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2022-07-29 |
Ugandan scientists visit UFS traditional medicine expert for benchmarking |
2022-07-29 |
Ugandan scientists visit UFS traditional medicine expert for benchmarking |
2022-06-28 |
Prof Francis Petersen shares insights about his term in conversation with Leanne Manas |
2022-06-28 |
Prof Francis Petersen shares insights about his term in conversation with Leanne Manas |
2022-07-27 |
Three ISG fellows to publish African history books through international grant |
2022-07-27 |
Three ISG fellows to publish African history books through international grant |
2022-07-27 |
Pregnancy and breast-feeding an indication for vaccination |
2022-07-27 |
Pregnancy and breast-feeding an indication for vaccination |
2022-07-26 |
UFS contingent flying national flag at Commonwealth Games |
2022-07-26 |
UFS contingent flying national flag at Commonwealth Games |
2022-07-26 |
International exchange students back on our campus |
2022-07-26 |
International exchange students back on our campus |
2022-07-25 |
ASK – A StrangerKind – coming to the UFS |
2022-07-25 |
ASK – A StrangerKind – coming to the UFS |
2022-07-21 |
USDP candidate creating ear, nose, and throat knowledge relevant to the SA setting |
2022-07-21 |
USDP candidate creating ear, nose, and throat knowledge relevant to the SA setting |
2022-07-21 |
University Staff Doctoral Programme – exploiting potential |
2022-07-21 |
University Staff Doctoral Programme – exploiting potential |
2022-07-20 |
Founder of Next Chapter honoured for advocacy work |
2022-07-20 |
Founder of Next Chapter honoured for advocacy work |
2022-07-20 |
UFS forms partnership with ZZ2, well-known South African farming and fresh produce company |
2022-07-20 |
UFS forms partnership with ZZ2, well-known South African farming and fresh produce company |
2022-07-20 |
UFS Job Shadows in Germany |
2022-07-20 |
UFS Job Shadows in Germany |
2022-07-20 |
A collaboration of game changers for women and youth by women |
2022-07-20 |
A collaboration of game changers for women and youth by women |
2022-07-19 |
Mandela Month: We need collaboration in all sectors to create real social impact |
2022-07-19 |
Mandela Month: We need collaboration in all sectors to create real social impact |
2022-07-18 |
UFS artists’ work on exhibition at world-famous NIROX Sculpture Park |
2022-07-18 |
UFS artists’ work on exhibition at world-famous NIROX Sculpture Park |
2022-07-15 |
UFS Lifts its COVID-19 Regulations and Required Vaccination Policy with immediate effect |
2022-07-15 |
UFS Lifts its COVID-19 Regulations and Required Vaccination Policy with immediate effect |
2022-07-05 |
Winter Warmer Indoor Picnic Concert |
2022-07-05 |
Winter Warmer Indoor Picnic Concert |
2022-07-11 |
UFS Rector and Vice-Chancellor meets Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber |
2022-07-11 |
UFS Rector and Vice-Chancellor meets Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber |
2022-07-11 |
Cyanotic Heart Disease research can help restructure health care, do better planning |
2022-07-11 |
Cyanotic Heart Disease research can help restructure health care, do better planning |
2022-07-11 |
UFS busy with exciting research into flavours and fragrances |
2022-07-11 |
UFS busy with exciting research into flavours and fragrances |
2022-05-11 |
More cities may follow Gqeberha in running out of water |
2022-05-11 |
More cities may follow Gqeberha in running out of water |
2022-07-11 |
‘It takes a good child to be raised by a village,’ says Dr Maramura |
2022-07-11 |
‘It takes a good child to be raised by a village,’ says Dr Maramura |
2022-07-11 |
Use social media responsibly, advises Deputy Minister John Jeffery |
2022-07-11 |
Use social media responsibly, advises Deputy Minister John Jeffery |
2022-07-11 |
Gift of the Givers donates food packs to the UFS |
2022-07-11 |
Gift of the Givers donates food packs to the UFS |
2022-07-08 |
Vrystaat Arts Festival |
2022-07-08 |
Vrystaat Arts Festival |
2022-07-05 |
From Cathedral Peak to your tap: the role of mountains in providing water |
2022-07-05 |
From Cathedral Peak to your tap: the role of mountains in providing water |
2022-07-05 |
UFS and police services strengthen partnership for crime prevention |
2022-07-05 |
UFS and police services strengthen partnership for crime prevention |
2022-07-04 |
Leanne Manas in Conversation with Prof Francis Petersen |
2022-07-04 |
Leanne Manas in Conversation with Prof Francis Petersen |
2022-07-04 |
The thin line between tradition and christianity as religions |
2022-07-04 |
The thin line between tradition and christianity as religions |
2022-07-01 |
The University of the Free State Launches an African Languages Press |
2022-07-01 |
The University of the Free State Launches an African Languages Press |
2022-07-01 |
UFS alumna and Council member honoured by the American Bar Association |
2022-07-01 |
UFS alumna and Council member honoured by the American Bar Association |
2022-07-01 |
WHO Africa Mission: UFS has facilities for multidisciplinary research |
2022-07-01 |
WHO Africa Mission: UFS has facilities for multidisciplinary research |
2022-07-01 |
UFS to Prepare Students for Employment |
2022-07-01 |
UFS to Prepare Students for Employment |
2022-07-01 |
Change makers and game changers: are our glasses half full, or half empty? |
2022-07-01 |
Change makers and game changers: are our glasses half full, or half empty? |
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.
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29 June 2009 |