# Die Kaapse Skiereilandse Universiteit vir Tegnologie gaan sy gewese adjunk-visekanselier, Anthony Staak, vereer met ʼn eredoktorsgraad in die Fakulteit Ingenieurswese en die Bou-omgewing. Die 69-jarige Staak het in 2018 afgetree nadat hy 37 jaar van sy loopbaan daaraan gewy het om hoër onderwys te bevorder. KSUT sê hy het toegesien dat duisende studente graad […]
# Warren Eva has made history as the first South African to summit one of the most dangerous mountains in the world, Mount Annapurna in Nepal. He reached the summit at eight-thousand-and-91 metres, cementing his place among elite mountaineers. This achievement follows his historic climb of the second tallest mountain in the world, K2 in […]
# Cape Peninsula University of Technology will be bestowing an honorary doctorate on its former deputy vice-chancellor professor, Anthony Staak, in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment. The 69-year-old retired in 2018 after dedicating 37-years of his career to advancing Higher Education in South Africa. CPUT says Staak has overseen the graduation of […]
# Die Universiteit van Fort Hare gaan volgende maand eredoktorsgrade aan twee vooraanstaande skeppers toeken by sy herfsgradeplegtigheid. Die skrywer Mda Mda gaan ‘n eredoktorsgraad in regte ontvang terwyl die dokumentêre fotograaf Omar Badsha ‘n doktorsgraad in filosofie kry. Meer as drie-duisend studente gaan hulle swaarverdiende grade tydens die gradeplegtigheid ontvang, waarvan 64-persent vroue is. […]
# Die bekroonde Hollywood-akteur, Robert De Niro, sal volgende maand die ere- Palme d’Or-toekenning ontvang op die 78ste Cannes-rolprentfees. Ander akteurs wat hiermee vereer is, sluit in Meryl Streep en Jodie Foster. De Niro het ʼn lang geskiedenis met die fees. Hy was 14 jaar gelede voorsitter van die beoordelaarsjurie, en het op die rooitapyt […]
# The University of Fort Hare will award honorary doctorates to two distinguished individuals during its Autumn Graduation next month. Author Mda Mda will receive a Doctor of Laws honorary doctorate, while documentary photographer Omar Badsha be awarded a Doctor of Philosophy. More than three-thousand students will receive their hard-earned degrees during the graduation ceremony […]
# Award-winning Hollywood actor, Robert De Niro, will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in May. He follows the footsteps of fellow Palme d’Or honorees Meryl Streep and Jodie Foster, among others. De Niro has had a long relationship with the Cannes Film Festival, presiding over the […]
# Die Universiteit van Pretoria se kandidate het die derde agtereenvolgende jaar ʼn 100-persent-slaagsyfer in die Suid-Afrikaanse Instituut van Geoktrooieerde Rekenmeesters se eerste beroepseksamen, die Aanvanklike Assessering van Bevoegdheid, behaal. Vyf van die 20 kandidate wat dié eksamen vanjaar met onderskeiding geslaag het, was van die UP. Professor Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu van die universiteit sê die […]
# The University of Pretoria has once again secured a 100-percent pass rate in the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants’ first professional examination, the Initial Assessment of Competence. This is the third consecutive year in which the university’s candidates have achieved this feat. Of the 20 candidates in the country who passed this year’s […]
