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UJ women researchers honoured at HER-SA HEWL and SAWiSA awards
UJ Research and Innovation congratulates the UJ finalists and winners at the 2023 HER-SA HEWL and SAWiSA awards on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 September 2023. The Higher Education Resource Services – South Africa, Higher Education Women Leaders (HER-SA HEW … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: September 12, 2023
UJ hosts the BRICS Summer School
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) hosted the BRICS Summer School from 4 – 6 September 2023. The event was organised by the Institute of Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) in collaboration with the South African BRICS Youth Association (SABY … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: September 12, 2023
UJ men’s A and B teams secure bronze medals in 2023 USSA Rowing Championship
In an extraordinary maneuver for 5km without a functional boat rudder, the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Men’s A Team managed to win a bronze medal in Port Alfred during the 2023 University Sport South Africa (USSA) championship. UJ featured three … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: September 12, 2023
Vice-Chancellor Message – 08 September 2023
It is an honour to address you as the Vice-Chancellor and Principal (Acting) this week, while Professor Letlhokwa Mpedi is away on a working trip in Belgium. As has become customary, I wanted to start on a positive note but as fate would have it, circu … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: September 8, 2023
Prof Makgoba’s candid memoir chronicles Leadership and Transformation in South Africa’s democracy
He was the first black Deputy Vice-Chancellor of one of South Africa’s English-language and metropolitan universities. He later joined the South African Medical Research Council, which he headed between 1999 and 2002, and was involved in developing Sou … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: September 8, 2023
Robyn Erasmus, UJ interior design student and finalist in the Miss Earth SA competition
Robyn Erasmus loves being a busy body. The full-time University of Johannesburg student is also an entrepreneur, a youth developer and a modelling coach. The one thing keeping her very busy at the moment is fulfilling her duties as a Top 10 finalist fo … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: September 7, 2023
Opinion: To Brics or not, a cross-road for South Africa
Our struggling tourism sector could benefit from promoting our country to the Brics members as a select destination with a focused marketing approach. The recent Brics Summit in Sandton has sparked many debates and questions. Political and economic com … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: September 7, 2023
Opinion: A gold watch and shackles for your chain — importance of long service awards in 4IR era
A long service award isn’t merely a clocking of years spent at an institution. It represents employees’ role in moulding an organisation and shaping its story. he very world of work has undergone seismic changes. Generations before us would clock up ye … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: September 7, 2023
Young UJ engineer wins prestigious NRF award
Dr Thandiwe Sithole from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) has won the prestigious 2023 National Research Foundation (NRF) Research Excellence Award for Early Career/Emerging Researchers in the female Engineering category.
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: September 1, 2023
SA’s first female Tax Ombud, Ms Yanga Mputa, enlightens UJ audience on taxpayer rights
The Faculty of Law at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) concluded Women’s Month with an enlightening public lecture on 31 August 2023, titled “Making Taxpayers Rights Matter.” The distinguished guest speaker, Ms Yanga Mputa, South Africa’s first fema … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: September 1, 2023