In 2007, he left Qondulwazi Secondary School – a farm school in Platrand, 22km from Standerton, Mpumalanga – to study office administration at the Gert Sibande Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College. Back then, TVET colleges were still fairly new and it was a gamble Mkhwanazi took. Government wants to enrol 2.5 million students in TVET colleges. According to Gert Sibande TVET spokesperson Jabulile Mhlabane, Mkhwanazi is the first TVET graduate to read for a PhD. TVET students do not have to feel as if they killed their academic ambitions.”Mkhwanazi plans to take on a post-doctoral fellowship when he completes his studies in 2020.

Source: News 24 March 22, 2019 00:45 UTC