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Unable to find work after graduating in 2017, University of Mpumalanga (UMP) alumnus, Mawethu Magagula, found a small piece of land and used her learning to start growing vegetable crops, and is today able to support herself and other vendors who she supplies with fresh produce.

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University of Mpumalanga (UMP) Bachelor of Education in Foundation Phase lecturer of educational psychology, Dr Linet Imbosa Muhati-Nyakundi, is a highly qualified and experienced academic with a demonstrated history of working in the higher learning industry.

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The University of Mpumalanga (UMP), in partnership with Juta & Company, recently launched the book: Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the 21st Century: Recognising and Harnessing Their Worth, edited by Dr Mokong Mapadimeng, an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences.

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The Hunter-Gatherer Archaeological Project (HARP), led by Dr Tim Forssman from the University of Mpumalanga, hosted a research colloquium while conducting fieldwork in July 2022. The colloquium’s purpose was in part to provide an update of the work completed thus far but to also celebrate archaeological heritage in the Mapungubwe region.

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The University of Mpumalanga (UMP) has appointed Dr Makgalake Pabalelo Radingoana, an academic with a strong teaching and research background. She joins the institution as a lecturer in Water Management in the School of Agricultural Sciences.

8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM

Water Management lecturer at the University of Mpumalanga (UMP), Dr Tatenda Dalu was nominated for the 2021/2022 National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF-South32), which has recognized him for his outstanding contribution to science, engineering, technology (SET) and innovation in South Africa.

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ENACTUS, the pride and joy of the University of Mpumalanga (UMP), took second place after competing at the Enactus South Africa National Competition 2022, where they were neck and neck with Central University of Technology, during a ceremony recently held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Gauteng.

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The social construct of curriculum decolonisation took centre stage in the times of the student movement Fees Must Fall. Many debates amongst students and lecturers took place within this period illuminating problems that were resultant from a modernist and colonial curricular.

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The University of Mpumalanga (UMP) volleyball teams recently participated in a tournament hosted by the University of Cape Town (UCT), where they made a good impression and lived up to the institution’s value of excellence.

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University of Mpumalanga (UMP) Bachelor of Arts General student, Precious Mamogobo will later this year jet off to the United Kingdom (UK) on a three-week educational tour, after receiving the Abe Bailey Travel Bursary in June this year.

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Committed to providing an environment that allows students to have a vibrant student life through sporting and recreational activities, the University of Mpumalanga (UMP) launched the Indigenous Games on 22 July at the Mbombela campus.

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University of Mpumalanga (UMP) alumnus, Natasha Zulu, is on top of the world as her Honours final-year research paper was published in the UK and used by Routledge and Francis publishers. The research is published for people with an interest in exploring South Africa as a marketplace for meat analogues, and to introduce current information into the academic sphere.

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Four University of Mpumalanga (UMP) staff members from the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences spent three weeks at the Harper Adams University (HAU) in the UK, where they participated in the Erasmus+ Staff Mobility and Training Programme, a European Union-funded initiative designed to support training periods for staff working in higher education institutions.

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The University of Mpumalanga (UMP) Siyabuswa and Mbombela campuses spent 67 minutes on Mandela Day by visiting centres for vulnerable children, planting vegetables at old age homes, and donating food and blankets to local communities in and around Mpumalanga Province.

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The University of Mpumalanga (UMP) recently hosted Sanlam as part of ongoing stakeholder engagements the institution has with its partners. Held at the Mbombela campus, the event was aimed at enhancing and strengthening the partnership between the two parties.

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The University of Mpumalanga (UMP) is grooming future entrepreneurs through the Student Entrepreneurs Society, which is based at the Siyabuswa campus. One young aspiring businesswoman is Thandeka Mahlangu, who started a dessert business, Ndeka’s Desserts in 2018, while still in matric.

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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Master of Science student, Christoph Henger, is an aspiring teacher who is currently studying Bachelor of Development Studies and Organisational Behaviour, and doing part of his research at the University of Mpumalanga (UMP).

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The University of Mpumalanga (UMP), through its partnerships with external stakeholders and a viable student graduate programme, has made it possible for 189 students to be placed in internships.

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National Environment Month is celebrated in June, with government and industry leaders driving the way to raise awareness on environmental issues and challenges. In South Africa, there are three main environmental issues: pollution, lack of energy, and deforestation.

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This year marks 46 years since the Soweto uprising, which saw young people take to the streets. On 16 June the country reflects on the massacre of school children during the Soweto Uprising of 1976. Today, almost five decades later, the youth face challenges of unemployment, inequality, and substance abuse, among other things.

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