Local author highlights education inequalities on his new book
The 28-year-old is the co-founder of Rudo Institute, formerly known as the Daveyton Book Club.
Young community developer Kwandile Mhlaba Sikhosana has recently published his first book called Financing Higher Education, which highlights his understanding of free education.
This book aims to address the issue of adequate funding to ensure poor and low-income students in South Africa can receive high quality education.
The Daveyton resident said the book gives a context of his understanding of free education for every learner and how we can achieve our quest as a people to fund education.
“The idea for the book came while I was working on the Brakpan University initiative, which focuses on ensuring Ekurhuleni gets a university of its own which will develop skills necessary for the economy of Ekurhuleni, hence solidify plans of developing an aerotropolis in the region,” said Sikhosana.
“I believe education is the pillar of development and this was of importance to me. With every meeting, discussion and community engagement I would get home and jot down ideas.
“Once our call is heard, how can we as a society enable the government to develop systems that are sustainable so that “Fees Must Fall” becomes a reality not only for us but for generations to come?” asked Sikhosana.
The self-published author explained that while writing the book, he went to Swaziland for a few weeks to study how their education sector was funded, which birthed more ideas.
“The book was edited by well-renowned columnist and journalist Anna Stroud and Black Bird Publishing in the United Kingdom helped me self-publish the book,” he said.
The 28-year-old is the co-founder of Rudo Institute, formerly known as the Daveyton Book Club.
When asked when the writing bug bit, he said he has ideas of how the world should be and he has always been a person who writes notes about his interactions with people and opportunities.
“I’m an author by default but the goal is to be a major player in the country’s politics and in essence shape the future of the world. With everything I do, I try to remind myself of the big idea. So this book is part of my presidential campaign.”
Sikhosana is looking to be the next president of South Africa.
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He said in the last few pages of the book, he got young people from across the continent to add on how they have benefited from higher education.
Lastly, he said he doesn’t plan on publishing another book anytime soon as he is focusing on growing Rudo Institute.
“Everyone should look out for Rudo Institute on all social media platforms as we are developing a model that will be sustainable and breathe life into section 29 (1)b of the Constitution.”
The book is available on Amazon.
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