
WSU ACADEMIC SOWING SEEDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE YOUTH'S FUTURE
Dr Paul Nkemngu Acha-Anyi from the faculty of Business Sciences is one of Walter Sisulu University's academics with highly decorated academic profiles. Acha-Anyi’s career as a lecturer...

MTHATHA WELLNESS CLUSTER RAISES SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS
Walter Sisulu University Mthatha Campus Wellness Cluster hosted a Sexual Assault Awareness campaign at the Zamukulungisa Site. The campaign was attended by students and guests from the Department...

WSU CFERI PARTNERS WITH AGRISETA TO EMPOWER UNEMPLOYED YOUTH IN AGRICULTURAL SKILLS
The Walter Sisulu Center of Entrepreneurship and Rapid incubator (CfERI) has collaborated with the Agricultural Sector Education and Training Authority (AgriSeta) learnership programme which...

PR GRADUATE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
A public relations management BTech graduate from the university’s Buffalo City Campus has made exceptional gains in the business of manufacturing of furniture thanks to her keen eye for...

WSU TEAM TO REPRESENT THE EASTERN CAPE IN NATIONAL ENACTUS COMPETITION
The WSU Enactus Team, along with Nelson Mandela University, will be representing the Eastern Cape province in the Enactus South Africa National Competition in July 2022. Following their...

WSU STUDENT REPRESENTS EC IN USA
Walter Sisulu University student from the Faculty of Educational Sciences has been selected to go represent the Eastern Cape Province in Sports coaching in the United States of America. Mawande...

WSU CHANGEMAKER APPOINTED VICE-CHAIR OF THE AFRICA LEADERSHIP TRANSFORMATION FOUNDATION
Walter Sisulu University's Manager for Internationalisation Valile Dwayi has been appointed as the Vice Chairman of the International Board of Directors, Africa Leadership Transformation Foundation...

WSU ICT STUDENTS’ INVENTION GETS THE NOD AT ELIDZ HACKATHON COMPETITION
An invention by five WSU students from the Department of Information Technology Systems in the Komani Campus came in second place at the recent East London Development Zone ICT Hackathon...

WSU CONSORTS WITH TOP UNIVERSITIES TO ENHANCE GRADUATE EMPLOYABILITY
WSU's Faculty of Engineering, Science, and Technology (FSET), together with the Community Engagement and Internationalisation Directorate (CEID), has sought to strengthen graduate employability...

WSU LAW GRADUATES ELECTED INTO PRESTIGIOUS CONTINENTAL BODY
A couple of high-flying legal eagles who graduated from WSU’s law programme are primed to showcase their legal prowess and astuteness on the continental stage following their election into the...

STATEMENT OF WSU COUNCIL FOLLOWING THE MEETING OF 8 APRIL 2022
The Walter Sisulu University Council met on 8 April 2022. Among the items for discussion was the accreditation status of programmes offered by the University in light of recent...

WSU BECOMES SIGNATORY OF THE BERLIN DECLARATION TO OPEN ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE
Walter Sisulu University has been instated as a signatory of the Berlin Declaration to Open Access to Knowledge, an international platform which grants free and online access to academic...

VC ADDRESSES THE UNIVERSITY WITH REGARDS TO RATIONALISATION AND CONSOLIDATION
Major changes are on the horizon for WSU as its now 12 faculties are set to decrease to seven as envisaged within the institution’s rationalisation and consolidation (R & C) project after its...

WSU DEFENDS THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE
The Council on Higher Education (CHE), the accrediting body for higher education institutions in South Africa has reviewed 28 programmes offered by Walter Si sulu University, and the recent...

WSU EMPLOYEE SERVES IN COMFESA
Senior Student Development Practitioner at WSU’s Butterworth campus, Nombulelo Khanyisile Blaai, has been designated to serve as Administrative Secretary in the management committee of the national...

STUDENT AFFAIRS DIVISION RE-IMAGINES ITSELF FOR AN ENRICHED STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Officials from Walter Sisulu University’s Student Development and Support Services (SDSS) department met in East London for a four-day workshop geared towards crafting a new strategic plan for the...

BASKETBALL DUO DRIBBLE THEIR WAY INTO NATIONAL SQUAD
A pair of basketball players have scored a slam dunk following their selection to the USSA national basketball team set to compete in the 2022 International University Sports Federation (FISU)...

WSU CULTIVATES RELATIONS TO TRAIN GARDENERS ON BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS
A strategic compromise struck between garden maintenance employees and one of the university’s academic departments has seen the institution piloting a free basic computer literacy training...

