QUESTION 8

Read the case study and answer the questions that follow.

KHANYISILE MOKELE: BRIDGING THE GAP

What impressed Khanyisile Mokele the most as a child was hearing that her uncle had designed and built a bridge over a highway. It also set the stage for her ambitions. Today this petite 18-year-old girl wants to be a civil engineer.

"I want to design my own bridge," she states emphatically. "Bridges bring the world closer." She grew up in a family that sees education as the recipe for success. With her parents' support and encouragement, she has always been motivated to achieve good results. Mathematics and Physical Sciences are no challenge for Khanyisile. While she may have a natural ability in these subjects, she also works hard at them, taking afternoon and Saturday classes to ensure she succeeds.

Khanyisile has applied to study Civil Engineering at the University of Technology in Tshwane and has been accepted pending her final results this year.

[Source: Adapted from: http://www.unicef.org/southafrica/media 8926.html. Accessed on 26 April 2014]

1. What motivated Khanyisile to become a civil engineer? (1)

2. Who are Khanyisile's role models? Give a reason why she has chosen them. (3)

3. How does she ensure that she performs well in Mathematics and Physical Sciences? (1)

4. Civil Engineering is a traditionally male-dominated career. Explain. (4)

5. Learnerships and internships give graduates and matriculants an opportunity to join the workforce and develop skills that can lead to permanent employment, with great career prospects. Explain the difference between the two. (1)

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