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Hacklab 2021 Virtual Hackathon – UJ TPC comes up tops in two categories
The UJ Technopreneurship Centre (TPC) within the School of Consumer Intelligence and Information Systems in the College of Business and Economics (CBE) participated in an international Hackathon – (Hacklab 2021) organised by the Hacklab Foundation whic … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: April 16, 2021
Vice-Chancellor Message – 16 April 2021
Dear UJ Community On Tuesday morning, like much of the nation, I woke up with profound sadness that has continued to weigh heavily on me. Vivid images of the video showing a schoolgirl at Mbilwi Secondary School in Limpopo being assaulted by a fellow l … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: April 16, 2021
UJ’s Africa Centre for Evidence decolonising evidence for development with Ubuntu
Coloniality has traditionally been associated with territorial control. As such, individuals capable of controlling research are the dominant voices setting the research agenda, and thus issues power in research discourses arise. This implies having re … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: April 15, 2021
Fundamental reform of the Road Accident Fund is urgently needed
Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic (Designate) and former Executive Dean: Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg. He recently penned an opinion article published in The Daily Maverick, 12 April 2021. Despite it … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: April 14, 2021
Caribbean architect appointed as new Director of the GSA
The University of Johannesburg (UJ)’s Graduate School of Architecture (GSA) appointed architect and educator Professor Mark Raymond (Trinidad and Tobago/UK) as the new Director of Africa’s largest dedicated postgraduate architectural school. Says Prof … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: April 13, 2021
Cecil Rhodes’s legacy is crumbling but needs to be remembered
Professor Adekeye Adebajo is Director of the University of Johannesburg’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation. He recently published the historical novella ‘The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes’ in the Business Day: 12 April 2021. Cecil Rhodes … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: April 12, 2021
Hounding of isiNdebele activist at Midrand mall speaks volumes about our ingrained apartheid legacy
Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic (Designate) and former Executive Dean: Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg. He recently penned an opinion article published in The Daily Maverick, 07 April 2021. It is abou … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: April 8, 2021
Congratulations to Prof Sylvia Vollenhoven and the second year students (2020)
A huge congratulations to Prof Sylvia Vollenhoven and the second year students (2020) for being shortlisted at the African Union 1 Million 2021 Initiative for their special projects. The African Union shortlisted six films from UJ for the AU 1mby2021 P … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: April 7, 2021
When sports fail: a reflection of player quality or administration?
Writes Ms Nomsa Mahlangu, Senior Director of UJ Sport and Federation of Africa University Sports (FASU) President. Bafana Bafana has once again failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)), this time in the upcoming 2022 edition of the tour … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: April 7, 2021
UJ’s Prof Hartmut Winkler illuminates why South Africa’s electricity blackouts are set to continue for the next five years
South Africa is once more experiencing periodic power cuts. These typically take the form of scheduled supply interruptions, for two to four hours a day, whenever the country’s electricity system is overloaded. Such overloading currently happens on 40- … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: April 7, 2021