WSU COLLABORATES IN HEMP RESEARCH
Walter Sisulu University has formed a partnership with the Eastern Cape Hemp Producers Association in its initiative to produce groundbreaking research on hemp. Hemp seeds also known as...

WSU LAUNCHES SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING (SoTL)
In an effort to cultivate a culture of teaching and learning which offers a holistic development of both students and lecturers, Walter Sisulu University in February launched the Scholarship of...

WSU VC’S FIRST OPENING ADDRESS TABLES UNIVERSITY’S PLANS FOR 2022 AND BEYOND
Walter Sisulu University Vice-Chancellor & Principal, Professor Rushiella Songca delivered her first university address since she occupied the position. This address, which was the...

FACULTY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES ESTABLISHES INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH AUSTRIAN UNIVERSITY
The Faculty of Educational Sciences at the Mthatha Campus welcomed two exchange students from the Private Pägogische Hochshule Graz (PPH), (a university in Austria) in the Foundation Phase Program...

21 YEAR OLD WSU STUDENT CREATES EMPLOYMENT FOR HIS COMMUNITY
Being employed is not an option for the 21-year old Faculty of Natural Sciences student who has passion for science and agriculture. Buzwe Dlembula, a Bachelor of Science in Physics third year...

WSU ALL BLACKS AIM FOR GLORY IN 2022 FNB VARSITY SHIELD COMPETITION
The FNB WSU All Blacks’ bitter last-minute defeat to FNB CPUT during extra time of last year’s FNB Varsity Shield final is a pain that lingers, not to sow doubt in the team’s ranks, but to build...

WSU IMPROVES ITS INFRASTRUCTURE TO FIT VISION 2030
Walter Sisulu University Vice-Chancellor & Principal, Professor Rushiella Songca, has handed over for renovations the lecture halls in the Zamukulungisa site, Mthatha campus. This faculty...

BACHELOR OF MEDICINE STUDENTS RAISE REGISTRATION FEE FOR FIRST YEAR STUDENT
The spirit of Ubuntu is at the centre of the 2022 registration at Walter Sisulu University as students assist each other to register. Amyoli Simani, a Bachelor of Medicine first year student at...

WSU ACADEMICS NOW PUBLISHED AUTHORS IN THE RESEARCH FIELD
It is a climatic start to the year for WSU Lecturers and researchers, Dr Anthony Kambi Masha and Professor Jogymol Alex, following the publication of their acclaimed Research Guide titled...

FUTURE PROFESSORS’ PROGRAM TO DEVELOP NEW COHORT OF HIGH-ACHIEVING SCHOLARS IN WSU
The Future Professor’s Program (FPP) is a competitive and selective programme of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to prepare promising early career academics to become a new...

WSU PIONEERS TEACHING IN ISIXHOSA
Walter Sisulu University remains the leading university in teaching African languages in terms of the content and what the market needs. The university became the first university in South Africa...

WSU SET TO CONSTRUCT BRAND NEW FACULTY OF EDUCATION BUILDING IN IBIKA
For the first time since its establishment, the Faculty of Education at WSU’s Butterworth campus will receive its very own faculty building, worth over R70-Million, equipped with state of the art...

PROFESSOR BABALOLA GETS A C2 NRF RATING
Congratulations are in order for Professor Sunday Babalola, a Walter Sisulu University (WSU) research academic, on his C2 NRF rating for 2022-2027. The National Research Foundation(NRF) is a...

WSU ALUMNUS FEATURED IN LEADING TV SHOWS ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO PURSUE EXTRA MURAL ACTIVITIES
A WSU alumnus who pursued acting to overcome his cripplingly shy nature has made minor inroads in the industry following a handful of features in some of the country’s leading television...

INTEGRITY & HONESTY: WSU ISRC INDUCTION RIGOROUSLY DIVES INTO INSTITUTIONS' CORE VALUES
“As an institution, we need to stop thinking of ourselves as inferior to anyone, we are better because we work harder.” These were words uttered by Vice-Chancellor and Principal of WSU, Prof...

RESIDENCE LIFE UNIT LAUNCHES PROGRAMME TO GROOM FUTURE STUDENT LEADERS
A personal development programme aimed at grooming and moulding future student leaders culminated in at least 10 students receiving accolades for their noteworthy participation in an...

FOUR YEARS AFTER QUITTING HIS JOB, TEACHER OBTAINS DOCTORATE
A Ugandan national who recently obtained his doctoral degree during WSU’s Spring graduation ceremony in November has vowed to use his newly-gained expertise to help enhance the quality of...

