{"id":44170,"date":"2026-10-07T10:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?p=44170"},"modified":"2026-10-07T20:11:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:11:32","slug":"vut-fashion-students-turn-creativity-into-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/vut-fashion-students-turn-creativity-into-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Baithuti ba feshene ba VUT ba fetola boqapi monyetla."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cBaithuti ba feshene ba VUT ba fumana boiphihlelo bo sebetsang ba indasteri ka lenaneo la feshene la matsatsi a mararo le kopanyang thuto, boqapi, bo-rakhoebo le menyetla ea mesebetsi.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>07 Mphalane 2026 | Pale ka: Sadiki Siphiwe<\/strong> <strong>Setshwantsho: Siphephelo Dlamini<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Nako ea ho bala metsotso e 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 0 24px; padding: 0; background: #000;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-121-scaled.webp\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\">\n    <figcaption style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: left; color: #fff; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; background: #000; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n   Baithuti ba Feshene ba VUT ba sebelisana le litsebi tsa indasteri nakong ea thupelo ea Fashion Without Borders Unpacked Masterclass Setsing sa Likopano sa VUT.\n\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baithuti ba Univesithi ea Theknoloji ea Vaal (VUT) ba tsoile ka phaposing ea borutelo ho kena indastering ea feshene nakong ea lenaneo la matsatsi a mararo la nts&#x27;etsopele ea feshene le neng le t\u0161oaretsoe ho tloha ka la 1 ho isa ho la 3 Mphalane 2026, ba theha menyetla ea ho ithuta ka ho sebetsa, ho theha likamano le nts&#x27;etsopele ea mosebetsi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lenaneo la matsatsi a mararo la ntshetsopele ya feshene e ne e le karolo ya morero o moholo wa Mokete wa Noka ya Vaal, e leng tshebedisano-mmoho pakeng tsa Masepala wa Emfuleni, Fashion Without Borders le Vaal Mall. Lenaneo le ne le tshwerwe ke VUT Student Life and Governance ka tshebedisano-mmoho le Lefapha la Human Sciences Visual Art and Design. Le ile la kopanya baithuti, baqapi ba ntseng ba ipopa, ditsebi tsa indasteri, bo-rakgwebo le ditsebi tsa boqapi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lenaneo le qalile ka Thupelo e Phahameng ea Fashion Without Borders Unpacked Setsing sa Likopano sa VUT pele ho ea Vaal Mall bakeng sa lipont\u0161o tse peli tsa feshene. E t\u0161ehelitsoe ka lichelete ke Proudly South African, Thupelo ena e Phahameng e ile ea pepesetsa baithuti feshene, bo-rakhoebo, bo-mohlala, nts&#x27;etsopele ea khoebo le menyetla ka har&#x27;a moruo oa boqapi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monghadi Sipho Nkosi ho tswa Lefapheng la Bophelo ba Baithuti le Tsamaiso la VUT o itse morero ona o file baithuti boiphihlelo ba bohlokwa ka nqane ho phaposi ya borutelo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBaithuti ba rona ba hloka menyetla moo ba ka nkang seo ba se ithutang ka phaposing ea borutelo mme ba se sebelisa maemong a sebele. Ha re tlisa lefapha la indasteri phihlelong ea baithuti, re thusa baithuti ho utloisisa litekanyetso, taeo le menyetla e teng ka ntle ho univesithi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Setsebi sa indasteri Monghadi Greg Walls o kgothaditse baithuti ho utlwisisa lehlakore la kgwebo la feshene, ha Monghadi Mpumelelo Dlamini, moqapi le mothei wa By Ezokhetho, a kgothaleditse baqapi ba batjha ho fetola boqapi ba bona menyetla e tsitsitseng. Monghadi Rivaldo Louwe, moqapi le mothehi wa Waldo hape e le moahlodi wa lenaneo, o kgothaditse baithuti ho iketsetsa boitsebahatso ba bona ba boqapi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Masterclass e boetse e bile le Ngaka Jabu Stone, ea buileng ka moriri e le khoebo le kamano ea oona le feshene le botle, ha Mofumahatsana Julian Koaho oa Lekala