Professor Phakeng to JJ Tabane: They say you re a joke a joke and a journalistic buffoon

[@wendzilezwane637]

Love the way she stands her ground!

[@nellyt8540]

I have a lot of respect for this black woman, intellectual, and generally amazing woman!!! She is one of those black women that make us proud to be black, African, and women. RESPECT MAMOKGETHI!!!!

[@justtrendingnews5754]

Louder for the people at the back!!!!

[@student798]

Ones reputation is always worth fighting for regardless of the status of the audience.

[@justtrendingnews5754]

Couldn’t have said it better myself

[@malebs8332]

All she's doing is hold JJ accountable just as he always hold politicians accountable.

[@mvelisimhlathi6433]

Prof is right...JJ thinks he's thee journalist. Thanks prof putting him into his place..by the way straight talk breaks no friendship

[@justtrendingnews5754]

Exactly my point!

[@Jim_wabs]

But I thought JJ said what was told to him, or did I miss something.

[@karthi7016]

Right way. News casters have an agenda instead of reporting the news

[@justtrendingnews5754]

I completely agree with you

[@timothymosebi6702]

Salute!! Prof. JJ was out of line and respect to Prof. for standing her ground

[@mvelisimhlathi6433]

If straight talk was a person...

[@tvaz6946]

Agreed...and she is beautiful as well.

[@mpho438]

JJ deserved the kind of responses he got from prof and being called out as a joke. I've listened to prof. In so many podcasts or interviews now, and she has never showed this side, but if you are like JJ and you throw sucka punches and say let's take a break, you gotta be willing to take the jabs as well, finish what you've started

[@justtrendingnews5754]

1000% agree with you here

[@mphelar]

Can we have the full interview please

[@justtrendingnews5754]

I don’t have access to it unfortunately

[@simie9038]

Good for her...! Jj has beeen like this and this woman has been phenomenal and He knows it!....It is us black ppl tearing each other down...

[@khuludonald4211]

JJ got his match, and this time - his called to order and he has no come back from that... Good one Proff. JJ must stop being Tjatjarag...

[@mpram5522]

JJ is wrong. I agree with you girl. It cannot be easy being Prof. It is usually your own people that do this.

[@justtrendingnews5754]

Exactly!!!! You can never be betrayed by an enemy right?

[@zena3413]

No break we must clear this 👌

[@justtrendingnews5754]

Exactly

[@thegenaral4516]

Umbokodo lol woman fighting for their right is so cute

[@moeketsimotsoane5258]

ENCA can u post the full interview please or direct me to where i can get the whole interview as we were Loadshedding.

[@justtrendingnews5754]

On the ENCA KZbin page

[@tonyct6640]

He raised it as a discussion topic. Surely that is okay as she would be given the opportunity to respond. There are no sacred cows. Why should she determine the line of questioning and why should she be given a line of questioning to enable her to feel good about herself. Your bias is obvious. She should have taken the opportunity to show how charming she is and answer cleverly which would convert her detractors but instead she tried to talk him down and get him to back off.

[@benjaminsmart6276]

Completely disagree. JJ was doing his job as a journalist, and Phakeng failed to respond to the accusations, preferring weak ad hominem attacks on the interviewer. A good glimpse at why she is no longer a VC.

[@justtrendingnews5754]

Thanks for the comment. I respect your opinion

[@jonathanmasibulele5464]

I think she was well within her rights to react anyhow where her character was being questioned.

[@justtrendingnews5754]

@@jonathanmasibulele5464 I completely agree with you. Share the same sentiments

[@tela6589]

She is very bullish, arrogantly dumb(my opinion)...SA women will defend nonsense just because she is a "black" female. That's nonsense, and lacks fairness to those bullied by her and were also forced to resign as a result...

[@katoleeric4454]

😡😡😡😡✊✊✊

[@xolanimsipa7656]

Disagree with you,break was there to be taken .Regret watching this video

[@jacobmokwena6764]

Being the 1st doesn't mean you earned it the right way.

[@khanyanqabomzinqundwana7599]

First black? Dont we get tired of the race labeling?

[@jonathanpluke1380]

Beautiful said Prof ......I love it ...and God bless

[@msizibuthelezi5579]

INVITED KEYNOTE/PLENARY PRESENTATIONS ACCEPTED: 35 speaking sessions VISITING SCHOLARSHIPS/PROFESSORSHIPS: 8 REVIEWED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS: 57 EDITED VOLUMES: 5 RESEARCH REPORTS: 6 PUBLICATIONS IN PUBLIC PRINT MEDIA: 7 POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION (Mathematics Education) M.Sc/M.Ed: 12; PhD: 6

[@justtrendingnews5754]

What’s this?

[@On_PointwithN]

I love her

[@justtrendingnews5754]

I love her too

[@mxolisikheswa3084]

And this is why she got sacked, she reminds me of those people who will go to great lengths to defend bullshi*t.

[@corniliuschiloane9938]

Some women can't handle the truth unless it favors them.Tabane was just doing his job here,VC must attend to her anger issues.

[@nellyt8540]

If he was just doing his job, he did it badly!! Why would he say something that negative and want to go to advertisements? You don't do that unless you just want to be controversial and not really have a genuine conversation. Of course, reputation is important, and if someone attacks your reputation on a national platform, then you have to defend it. JJ could have handled this better. Controversy does not always increase ratings. Sometimes, it could be that one thing that kills your show.

[@corniliuschiloane9938]

@@nellyt8540 Be that as it may.I didn't find Phakeng's level of EQ impressive,especially for an academic of her calibre.

[@benedictngele8904]

@@corniliuschiloane9938 an Academic of her calibre?? (you have not met enough academics)... EQ is for artist and creatives. So she is definitely displaying an adequate EQ level of a Professor of Mathematics.

[@sthandisiwejijingubo8244]

He feels intellectually challenged by her🙄🙄🙄

[@justtrendingnews5754]

I totally agree with this

[@edwinmacraebath3397]

Both quite unprofessional and immature. I guess public persons need to be able to take others opinions with a pinch of salt and not be too touched if some views and comments are negative. Both should just have handled themselves better - I guess they each identified with a bit of truth in the public views made about them.

[@ntatemohlomi2884]

The commentator here like our erstwhile VC is coming at this a bit too emotionally? And as a by the way she neither was the first black woman VC of UCT nor does she hold a PhD in Mathematics.

[@esetunotununu7987]

I think Prof was not emotional ready for this interview 😏

[@student798]

Share info on this

[@bongiwemhlongo3108]

When a black man try to push down a black woman

[@dleisegang]

Sho, this video hasn’t aged well 😅

[@CoenieOosthuizen-x1x]

What makes her so great?

[@geniuschando7728]

Googling this could just help you, she is elite academia, world recognized

[@CoenieOosthuizen-x1x]

@@geniuschando7728 LOL, Did you also Google how they gave her a golden handshake just to get rid of her? She was running the place into the ground. World recognized where really? Maybe she is recognized for the poor job she did

[@tela6589]

She is crazy this one. How did she become UCT's VC...

[@daluxolomkosi9152]

U are crazy

[@tela6589]

@@daluxolomkosi9152 Yes I am, because of such appointment they frustrate me and drive me insane...

[@nzimadmz7131]

How did you arrive at that question?

[@tela6589]

@@nzimadmz7131 I worked at UCT, and resigned because of her bullying behaviour. You people just speak from what you see not from what you've experienced. I know Mamokgethi on a personal interaction level, ever since she was appointed as the VC of UCT, she adopted this behaviour of thinking she is above everyone and only looked good for publicity purposes.

[@tela6589]

@@tkasiam8322 😶