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The Citizen
6 days ago
- Business
- The Citizen
University of Mpumalanga host Enactus preparation camp
The Enactus team has been in an intensive prepatory camp leading up to the 2025 Enactus South Africa National Exposition scheduled to take place at the University of Mpumalanga (UMP) on Thursday, July 17. The Enactus team is committed to using entrepreneurial action to empower and change lives. They educate, inspire and support young people to use innovation and entrepreneurship to solve the world's biggest problems. According to the UMP's spokesperson, Tlangelani Ubisi, they selected a group of students who are enterprise owners, Enactus executive members, and project contributors, to attend the camp which is committed to advancing social impact through entrepreneurial action. ALSO READ: University of Mpumalanga finishes fifth overall at winter sports games The seven-day camp, hosted at UMP's Mbombela campus, was structured to foster focused collaboration, strategic refinement and presentation readiness. 'Participating students engaged in rigorous work sessions that encompass business modelling, project impact evaluation, presentation development, and team alignment activities,' Ubisi said. ALSO READ: Buffelspruit woman facilitates change, one stitch at a time The camp supported technical preparation, and encouraged innovation, leadership and a shared commitment to the values of Enactus. At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
The Citizen
03-07-2025
- Sport
- The Citizen
UMP raises Mpumalanga flag at university sports games
The University of Mpumalanga (UMP) is participating in the 2025 University Sports South Africa (USSA) Winter Games. The tournament, which runs from June 30 to July 7, is hosted across four institutions: the University of Pretoria, University of the Witwatersrand, University of Cape Town, and Nelson Mandela University. According to UMP spokesperson Tlangelani Ubisi, teams are competing in four sporting codes – rugby, basketball, volleyball and netball. The rugby teams are playing at the Hillcrest Sports Campus, hosted by the University of Pretoria. ALSO READ: Sam Nzima Foundation celebrates Youth Day with action-packed soccer and netball tournament The volleyball teams are competing on the indoor courts at the University of Cape Town, while the netball team is in action at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha, with matches taking place over five days. The basketball squads are competing at the University of the Witwatersrand from July 1 to 6. Ubisi noted that the tournament features a demanding fixture list, with playoffs and finals scheduled for July 4, followed by the closing ceremony and prize-giving. At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
Arab News
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
2026 election: Djibouti president leaves door open to sixth term
ADDIS ABABA: Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, in power since 1999, did not rule out running for a sixth term in next year's election despite a constitutional ban on doing so, in an interview published on Friday. Asked about a potential candidacy in April 2026 in the interview with The Africa Report, the 77-year-old said: 'I won't answer that.' 'What I can say is that I love my country too much to lead it into a reckless venture or sow division,' he added. Running in the 2026 race would require changing the constitution, which prohibits candidates older than 75. Guelleh won 97 percent of the vote in the 2021 election, and his UMP party currently holds a majority in parliament. Ismail Omar Guelleh won 97 percent of the vote in the 2021 election, and his UMP party currently holds a majority in parliament. Guelleh, known as 'IOG,' succeeded Hassan Gouled Aptidon — who led Djibouti to independence from France in 1977 — after serving as his chief of staff for 22 years. Djibouti is a stable state in a troubled region that has become a key strategic base for major powers, with the US, France, and China all maintaining a military presence there. The Horn of Africa country, bordering Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea, is one of the least populated on the continent, with around one million inhabitants.
Local France
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Local France
Anti-immigration minister becomes leader of French conservatives
Retailleau won 74 percent of the vote from party members against 25 percent for Laurent Wauquiez, the head of the party in the French national assembly. Although LR and its allies hold only 60 seats in France's 577-member national assembly and the party candidate barely registered in the 2022 presidential vote, experts predict a better run in 2027 when President Emmanuel Macron must step down. The party is the successor of the UMP, which traces its origins to postwar leader Charles de Gaulle and was the party of former presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy. These days, however, it is much diminished - in the 2022 presidential election its candidate Valérie Pecresse scored just 4.78 percent of the vote, below the threshold required to get state funding for election expenses. In the 2017 election its candidate François Fillon was felled by a last-minute expenses scandal and scored 20 percent, failing to make it through to the second round of voting. Advertisement Previously seen as a centre-right party, LR has moved sharply to the right as it struggles to find a place for itself within the current political landscape. Its previous leader Eric Ciotti quit the party last year after calling for an alliance with the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) in the 2024 parliamentary election, leading to memorable scenes in which he barricaded himself in his office to avoid being removed by furious party members. It has wrangled ever since over its stance but has adopted a tougher line on issues such as immigration, with Retailleau echoing far-right talking points on immigration, integration and crime. National opinion polls currently suggest the RN would perform well in the 2027 election, despite being shaken by legal woes for its figurehead Marine Le Pen. Retailleau, previously the LR leader in the Senate, was brought into government as interior minister in 2024 by Michel Barnier. Current PM François Bayrou kept him in post when he formed his government, where he has emerged as one of the most high-profile ministers in the centrist-led coalition government. Following Sunday's result, he said he would stay in the government but he is likely to use his victory to press his case for the presidency. "Our political family is now able to carry our project forward for the presidential election," Retailleau told broadcaster TF1 after the results were announced. Some 80 percent of the 120,000 LR party members took part in the weekend vote for the leader. The LR membership had increased from 43,859 to 121,617 in the two months before the leadership election.
The Citizen
21-04-2025
- Business
- The Citizen
UMP to lead advance in research leadership and education
The University Of Mpumalanga (UMP) aims to strengthen research leadership and higher education strategies by bringing together research leaders from different institutions to discuss the evolving landscape of higher education. ALSO READ: MER urges members of the public to be responsible during Easter The university hosted the Deputy Vice Chancellor Forum Seminar on April 10. The outgoing vice chancellor, Prof Thoko Mayekiso, highlighted the role of the university in national and international research collaboration, noting that UMP has partnered with 42 higher education institutions across Europe, North America, Australia, Asia and Africa. 'Our emphasis is on research impact, not just productivity. Our focus is on how research contributes to solving real world problems. We aim to develop and sustain the research capacity of staff and students while fostering research collaborations that contribute to national and global challenges,' she said. A theoretical physicist and former CEO of Universities South Africa, Prof Ahmed Bawa, discussed the strategic plan in higher education and the role of research leadership. He also noted in his presentation that China and India are dominating the global research landscape, surpassing the United Kingdom and the United States. ALSO READ: University of Mpumalanga explores digital transformation in higher education 'Universities must also grapple with the effects of politicisation, democratisation and decolonisation, reshaping how knowledge is produced and shared. These forces are transforming higher education from elite institutions, to massify education systems leading to debates on social ownership and the role of universities in society,' Bawa said. At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
