After a hitman tried to assassinate the vice-chancellor of Fort Hare University but ended up gunning down the academic’s bodyguard, in January 2023, South Africa’s police abducted and tortured a union ...

The University of Johannesburg has been ranked as sub-Saharan Africa’s best university, beating two historic rivals — the University of Pretoria and the University of the Witwatersrand — to the top ...

Northwestern University offers its students and faculty highly innovative educational and research opportunities in South Africa. Our programs in South Africa serve our university community at all ...

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Stellenbosch University (Afrikaans: Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is jointly ...

Wits University and Sappi Southern Africa have renewed their research partnership to increase forestry resilience to climate ...

Participating universities include the University of Johannesburg, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), University of the Free State (UFS), and University of ...

In a historic advancement for higher education in South Africa, private universities can now officially adopt the title of "university" following the recent gazetting of the Policy for the Recognition ...

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