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Vice-Chancellor Message – 21 May 2021
Dear UJ Community, Earlier this week, while browsing the internet, I stumbled across a news article that caught my eye. I thought it was important to share it with you, considering the latest concerns around the resurgence in COVID-19 infections and th … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: May 21, 2021
UJ’s multi partner ‘Mahlale Innovation Consortium’ opens ventilator design competition for SA students
Concerns about world-wide ventilator shortages, medical device development and sufficient maintenance skills, as a result of Covid-19 pandemic, have led to multiple projects at major academic institutions that seek to find alternative means for emergen … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: May 20, 2021
Universities key to innovation and limiting the risk of future pandemics- Higher Health
”For the Higher Education sector, one of the key lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic is to think constantly about how to address the big challenges of the future by thinking about interventions now.” This was the overriding sentiment shared at a publi … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: May 19, 2021
Funding flaws and dreams deferred at South Africa’s universities: We need a long-term solution
Prof Shireen Motala is the South African Research Chair in Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg. She recently penned an opinion article that first appeared in the Daily Maverick on 18 May 2021. Since the advent … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: May 19, 2021
UJ athletes rake in 24 gold, silver, bronze medals in 2021 USSA championships
University of Johannesburg (UJ) athletes dominated the first, second and third positions of the University Sport South Africa (USSA) Championships held from 13 to 15 May 2021. UJ was ranked second on the total medal standings of the championships with … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: May 18, 2021
We need a new political economy of land reform, not farms without farmers and farmers without farms
Dr Adeoye O Akinola is head of research and teaching at the University of Johannesburg’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation. He recently penned an opinion article that first appeared in the Daily Maverick: 16 May 2021. How has land refo … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: May 18, 2021
Vice-Chancellor Message – 14 May 2021
Dear UJ Community It was encouraging to see some of our University analysts availing themselves for expert commentary in the media on the escalating Israeli-Palestine conflict. Among the wide array of UJ analysts is Professor Hennie Strydom, Professor … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: May 14, 2021
Kenneth Kaunda at 97: A founding president aging gracefully in a deteriorating democracy
Dr Emmanuel Matambo, a Research Director at the Centre for Africa-China Studies (CACS), University of Johannesburg, recently penned an opinion article published on Pan African Review, 12 May 2021. On 28 April 2021, Zambia’s founding president, Kenneth … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: May 14, 2021
UJ Zoologist Prof Ina Wagenaar scans aquatic pollution effects on the health of fish
The Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Professor Tshilidzi Marwala and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science Professor Debra Meyer, hosted the Professorial inauguration of Ina Wagenaar, Professor in Zoology at U … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: May 12, 2021
Muhammadu vs Ali: Buhari’s plea to US flies in the face of Pax Africana
Professor Adekeye Adebajo is Director of the University of Johannesburg’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation. He recently penned an opinion article that featured in the Sunday Times: 9 May 2021 The gods of Africa are angry. Kenyan inte … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: May 11, 2021