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| 2022-10-13 |
Vision 130 sets the tone for the UFS for the next 12 years |
| 2022-10-13 |
Vision 130 sets the tone for the UFS for the next 12 years |
| 2022-10-31 |
Netball star Sne Mdletshe hopes to inspire excellence |
| 2022-10-31 |
Netball star Sne Mdletshe hopes to inspire excellence |
| 2022-10-31 |
Prof Sithole to lend expertise on UNESCO science advisory board |
| 2022-10-31 |
Prof Sithole to lend expertise on UNESCO science advisory board |
| 2022-10-28 |
UFS Drama Department scores big wins at Vrystaat Arts Festival |
| 2022-10-28 |
UFS Drama Department scores big wins at Vrystaat Arts Festival |
| 2022-10-28 |
Global Citizen Series: A conversation with The Rt Hon the Lord Peter Hain |
| 2022-10-28 |
Global Citizen Series: A conversation with The Rt Hon the Lord Peter Hain |
| 2022-10-27 |
UFS student to produce cheaper sanitary towels for disadvantaged girls, women |
| 2022-10-27 |
UFS student to produce cheaper sanitary towels for disadvantaged girls, women |
| 2022-10-26 |
Expanded Collaboration for Cultural Heritage Preservation in Limpopo |
| 2022-10-26 |
Expanded Collaboration for Cultural Heritage Preservation in Limpopo |
| 2022-10-26 |
Socially developing communities or making them dependent |
| 2022-10-26 |
Socially developing communities or making them dependent |
| 2022-10-26 |
UFS research fellow appointed UNDP Human Rights Research Chair |
| 2022-10-26 |
UFS research fellow appointed UNDP Human Rights Research Chair |
| 2022-10-25 |
Celebrating excellence at the UFS Learning & Teaching awards |
| 2022-10-25 |
Celebrating excellence at the UFS Learning & Teaching awards |
| 2022-10-25 |
A journey of Pride – UFS commemorates Pride Month |
| 2022-10-25 |
A journey of Pride – UFS commemorates Pride Month |
| 2022-10-24 |
Celebrating more than 20 years of University-Community Engagement |
| 2022-10-24 |
Celebrating more than 20 years of University-Community Engagement |
| 2022-10-24 |
Prof Paul Oberholster latest UFS scientist inaugurated by Academy of Science |
| 2022-10-24 |
Prof Paul Oberholster latest UFS scientist inaugurated by Academy of Science |
| 2022-10-21 |
UFS doctoral student authors bat-centred children’s book |
| 2022-10-21 |
UFS doctoral student authors bat-centred children’s book |
| 2022-10-20 |
Putting mental health in the spotlight through filmmaking |
| 2022-10-20 |
Putting mental health in the spotlight through filmmaking |
| 2022-10-20 |
Making mental health conversations trend |
| 2022-10-20 |
Making mental health conversations trend |
| 2022-10-19 |
UFS names its top sport achievers |
| 2022-10-19 |
UFS names its top sport achievers |
| 2022-10-19 |
UFS Convocation reflects on past five years at AGM |
| 2022-10-19 |
UFS Convocation reflects on past five years at AGM |
| 2022-10-18 |
UFS staff member Nambitha Manqola scoops national Librarian award |
| 2022-10-18 |
UFS staff member Nambitha Manqola scoops national Librarian award |
| 2022-10-18 |
UFS Womxn’s Forum and KovsieAct join hands to Support the Jagersfontein Community |
| 2022-10-18 |
UFS Womxn’s Forum and KovsieAct join hands to Support the Jagersfontein Community |
| 2022-10-18 |
Register as a potential stem cell donor |
| 2022-10-18 |
Register as a potential stem cell donor |
| 2022-10-18 |
Participatory research illuminating complexities of poverty, the potential of youth fighting it |
| 2022-10-18 |
Participatory research illuminating complexities of poverty, the potential of youth fighting it |
| 2022-10-18 |
The ANC's elective conference – continued cycle of women's exclusion |
| 2022-10-18 |
The ANC's elective conference – continued cycle of women's exclusion |
| 2022-10-14 |
Students need a Sustainable Food System on Campus |
