{"id":15451,"date":"2012-10-10T17:44:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T15:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/siyabulela-xuza\/"},"modified":"2012-10-10T17:44:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T15:44:04","slug":"siyabulela-xuza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/siyabulela-xuza\/","title":{"rendered":"Siyabulela Xuza"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At the AIDC Automotive Conference in Port Elizabeth today, guest speaker, Clem Sunter made a closing remark that grabbed my attention. It concerned a young scholar from Mthatha who has had a minor planet named after him.<\/p>\n

Sunter questioned how we as a country were unable to fete a bright mind such as Xuza\u2019s. Xuza after developing a more efficient rocket fuel than NASA \u2013 whilst still at school \u2013 is now at Harvard, has a minor planet named after him, was flown back to South Africa to make an address at the US Embassy in front of the Obama\u2019s and is treated like a hero by the American public, business and government.<\/p>\n

This young man was interviewed by Sunter in 2008 for an open scholarship to UCT to study Chemical Engineering.<\/p>\n

A few months into his first year Siyabulela was offered an open scholarship to Harvard to study there.<\/p>\n

What an inspiring story \u2013 see blog mentions of Xuza below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The associated exhibition area at the Boardwalk<\/a> boasts 300 exhibitors and to \u2018avoid\u2019 the R50.00 entrance fee you can pre-register on the SAAW Web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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