la Likhoebo tse Nyane<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lekala la Ntshetsopele le Ditjhelete (SEDFA) le arolelane tlhahisoleseding mabapi le menyetla ya tshehetso ya ditjhelete bakeng sa bo-rakgwebo ba sa tswa qala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monghadi Serge Kabisoso, mothehi wa Fashion Without Borders, o totobaditse bohlokwa ba botsebi ho tsa bo-momodel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c&quot;Ho etsa boiketsiso ke mosebetsi, mme o lokela ho nkoa jwalo. Boitshepo bo bohlokwa, empa le ho fihla ka nako, boitshwaro, boitokiso le bokgoni ba ho sebetsa le ba bang le tsona di bohlokwa,&quot; a rialo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lenaneo le boetse le matlafalitse ho nka karolo ha lekala la poraefete ka ho ba teng ha Mof. Nicola Kotze le Mong. Thabo Kgomongoe ba sehlopha sa papatso sa Vaal Mall. Pont\u0161o ea pele e ile ea buloa ke Mof. Susan Gormen oa StarMotor OMODA &amp; JAECOO, ha Mong. Bongani Mamba, setaki se hloahloa, a kentse letsoho ka ho taka ka kotloloho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lipont\u0161o li ne li bont\u0161itse VUT Collective le baqapi ba secha ba sechaba, li fa baithuti monyetla oa ho hlahisa mosebetsi oa bona phatlalatsa le ho ba le boiphihlelo ba litlhoko tsa ketsahalo ea feshene ea profeshenale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ho Mofumahatsana Aysha Kunene, moithuti oa selemo sa pele oa Diploma ea Feshene ho VUT, phihlelo ena e mo file kenyelletso ea bohlokoa indastering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c&quot;Joaloka moithuti oa selemo sa pele, phihlelo ena e mpont\u0161itse hore feshene e kholo haholo ho feta seo re se ithutang ka phaposing ea borutelo. Ho kopana le litsebi tsa indasteri ho mphetse boits&#x27;epo hobane ke bona hore mosebetsi oo ke ithutelang oona ke oa &#x27;nete,&quot; ho boletse Mof. Kunene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lenaneo le ne le t\u0161ehelitsoe thutong ke Prof Van Staden, Hlooho ea Lefapha, Mofumahali Ilani Wilkin le Mofumahatsana Angelica Laba, ba ileng ba totobatsa bohlokoa ba phihlelo e sebetsang ea indasteri ho lokisetsa baithuti bophelo bo ka mor&#x27;a univesithi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof Van Staden o itse: &quot;Ho ba le boiphihlelo ba indasteri ho fa baithuti monyetla oa ho sebelisa tsebo ea bona, ho theha maqhama le ho holisa boits&#x27;epo bo hlokahalang ka mor&#x27;a ho fumana mangolo.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morero ona o t\u0161ehelitsoe ke OMODA &amp; JAECOO, CHERY, Standard Bank, Telkom, Milady, The Fix, Foschini, Gauteng Tourism, Proudly South African le Vaal Mall, e leng se bont\u0161ang bohlokoa ba t\u0161ebelisano-&#x27;moho lipakeng tsa thuto e phahameng, khoebo, &#x27;muso le lekala la boqapi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ho VUT, lenaneo le ne le le ka holim&#x27;a feshene. Baithuti ba ile ba fumana boiphihlelo ba tokiso ea liketsahalo, tlhahiso, tlhahiso ea meralo, papatso, t\u0161ebelisano le ba amehang, bo-mohlala le bo-rakhoebo, e leng se ba thusitseng ho nts&#x27;etsapele litsebo tse sebetsang hammoho le tsebo ea bona ea thuto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jwalokaha Monghadi Kabisoso a boletse, &quot;Ha re batle hore batjha ba dule e le bashebelli feela moruong wa boqapi. Re batla hore ba be baqapi, borakgwebo, mehlala, bahlahisi le beng ba dikgwebo.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lenaneo la matsatsi a mararo le bont\u0161itse matla a ho hokahanya thuto le indasteri. Ho baithuti ba VUT, sethala sa feshene se ile sa fetoha sethala eseng feela sa ho bont\u0161a boqapi, empa hape sa ho haha boit\u0161epo, ho theha marang-rang a likamano le ho inahana e le litsebi tsa kamoso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ha limotlelara tsa ho qetela li tloha sethaleng sa feshene, katleho e t\u0161oarellang e bile monyetla o fileng bacha monyetla oa ho nka mehato ea bona ea pele ho ea mesebetsing eo ba e lokisetsang. 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