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| 2022-04-29 |
More women needed in surgery, says country’s youngest and first female head of Vascular Surgery |
| 2022-04-29 |
More women needed in surgery, says country’s youngest and first female head of Vascular Surgery |
| 2022-04-28 |
Opinion: UFS Centre for Human Rights’ hawk’s eye on water provision in the Gariep |
| 2022-04-28 |
Opinion: UFS Centre for Human Rights’ hawk’s eye on water provision in the Gariep |
| 2022-04-28 |
Seminar on Open Science, 12 May 2022 |
| 2022-04-28 |
Seminar on Open Science, 12 May 2022 |
| 2022-04-28 |
Opinion: Freedom and democracy still a dream for most African countries |
| 2022-04-28 |
Opinion: Freedom and democracy still a dream for most African countries |
| 2022-04-26 |
Contested Science for Sustainable Agriculture |
| 2022-04-26 |
Contested Science for Sustainable Agriculture |
| 2022-04-26 |
Sisters share the stage during April graduation ceremonies |
| 2022-04-26 |
Sisters share the stage during April graduation ceremonies |
| 2022-04-26 |
Opinion: KwaZulu-Natal floods: Each one help one |
| 2022-04-26 |
Opinion: KwaZulu-Natal floods: Each one help one |
| 2022-04-26 |
Intellectual property is an important driver of human development and economic growth |
| 2022-04-26 |
Intellectual property is an important driver of human development and economic growth |
| 2022-04-25 |
Childhood friends celebrate first degrees together |
| 2022-04-25 |
Childhood friends celebrate first degrees together |
| 2022-04-25 |
Theranostics in the fight against cancer |
| 2022-04-25 |
Theranostics in the fight against cancer |
| 2022-04-25 |
Double celebration for Ntheri twins as they graduate cum laude |
| 2022-04-25 |
Double celebration for Ntheri twins as they graduate cum laude |
| 2022-04-25 |
Nicoleen Moorcroft - overcame brain surgery to earn her third degree |
| 2022-04-25 |
Nicoleen Moorcroft - overcame brain surgery to earn her third degree |
| 2022-04-23 |
Free State for Choice (FS4C) withdraws court application against UFS COVID-19 Vaccination Policy |
| 2022-04-23 |
Free State for Choice (FS4C) withdraws court application against UFS COVID-19 Vaccination Policy |
| 2022-04-22 |
Pursue genuine transformation, states Theology and Religion Dean’s Medal recipient |
| 2022-04-22 |
Pursue genuine transformation, states Theology and Religion Dean’s Medal recipient |
| 2022-04-22 |
Senate Medal recipient: ‘More students to enjoy learning Biblical Hebrew’ |
| 2022-04-22 |
Senate Medal recipient: ‘More students to enjoy learning Biblical Hebrew’ |
| 2022-04-21 |
LLB graduate Lizandré Mulder excels in law and athletics |
| 2022-04-21 |
LLB graduate Lizandré Mulder excels in law and athletics |
| 2022-04-21 |
‘Hard work never goes unnoticed’, says Dean’s Medal recipient |
| 2022-04-21 |
‘Hard work never goes unnoticed’, says Dean’s Medal recipient |
| 2022-04-21 |
Mathematics students bag top graduation awards |
| 2022-04-21 |
Mathematics students bag top graduation awards |
| 2022-04-21 |
A second PhD for Prof Innocent Chirisa, Dean at the University of Zimbabwe |
| 2022-04-21 |
A second PhD for Prof Innocent Chirisa, Dean at the University of Zimbabwe |
| 2022-04-21 |
Friends beat the odds by achieving second degrees together |
| 2022-04-21 |
Friends beat the odds by achieving second degrees together |
| 2022-04-20 |
Opinion: KZN floods expose significant socio-economic and environmental vulnerabilities |
| 2022-04-20 |
Opinion: KZN floods expose significant socio-economic and environmental vulnerabilities |
| 2022-04-20 |
Chris Vorster’s PhD pays homage to the impact of Egoli creator, Franz Marx |
| 2022-04-20 |
Chris Vorster’s PhD pays homage to the impact of Egoli creator, Franz Marx |
| 2022-04-14 |
UFS explores potential areas of collaboration with institutions in Kenya |
| 2022-04-14 |
UFS explores potential areas of collaboration with institutions in Kenya |
| 2022-04-14 |
Shimlas aim to entertain in home semi-final |
| 2022-04-14 |
Shimlas aim to entertain in home semi-final |
| 2022-04-14 |
Kovsie Dining offers South Campus community affordable, healthy food choices |
| 2022-04-14 |
Kovsie Dining offers South Campus community affordable, healthy food choices |
| 2022-04-12 |
Stagedoor Makes a Resounding In-Person Return to UFS Stages |
| 2022-04-12 |
Stagedoor Makes a Resounding In-Person Return to UFS Stages |
| 2022-04-12 |
UFS Student Publishes Book on Love and Life in the African Context |
| 2022-04-12 |
UFS Student Publishes Book on Love and Life in the African Context |
| 2022-04-12 |
Louzanne Coetzee sets the pace and makes history at Two Oceans |
| 2022-04-12 |
Louzanne Coetzee sets the pace and makes history at Two Oceans |
| 2022-04-12 |
UFS position statement on xenophobia |
| 2022-04-12 |
UFS position statement on xenophobia |
| 2022-04-07 |
