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UFH Vice-Chancellor and Principal Prof Sakhela Buhlungu and President Cyril Ramaphasa recently concluded a MoU for the preservation of archival material through the University’s National Heritage and Cultural Studies Centre (NAHECS).

Fort Hare embraces ‘A decade of renewal’

Modernised infrastructure, curriculum renewal and new research agenda driving UFH forward

UFH Vice-Chancellor and Principal Prof Sakhela Buhlungu; AngloGold Ashanti Vice-President of Sustainability & Closure Business, Kgomotso Tshaka; UFH Deputy VC of Research, Partnerships & Innovation Dr Nthabi Taole-Mjimba; UFH Deputy VC of Teaching & Learning Prof Renuka Vithal; and Senior Vice-President of Group Sustainability at AngloGold Ashanti, Ambassador Baso Sangqu.

AngloGold Ashanti Research Chair in Dairy Science & Technology launches into a bright future 

The chair is part of UFH’s larger plan to be socially and contextually relevant

Prof Renuka Vithal, University of Fort Hare Deputy Vice Chancellor: Teaching and Learning is looking forward to the launch of South Africa’s first BSc in Dairy Science and Technology at UFH, a groundbreaking degree designed to transform the dairy sector.

University of Fort Hare to trailblaze with upcoming Bachelors in Dairy Science & Technology

Producing skilled staff in this field will help to develop the Eastern Cape’s already significant dairy industry

Simpiwe Somdyala, CEO of Amadlelo Agri, celebrates the launch of the new Research Chair in Dairy Science & Technology at the University of Fort Hare, emphasising the importance of this partnership in advancing both local and national dairy industries.

Award-winning dairy producer welcomes new research possibilities 

Amadlelo Agri and UFH are working together to benefit local communities and the broader dairy industry

With the recent launch of the AngloGold Ashanti Research Chair in Dairy Science & Technology at the University of Fort Hare, the Eastern Cape’s potential for growth and innovation is set to expand.

Eastern Cape offers importance and potential for SA’s dairy industry

Conditions are perfect for sustainable dairy farming, but with skills development it could yield even greater benefits

Fanie Ferreira, CEO of the Milk Producers’ Organisation (MPO), highlights the potential of the Research Chair in Dairy Science & Technology at the University of Fort Hare to drive transformative research, address industry challenges, and support small-scale dairy farmers across South Africa.

Milk Producers’ Organisation: Research will improve the industry 

Empowering small-scale dairy farmers across the rural-urban divide is the way forward

Dr Nthabi Taole-Mjimba, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research Partnerships and Innovation, at the launch of the University of Fort Hare’s new Research Niche Areas. This strategic initiative marks a significant step forward in enhancing the university’s research capabilities and innovation profile.

UFH launches new Research Niche Areas

The five RNAs form part of the university’s strategic plan for institutional renewal

The ANC needs to be more than restored, it needs to be rebuilt and repurposed.

Will Mangaung mark the birth, decay and death of the ANC?

The party needs to be more than restored, it needs to be rebuilt and repurposed, with the the party’s youth prepared for a transformative role in society based on good ethics

Sibongile Khumalo at her 60th birthday celebration at the Market Theatre in 2017. (Photo: Siphiwe Mhlambi)
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Self-knowledge and discipline were at  the root of Sibongile Khumalo’s success

Given an early start in music, the singer’s artistry was deeply rooted in indigenous forms and she happily championed and nurtured young artists

The University of Fort Hare, pictured, and Mangosuthu University of Technology are among those
grappling with governance strain.

Fort Hare students test positive for Covid after partying

The 30 students, who went to a bash at a tavern in East London, were not wearing masks, did not sanitise their hands nor keep to social distancing regulations.

The University of Fort Hare, pictured, and Mangosuthu University of Technology are among those
grappling with governance strain.

Changing of the guard at three universities

Sefako Makgatho and Fort Hare universities have new leaders, while the head of Mangosuthu University of Technology has been suspended

The University of Fort Hare, pictured, and Mangosuthu University of Technology are among those
grappling with governance strain.

Management live it up as Fort Hare University struggles

In a broken university, with “shocking conditions” for students, senior management are provided with luxury cars, with unlimited petrol

Universities have taken steps such as deactivating their biometric systems to combat the spread of coronavirus.

Report finds most SA universities well run

But Parliament also hears that some of these institutions require additional support

The NIHSS celebrates the graduation of 50 new PhD students from 19 universities across Africa, bringing the total number of graduates the NIHSS has funded to over 100 in just four years.

NIHSS awards scholarships to more than 600 doctoral students

The National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences invests in revitalising South Africa’s higher educational spaces

It is as if many universities seek to bestow attributes such as excellence

Universities’ templates of power

Words, rituals and charms borrowed from business invoke the idea of excellence

He may not have been as flamboyant as some of his peers but Zola Skweyiya was a committed man of principle who worked hard to make freedom tangible.

Obituary: A leader with backbone

Historians may struggle to pick Zola Skweyiya’s greatest political legacy, because there are several contenders

Has Rhodes really transcended the legacy of the imperialist white supremacist whose governance of the Cape Colony prototyped racist policies later honed under apartheid?

A name change would be pointless if Rhodes still coddles white supremacy

The facts not in dispute are that Cecil John Rhodes was an “arch-imperialist and white supremacist who treated people of this region as sub-human"

Victims of abuse, harassment and rape are too often confronted with obtuse bureaucrats behind the counter. (Media24/Lulama Zenzile)

Place of learning is a female fear factory

Unless the middle management at Nelson Mandela University changes, poor, black women students will remain threatened

A young heart

Almost on the stroke of midnight last Sunday, a giant of the liberation struggle — but also a top-class mathematician and a trained traditional healer — drew his last breath.…

Tutu: Reitz, Skielik no bar to a caring country

South Africa can become a caring society despite the racist incidents at Skielik and Reitz hostel at the University of the Free State, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said in…