Third year Bachelor of Music Rhodes student, Asakhe Cuntsulana recently published his debut anthology, Ikhwezi Eliqaqambileyo. After completing the Via Afrika WritePublishRead online course, 21-year old Cuntsulana gracefully adds ‘self-published author’ to his biography. Cuntsulana attributes his love for isiXhosa to his upbringing in the small village of Qwaninga, Eastern Cape,... Read more
Distinguished Research awardees announced
ResearchRhodes University December 3, 2018
Associate Professors Caroline Khene and Brett Pletschke have been announced as the winners of the 2018 Vice-Chancellor’s Research Award. The award is to stimulate research and research related scholarly activities and to recognise an exceptional young staff member engaged in research and more general scholarly activity. The staff members... Read more
Rhodes University Librarian scoops LIASA award
AchieversRhodes University October 25, 2018
Rhodes University Library Services Director, Ms Ujala Satgoor is the first recipient of the Executive Librarian of the Year Award made by the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA). LIASA, founded in 1997, is a professional non-profit organisation, uniting and representing all institutions and people working in... Read more
Rhodes University Chancellor appointed to head PIC commission
AchieversMust-ReadRhodes University October 22, 2018
Rhodes University Chancellor and former Supreme Court of Appeal president, Justice Lex Mpati, has been appointed to lead a judicial commission of inquiry into the Public Investment Corporation (PIC). The PIC, one of the largest investment managers in Africa today with assets of over R2 trillion including government employees’... Read more
Rhodes University lecturer in Ramaphosa squad
Latest newsMust-ReadRhodes University October 19, 2018
Rhodes University Political and International Studies Senior Lecturer, Dr Siphokazi Magadla, has recently been elected by President Cyril Ramaphosa to form part of a high-level review panel into the work of the State Security Agency (SSA). The panel, chaired by former minister Dr Sydney Mufamadi, is assessing the mandate,... Read more
Self-Titled: A ticket for Africa‘s artistic talent to shine
AchieversRhodes University October 15, 2018
Rhodes University student, Philiswa Lila has won this year’s Absa L’Atelier Gerard Sekoto Award. In her second-year of Masters in Art History (forms part of the SARChl research – The Geopolitics of Africa), her research focuses on questioning the role of ritual as a mediums of physicality and spirituality... Read more
DCS Oosthuizen Memorial Lecture: Unlearning as a means to bring hope to higher education
Latest newsRhodes University October 8, 2018
The 2018 DCS Oosthuizen Memorial Lecture took place at Rhodes University’s Eden Grove Blue Lecture Theatre on Friday, the 28th of September 2018. The annual lecture, now on its 60th year, is named after former Rhodes University Professor and Head of Philosophy Department, DCS “Daantjie” Oosthuizen. The 2018 lecture... Read more
ABSA invests R2.4million in scholarships
ArchivesLatest newsOpportunitiesRhodes UniversityScholarships September 25, 2018
ABSA recently handed over a cheque of R2.4million to Rhodes University from its CEO scholarship programme for the 2018 academic year. Absa’s funding will extend to a group of carefully-selected, academically deserving Rhodes University students for the entire year of 2018, in the following academic fields: Commerce, Humanities, Engineering,... Read more
Rhodes Law Society bolsters literacy with book drive
ArchivesLatest newsMust-ReadRhodes University September 21, 2018
In line with World Literacy Day, which was declared by UNESCO in 1966, the Rhodes Law Society embarked on a book drive in partnership with Duna Public Library in Grahamstown East. World Literacy Day was celebrated for the first time on 8 September 1967 with the aim of highlighting... Read more
FDA commends Rhodes’ Biopharmaceutics Research Institute
ArchivesLatest newsMust-ReadResearchRhodes University September 20, 2018
During March this year, the Rhodes University Biopharmaceutics Research Institute (BRI) was inspected by the USA’s Food & Drug Administration (US FDA) and recently received notification that the audit was successful, a great tribute and acknowledgement despite its relatively small size and modest funding. The BRI has a long-standing... Read more
