NgoLwesibili, umhla we-16 kuTshazimpunzi ka-2024, iNtloko yenkcubeko yaseMzantsi Afrika kunye neqhwa elikhulu, uGqirha Esther Mahlangu wathweswa isidanga sokuqala sokubeka udumo yiYunivesithi yaseMzantsi Afrika kwikhempasi yaseMuckleneuk ePitoli.
Wanikwa isidanga sobuGqirha kwiSayensi yeMathematika (Honoris Causa) njengenxalenye yokwamkela izakhono zakhe zemathematika awazisebenzisayo kwimibhalo yakhe kunye nemisebenzi yeentsimbi. UGqirha Mahlangu uvule isikolo sobugcisa kwidolophu yakhe apho afundisa khona abantwana nabantu abadala ubuciko bemizobo kunye neentsimbi zesiko le-Ndebele njengendlela yokugcina isiko lemizobo ye-Ndebele kunye nemisebenzi yeentsimbi lihlala likho ngonaphakade.
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Ngokutsho kukaMlawuli weYunivesithi yaseMzantsi Afrika kunye neSekela-Chancellor, uNjingalwazi uPuleng Lenkabula, bayawamkela umsebenzi kaGqirha Mahlangu njengento engaphezu kobugcisa kwaye bakholelwa ukuba umsebenzi wakhe uyifomathi yemathematika kwaye abantu kufuneka bahlonele umsebenzi wakhe ngoluhlobo. Iyunivesithi inoxanduva lokuqinisekisa ukuba iinkqubo zolwazi lwemveli azibikhohlisi xa kufikwa ekuqondeni lo msebenzi.
UGqirha Esther Mahlangu ungomnye wabaculi abadumileyo emhlabeni ngenxa yobugcisa bakhe kwaye uye wahamba jikelele ebonisa umsebenzi wakhe. Ngobugcisa bakhe obunemibala kunye nejeometri, uMahlangu ubonakalisile ukuba ubugcisa bunokudibanisa abantu kwiinkcubeko ezahlukeneyo njengoko kwakukho ixesha ngo-1999 wabelwa ukuba ahombise imoto ye-BMW 525i kunye ne-British Airways ngemizobo yesiko le-Ndebele, imoto yayiyimoto yokuqala yobugcisa base-Afrika, kwaye yasiwa e-USA nase-UK ukuze iboniswe, kwaye oku kubonakalisa indlela ubugcisa bakhe obudibanisa ngayo iinkcubeko.
UGqirha Esther Mahlangu uchazwa ngabantu baseMzantsi Afrika nakwamanye amazwe njengomculi oziqeqeshe ngokwakhe, umntu onomzekelo omangalisayo wokuba ubugcisa bunokuphakama ngaphezu kwemida, umntu onomsebenzi obuthathaka ngakumbi kwaye obandakanyekayo. Kwaye umntu owenza ngaphezulu kunabantu abaluhlu lwakhe kunye nabakhuphisana naye njengoko naye esenza.
