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On the 18th of July the Stenden South Africa team chose to make delicious lunch packs for the Disney Daycare and Creche in Station Hill for Mandela Day. Disney Daycare is run by Glenda Denston who has converted her home to take care of about 40 children ranging in [...]

The Preparedness for Humanitarian Disasters Conference held in Cape Town, South Africa, brought together the Centre for Global Surgery at Stellenbosch University and the Gift of the Givers Foundation. Over two days, participants delved into the experiences and insights of the Gift of the Givers Foundation, which has provided [...]

Cross Exposure – Dubai Industry Visit ‘Experience & Qualification will direct you to your destination. Attitude will take you to that destination.’ – Sivaprasad Nair (Pullman JLT Director of Engineering). During the last week of the April holidays, two third year B.Com Hospitality Management students, Erin Gait and Sasha [...]

As the world grapples with climate change, our Disaster Relief Management students had the opportunity of attending a guest lecture presented by Dr. Pios Ncube on Friday. Dr. Ncube is a Humanitarian Affairs / Disaster Preparedness and Response Advisor at United Nations-OCHA. ____ The presentation was titled: Climate Change [...]

We had the pleasure to have the General Manager of OR Tambo City Lodge, Ian Laughland address our students this afternoon. Our students are regularly exposed to captivating speeches by our carefully selected industry partners around the globe. OR Tambo City Lodge Hotel is a leading world class transit [...]

A group of Grand Tour students who are from the Creative Community School at NHL Stenden University, and currently doing their Social Entrepreneurship minor at Stenden South Africa handed over a cheque of over R52 000 to the Community Development Manager, Mr. Mzameli Dikeni. ___ These funds will be [...]

#UFWH Hoops for Hunger Charity Basketball Tournament & Costume Competition _ On the 16th of November, an international hunger awareness charity fundraising event took place at Rengers Sports Hall, Leeuwarden. This 24-team basketball tournament was to benefit the Port Alfred Soup Kitchen across the street from NHL Stenden’s Grand [...]

On Friday the 6 January, the Event Management students organised a fun tennis tournament which included live music, a braai and an auction at the Port Alfred Tennis Club. This was all done in aid of raising funds for the Jehovah Jireh Children's Haven in Alexandria. The event was well [...]

This week, Stenden South Africa will be hosting a 3-day service excellence training for 50 service employees from our local hotels, restaurants, coffee shops and affiliated businesses. This training has become a bit of a tradition in Stenden unleashing potential in our community to ensure that our summer season visitors [...]

On Friday 21 October, one of our Hotel Openings groups was privileged enough to present their final project plan to well-recognized industry professionals. Their plan focused on the pre-opening phase of the Hello Kitty Theme Park Hotel in Sanya. Huge thanks to Ewdin Pun (Director of the Keystone Group), Stephen [...]

This morning, Friday 30 Sept 2022, the DM 1st years will be presenting their project, Stenden Safety. This will be held in Raymond Mhlaba Auditorium at 11:00. The project is on creating awareness and promoting safety through joining the community of Port Alfred. It is an inclusive, meaningful and fun project that [...]

Disaster Management visit to Fire Department _________________________ The first year Disaster Management students recently visited the local Fire Department. Senior Firefighter Mbeda addressed students on the Fire Departments Standard Operating Procedures and Roles/Responsibilities within the Municipality. The crew then discussed the various equipment carried on the Rescue Vehicle and [...]

Robyn Bayne - 4th Year Disaster Relief Management Student I am doing my 10 month internship as an academic internship at Rhodes University.   Under Professor Tandlich (Pharmacy Dept) and Dr Oosthuizen (Community Engagement Dept) we work to further the risk management and disaster studies at the university. An academic [...]

Last week students and staff were treated to a visit by Mr Achal Goswami, the outgoing Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Frenchman’s Creek, Mr Miles Tucker, the incoming COO, and Maja Schröder from Frenchman’s Creek Beach & Country Club in Colorado USA.  Our students were informed about a great [...]

In line with our theory components being supported by Real World Learning, our 3rdYear Disaster Management students recently attended a two way radiotelephony communications for Disaster Management course held by Talking Radio. The course was extremely informative and exciting and students learnt about two way radio communications for first [...]

Earlier this week, Captain De Kock, from the South African Police Service Forensics Division, visited our campus and gave a  guest lecture to our 2nd Year Disaster Management students. The students were informed about “Crime Scene Management and the role of forensics in Disaster Management”and were shown some of the [...]

I am Lonwabo Luthango and I completed a BBA in Disaster Relief Management at Stenden South Africa (cum laude) in 2019. During my last year at Stenden, I did my internship at Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality.  While on Internship we did a Community Based Risk Assessment for Duncan Village, provided [...]

