48 year old PhD graduate champions black excellence
Dr Nyameka Kangela and her academic achievements are the embodiment of black excellence, a value which her father instilled in her at a young age.
Barney Pityana conferred honorary doctorate by Rhodes University
Outspoken champion for human rights Professor Barney Pityana was conferred an honorary doctorate by Rhodes University over the weekend.
Meet the man who wrote Rhodes University’s first isiXhosa PhD thesis
Hailing from rural Mqanduli in the Eastern Cape, 31-year-old Kunju says his love affair with the language began at a young age.
Over 2 400 capped during Rhodes University's 2017 graduation ceremonies
It was smooth sailing at Rhodes University in Grahamstown where over 2 400 graduated with degrees and diplomas in six ceremonies - the last one was held on Saturday.
Rhodes University historic graduation off to a good start
Rhodes graduation got off to a smooth start this morning to mark the start of a programme in which six ceremonies will be held in three days to confer degrees and diplomas to over 2400 students.
Rhodes to honour five game changers
Rhodes University will confer honorary doctorates on five world game-changers.
Rhodes graduate performs Xhosa dance during ceremony
Grahamstown – A Rhodes University graduate broke the norm at her graduation ceremony in Grahamstown this month when she performed a traditional dance before receiving her degree.
Rhodes honours eminent Southern Africans
Founder of Africa's biggest relief organisation Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, will be among those feted in Grahamstown during Rhodes University's graduation ceremonies this week.
Cape poet urges universities to teach his work
As one of the country’s top universities bestows an honour on Cape Town poet James Matthews, he has criticised several institutions for failing to include his anti-apartheid writing in their curriculum.
Beatrice the Brave
On Friday 1 April 2016 Rhodes University will confer an Honorary Doctorate on human rights and media freedom lawyer, Dr Beatrice Mtetwa.
Environmental Pioneer, Social Justice Leader
Rhodes University will be conferring an Honorary Doctorate on environmental pioneer and social justice leader, Ms Jeunesse Park, at the 17:00 graduation ceremony on the 31st March 2016.
Rhodes graduation 2016
Rhodes University will see 2250 students graduate in 2016 over six ceremonies which will take place from 31 March to 2 April.
The Gift of our Common Humanity
On Friday the 1st April Rhodes University is conferring an Honorary Doctorate on Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, founder and leader of Gift of the Givers.
How Society Works and How To Change It
On Saturday 2 April 2016 Rhodes University will confer an Honorary Doctorate on Professor Edward Webster.
Admiration for disabled graduate
Physically disabled Rhodes University graduate Thembelihle Ngcai won the admiration and awe of a packed auditorium at a weekend graduation when she resolutely attempted to walk across the stage to be capped.
BEd graduates congratulated
MEC says sacrifices were made and calls on the 66 teachers to contribute in making schools centres of excellence
Herbert Kretzmer: the Free State boykie who reached for the stars
Fame and Fortune | A new book brings to life the celebrities interviewed by a South African-born British show-business journalist and lyricist who says they don't make them like they used to.
Record Rhodes degrees and highest graduation rate
RHODES University opened its three day graduation period on a high note yesterday, with the institution set to award 2 367 degrees
Baxter to showcase John Kani's Missing... this February
As South Africa marks 20 years of democracy Missing …, the latest play by esteemed South African actor, director and playwright John Kani, will have its world premiere at the Baxter Theatre from Thursday, 27 February to Saturday, 29 March at 20:00 nightly.
Now we reap the wonder they sew
The magnificent Keiskamma Tapestry is a masterpiece by people reclaiming their lives
Into the River of Life: A Biography of Ian Player
This is the story of Ian Player, internationally recognised environmentalist and conservationist. But Ian is a man of many facets and contradictions, not just a ranger:
Seamus Heaney dies aged 74
Nobel prize-winning Northern Irish poet died this morning in a Dublin hospital after a short illness.
Langa was a public servant ‘in the highest sense’
Pius Nkonzo Langa died on Wednesday in a Johannesburg hospital after a long illness. He was 74. Langa was South Africa’s fourth post-apartheid chief justice (after Michael Corbett, Ismail Mahomed and Arthur Chaskalson).
An impeccable sense of fairness
Justice Personified | Pius Langa’s grace and wisdom made him a founding father of our rights-based constitutional democracy, writes Albie Sachs.