UFS awards five honorary doctorates during April 2022 graduation ceremony |
| 2022-04-07 |
UFS awards five honorary doctorates during April 2022 graduation ceremony |
| 2022-04-07 |
2022 Africa Week |
| 2022-04-07 |
2022 Africa Week |
| 2022-04-07 |
Shimlas stick to attacking style to secure semi-final spot |
| 2022-04-07 |
Shimlas stick to attacking style to secure semi-final spot |
| 2022-04-06 |
Urgent communication regarding payment of subsidies to NSFAS-funded UFS students |
| 2022-04-06 |
Urgent communication regarding payment of subsidies to NSFAS-funded UFS students |
| 2022-04-05 |
Preliminary finding indicates fire on UFS Qwaqwa Campus caused by arson |
| 2022-04-05 |
Preliminary finding indicates fire on UFS Qwaqwa Campus caused by arson |
| 2022-04-05 |
The UFS and partners calling on students to combat corruption in SA through writing competition |
| 2022-04-05 |
The UFS and partners calling on students to combat corruption in SA through writing competition |
| 2022-04-05 |
UFS wheat rust specialist contributes to paper in Nature Genetics |
| 2022-04-05 |
UFS wheat rust specialist contributes to paper in Nature Genetics |
| 2022-04-05 |
Food security dominant driver of plant pathology research in future |
| 2022-04-05 |
Food security dominant driver of plant pathology research in future |
| 2022-04-05 |
Celebrating Africa Month – call for contributions |
| 2022-04-05 |
Celebrating Africa Month – call for contributions |
| 2022-04-01 |
Dr Nicholas Pearce named Best Doctor of the Year in National Batho Pele Excellence Awards |
| 2022-04-01 |
Dr Nicholas Pearce named Best Doctor of the Year in National Batho Pele Excellence Awards |
| 2022-04-01 |
Celebrating more than a century of collaboration with universities in the US |
| 2022-04-01 |
Celebrating more than a century of collaboration with universities in the US |
Mathatha Tsedu to deliver King Moshoeshoe lecture
2009-06-29
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| Mathatha Tsedu |
The former Editor of City Press, Mathatha Tsedu, will deliver the Second King Moshoeshoe Memorial Lecture at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein on Wednesday, 9 September 2009.
The King Moshoeshoe Memorial Lecture series are an initiative of the University of the Free State to honour the leadership legacy of King Moshoeshoe I, founder of the Basotho nation. The lecture series aim to provide a platform for debate about the key challenges of nation-building, reconciliation and leadership facing our country and the African continent.
In 2004 the UFS produced a documentary on the life of King Moshoeshoe I as part of the project to pay tribute to this great African leader. The documentary was screened numerous times on SABC TV.
Later in 2006, the inaugural King Moshoeshoe Memorial Lecture was delivered by Prof Njabulo Ndebele, former vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town.
Mr Tsedu is one of South Africa’s foremost journalists and social commentators. He will speak on the topic, “When globalisation ties the fate of the Maluti to that of the ice caps on the Alps, what does Morena Moshoeshoe teach us about leadership today?”
Mr Tsedu has received several awards, including the Nat Nakasa Award for Courageous Journalism in 2000 as well as the Shanduka Lifetime Achievers Award in 2007.
A graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand, he started his career in journalism as a bureau reporter for the Sowetan in 1978 responsible for the then Northern Transvaal. Later Mr Tsedu became Political Editor of the Sowetan, the Deputy Editor of The Star as well as the Deputy Editor of the Sunday Independent and Deputy Chief Executive of SABC News.
He has also been the Editor of two major Sunday newspapers, the Sunday Times and City Press and is currently the Head of the Journalism Academy at the Media24 group.
Mr Tsedu is the Chairperson of The African Editors Forum and a Council Member of the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF). He has addressed various organisations on journalism in South Africa, including the International Federation of Journalists; the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions; the Botswana Journalist Association; the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists; the Kenya Union of Journalists; and the Union of African Journalists.
He was an active trade unionist and national executive member of the Media Workers’ Association of South Africa. He was detained several times, banned and restricted to Seshego in the Northern Province from 1981 to 1986.
Mr Tsedu is also a short story writer with several of his stories published in various magazines. He was awarded a prestigious Nieman Fellowship in 1996/97 to study at Harvard University in the United States of America.
Media Release
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29 June 2009 |