What do a young man in his wheelchair, a student and his dog, and a young lady suffering from cerebral palsy have in common? They form part of a group of 320 students who are making their career dreams come true at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) with the assistance of its Programme for Academic Support for Students with Disabilities.

The Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Faculty of the Arts has another doctor in its midst. She is Nalini Moodley, lecturer at the Department of Fine and Applied Art, who was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree at one of the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s autumn graduation ceremonies on Monday, 22 April.

The book Africa and Beyond: Arts and Sustainable Development is the product of the successful international conference, “Arts, Society and Sustainable Development”, organised in 2011 by the Faculty of the Arts, Tshwane University of Technology.

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has developed three ground-breaking technologies that will address the substantial environmental pollution South Africa experiences as a result of sulphur waste. These technologies were recognised when TUT recently received the top honours in the Technology category of the dti’s prestigious SA Premier Business Awards.

More than 400 life-sized bronze sculptures of some of South Africa’s unsung heroes will find their way to an as yet undisclosed Johannesburg address over the next five years as part of a project to celebrate and commemorate their contributions to the country’s freedom. Among the first group expected to arrive are King Moshoeshoe I and struggle veteran Charlotte Maxeke. They were immortalised by celebrated South African artist, Zelda Stroud, a part-time lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT’s) Department of Fine and Applied Art.