BELINDA PHETO Rhodes University has appointed advocate Les Roberts as the university’s first ombudsman on a two-year term. Roberts is the retired provincial director of public prosecutions in the Eastern Cape. Rhodes University said the…
Tutani aims to elevate forgotten Xhosa voices Auniquely isiXhosa-focused bead-work and visual exhibition curated by Zodwa Tutani, titled Zunqondisise: Reclaiming Our Voice, is underway at the Ann Bryan Art Gallery Coach House until Januay…
Rhodes University alumni James Rycroft and Toni Parsons have donated cash they raised in lieu of gifts from their wedding to the Eastern Cape institution to help settle outstanding student debt. Rycroft and Parsons were married this month…
Safety of students on and about campus, including the eradication of gender-based violence, will be a priority for the 2020 president of the newly-elected student representative council (SRC) at Rhodes University, Katlego Mphahlele. She…
Dr Mabokang Monnapula-Mapesela has been appointed as Rhodes university’s first black woman deputy vice chancellor. Monnapula-Mapesela replaces Dr Chrissie Boughey who retired at the end of June after serving at the institution for 20…
The launch of an educational Anti Alcohol Abuse campaign (AAAC) took place at the Regent Hotel in East London on Tuesday, where institutions of higher learning were put in the spotlight. Initiated by the Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB),…
The family of Khensani Maseko‚ the Rhodes University student who committed suicide after reporting she had been raped‚ has condemned violence against women. “We would like to explicitly express that we condemn‚ in the strongest possible…
BY KATHARINE CHILD University and college students will for the first time be able to access HIV prevention medication called Truvada. This was announced by the Department of Higher Education and Training as part of its HIV and Aids…
FORMER Stirling High School pupil Alirian Gibson is helping many students through her Dignity Drive at Rhodes University. The psychology honours student started the donation-run organisation in conjunction with the university’s Give 5…
Discussions over transformation – including a name change – were in the spotlight at Rhodes University this weekend, as the Rhodes University Alumni Trust released the findings of a recent survey. The survey asked former students what…
The proposed name change for Rhodes University was again put under the microscope during the alumni transformation consultation that was held at Beacon Bay Country Club in East London on Friday night. Vice-chancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela…
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Rhodes University will confer honorary doctorates on five world game-changers. They are renowned performance poet Linton Kwesi Johnson; human rights campaigners Dr Sheila Sisulu and Dr Barney Pityana; artist Dr Penny Siopis and…
THE Cambridge High School team won the Scifest Africa/Rhodes University National Science Quiz last week, earning each team member a bursary for their first year of study at Rhodes University as well as a Raspberry Pi laptop and starter…
THE ART community of East London this week lost a gem, when the Ann Bryant Art Gallery’s Terence “Terry” Walter Flynn lost his battle with pneumonia. Flynn, 64, was an artist extraordinaire, poet and raconteur, who lived in East London…
