Kgethi Phakeng, PhD(Wits); Hon DSc (UBristol)
@FabAcademic
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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!🙏🏾
14-year-old South African Math Genius, Sibahle Zwane.
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Happy Sunday!! Take care of your body, it will take care of you!💪🏾
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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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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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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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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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We are still spreading love and kindness even in this new year♥️
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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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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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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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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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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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“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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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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En route to a country in which I am working hard to obtain citizenship😜🇧🇼🇧🇼
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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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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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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😜
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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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Attended my last rugby match as VC - I lead, danced and had fun with students and colleagues🤩❤️
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We made it to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro!🥳🥳🥳❤️❤️❤️
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We are still playing nentanga zethu even today!♥️😍
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“Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority” ~ Bacon F. ⏱️
Happy Friday! Bangene💪🏾
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Who decides what’s appropriate and what’s not?
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On this beautiful Tuesday I choose this beautiful couple whom I am blessed to call my children👊🏾♥️
I thought I should remind you gore ke mamazala😎
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I will never alter one bit of myself in order to try to fit society’s perception of how a university VC looks like. My work represents me, not what I choose to wear or do in my free time. I do not compromise on authenticity; after all, I am human before I am VC.
#past3AMsquad
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UCT remains the Top University on the African continent. It climbed up 23 places on the global list and is currently the only university in Africa in the top 200🥳🥳🥳
#HandsOffPhakeng
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One of my closest students came to say goodbye and gifted me this beautiful garment from Cameroon❤️
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We’re right at the end exams, so I went to the library at 10pm last night and found my students grinding hard, so I gave them
@BarOne_SA
chocolates to eat when they take a break. I didn’t expect to find so many students in the library on a Sunday night, so I ran out of chocs🙈
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This is what happened at the end of the graduation ceremony today. It’s KZN in Cape Town. Check the two graduands dancing. You should have seen them when they walked up the stage to be capped. It was lit 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@UCT_news
#UCTGrad2019
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Be proud of your uniqueness!
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It’s a happy Sunday!❤️
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The loss of a young life is always difficult to comprehend and accept, particularly under such tragic circumstances💔 We lost so much talent and endless possibilities💔 Go well
@akaworldwide
, thank you for the music❤️
#RIPAKA
#RipLegend
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With graduation ceremonies going virtual I decided to surprise one of the BCom graduating students this week. Who knows, I may be driving past your area sometime soon. Watch this space & keep your mask & sanitiser ready, just in case 🤷🏾♀️
#MakeEducationFashionable
#UCTgrad2020
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Work hard, stay humble, play harder, stay joyful.
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It’s a Friday, we’ve officially closed the laptops and are ready to go play nabangani bethu😜♥️
Featuring my beautiful
@mebala_za
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Happy Monday! Let’s fetch the bread👌🏾🖤
Vuka, ugeze, ubangene, and subscribe to my YouTube channel:
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Congratulations to Prof Puleng
@LenkaBula
on being appointed the first woman Vice Chancellor of Unisa. This is brilliant!
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We just want to know, where are the pots?🤷🏾♀️
Happy Thursday!♥️ Let’s push, we are closer to finding the pots💪🏾
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Exactly 12 months ago. Grateful🙏🏾❤️
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Life is too short to take too seriously; laugh, love, and live with all your heart🤪
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A proud mom with her children🥰❤️❤️
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This is a hug in slow motion. Sometimes all one needs is a damn good hug from the big O! Now am ready for Saturday.
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