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Inaugural Lectures

37th Inaugural Lecture

Professor Omobola Okoh

Topic: Troubled Waters: A Journey into the World of Chemical Toxicants in the Hydrosphere

Date: 9 October 2024

Time: 14:00

36th Inaugural Lecture

Prof Liezel Cilliers

Topic: Navigating the Health Infodemic: The Role of Social Media in Modern Healthcare

Date: 14 August 2024

35th Inaugural Lecture

Prof Uchechukwu U. Nwodo

Topic: Anthropes and Microbes: The paradox of hostility and harmony

Date: 11 June 2024

34th Inaugural Lecture

Prof Werner Nel

Topic: Climate change in the Sub-Antarctic: Past, present and future.

Date: 20 March 2024

33rd Inaugural Lecture

Prof Willie Chinyamurindi

Topic: Quo Vadis – The future of work? Navigation between reality and utopia for human and organisational capability development

Date: 12 October 2023

32nd Inaugural Lecture

Prof Alferd Maroyi

Topic: Conservation and sustainable use of wild plants: Balancing out human needs and resources

Date: 12 September 2023

31st Inaugural Lecture

Prof Leon van Niekerk

Topic: Mind the gap! The current state and prospects os sport and exercise psychology in South Africa

Date: 16 August 2023

30th Inaugural Lecture

Prof Edson Meyer

Topic: The inevitable death spiral of Eskom and the mitigating role of solar energy. 

Date: 02 August 2023

29th Inaugural Lecture

Prof Nomthandazo Ntlama-Makhanya

Date: 12 October 2022

28th Inaugural Lecture

Prof Susanna Smith

Date: 17 August 2022

27th Inaugural Lecture

Prof Munacinga Simatele

Date: 7 June 2022

26th Inaugural Lecture

Prof Atim O.A.B. Aderibigbe

Topic: Hybridization, a sustainable synthetic approach for the development of potent therapeutics

Date: 22 February 2022