Mandela University to launch public art piece on Africa Day
Latest newsNelson Mandela University June 1, 2018
Nelson Mandela University is gearing up to launch its second public art piece in honour of Tat’ uMadiba and his values on education, that is symbolic of the journey and trajectory that the recently renamed institution is taking, on Africa Day on Friday. Following the gazetting and launch of... Read more
“MATHEMATICS is all around us, whether we are .” So says Mia Brettell of East London’s Grens High, who created a human face entirely out of mathematical shapes as her entry in the Eastern Cape’s first Math-Art competition, run by Nelson Mandela University’s Govan Mbeki Mathematics... Read more
Nelson Mandela University celebrates first paramedic graduates
AchieversArchivesNelson Mandela University May 4, 2018
South Africa has a critical shortage of qualified paramedics. It is a scarce skill, with a total of just under 2 300 qualified Advanced Life Support paramedics. To grow the number of professional paramedics in this country, Nelson Mandela University has been offering its Bachelor in Emergency Medical Care... Read more
Mandela University’s first human settlement graduates will tackle critical housing needs
Latest newsNelson Mandela University May 2, 2018
Imagine if all South Africans lived in decent homes with all the basic services they needed, closer to their workplaces, and with easy access to safe public transport. That is essentially what sustainable human settlement development looks like – and it’s what South Africa is aiming to achieve by... Read more
Master’s students in Visual Art and Design exhibit
Latest newsNelson Mandela University February 7, 2018
Nelson Mandela University’s Visual Art Department from the School of Music, Art and Design will host an exhibition of master’s students work opening on 9 February. at the university’s Bird Street Campus in Central. The exhibition will showcase the students’ practical work which will be examined alongside their written... Read more
Marine Engineering Lecturer making waves internationally
AchieversNelson Mandela University January 22, 2018
Nelson Mandela University Marine Engineering lecturer Boswell Lungisa Douse was awarded his Master of Science degree in Naval Architecture in December 2017 from the University of Southampton with his dissertation focussing on the loss of stability of the H.M.H.S Britannic, the sister ship of the S.S Titanic. Part of... Read more
High-tech financial literacy boost for Queenstown learners
Nelson Mandela UniversityStudent outreach December 7, 2017
Setting a budget, monitoring cash flow and learning how to grow your money are all valuable life skills – although they do not form a core part of classroom curricula. To plug the gap, Capitec Foundation in partnership with Nelson Mandela University’s Govan Mbeki Mathematics Development Centre (GMMDC), has... Read more
Nelson Mandela University’s Enactus Society excels at Business Challenge
AchieversNelson Mandela University November 8, 2017
Earlier in October, Enactus Society members from Nelson Mandela University competed against nine other universities in the recent University Business Challenge held in Johannesburg in which they ended as first runners-up in the competition. Hemstone Mito, Refilwe Ntsayagae and Nadia Mjwara represented Enactus and Nelson Mandela University. Along with... Read more
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
