{"id":26374,"date":"2025-08-04T10:20:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?p=26374"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:20:30","slug":"women-urged-to-lead-boldly-and-authentically-in-mamokgethi-phakengs-vut-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/women-urged-to-lead-boldly-and-authentically-in-mamokgethi-phakengs-vut-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Basali ba khothalelitsoe ho etella pele ka sebete le ka &#x27;nete puong ea Mamokgethi Phakeng Univesithing ea VUT."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cProf Mamokgethi Phakeng o kgothaletsa basadi ho etella pele ka bonnete le ho amohela mantswe a bona ka molaetsa o matla wa VUT FM pele ho Kgwedi ya Basadi naheng ya Afrika Borwa.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>04 Phato 2025 | Pale ke: Qhawekazi Memani | Set\u0161oant\u0161o: Peter Masela<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prof-Phakeng-article-image-684x1024.webp\" alt=\"Women urged to lead boldly and authentically in Mamokgethi Phakeng\u2019s VUT address\" class=\"wp-image-26375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prof-Phakeng-article-image-684x1024.webp 684w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prof-Phakeng-article-image-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prof-Phakeng-article-image-768x1151.webp 768w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prof-Phakeng-article-image-1025x1536.webp 1025w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prof-Phakeng-article-image-8x12.webp 8w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prof-Phakeng-article-image-jpg.webp 1367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ha Afrika Borwa e keteka Kgwedi ya Basadi, Moprofesa Mamokgethi Phakeng, setsebi se tummeng sa dipalo, eo e kileng ya eba Motlatsi wa Mookamedi wa Univesithi ya Cape Town, le moitseki wa tsebo ya Bohlale ba Maiketsetso (AI), o fetisitse molaetsa o matla ho basadi, baithuti, le ditsebi nakong ya ketelo ya hae ya haufinyane Univesithing ya Thekenoloji ya Vaal (VUT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ha a bua lenaneong la VUT FM Afternoon Drive Show le Makhosazana, moo a neng a amohetsoe e le karolo ea leeto la Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fluency Campus Tour le t\u0161ehelitsoeng ke Microsoft, Moprofesa Phakeng o ile a hatella bohlokoa ba ho ba oa &#x27;nete boetapele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c&quot;Se nyenyefatse lentswe la hao. Re hloka seo o leng sona. Se leke ho ba monna kapa motho e mong wa setso se seng,&quot; a rialo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Molaetsa oa hae o ile oa phephetsa basali ho hana khatello ea ho ikamahanya kapa ho etsisa, &#x27;me ho e-na le hoo ba ikamahanye le boitsebiso ba bona le ho etella pele ka pelo eohle. &quot;Ke nako ea ho etella pele ka bot\u0161epehi le ka botlalo. Joaloka basali, re tlisa ntho e ikhethang eo ho seng ea mong ea ka e tlisang,&quot; a phaella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mantsoe a Moprofesa Phakeng a sebetsa e le pitso ea ho nka khato ho basali hore ba amohele botho ba bona ba &#x27;nete, ebang ke thutong e phahameng, khoebong, kapa lekaleng lefe kapa lefe la botsebi, le ho kenya letsoho ka matla a bona a ikhethang ho aheng bokamoso bo betere. 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