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Professor Dipane Hlalele again among South Africa’s top education scientists
Professor Dipane Hlalele, Dean of the Faculty of Education at Sol Plaatje University (SPU), has again been ranked among the Top 100 education scientists in South Africa in the AD Scientific Index 2026, released on 22 July 2026. It is Read More ...Read More »
SPU invests in teaching quality through a new five-month academic induction programme
The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Programme Development (CTLPD) at Sol Plaatje University (SPU) has introduced an enhanced academic induction programme for newly appointed academics, moving from a short workshop to a structured five-month period of orientation and professional development, Read More ...Read More »
Galeshewe marched too: Fifty years on, SPU asks what the Class of ’76 really won
According to the historical record, in September 1976, three months after Soweto rose, more than five hundred schoolchildren from St Boniface, Tshireleco and Barkley Road High marched on the Transvaal Road police station, and for three days police answered them Read More ...Read More »
How do neurodiverse children growing up in rural communities move beyond a label towards learning, opportunity and belonging?
This is the question Sol Plaatje University (SPU) will place at the centre of a new research agenda on Friday, 31 July 2026. At 16:00, the University will host the Inaugural Lecture and Launch of the DSTI-NRF South African Research Read More ...Read More »
Training young people for jobs: insights from 9 African countries on what’s missing
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 Read More ...Read More »
SPU hosts launch of Professor Saleem Badat’s book on knowledge, activism and transformation
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 Read More ...Read More »
Honouring Mandela Day through service and dignity
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. Read More ...Read More »
Teaching in a digital age: SPU hosts its first Digital Learning & Innovation Day
Sol Plaatje University (SPU) hosted its inaugural Digital Learning & Innovation Day on Friday, 10 July 2026, bringing academic staff together to reflect on innovation, digital pedagogy and the future of teaching and learning at the University. Hosted by the Read More ...Read More »