{"id":27102,"date":"2025-09-08T09:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?p=27102"},"modified":"2025-09-08T12:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:43:12","slug":"zimbabwe-study-trip-transforms-vut-retail-business-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/zimbabwe-study-trip-transforms-vut-retail-business-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeto la thuto la Zimbabwe le fetola baithuti ba khoebo ea mabenkele ba VUT."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBaithuti ba selemo sa boraro ba khoebo ea mabenkele ba VUT ba ile ba ikopanya le lenaneo la Africa by Bus naheng ea Zimbabwe, ba hlahloba libaka tsa lefa la sechaba, liunivesithi, le liindasteri ha ba ntse ba fumana temohisiso ka moetlo, bo-rakhoebo, le boetapele.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>08 Loetse 2025 | Pale ke:&nbsp;<strong>Qhawekazi Memani<\/strong>&nbsp;| Set\u0161oant\u0161o: Se fanoe.<\/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=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/retail-stu-beautiful-edited-scaled.webp\" alt=\"Zimbabwe study trip transforms VUT retail business students\" class=\"wp-image-27120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/retail-stu-beautiful-edited-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/retail-stu-beautiful-edited-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/retail-stu-beautiful-edited-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/retail-stu-beautiful-edited-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/retail-stu-beautiful-edited-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/retail-stu-beautiful-edited-2048x1536.webp 2048w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/retail-stu-beautiful-edited-16x12.webp 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ho tloha ka la 29 Phato ho isa la 3 Loetse 2025, sehlopha sa baithuti ba selemo sa boraro ba Khoebo ea Thekiso se tsoang Univesithing ea Theknoloji ea Vaal (VUT) se ile sa nka leeto le matlafatsang ho ea Zimbabwe, se eteletsoe pele ke Mof. Bhekiwe Simelane, morupeli oa Papatso le Tsamaiso ea Lipapali. Morero ona e ne e le karolo ea lenaneo la Africa by Bus, e leng phihlelo ea ho ithuta e t\u0161elang meeli e reretsoeng ho kenya baithuti ka botlalo nalaneng ea Afrika, setso, le menyetla ea eona ea moruo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Se qalileng e le leeto le lelelele la tsela se ile sa fetoha ka potlako sehlopha sa thuto se tsamaeang, moo baithuti ba ileng ba fapanyetsana mehopolo, ba arolelana litabatabelo, le ho aha likamano tse t\u0161oarellang. Nalane, lefa, le boqapi li ile tsa phela, tsa fetola seo e neng e ka ba leeto la ho bona libaka feela hore e be phihlelo e tebileng ea thuto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leeto le ile la latella nalane ea kontinente ka ho etela Mapungubwe le lithako tsa Great Zimbabwe, tseo ka bobeli e leng Libaka tsa Bohlokoa ba Lefat\u0161e tsa UNESCO. Ho baithuti ba bangata, ho ema libakeng tsena tsa nalane ho ile ha etsa hore lipale tsa Afrika li hlake haholoanyane. Moithuti Karabo Tsoeu o ile a nahana ka kamoo Mapungubwe e neng e hokahanya Afrika le litsela tsa khoebo tse neng li fihla India le China: &quot;Ke ne ke ithutile ka Mapungubwe sekolong se phahameng, empa ha ho letho le ka bapisoang le ho ema moo ka sebele. Lipale, lintho tsa khale, le lipono li entse hore nalane e phele ka pel&#x27;a mahlo a ka.&quot; Ha ba le Great Zimbabwe, baithuti ba ile ba makatswa ke bohlale ba boqapi ba kaho ya e nngwe ya dikaho tsa majwe tse hlollang ka ho fetisisa tsa Afrika, ba fumana dithuto tsa mamello, boetapele, le boikgohomoso ba setso tse lohiloeng marakong a yona a phahameng le meahong e qaqolohileng dithabeng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sehlopha se ile sa boela sa hlahloba maemo a hajwale a Zimbabwe ka ho etela Univesithi ya Basadi ya Afrika, National Foods Ltd., Nestl\u00e9, le moaho o motjha wa Palamente e Harare. Dikopano tsena di ile tsa bontsha baithuti tsamaiso ya mmuso, kgwebo, ntshetsopele e tsitsitseng, le matlafatso ya basadi di ntse di etsahala. Jwaloka Modulasetulo wa Lenaneo la VUT la Matlafatso ya Moruo ya Baithuti ba Basadi (SWEEP), Mofumahadi Tsoeu o ile a fumana kgothatso e ikgethang Univesithing ya Basadi ya Afrika: &quot;Ho ne ho matlafatsa ho bona boitlamo ba bona ba ho netefatsa hore bo-mme ha bo beye meedi thutong. Basali ba ne ba etella pele ka sebete lithutong tse phahameng le ho STEM, mme seo se ile sa nkhothatsa ho tswela pele ho tlola meedi.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baithuti ba ile ba boela ba makatsoa ke moea oa bo-rakhoebo o t\u0161ehetsang moruo oa Zimbabwe, ho tloha ho barekisi ba literateng ho isa ho bahlahisi ba baholo. Ho National Foods, ba ithutile kamoo tlhahiso ea lehae le ho ba le kabelo ha basebetsi ho kenyang letsoho ho aha mekhoa ea khoebo e t\u0161oarellang. Monghali Bonginkosi Lamula o totobalitse kamoo liphihlelo tsena li atolositseng kutloisiso ea hae ea moruo: &quot;Leeto lena le ntumelletse ho utloisisa liqholotso le menyetla ea moruo ea Zimbabwe, ha ka nako e t\u0161oanang le ntse le matlafatsa likamano tsa bohlokoa le baithuti le litsebi tsa Zimbabwe.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ntle le maeto a semmuso, ho kena ka botebo setsong sa moo e ne e le karolo ya bohlokwa ya leeto. Baithuti ba ile ba hlahloba mebaraka e phetheselang, ba buisana le baahi ba lehae, mme ba bapisa matla a sejoale-joale a Harare le meetlo ea mebaraka ea thepa ea khale le bophelo ba mahaeng. Ho Monghali Sibusiso Lukhele, lipuisano tsena li fane ka lithuto tsa bohlokoa haholo: &quot;Ho buisana le baithuti le bo-rakhoebo ba lehae ho ile ha holisa kutloelo-bohloko, bokgoni ba setso, le boahi ba lefats&#x27;e. E ne e le thuto ea mamello le ho ikamahanya le maemo.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mof. Simelane o ile a hatella hore leeto le ne le reretswe ho hokahanya baithuti le lefa la Afrika le bokamoso ba yona: &quot;Morero wa Africa ka Bese o file baithuti ba rona ho fetang tsebo; o ba file boitsebahatso, bokgoni ba boetapele, le pono ya karolo ya bona ho bopeng bokamoso ba Afrika.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leeto la Zimbabwe le siile baithuti ba matlafaditswe eseng feela jwalo ka ditsebi tsa kamoso tsa thekiso le kgwebo, empa hape le jwalo ka baetapele ba ikemiseditseng ho kenya letsoho kgolong ya Afrika. Jwalo ka ha Mof. Tsoeu a phethela: &quot;Hona e ne e se feela leeto la bese. 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