Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Blade Nzimande addresses a media briefing.Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Blade Nzimande says he owes his first university degree to Professor Sibusiso Bengu.
Bengu was South Africa’s first Education Minister under the democratic government, appointed by former President Nelson Mandela in 1994.Speaking ahead of today’s official category 2 funeral at the University of Zululand, Nzimande reflects back to his student days at the same university when Bengu helped him with financial assistance for his fees.
“September 1977, I had run out of funds to study. I was short of R100. It was a lot of money at the time and Prof Bengu gave me a loan. I paid him back when I started working. When I reflect and think about that maybe that was the beginning of NASFAS. Because there was no NASFAS at that time.”“What we need to do is honour teachers as part of his legacy. We are saying goodbye to a teacher and a very good teacher at that. By the way, my wife was the head girl at KwaDlangezwa.
Professor Sibusiso Bengu will be laid to rest in Mtunzini on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast on Friday.Livestream: Prof Sibusiso Bengu’s Special Official Funeral Category 2 at the University of Zululand:
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