The array of talent displayed by students from the Faculty of Education during its Benefit Concert had the 400-strong crowd entertained throughout the event.

The concert, which was a first of its kind, aimed at raising funds for the faculty’s Student Emergency Fund. The funds are used to assist students who are battling to cover their daily living cost, such as traveling fares to university.

The audience in Mowbray Campus’ Main Hall were awed by the mesmerizing performances of music, dance, poetry, comedy and drama. Among the faculty‘s staff members who were in the audience was the faculty’s dean, Prof Thobeka Mda who also expressed her support for the concert.

The CPUT Drama group performed a play called, A Deadly Affair, which had a humorous take on a married couple who deals with issues of infidelity and murder.

Student choirs from Mowbray and Bellville campuses as well as a student pianist and a group of rappers rendered musical items.

Students also took the stage to compete in the Mr and Miss Teacher contest.

The event was produced by the faculty’s Dr Clive Kronenberg and sponsored by Henry Oliver, Mustura Arend, JUTA and Sunset Bay Trading.

 By Kwanele Butana

Written by CPUT News
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The Faculty of Education is hosting a benefit concert in a bid to raise funds for their Student Emergency Fund.

The fund was established several years ago and relies on charity donations from lecturers. The funds are used to assist students who are battling to cover their daily living cost, such as travelling fares to university

Lecturer Jeremy Koeberg says the current economic climate saw the need for the fund to increase.

To raise the much-needed funds, the faculty will host a Benefit Concert in its Main Hall on the Mowbray Campus on Friday, 19 October at 10h00. The concert will showcase a wide range of cultural items by the faculty’s students and staff, including music, dance, poetry and drama.   

A highlight of the day will be the Mr and Miss Teacher Competition where contestants will be quizzed on the qualities of a good teacher.

Mthobeli Mankayi, from the faculty’s local Student Representative Council Representative, says students support this initiative.

“Two students were recently left homeless when a blaze razed their shacks to the ground, I was glad when the fund was used to alleviate their plight,” says Mthobeli.

Admission tickets cost R10 each for students and R20 for staff members. Members of the public are also welcome.

Tickets can be purchased from Kulsum (Mowbray Campus) on 021 680 1506 or Nandipha (Bellville Campus) on 021 959 6245.      

By Kwanele Butana

Written by CPUT News
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