User:Hendrick Makaneta/sandbox

Education activist Hendrick Makaneta is a graduate from the University of Pretoria and is actively involved in the terrain of education in South Africa. Makaneta was born on 15 July 1975 in the City of Modimolle in the Limpopo province. His parents married and moved to Hammanskraal when he was 3 years old. Makaneta grew up in the village of Stinkwater in Hammanskraal where he completed his primary and secondary education at Fatlhogang Primary School, Modilati Middle School and Bokamoso High School respectively. Upon completion of his secondary education he went to study a Bachelor's degree at the University of Pretoria. He completed this degree in 1999 after which he enrolled for a BSc (HONS) in Mathematics of Finance.

During his student days, Makaneta was actively involved in the affairs of students where he served in various capacities in the South African Students Congress and the African National Congress Youth League. Later he went to serve in the City of Tshwane and the Gauteng Department of Education.

Makaneta was elected to serve in the Association for Mathematics Education of South Africa (AMESA) in 2010.In 2011 Makaneta became a founder member of the Foundation for Education and Social Justice. He has been instrumental in the fight for quality education in South Africa.

Makaneta is married to Hilda Sibanyoni and they have three children, two daughters and a son.