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18 November 2020

Dr Kopano Mabaso – hailed a hero by Bill Gates

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has included three South African doctors Prof Salim Abdool Karim and his wife Quarraisha, and Dr Kopano Mabaso (SA-at-Large & Magdalen 2010) on his heroes list.

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12 November 2020

Jacko Maree honoured with a prestigious Lifetime Achiever Award

Jacko Maree honoured with a prestigious Lifetime Achiever Award

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17 September 2020

A Virtual Bon Voyage for 2020 Scholars

Rhodes Scholars from across the world and across the decades joined staff and Friends of the Rhodes Trust for the first ever virtual Bon Voyage on 17 September 2020.

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09 September 2020

Trudi Makhaya Advocates a Focused Recovery Plan to Guide South Africa’s Economic Recovery

We are so proud of the nation-building work being done by Trudi Makhaya

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14 June 2020

Joshua Nott's Solo Marathon in Oxford

Congratulations to Joshua Nott (South Africa-at-Large & St Antony's, 2017) who ran a solo-marathon in Oxford on Sunday, 14 June 2020.

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19 May 2020

GO1's Investment Boost

GO1, an online training start-up founded at Oxford by Rhodes Scholars, Andrew Barnes (Queensland & Exeter 2014) and Melvyn Lubega (SA at Large & Lincoln 2013), has received a $62m investment boost to expand the business in Australia and South Africa.

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17 March 2020

Obituary: Shaun Johnson (South Africa-at-Large & St Catherine's 1982)

It is deeply saddening to announce that the memorial service planned for MRF Founding Executive Director Shaun Athol Johnson on Tuesday 17 March 2020 has been postponed.

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25 February 2020

Bill Gates's Heroes in the Field: Dr. Kopano Matlwa Mabaso

Congratulations to Dr Kopano Matlwa-Mabaso (SA-at-Large & Magdalen 2010)

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06 January 2020

Justice Cameron's Appointment

Justice Edwin Cameron (South Africa-at-Large & Keble, 1976)  served as a judge in South Africa for a quarter of a century and as a Constitutional Court Judge from 2008. 

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