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14 May 2019 | Story Thabo Kessah | Photo Sonia Small
Dr Musawenkosi Saurombe
Dr Musawenkosi Saurombe.
The University of the Free State’s 2019 graduation season is continuing this week when over 800 degrees, diplomas, and certificates will be conferred during the Qwaqwa Campus graduation ceremonies on 17 and 18 May 2019.

All degrees in the Faculties of the Humanities, and Natural and Agricultural Sciences will be conferred on Friday. On Saturday, it will be the turn of the Faculties of Economic and Management Sciences, and Education.

Among the degrees to be conferred will be four PhDs and nine master’s degrees in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, and one PhD and three master’s in the Faculty of Education. The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences will also confer its very first PhD to the Assistant Dean, Dr Calvin Mudzingiri.

Three members of the current Student Representative Council (SRC) and six from the 2017-2018 group will be graduating.

Dr Musawenkosi Saurombe, Africa’s youngest PhD graduate, will address graduands on both days.


WATCH: 17 May 2019 Graduation Ceremony
10:00 Faculties of the Humanities and Natural and Agricultural Sciences 
All qualifications
Graduation Programme

18 May 2019
10:00 Faculties of Economic and Management Sciences and Education
All qualifications
Graduation Programme


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Dr Choice Makhetha appointed to the board of the National Institute for Higher Education in the Northern Cape
2012-03-28

 

Dr Choice Makhetha
28 March 2012

The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande, has appointed Dr Choice Makhetha, Vice Rector: External Relations, as a board member of the National Institute for Higher Education (NIHE) in the Northern Cape. Dr Makhetha will serve a period of four years on the newly appointed board. The board‘s role is to coordinate higher education in the province.

“The appointment is an exciting and challenging opportunity to serve the country and represent the University of the Free State at this level,” said Dr Makhetha. The NIHE board will be tasked with the establishment of a new university in the Northern Cape.
Dr Makhetha, who was only recently appointed Vice-Rector: External Relations, said the appointment shows that the Department of Higher Education and Training has confidence that she could perform at this level and deliver on the huge task at hand.

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