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Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian politician, received a Doctor of Literature and Philosophy (D.Litt. et Phil.) in African Languages in 2007; Walter Battiss, South African abstract painter, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1942 Honorary and an honorary Doctor of Literature and Philosophy (D.Litt. et Phil. Honoris Causa) in 1973
The University of South Africa (UNISA) [a] is the largest university system in South Africa by enrollment. It attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa . Through various colleges and affiliates, UNISA has over 400,000 students, including international students from 130 countries worldwide, making it one of the world's ...
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 ...
Lauren Beukes, international best-selling author of The Shining Girls, winner of Arthur C. Clarke Award; J. M. Coetzee, Professor Emeritus, Literature, 2003; Jean Comaroff, professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago
[98] [99] [100] In 2015, amid an American investigation into corruption at FIFA, soccer administrator Chuck Blazer testified that, between 2004 and 2011, he and other FIFA executives had received bribes in connection with South Africa's bid. [101] Mbeki denied any knowledge of the bribes. [102] [103]
The UAB Blazers football team, representing the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has had 14 American football players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the university began its football program in 1991. [1] This includes two players taken in the first round, of which the highest pick was Bryan Thomas at 22nd overall in 2002.
William Frederick Nkomo was born in Makapanstad, Transvaal in 1915. He was the son of a Methodist Minister, Reverend Abraham Nkomo. Nkomo attended primary school in Mahikeng and Klerksdorp, studied for his secondary education at St Peter's School in Rosettenville and matriculated at Healdtown Institute in the Eastern Cape.
Academic dress of King's College London in different colours, designed and presented by fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Academic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, mainly tertiary (and sometimes secondary) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained a university degree (or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assume them (e.g., undergraduate ...