Name: Lutendo Tshifura
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Promote mother tongue learning from the home
In SA, there have been clarion calls for children to be taught in their mother tongue at school. However, there seems to be muted voices expressing doubt about this that are often drowned out in the public discourse.
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: August 7, 2023
Vice-Chancellor Message – 04 August 2023
Dear UJ Community, Next week Wednesday, 9 August 2023, marks 67 years since more than 20 000 women from across the nation united in a mass demonstration at the Union Buildings in Pretoria in protest against the unjust pass laws. Today, Au … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: August 4, 2023
Rethink our world to achieve equality for women
Almost 70 years ago, the war cry wathint’Abafazi wathint’imbokodo (you have tampered with the women, you have struck a rock) was heard for the first time. It was on August 9 1956 when more than 20,000 women united in a mass demonstration at the Union … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: August 4, 2023
UJ’s food security initiative empowers single mothers
Creating sustainable jobs through food security is possible. And to prove this the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Community Engagement Unit (UJCE) together with the Centre for Ecological Intelligence (CEI), invited mothers to the Centre to learn how … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: July 31, 2023
Sindiso Nyoni, UJ FADA graduate- contemporary illustrator, activist and street-artist
Sindiso is an independent graphic artist, a contemporary illustrator, activist and street-artist with a BTech degree in Graphic Design from UJ’s Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA). His striking posters won him acclaim in the 2011 Voices of … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: July 31, 2023
UJ, NWU share the spoils in opening 2023 FNB Varsity Football encounter in Mafikeng
Both the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and North West University (NWU-Mafikeng) played to a goalless draw in the opening match of the FNB Varsity Football tournament at the Mafikeng Campus on Thursday, 27 July 2023. Taking a point each, UJ and NWU-Ma … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: July 28, 2023
Vice-Chancellor Message – 28 July 2023
Dear UJ Community, This is the first time I address you as the Vice-Chancellor and Principal (Acting). Although I am only in this role for a week, it is an opportunity that I embrace. You can imagine how excited I was when Professor Letlhokwa Mpedi ask … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: July 28, 2023
UJ’s Dr Thabang Mofokeng wins Best Paper at the 2023 GBATA conference
The 2023 GBATA (Global Business and Technology Association) 24th Annual International Conference, themed “Embracing the Positive Impact of Disruption in the Field of Futurism,” held in Prague from 11th to 14th July 2023, celebrated the remarkable achie … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: July 25, 2023
So many questions: Unraveling the Jo’burg gas explosion mystery
Dr Phathutshedzo Khangale is a senior lecturer, department of chemical engineering technology, University of Johannesburg. He recently published an opinion article that first appeared in The Citizen on 25 July 2023. A week after Johannesburg experience … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: July 25, 2023
UJ students receiving medical care and counselling following a bus accident
This morning (25 July 2023), just before 7 am, two buses were involved in an accident in front of the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Auckland Park Kingsway (APK) Campus. One of these buses was ferrying students between the University’s campuses. Ini … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: July 25, 2023