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Sol Plaatje University is a public university located in Kimberley, South Africa. Established in 2014, it is the first and only university located in the Northern Cape province. Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje , 1876-1932, after whom the university is named: intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, writer
Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje Born (1876-10-09) 9 October 1876 Doornfontein near Boshof, Orange Free State Died 19 June 1932 (1932-06-19) (aged 55) Pimville, Soweto, Union of South Africa Resting place West End Cemetery, Kimberley Nationality South African Occupation(s) Writer and political figure Known for Founder member of the SANNC Spouse Elizabeth Lilith M'belle Children 6 Plaatje's voice ...
Two new universities launched in 2013, [3] Sol Plaatje University and the University of Mpumalanga. They are tentatively classified in the universities of technology category, pending clarification of their programs.
Sol Plaatjie University Central Campus part of which is still under construction. The Sol Plaatje University opened in Kimberley in 2014, accommodating a modest initial intake of 135 students. Announcing the name for the university, former President Jacob Zuma mentioned the development of academic niche areas that did not exist elsewhere, or ...
The following is a list of South African university chancellors and vice-chancellors. In most cases, the chancellor is a ceremonial head, while the vice-chancellor is chief academic officer and chief executive .
The interim Council Head is Dr. Ramaranka A Mogotlane, FRCPS(Glas), FRCS, previously Head of the Department of Anatomy at both the University of Natal and MEDUNSA. It is one of two new universities in South Africa, the other being Sol Plaatje University (previously provisionally known as the University of the Northern Cape) in Kimberley.
The building was being promoted as a tourist attraction by the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality in Kimberley's tourism website, Kimberley: the city that sparkles. [4] But heritage conservation issues mark its most recent history in a context of neglect and with construction work on an adjoining property encroaching towards and partially obscuring ...
Entrance at Sol Plaatje Museum. The Sol Plaatje Museum and Library is in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa, in a house where Solomon T. Plaatje lived during his last years at 32 Angel Street, Malay Camp. It was here that Plaatje wrote Mhudi. [citation needed] The Sol Plaatje Educational Trust was set up in 1991 to serve as a custodian for ...