Prof Roy Lubke will be receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award and will be presenting “A Review of some Ecological Rehabilitation Strategies in South Africa over the last 50 years” at the LaRSSA conference in July 2019.

A gala dinner was held on 29 June at Bantu Steve Biko Oppidan Dining Hall for Rhodes University’s Alumni classes of 1980 to 1995. The event was hosted by Dr Sizwe Mabizela and the master of ceremonies was the SRC President, Samkelo Mngadi.

A true son of Makhanda, Rob van Vuuren is back in town, celebrating 25-years of his delicious humour and creating a sense of awe for kids at a string of shows dotted around the town formerly known as Grahamstown.

Rhodes University’s Alumni Relations held a festival cocktail in honour of homecoming classes of 1980 to 1995 on 28 June at the Senior Common Room.

Becoming a provost was never part of Graham Oberem’s plan. He never expected to be an administrator of any type at Cal State San Marcos.

Veteran marketing communications specialist Rich Mkhondo is an alumnus of the JMS and completed his journalism degree at Rhodes in 1983.

Vocal powerhouse Sibongile Khumalo will grace the first annual Eastern Cape Jazz Festival in 2019.

Angie Motshekga, South Africa’s basic education minister, announced last year that Afrocentric history is set to be taught in schools across the country.