PEER FACILITATORS RECOGNISED AT AWARDS CEREMONY
The WSU Directorate of Learning and Teaching, in collaboration with Student Affairs and the Library, recently hosted a certificate and award event in recognition of this year's best and most...

IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE GIRL CHILD EDUCATION IN THE EC
Walter Sisulu University is working on a multidisciplinary study that seeks to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the girl child Education in the Eastern Cape. This is an engaged research...

MAIZE CATERPILLARS MIGHT INCREASE POVERTY IN THE EC
Insect pests, especially major pests of cereal crops in sub-Saharan Africa, cause significant losses to cereal production at local and global scales according to the Walter Sisulu University...

WSU STUDENT OVERJOYED BY EDHE INTERVARSITY 2021 WIN
‘Overwhelmed, Excited and Motivated’’ were words used by WSU Alumni, Zisanda Poswayo, who came out reigning as the first-runner-up at the Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE)...

WSU INTENSIFIES EFFORTS TO INSTILL A CULTURE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The WSU department of Student Development and Support Services (SDSS) has instituted a 12-week-long learning programme aimed at unearthing and developing an entrepreneurial mindset within the...

WSU ALUMNI JOIN DLT TO EQUIP FINAL YEARS FOR THE WORK ENVIRONMENT
Directorate of Learning and Teaching (DLT) in the Mthatha Campus hosted a graduate development event where WSU Alumni from various fields equipped final year students with strategies to navigate...

TWO WSU PRODUCTS SHORTLISTED FOR CHIEF JUSTICE POSITION
Walter Sisulu University alumnus Justice Mandisa Maya (57), the president of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, and Justice of the Constitutional Court Mbuyiseli Russel Madlanga (59),...

WSU FINE ART GRADUATE WINS MERIT AWARD AT SASOL NEW SIGNATURES ART COMPETITION
WSU Fine Art Graduate Sibaninzi Dlathu walked away with a merit prize of R10 000 after making the top seven in this year’s Sasol New Signatures Art competition held on 11 November at the Pretoria...

WSU STUDENT (75) TO GRADUATE FOR MASTERS
WSU will see a 75-year-old student graduate for a Master’s Degree in Education during the upcoming spring graduation ceremony on 16 November in Mthatha. The Cape Town-born Notozi Jennifer...

TESLA X MODEL DANCES ITS WAY INTO STUDENTS’ HEARTS
Students from WSU’s electrical engineering department at Buffalo City Campus were left stunned as a model from one of the world’s premier electronic car manufacturers “danced” its way into...

WSU MEDICAL BIOCHEMIST EXPLORES EASTERN CAPE MEDICAL PLANTS
WSU Medical Biochemistry Researcher, Dr Hannibal T. Musarurwa’s work is centred around investigating whether the potency and effectiveness of plant extracts from the Wild Coast can be affected as...

WSU HOSTS ANTI-GBV & ALCOHOL ABUSE SPORTS CARNIVAL
The Mthatha Student Representative Council (SRC), Student Affairs Department in partnership with Liquor Board and KwaMyaluza Security Services hosted a sports carnival in October. The sports...

WSU HOSTS AUSTRIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS
Walter Sisulu University has kicked off its student exchange partnership with the first group of medical students from the University of Graz, Austria. The two institutions have a cooperation...

WSU HOLDS FIRST EVER SPORTS INDABA IN A BID TO IMPROVE SPORTS ADMINISTRATION
Structural and systemic challenges underpinning the great sporting successes of WSU were laid bare in an engagement session aimed at producing sustainable and workable interventions that...

WSU TACKLING GBV ON NATIONAL PLATFORMS
Four Walter Sisulu University students and two employees recently represented the university through participation as facilitators in the 2021 Robben Island Museum spring school. The student team...

WSU JOURNALISM GRADUATE BLESSES THE MASSES WITH THREE NEW GOSPEL SINGLES
WSU Journalism graduate and Gospel singer, Siphokazi Sondishe, has been making waves on social media and digital music streaming platforms after independently releasing three singles on Friday 29...

WSU MEN PLEDGE SOLIDARITY AGAINST GBV
Over sixty male students at Walter Sisulu University’s Komani Campus recently took a binding pledge to immortalize their solidarity with South African women burdened by the scourge of gender-based...

WSU FEMALES IN POLITICS HOLD A RIGOROUS DISCUSSION ON WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
WSU women in leadership in collaboration with the Student Development and Support Services held a rigorous discussion on the barriers that prevent women from participating in politics at the...

WSU AGRI CENTRE EMPOWERS LOCAL SUBSISTANCE FARMERS
Strategically positioned to contribute to the development of the agricultural economy in the eastern side of the Eastern Cape region, WSU extended its community engagement efforts after opening...

