Cameron Bellamy’s attempt at swimming around Barbados is just a few weeks away and the highly anticipated event is causing a huge stir among the passionate swimmers and the wider community on the island. It’s estimated that about 70% of the population in Barbados are not proficient swimmers so the notion of someone swimming 96K around the island is mind-boggling to most of the residents.

At a Gala dinner on 28 June, the Mail & Guardian announced a list of 200 Young South African Achievers. Of these, 15 are graduates of Rhodes University, some currently registered for further degrees. Of the 15, 13 hold postgraduate degrees from Rhodes, and 10 were funded through the Postgraduate Financial Aid Office at Rhodes. This speaks volumes of the value of a Rhodes postgraduate qualification, and the financial support that our graduates receive to enable them to achieve high recognition.

Twenty-eight hard-working students received bursaries totalling R225 000 from the Old Rhodian Union this year.

The Rhodes University Faculty of Law has the pleasure of celebrating the award of the US Fulbright Foreign Student Program Scholarship to its alumnus and former Andrew W Mellon Lecturer, Mr Tladi Marumo.

Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza’s name is associated with land reform, which is appropriate given that he grew up in a rural area and was banished to the small town of Cala in the Eastern Cape during apartheid. He is now the holder of the National Research Foundation research chair in land reform and democracy in South Africa, as well as the AC Jordan chair in African studies and director of the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT).

On the chilly night of 3 July 2018, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Dr Peter Clayton addressed “Rhodians old and established”, as he put it, at the annual Old Rhodian Festival Cocktail Party that took place at Alumni House at Rhodes University.

Several students, staff and alumni from Rhodes University are among this year’s Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans for 2018.

Cape Town – SABC3’s "Presenter Search on 3", is entering the next phase of the competition to find new presenters for some of the TV channel’s shows. In Thursday evening’s 8th episode, the top 10 contenders were announced.