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14 Zim doctoral students graduate from the University of Fort Hare
24 May 2015 at 05:13hrs | Views
AT LEAST 14 Zimbabwean doctoral students graduated from the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa during a historic graduation ceremony at the institution last week.
A total of 2 832 students graduated during the 2015 Winter graduation ceremony, the last Winter graduation ceremony during University of Fort Hare's first century of existence.
Of the total number of graduates, 44 students graduated with PhDs and of the 44, 14 were Zimbabweans, among them former Sunday News correspondent Nhlanhla Landa and his wife Dr Sindiso Zhou-Landa who both were confered with Doctor of Philosophy and Literature in Applied Linguistics.
Landa's thesis tackles the concept of boundaries between different genres of the press print media in Zimbabwe.
He argues that several socio-linguistic, socio-economic, technological and socio-political factors are causing a blurring of boundaries between potentially different genres of the press print media in Zimbabwe.
His wife Dr Zhou-Landa's research tackles the issue of Cross-linguistic interface between English and two Indigenous languages in Zimbabwe (Shona and Ndebele).
Dr Zhou-Landa argues for the acknowledgement of the existence of a distinct Zimbabwean variety of English that she calls Zimbabwean English.
Speaking at the 8th session of the graduation on 15 May, University of Fort Hare Vice-Chancellor Dr Mvuyo Tom spoke against recent xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa.
Dr Tom said xenophobia was against the spirit of inclusivity that was central to the values of the University of Fort Hare, which spirit he said had allowed the institution to produce world class leaders like President Robert Mugabe and the late Nelson Mandela among others.
"We wish to let it be known that as a university we stand against xenophobia and totally denounce it as it is against the spirit of inclusivity that has always guided our institution, the same spirit that has seen great leaders like President Mugabe and the late Nelson Mandela," said the Vice Chancellor.
The graduation ceremony was scheduled into eight sessions, with the first four being held at the Institution's East London Campus while five sessions were held at the main campus in Alice Town.
A total of 2 832 students graduated during the 2015 Winter graduation ceremony, the last Winter graduation ceremony during University of Fort Hare's first century of existence.
Of the total number of graduates, 44 students graduated with PhDs and of the 44, 14 were Zimbabweans, among them former Sunday News correspondent Nhlanhla Landa and his wife Dr Sindiso Zhou-Landa who both were confered with Doctor of Philosophy and Literature in Applied Linguistics.
Landa's thesis tackles the concept of boundaries between different genres of the press print media in Zimbabwe.
He argues that several socio-linguistic, socio-economic, technological and socio-political factors are causing a blurring of boundaries between potentially different genres of the press print media in Zimbabwe.
His wife Dr Zhou-Landa's research tackles the issue of Cross-linguistic interface between English and two Indigenous languages in Zimbabwe (Shona and Ndebele).
Dr Zhou-Landa argues for the acknowledgement of the existence of a distinct Zimbabwean variety of English that she calls Zimbabwean English.
Speaking at the 8th session of the graduation on 15 May, University of Fort Hare Vice-Chancellor Dr Mvuyo Tom spoke against recent xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa.
Dr Tom said xenophobia was against the spirit of inclusivity that was central to the values of the University of Fort Hare, which spirit he said had allowed the institution to produce world class leaders like President Robert Mugabe and the late Nelson Mandela among others.
"We wish to let it be known that as a university we stand against xenophobia and totally denounce it as it is against the spirit of inclusivity that has always guided our institution, the same spirit that has seen great leaders like President Mugabe and the late Nelson Mandela," said the Vice Chancellor.
The graduation ceremony was scheduled into eight sessions, with the first four being held at the Institution's East London Campus while five sessions were held at the main campus in Alice Town.
Source - sundaynews
