MOJA DEC-JAN - Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Dec 06/ Jan 07
Volume 1 Edition 5
Mechatronics course launched at CPUT
A
multi-million rand project to
train students in mechatronics
- a combination of electronic
and mechanical engineering - at
three universities of technology
was
launched
at
the
Cape
Peninsula University of Technology
(CPUT), a first for South Africa.
The programme, part of the
industrial offset programme by
the German Frigate Consortium
(GFC) and ThyssenKrupp Marine
Systems, has been endorsed by the
department of trade and industry.
Sipho Zikode, a chief director in
the department, said that when
the idea was first suggested by
ThyssenKrupp three years ago,
it was greeted with scepticism,
but it was eventually approved.
It was realised at the time that South
Africa needed skills development
and training particularly in valueadded service areas, he said.
Zikode added that the computer
hardware alone would cost R20
million per institution. The programme
would be rolled out at three coastal
universities of technology, CPUT, the
Durban Institute of Technology and
the Nelson Mandela University in
Port Elizabeth, from January 2007.
Tom Webster, a project leader at
Festo Didactic, said the launch of the
programme was a quantum leap for
South African industrial capabilities.
Students would use real industrial
equipment, tied in with computer
Woman of
courage:
student
speaks out
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simulation, in addition to studying
theory. The company would provide
the hardware and software, train
the trainers to ensure sustainability
and even offer ongoing training.
Webster added that qualifications
were being developed. Ulrich Scheel,
the offset project manager for both
ThyssenKrupp and GFC, said the
programme would make a real and
significant difference to South Africa
and change the lives of thousands of
historically disadvantaged students.
(Excerpt from article written by Ronnie
Morris courtesy of Business Report )
High court
admits law
lecturer as
advocate
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A
t CPUT we have come to the end
of another fruitful and exciting
year during which we have
made good progress and accomplished
much in a number of critical areas - and
are now embarking on another exciting
year.
What we achieved during 2006 has
been as a direct result of the collective
efforts of all our staff
It is therefore my honour to thank all our
colleagues, the academic staff as well
as the support staff, all of who remained
focused on the critical challenges and
who, despite the many challenges, have
helped us to realize the objectives which
we set for ourselves in 2006.
I hope each one of you and your family
members enjoyed a peaceful and
enjoyable festive season.
Prof LV Mazwi–Tanga
VICE-CHANCELLOR
Cape High Court admits CPUT law lecturer as an advocate
New developments
M
s Yasmin Nanabhay, lecturer in
Public Management and Law at
the Cape Peninsula University
of Technology (CPUT), was admitted by
the Cape High Court as an advocate of
the High Court in South Africa .
Ms Nanabhay was admitted to her new
role by Senior Advocate Gary Myburg.
She joined CPUT in 2004 as a lecturer
in the Department of Public Management
and Law, where she also sits as a
chairperson for the faculty disciplinary
committee at the Cape Town Campus.
Ms Nanabhay obtained her LLB degree
at Wits University in 1999. She completed
her articles at the law firm Fonnenberg,
Hoffman and Galombik where she was
also a practicing attorney. Ms Nanabhay
was previously a lecturer in law at the
University of Cape Town (UCT) before
joining the CPUT.
She is currently completing her PHD
at UCT, which will allow her to appear
in different courts to do research on
legal work pertaining to her field. Ms
Nanabhay will continue to lecture in Public
Management and Law at the CPUT.
“I am looking forward to it; I feel a strong
sense of achievement, as this was one
of my goals. It gives me an opportunity
to make court appearances at the
Constitutional Court when issues arise
pertaining to my field. It also gives me an
opportunity to make a difference in society
and improve the areas of law that are
lacking. I also see this as an opportunity
to assist the CPUT in any legal matter
where I can offer my expertise,” said Ms
Nanabhay.
LEGAL EAGLE: Ms Nanabhay
beams as she stands at the
doors of the Cape High Court
Teaching, the engineering way
by Prof Nico Beute
Engineers from various disciplines have
embarked on a project to assist teachers
with the teaching of mathematics,
science and technology in schools.
