{"id":305592,"date":"2025-11-26T05:43:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T03:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/appointment-serves-to-benefit-lofty-academic-aspirations\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T05:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T03:43:17","slug":"appointment-serves-to-benefit-lofty-academic-aspirations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/appointment-serves-to-benefit-lofty-academic-aspirations\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Dube takes up another role in SA universities board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BLOEMFONTEIN<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloem-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ProfDubeCUTRenewal_26879.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prof. Pamela Dube, v<\/a>ice-chancellor and principal of the Central University of Technology (CUT), Free State, has received another feather in her cap. 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