The men’s football team did exceptionally well this year winning five games and finishing top of their pool in the recent USSA national tournament but finally losing 1-0 to Mangosuthu University.
At the end of the tournament, the team took second place and the silver medal.
The team brought home the player of the tournament (Captain Jethro Setlholo) and team manager of the tournament (Tebogo Takane) accolades. The team also finished second in the Sol Plaatje Local Football league.
Professor Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu, Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences examines one of Africa’s most pressing challenges – youth unemployment – in his latest article, Training young people for jobs: insights from 9 African countries
Sol Plaatje University (SPU) hosted the launch of Professor Saleem Badat’s book, Roads to Rhodes University and Beyond: Adventures in Knowledge and Activism, on 6 July 2026. The event brought together staff, students, scholars and members of the public for a
In honour of Nelson Mandela Day 2026, Sol Plaatje University, through the Human Resources Department in collaboration with the Student Wellness Unit, visited the National Association of the Blind and the Women to Women Centre on Friday, 17 July 2026.