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Finding the balance between work and home
Embrace your femininity, understand the power of leadership and find a healthy work-life balance. Atisha Gopichund is a wife, mother and business woman working in the construction sector, and this is her philosophy. After graduating from Tshwane University of Technology, Atisha started her career as a civil engineer where... Read more
Three universities win 2017 Barloworld social innovation youth awards
Celebrating emerging young entrepreneurs for entrepreneurial action that improves livelihoods in economically, socially and environmentally sustainable ways Three Enactus University teams came out tops in the 2017 Barloworld Social Innovation Youth Awards (BSIYA). Each team receives prize money as well as support in the form of leadership and entrepreneurship... Read more
Joining the Fight Against Gender-based Violence
According to Statistics South Africa, one in four South African women is physically abused by a close intimate partner. The statistics also show that over 18 million South African children have suffered physical abuse. In response to these overwhelming statistics, the Office of the Vice-Chancellor at the University of... Read more
Wits hopes to impress in Varsity Football
Wits hopes to rise to the top of this tournament before some players join the national team at the world student games. Wits seeks to make up for their blushes after missing the bus at last year’s Varsity Football tournament, when the 2017 edition of the inter-varsity crown jewel event kicks-off... Read more
To infinity and beyond
The sky isn’t the limit for two master’s students from UCT’s SpaceLab who have been selected for the International Astronautical Federation’s (IAF) 2017 Emerging Space Leaders (ESL) Grant Programme. Ani Vermeulen and Louis Feng, who are both working toward their MPhil in space studies at UCT, are among the... Read more
Pienaar at the pinnacle of varsity squash
Squash star Alexa Pienaar will use her success at the University Sport South Africa tournament as a stepping stone to higher honours as she bids to make her mark in the game. The 23-year-old University of Johannesburg fine arts student reached the pinnacle of varsity squash when she was... Read more
Rhodes scientist develops new way to purify communal water
Aphiwe Mfuku, 25 is on the verge of launching innovative research that will provide solutions to the water crisis currently faced by the country, including Rhodes University. As of Wednesday, 12 July 2017, Rhodes University has declared a water crisis and will launch a campaign to preserve water as... Read more
Feisty UKZN lecturer secures PhD in agricultural engineering
UKZN lecturer Dr Alaika Kassim, who graduated with a PhD in Agricultural Engineering, is extremely passionate about her research. The aim of her PhD study was to develop a small-scale in-field integrated post-harvest citrus treatment unit for kumquat fruit to alleviate green and blue mould. The unit condenses the processes... Read more
75-year-old UFS student follows her dreams
“It does not matter how old you are, it is all about where God wants to use you, and I believe that this is where He wants me now.” These were the words of 75-year-old Dr Hanneke Meyer, who recently graduated from the University of the Free State. She completed her... Read more
Campus flexes its muscles at USSA 2017
It is official! The North-West University (NWU) is ranked second in the country when it comes to bodybuilding as a competitive sport. During the recent University Sport South Africa (USSA) Championship held in Durban, the team from the NWU’s campus in Vanderbijlpark not only won the overall female section,... Read more