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SABC Contributing editor, Vuyo Mvoko, Foreign Editor, Sophie Mokoena and journalist, Chriselda Lewis were on Wenesday robbed on-camera while preparing for a live crossing after covering the arrival of Zambian President Edgar Lungu who arrived in the country for medical treatment.

The thugs who appeared to have had no clue that they were being recorded escaped with the crew’s cellphones, laptops and broadcast equipment.Vuyo Mvoko who looked terrified by the two thugs in the video later revealed in an SABC interview that one of the men threatened him with a gun when he did not immediately give up his cellphone.

Gauteng police commissioner Lt-Gen Lesetja Mothiba promised to leave no stone unturned in ensuring the criminals are apprehended.Police seemed to be making little progress even as the brazen nature of the crime shocked many.The video footage showing two men accosting Mvoko hit 465,353 views by 2.54pm (GMT+2).

President Edgar Lungu arrived at Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg for treatment after collapsing while giving a speech in Zambia during World’s Women Day.The President touched down at Lanseria International Airport near Johannesburg at about 5:00pm (GMT+2) and immediately drove to the hospital.

Story by Jeremiah Wakaya

Senior Editor

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University of Nairobi Ranks 7th in Africa

12 Feb

University of Nairobi|Fountain of Knowledge|PHOTO:UON PRESS

The University of Nairobi has moved 52 places upward from its previous ranking in July 2014 and emerged position 855 out of over 25,000 ranked universities across the globe.Since the advent of web ranking in 2004,the university has shown an upward trend making it into the South African dominated Africa’s top ten.Kenya was the only East African country in the Africa’s top ten category which comprised of seven South African universities and two Egyptian universities.The Africa’s top ten universities were;University of Cape Town,Stellenbosch University,Cairo University,University of Pretoria,University of Witwatersrand,University of Kwazulu Natal,University of Nairobi,University of Western Cape,American University of Cairo and University of South Africa.

Top 10 Universities in Africa|Web ranking indicators

Web ranking indicators also placed University of Nairobi’s overall web presence to position 330 up from 1109.On dedicated websites and institutional research repositories, the University of Nairobi improved to position 29 up from position 44 from the July 2014 Webometrics Rankings.The University Digital Repository was ranked top in the region,sixth out of 57 in Africa and number 257 worldwide.Previously in July 2014,the University Digital Repository was ranked seveth in Africa.Kenyatta University and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology repositories were ranked second and third respectively in Kenya.

UoN also emerged ahead of some reknown universities around the globe such as California State University(position 862), Illinois State University (915), and Florida Institute of Technology (880),London Business School (1432), University of Hull (944) and Middlesex University (994). In Africa, UoN thrashed University of the Western Cape (8), University of South Africa (10), Mansoura University (11), Makerere University (13), and University of Dar es Salaam (37).Harvard University emerged top globally while University of Cape Town emerged top in Africa.

University of Nairobi population currently stands at over 80,000 students up from 30,000 in 2004, making it the largest university in East Africa.The academic staff is estimated at 154 Professors and 253 Associate Professors.174,000 students have graduated from the university since its inception in 1970.

Story by Jeremiah Wakaya

Senior Editor

Real Trends Blog