Kgethi Phakeng, PhD(Wits); Hon DSc (UBristol)
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Don’t get it twisted, I have a wicked sense of humour & am only here to inspire & give hope. #DeputyMother #Past3amSquad #MakeEducationFashionable (she/her)
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Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has requested that the funds set aside for her inauguration ceremony be used to pay off outstanding fees for students who finished their exams in the classes of 2015-2017. via @africanexponent.
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I am officially a mother-in-law!🥹❤️❤️❤️
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Help me get the details of this brilliant Math genius, I'd like to help him study at @UCTOnlineHigh School🙏🏾 His talent cannot be passed by! I want to pay for his studies to make it possible for him to access good education to enable him to use his talent to change the world!🙏🏾.
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Happy Sunday!! Take care of your body, it will take care of you!💪🏾
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Chris Brown was not ready!!!😜
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If you are a young person starting work this January, please digest this:. UNGAJOLI EMSEBENZINI!!🙏🏾.
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A PhD does not make anyone lose their hands, sense of humour, style, or adventurous spirit!
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Welcoming the new year at the beach with my mother😍 Happy!!!!!
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We’re off to play with other kids one more time before returning to the city of work🤩
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Makoti changed; so did mamazala😍🥰🥰
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No matter how much you love each other, DO NOT get married in community of property!🙏🏾.
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14 December. FNB Stadium. Siyabangena😎❤️🤩
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Today I celebrate 2yrs as VC of UCT. 3 successes stand out: Student suicides are no longer a thing. Out of 10 senior leadership appointments I made, 8 are black & 2 white. For the first time in 2020 UCT now leads Africa in ALL of the 5 major world university rankings. #Grateful
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Just a correction Pearl….I’m not in my mid 40s, I’m just 3 years away from 60. You can cry a bit louder.
#ideem this inappropriate for a wife and mother!!! You are in your mid 40s!! Put the tummy and ripped jeans away! Women that dress like teenagers are sad!.
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I was neither the smartest in the family nor the top student at school, I even failed chemistry at first year varsity, but I convinced myself that I will get a PhD one day and I worked very hard to get it. In June 2002 I did, I have never looked back since then.
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What a moment! I have been enjoying myself here in Dubai and last night I went to the Women in Tech awards ceremony as a finalist because I won the Africa Women in Tech Lifetime Achievement Award for 2023. And walla, my name gets announced as the winner of the 2023 Global
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Mercy rewrote my life♥️
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They will never accuse me of incompetence because I know my story - I was never parachuted anywhere. They will never come for my performance because I work damn hard. They will never accuse me of corruption because I’m not obsessed with money - I actually gave them my salary🤷🏽♀️
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@Keanubtc Only in South Africa, our land, can such a small boy spit in the face of the very women who raised his entire family, scrubbed their filth, and kept their home together. Indeed, we have the best democracy in the world.
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Hee ndaa! Vhari mini?
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Hey Siri! Please play “Don’t Judge Me” by … eish I forgot the name of the artist🤔 Please help🤷🏽♀️. Anyway, Happy Wednesday!🤩 Remember to spread love and kindness, but at the same time, let no one dance on top your head. Defend the truth and principles without fear 🧡🤍
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Blessed • Content • Grateful🙏🏾❤️. Officially 58 years old💃🏽🎂🥳
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A retired senior citizen enjoying Human Rights Day🤩
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Indulged my inner child today and left with a flat stomach😜
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The ability to just squat without the need to negotiate anything with my body at my age is most definitely my flex. What’s your flex? .#Magriza #thepeoplesVC #DeputyMother #blessed #grateful
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Life Orientation must be SCRAPPED at matric level! There’s AI, 5IR, quantum physics, apartheid history, and many more subjects we can teach our children at that level, not LO.
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We are still spreading love and kindness even in this new year♥️
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My boy graduated with a BSc(hons) degree today 💙.
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So good to dress up my boy, Tshwarelo for his graduation tonight. He is a BSc mathematics major currently doing a BSc(hons) in mathematics with an aim of getting into mathematics education via PGCE. So proud of him! The path is clear my boy, now walk it your way! #UCTGrad2023
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Have you ever gone through a disaster and, a year later, look back and think, "God, given the opportunity, I would still design the disaster exactly the same way"?
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I taught him Maths many many years ago. Today, he teaches Maths at Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls❤️❤️
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Festive fitness vibes✅
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It was a cold, rainy morning, so I went to encourage and say goodbye to students that took the earliest shuttles to campus❤️ I went with over 100 chocolates and to my surprise, the shuttles were full I even ran out of chocolates! UCT students braved the weather and went to study!
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My boy Ori is a graduate!!!❤️🥳🥳🥳 Congratulations @Ori_RSA!❤️. P.S: The next time you fight him on these streets, remember that he’s not just a troll, he’s an educated one😜
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My husband just graduated! Thank you @StellenboschUni #proudwife #blessed #grateful #senganga #tallglassofwater #upgrade
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Going forward, let’s keep our disagreements intellectual and respectful, as long as there’s no provocation. There’s no need for insults when unprovoked🙏🏾.
