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HERE FOR SHE FOR THEM FOR WE In preparation for our annual Women’s Day newsletter, a THENSA staff member made a suggestion that gave us food for thought. Instead of only collecting remarks from the dynamic, brilliant and fearless women who are part of our network, she recommended that we include a few comments from…

Here is what you can look forward to: Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) is ready to bring to you the 9th edition of the Focus Conference on higher education (HE). The conference will be hosted on 17 to 19 August 2022 at Elangeni Hotel, Southern Sun,Durban, South Africa. The Organising Committee specifically coined the theme,…

THE VALUE OF LISTENING TO OUR YOUTH Celebrating Youth Day can be a bittersweet occasion in South Africa. While it is important to commemorate those who paved the way for our freedom, there remains much work to be done to ensure access to education is not a luxury reserved for the powerful and privileged. The…

THE RIGHT TO A DIGNIFIED WORKING LIFE The celebration of International Workers’ Day on May 1st proved to be a bittersweet one for South Africans. Despite our illustrious labour history and a constitution which guarantees the right to a dignified life for all, the majority of citizens in our country find themselves employed or underemployed,…

SUCCESS COMES TO THOSE WO WORK FOR IT The philosopher Henry David Thoreau once said that success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Had Thoreau not been born more than two centuries ago, you would not be wrong for thinking he was referring to the last month of…

“The jury has reached the verdict and it is damning. This report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change is a litany of broken climate promises – it is a file of shame cataloging the empty pledges that put us firmly on track towards an unlivable world.” Please view the full message here.

THE 2022 THENSA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WILL BRING TOGETHER EXPERTS FROM HIGHER EDUCATION, BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT TO DISCUSS 4IR-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS FOR OUR POST-PANDEMIC REALITY. SPECIAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM DR ONKGOPOTSE JJ TABANE. Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government, industry and universities rushed to cooperate to mitigate the impacts of the crisis. South African…

GETTING INTO THE SWING OF THINGS This month marks the start of two important events on the THENSA calendar. The first is the THENSA International Conference 2022, an event that has been two years in the making while the second is the HERESA Training Event which will see members gather together in-person for the first…

NEW YEAR RESOLVE: THE DESIRE TO DO BETTER The beginning of the year is usually a time when many of us will set New Year’s resolutions that we struggle to keep. Despite our best efforts, the hope and optimism of those early months tends to wear thin as we encounter setbacks and challenges that threaten…

This Friday will mark the final module of the Staff PhD Capacity Enhancement Programme. From 27th to 28th January, our candidates will present and defend their dissertations to a group of assessors, supervisors, peers and academic representatives from various Universities. As an initiative launched by the Technological Higher Education Network South Africa (THENSA) and the…