Moralo Univesithing ea Theknoloji ea Vaal (VUT), ba neng ba le teng letotong la lipuo la Bridge the Gap le neng le t\u0161oeroe ke karolo ea ho Nka Lifoto tsa Khoebo Univesithing ea Theknoloji ea Tshwane (TUT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ba felehetswa ke Moprofesa Anneke de Klerk, Motlatsi wa Moprofesa Lefapheng la Bonono ba Pono le Moralo VUT, Monghadi Malcolm Phafane, Mofundisi oa Bonono bo Bonahalang le Moralo, le Mofumahatsana Tseleng Mokhele, eo hape e leng Mofundisi oa Bonono bo Bonahalang le Moralo ho VUT, baithuti ba Diploma e Phahameng ea Bonono bo Bonahalang ba ile ba ikopanya le lithaka tsa bona ho TUT bakeng sa letsatsi le neng le tletse temohisiso, khothatso, le phapanyetsano lipakeng tsa litsi tsa thuto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Letoto la lipuo le ne le reretsoe ho matlafatsa t\u0161ebelisano-&#x27;moho ea thuto le boqapi, ha ho ntse ho hlahloboa karolo e ntseng e fetoha ea ho nka lifoto maemong a Afrika Boroa le a lefat\u0161e ka bophara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ho ya ka Moprofesa de Klerk, dipuisano tsa sehlooho di ne di shebane le phetoho ya sebopeho sa indasteri ya ho nka dinepe le tlhokeho e ntseng e hola ya hore thuto ya ho nka dinepe e ikamahanye le diphetoho tsa dipolotiki, tsa setjhaba, le tsa thekenoloji. &quot;Ntlha ea sehlooho e hlahileng e ne e le bohlokoa ba litsebo tsa mecha e fapaneng ea phatlalatso \u2013 bokhoni ba lifoto ba ho tlola meeli ea setso le ho sebetsa mecheng e fapaneng ea lit\u0161oant\u0161o, kaha meeli ena e ntse e lerootho t\u0161ebetsong ea sejoale-joale,&quot; a hlalosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moprofesa de Klerk o ile a phaella ka ho re: &quot;Ntle le dipuo tse nang le temohisiso le dipuisano, ketsahalo ena e bile sethala sa bohlokwa sa ho theha dikamano, e kgothalletsa baithuti ho hlahloba merero e ka bang teng ya tshebedisano-mmoho, ho theha dikamano tse nang le moelelo, le ho boloka dikamano tsa mosebetsi kantle ho tikoloho ya thuto. Ho toboketsa hona kgolo e kopanetsweng le tshebedisano-mmoho ho tiisitse bohlokwa ba ho aha setjhaba sa boqapi se ka atolosetswang bophelong ba mosebetsi.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monghadi Peter Ngoatse, moithuti wa Diploma e Phahameng ya ho Nka Dinepe ho tswa VUT, o arolelane maikutlo a hae ka phihlelo ena: &quot;Letoto la dipuo e bile phihlelo e rutang haholo le e kgahlang. E re file monyetla wa ho theha dikamano, ho buisana, le ho aha maqhama le dithaka tse tswang ditsing tse fapaneng. E &#x27;ngoe ea likarolo tse hlahelletseng e bile ho sebelisana le litsebi tsa indasteri, joalo ka k&#x27;hamphani ea khatiso e ileng ea hatella bohlokoa ba ho hatisa le ho rekisa mesebetsi ea rona ea bonono ho phahamisa mosebetsi oa rona.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O ile a eketsa: &quot;Re bile le monyetla oa ho ithuta ho tsoa ho barupeli ba TUT le ho etela meaho ea bona ea thuto, e leng se ileng sa re fa temohisiso mabapi le mekhoa e fapaneng ea ho ruta le tlhophiso ea li-studio. E bile phihlelo e khotsofatsang e atolositseng pono ea rona le ho tsosa mehopolo e mecha bakeng sa litsela tsa rona tsa thuto le tsa mosebetsi.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ho baithuti ba bangata, ketsahalo ena e ne e le e khothatsang hape e bula mahlo. 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