Rhodes University alumnus accepts challenge to lead Scottish university in the midst of a global pandemic

Professor Steve Olivier, who started as a student at Rhodes University in 1981, has accepted the appointment of Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen, Scotland. He accepts this responsibility despite the global Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges it poses to higher education.

Tributes pour in after veteran journalist Shaun Johnson dies

Tributes have poured in after veteran journalist and Mandela Rhodes Foundation founding chief executive Shaun Johnson died on Monday.

SA negotiator appointed secretary of Africa Continental Free Trade Area

South Africa has managed to clinch a massive victory at the African Union's (AU) summit in Ethiopia on Monday after Wamkele Mene was installed as the new secretary-general of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Tseliso Rangaka appointed group chief creative officer at FCB and Hellocomputer Johannesburg

Creative big-hitter Tseliso Rangaka is returning as chief creative officer to the agency where he started his career, FCB Joburg, also assuming responsibility for the creative output of its specialist agency partner Hellocomputer.

Rhodes graduate wins SA playwright competition

Almost a decade since walking out of Rhodes University, with her Drama and English degree in hand, actress and now playwright Amy Louise Wilson is set to return to Makhanda after winning the 2020 Distell National Playwright Competition.

Rhodes University honours four of its outgoing governors

Rhodes University recently hosted a special luncheon to honour four of its outgoing governors as Honourary Life Members, at Le Petit Manor in Franschhoek, Western Cape.

Alistair Mokoena to head Google South Africa

Google South Africa today announced that Alistair Mokoena will take up the role of country director.

The Portfolio: Mxolisi Dolla Sapeta

As a figurative artist, I use art to confront my inner conflicts as well as those of other people, randomly represented individuals in the urban context of New Brighton, where I live.

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