Isikhulu se-ANC sithi akwamukelekile ukwakha inyuvesi yesi-Afrikaans

Isikhulu esikhulu se-ANC nowayenguNgqongqoshe uNaledi Pandor uthe akwamukelekile ukwakha inyuvesi efundisa ngesi-Afrikaans futhi exhaswe ngemali yomphakathi. UPandor uveze imibono yakhe ngenyuvesi entsha i-Akademia University ePitoli ngesikhathi ekhuluma nohlelo lwe-African Renaissance Podcast.

UPandor ungusopolitiki ovelele we-ANC eNingizimu Afrika owasebenza njengoNgqongqoshe Wezobudlelwano Bamazwe Ngamazwe Nokubambisana kusukela ngo-2019 kuya ku-2024. Ube nezikhundla eziphezulu kuhulumeni phakathi neminyaka engu-30 esebenza ephalamende, okuhlanganisa ukuba uNgqongqoshe Wezemfundo kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezemfundo Ephakeme Nokuqeqesha.

Uphinde abe yi-Chancellor ye-Nelson Mandela University futhi ungusihlalo we-Nelson Mandela Foundation. Engxoxweni, uthe kuyakhathaza ukuthi kwakhiwa inyuvesi ehlose ukufundisa ngesi-Afrikaans futhi ithola izigidigidi zamarandi.

“Umuntu oyedwa kuphela okhulumayo uJonathan Jansen. Thina sonke sithule du. Siphila ngokukhululeka ngokweqile futhi asinandaba,” kusho yena. “Kuyinselele enkulu ngoba silwa nokucwasa ngokobuhlanga kanye nobukholoni obuqhubeke amakhulu eminyaka, futhi labo ababephethe abayeki kalula.”

“Kunalokho, bathola ezinye izindlela. Baqasha osomabhizinisi ukuthi babe amathuluzi abo futhi basebenze ngokumelene nawe.” Uchaze ukuthi, ezimweni eziningi, nakuba bekholelwa ukuthi labo bantu basebenzela izinhloso zabo, empeleni basebenza ngokumelene nabo.

“Asikho nje eNingizimu Afrika yentando yeningi. Sisenqubweni yokwakha intando yeningi ehluke ngokuphelele, ehlala njalo, futhi ethuthukayo,” kusho yena. “Uma sikuqonda lokho, i-AfriForum ngeke ibe namandla. Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi asinayo impendulo, asinandaba ngokwanele.”

“Sithatha izinto kalula nje. Kwesinye isikhathi ngiyesaba indlela esingayinaki ngayo imibono yama-liberal agcina amasiko (conservative liberalism).” Ukugxeka kukaPandor kuqondiswe ekhampasini entsha ye-Akademia ye-Solidarity, okuyintuthuko ePitoli eyamenyezelwa ngomhlaka-1 Agasti 2024.

Le phrojekthi, eyenziwe ngokubambisana phakathi kwe-Solidarity ne-Kanton, itholakala kumakhilomitha ayisishiyagalombili ukusuka ku-Solomon Mahlangu Drive, emgwaqweni i-Boschkop Road. Le khampasi izokwamukela abafundi abangu-5,000 abenza izifundo zokuqala (undergraduate) ngokugcwele kanye nabafundi abangu-1,500 abenza izifundo eziphakeme (postgraduate).

Ikhampasi yase-Akademia izokwamukela abafundi abangu-1 500. “Isigaba sokuqala sale phrojekthi sizobiza cishe u-R1.8 billion futhi sizophethwa ngomhla ka-1 Januwari 2028,” kusho uMqondisi Ophethe (MD) wakwa-Kanton, uHenk Schalekamp. “Isigaba sesibili sibandakanya ukuqedwa kwekhampasi yezifundo kanye nezindawo zokuhlala zabafundi, kulandele izindawo zemidlalo, indawo yokukhulekela kanye nehholo elikhulu.”

Izindleko eziphelele zokwakha zizodlula u-R3 billion. I-Akademia ayitholanga mali noma usizo lukahulumeni kule khampasi entsha yenyuvesi.