Alumni House and the Post Graduate Hall held a special celebration to further congratulate the PhD and Masters 2017 graduates. The event was held at Oakdene House and was well attended by Post Graduates and guests which included the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Sizwe Mabizella.

A SENIOR member of the Society of Advocates of Namibia, Harold (Harry) Geier, has been appointed as a judge of the High Court. President Hifikepunye Pohamba appointed Geier to the High Court bench on a recommendation from the Judicial Service Commission with effect from April 1,

The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP recently announced that Adriane Hofmeyr has joined the firm’s Tucson office as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group. She focuses her practice on commercial litigation, appeals, administrative litigation, and administrative hearings.

Kirsten Hall is a regulatory project manager within Global Markets at State Street, and is responsible for driving and implementing regulatory change projects. With an interest in the exercise of both social and economic power,

Judy Mann has been with the South African Association for Marine Biological Research(SAAMBR) in Durban since 1992. She started in the Sea World Education Department, which she ran for almost 10 years, she was then the Director of uShaka Sea World for 10 years,

South African Internet pioneer Mike Lawrie (1966) has built an internal ADSL network at the retirement centre where he lives, which offers residents unlimited Internet access at R40 per month. Lawrie is known for establishing the first Internet network in South Africa at Rhodes University in 1988.

Sarita was invited to contribute to a Commonwealth Writers anthology of African Creative Non-Fiction. Her contribution, “Border Crossings”, reflects on a childhood growing up under apartheid in the context of the anti-apartheid struggle in Cape Town, engaging with race, gender, sexuality, class and formative journeys and encounters into adulthood.

Nic Haralambous (2003) and Lauren Edwards (2007) have been nominated in the Top 31 entrepreneurs under 40 making waves in South Africa (Digital All Stars)