{"id":44150,"date":"2026-10-07T11:53:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?p=44150"},"modified":"2026-10-23T11:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:29:52","slug":"beyond-the-netball-court-tsakani-mthombeni-celebrates-a-postgraduate-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/beyond-the-netball-court-tsakani-mthombeni-celebrates-a-postgraduate-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Ka nqane ho lebala la netibolo, Tsakani Mthombeni o keteka katleho e kholo ea thuto e phahameng."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cKamora ho leka-lekanya mosebetsi, netibolo ya tlhodisano le dithuto tsa kamora lengolo la pele, Tsakani Mthombeni o fumana Diploma ya Kamora Lengolo la Pele la Boenjiniere ba Motlakase ho tswa VUT.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

07 October 2026 | Story by: Tshepiso Kaibe | Picture:\u00a0Keitumetse Mokgope <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nako ea ho bala metsotso e 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n Ms Tsakani Mthombeni, VUT netball player, celebrates earning her Postgraduate Diploma in Electrical Engineering while balancing academic, work and sporting commitments.\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ka lilemo tse ngata, Mof. Tsakani Mthombeni o 'nile a apara mebala ea VUT ka boikhohomoso lebaleng la netball, a emetse Univesithi litlholisanong tse kholo ka ho fetisisa tsa lipapali tsa baithuti naheng. Empa ka la 15 Loetse 2026, o ketekile tlholo ea mofuta o fapaneng, e fumanoeng ka mamello, boitelo le boikemisetso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mof. Mthombeni o fumane Diploma ea kamora kaloso ea Boenjiniere ba Motlakase tlas'a Lefapha la Boenjiniere le Theknoloji, meketeng ea Kalogo ea Selemo ea Univesithi ea Theknoloji ea Vaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katleho ena e t\u0161oaile qetello e atlehileng ea leeto le neng le hloka hore a leka-lekanye litlhoko tsa mosebetsi, lithuto tsa kamora kaloso le lipapali tsa tlholisano, hangata kaofela ka nako e le 'ngoe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c"Ha e so be leeto le bonolo hobane ke ne ke sebetsa, kahoo ho leka-lekanya lithuto le mosebetsi e ne e se ntho e bonolo, empa ke atlehile," ho boletse Mof. Mthombeni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jwaloka baithuti ba bangata ba dithuto tse phahameng, o ile a kopana le diphephetso tseleng. Nakong ya semestara ya hae ya pele, kgatello ya ho laola mosebetsi le dithuto e ile ya imela haholo, mme a hloleha ho le leng la dithuto tsa hae, a diehisa kaloso ya hae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ho baithuti ba bangata, t\u0161itiso e joalo e ka be e lekane ho sitisa merero ea bona. Ho Mofumahali Mthombeni, e bile teko ea mamello.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c"Ke hlotsoe thutong e le 'ngoe semesetareng ea pele, kahoo ke aloha hona joale. Thuto eo e ne e na le mosebetsi o mongata, kahoo ho 'na e ne e le boima haholo," a hlalosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ho e-na le ho lumella ho soetseha ho laola leeto la hae, o ile a khutla a ikemiselitse ho atleha, a qeta mojuolo o neng o salletse morao mme a fumana lengolo leo a neng a sebelitse ka thata ho le fihlela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ntle le ka phaposing ea lithuto, Mof. Mthombeni o ile a iketsetsa lebitso le leholo lipapaling VUT. Pakeng tsa 2017 le 2025, o ile a emela Univesithi lebaleng la netball, a fetoha sefahleho se tloaelehileng lipapaling tsa VUT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bokgoni ba hae bo ile ba mo bona a hlolisana ditlhodisanong tse kgolo, ho kenyeletsa le Tlhodisano ya Netball ya University Sport South Africa (USSA) le Mohope wa Varsity Netball, ha ka nako e tshwanang a ne a emetse sehlopha sa provense sa Mpumalanga Sunbirds ka dilemo tse pedi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ho leka-lekanya boitlamo bona ba lipapali le litlhoko tsa lengolo la boenjiniere ho ne ho hloka boit\u0161oaro, taolo ea nako le boitlamo bo sa thekeseleng lipakane tsa hae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leeto la hae le bontsha hore katleho ha se kamehla e leng ka ho ba le tsela e bonolo. Ka dinako tse ding, e mabapi le ho fumana matla a ho tswela pele ha merero e fetoha, diqholotso di hlaha, mme moedi wa ho qetela o bonahala o le hole ho feta kamoo ho neng ho lebelletswe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaha jwale a se a na le lengolo la thuto e phahameng, Mof. Mthombeni o tshepa hore pale ya hae e tla kgothatsa baithuti ba bang hore ba se ke ba inehela ha ba kopana le mathata a bona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keletso ea hae e bonolo:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c"Sebetsa ka thata feela mme o phehele litoro tsa hao," a rialo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ha VUT e keteka sehla sa yona sa Kalogo ya Selemo, pale ya Mofumahadi Mthombeni e re hopotsa hore tse ding tsa diphihlello tsa bohlokwahadi di fumanwa ka mamello. Ebang ke lebaleng la netball, mosebetsing kapa ka phaposing ya borutelo, o bontshitse hore boikemisetso le mosebetsi o boima di ka fetola ditshitiso ho ba mehato ya bohlokwa ya katleho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ho Mofumahatsana Mthombeni, kaloso e ne e se feela qetello ea lengolo la thuto. E ne e le moputso oa ho hana ho inehela ha leeto le ne le thatafala, le bopaki ba hore katleho hangata ke ea ba lulang ba tsoela pele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bona boiphihlelo bo felletseng ho Flickr <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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