A South African writer whose work travelled beyond the country's borders, yet whose name remains unfamiliar to many at home, is at the centre of a new book by Nelson Mandela University historian Dr Vusumuzi Kumalo and Professor Benjamin Lawrance of the University of Arizona.
Reasons to be Proud - #R2bP: Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours student Charné Mungur from Nelson Mandela University has won a Merit Award in the 2026 Sasol New Signatures Visual Arts Competition.
Reasons to be Proud - #R2bP: Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola’s South African Research Chair Initiative (SARChI) Chair in African Feminist Imagination at Nelson Mandela University has been renewed and upgraded from Tier 2, to Tier 1, which substantially extends the Chair’s duration and future.
The Hollywood Reporter, America’s entertainment bible, kickstarted the build-up to the 2027 Academy Awards with an article on 2 September predicting the winners of the Oscars.