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In 1946, UNISA was given a new role as a distance education university, and today it offers certificate, diploma and degree courses [7] up to doctoral level. In January 2004, UNISA merged with Technikon Southern Africa (Technikon SA, a polytechnic) and incorporated the distance education component of Vista University (VUDEC).
Location of South Africa. The following is a list of South African university chancellors and vice-chancellors. In most cases, the chancellor is a ceremonial head, while the vice-chancellor is chief academic officer and chief executive.
The UniSA Nelson Mandela Lecture series is an annual event presented by the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre. [162] Established in 2008 in honour of former South African president Nelson Mandela , who served as the Hawke Centre's inaugural international patron from 2001 to 2013, the address has been given almost every year since its ...
As of 2025, The Elders is chaired by Juan Manuel Santos, [5] and consists of twelve Elders and four Elders Emeritus. [6] [1].Mary Robinson served as chair from 2018 until 2024; Kofi Annan served as chair from 2013 until his death in 2018; Desmond Tutu served for six years as chair before stepping down in May 2013, and remained an Elder Emeritus until his death in 2021.
The 50th National Conference of the African National Congress (ANC) took place from 16 to 20 December 1997 at the University of the North West [1] in what was then called Mafikeng. Attended by 3,000 voting delegates, [2] the conference elected a successor to outgoing ANC President Nelson Mandela, who declined to stand for another term.
27 August 1928 – 9 September 2023: Leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party, never graduated but transferred to University of Natal. Leader of KwaZulu Bantustan in apartheid South Africa Leepile Moshweu Taunyane: 14 December 1928 – 30 October 2013: Life President of Premier Soccer League, President of the South African Professional Educators Union
The 2023 BRICS summit was the fifteenth annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. [2] [3] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa also invited the leaders of 67 countries to the summit. [4]
Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela's birthday. [1] The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, [2] with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010. However, other groups began celebrating Mandela Day ...