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18 Dorcas Dube- Londt: When passion meets purpose
VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE 1 Message from Prof Tshilidzi Marwala PRESIDENT OF CONVOCATION MESSAGE 2 Message from Prof Boitumelo Diale UJ NEWS 5 UJ team wins 3rd place at the Intervarsity Brewing Competition 5 UJ implements blockchain-based certificates for graduates 6 ABE Bailey Trust awards UK-SA bursary to UJ student 7 School of Tourism and Hospitality Plaque Initiative: Creating world-class facilities for the next generation 8 UJ filmmaker and academic wins Zonta prize at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 11 UJ Doctoral Student Awarded Life-Changing Fulbright Scholarship EVENTS MESSAGES FROM UJ 1 From the Vice-Chancellors Desk 2 From the Alumni Desk UJ NEWS 3 UJ named as the premier destination for studying Engineering, Computer Science and Technology in SA 4 UJ researchers shine at the 2023/2024 NSTF-South32 Awards 6 UJ launches the Pure Research Portal EVENTS 8 Justice and democracy 30 years on – legal brains weigh in 9 Youth leadership – The driving force for global change ALUMNI MOVERS AND SHAKERS 11 Zwelakhe Mnguni: Distinguished accountancy alumnus making a difference and paying it forward 12 Payal Maharajh, a Brand strategist with heart in a leading agency 14 Young and gunning for success – Lwandile Simelane 16 Jabulani Sibiya, a creative with heart and soul 18 Dorcas Dube-Londt – When passion meets purpose 21 Dr Mercy Sepadi – Turning a childhood dream into a roaring success THE WINNERS CIRCLE 24 Yvonne Chaka Chaka on receiving the Ellen Kuzwayo Award and her journey through academia 28 Celebrating UJ’s 2024 Mail&Guardian 200 Young South Africans 75 Aphile Carter conquers catwalks HONORARY DOCTORATES 78 Pitso Mosimane – Conquering academia, leaving a legacy, and fostering development 81 Nonkululeko Gobodo – A beacon of leadership in South African accountancy 83 Prof Raphael Kaplinsky – A trailblazer in development economics PUBLICATIONS 85 Academic libraries in Africa 85 Demystifying the jewel called the ILO: a labour of love 86 Mama 87 Through My Voice: statements at the United Nations, 2016-2021 88 Improving health literacy for people with low literacy: An analysis of a South African HIV health education programme 89 Map Work INSIGHTS 91 Gloomy prediction for gender parity in South Africa: It’s time to legislate gender quotas 93 Education the cornerstone to a better future for the youth of South Africa SPORT 95 UJ reigns supreme: back-to-back USSA Basketball 3×3 Champions 13 Learning to thrive in the “new normal” of post-COVID-19 14 Applied Information Systems Alumni Affinity Group launch 13 Law Faculty launches Law Affinity Group 15 UJ launches Zimbabwe alumni chapter 17 Technology drives Generation Z, a generation that wants to be heard 18 Faculty of Health Sciences Affinity Group launch 19 The School of Management open their Alumni Affinity Group 20 Bringing young people on board is important 21 Creating connections and building for the future: Faculty of Education Alumni Affinity Group launch 22 Solving complex security problems in the cybersecurity space FACULTY OF HEALTH SECTION 25 Prof Seheem Khan – building a strong workforce to serve the nation 27 Reimagine the future of medicine and education in the 21st Century of digital technology 29 Prof Heidi Abrahamse appointed to National Health Research Committee 30 Department of Podiatry moving leaps and bounds into the 4th Industrial revolution 32 Technology advances but patients remain at the centre 35 Health innovation makes big strides in 2022 37 Discovery of a two-million-year-old fossil vertebrae 38 Daniella Da Silva, Biomedical Science PhD candidate at the Laser Research Centre, UJ 39 Dr Eric Aniogo an alumnus with a passion for groundbreaking research ALUMNI MOVERS AND SHAKERS 41 UJ makes the NYDA board shine 44 Celebrating our alumni’s excellence through the years 79 Nessisa Ngwenya, Nurse educator and Ms Universe Africa 2019 80 Bernard Zipfel, curator of fossil and rock collections 81 Yalekile Lusibane, CFO at South African Diamonds and Precious Metals Regulator 82 Lt Col Lucky (Nhlanhla) Zuma, Officer Commanding 80 Air Navigation School 83 Masonwabe Fuma: Marketer, Social Entrepreneur and Multi-award winning businessman 85 Anele Sikakana, co-founder and CEO of The Iconic Beverage Company 86 Gcina Nomsa Dlamini: Senior International Trade Manager: Europe & UK at WESGRO HONORARY DOCTORATES 88 UJ Confers Doctorate degree on British sociologist, Prof Michael Burawoy INSIGHTS 90 DSI/NRF/Newton Fund Trilateral Research Chair in Transformative Innovation, the 4th Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development 92 We rise by lifting others, by Dr Tebogo Mashifana SPORT 95 Former Banyana Banyana player and alumna appointed Assistant Coach for UJ Women’s Senior Football Team 96 Two UJ women’s football maestros called for national Under-17 camp 97 UJ community gears up for major fundraising walk with “Steps 2 UJ Future Walk” 98 UJ U/20 Women’s football team claim silver in Engen Knockout Challenge
Yvonne Chaka Chaka receives the Ellen Kuzwayo Award 24 83 Prof Raphael Kaplinsky - A trailblazer in Development Economics 95 UJ reigns supreme: back- to-back USSA Basketball 3x3 Champions
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