Celebrating a Century & Beyond at
Rhodes University!🎉
Join us in marking 120 years of excellence, innovation, and community. Dive into a journey of reflection, re-imagination, and collective growth.
Time tested: The iconic RU Admin block
High spirits: Prof Sizwe Mabizela
120
Years of excellence
About RU120
One Hundred and Twenty years of Excellence.
Reunite, reconnect, reimagine.
Rhodes University (RU) is planning a year-long celebration of its bidecacentennial anniversary in 2024. This is a moment for critical reflection and strategic re-imagination for growth and sustainability, drawing from our collective resolve and working with our stakeholders. Our IDP is the lodestar in this regard.
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#RUatNAF2025 | Unmasking GBV: A Vital Performance by Rhodes University Drama Department
This year, the stage becomes a crucial platform for conversations around Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and its devastating dynamics. WOUNDS is a compelling double bill bravely confronting these themes.
WOUNDS features two impactful productions. "The Dinner" by Swelihle May explores the intricate power dynamics that can lead to GBV. Following this, "Four Seasons" by Nikita Baloyi delves into the aftermath of trauma and the healing journey. Adding to its impact, members of the Rhodes University African Chorus lend their powerful voices to Baloyi's production.
We're incredibly proud to see Rhodes University students using their artistic voices to address such critical societal issues. This is more than just theatre; it's a call to reflection, understanding, and ultimately, action against GBV.
Join the conversation and be part of the change. Secure your tickets now for WOUNDS at:
🔗 tickets.nationalartsfestival.co.za/en/events/869/wounds
🎥Siqhamo Jama
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#RUatNAF2025 | Step into the world of Liminal, a captivating 'journey between spaces' dance production directed and choreographed by the talented Nicole Joka.
Nicole, a proud Rhodes University alumna with a BSocSci Honours in Psychology and PGCE in SP & FET, brings her unique vision and academic background to this powerful performance.
"Liminal" explores those in-between moments, the thresholds we cross, and the transformative experiences that shape us. This is more than just a dance show; it's an exploration of the human experience, brought to life by a homegrown talent.
Get your tickets now!
🔗 tickets.nationalartsfestival.co.za/en/events/802/liminal
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[NEWS]: Rhodes University unleashes bold creative energy at 2025 National Arts Festival Makhanda
For more than 120 years, Rhodes University has embedded its academic excellence in the life of Makhanda. The #NAF2025 reaffirms that legacy – one that values art as a site of research, protest, memory, and imagination. This year’s offering asks: What does it mean to learn, teach, and create in a city so steeped in contradiction and beauty?
#RUatNAF2025
🔗 www.ru.ac.za/latestnews/ruatnaf2025-1.html
![[NEWS]: Rhodes University unleashes bold creative energy at 2025 National Arts Festival Makhanda
For more than 120 years, Rhodes University has embedded its academic excellence in the life of Makhanda. The #NAF2025 reaffirms that legacy – one that values art as a site of research, protest, memory, and imagination. This year’s offering asks: What does it mean to learn, teach, and create in a city so steeped in contradiction and beauty?
#RUatNAF2025
🔗 https://www.ru.ac.za/latestnews/ruatnaf2025-1.html](https://scontent-jnb2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/513668335_1157623356400629_8233084621087504210_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960_tt6&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=7QYc2dcrVL0Q7kNvwHe1wJy&_nc_oc=Adk8EFIrvrYeG8mzQce1eQzIESZHLopemPN1aFGCHZ_nqToTo1YPLOBnIlBO5rsmPTGTSxidm7VROE5qNXT68_UD&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-jnb2-1.xx&edm=AKIiGfEEAAAA&_nc_gid=qoRCcHuzLS5yDmNVNagr9Q&oh=00_AfNJ8eP5H0FJDOei7I91KjLMOhIlz_IZYn9qgChEU5EFrQ&oe=6862F719)
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We're incredibly proud to announce that the School of Journalism and Media Studies' own Dr. Chikezie Uzuegbunam has been elected Vice-Chair of the Audience Studies Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR).
This is a major milestone within the top international association for media and communication studies. As Dr. Uzuegbunam put it, "It is a great privilege to be able to serve the organisation that I consider my academic home in a leadership role such as this. What an honour to be voted in alongside two other scholars to serve as vice-chairs from 2025 to 2029."
With over a decade as an IAMCR member, Dr. Uzuegbunam's experience makes him an ideal choice for this leadership position. We know his contributions to the Audience Studies Section, which promotes fresh perspectives in media audience research, will be invaluable.
More info: iamcr.org/s-wg/elections2025-results
Rhodes JMS
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[WATCH]: Celebrating a significant academic achievement at Rhodes University with Professor Lausanne Olvitt!
Professor Olvitt, a Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award recipient, recently collaborated with Dr. Jessica Cockburn from the Department of Environmental Science to develop the Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainability Learning.
This marks a pivotal moment as it is the first qualification of its kind to be offered in Africa.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sizwe Mabizela, has more on this ⬇️
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[NEWS] Telescope project equips African universities with practical radio astronomy teaching tools to boost interest in STEM fields
Across Africa, a new wave of radio telescope deployments is igniting interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields and empowering future scientists. The Transient Array Radio Telescope project is a collaboration between the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory - SARAO, Rhodes University, Stellenbosch University, and the University of Otago (New Zealand).
[FULL STORY] www.ru.ac.za/latestnews/telescopeprojectequipsafricanuniversitieswithpracticalradioastronomytea-1...
![[NEWS] Telescope project equips African universities with practical radio astronomy teaching tools to boost interest in STEM fields
Across Africa, a new wave of radio telescope deployments is igniting interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields and empowering future scientists. The Transient Array Radio Telescope project is a collaboration between the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory - SARAO, Rhodes University, Stellenbosch University, and the University of Otago (New Zealand).
[FULL STORY] https://www.ru.ac.za/latestnews/telescopeprojectequipsafricanuniversitieswithpracticalradioastronomytea-1.html](https://scontent-jnb2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/506454290_1156029993226632_1815597295708752785_n.jpg?stp=cp1_dst-jpg_tt6&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=YZ21WRPSlU0Q7kNvwG9vG6L&_nc_oc=AdkeRhW-zu2hgJSYtb7RSKPWCcn4EfYYcxcKh0ZZj40rrBU4r7Z9_W0BieZ6glJv_k1_U-hmDEdEOr0kiZo8Hv1d&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-jnb2-1.xx&edm=AKIiGfEEAAAA&_nc_gid=qoRCcHuzLS5yDmNVNagr9Q&oh=00_AfPy7L3c7AhJyNPNM1rrE4JLgbq_U39dHYdQG64SX0pOdA&oe=68631730)
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