Creating funding opportunities for the ‘almost theres’
Rhodes University November 30, 2017
“Last year, a few days before my 21st birthday I could not celebrate. My results were withheld because my student account was in arrears. I spent my special day crying in my mother’s arms. I do not know if there is a word in the dictionary that can express... Read more
Isivivane, taking care of our own
Rhodes UniversityStudent outreach November 22, 2017
Throwing a single stone in a pile appears to have little impact at face value; however, a pile is made up of single stones thrown by multiple people. It is this undisputable fact that has seen Rhodes University’s Communication and Advancement division leading from the front in raising funds... Read more
Rhodes weather station revived
Latest newsRhodes University November 16, 2017
Rhodes University is reviving its Weather Station following yearly requests by the Grahamstown community for weather data for various uses. The revived station has a new suite of graphics and data is made available on a web page, a first for South Africa. In due course, anyone will be... Read more
Rhodes student launches book on walking in someone else’s shoes
AchieversRhodes University November 9, 2017
Rhodes University student and author Lunga Izata launched her book, The Story is about me on the 3rd of November 2017. “There is always a reason for everything that happens in our lives. Sometimes we need to experience the life of those who are less privileged to appreciate the... Read more
Scholarships for women in media to do postgrad at Rhodes
CareersOpportunitiesRhodes University November 7, 2017
The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) will award ten postgraduate scholarships for Southern African women media leaders who wish to study media management at Rhodes University’s Sol Plaatje Institute (SPI) for Media Leadership in 2018. OSISA is an African institution committed to the creation of open societies... Read more
Celebrating Can Themba: one of Rhodes’ first black students
AchieversArchivesRhodes University October 31, 2017
Teacher, activist and writer Can Themba is one of the first black students to be admitted at Rhodes University in the late 1940s. He went on to complete a teacher’s diploma in standard time. Themba, a member of the elite Drum Writers club, attended Rhodes University College in his... Read more
The MacLartys, taking the family affair to the World Cup
ArchivesRhodes UniversityVarsity Sports October 30, 2017
Rhodes University student Natalie MacLarty, 22, has been selected to represent South Africa in the Polocrosse World Cup in Australia in April 2019. Only eight players make up the women and men’s team. This will be MacLarty’s second World Cup since she started playing polocrosse at the age of... Read more
Rhodes Law team in the top 3 in African Human Rights Moot Court
AchieversArchivesMust-ReadRhodes University October 14, 2017
The Faculty of Law team impressed at the finals of the 26th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition finals in Mauritius when they made it to the top three. Abigail Butcher and Aiden Whitaker enthralled an eminent bench of judges with a compelling presentation based on a hypothetical case... Read more
Rhodes Psychology researcher wins continental award
AchieversArchivesResearchRhodes University October 13, 2017
Rhodes University’s Psychology researcher won a top award and fifteen received honourable mentions at the Student Presentation Awards during the inauguration of continental 2017 Pan African Psychology Union conference in Durban recently. Yanela Ndabula, a PhD student from the Critical Studies in Sexualities and Preproduction (CSSR) unit won the... Read more
Rhodes Business School: teaching the teachers
ArchivesRhodes UniversityStudent outreach October 6, 2017
Rhodes Business School is leading an initiative to raise standards at 24 schools in Grahamstown. For a city that is home to a respected university and some of SA’s leading private schools, Grahamstown’s educational challenges are conspicuous. Rhodes University, Kingswood College, St Andrew’s College and Diocesan School for Girls... Read more
