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Windhoek, Namibia
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After 5 years of study, the big audit firms wouldn't take me. With a newborn at home, I started on an N$1,000 internship.
Now kids aged 9-15 in Windhoek will strip and rebuild a real go-kart. Please back them 👇
Mechanic or driver? 🔧🏁
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Does your child take things apart just to see what's inside? Good. We're planning a go-kart take-apart-and-rebuild pilot in Windhoek: ages 9–15, 10 places, 29 Apr–31 May 2027. Every town welcome to register interest. Places not guaranteed. Fixer or breaker? One word.
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Register your interest and add your town (2 minutes, no commitment): form.jotform.com/26288435140…
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Your child has never held a spanner. By May they could know how a go-kart works, bolt by bolt. Planned: 10 places in Windhoek, 29 Apr to 31 May 2027, ages 9 to 15, open to every town. Places not guaranteed. Spanner or steering wheel? One word.
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University gave you 3 to 6 months of internship and called you work-ready. That was never enough.
In The Graduate I say you need more than those few months. Test the textbook. Learn by doing, and start earlier.
Watch or build? One word.
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Get The Graduate:
Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B082S7TK99
Paperback: a.co/d/0bYFf71r
Source: 71% of employers across nine African countries, including South Africa, are more likely to hire a graduate with practical work experience (ALU 2025 Africa Workforce Readiness Survey): alueducation.com/alu-2025-af…
Photo: Martin Hipangwa, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped): commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F…
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Survey: alueducation.com/alu-2025-af…
Photo: Martin Hipangwa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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You walk off the stage with a degree, then have to relearn the actual work.
At graduation I had forgotten more than half of everything I ever learned. I had to relearn it on my own.
The Graduate.
Textbook or toolbox? One word.
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Get The Graduate:
Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B082S7TK99
Paperback: a.co/d/0bYFf71r
Source: Namibia's graduate employment rate fell from 83% in 2017 to 65% in 2024 (National Council for Higher Education figures, reported by New Era, 9 July 2026): neweralive.na/graduate-jobs-…
Photo: Martin Hipangwa, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped): commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F…
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If you studied just to get a job, you missed the whole point of education.
Two years into working I had a salary and no purpose. Finding my calling changed that.
Ch 12 of The Graduate.
Job or calling? One word.
Get The Graduate:
Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B082S7TK99
Paperback: a.co/d/0bYFf71r
Source: Chapter 12 of The Graduate (Mavin Mootseng): finding your calling and helping family and community.
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You got the degree. Now get ready for a first salary that barely covers a room, food and taxi money.
Only 9 of us made it into a Standard Bank programme. We signed contracts and thought our struggles were over. They weren't.
Ch 11 of The Graduate.
Salary or skills? One word.
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Your degree is a piece of paper. Employers hire skills.
I got an accounting degree, then caught myself reading science journals for fun. That first degree may just have been my "general degree."
Ch 10 of The Graduate.
Degree or skills? One word.
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Get The Graduate:
Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B082S7TK99
Paperback: a.co/d/0bYFf71r
Source: 12.4% of SA graduates in the labour force were unemployed in Q2 2026, up from 12.2% (Stats SA, Quarterly Labour Force Survey).
Photo: Thepresido, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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You're not unmotivated. You're overstimulated. Your phone is quietly eating your dreams.
I struggled with reading. At first I could not even finish an article.
SA averages 3h36m a day on social media.
Ch 9 of The Graduate.
Phone or book tonight? One word.
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Get The Graduate:
Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B082S7TK99
Paperback: a.co/d/0bYFf71r
Source: South Africans spend about 3h36m a day on social media (The Media Online, Feb 2026).
Photo: Zapsmedia25, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Too proud to work for free? Then enjoy staying unemployed with a degree.
After my degree I offered to work for free. None of the big audit firms wanted me, even for free. A small firm paid me N$1,000. That was the start.
Ch 8 of The Graduate.
Volunteer or wait? One word.
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Get The Graduate:
Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B082S7TK99
Paperback: a.co/d/0bYFf71r
Source: 62.8% of SA youth aged 15–24 in the labour force were unemployed in Q2 2026 (Stats SA, Quarterly Labour Force Survey).
Photo: Miggan91, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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