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News & ViewsLifetime Achievement Award Prof Nyokong from Rhodes University was presented with a National Research Foundation (NRF) Lifetime Achievement Award at the 28th annual awards ceremony held in Port Elizabeth on 27 August 2013. She is currently the Director of the Nanotechnology Innovation Center and her research focus is on the development of molecules similar to the ones used to dye blue jeans. These can be used as chemical sensors to detect disease-related molecules and organisms, as an alternative to chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer and for environmental clean-up. We salute a phenomenal scientist who has moved the boundaries of scientific research, as well as a woman who serves as a role model for all young girls. Watch her story... An Open Letter To The Mayor, The Municipal Manager And The Makana
Municipality Councillors It is with great dismay that we are compelled to write this Open Letter, and draw attention to the utter failure of our municipality to deal effectively and efficiently with the crisis in water provision at our university and parts of town. More… South Africa Can Turn Brain Drain Into A Brain Gain South Africa's talent migration abroad has created a valuable knowledge network and an untapped asset base that can further the competitiveness of the country, reports The SABLE Accelerator, a global group of South African expats advancing commercial innovation and exchange with their home country. SABLE (South African Business Link to Experts) is based in Silicon Valley. More… Born in the RSA - and big in the USA Most say the same thing. They came to the United States either to avoid army conscription or apartheid itself in the late 1980s. They planned to stay for just a few years, but they stayed on. A quarter century later, this small generation of South African immigrants has risen to break through, en masse, into such key leadership roles that they're changing the US. Announcement of Rhodes University Chancellor Following an extensive process of nominations and deliberations, and with the approval of the University Council, it is a great pleasure to announce the Honourable Justice Lex Mpati as the new Chancellor of Rhodes University. Judge Mpati is President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, a post he has held since 2008 when he became the first Rhodes Law alumnus to be so appointed. As such, he is the third most senior judicial person in South Africa (after the Chief Justice and Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court). He was elevated to the Bench in 1997, and has been a Judge of Appeal since 2000. Read More... Website of Rhodes University Chancellor, Prof Jakes Gerwel Rhodos Magazine 2012 
Featuring: SA man reaches exalted Grandmaster status Deficit demands SA boosts exports and savings Highway Africa. Highway to China? South Africa: A racist, racist country (opinion) Internet: Approaching Construction, Retail Threat High praise for SKA team from Pandor IDC puts aside R5.1bn to back biofuel plans Africans have mixed perceptions of Chinese migrants, finds study New Book: Searching African Skies How full is your glass? Old Rhodians E-News Pandor to elucidate SA's space ambitions today Why we need leadership South Africa: Locusts On the Horizon
Taking over a mode of rule is not the same thing as transforming it. Barack Obama is not George Bush but that fact makes little difference to the bankers looking for a public subsidy or a wedding party in Pakistan at the moment when a drone rushes out of the sky. Old Rhodians E-News Speech by Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim to a Meeting of the Private Investors for Africa Grasping the Nettle - Responding to the State of the Nation Address Rhodes celebrates new prestigious SARChI Chairs Sixty new research chairs as initiative gathers momentum A first for Africa Looking Ahead - Answers in the stars W.C.C.U. paddlers excel at the S.A. Canoe Marathon Championships REPORT: Masters -2011 World Canoe Marathon Championships R20.5-Million Northern Cape Teachers Development Partnership Projects to Accelerate Postgraduate Number Rhodes pair win Child Law Moot Court Mutual & Federal Universities Boat Race a great success Threading a Tale Mr Qondakele Sompondo to the position of Alumni Relations and Fundraising Manager Prof Nyokong receives "Distinguished Women in Chemistry" award The award forms part of the PACN/RSC’s International Year of Chemistry celebrations. According to the RSC, this year also marks the centenary anniversary of Marie Curie being awarded her Nobel Prize for chemistry and a central theme of the year has been to celebrate women’s contribution to science. Prof Judith Bishop awarded a "Distinguished Old Rhodian Award" Going All Out for a Great Cause U.S. Companies Race to Catch Up in Africa During a series of trips to Africa last year, Tim Solso had a realization: China was beating him at his own game. So the chief executive of Cummins Inc., a maker of truck and machinery engines, vowed to catch up. He plans to quadruple the company's sales in Africa to about $1 billion within five years, investing $15 million annually to train staff and build sales offices from Johannesburg to Casablanca. The company recently