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He was awarded The Order of Mapungubwe in Silver in 2021.  
 
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A r i  S i t a s  i s  a  l e a d e r  i n  S o u t h A f r i c a nh i g h e r E d u c a t i o n , a n d a r e c i p i e n t o ft h e O r d e r o f M a p u n g u p w e ( O M S )f r o m t h e S o u t h A f r i c a n P r e s i d e n c y .H e i s a l s o a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l l ya c c l a i m e d a c a d e m i c , p o e t a n dp l a y w r i g h t , a n d a n i n t r e p i d e x p l o r e ro f s o u n d , m u s i c a l a n d o t h e r w i s e .H a v i n g h e l d m a n y p r o f e s s o r s h i p s ,h o n o r a r y p o s i t i o n s a n d C h a i r s a c r o s st h e w o r l d , S i t a s i s n o w a n H o n o r a r yp r o f e s s o r a t t h e A f r i c a O p e ni n s t i t u t e f o r M u s i c , R e s e a r c h a n di n n o v a t i o n i n t h e F a c u l t y o f A r t s a n ds o c i a l S c i e n c e s a t S t e l l e n b o s c hu n i v e r s i t y .
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Sitas
 
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Ari Sitas (1952- ). A South African poet, dramatist, civic activist and sociologist.

Born in Limassol, Cyprus, on 5 December 1952 and grew up there. He studied sociology and political philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and eventually completed an PhD on the emergence of a social movement of trade union workers on the East Rand in 1984.

He was a founder member of the Junction Avenue Theatre Company, and among his productions with them have been Will of a Rebel,

In 1978, he and the Company received the Olive Schreiner Award for the play, Randlords and Rotgut, and, in 1981, won an award for his video Howl at the Moon.[1] He completed his PhD on the emergence of a social movement of trade union workers on the East Rand under the supervision of Eddie Webster and David Webster ( . He was awarded The Order of Mapungubwe in Silver in 2021.

A r i S i t a s i s a l e a d e r i n S o u t h A f r i c a nh i g h e r E d u c a t i o n , a n d a r e c i p i e n t o ft h e O r d e r o f M a p u n g u p w e ( O M S )f r o m t h e S o u t h A f r i c a n P r e s i d e n c y .H e i s a l s o a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l l ya c c l a i m e d a c a d e m i c , p o e t a n dp l a y w r i g h t , a n d a n i n t r e p i d e x p l o r e ro f s o u n d , m u s i c a l a n d o t h e r w i s e .H a v i n g h e l d m a n y p r o f e s s o r s h i p s ,h o n o r a r y p o s i t i o n s a n d C h a i r s a c r o s st h e w o r l d , S i t a s i s n o w a n H o n o r a r yp r o f e s s o r a t t h e A f r i c a O p e ni n s t i t u t e f o r M u s i c , R e s e a r c h a n di n n o v a t i o n i n t h e F a c u l t y o f A r t s a n ds o c i a l S c i e n c e s a t S t e l l e n b o s c hu n i v e r s i t y .

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https://www.jstor.org/stable/40151858

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https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/ari-sitas

https://herri.org.za/9/zoe-boshoff-sabitha-satchi/