Ashwin Willemse is now preparing for his PhD

"Education is the largest mirror created by humanity; By pursuing studies, you learn a lot about yourself as an individual."

These are the thoughts of Ashwin Willemse, a former Springbok and SuperSport rugby badyst, who earned a Master of Management in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation last week at Wits University

. degree in philosophy the same day.

"It means everything to me, it's the work of my life, it's a life that has emanated in this degree." For me, the most rewarding part of this journey is that I now know without the shadow of a doubt that every individual has the ability and should strive to do it for himself. Well, "he told the Cape Times yesterday.

It took him 18 months to complete, and Willemse does not intend to stop now." His next goal is to finish his doctorate

"I think that by pursuing studies, you learn a lot about yourself as an individual. This allows you to think internally in a way that very few other things can. It's where you learn that we are all on the shoulder of the giants in order to see our potential future.

"Education does not only change whoever pursues it, but all that it will do and how it will strive"

Willemse did not return to his Work at SuperSport as a result of an incident that occurred in May when he left filming during a live broadcast, claiming that he would not be "undermined" and "patronized" by his colleagues Nick Mallett and Naas Botha

SuperSport filed an independent investigation into the case, which found no evidence of racism.

However, the case was not completely resolved, since Willemse refused to participate in the investigation and said that he was bringing the case to court. Court of Equality

Commenting on the subject, he said: "I feel complete."

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