Imtiaz Sooliman – NWU honours Prof Thuli Madonsela,

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Speaker 1 discusses the success of South Africa's national and international awards, including a honorary doctorate and a honorary degrees for two South African universities. They also mention the importance of honoring people like Bu, Metzikima Donsela, and Doctor Gift of the Givers. Speaker 1 emphasizes that South Africa's efforts to make a better place for all will not stop, and mentions specific universities and their efforts to make the place a better place.

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			Professor Tuli Madunsala
		
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			receiving his 6th honorary doctorate
		
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			and founder of a nongovernmental
		
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			organization,
		
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			Gift of the Givers, Doctor. Imtiaz Suleiman
		
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			receiving his 8th.
		
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			These are some of their many national and
		
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			international
		
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			awards.
		
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			Toma Donsella,
		
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			this is a reminder of her efforts
		
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			in making South Africa
		
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			a better country.
		
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			It may be the 6th degree,
		
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			but
		
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			it represents something different because this university has
		
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			its own interest. But what I particularly liked
		
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			was it affirms
		
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			my commitment to social justice. Philanthropist
		
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			and founder of Gift of the Givas, doctor
		
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			Suleiman, Although he received many awards, he says
		
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			this one is special. This one is extra
		
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			special. This is my hometown.
		
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			I left here 45 years ago. And to
		
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			come back to something so special, such fantastic
		
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			university,
		
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			a lot of my family have studied in
		
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			recent years. I mean, this was just so
		
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			special. The university says honoring the work of
		
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			the 2 distinguished South Africans
		
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			is in line with what the university
		
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			stands for. Honoring people like Bu, Metwilima Donsela,
		
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			and Doctor. Suleiman is
		
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			a way of recognizing
		
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			what they do in term in the
		
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			society. And it is very much in line
		
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			with what the university stands for.
		
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			Madonsela and Suleiman say their efforts to make
		
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			South Africa a better place will not stop.
		
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			Selwane Kahau, SABC News, Portchefstrom.