In the first week of May, Masterson Chipumuro, Senior Lecturer in the Disaster Management School, officially became Dr. Masterson Chipumuro when he graduated on Wednesday with a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal! Congratulations Dr. Masterson Chipumuro!

As we continue our commitment to alleviating hunger issues in our town, we are once again very thankful to our community and colleagues at NHL Stenden for raising funds through the Universities Fighting World Hunger initiatives. On Tuesday, 3 May, Dr. Wouter Hensens handed over a cheque of R45 [...]

19 March 2022 After missing out on a get-together for two years, Old Boys of St Andrew's School in Bloemfontein who live in the Ndlambe area were happy to have the chance to catch up with each other and meet new headmaster Roland Rudd at a reunion breakfast at MyPond Hotel [...]

Stenden Events students recently held two online events, and raised money for 2 local charities. Paws for a Cause raised R2400 for the Port Alfred SPCA and Nowadays Game Night, raised R2800 for Ingubo Children’s Haven in Nemato. Seen in the photo below left is Rose and some children from [...]

The brightest young hoteliers in the Middle East aged 30 or under, as nominated by their colleagues   Storm Gretton, 29 Food & beverage manager, Al Jaddaf Rotana Dubai   Storm Gretton, Graduate of Stenden South Africa, began his amazing journey in 2014 when he enrolled in an internship at [...]

On the 4th of May our Executive Dean accepted a letter of appreciation from the National Sea Rescue Institute Station 11 for their support of the 2020 NSRI Golf Day.We pride ourselves in working closely with our local NSRI who in turn provide our Disaster Relief Management students with invaluable [...]

Philanthropy and giving back to the community is a prominent link between all Stenden campuses around the world. Willem Bakker, from the NHL Stenden campus in the Netherlands, is an admirable example of this humanitarianism and expressed his desire to donate his retirement bonus of R20 000 to an educational [...]

As we welcome our students and staff back to campus for the 2021 academic year, we extend an additional welcome to Dr Des Pyle, the newly appointed Dean of the School of Disaster Management.   Dr Pyle is a well-known figure in the disaster management and academic sectors and will unreservedly [...]

As we are increasing our footprint in recruiting students from the African countries and in international student recruitment, Stenden South Africa is pleased to announce that we have partnered with Flywire to enable ease of payment. Here is the link for international students to make payments: https://stendensouthafrica.flywire.com/

Earlier this year the Robert Veenstra Entrepreneurship Center in the Nemato Township received a facelift thanks to a generous donation made by the Mantis Collection hotel group. Funds were used to revamp and extend the Centre, which has been operating for the last 12 years. The revamp comprised new tiling, [...]

On the 7th of October 2020, Stenden South Africa hosted a graduation ceremony under the trees for twenty working class youths from Helenvale, Port Elizabeth. The ‘students’ had the opportunity to complete the following courses and improve their lifeskills: Advanced Cooking Course Driver’s License Testing Windows Office Suite Training Outdoor [...]

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On Saturday the 26th September 2020, Stenden South Africa’s Model United Nations Club (SMUNC) debuted their inaugural Internal Conference, allowing the members to showcase the effort they have put in throughout the module. The event, hosted over Microsoft Teams, was an incredible success that enabled spectators, peers and adjudicators [...]

Sustainability is a topic that is very important to me personally. My dream is for future generations to have the same, if not better, opportunities and experiences than I would have had. This dream can only be reached if every individual, and more importantly, every industry does their part [...]

For many hotels around the world, earth day is every day. Sustainability in hotels is becoming a lot more important to hotels due to rising sea levels, higher CO2 levels and the overuse of plastic bottles. Hotels around the world, have decided to increase their efforts to try and be [...]

Last Friday the 21 August 2020 Mzameli Dikeni, the Community Development Manager at Stenden South Africa made his way to the Pumelela Special School in Bathurst. He handed over a donation of a gas stove, gas cylinder, kitchen pots, carpets, a gas cage and some educational materials. This donation [...]

To a guest, a cruise ship is a holiday resort at sea. To me it is my office and home away from home. I have been working on-board cruise ships for 5 years and this year, the notorious 2020, would have been my 6th year as a seafarer. I [...]

The coronavirus pandemic may have led to disruption in hospitality; but the students of Stenden South Africa have shown great resilience and continue to expand their experience and knowledge, despite this adversity. One of the more popular ways has seen Stenden South Africa students getting involved with Snag Hoteliers; [...]

On Monday the 15th of June, five of our Grand Tour students from the Netherlands in collaboration with Universities Fighting World Hunger hosted a ‘Good Food, Good Mood’, online event. The aim was to raise funds as well as awareness related to the hunger situation in Port Alfred. We are [...]