Dr Cleo Karrim now head Mancosa’s school of education
Mancosa July 13, 2022
In May 2021, Dr Cleo Karrim was officially appointed as Head of School for the School of Education at MANCOSA. She graduated with a PhD from UKZN in 2021. The title of her research was “Negotiating femininity and marginalisation: Coloured teenage girls accommodating and resisting violence, poverty and hypersexual... Read more
Mancosa celebrates national youth day
Mancosa June 20, 2022
By Professor Magnate Ntombela, Principal of MANCOSA June 16 (Youth Day) in South Africa commemorates the fateful events of 1976 when school children rose against the Apartheid government’s introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction for 50% of the school subjects. The decision was not based on any... Read more
Dr Patricia Ndlovu could not hold back her excitement as she defended her Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) thesis at MANCOSA, the first by a female at a private higher education institution. Dr Ndlovu who hails from Gauteng undertook research for a thesis titled, “The Development of a Financial... Read more
Dr Michele Ruiters elected President of Rhodes University Convocation
AchieversEastern CapeGordon Institute of Business ScienceRhodes University February 1, 2022
Rhodes University Alumni have entrusted Dr Michele Ruiters with the role of President of Convocation. She is a senior lecturer at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) that is associated with the University of Pretoria. Ruiters teaches human and organisational behaviour courses, diversity, equality and inclusion. She is... Read more
MANOCSA graduate achieves success despite physical challenges
Mancosa November 30, 2021
“If you do not believe in yourself, how will you be able to convince others to believe in you?” This is the maxim by which 56-year-old Western Cape resident Johan Koen lives to ensure that despite his physical disability, he is successful in his career. Koen suffers from Guillain-Barré... Read more
Trace Academia officially launches free online vocational training platform in South Africa
Private educational institutions June 1, 2021
Trace, in the presence of the honourable French Minister Elisabeth Moreno and South African partners, today formally announced the inauguration of Trace Academia in South Africa, and the signing of a protocol of cooperation between Trace, Senghor University in Egypt, and Agence Française de Développement (AFD), to create a training... Read more
IIE launches first ever brand leadership doctorate in South Africa
Private educational institutions October 29, 2020
The Independent Institute of Education, SA’s largest and most accredited private higher education provider, has launched the first of its kind Doctor of Philosophy in Brand Leadership qualification, which will provide brand leadership professionals with the opportunity to make groundbreaking contributions to the development of the profession on the... Read more
Education Africa introduces inaugural Virtual International Marimba, Steelpan Festival
Private educational institutions October 27, 2020
You can’t stop the music! Education Africa is forging ahead with its International Marimba and Steelpan Festival but for the first time in a virtual format. Schools, universities colleges and institutions with Marimba and Steelpanbands from around the world will be showcased in several virtual competitions between the 1st... Read more
AFDA Cape Town 2017 undergraduate film, “Junior”, directed by Bert Dijkstra, picked up the Audience Award in the Made in South Africa Competition at the shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival awards evening held in Cape Town at the Zeitz MOCCA Museum of Contemporary Art Africa on Saturday 27 October Congratulations and... Read more
AFDA: Television in the interest of the audience
AFDALatest news November 5, 2018
AFDA Head of Postgraduate Studies: Johannesburg, François Smit, travels to Colombo, Sri Lanka hosting several television workshops. From 14 – 24 October 2018, the Head of the Johannesburg School of Postgraduate Studies was invited to run and participate in several workshops around television programming in the interest of... Read more
