A team of matric boys from Port Rex Technical High School in East London sailed home with R10,000 in cash and a pirate’s chest of other treasure, during the weekend’s inaugural Nelson Mandela University Solar Boat Competition in Gqeberha on Saturday, 4 March.
Supported by South African higher education partners, the University of Warwick and Warwick Racing in the United Kingdom, E-Movement, and Paramount Global as its official launch media partner, launched Formula Student Africa (FSA) on 25 February at the Cape Town E-Fest ELECTRIC with the mission to become the leading advocate for electric mobility on the continent.
Nelson Mandela University’s School of Engineering recently supported ocean research with airborne drones and a kite borne surveillance system to study marine mammals up close - not possible from the research ship.
Mandela University’s Mechatronics department - in collaboration with Siemens South Africa - recently assisted two TVET colleges with 20 commissioned stations for the training of educators and students to learn industrial control programming principles.