Alumni Magazine Edition 6

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The Future of mining The University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Alumni Office hosted a special virtual event presented by the UJ Chair of Council, Mr Mike Teke and the Vice-Chancellor and Principal Prof Tshilidzi Marwala, in partnership with the Department of Mining and Mining Surveying (Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment).

The Vice-Chancellor and Principal USA Alumni Engagement The Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Tshilidzi Marwla, virtually hosted USA based alumni alongside influential speakers from the University as well as Mr Len Wolman. In order to continue to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Alumni Office hosted webinars to engage alumni internationally and nationally.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyarfvk-uYo&feature=youtu.be

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjYD4BMpTHU

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ALUMNI AT THE UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO A DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF MINING Presented by the UJ Chair of Council, Mr Mike Teke and the Vice-Chancellor and Principal Prof Tshilidzi Marwala , in partnership with the Department of Mining and Mining Surveying (Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment). DATE 20 October 2020 TIME 16:00 (SA time) RSVP by Wednesday, 14 October 2020 by clicking on the link http://bitly.ws/9wAy or emailing tmalete@uj.ac.za

INVITATION Vice-Chancellor and Principal USA Alumni Engagement The University of Johannesburg (UJ) invites all USA alumni to join the Vice Chancellor and Principal, Prof Tshilidzi Marwala in a virtual Alumni engagement. DATE 17 September 2020 TIME 16:00 (SA time) RSVP by Wednesday, 14 September 2020 by clicking on the link http://bitly.ws/9wAx or emailing tmalete@uj.ac.za

An Equal Byte of the Apple What’s the connection between voice commands that couldn’t be recognised, airbags that would kill rather than save, artificial hearts too heavy for the chests they were meant for, the low availability in marginal communities of sanitary towels, and a quarter of the people holding tech jobs? The answer is a single word – women. We’re living at the time of a global watershed, and there’s a revolution happening around us – the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), to be exact, and although it’s changing everything, it’s not necessarily changing everything for everybody in the same way. While there are certainly global inequities in access to technology, with communities in the developed world experiencing things very differently from those in developing countries, within those disparities is another, universal disparity, one felt almost equally in every country – the disparity between men and women as agents, workers, and contributors in the world of technology. Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hztDBJcEVQw&list=PLHyv3RyvdiToBX2MBbabH7CutNp2e Vfhe&index=1

2020 Convocation AGM The University of Johannesburg (UJ) hosted its first ever virtual Convocation Annual General Meeting.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYz2zvsGbiw&feature=youtu.be

2020 UJ Convocation AGM

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