{"id":81609,"date":"2025-10-07T08:41:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T06:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/?p=81609"},"modified":"2025-10-07T08:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T06:49:58","slug":"the-legacy-lives-through-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The legacy lives through us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"81609\" class=\"elementor elementor-81609\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53a194b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"53a194b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5566a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5566a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\">Sol Plaatje University<\/a>, the life and legacy of our namesake is not confined to history books. It lives through the spirit, purpose, and people of our institution. Each year, the Annual Sol Plaatje Lecture reminds us that we are the living continuation of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje\u2019s vision for education, justice and social progress.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year\u2019s lecture holds special significance. As we commemorate Plaatje\u2019s enduring influence, we are also privileged to have our Chancellor, Justice Steven Majiedt, deliver the lecture titled <em>\u201cLessons learnt during my career as a judge from the life and legacy of the venerable Sol Plaatje.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Justice Majiedt, who has served two terms as Chancellor, stands as both a custodian and embodiment of the values Plaatje championed &#8211; intellect grounded in humility, leadership rooted in justice and service guided by humanity. His address will reflect not only his distinguished judicial journey but also the profound ways in which Plaatje\u2019s ideals continue to shape thought, character and conscience at SPU.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lecture forms part of the Sol Plaatje Memorial Weekend, a time when our University pauses to reflect, celebrate and reaffirm its identity as a living testimony to the legacy of a man whose words, courage and intellect changed a nation.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Join us for an evening of reflection and inspiration as we honour both the visionary who gave us our name and the leader who has carried that vision forward with integrity.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Date: Friday, 10 October 2025<br \/>Time: 16:30 \u2013 18:30<br \/>Venue: Library Auditorium, Sol Plaatje University<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Sol Plaatje University, the life and legacy of our namesake is not confined to history books. It lives through the spirit, purpose, and people of our institution. Each year, the Annual Sol Plaatje Lecture reminds us that we are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":81614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"coauthors":[241],"class_list":["post-81609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The legacy lives through us - Sol Plaatje University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At Sol Plaatje University, the life and legacy of our namesake is not confined to history books. It lives through the spirit, purpose, and...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The legacy lives through us - Sol Plaatje University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At Sol Plaatje University, the life and legacy of our namesake is not confined to history books. It lives through the spirit, purpose, and...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sol Plaatje University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/solplaatjeuniv\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-07T06:41:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-07T06:49:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-SPU-Annual-Lecture-Poster.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Persome Oliphant\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solplaatje\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solplaatje\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Persome Oliphant\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/index.php\\\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/index.php\\\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Persome Oliphant\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d9a4b7bb2e8d84b944918998a26835ec\"},\"headline\":\"The legacy lives through us\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-07T06:41:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-07T06:49:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/index.php\\\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/index.php\\\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/2025-SPU-Annual-Lecture-Poster.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Events\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/index.php\\\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/index.php\\\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/index.php\\\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\\\/\",\"name\":\"The legacy lives through us - Sol Plaatje University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/index.php\\\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/index.php\\\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/2025-SPU-Annual-Lecture-Poster.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-07T06:41:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-07T06:49:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d9a4b7bb2e8d84b944918998a26835ec\"},\"description\":\"At Sol Plaatje University, the life and legacy of our namesake is not confined to history books. It lives through the spirit, purpose, and...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/index.php\\\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/index.php\\\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/index.php\\\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/2025-SPU-Annual-Lecture-Poster.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/2025-SPU-Annual-Lecture-Poster.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/index.php\\\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The legacy lives through us\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sol Plaatje University\",\"description\":\"Light from Africa\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spu.ac.za\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d9a4b7bb2e8d84b944918998a26835ec\",\"name\":\"Persome Oliphant\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/185c0708ce2998d48df3c05e60c44f60923fde1a97f53b2b855a7fe4431df1df?s=96&d=mm&r=g1a3cbdf40fdf89cad0d8719a2ecca8ef\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/185c0708ce2998d48df3c05e60c44f60923fde1a97f53b2b855a7fe4431df1df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/185c0708ce2998d48df3c05e60c44f60923fde1a97f53b2b855a7fe4431df1df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Persome Oliphant\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The legacy lives through us - Sol Plaatje University","description":"At Sol Plaatje University, the life and legacy of our namesake is not confined to history books. It lives through the spirit, purpose, and...","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The legacy lives through us - Sol Plaatje University","og_description":"At Sol Plaatje University, the life and legacy of our namesake is not confined to history books. It lives through the spirit, purpose, and...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/","og_site_name":"Sol Plaatje University","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/solplaatjeuniv","article_published_time":"2025-10-07T06:41:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-07T06:49:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-SPU-Annual-Lecture-Poster.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Persome Oliphant","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@solplaatje","twitter_site":"@solplaatje","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Persome Oliphant","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/"},"author":{"name":"Persome Oliphant","@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/#\/schema\/person\/d9a4b7bb2e8d84b944918998a26835ec"},"headline":"The legacy lives through us","datePublished":"2025-10-07T06:41:03+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-07T06:49:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/"},"wordCount":253,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-SPU-Annual-Lecture-Poster.jpg","articleSection":["Events","News"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/","url":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/","name":"The legacy lives through us - Sol Plaatje University","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-SPU-Annual-Lecture-Poster.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-07T06:41:03+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-07T06:49:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/#\/schema\/person\/d9a4b7bb2e8d84b944918998a26835ec"},"description":"At Sol Plaatje University, the life and legacy of our namesake is not confined to history books. It lives through the spirit, purpose, and...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-SPU-Annual-Lecture-Poster.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-SPU-Annual-Lecture-Poster.jpg","width":1280,"height":1280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-legacy-lives-through-us\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The legacy lives through us"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/","name":"Sol Plaatje University","description":"Light from Africa","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/#\/schema\/person\/d9a4b7bb2e8d84b944918998a26835ec","name":"Persome Oliphant","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/185c0708ce2998d48df3c05e60c44f60923fde1a97f53b2b855a7fe4431df1df?s=96&d=mm&r=g1a3cbdf40fdf89cad0d8719a2ecca8ef","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/185c0708ce2998d48df3c05e60c44f60923fde1a97f53b2b855a7fe4431df1df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/185c0708ce2998d48df3c05e60c44f60923fde1a97f53b2b855a7fe4431df1df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Persome Oliphant"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81609"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81622,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81609\/revisions\/81622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81609"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=81609"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=81609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}