Progressive jurisprudence highly pertinent

Welcoming ‘the Eastern Cape bench and social justice’ conference participants on Wednesday (1 September 2010) night, Dr Saleem Badat, Rhodes University Vice-Chancellor said 1994 was a significant breakthrough in that for the first time almost all the inhabitants of South Africa became citizens.

He said, “As a society, as diverse social groups, and as individuals we made a significant transition and advance in 1994 from being, in many respects, ‘subjects’ to becoming ‘citizens’.”

“Critical here was a commendable Constitution, including a Bill of Rights, which held out the promise of an extensive range of rights that did not exist for all, or at all, prior to 1994. Still, despi ...read more

Library launches Research Commons

When the new Research Commons is opened at the Rhodes Library on 3 September by Dr Saleem Badat, it will represents not only an exciting new chapter in the University’s research history, but the near-perfect synergy of a number of decisions, visions and initiatives. 

This new facility, with its state-of-the-art equipment and an ambience eminently suitable for the production of new knowledge, marks a significant step forward in the much-valued research agenda at Rhodes.

Made ...read more

Black Stars to Superstars

The Rhodes Investec Business School will hold a Business Forum entitled: BaGhana BaGhana: Black Stars to Superstars, a model of sustainable sponsorship.

The Forum provides a case study of the Ghanaian football team presented by Ian Taylor, Regional Director of Exp, The Demand Activation Agency, based in Nigeria.

While Managing Director of Group Africa Ghana Ltd from 2002 to 2005, Taylor was instrumental in developing and implementing the Goldfields Ghana sponsorship marke ...read more

South Africa lags behind in ergonomics

Andrew Todd, of the Department of Human Kinetics and Ergonomics (HKE), recently wrote an article for online news service Health24, which provided a tool for assessing the ergonomic status of your office environment. Todd, currently an HKE lecturer and Chairman of the Ergonomics Society of South Africa, started as a student at Rhodes University in 1996.

The Health24 article stems from a paper he published in the South African Journal of Ergonomics, looking at ways to optimise call-centr ...read more

View Past Articles