Die blinde Suid-Afrikaanse Paralimpiese swemmer en medaljewenner Hendri Herbst is die perfekte verpersoonliking van die gesegde \u201cwaar daar \u2019n wil is, is daar \u2019n weg\u201d. <\/p>\n
Hy het nie net in sport uitgeblink nie; hy het ook die toppunt van akademiese sukses bereik toe hy op 15 Desember 2023 sy doktorsgraad (LLD) in handelsreg by die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) se Desember-gradeplegtigheid verwerf het.<\/p>\n
Herbst, wat van Letsitele naby Tzaneen in Limpopo kom, is die eerste blinde student in die US se fakulteit regsgeleerdheid wat \u2019n LLD ontvang. <\/p>\n
Hy is ook die eerste student in die US se fakulteit regsgeleerdheid wat \u2019n gesamentlike doktorsgraad van di\u00e9 fakulteit en die Hasselt-universiteit in Belgi\u00eb ontvang het. <\/p>\n
Herbst s\u00ea hy is trots op sy jongste prestasie, maar ook verlig dat hy die wenstreep gehaal het.<\/p>\n
\u201c \u2019n PhD is \u2019n lang pad en in \u2019n groot mate \u2019n uiters eensame reis.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk moes \u2019n paar struikelblokke oorkom, veral gedurende die Covid-19-pandemie toe dit moeilik was om toegang tot literatuur en voorgeskrewe bronne te kry. Soms moes ek deur tot 20 boeke werk net om een paragraaf te skryf. Ek moes na elke boek luister om te besluit of ek dit kan gebruik of nie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Herbst het vir toegang tot bronne \u2019n teks-na-spraak-rekenaarskerm\u00adleserprogram gebruik, asook sagteware wat beeld-PDF\u2019s na leesbare teks omskakel.<\/p>\n
Hy kon sy werk met sy toesighouers deur middel van aanlyn vergaderings en e-pos- en WhatsApp-boodskappe bespreek. Hulle het ook stemboodskappe gebruik om terugvoer te gee.<\/p>\n
Op \u2019n vraag oor hoe \u2019n doktorsgraad met sy sportprestasies vergelyk, s\u00ea Herbst sy sportloopbaan \u201chet met die verloop van tyd baie meer positiewe mylpale opgelewer, maar dit was \u2019n leeftyd van toewyding\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201c \u2019n PhD is \u2019n lang kronkelpad tot aan die einde wanneer die druk verlig word.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlbei het absolute opoffering geverg, maar op uiteenlopende maniere. Ek is met my swem meer op kort termyn beloon. Ek moes vier jaar wag om met \u2019n PhD sukses te behaal. Ek sou s\u00ea die voltooiing van my LLD was gelykstaande aan die Olimpiese Spele.\u201d<\/p>\n
Herbst het vir sy doktorsgraad Suid-Afrika se inkomstebelastingstelsel vir trusts ge\u00ebvalueer deur die Suid-Afrikaanse stand met di\u00e9 van die Verenigde Koninkryk en Belgi\u00eb te vergelyk met die doel om dit meer beleggersvriendelik te maak.<\/p>\n
Hy s\u00ea hy het hierdie onderwerp gekies omdat dit \u2019n kombinasie van twee soorte reg is wat hy besonder interessant vind, naamlik die wet van trusts en belastingreg.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuid-Afrika staar tans \u2019n menigte ekonomiese, politieke en maatskaplike uitdagings in die gesig. Deur die gepaste belastingbeleide te aanvaar, kan die belastingstelsel aangewend word om die land se potensiaal deur belegging te ontsluit en sodoende sy uitdagings te help oplos.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deursettingsvermo\u00eb<\/p>\n
Wanneer dinge moeilik geraak het, kon hy uit sy ervarings as \u2019n swemmer van w\u00eareldgehalte put, s\u00ea Herbst.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaar was gewis \u2019n paar lesse uit my dae as swemmer wat ek gedurende my doktorale studie kon toepas. Ek het geleer dat deursettingsvermo\u00eb, toewyding en opoffering \u2013 net soos in sport \u2013 ook in die akademie resultate lewer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Herbst se deursettingsvermo\u00eb het ook sy US-studieleier, Izelle du Plessis, be\u00efndruk.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk en ons hele fakulteit is baie trots op Hendri se uitsonderlike prestasie. Hy het soveel deursettingsvermo\u00eb getoon om di\u00e9 graad te behaal \u2013 nie net omdat hy blind is nie, maar ook omdat hy deur die moeilike Covid-19-tydperk aan sy LLD moes werk.<\/p>\n
\u201cHendri is \u2019n merkwaardige en baie intelligente mens wat oor die vermo\u00eb beskik om groot hoeveelhede inligting te verwerk en te onthou. Hy is \u2019n baie knap prokureur wat probleme deeglik kan identifiseer en navors en met oplossings vorendag kan kom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Herbst s\u00ea hy is baie dankbaar vir sy vrou, Brigitte, hul tweejarige dogtertjie, Alexis, sy ouers en studieleiers vir hulle ondersteuning. Sy gidshond, Julian, wat ongelukkig dood is, verdien ook spesiale vermelding. Julian het saam met hom na Belgi\u00eb gereis en hom na sy doktorale mondelinge eksamen vergesel.<\/p>\n
As \u2019n siggestremde wat baie uitdagings op sy pad na sport- en akademiese sukses oorkom het, glo Herbst vas dat \u2019n gestremdheid jou nie moet verhoed om jou doelwitte te bereik nie. <\/p>\n
\u201cJou gestremdheid moenie \u2019n verskoning wees om nie uitnemendheid te bereik nie. Hoewel dit meer opoffering en baie harder werk verg as van jou eweknie\u00eb sonder gestremdhede, kan dit gedoen word.\u201d<\/p>\n
Noudat hy sy LLD op sy kerfstok het, het die tyd aangebreek om die kennis wat hy gedurende sy akademiese loopbaan opgedoen het, toe te pas, s\u00ea Herbst.<\/p>\n
Hy gaan dit doen as belastingbestuurder by WTS Renmere in Stellenbosch, \u2019n maatskappy wat in transaksiestrukturering en belastingadvies spesialiseer. Nadat hy onlangs by die maatskappy aangesluit het, sien Herbst uit na die nuwe uitdagings en geleenthede wat oor sy pad gaan kom. <\/p>\n
Benewens sy LLD-graad en sy Paralimpiese en w\u00eareldkampioenskapsmedaljes, het Herbst ook die rektorstoekenning vir uitnemende sportprestasie ontvang.<\/p>\n
\u2019n Paar jaar gelede het hy ook met die ondersteuning van die US Regskliniek \u2019n diskriminasiesaak teen \u2019n Kaapse wynkelder in die Gelykheidshof gewen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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