With a staggered approach being implemented in terms of welcoming students back to universities, the 2021 year will probably be delayed. Read more
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All South African students and university staff will have to register to be screened and cleared for Covid-19 every day
Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande says that his department will use HealthCheck, a purpose-built coronavirus daily screening and monitoring tool, to allow students to return to campus safely. Read more
New lockdown rules for South African universities – here are the students allowed to return to class
The Department of Higher Education and Training has published a new directive outlining the students that will be allowed to return under South Africa’s coronavirus lockdown levels. Read more
South Africa’s new university has a name: Oliver Tambo University of Science and Technology
Gauteng premier David Makhura has unveiled the name of the new South African university planned for Ekurhuleni in east Johannesburg: Oliver Tambo University of Science and Technology. Read more
South Africa’s international internet connectivity fully restored
Openserve says that South Africa’s international internet connectivity has been fully restored having received confirmation, from aboard cable ship Leon Thevenin, that the portion of the SAT3/WASC repair offshore Congo has now been completed. Read more
Eduroam now available in CoCT libraries
During June the City of Cape Town and the Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (TENET) turned on the
This initiative means students and staff from any university which uses eduroam, including all four the public universities in the Western Cape (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Stellenbosch University, University of Cape Town and the University of the Western Cape), can now access their institution’s high-speed network from the City’s libraries and work there as though they were on their own campus.
“Throughout the developed world it is common to find eduroam on city wireless networks, in airports, and even on buses and trains,” says Guy Halse, Director, Trust and Identity at TENET. “Cape Town is the first city in South Africa – and to the best of our knowledge, in Africa – to roll out the service on such a wide scale.“
Says Duncan Greaves, TENET CEO: “Initiatives like this one are particularly important in South Africa where students who are least able to afford internet access are often the furthest away from our universities. These students enjoy world-class access when on campus but may be unable to read email or access learning resources while at home.”
Bringing eduroam coverage into public spaces in suburbs like Khayelitsha and Gugulethu provides another way for students living in those areas to access online learning material without travelling to campus or paying high data costs. A City librarian in Southfield remarked “we are quite excited about this development at the library as it will increase foot traffic.”
Greaves says while Cape Town is the first South African city to take this initiative, TENET hopes that other cities will soon follow suit. eduroam is available at 30 universities and research institutes in South Africa and at universities in over 101 countries worldwide.
See eduroam South Africa’s interactive map to find the eduroam-connected library closest to you.