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Rural healthcare often neglected – SU expert
​We need to pay more attention to the context of rural communities, if we wish to make a difference to the healthcare of people in these areas. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Ian Couper, Director of the Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health in the Faculty of Faculty... Read more
University of Pretoria dominates list of South Africa’s top 100 tertiary students
After receiving thousands of entries from across the country and putting entrants through a rigorous four-phase judging process, South Africa’s top 100 university students have been named. With 30 entries, students from the University of Pretoria dominate the list. The GradStar programme, sponsored by DHL, IBM, Comair, Accenture, Fasken and... Read more
Rhodes University’s first Physical Theatre Company tours Cape Town
The First Physical Theatre Company, an affiliated project of Rhodes University’s Drama Department, will be showcasing two performances ahead of a tour to Cape Town. Athina Vahla, an international choreographer, based in England and Greece, is currently visiting Rhodes University for a teaching and learning engagement with participating third-year... Read more
Suicide prevention: No national strategy to prevent suicides
With approximately one completed suicide every hour in South Africa, it is hard to believe that the country does not have a clear and comprehensive national suicide prevention strategy in place. “Although suicide is a serious public health problem, very few low and middle-income countries have national suicide prevention... Read more
Malegapuru W Makgoba scholarships for Pharmacy student
UKZN Pharmacy student Ms Naeema Suleman received the Malegapuru W Makgoba Scholarship. The Scholarship is awarded to five top-ranked undergraduates proceeding from first-year to second-year of study in each of the four Colleges at UKZN. ‘I feel extremely honoured and humbled to have been awarded this scholarship by UKZN.... Read more
NSFAS receives 10 000 applications for free education bursaries on day one
Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Buti Manamela says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has received 10 000 applications for free higher education through its contact centre on Monday. Manamela said this when he visited the NSFAS office in Cape Town on Tuesday to assess the progress... Read more
UApp selected to participate in the The ITU Telecom World Awards
UApp, a South Africa created application intended to operate as a ‘one stop shop’ for the young person who is battling with academic and career choices has been selected to participate in the The ITU Telecom World Awards. The awards, which will be taking place from 10-11 September 2018... Read more
African MBA students pursuing positive global change
Master of Business Administration (MBA) students – particularly in Africa – are displaying a heightened sense of citizenship and responsibility, pursuing the skills necessary to bring their social impact and innovation priorities to life. That’s according to new research from the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), which found that... Read more
Government to assist student activists
The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Advocate Michael Masutha, has undertaken to assist the Fees Must Fall campaign student activists to approach the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). Addressing a media briefing in Tshwane on Monday, Masutha said his ministry will help the student activists to approach the NPA... Read more
Rhodes University student wins two illustrious awards
Zakeera Docrat, a full-time registered doctoral student in African Language Studies in the School of Languages and Literatures at Rhodes University, recently won two esteemed awards, including a Women in Science Award for the DST-Albertina Sisulu Doctoral Fellowship: Humanities and Social Sciences. In July, Docrat’s MA thesis was recognised... Read more