A total of 1010 students graduated at the Durban University of Technology’s Spring Graduation Ceremonies which took place on Thursday, 1 September 2016. An Honorary Doctorate in Management Sciences was awarded to… Continue reading Spring Graduation 2016 by Numbers
Category: Gandhi Development Trust
The Eighth Gandhi Media Lecture
This year the Gandhi Media Lecture was delivered by Prof Aashish Kumar of Hofstra University, New York. He spoke on self reliance in the context of social media. In building… Continue reading The Eighth Gandhi Media Lecture
A revised Upgraded and Focused Schools Training Programme
This year our Non Violence Schools’ Training content has been revised and re-worked. The primary focus of the content now is on equipping grade 6 pupils with important skills to… Continue reading A revised Upgraded and Focused Schools Training Programme
Certification of the 93 Practitioners Trained by the Five Trainers
The final certification ceremony took place on 30 August 2016 at the Ritson Hall DUT. Speakers at the function included Paddy Kearney (GDT Chair); Kudzai Mqingwana (Sibaya Funding Manager); Geraldine… Continue reading Certification of the 93 Practitioners Trained by the Five Trainers
Izimpande Zobuntu Project Trainers Commended
August marks the close of Phase/Year Three of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Izimpande Zobuntu (Roots of Ubuntu) Values Education Project. In the third phase of the project the training… Continue reading Izimpande Zobuntu Project Trainers Commended
The Mahatma Gandhi Media Lecture
On the 18 August at 11 a.m. at the Durban University of Technology’s City Campus Room 149 the Mahatma Gandhi Media Lecture will be delivered. The guest speaker this year… Continue reading The Mahatma Gandhi Media Lecture
Mandela Day Service:
As we have done for the past three years we partnered with a sister organisation –The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes-ACCORD. We identified the historic heritage site… Continue reading Mandela Day Service:
August Nine and Women’s Position
As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the famous demonstrations in front of the Union buildings in Pretoria staged by 20,000 women of all races and classes establishing the oneness… Continue reading August Nine and Women’s Position
Women’s Day 60 Years Hence
On 9 August, 1956 South Africa saw the staging of a huge peaceful march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria by 20 000 women in opposition to the extension of the… Continue reading Women’s Day 60 Years Hence
Mandela Day Service
This is what Abram Louis Fischer popularly known as Bram Fisher who represented Nelson Mandela and others at the Rivonia Trial and passed on in May 1975, said at his… Continue reading Mandela Day Service