installed in South Africa an executive to oversee Africa operations, previously supervised from Europe and Indiana. Cummins has ramped up sales of generators to clients such as this bottler in Nigeria. Cummins joins a growing number of U.S. companies vying for a stronger foothold on the continent.Caterpillar Inc., the giant maker of construction equipment, is selling more trucks to Mozambique and Zambia. Harley-Davidson Inc. is opening dealerships in Botswana and Mauritius. General Electric Co. has its first aircraft-leasing office in Ghana for Central and West African airlines. Google Inc., Archer Daniels Midland Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are among the dozens of other U.S. companies moving in or expanding. Read More... Rhodes Alumni Dinner in Mississauga, Canada A bunch of enthusiastic Old Rhodians, some with their partners gathered at the Port Credit Yacht club in Mississauga (just west of Toronto) on October 15, 2010 for yet another enjoyable and memorable Rhodes Alumni Dinner. The appreciative attendees were "in awe" listening to guest speaker and O.R. Robin Benger imparting his knowledge and experiences in his long and successful career in making documentary films in over 65 countries, including South Africa. We were treated to snippets on a big screen (thanks to Eunice and Raymond James) from Robin's now famous SA documentary "Five Roads to Freedom" which was aired on Vision TV just before the start of the FIFA World cup soccer games. In good Old Rhodian fashion, Robin also shared some of his "war" stories whilst at Rhodes- these included rugby, cricket, politics, and of course the beautiful young girls that were at Rhodes in the early Seventies. In recent years he admitted that he was far removed from thinking about his time at Rhodes but our invitation allowed him to "dig deep into his chest in the attic"- he admitted that his time at Rhodes was amongst his best times as a young adult.
STEVEN FRIEDMAN: Africans must demand the leaders they deserve. 'People led to believe that problems can be solved only by superhumans will be unable to change their lives' WORRIED about the quality of leadership in Africa? Worry more about the habit of assuming that the continent's fortunes will improve only when the calibre of its leaders does. Leadership in Africa is under the spotlight again. The Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute has emerged, committed to "developing new African leaders for Africa's renewal". And, as it did last year, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has refused to choose its African leader of the year. There is a greater link between these two events than the fact that media speculation has cast Mbeki as a potential winner of the award. Both, in a variety of ways, promote the common wisdom that Africa's progress depends on whether better leaders emerge. This sounds reasonable — but it misreads both the problem and the solution. Read More... UNESCO meets with South African journalism schools at Fort Hare PRETORIA, South Africa, October 13, 2010/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- UNESCO organized a one-day consultative meeting with the four South African universities designated as centres of excellence/reference in journalism education. The meeting took place yesterday and was hosted by the University of Fort Hare at its East London campus. It focused on the implementation of one of the modules of the Reporting Africa syllabus, based on UNESCO's Model Curricula for Journalism Education..Read More.. On the cusp of reinvention. African languages -- and the teaching of them -- have always been a contested field in South Africa. The first linguists to work in this area were missionaries concerned only with creating orthographies for the purposes of publishing the Bible and converting people to Christianity. Then came the apartheid era, when African languages were largely taught by white academics, many of whom were not conversant with these languages and taught them as asocial "dead" languages.. Read More... Mike Bruton: Meet the Scientist (interview)
Age: 63, but I feel 23 Rhodes snake expert honoured WHEN Grahamstown's Dr Chris Kelly meets a person for the first time and tells them he is a herpetologist, some assume he is an expert in sexually transmitted diseases."Some of them even ask me why I chose to study herpes," the award- winning Rhodes University snake expert chuckles.Sold on serpents since the age of three, Kelly recently won a prestigious international award for his research into how diverse species of snakes found all over the world are all related to each other in "an evolutionary sense".The 32-year-old academic, who is a National Research Foundation innovation postdoctoral fellow at Rhodes, was recently honoured with the prestigious 2010 Joseph B Slowinski Award for excellence in "snake systematics". Read More...   Meeting with President Barack Obama Old Rhodian (B-Journ 2000) Sherwin Bryce-Pease ahead of and during an interview with President Barack Obama in the Diplomatic Meeting Room at the White House. The July 13, 2010 SABC exclusive covered the Uganda terrorist bombings in Kampala that claimed 74 lives, the successful conclusion of the world cup in South Africa and Nelson Mandela, who will be 92 on July 18th.
