a06288d9-543e-4ee6-baf9-bd6604ffc087 Nelson Mandela University students, staff and alumni are urged to join the Mandela Walk for Student Hunger on Friday, 29 May 2026.

 

]]> Thu, 21 May 2026 22:00:00 GMT 8261a16c-f4fe-4e23-aa41-f8446fdd742c At a time when South Africa approaches the 50th anniversary of the 1976 student uprising, retired Major General Gordon Yekelo urged students at Nelson Mandela University to confront a difficult reality: political freedom alone does not guarantee human security.

]]> Thu, 21 May 2026 22:00:00 GMT b9e7c3ab-ed93-41d7-a985-d14cbcc847c1 Reasons to be Proud - #R2bP: Katie Horne’s international star continued to rise as she torpedoed her way to four medals at the Africa Aquatics Swimming Championships in Algeria recently.

]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 22:00:00 GMT a4252c06-b6bb-4b1f-9651-74cce82da0ad Mandela University’s Department of Emergency Medical Care’s third-year students had to demonstrate strong logistical thinking, physical fitness, teamwork and practical problem-solving skills during their recent Wilderness Search and Rescue module exercise.

]]> Tue, 19 May 2026 22:00:00 GMT 9d2c5a0f-3b97-4c14-b566-a87b2bec82c2 Eastern Province’s No 1 squash player Dean Venter finally added his name to the Madibaz Open honours list when he captured his maiden title at Mandela University’s North Campus in Gqeberha this weekend.

 

]]> Tue, 19 May 2026 22:00:00 GMT 03bbae4f-b160-4772-8839-d02b10b247db South Africa’s gender-based violence crisis is rooted in apartheid’s unspoken trauma, not policy failure alone, Templeton Prize laureate Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela argued in a landmark recent Freedom Month lecture at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha.

]]> Mon, 18 May 2026 22:00:00 GMT c181d9be-72e2-49a4-ae4c-d188da7fee80 Reasons to be Proud - #R2bP: MSc in Physics student at Nelson Mandela University Hayley Britz has been selected to attend the 13th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) at Heidelberg University in Germany in September.

 

]]> Sun, 17 May 2026 22:00:00 GMT ac5f5c09-dc9d-41a2-bae8-66870ab6009d Communication in healthcare is an essential justice as the lack of it can be the differentiator between wellbeing and suffering, life and death.

 

]]> Thu, 14 May 2026 22:00:00 GMT 8cb982a4-2f4e-4935-97b2-b14ac145ac1b Eastern Province’s top-ranked squash player Dean Venter is ready to finally tick off the Madibaz Open title from his to-do list this weekend.

]]> Thu, 14 May 2026 22:00:00 GMT 0609a406-d54c-49d0-ba62-f9814752dd81 Thu, 14 May 2026 22:00:00 GMT