{"id":27111,"date":"2025-09-08T10:29:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?p=27111"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:36:04","slug":"tourism-and-hospitality-experts-share-real-world-insights-with-vut-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/tourism-and-hospitality-experts-share-real-world-insights-with-vut-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Litsebi tsa Bohahlauli le Kamohelo ea Baeti li arolelana maikutlo a sebele le liithuti tsa VUT."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThuto ea moeti VUT e totobatsa litsela tsa mosebetsi tsa tsamaiso ea lit\u0161ebeletso tsa lijo, e hatella Thuto e Kopantsoeng le Mosebetsi, menyetla ea phepo e nepahetseng, le tlhokahalo ea boitlamo ho atleha indastering e nang le tlh\u014dlisano ea kamohelo ea baeti.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>08 Loetse 2025 | Pale<\/strong> <strong>Thabisang Thebeeapelo | Set\u0161oant\u0161o:<strong>&nbsp;Ke leboha Makgope<\/strong><\/strong><\/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\/09\/GUEST-LECTURERS-TOURISM-INTEGRATED-LEARNING-COMMUNICATION-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"Tourism and Hospitality experts share real-world insights with VUT students\" class=\"wp-image-27112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GUEST-LECTURERS-TOURISM-INTEGRATED-LEARNING-COMMUNICATION-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GUEST-LECTURERS-TOURISM-INTEGRATED-LEARNING-COMMUNICATION-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GUEST-LECTURERS-TOURISM-INTEGRATED-LEARNING-COMMUNICATION-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GUEST-LECTURERS-TOURISM-INTEGRATED-LEARNING-COMMUNICATION-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GUEST-LECTURERS-TOURISM-INTEGRATED-LEARNING-COMMUNICATION-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GUEST-LECTURERS-TOURISM-INTEGRATED-LEARNING-COMMUNICATION.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ka Labone, la 4 Loetse 2025, Lefapha la Bohahlaudi le Dipuisano tse Kopantsweng ka hara Fakalthi ya Mahlale a Botho Univesithing ya Thekenoloji ya Vaal (VUT) le ile la tshwara puo ya moeti e rutang le e kgothatsang bakeng sa baithuti ba selemo sa pele le sa bobedi ba Dithuto tsa Tsamaiso ya Bohahlaudi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ketsahalo e ne e na le libui tse peli tse hlomphehang tsa baeti. Mof. Tshepang Mofokeng, sebui ho NATED (Diploma ea Thuto ea Botekgeniki e Ngolisitsoeng ka Molao ea Naha)<a> <\/a>&nbsp;O ruta lithuto tse sebetsang tsa boemo ba N tsa kamohelo ea baeti Kholejeng ea Sedibeng TVET. O arolelane temohisiso e tsoang phihlelong ea hae ea lilemo tse 10 indastering, e tlatselitsoeng ke lilemo tse peli thutong, &#x27;me hajoale o ntse a phehella lengolo la Master of Management la Tsamaiso ea Lit\u0161ebeletso tsa Lijo Univesithing ea VUT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mof. Promise Ebuzeme, setsebi se atlehileng sa kamohelo ea baeti se nang le boiphihlelo ba lilemo tse fetang 8 taolong ea lit\u0161ebeletso tsa lijo, tsamaiso ea thepa, le kamohelo ea baeti, o fane ka puo e khahlang mabapi le Thuto e Kopantsoeng le Mosebetsi (WIL). O ile a toboketsa hore WIL e feta feela boiphihlelo ba mosebetsi; ke tshebetso e nang le morero, e hlophisitsweng e etseditsweng ho fetola baithuti hore e be ditsebi tse loketseng indasteri, tse kgonang ho laola batho, ditshebetso, le dibaka. O ile a hlahisa maikutlo ana ka mokgwa o sa lebaleheng ha a re: &quot;Risepe ha e na moea; uena joaloka moapehi u tlisa moea risepeng.&quot; Mof. Ebuzeme o boetse a qetile lithuto tsa Master of Management in Food Service Management ka 2025, ka merero ea ho atolosa lipatlisiso tsa hae ho fihlela ho PhD e shebaneng le lit\u0161ila tsa lijo tsa malapeng le t\u0161ireletseho ea lijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thupelo e ile ya bulwa ka molao ke Moprofesa Limpho Lekaota, Hlooho ya Lefapha la Bohahlaudi le Dipuisano tse Kopantsweng, ya hlalositseng hore thuto e ne e ikemiseditse ho kopanya lefapha la indasteri le la thuto e phahameng. Ngaka Kuda Marumo-Ngwenya, Mofundisi e Moholo Lefapheng la Kamohelo ea Baeti VUT, o ile a boela a khothaletsa baithuti ho nka puo ena e le &quot;moqoqo lipakeng tsa mafats&#x27;e a mabeli: motheo o tiileng oa thuto oo le o ahang mona, le litlhoko tse lebelo le tse lulang li fetoha tsa tikoloho ea mosebetsi eo haufinyane le tla kena ho eona.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baithuti ba ile ba fuoa monyetla oa ho buisana ka kotloloho le barupeli ba moeti. Moithuti e mong o ile a botsa hore na tsamaiso ea lijo e fana ka litsela tsa mosebetsi tse shebaneng le phepo e nepahetseng. 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