22 Old Rhodians in the Top 200 Young South Africans The Mail and Guardian published their annual survey of Young South Africans you have to take to lunch. These are young people who will shape our country in the decades to come, in the sporting arena, in public life and in business. Out of the 200 chosen 22 were Old Rhodians which makes Rhodes very proud. Rating discomfort for SA academics University raking systems may be popular among the public, but their is rising anger across the academic world because they are having several negative effects of the institutions. Read More... The Good Ol'Days St. Andrews College Rowing I was a pupil at St Andrew's college from 1959 to 1964 and I now live in the United States. I have taken on the task of trying to put together a history of the first 50 years of rowing at St Andrew's College so that there might be a small reference book for those who join the rowing club which may, in a very small way, contribute to the history of Grahamstown. Read More... Nutrition for optimal endurance It's eight weeks to this year's Makana Grocott's cycle race. This week we focus on nutrition leading up to, during and after the event. Last year, the American college of Sports Medicine released its latest relearch results, stating that physical activity, athletic performance, and the recovery from exercise are enhanced by optimal nutrition. Although a lot of information is nothing new, this updated position couples a rigorous, systematic, evidence-based analysis with current scientific data related to a variety of athletic needs. Read More... Huge Numbers Leave Province Hunders of thousands of people have left the Easter Cape for greener pastures since 2006 in what is the country's largest migration from a single province during this time. And statistics show that between 2006 and 2011, the provnice will have lost a number of people equivalent to about twice the population of King William's Town. Poor job prospects and recessionary blues have been blamed for the recent flood of people leaving the Eastern Cape, altough population figures released by Statistics SA this week show the province has been bleeding people at a stready rate for the last decade. Read More... South Africa shining? As the glow of the World Cup dims and those of us who didn't have to spend the tournament in Blikkiesdrop start to settle into the ordinary grind, everyone from captain of industry to Communist Party is urging us to build on the momentum. No one in their right mind could conclude that we don't need momentum. In a country with systemic unemployment, an atrocious school system for most pupils, creeping and increasingly communal modes of authoritarianism, millions still living in shacks and a state that has failed to meet its most basic obligation, which is to keep people safe, it is clear that a lot of things are broken and need urgent fixing. Read More... Bursary Scheme Addresses Social Challenges Over -ou social work professionals have been absorbed by the Department of Social Development since the establishment of busrary scheme. It was established that there is a scarcity of social workering in the country, particularly in Eastern Cape. In addressing that challenge Social Development partnered with the provincial institutions of higher learning, Valter Sisulu Univerity, Rhodes, Fort Hare and Nelson Mandela University in 2007. The deal paved the way for working professions aspirants to realize their dreams. Read More... SA role in Edinburgh marketing festival Two Rhodes University graduates, Tom Holmes (founder and chairman creativebrief) and William Burdett-Coutts (founder Assembly Rooms), are in the process of launching the 'International Marketing Festival', taking place in Edinburgh from 23 to 28 August 2010. Read More... Telkom Highway Africa New Media Awards 2010 winners The winners of the Telkom Highway Africa New Media Awards 2010 were announced last night, Sunday, 4 July 2010, at the Highway Africa Conference opening dinner, held at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. Read More... For Seattle biologist, science is a political act
