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“The arts play a vital role in holding a mirror up to society, and Dr Mazibuko Msimang has played a significant role in telling our uniquely South African stories,” says UP Vice-Chancellor and Principal Prof Tawana Kupe, who has initiated an Artist in Residency Fellowship Programme to be based at the #FutureAfrica Research Institute, #UniversityofPretoria. Dr Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang has been appointed as the inaugural fellow to conduct research, document, and publish a manuscript on the life of local musician and artist Dolly Rathebe, widely considered to be Africa’s first black female film star. Read more: https://bit.ly/3fn4xdy
Pretoria – Professor Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria (UP), has initiated an Artist in Residency Fellowship Programme to be based at the university's Future Africa Research Institute, with Dr Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang being appointed as the inaugural fellow...
Ndima is a biotechnology entrepreneur and founder of CapeBio Technologies. His primary role is to build the structures and networks that support the development of locally developed bio-solutions by ensuring researchers, developers and manufacturers have access to the relevant reagents, enzymes and assays. By developing local value chains, Ndima hopes to help make South Africa, and the continent, better able to deal with global challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Ndima points to global trade restrictions, and the limitations they placed on Africa’s ability to react appropriately to the pandemic, as indicative of the need to empower the local biochemical research, development and manufacturing industry. The #MG200Young website reports.
