Remembering Prof Temba Vanqa

Friday, January 31, 2020

Former doyen of Education at the University of Botswana, Professor Temba Prescott Vanqa died earlier this month at the age of 90.

Professor Vanqa was born in Lady Frere, South Africa on November 29, 1929.

After acquiring a Diploma in Education in 1954, Prof Vanqa started his teaching career in 1955 wh teaching History and Geography in several schools. After three years of teaching at the junior secondary level, he continued his university studies at the University of Fort Hare, where he acquired a Bachelor of Arts degree, which he completed in 1958 with majors in History and Geography.

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