Earlier in December 2018, the National Research Foundation announced that it had awarded four grants to SPU academics.
This was made up of one new grant which was was awarded to NAS’ Dr Kamila Sekonya.
The remaining two grants made to NAS’ Dr Jeremia Sefadi and Ayanda Zungu are continuations of current grants.
All NAS grants were made to academics in the Department of Physical Sciences.
The last grant was made to the NRF Y2 rated researcher Dr Nhlanhla Mpofu and is another existing grant.
A Mozilla-funded project in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology is teaching first-year ICT students to weigh the social consequences of the technology they build, starting in their first year rather than their last. Forty-four first-year ICT students
The Faculty of Education will host the Second African Languages Symposium on 25 September 2026 under the theme, “African Languages and Cultural Heritage: Voices, Knowledge, and Shared Futures.” The symposium will bring together academics, researchers, educators, language practitioners, students, policymakers
Sol Plaatje University (SPU) marked International Literacy Day on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, through the Vice-Chancellor’s Reading for Life Initiative, Readers Become Leaders: Promoting Literacy for Academic and Personal Success. Held in the Library Auditorium at Central Campus, the event