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My baby girl is graduating with an MBChB tonight! Tlisang balwetsi, re na le ngaka ka ntlong! 💃🏽❤️💃🏽❤️ #UCTGrad2023 #DeputyMotherOnDuty #DeputyMotherOnCall #MakeEducationFashionable
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Nithi ubani uthini ngoMongameli welizwe lethu??👂🏾
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So much love in one picture🥹❤️❤️❤️
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Sigezile siyabangena❤️
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Spending the festive holidays with my mother - she’s still as fit as a fiddle🤩🥰😍
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Hi everyone, . I’ve got a surprise for you.
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A 55-year-old and a 57-year-old😍 Morning beach walk with my friend done and dusted✅
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If you wouldn’t ask for a discount at Woolworths, please don’t ask the street vendor. Every cent matters to them too! Respect their hustle🙏🏾.
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I went back to campus study spaces at around 11pm last night to give my students chocolates and words of encouragement as they prepare for their final exams. As usual, I was encouraged to find them hard at work!❤️❤️❤️. Some requested transcription👇🏾. #DeputyMotherDuties❤️
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The senior citizen decided to rock a crop top because it’s spring and she lives by her own rules😜
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Choose peace but never tolerate nonsense.
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I didn’t have a bursary when I did my honours at Wits. In March, I was told that someone paid my fees. I didn’t know them & yet they made a big contribution to my journey. #Grateful that I can do the same for others today. #MakeEducationFashionable #Beltswag #Itispossible
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It’s Friday today and we’re all about positive vibes😜 Makhadzi is filling up Peter Mokaba Stadium and I want to get tickets for 50 young people who will be in Limpopo on the day. I will post the link to express interest later today. Otherwise, Happy Friday!❤️🥳🥳🥳. Stay kind,
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“The greatest weapon against oppression is education and knowledge.” ~ Winnie Mandela. Happy Friday♥️
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Good morning from the beautiful Chobe National Park in Botswana🇧🇼😍😍😍
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Ke December, the time is always party o’clock😍🤣
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Happy heavenly birthday to the Super Mega!❤️❤️ Your legacy lives on son; continue resting in peace🙏🏾❤️❤️
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@jsteenhuisen Objectively, you may have grounds to argue that Putin is not our ally John, and you are entitled to voice that view. But it is both inappropriate & irresponsible to claim that the Head of State, whom you (along with other MPs) mandated to represent SA in all official capacities.
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In honour of our favourite Twitter cook, I’ll be cooking chicken-flavoured garlic. Stay tuned😍🤩
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Sonke si-grand akere?. Happy Tuesday family❤️
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A mother and her daughters😍😍😍
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Back in 1998 - the year of Science and Technology (I was 32 years old). Yours truly was captured here with a luminary scientist of this country’s legacy: Prof. Malegapuru Makgoba💪🏾. Happy Thursday!♥️.#TBT
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Indeed, the harder the battle, the sweeter the victory🫶🏾😎
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Better late than never #VogueChallenge . Dress designed in Khayelitsha and made in Woodstock by @Imprint_ZA .#Ibuylocal #Supportlocalentrepreneurs
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I did my postgraduate studies at Wits part time while working full time & raising a family. No social life. In 1998 I took leave without pay so that I can have a strong start to my PhD. It was tough financially & personally! In the end I won! #grateful #MakeEducationFashionable
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Vuka, ugeze, ubangene!🔥💪🏾 Happy Friday!🤩
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En route to a country in which I am working hard to obtain citizenship😜🇧🇼🇧🇼
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You’ve missed the point - completely but let me indulge you. No one is comparing GBV with abortion, read again. We are comparing buying concert tickets and having an abortion - two independent choices made by two different people:. Person A feels her abortion choice is right,.
You’re so embarrassing. Abortion is legal in South Africa and abuse is NOT!! . I can’t believe this woman.
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In my zero stress era📍
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I’m officially turning 58 in a just a few hours and I ask for just 2 minutes of your time. Each year on my birthday, I receive thoughtful gifts and warm messages that I truly appreciate. But this year, I am reflecting and I’m seeing my birthday in a different light. I
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A grateful heart + a simple smile = Contagious Happiness🤩❤️. Happiness personified👇🏾
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Defeat is a choice. The brave never choose it💪🏾
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Africa is beautiful😍 We are at Victoria Falls National Park in Zimbabwe🇿🇼🤩
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Allow me vent a little bit. Guys, if any country wants us to apply and pay for a VISA to visit them, then it’s only fair for South Africa to demand the same of their citizens🤷🏽♀️ We want the West to respect us but we still pander to them at the expense of our nation’s dignity.
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Teaching is a calling that you just cannot walk away from. Uthanda ungathandi.
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It’s a new year and you’re given yet another opportunity to start over, make sure you start with renewed determination♥️. Let’s go get the bread💪🏾
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Enjoy every moment you have because there are no rewinds in life, there are only flashbacks💥
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I’ve beeeeen le pantsula🤟🏾 This was in the ‘80s😜
@FabAcademic So basically you have always been THAT GIRL??.
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Modern MK soldier in the trenches😜🫡
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I need a caption for this picture. I am stuck on, “Disrupting the status quo!”
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There’s always something to be grateful for🙏🏾
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It is the season for tobacco harvesting!
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Attended my last rugby match as VC - I lead, danced and had fun with students and colleagues🤩❤️
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