Eastern Cape

Three promising local students awarded full scholarships

Eastern Cape May 23, 2025

Three students from within the local communities surrounding Cookhouse, Eastern Cape, have been awarded full scholarships for the 2025 academic year. Funded through the Cookhouse Wind Farm Scholarship Programme, which has supported local youth since its launch in 2015, the scholarship funds tertiary education for youth in fields crucial... Read more

Technically-gifted coach set to elevate Madibaz women’s football

Eastern Cape Nelson Mandela University Varsity Sports March 9, 2025

New Madibaz women’s football coach Nolitha Mhlomi is determined to elevate the status of the code at Mandela University in Gqeberha. The 27-year-old took the reins this month and is eager to advance her career and women’s football at the institution. The former player’s initial goal is to ensure... Read more

WSU’s new engineering building set to drive academic excellence

Eastern Cape Walter Sisulu University February 27, 2025

WSU engineering students at the Buffalo City Campus (BCC) are primed for a brighter and significantly improved academic path thanks to a new state-of-the-art building designed to optimize the sun’s direction, natural heating, and cooling. Housed within the recently-established Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (FEBEIT) at... Read more

WSU’S new leadership to help drive technology vision

Eastern Cape Walter Sisulu University February 27, 2025

Walter Sisulu University (WSU) is undergoing a transformative era, with the appointment of three dynamic Deputy Vice-Chancellors (DVCs) who are ready to propel the institution into a future of excellence. Armed with visionary leadership and a commitment to innovation, Sinethemba Mpambane, Professor Margaret Joan Linington, and Professor Nosisi Feza... Read more

Nigerian PhD researcher thrives at WSU state-of-art labs

Eastern Cape Research Walter Sisulu University February 19, 2025

A Nigerian doctoral researcher from Rivers State University, Rachael Elijah Ekong is advancing ground-breaking research on bioactive compounds from African medicinal plants during her academic visit to Walter Sisulu University, fostering international collaboration in Natural Products Chemistry. Focus of Ekong’s research Her research focuses on isolating bioactive compounds from African... Read more

WSU student represents university at UN conference

Eastern Cape Walter Sisulu University February 17, 2025

Walter Sisulu University (WSU) B Com Business Management student, Bokamoso Moraka recently represented the institution on a global stage at the prestigious Asia Youth International Model United Nations (AYIMUN) Conference, from 15 to 21 January. Moraka joined a diverse group of young international leaders at the renowned event designed... Read more

WSU’s built environment HOD to ministerial panel

Eastern Cape Walter Sisulu University February 14, 2025

A broad career in infrastructure and construction, both as a practitioner and educator, has seen one of WSU’s brightest and most dynamic minds being called to serve at the pleasure of the public works and infrastructure minister. WSU Built Environment departmental head in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment... Read more

Madibaz plan to outflank opponents with WP U19 loosie

Eastern Cape Nelson Mandela University Varsity Sports February 14, 2025

There will be plenty of pedigree on the side of the Madibaz scrum this year following the recruitment of Western Province U19 loose-forward Sean van Zijl. The 19-year-old, who will spend at least the next three years in Gqeberha studying towards a quantity surveying qualification at Mandela University, is... Read more

Mandela University engineering student part of team winning global challenge

Eastern Cape Nelson Mandela University February 13, 2025

Final year, Electrical Engineering and AEDG (Advanced Engineering Design Group) student Ethan Tilney and two of his high school friends recently won the 2024 TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) Sustainathon Challenge, a global competition using technology to solve real-world problems. The other members of the team were Christopher Blignaut, an... Read more

WSU PhD candidate represents SA at global scientist summit

Eastern Cape Walter Sisulu University February 12, 2025

WSU’s Physiological Sciences PhD candidate, Edna Matjuda, earned the prestigious honour of being among seven South African doctoral students who were selected to attend the Global Young Scientist Summit (GYSS) in Singapore on 5 – 9 January 2025. What is the GYSS? The GYSS is a renowned platform that... Read more