UKZN graduate selected for international programme
AchieversArchivesUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal August 15, 2017
School of Management, Information Technology and Governance (SMIG) alumni Mr Cameron Sookhoo paid tribute to UKZN’s Supply Chain Department for providing him with the inspiration, dedication and motivation needed to pursue his career with confidence. Graduating with an Honours degree in Supply Chain Management, Sookhoo was selected in his final... Read more
UP: A century of academic excellence in theology
AchieversArchivesUniversity of Pretoria August 15, 2017
On 29 July 2017, as part of its centenary celebrations, the Faculty of Theology, in collaboration with UP Arts, held a concert and a banquet hosted by the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria (UP), Prof Cheryl de la Rey. Prof David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity (Emeritus) at the... Read more
The future looks bright for two academically gifted Maties who have each been awarded R800 000 to pursue postgraduate studies at an internationally recognised university of their choice. The two recipients, Aphiwe Jikazana, who received the FirstRand Laurie Dippenaar Scholarship, and Farai Mubaiwa, who received the FirstRand Foundation Scholarship,... Read more
A four-Woman team from the University of Cape Town’s Department of Information Systems has scooped the first prize of an all-expenses-paid trip to Silicon Valley in the USA in a 48-hour programming challenge held in Johannesburg over the weekend. During the GirlCode Hackathon, the honours students in team Ruby... Read more
WSU Arts lecturer and born creative Sonwabiso Ngcai recently added a runner up certificate from the Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Awards to his list of accolades. Born in a village town called Ngqeleni near Mthatha, Ngcai has always been surrounded by the arts alongside his twin brother Monwabisi, whom... Read more
Dr Oksana Myronovych, a former University of Fort Hare senior lecturer has been promoted to Associate Professor of Practice at the NDSU Computer Science Department. Having worked far and wide, before joining NDSU, Myronovych worked as a lecturer and an assistant director at the Sultan Qaboos University in the... Read more
“Being a book designer, or any designer for that matter, is a daily struggle against chaos. Although it sounds a bit Sci-Fi-ish, we actually spend our days rearranging images and text to create order and beauty. I think that design is such an integral part of daily life in... Read more
How do you bring out the best in budding design geniuses? It’s simple, really: get them to design a new logo for the National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD) – and give them only 12 hours to come up with the goods. The 77-year-old council changed... Read more
A top academic achiever, Kika received numerous awards and scholarships during studies for his LLB degree which he received summa cum laude from UKZN. These included the 2014 Distinguished Student Award; the Mandela-Rhodes Scholarship; the Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship in 2012 and 2013; the KwaZulu-Natal Law Society Prize for best LLB student (2014); UKZN... Read more
The Mail & Guardian newspaper’s 2017 top 200 South African listing was the hotly contested race with women taking the ultimate honours. Women took a whopping 103 of the 200 reader nominations in the 11 categories. The listing, which has been published since 2006, provides insight to the important... Read more
