CAMPUS NEWS
Power amongst Women
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Kinga Siejek
Celebrating and learning from successful ladies doesn’t
need to be only a topic for August (Women’s month).
As was proven with the ‘Power of a Woman Seminar”
hosted by the Santrust Residence and the Women’s Forum on 12 September 2014, at bulding 9C G01.
The theme of the event, “Matla A Mosadi” brought together the lady students on Campus to not only celebrate womanhood, but also gave the students a chance
to listen and learn from those with expirience of life as a
woman in the social and work environment.
The first speaker, the Campuses very own Johanna
Ralekgokgo from Academic Development and Support
(ADS) spoke of wisdom from her life story to what she
sees on a daily basis at the Campus with students. Ralekgokgo used her wisdom to show the ladies that there is
always hope for being able to accomplish your dreams,
though it may not follow the course of other people.
The second speaker of the event, was Thandi Gweba,
the Editor of ‘Move” a Woman’s Magazine. From the
moment she walked in, with confidence as grace, the
ladies were eagerly awaiting her words of wisdom. The
moral of her speech was simple; be yourself, follow
your dreams, fight what you believe in, but be humble
through your journey to greatness. Don’t settle for just
anything or anyone, and don’t wait for someone else to
give you what you want. If you want to travel to Paris
one day, don’t wait for someone to hand you the ticket,
but work hard and use your own accomplishments to get
you there; the trip will ne so much more worth it that way.
Also... never settle for a man who will not be able to help
you become who you want to be. Don’t settle for what is
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available, as you are worth so much more.
In-between the positive and driving speeches, the ladies were also entertained by our very own ladies and
their soulful voices with renditions of songs that allowed
many ladies to join in.
The crux of the event; to show the ladies that they are
worth so much more than anyone can ever tell them,
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