{"id":31879,"date":"2026-02-10T09:27:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?p=31879"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:24:24","slug":"vut-sets-a-bold-course-for-the-future-at-the-2026-state-of-the-university-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/vut-sets-a-bold-course-for-the-future-at-the-2026-state-of-the-university-address\/","title":{"rendered":"VUT e ipehela tsela e matla bakeng sa bokamoso Puong ea Boemo ba Univesithi ea 2026."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cVUT e butse selemo sa thuto sa 2026 ka Puo e tiileng ea Boemo ba Univesithi, e totobatsang botsitso, ntlafatso, boqapi le pono e matla ea bokamoso.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10 Hlakola 2026 | Pale ka: Nontobeko Moimane | Set\u0161oant\u0161o ka: Peter Masela<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nako ea ho bala metsotso e 4.<\/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\/2026\/02\/Accademic-Opening-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"VUT sets a bold course for the future at the 2026 State of the University Address\" class=\"wp-image-31880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Accademic-Opening-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Accademic-Opening-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Accademic-Opening-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Accademic-Opening-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Accademic-Opening-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Accademic-Opening.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Univesithi ea Theknoloji ea Vaal (VUT) e butse ka molao selemo sa eona sa thuto sa 2026 ka Puo ea bohlokoa ea Boemo ba Univesithi e neng e bont\u0161a ntlafatso ea setsi, e keteka tsoelopele, le ho beha tsela e hlakileng bakeng sa t\u0161ebetso, boikarabello le phello ha Univesithi e atamela sehopotso sa eona sa bo-60. Ketsahalo ena ea bohlokoa e bile ka la 3 Hlakola 2026 Holong e Kholo ea Desmond Tutu e neng e tletse phatloha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ha a amohela basebetsi-&#x27;moho, balekane le bankakarolo ka seqo le ka khaso e phelang, Motsamaisi oa Lenaneo, Ngaka Simphiwe Nelana, Motlatsi oa Motlatsi-Mookameli oa Lipatlisiso, Boqapi, Khoebo le Machaba, o hlalositse ketsahalo ena e le nako ea ho thuisa le ho nchafatsa hammoho. O totobaditse leeto la VUT la mamello le kgolo, a tiisa boitlamo ba Yunivesithi thutong, ntshetsopeleng ya bokgoni, boqapi le tswelopeleng ya setjhaba. &quot;Puo ea Boemo ba Univesithi e sebetsa e le nako ea ho thuisa le ho nchafatsa ka kopanelo, e re hopotsa boikarabello ba rona boo re bo arolelanang ba ho matlafatsa puso, lit\u0161ebelisano-&#x27;moho le t\u0161ebelisano ha re ntse re haha setheo se tiileng, se itokiselitseng bokamoso,&quot; ho boletse Dr Nelana, a beha moea oa ho nka karolo ka morero lenaneong lohle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ha a fana ka kakaretso e pharaletseng ea thuto, Motlatsi oa Motlatsi-Mookameli oa Thuto le ho Ithuta, Ngaka Grace Kanakana-Katumba, o fane ka kakaretso ea mafapha a mane a VUT: Saense e Sebelisoang le ea Likhomphutha, Boenjiniere le Theknoloji, Saense ea Botho, le Saense ea Tsamaiso. O ile a totobatsa boingoliso ba baithuti, mananeo a ka sehloohong, katleho ea lipatlisiso, lit\u0161ebelisano le liindasteri le mehato ea ho kenya letsoho sechabeng tse bont\u0161ang t\u0161usumetso e ntseng e hola ea thuto ea Univesithi. &quot;Lifakalthi tsa rona li sala e le mokokotlo oa morero oa thuto oa VUT,&quot; ho boletse Ngaka Kanakana-Katumba. &quot;Li nt\u0161etsa pele bokhabane thutong le ho ithuteng, li khothalletsa boqapi, li matlafatsa bohlokoa indastering le ho netefatsa hore liithuti tsa rona tse alohileng li hlomellehile ho kenya letsoho ka katleho phetohong e tsitsitseng ea moruo le sechaba.