WSU FACULTY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES CULTIVATES PRIME RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Over fifty WSU academics from the Faculty of Educational Sciences gathered in October for a three-day workshop geared towards equipping unpublished Faculty academics, as well as Masters and PHD...

WSU VC ACADEMIC GOWN HINTS AT DECOLONISATION
WSU’s new Vice-Chancellor & Principal flaunted Eastern Cape’s rich heritage in a romantic juxtaposition between amaXhosa oral history and couture to aesthetically deconstruct longstanding...

WSU’S INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AT THE CENTER OF COFIMVAMBA SCIENCE EXHIBITION
As Walter Sisulu University rebrands as an African university, a team of researchers from the Anthropology Department and Chemistry Department recently unveiled an Indigenous Knowledge Systems...

WSU COLLABO WITH MULTIMEDIA COMPANY EMPOWERS YOUTH
The relationship between WSU and alumni entrepreneurs continues to grow significantly and one case in point is, 0077 Multimedia, who were recently procured by the institution to provide...

WSU MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WINS TOP AWARD AT SABPP CONFERENCE
WSU has been named the best institution of higher learning in Human Resources Management (HRM) by the South African Board for People Practices (SABPP). The announcement was made on Wednesday 13...

COVID-19 CONTINUES TO MARGINALISE WOMEN IN RURAL AREAS
The Covid-19 pandemic has stripped naked the severe marginalisation of women seeking access to educational opportunities in rural Eastern Cape communities, according to a Walter Sisulu University...

WSU SENIOR LECTURER PENS A CRIME FICTION NOVEL
Family Physician and Senior Lecturer at WSU’s Department of Family Medicine, Doctor Madeleine Muller has published a thrilling crime-fiction novel set in one of South Africa’s Most notorious...

FOUR BASKETBALL PLAYERS SELECTED TO REPRESENT SA SQUAD
Four WSU basketball players have dribbled their way into the national team after helping both the men’s and ladies’ institutional teams finish 9th out of 16 teams overall in the USSA Championships...

WSU FC WELCOMES 12 NEW PLAYERS FOR THE SEASON
Walter Sisulu University Football Club has officially announced the signing of 12 new players into the team in preparation for the forthcoming 2021/2022 O.R. Tambo regional league. WSU Football...

WSU DEDICATES A WEEK TO DEVELOP STUDENTS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) programme of the Department of Higher Education, in collaboration with Universities South Africa (USAf), presented their annual Student...

WSU – A PROVINCIAL ACADEMIC INFLUENCER
In its sixteen years of existence, Walter Sisulu University has played a crucial role in academically developing rural Eastern Cape; producing a skilled workforce and formidable community leaders...

SCIENCE AND INNOVATION DEPT EXEC PLACES YOUTH AT CENTRE OF RESEARCH
An executive from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) has called on WSU to place young people front and centre of the institution’s strategic academic research goals as it heads into...

WSU COMPETES IN ITS FIRST EVER ROWING USSA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The unforgettable heroics of Africa’s first black man who won gold at the 2012 London Olympic Games still linger at the back of the WSU team’s minds whenever they pick up a rowing...

NEW FRONTIERS FOR WSU PEER EDUCATORS
A group of Residence Mentors from Komani Campus were imbued with new insights into leadership and mentorship roles during a workshop programme by the WSU Students Affairs Department...

WSU SET TO INAUGURATE ITS FIRST FEMALE VICE-CHANCELLOR
On Saturday the 9th of October 2021, WSU will celebrate a significant event, by inaugurating it first female Vice-Chancellor at its Zamakulungisa Site in Mthatha. The guests, who include...

HONEST DIALOGUE KEY TO UNRAVELLING THE SCOURGE OF GBV
“The ingredients of Gender Based Violence are: erasure of a girl child and feeding the ego of a boy child.” These were the assertions of UCT student affairs department Executive Director Pura...

WSU STUDENTS REVIVE THE SPIRIT OF UBUNTU IN AN AFRICAN UNIVERSITY
In a partnership that was molded through a common goal in attempts to create a feasible learning environment for WSU students, the SRC recently lent a helping hand to unfunded students at the...

WSU DRI INSTITUTES MENTORING & COACHING FRAMEWORK FOR PHD AND MASTERS STUDENTS
The Walter Sisulu University Directorate of Research Development and Innovation (DRI) has developed an Academic Mentoring and Coaching Framework aimed at fast tracking the acquisition of critical...

