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RISK & VULERNABILITY SCIENCE CENTRE
About us
The Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre (RVSC) carries out research that provides information on the risks and vulnerabilities arising from environmental and socio-cultural stressors in the former Transkei region of the Eastern Cape…more
3RVSC team
Walter Sisulu University’s RVSC team is headed by Dr Motebang Dominic Vincent Nakin and supported by agricultural economic and research fellow Simbarashe Ndhleve and office administrator Songezo Madubela…more
Postgraduate students
Thirteen postgraduate students who are currently completing their doctorate and masters programme, covering a wide selection of environmental, medicinal and health …more
4Latest News
Walter Sisulu University’s Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre put itself on the provincial map when it hosted the household food security profiling training workshop in October 2013…more
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Research at Walter Sisulu University
Research is conducted across other areas such as education, health sciences, business, management sciences, law, science and technology. It is noteworthy that Walter Sisulu University is home to the only research chair in indigenous systems in South Africa....Read more
Bayer Environmental Award
WSU’s third-year environmental sciences student Thabisile Kamtshe from Mbizana in the Eastern Cape was one of only two South Africans to join a group of about 50 other environmentalists for the 2013 Bayer Young Environmental Envoy study trip in 2013....Read more
Funders and partners
Walter Sisulu University RAVAC centre is hosted by the University as well as the University of Fort Hare. The funders are the national Department of Science & Technology and the National Research Foundation. The partners include Access and the CSIR...Read more