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ha a fana ka puo-pele, Motlatsi oa Mookameli le Moprofesa e Moholo Khehla Ndlovu o ile a hlalosa ka ho toba phetoho ea VUT ho tloha boemong ba ho se tsitse ha setheo ho ea boemong ba botsitso bo laoloang, boikarabello le t\u0161ebetso e ntle. O ile a hatella hore pulo ea selemo sa thuto e ne e se t\u0161oant\u0161etso, empa e le motsotso oa &#x27;nete ea setheo. &quot;Pulo ea thuto ha se t\u0161oant\u0161iso ea mokete,&quot; ho boletse Moprofesa Ndlovu. &quot;Ke motsotso oa &#x27;nete ea setsi, moo boetapele bo tlamehang ho hlapanyetsa ka &#x27;nete ka seo ho neng ho t\u0161episitsoe, seo se fihletsoeng, le seo joale se tlamehang ho tiisoa.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selemong se fetileng, Univesithi e matlafalitse puso, tsamaiso ea lichelete le boetapele bo nang le boit\u0161oaro ka melaoana e ntlafalitsoeng, litsamaiso tsa likotsi tsa ts&#x27;ebetso le Komiti ea Melao ea Boit\u0161oaro e sebetsang hantle. Lintlafatso tsena li t\u0161ehelitse botsitso ba lichelete, ho kenyeletsoa le kamohelo ea tekanyetso e leka-lekaneng e fetang R2 bilione le ts&#x27;ebetsong ea Moralo oa Nako e Telele oa Tsitsiso ea Lichelete. &quot;VUT e tsoile nakong ea bofokoli ba setheo mme e kene mohatong oa botsitso bo laoloang,&quot; ho boletse Moprofesa Ndlovu. &quot;Sena ha se a etsahala ka t\u0161ohanyetso, empa e bile ka taeo, litsamaiso le litlamorao.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Motlatsi oa Mookameli o boetse a totobatsa tsoelopele e kholo nts&#x27;etso-peleng ea meaho le lisebelisoa, ho kenyeletsa nchafatso ea khamphase, ho buloa hape ha Moaho oa Saense ea Bophelo le ea Sebopeho, ntlafatso ea Lebala la Lipapali la Isak Steyl, katoloso ea marobalo a baithuti, le phano ea Moralo o Kopaneng oa Nts&#x27;etsopele ea Meaho le Lisebelisoa. A re matsete ana a bohlokwa bakeng sa seriti sa baithuti, bokgabane ba dithuto le bokgoni ba setsi. O boetse a tiisa boemo ba VUT jwalo ka yunivesithi e kopantseng mekgwa, e kenyang thuto e tenyetsehang le e sebedisang thekenoloji jwalo ka leano la setsi, ha ka nako e tshwanang e sebetsana le dipatlisiso tse ntseng di tswela pele ka pepenene le boitlamo bo tiileng ba boikarabelo le puso e nang le boitshwaro bo botle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">E le karolo ya lenaneo, Motsamaisi wa Dikamano le Bahlokomedi, Mofumahadi Ndumi Lufele, o senotse Baki e ntjha ya Kholetjhe ya VUT, e tshwantshetsang boitsebiso bo ntseng bo fetoha ba Yunivesithi. Baki ena e qapiloe ke Mofumahatsana Rirhandzu Nobunga, moithuti oa mehleng oa VUT ea qetileng Diploma ea hae e Phahameng ea Boqapi ba Feshene ka 2024, e bonts&#x27;a boitlamo ba Univesithi ba ho holisa litalenta tsa baithuti le boqapi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paking ya hae ya diteboho, Motlatsi wa Motlatsi wa Mookamedi wa Ditshebeletso le Tsamaiso Monghadi S&#x27;celo Mahlalela o hlalositse puo eo e le nako ya ntjhafatso le boitlamo bo bocha ho sepheo le bokamoso ba VUT. O ile a ananela boetapele ba Motsamaisi oa Lenaneo le Motlatsi oa Motlatsi oa Mookameli oa Thuto le ho Ithuta ka ho beha motheo o thehiloeng holim&#x27;a litekanyetso bakeng sa selemo se tlang. &quot;Puo ea Boemo ba Univesithi e re hopotse hore VUT e feta setsi sa thuto feela; ke sechaba se nang le sepheo se le seng,&quot; ho boletse Monghali Mahlalela. &quot;Tsoelo-pele ea rona ha e b\u014dpehe ka mantsoe feela, empa e b\u014dpeha ka boitlamo bo kopanetsoeng, boit\u0161oaro le boikarabello ba batho ba rona.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ha a eketsa lentswe la baithuti, Mopresidente wa Nakwana wa Lekgotla la Baemedi ba Baithuti, Monghadi Nkosinathi Nkosi, o amohetse ho senolwa ha khalendara e ntjha ya dithuto, a e hlalosa e le mohlodi wa tshepo e ntjha le tataiso bakeng sa setjhaba sa baithuti. 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