WSU STUDENTS HEADED TO INTERNATIONAL HACKATHON 2022
Four WSU Students from the Department of Information Technology Systems, in the Faculty of Economics and Information Technology Systems, have secured spots in the Pan African Information...

WSU ACADEMIC C0-AUTHORS ACCLAIMED RESEARCH GUIDE
Walter Sisulu University lecturer in the Faculty of Management Sciences, Dr Anthony Kambi Masha is one of the contributors to a book titled Fundamentals of Research in Humanities, Social Sciences...

WSU QUALIFIES FOR HIGHER DIVISION AT USSA GAMES
Though they had their unbeaten five-game winning streak unceremoniously snapped in the section C netball final of the University Sports South Africa (USSA) championships, the WSU netball team has...

EASTERN CAPE LIQUOR BOARD CONDUCTS ‘ANTI-ALCOHOL ABUSE CAMPAIGNS’ AT WSU
WSU has welcomed the Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB) to conduct alcohol awareness campaigns on the University’s four campuses with hopes of creating awareness around issues of alcohol...

WSU ACADEMIC INTERVENES IN CERVICAL CANCER SCARE IN MTHATHA
Walter Sisulu University’s Dr Dominic Abaver has alerted the pupils and parents around the Mthatha region about the Human Papillomavirus to assist the Eastern Cape Department of Health (ECDoH) in...

ACADEMIC HELP FOR STRUGGLING STUDENTS AS WSU LAUNCHES PEER-MENTORING PROGRAMME
Approximately 26 of BCC’s smartest and most influential students are set to champion a ground-breaking residence-based peer mentorship programme aimed at ultimately improving the...

WSU LAUNCHES GROUNDBREAKING MATH AND SCIENCE DEVICE
As a result of a successful testing stage, the Govern Mbeki Mathematics Development Center (GMMDC) in collaboration with Walter Sisulu University recently launched the GammaTutor device, a...

SIX WSU ALL-BLACKS DON THE FAMOUS BORDER COLOURS
A few months after their heroics at this year’s edition of the FNB Varsity Shield competition, six WSU All-Black rugby players donned the famous green, white and brown of Border to represent the...

NSFAS TEAM TO SPEND A WEEK HELPING WSU WITH ADMINISTRATIVE CHALLENGES
A NSFAS team possessing various administrative expertise will descend upon WSU this September to conduct a deep-dive exercise aimed at alleviating different aspects of the university’s...

THREE WSU BOXERS OFF TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AFTER SCOOPING GOLD MEDALS
At least three WSU boxers will have an opportunity to duke it out for national colours this coming October following their impressive exploits at a provincial boxing tournament held in Peddie...

RHODES ACADEMIC CHALLENGES WSU TO PRODUCE MORE RESEARCH IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
One of the country’s most decorated scholars recently laid down the proverbial gauntlet at the feet of WSU and challenged the institution to do its part in seeking solutions that will see poor...

RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOP OF THE AGENDA FOR WSU
Walter Sisulu University aims to uplift the rural Eastern Cape (EC) province through its ground-breaking research on Local Action Groups (LAGS) and their role in promoting rural economic...

WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY STUDENT STABBED TO DEATH AT RESIDENCE
WSU can confirm with great sadness and regret the passing of one of our students from the University’s Buffalo City Campus on Monday, 30 August, 2021. A fellow student fatally stabbed the...

DVC HOISTS WSU FLAG HIGH AT EC PREMIER’S LAUNCH
Walter Sisulu University’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Institutional Support; Dr Prince Jaca proudly owned the University’s contribution to digital skills development in rural Eastern Cape, much to...

WSU ENJOYS SECOND CONSECUTIVE UNQUALIFIED AUDIT
Major improvements in Walter Sisulu University’s financial systems and internal controls have earned the institution its second consecutive unqualified audit opinion on its financial statements...

WSU-HOUSED ENTITY LEADS RURAL COMMUNITIES’ DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT
Churches, homes and even crèches found in some of the Eastern Cape’s deepest rural communities have also become venues where the rollout of critical digital skills training is unfolding owing to...

WSU GRADUATE’S ISIXHOSA NOVEL PRESCRIBED FOR LEARNING AT WSU
Walter Sisulu University (WSU) BEd graduate and current BEd Hons student, Yamkela Ntwalana’s second book has gotten the nod as prescribed literature for IsiXhosa 2 in the University’s Faculty of...

WSU HOSTS 19th SAARMSTE RESEARCH SCHOOL
The Southern African Association for Researchers in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (SAARMSTE) hosted its 19th annual Research School that was led by Department of Mathematics,...