Mr P Kwinana at the IAEA (international Atomic Energy Agency) hosted in Vienna,Austria .IAEA is also an affiliate of the United Nations .He is also a member of the IAEA and represented the University of Fort Hare and South Africa at the congregation .
The Honorable Minister and CEO of Armscor were both presented with UFH blazers, acknowledging their role in contributing resources for the development of one of the Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs). The ocassion was also to honour the late Mr Nelson Mandela, a political Stalward who was also an Alumnus of the UFH.
This year, the University of Fort Hare celebrated in a special way. On 18 July 2017, it hosted the Honorable Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula when she came to Officially Handover the four mobile labs sponsored by ARMSCOR (Armament Corporation), the Agency of the Department of Defence. These are again fundraising endeavours of the UFH FOSST Discovery Centre under the leadership of Mr Phumezo Kwinana. Armscor has, so far, contributed just over R7million to UFH as part of their three year collaboration with Fort Hare.