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5.5 Conferences and webinars

• The Africa Centre hosted its first webinar on 2 December 2024 on HIV and inclusive health
management practices for World Aids Day: https://www.healthmanagement.sun.ac.za/webinar-

hiv-and-inclusive-health-management-practices/.

• The centre hosted two pre-course PgDip webinars in October and November 2024 as part of its
recruitment campaign, providing academic and administrative information:
https://www.healthmanagement.sun.ac.za/academic-programmes/postgraduate-diploma/.

• Davis, B. 2024. “Gertie se geheim: Effecten van een fotonovela op lezers uit verschillende

leeftijdsgroepen. ” Oral paper presentation at VIOT 2024: Duurzame Taalbeheersing Conference,
Enschede, Netherlands, 24-26 January 2024.

• Davis, B. 2024. Keynote speaker at “The use of innovative health as well as science:
Communication strategies for multiple interventions”, a webinar hosted by the University of

Johannesburg in partnership with the Human Sciences Research Council, 18 July 2024.
• Ohajunwa, C. 2024. “Including indigenous health knowledge within higher education curriculum

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as an issue of epistemic justice.” Oral paper presentation at the 6 South Africa-Japan University
Forum (SAJU 6), Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 27-29 August 2024.

• Ohajunwa, C. 2024. Session chair at the International Conference on Planetary Justice and
Societal Responsibility in International Sustainability Sciences and Scientific Cooperation, virtual

conference, 13-14 March 2024.

• Ohajunwa, C. 2024. “This is where we really need to work together more with government:
Experiences of culture and the pandemic within an African indigenous community.” Oral paper

presentation at the African Association for the Study of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (AASIKS)
Conference, Púnguè University, Chimoio, Mozambique, 2-4 December 2024.

• Ohajunwa, C. 2024. “African indigenous knowledge, health and human rights.” Webinar
presentation at the International Education of Students (IES) Abroad programme On

Sustainability and Community Development talk series, 25 October 2024.
• Saruchera, M. 2024. Presented at the Commonwealth Africa Anti-Corruption Centre (CAACC) 10

Years + 1 Anniversary, Gabarone, Botswana, 27-29 February 2024.
• Saruchera, M. 2024. Organiser and chair of the session “African traditional crops and food

production in South Africa: Opportunities and challenges” at the “Telling our stories to inspire

interest and action about food sovereignty, sustainability and food justice” webinar series
organised by The Research Centre on Transnationalism and Transformation (TRANSIT) at

Tampere University and the Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL) Africa,
6 August 2024.

Annual Report 2024 – March 2025