To The Point with Professor Saleem Badat, Vice-Chancellor

Q: What have you achieved at Rhodes so far that affects the students?
A: Since I’ve started I’ve had to finalise the terms of reference for the appointment of the new dean of students. I was very happy that the way it had been refashioned was to focus on the development of students outside of teaching and research.

The Native Club controversy

By Hlawulani Mkhabela

The controversial Native Club, chaired by the president’s own advisor, Titus Mofolo, is an attempt to address the problem of black identity. Based in the African Institute of South Africa, the exclusive alliance is an effort to encourage dialogue within the black intelligentsia and nurture a distinctly African image in academia and social debate.

The Internet in your pocket

Vincent Maher, director of the New Media lab in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University, predicts how new media will shape our lives in the future.

Sasco youth speak

By Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi

The Rhodes University branch of the South African Students’ Congress (Sasco) held its yearly youth week from August 7–11. This year’s Youth Week was aimed at commemorating the 30th anniversary of the 1976 student uprising and the women’s anti-pass march 50 years ago.

The women-in-media recipe

by Bianca Silva

Fifty years after 20 000 women voiced their protests against the extension of pass laws to black women, Jane Duncan of the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) addressed a packed Rhodes University lecture theatre on the issue of women’s equality in the media. Current studies conducted by Genderlinks, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) and The South African National Editor’s Forum (Sanef) report a hostile environment in newsrooms for women as well as under-representation of women in the media.

Oatlands Road carnage

By Ciro De Siena, Picture by Joni Els, Graphic by Gregor Rohrig

Oatlands Road was the scene of a four-car accident on Wednesday night, August 16 when a double-cab bakkie careered into three parked cars, all belonging to Rhodes students, at approximately 10:30pm. The cars were parked in a line along the left-hand side of the road, outside a student digs, just a few metres apart from each other.

To the point with Peter Magubane

One of South Africa’s greatest photographers speaks to Peter Barlow

Peter Magubane has been taking photographs for the better part of a half-century. Through his photography he has documented many of South Africa’s darkest moments, such as the Sharpeville massacre in 1960 and the Soweto uprising in 1976.

G-town to be hit by jazzy Sowetan sound

By Katlego Disemelo

What do you think of when you hear the word Dikwa? Do you think of a strange, endangered animal on the brink of extinction? Or do you think of a ghost town outside Bronkhorstspruit?

Swapping aid for oil

By Paula Gilbert, Syanda Ngcobo and Kirsten Mawdsley

The discovery of oil reserves in many West African countries in recent years has provided opportunities for African development.

New set of stars ready to shine

By Arthur Chatora

The Rhodes University Basketball Club has added a new dimension to its women’s team by incorporating players from the local township into the side.

RU Music Radio’s R500 000 nip and tuck

By Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi

Rhodes Music Radio’s con-stant efforts to deliver a bet-ter, more professional service have taken the form of significant structural changes to its studios and a complete replacement of its out-dated equipment.

World-class expansion planned for Rhodes library

By Ashleigh James and Lungisa Charles Seplani

Rhodes’ main library, situated in the heart of campus, has recently begun a major expan-sion project that will continue for approximately two years.

Editorial 05.05.2006

By Peter Barlow

There can be little doubt that the position of dean of students is crucial to the running of any uni-versity.