4-year-old Andile Mbambo, popularly known as Andile The Calculator, has taken social media by storm with his sharp mathematics skills. His father Xolani Mbambo asks his son to compute complex numbers. The two have stolen the hearts of social media users with their fun father and son bond. They speak to @MpumiNgubeni .
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SAPS Celebrates Hillbrow Constable's PhD Achievement
A 30-year-old Nkandla-born police officer, Constable (Dr) Lindokuhle Ngcobo, stationed at SAPS Hillbrow in Johannesburg, is drawing attention for his rare combination of academic excellence and frontline policing.
Serving in the Crime Prevention Unit, Dr Ngcobo is involved in monitoring crime hotspots, responding to robbery incidents, tracking suspects, and supporting intelligence-driven operations within the South African Police Service (SAPS).
His academic record is extensive, holding a PhD in Policy and Development Studies, a Master of Social Science in Public Policy, Honours in Public Policy, and a Bachelor of Social Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
He completed his doctorate in 2025, focusing on the lived experiences of women with disabilities and policy responses during COVID-19 lockdown levels 5 to 3 in the City of Johannesburg.
Before joining the police service, he worked as a policy researcher at the Department of Community Safety, where he developed an interest in public safety and governance.
He later enrolled in the Basic Policing Development Learning Programme at the 3 SAI Kimberley Academy as part of Project 10 000’s 2022 intake, before formally joining SAPS.
Reflecting on his career shift, Ngcobo said policing offered him a direct way to engage with real-world social challenges such as inequality, gender-based violence, and youth crime, while contributing to safer communities.
He believes young officers with academic training can help modernise policing through research-driven approaches, digital innovation, and improved community engagement.
Dr Ngcobo has encouraged young people during Youth Month to consider careers in SAPS, saying it offers discipline, growth, and an opportunity to serve society meaningfully.
I'm going to be the woman of my dreams. A woman who is unapologetically ambitious, who surrounds herself with beautiful things and people that lifts her up, who takes action even when she's scared, who is educated, confident and graceful.
I want to be so comfortable financially that gifting my loved ones becomes second nature.
“You passed”
Dinner’s on me.
“You bought a car?”
Let me buy you fuel
Gifting my loved ones would honestly make me so happy.
My daughter knows I love her deeply, but I don't hesitate to discipline her when she crosses the line. Last night, after a serious talk-down, I sent her upstairs to her room.
Tell me why this little girl woke up this morning and one of the first things she asked was, “Dad, why didn't you come upstairs to pray and kiss me last night?”
We spent almost ten minutes talking about what happened the previous night, and the girl calmly told me she was wrong, but that I was wrong for not coming upstairs to pray and kiss her.
Once again, I got reminded that we shouldn't be so angry with the people we love that we stop showing them love and care.
The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg has been ranked the No. 1 university in Africa in the 2026 Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). 💙🏛️
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