For much of his life Alan Aderem was torn between his passion as a political activist and his budding career in biology. He grew up in South Africa during apartheid and spent five years under house arrest for protesting the regime and the racial injustices he saw around him. Thirty years later, with the world focused on South Africa as it hosts the World Cup, Aderem is watching intensely, too. But now, as director of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, another struggle consumes him – stopping HIV/AIDS, and its deadly combination with TB. Read More... Old Rhodian Lucy Hind - Legless Dancer Steals the Show at Art Festival Making its South African debut in Grahamstown, the Extra- Ordinary relationship between British-based David Toole – whose lifeless legs were amputated when he was a toddler – and Rhodes University-trained Lucy Hind is challenging people to reflect on their own insecurities and prejudices. Read More... Free Higher Education - why not? I support the ideal of free higher education. I also support the idea that healthcare should be avaliable free of charge to all in need, just as I believe that South Africa's economic and social policies should prioritise full employment through which all can enjoy the diginity that is associated with leading economically and socially productive lives. Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Old Rhodian Barbara Kaija becomes Editor-in-Chief for Vision Group BARBARA Kaija is the new Editor-in-Chief for the Vision Group.The board of directors agreed that Kaija, hitherto the deputy Editor-in-Chief, takes over the position, which fell vacant after Els de Termmerman’s departure in April.
SA Superwoman conquers Seven Summits Not only is she now the second South African woman to climb Everest, she is also the first South African – indeed, African – woman to have climbed the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each of the world's seven continents. Read More... Rhodes Student video hits YouTube headlines An Eastern Cape production has become one of the most watched online videos on Tuesday when it reached viral status with the launch of Youtube’s new South African portal. Produced last year by Rhodes journalism graduate Matthew Edwards, “Pineapples for sale” went from 5 000 hits last night to a phenomenal 29 158 at the time of this post after Youtube’s launch, writes Michelle Solomon. Read More... Put fun back into mathematics In partnership with the Eastern Cape Department of Education and Grahamstown branch Association for Mathematics Education in South Africa (AMESA), the Rhodes University hosted an afternoon of mathematics activities themed around the 2010 FIFA World Cup for learners from schools around the Makana municipality recently. Rhodes University Mathematics Education Project (RUMEP) organiser Zonia Jooste said the project was aimed at changing the learners general perception that mathematics is a dull and non-stimulating subject. Read More... Rhodes launches Ruth First Scholarship RHODES University launched its highly regarded Ruth First Scholarship this week, but vice-chancellor Dr Saleem Badat quickly put to bed rumours it heralded a name change for the university.
Badat, together with the Ruth First (UK) project, was instrumental in creating the scholarship and he said it had given rise to rumours that it was to “lay the ground” for changing the university’s name to Ruth First University. Read more... Annual Fund What a feeling! Graduation brings with it a feeling of pride and accomplishment that’s hard to beat. Now, imagine how it would feel, knowing you’d helped someone else – who would otherwise not have had the opportunity – to share this experience! Please consider contributing towards a bursary for a financially disadvantaged student. Lindaba Ziyafika – The News is Coming..on a Cell Phone Harry Dugmore of Rhodes University is working on a pioneering project to provide news and information into urban neighborhoods in South Africa via mobile phones. The project – Lindaba Ziyafika (the news is coming) – is designed to create and distribute news in the context of the “techno-social flux” that South Africa is experiencing. Read More... Mom, son graduate from Rhodes together BURNING the midnight oil paid dividends for a single mother from Grahamstown when she recently graduated at the same time as her 23-year-old son.
What makes the achievement by Rhodes University IT expert Tracey Chambers, 42, all the more special is the fact she held down two full-time jobs and still managed to graduate in three years instead of four.
Inspired by her son Glynn’s determination to ignore medical advice and keep studying accounting at Rhodes despite a serious skull fracture, Chambers said spending hours burning the midnight oil together was the cherry on top.
