Cyclist Frankie du Toit, a first-year BA Sport Science student, and hockey player Keenan Horne, a postgraduate student in the Faculty of Law, were named Maties Sport’s Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year for 2017 at the annual Maties Sport Awards on Thursday 19 October. Due to sporting commitments, neither... Read more
Bright future awaits SciMathUS class of 2017
AchieversArchivesStellenbosch University October 25, 2017
Photo: Hlakanipha Tshalanga delivers his message to fellow SciMathUS students. (Photographer: Morgan Jacobs) “The greatest gift that anyone can give today’s youth is to equip them with critical thinking skills and the ability to reason logically, because these qualities not only make for an excellent student, but also an active citizen... Read more
UP alumna receives prestigious UK Commonwealth Scholarship
AchieversArchivesUniversity of Pretoria October 24, 2017
Ms Estine Clasen, an alumna of the University of Pretoria (UP), has been awarded a UK Commonwealth Scholarship for the 2017 intake. She is currently pursuing an MSc in Biodevices at the University of Southampton in the UK. Ms Clasen started studying towards a BSc (Veterinary Biology) in 2009,... Read more
UCT’s Brightest Young Minds 2017
AchieversArchivesUniversity of Cape Town October 23, 2017
Brightest Young Minds (BYM) is a 17-year old non-profit organisation, whose mission is to create a positive social impact by identifying, connecting and mobilising 100 high-impact leaders and go-getters between the ages of 20 and 35 from across the African continent. This year the organisation received a total of... Read more
DUT’s chiropractic student wins prestigious Abe Bailey Travel Scholarship
AchieversArchivesDurban University of TechnologyHockey October 23, 2017
Hannah Lenka McKay, a sixth year DUT Chiropractic Master’s student is all set to leave for London in November 2017, after being awarded the prestigious Abe Bailey Travel Scholarship. The Abe Bailey Travel Scholarship was established in terms of the Will of Sir Abe Bailey who died in 1940.... Read more
R99 million for student success…this is how it was spent
ArchivesLatest newsUniversity of South Africa October 23, 2017
Unisa’s Council Bursary is going a long way towards making education possible for needy students and improving throughput rates. Half of the funds was specifically earmarked for bursaries for undergraduate students. Thus, close to R50 million was made available to assist deserving students, who would not have been able... Read more
Faculty of Law enters into MoU with Pan-African Parliament
ArchivesLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria October 21, 2017
On 17 October 2017, the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) to advance the agenda of good governance in Africa. The collaboration envisaged in the MoU will be spear-headed by the Centre for Human Rights,... Read more
Wits team have breakthrough in astronomical observation
ArchivesResearchUniversity of the Witwatersrand October 20, 2017
Breakthrough paves the way for future Multi-Messenger astronomical observations For the first time in history, Wits researchers have witnessed electromagnetic signals that are associated with the gravitational wave emission from the coalescence of two massive neutron stars. Working with data from the High Energy Spectroscopic System (H.E.S.S) telescope in... Read more
How well do you know your marine bait worms?
ArchivesResearchStellenbosch University October 19, 2017
Bloodworms. Wonder worms. Shingle worms, moonshine worms or pudding worms? Which of these do you use most often for fish bait and how do you collect them? These questions are part of a national survey among fishermen conducted by researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU), SANParks Garden Route National Park... Read more
High-level German delegation visits innovative HIV testing sites
ArchivesMust-ReadStellenbosch UniversityStudent outreach October 19, 2017
A top-level German delegation has had first-hand experience of the positive impact of community HIV testing during a visit to field sites operated by Stellenbosch University’s Desmond Tutu TB Centre. The 23-member delegation, led by Theresa Bauer, Minister of Science, Research and the Arts of the German state of... Read more