| 2022-10-14 |
Students need a Sustainable Food System on Campus |
| 2022-10-14 |
UFS Business School: The future of business is now |
| 2022-10-14 |
UFS Business School: The future of business is now |
| 2022-10-14 |
Invite: Tutu-Jonker Lecture, 'Faltering resilience – a nation in need of conciliation' |
| 2022-10-14 |
Invite: Tutu-Jonker Lecture, 'Faltering resilience – a nation in need of conciliation' |
| 2022-10-13 |
Invitation to apply for the Emerging Scholars Accelerator Programme |
| 2022-10-13 |
Invitation to apply for the Emerging Scholars Accelerator Programme |
| 2022-10-13 |
UFS biologists discover new tiny, white-thumbed bat species from Eswatini |
| 2022-10-13 |
UFS biologists discover new tiny, white-thumbed bat species from Eswatini |
| 2022-10-13 |
UFS among world’s best universities in Times Higher Education ranking |
| 2022-10-13 |
UFS among world’s best universities in Times Higher Education ranking |
| 2022-10-12 |
Global Citizen Webinar: A conversation with Judge Albie Sachs |
| 2022-10-12 |
Global Citizen Webinar: A conversation with Judge Albie Sachs |
| 2022-10-12 |
Advancing innovative, effective mathematics and science teaching |
| 2022-10-12 |
Advancing innovative, effective mathematics and science teaching |
| 2022-10-12 |
Great futures don’t fall from heaven – it has to be fought for |
| 2022-10-12 |
Great futures don’t fall from heaven – it has to be fought for |
| 2022-10-11 |
Qwaqwa research conference highlights value of research that is centred on humanity |
| 2022-10-11 |
Qwaqwa research conference highlights value of research that is centred on humanity |
| 2022-10-10 |
Plant-based medicine a possible cure for post-COVID-19 tuberculosis |
| 2022-10-10 |
Plant-based medicine a possible cure for post-COVID-19 tuberculosis |
| 2022-10-10 |
Making a difference with the No Student Hungry Programme |
| 2022-10-10 |
Making a difference with the No Student Hungry Programme |
| 2022-10-10 |
Raising hope and awareness for the homeless: the invisible who deserve to be seen |
| 2022-10-10 |
Raising hope and awareness for the homeless: the invisible who deserve to be seen |
| 2022-10-10 |
Annual conference enhances teaching and learning |
| 2022-10-10 |
Annual conference enhances teaching and learning |
| 2022-10-06 |
UFS students get to experience study abroad opportunities in Spain and Germany |
| 2022-10-06 |
UFS students get to experience study abroad opportunities in Spain and Germany |
| 2022-10-06 |
It’s a home semi-final for UFS netball team |
| 2022-10-06 |
It’s a home semi-final for UFS netball team |
| 2022-10-06 |
UFS counselling psychologist to lead mental health initiatives |
| 2022-10-06 |
UFS counselling psychologist to lead mental health initiatives |
| 2022-10-05 |
UFS preparing young people for the world of work |
| 2022-10-05 |
UFS preparing young people for the world of work |
| 2022-10-05 |
New advance medical imaging technology for the Department of Medical Physics |
| 2022-10-05 |
New advance medical imaging technology for the Department of Medical Physics |
| 2022-10-04 |
From kombucha to leather-like textile |
| 2022-10-04 |
From kombucha to leather-like textile |
| 2022-10-04 |
The arts coming together at the UFS |
| 2022-10-04 |
The arts coming together at the UFS |
| 2022-10-04 |
UFS scholar first to participate in the University of Michigan fellowship programme |
| 2022-10-04 |
UFS scholar first to participate in the University of Michigan fellowship programme |
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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Assistant Director: Media Liaison
Tel: 051 401 2584
Cell: 083 645 2454
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29 June 2009 |