Both graduated from Rhodes University with degrees from the Commerce Faculty. Read more... The recent 2010 PDAC (Mining Show) in Toronto attracted more than 25,000 visitors and miners from all over the world. On the photo: Nine attendees who attended the recent O.R Geologist's breakfast at the Royal York. Eric Cunningham remarked that the turn-out was disappointing this year (probably due to the Miners busy hustling at the show). However, the people who attended had a great time interacting both personally and professionally. Dynamic South African - St Claire Adriaan A photo of four generations of Rhodian chemists at the 50th anniversary meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy in Hawaii in early July, 2009. Mike Davies- Coleman is on the left, then me, Kerry McPhail, I think Mike's first Ph.D. student and now Assistant Prof at Oregon State U. in Corvallis (she is doing very well), and Srinivas Patnala, a postdoctoral associate currently with Mike. Year-End Message to Old Rhodians in North America Greetings to all as we close off on another eventful year. I'm pleased to report that we have greatly strengthened representation on the Rhodes University Trust USA board and continue to work very closely with our alma mater in helping to fund and remain closely connected with the world class academic community in Grahamstown, South Africa. So all of our Rhodes Alumni in North America can stay abreast of developments, I have invited Dr. Saleem Badat, the vice chancellor, to provide us with a comprehensive year-end update... Read year-end update from Dr.Saleem Badat. Under his enlightened and far-sighted leadership, Rhodes is making significant progress as a global institute of higher learning, advanced research, progressive thinking and program innovation. The impressive expansion of facilities at Rhodes and the growing diversification of its student body is a strong indication of the vital role Rhodes will play in helping South Africa's future leaders learn.
Please do what ever you can to help support Rhodes on a financial level. The university has many needs and alumni are a valuable lifeline for student aid and assistance. Your contributions at any level will be most appreciated. Please click here to make you online donations. On a personal level, I am contributing a percentage of property transactions in my KwaZulu-Natal eco-estate development to fund scholarships for disadvantage students attending Rhodes University. See more information at www.reedsenviroliving.com. Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous New Year. Donovan Neale-May, chairman of the board of directors for the Rhodes University Trust USA, visited Grahamstown in October. UNESCO and Rhodes University work to strengthen journalism education in Africa Rhodes Journalism’s Fabulous Festival Media Powerhouse Dorothy Randell - 100 not out! Rhodes Accounting Student in Top 10 A Rhodes University accounting graduate, Amar Naik, has made history by becoming Rhodes’ first top ten and one of two black candidates to pass Part One of the Qualifying Examination (QE1), a critical milestone on the path to becoming a Chartered Accountant (SA). Mr Naik who studied at Rhodes, the smallest of South African universities, from 2005 And 2008 for a BCom Accounting Honours degree, came 6th out of a total of 3 373 candidates who sat for the 2009 board examination. The results were released on Friday, June 26, by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. FirstRand Foundation Chair in Mathematics at Rhodes Mondi Awards get new categories An Upstart makes its mark in Grahamstown Theatre at the National Arts Festival Rhodes residence named after Hani Graduation Facts and Figures The Faculty of Humanities produced the largest number of graduates, followed by Commerce, Science, Education, Pharmacy and Law. There were 188 Masters Degrees and 27 PhDs conferred. The Faculty of Science awarded the most Masters and PhD degrees. Rhodes University Athletics Club - Centenary Year
The Rhodes University Athletics Club has a proud history and this year marks the Centenary year, making it one of the oldest sports clubs within the University. As part of the Centenary celebrations the Club plans to publish a Centenary magazine which will include various stories and information about the Club throughout its 100 year history. If you were a past Club member, or were involved with the Club in any way we would love to have your stories, anecdotes, photos, or any information in general. We would also like to host a celebratory function (provisional date Friday 28 August) to coincide with the University's Founders' weekend 29/30 August when the meetings of Convocation and the Old Rhodian Union will take place, as well as the Old Rhodian Award luncheon and the Founders' Ball.
