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Author: FMHS Marketing & Communications / FGGW Bemarking & Kommunikasie
Published: 09/03/2021
First-year students at Stellenbosch University s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) were, for the first time in history, welcomed virtually to the Tygerberg Campus, where they will conduct their studies for the next four to six years.
“It is our privilege to welcome you to our Faculty. Under normal circumstances we would have extended this welcome in an in-person event on campus, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, circumstances are far from normal, FMHS Dean Prof Jimmy Volmink said in a welcoming video to new students.
Close to 580 aspiring health professionals joined the FMHS this year – 340 of them enrolled in the MBChB programme to become medical doctors; 55 are studying towards the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy; 36 have signed up for the BSc in Dietetics; 60 are doing the BSc in Physiotherapy; 35 have enrolled in the Bachelor of Speech-Language and Hearing Therapy;
The sixth World NGO Day will be commemorated on Saturday, 27 February in more than 89 countries. An NGO is non-profit and is run by citizens outside of any government structure. There are an estimated 10 million NGOs in the world, employing about 50 million people. The number of NGOs is expected to double in the next decade.
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Wednesday, 24 February, the digitalisation of South Africa’s social grant payments system will come under the spotlight. The Digital Welfare State and Human Rights Project will interview Lynette Maart, the director of Black Sash, on how it came to be that the country became dependent on just one company for the payment of grants. Listen in at 10am here.