Banana wine wins its maker the top Social Impact prize at Intervarsity finals
When Anga Mzozo, co-founder of winning business AL Winery in the Existing Business: Social Impact category said Bye Nana at the end of her pitch at the 6th EDHE Entrepreneurship Intervarsity 2024...
View ArticleGreatfuel produces biodiesel from cooking oil
“Can you drive Africa? Well, I can.” So began Hope Mapheto, founder of Greatfuel, her business which was established in 2021 and produces biodiesel from cooking oil. Her desire is to see her...
View ArticleHelping a sister study leads innovator to a prize winning tutoring and...
Bridget’s Learning Hub, an e-learning hub that provides tutoring and mentoring services to primary and high school students all across South Africa, won its 24-year-old founder the 1st Runner-up prize...
View ArticleHelping a sister study leads innovator to a prize winning tutoring and...
Bridget’s Learning Hub, an e-learning hub that provides tutoring and mentoring services to primary and high school students all across South Africa, won its 24-year-old founder the 1st Runner-up prize...
View ArticleDisability solution seeking turns into an award-winning business for a...
Nothile Ngema turned her dyslexia and slow speech into a winning business, e-Aggrandizer, that won her the Existing Business: Tech category prize and R20 000. The final year medical student at the...
View ArticleIntervarsity 2023 winner pledges to give back to the EDHE programme that...
There was thunderous applause when a young student farmer from rural Eastern Cape and Studentpreneur of 2023, committed at the EDHE Entrepreneurship Intervarsity finals on 22 November, to give back to...
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Two new office bearers elected to lead Universities South Africa’s TLM CoP...
At its last sitting for 2025, on 13 November, the Community of Practice for the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics (TLM CoP) elected a new Chairperson and Deputy to succeed Professor Pragashni...
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Goodbyes in the TLM CoP as two office bearers vacate their seats for new...
The extensive achievements of Universities South Africa’s (USAf) Teaching and Learning of Mathematics Community of Practice (TLM CoP) were named, and applauded, at the group’s last meeting of 2024 on...
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Using Digital Art to teach Mathematics: a practical, fun, innovative way of...
A novel initiative to empower township learners with algorithmic thinking and digital art – even traditional African fabric shweshwe is being used as a teaching tool – was presented amid delegates’...
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New fee capping framework sparks debate over higher education sustainability
A newly proposed Draft Fee Regulation Framework for South African universities, released on 1 November 2024, by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) has sparked a debate over its...
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Teacher training programmes must respond to South Africa’s national priorities
The quality of South Africa’s teacher training programmes came under scrutiny during a high-level discussion convened by the national Department of Basic Education with education deans from South...
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USAf and THENSA sign a formal agreement to collaborate for the common good of...
On Tuesday, 28 January 2025, Universities South Africa (USAf) and Technological Higher Education Network South Africa (THENSA) signed a collaborative agreement that the chief executive officers (CEOs)...
View ArticleUniversity of the Free State, in Collaboration with Universities South Africa
A recent outcome of this focus area is the South African Universities – Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals report, based on a USAf-commissioned study in 2023. Read more The post University of...
View ArticleUSAf looks to research partners in the US to lobby aggressively against the...
The Board of Directors of Universities South Africa (USAf) is dismayed by the US federal government’s recent decision to freeze international aid in the quest to stay true to President Donald Trump’s...
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Executive Secretaries’ annual workshop 2024 tackles leadership and...
The annual workshop 2024 for Personal Assistants (PAs) and Executive Secretaries in the Vice-Chancellors’ Office was hosted on 5-6 December 2024 at the Protea Hotel in Bloemfontein, in the Free State....
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Advancing student affairs to transform higher education in South Africa
What is relevant, effective and impactful Student Affairs, Student Support and Development for holistic student success, and how does it look like across South Africa’s varied university landscape?...
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Collaboration between academic and support staff is key to student success
South Africa’s higher education institutions are unique; they exist within varied financial, socio-economic and historic contexts. However, within this diverse landscape, there needs to be cohesion,...
View ArticleUSAf Environmental Scan for 4IR Training and the World of Work (2024)
This Report, of the World of Work Strategy Group (WSG) of Universities South Africa (USAf), presents findings of a preliminary environmental scan of South African public higher education institutions....
View ArticleUSAf urges students to prioritise constructive dialogue over protests, for...
The Board of Directors of Universities South Africa (USAf) has observed with regret, the incidents of protests and unrest at several campuses, as students demand to be allowed to register for the 2025...
View ArticleCommunities of Practice for Child Wellbeing
Submitting UniversityUniversity of Johannesburg Summary of the impact: The Communities of Practice for Child Wellbeing (CoP) project tested a collaborative, evidence-based approach to improve child...
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