SEBOKENG. – The Vaal University of Technology Sebokeng hosted two schools – Residensia High and Tshepo Themba Secondary School – on Thursday. This is to empower young women.
Auditorium 2 was the place these young schoolgirls heard from those who had walked the journey of success. The event was co-organised by intern students or trainees Veronice Moreletse, Ntswaki Mofokeng, and Moeketsi Montshitsi, who were much acknowledged and appreciated by their superiors.
It was clear these girls were not in the church service but in a high academic learning environment. They were treated like professionals in order to create a profound atmosphere for them from which to taste tertiary and postgraduate life.
All dignitaries brought before them taught them about their different backgrounds, which is nothing different from what some of them are going through.
“There’s nothing new but hard work that has brought my success and I have not yet arrived. I’m still learning every day. I learned to accept my weaknesses in order to unleash my strong points. I learned to ask and acknowledge those who are before me. Education has always been my source of strength, to uproot me out of poverty,” says Andiswa Mosai who further said the girls need to understand their dreams.
There were more powerful women who spoke over the day. Onica Matjike was one of the profound speakers that made the girls think ahead. Matjike told the house that she was married at an early age and did not want to be just a wife. “I had to stand up and live a dream. I had to master the family life and my schoolwork. I wanted to run a company and hold a high position. Today I have been in several different offices holding top positions,” says Matjike, who said she did not want to add numbers.
Girls were further taken to different departments where women hold top positions, showing them that it is possible for them too.
