UCT Vice-chancellor Seeks Better Education for Math Genius Sibahle Zwane, Can Solve Sums Without Calculator

• Sibahle Zwane has amazed South Africans with his remarkable ability to solve maths sums from the top of his head
• The vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town, Prof Rosina Mamokgethi Phakeng asked netizens to help her get hold of the talented teen
• Phakeng shared that she hopes to get him into the @UCTOnlineHighSchool and cyber citizens heeded the call

South African maths genius, Sibahle Zwane has once again taken social media by storm after a few of his videos were re-shared and circulated online.

Amazed by his ability to solve complicated sums and equations from the top of his head was the vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town, Rosina Mamokgethi Phakeng who rallied support for the talented teen to get a better education.

The 14-year-old’s video shared by @AfricaFactsZone on Twitter is what got Prof Phakeng’s attention. The footage shows Sibahle being asked several maths sums to which he answers with ease leaving the unidentified man dumbfounded by his ability.

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Phakeng asked Mansi netizens to her get the details of the boy with the hope to get him into the @UCTOnlineHighSchool.

“His talent cannot be passed by! I want to pay for his studies to make it possible for him to access good education to enable him to use his talent to change the world!” she wrote in a tweet.

Netizens wasted no time to assist the vice-chancellor and she later confirmed that she received Sibahle’s contact details who hails from Lenasia on the outskirts of Johannesburg.

Although Phakeng is currently out of the country, she told Briefly News that she made contact with Sibahle's mother and would be meeting with her online soon.

"Sibahle is a bright young boy - he is destined to go far. The UCT OHS will set him up for success and give him the necessary support to master his field of interest. I was also contacted by a coding company that intends to equip him with coding skills (which are already in high demand). I want the boy to be groomed to reach his full potential and contribute to this country in the future," Phakeng said.

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Check out the impressive boy doing his thing:

@_WiseySA reacted:

“This kid is a genius, his mind can calculate in less than a minute without a calculator, that’s massive only a few people can do that.”

@amatuli said:

“He is brilliant. It’s a gift. He needs all the support he can get. We were taught math without calculators and had to multiply, divide, subtract, etc in our heads, so the brain was working hard. I enjoyed it. But what this young man is able to do big respect ✊.”

Viral video of math genius Sibahle Zwane, 14, doing complicated sums off the top of his head wows Mzansi

In a related story, Briefly News previously reported on a video of a young boy crunching some big numbers made quite the impression among South African cyber citizens.

The footage was shared on TikTok by Mzansi public figure DJ Sbu and shows the teenage boy being asked some complicated multiplication sums, which he takes only a few moments to figure out correctly from mental calculations without the aid of a calculator or pen and paper.

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Briefly News previously reported on the maths genius identified as Sibahle Zwane who hails from the outskirts of Johannesburg in Lenasia.

Source: Briefly News