Nelson Mandela University launches KaziBantu Project and hosts DASH Symposium
ArchivesNelson Mandela UniversityStudent outreach October 13, 2017
Nelson Mandela University’s Human Movement Science Department will officially launch the Healthy Schools for Healthy Communities – the KaziBantu Project. The KaziBantu Project is funded by the Novartis Foundation and is a joint collaboration between Basel University in Switzerland, the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, and Nelson Mandela University. The KaziBantu... Read more
Four Fish or 15000 Fish – the choice is in our hands
ArchivesNelson Mandela UniversityResearch October 3, 2017
“Humans have been intricately linked to the ocean for tens of thousands of years. Our University recognises this and is advancing faculty-wide research to understand the ocean environment and how this couples with coastal livelihoods and human impact on our ecosystems.” – Professor Nadine Strydom Stocks of some of our... Read more
Madibaz sport director delighted with Sascoc post
ArchivesNelson Mandela UniversityVarsity Sports September 14, 2017
Madibaz director of sport Yoliswa Lumka has always been interested in getting the best out of sportsmen and women and her appointment to a Sascoc sub-commission has given her another opportunity to pursue her passion. Approached by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee to serve on their... Read more
NMU graduate collaborates on world-first
ArchivesLatest newsNelson Mandela University September 7, 2017
Nelson Mandela University fashion graduate Laduma Ngxokolo is collaborating with Sanlam, throwing into focus the potentially mutually beneficial and lucrative relationships that can be established between corporates and creative entrepreneurs. A partnership by the iconic Ngxokolo, founder of the acclaimed fashion brand, MaXhosa by Laduma, with Sanlam, one of... Read more
Eesou’s lonely road to the World Student Games
ArchivesAthleticsNelson Mandela UniversityVarsity Sports August 11, 2017
Inspired by the long and lonely hours on the road, Nelson Mandela University distance runner Mariano Eesou is targeting a podium in the half marathon at the World Student Games next week. The 25-year-old Bestmed Madibaz star is determined to finish the race in Taipei, Taiwan, strongly after collapsing... Read more
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth has relaunched itself as the Nelson Mandela University. The university says the new name affords them an opportunity to rethink the kind of university it can, and should become as it contributes to the resolution of the myriad of educational and... Read more
NMMU-Madibaz squash players Hayley Ward and Bianca Brown kept the varsity flag flying high at the University Sport South Africa tournament in Johannesburg this month, both being selected for the Top Six at the conclusion of the event. Competing in the individual event, the 19-year-old Ward, a second-year accounting... Read more
Night-time tracking of island “ghost birds”
AchieversArchivesNelson Mandela UniversityResearchUniversities July 6, 2017
Plettenberg Bay zoology masters student Danielle van den Heever adopted a nocturnal routine to study tropical “ghost birds”, slightly bigger than doves yet tough enough to fly hundreds of kilometres out to sea. Van den Heever, 24, from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s Marine Apex Predator Research Unit (Mapru), studied... Read more
