Monash South Africa video
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Title: "Africa is a sleeping giant yet to be awakened by its youth." Eddie Mwiti, student
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Title: Professor Tyrone Pretorius, Pro Vice-Chancellor - South Africa
Professor Tyrone Pretorius: "Well, you must recognise that in South Africa we think of ourselves as being only 12 years old, because we've only had democracy since 1994. What Monash is doing in terms of developing intellectual capital is amazing...
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Title: Monash South Africa was created in Johannesburg in 2001.
Professor Tyrone Pretorius: "...it provides an opportunity to students from all of Africa..."
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Title: Initially catering to 65 students it (Monash South Africa) now teaches more than 1700.
Professor Tyrone Pretorius: "...and what they are doing is building the next generation of intellectuals, of business people, of bureaucrats and politicians. We're forging links of leaders from every sector of Africa, we're forging links on campus, we're forging links between countries."
Professor Tyrone Pretorius: "Monash South Africa is an incredibly diverse community and we work hard at inculcating that international perspective in our students. We want our students being international, to be part of the global village and to see themselves as a global citizen. There's a word that we used which we call "ubuntu"; loosely translated it means 'humanity' and it means that I'm only me because of you and you are only you because of me. Thinking of separateness doesn't make us human; it's only by our humane interaction that we become human."
"The higher education participation in Africa is extremely low. Often the family would make huge sacrifices to insure that at least one of the family attends higher education. And the difference that that one person makes to that extended family, once he or she completes his studies is significant. There are many areas in which I think Monash can make a contribution and there are many areas in which I think they have already made a significant difference to the lives of people."
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Title: Support activities from Australia for Monash South Africa include:
- Monash Africa Research Institute, research on sub-Saharan Africa
- MUFESA, Monash South Africa bursaries to the disadvantaged
- Artists in Residence Program, linking Australian and South African artistic communities
- Monash support for Oaktree, sponsoring leadership programs for rural South African youth.
Professor Tyrone Pretorius: "Both on the economic, the social, and the political sides, there are exciting developments in Africa that, in my opinion, would put Africa within the next decade at the forefront of many developments in the world. You know what they say about building a church: you start with one brick at a time."
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