We would love to hear from you. Rhodes Students Excel in CA Qualifying Exams Rhodes graduates who wrote the Professional Practice Exam (PPE) this year have obtained a pass rate well above the national average while one graduate who wrote the Financial Management Exam came third nationally. Rhodes University appoints Highway Africa Chair of Media and Information Society
Prominent media activist Jane Duncan is to take up a post as professor in the Chair of Media and Information Society at Rhodes University.This five-year contract position is sponsored by the Department of Communications, and operates within the Highway Africa project of the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes. Read More... Rhodes Proud of Distinguished Woman Scientist The award ceremony was attended by Rhodes University Vice-Chancellor, Dr Badat. South African Government officials such as the Ambassadors, the South African delegation to UNESCO and senior officials of the Department of Science and Technology also attended this prestigious award ceremony...Professor Nyokong, DST/NRF Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology at Rhodes University, Director of the DST/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre (Sensors), is the Africa-Arab States Laureate for 2009. Read More... Rhodes' Child Project is a Constant Winner The Centre for Social Development at Rhodes University in Eastern Cape is early childhood development’s unassuming trailblazer. As winner of the yearly Absa and Sowetan Early Childhood Development (ECD) Awards, it was placed first in 2007 and third last year in the ECD resources and training organisations category. Read More... The Flanagan Scholarship returns to Rhodes for the sixth time in eight years Melissa Marsh, an honours student in the Music Department at Rhodes University is the sixth Rhodes graduate out of the last eight recipients to be selected for the prestigious national Flanagan Scholarship. Melissa has applied to study at the Norloff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre in London next year where she hopes to combine her academic interests in music and psychology in a course-work masters degree in music therapy. Validated by London City University, the Centre is renowned for its high clinical and research standards. Read More... Rhodes has the Most Mandela Rhodes Scholars for 2009 Rhodes University with a total of 6 300 students, 0.8% of all tertiary students in South Africa, has won 14 % of the Mandela Rhodes Scholarships awarded by the Mandela Rhodes Foundation seeing four Rhodes students out of a total of 28 in the rest of South Africa become Mandela Rhodes Scholars for 2009. Bearing proud testimony to Rhodes University’s high standing among South Africa’s tertiary education institutions for its academic excellence, these four students represent the most number of students to be awarded in any university in the country. The University of Cape Town and Wits tie for the second largest number of Mandela Rhodes Scholars with three each. Read More... Sustainability the Core Issue The financial crisis has heralded the need for a new approach to the promotion of sustainable business practices. Read More... Transnet's R5 million boost for the Rhodes University library extension project Transnet Limited, the state owned freight transport and logistics service provider has made a R5 million donation to the Rhodes University Library extension project. This is an important part of its drive to boost mathematics and science education in South Africa. Read More... Rhodes University's Vice-Chancellor receives Inyathelo Award for Exceptional Philanthropy Rhodes University Vice-Chancellor, Dr Saleem Badat, is the recipient of The Inyathelo Award for Exceptional Philanthropy, in recognition of an individual philanthropist for his/her exceptional commitment to the advancement of philanthropy and their dedication to social giving to bring about beneficial change in South Africa. Inyathelo – The South African Institute for Advancement – presented awards to eight remarkable South African philanthropists who are helping to build our democracy and ensure sustainable social development at a gala awards event addressed by Niall Mellon of the Niall Mellon Township Trust and Cheryl Carolus, CEO of Peotona Group. Read More... Rhodes University Professor Tebello Nyokong is one of the world's five most astounding women in international science Rhodes University’s Professor Tebello Nyokong, has won the Africa-Arab State 2009 L’Oréal-Unesco Award for Women in Science for her pioneering research into photodynamic therapy which looks at harnessing light for cancer therapy and environmental clean-up. Nyokong is the third South African Scientist to receive this award, and reaffirms Rhodes’s place as one of the top research institutions in the country. University of Cape Town’s Professor Jennifer Thompson was previously recognised for her work on genetic engineering while Wits University’s Professor Valerie Mizrahi was recognised for her tuberculosis research. |
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