SPAR Daily Dispatch Summer Fun Run for the whole family
Eastern CapeEvents November 13, 2018
An occasion the whole family can enjoy is the underlying theme of the SPAR Daily Dispatch Summer Fun Run, which takes place in East London on Sunday November 25. The event includes 8km and 4km races and the sponsors believe it is the perfect opportunity to herald the start... Read more
Mandela University academic wins top award
AchieversArchivesEastern CapeNelson Mandela University September 12, 2017
Prof Darelle van Greunen, Director of the Centre for Community Technologies at Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, won a R1 million Discovery Foundation Rural Fellowship at the awards ceremony recently. It will boost her development of a mobile application aimed at reducing high drug-resistant TB burden in... Read more
Young chefs graduate in E Cape
AchieversArchivesEastern Cape September 8, 2017
A group of 44 young chefs from Mdantsane has graduated from the Department of Tourism’s National Youth Chefs Training Programme. The young culinary experts are part of the R74 million-NYCTP, which is funded by the National Department of Tourism and implemented by the South African Chefs Association to train... Read more
The Breard Foundation, in partnership with the Ingquza Hill Local Municipality and Lusikisiki District Department of Education, recently held the fifth Heroes Week career expo. The expo was specifically aimed at high school learners. The event forms part of the ‘skilling the nation’ drive. The Heroes Week is celebrated... Read more
NMMU academic excellence recognised by world OEM
AchieversArchivesEastern CapeNelson Mandela University July 31, 2017
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) continues to honour top achievers at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) by sponsoring the annual Ford Premier Award, as it has done since 2001. Master’s Degree graduate Yonela Dube (30) was presented with the Ford Premier Award at the university’s academic... Read more
WSU fully accredited for management studies
ArchivesEastern CapeWalter Sisulu University July 28, 2017
WSU’s Butterwoth Campus recently celebrated achieving a SA Board of People Practices accreditation for the Human Resource management programme which coincided with an award ceremony honouring top performing students. The department received their accreditation certificates for the ND: Human Resources Management and B Tech Human Resource Management WSU (Butterworth... Read more
Local learners reach for scholarships to open doors to the future
ArchivesCareersEastern Cape July 27, 2017
Learners from local high schools in Somerset East, Cookhouse, Bedford and Adelaide have the opportunity to apply for scholarships and to follow in the footsteps of their predecessors who are fulfilling their dreams at universities around the country. “Even though many of our learners do well in their studies,... Read more
WSU looks for youth solutions with Lusikisiki’s Palmerton Community
ArchivesEastern CapeResearchStudent outreach July 25, 2017
Dozens of residents in Lusikisiki flocked into the Palmerton Methodist Mission as a team from WSU Directorate of Research Development co-hosted a youth development summit on Saturday, 1 July. Led by acting director of the DRD, Dr Nomabandla Cishe, the team visited Palmerton with hopes of finding out youth challenges... Read more
Rhodes University Community Engagement are participating in a unique international EU-funded Common Good First digital project. Diana Hornby and Sharli Paphitis have just returned from project team meetings in Norway and Scotland. Common Good First is a digital project which will link community projects in South Africa to each... Read more
Paediatricians share skills with EC colleagues
ArchivesEastern CapeRegionsStellenbosch UniversityStudent outreachUniversitiesWestern Cape July 13, 2017
After only six months as a registrar in paediatrics at Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Dr Lunga Mfingwana (29), who hails from the Eastern Cape, was so inspired that he started planning an outreach action to the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha. “It... Read more
