{"id":26763,"date":"2025-08-26T13:26:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?p=26763"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:36:04","slug":"vut-hosts-ecotourism-seminar-for-first-and-second-year-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/vut-hosts-ecotourism-seminar-for-first-and-second-year-students\/","title":{"rendered":"VUT e t\u0161oere seminara ea bohahlauli ba tikoloho bakeng sa baithuti ba selemo sa pele le sa bobeli."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVUT e ile ea t\u0161oara Seminare ea Bohahlauli ba Tikoloho bakeng sa baithuti ba selemo sa pele le sa bobeli, e neng e na le lipuo tsa baeti, nako ea lipotso le likarabo, le temohisiso mabapi le ts&#x27;ebetso e t\u0161oarellang le boqapi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>25 Phato 2025 | Pale ke: Thabisang Thebeeapelo | Set\u0161oant\u0161o:\u00a0<strong>E fanoe<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nako ea ho bala metsotso e 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ecotourism-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ecotourism-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ecotourism-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ecotourism-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ecotourism-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ecotourism-2048x1152.webp 2048w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ecotourism-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ka la 22 Phato 2025, Lefapha la Bohahlaudi le Dipuisano tse Kopantsweng la Yunivesithi ya Thekenoloji ya Vaal (VUT) le ile la tshwara Seminare e kgahlang ya Bohahlaudi ba Tikoloho e neng e etseditswe baithuti ba selemo sa pele le sa bobedi. Ketsahalo ena e thehile sethala sa bohlokwa bakeng sa phapanyetsano ya tsebo, ho iponahatsa, le tshebedisano-mmoho lekaleng le ntseng le hola la bohahlaudi ba tikoloho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Semina e ne e na le libui tsa baeti tse tsoang litsing le mekhatlong e ka sehloohong e bopang t\u0161ebetso ea bohahlauli le tikoloho. Litsebi tse tsoang Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo, Univesithi ea Theknoloji ea Durban (DUT), Univesithi ea Afrika Boroa (UNISA), le Univesithi ea Theknoloji ea Tshwane (TUT), Khamphase ea Mbombela, li arolelane temohisiso ea thuto le ea indasteri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Profesa Dimpho Lekaota, Hlooho ea Lefapha la Bohahlauli le Lipuisano tse Kopantsoeng, o butse seminara ka ho toboketsa morero oa eona: &quot;E &#x27;ngoe ea mesebetsi ea rona ke ho tsebisa liithuti ka se etsahalang indastering. 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