The engineers attended a training
session hosted by the Cape Peninsula
University of Technology and the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE), the world’s largest
technical professional society. The
training session was co-ordinated
in association with the Engineering
Council of South Africa (ECSA), the
South African Institution of Mechanical
Engineers (SAIME), the South African
Institution of Civil Engineers (SAICE),
the Institute of Professional Engineering
Technologists (IPET) and the Chamber
of Engineering Technology.
Strategies
for
building
effective
partnerships were discussed with school
teachers and lesson materials were
given to the participants.
The workshop for teachers was held
under the auspices of IEEE’s Teacher
In-Service Programme (TISP), Training
for South Africa. TISP assists schools as
they implement the new curriculum for
Further Education and Training (FET)
in schools, which covers Grades 10 to
12. TISP is a proven programme that
leverages existing engineering skills in
the country to assist teachers.
The overall goal of the programme is
to encourage collaboration between the
engineering team and local education
departments, to establish in-service
training sessions for teachers who are
teaching subjects related to engineering
in Grades 10 to 12.
Mr Cameron Dugmore, MEC for
Education in the Western Cape, said:
“This programme is an excellent example
of how all sectors can cooperate to
improve the quality of education in the
country and to build the scarce skills we
desperately need to grow and share the
economy. We are deeply grateful to the
engineers taking part in this programme,
and look forward to working with them
as we develop the teaching skills and
knowledge of our teachers.”
The workshop attracted about ninety
participants from the teaching and
engineering professions. Top officials
from the national education department
and
many
provincial
education
departments were present. Engineers
came to understand the challenges the
education department face and showed
their commitment to help teachers
understand engineering principles and
applications so as to equip them with
knowledge and lesson plans to teach
engineering related subjects.
During September and October a
total of about 500 teachers benefited
from engineers who shared their
knowledge and practical expertise
with them. Engineers lead training
sessions, provided teachers with lesson
plans, material and instruments. This
has helped tremendously to prepare
teachers to present engineering related
lesson plans to their students.
Patella welcomed to the shores of CPUT
Campus news
PRETTY PATELLA: This vessel has been acquired by the CPUT Department of Maritime studies that will
help to enhance their existing Maritime Education and Training Development capability.
T
he Department of Maritime
Studies at the Granger Bay
Campus recently purchased the
fisheries research vessel ‘Patella’ from
the department of Environmental Affairs
& Tourism (DEAT).
The upgrading of the fishery and
environmental protection vessel fleet
was completed in late 2005 with
the commissioning of the ‘Victoria
Mxenge’.
A key element of this programme was
the phased decommissioning of the
three older vessels: ‘Jasus’, ‘Pelagus’
and ‘Patella’. ‘Jasus’ was sold in July
2005, the ‘Pelagus’ in September 2006
and finally, the ‘Patella’.
The reason behind the CPUT
acquisition of the decommissioned
‘Patella’ (at a cost of ZAR 450 000,00)
by the Department of Maritime Studies
of CPUT was primarily to enhance
their existing Maritime Education and
Training Development capability.
Captain Dr Ed Snyders, head of the
University’s Department of Maritime
Studies notes: “Many of our students,
particularly those from the deep rural
areas of South Africa, have never had
the privilege of being near or at sea.
This floating laboratory, nicknamed
‘Flolab’ and to be renamed ‘Fathom10’,
shall go a long way in complementing
and enhancing the existing academic
component and bringing to life
challenging abstract concepts”.
Like her consorts, ‘Patella’ was used
exclusively in the near shore areas
during her period of service to DEAT
and played an important role in the
inspection of rock lobster and line
fishing vessels and was also active in
the abalone poaching operations.
Over the years, ‘Patella’ has operated
around the South African coastline
and did extended tours of duty on the
south and east coasts. She was very
effectively deployed from Hout Bay
during 2005 and 2006 and did excellent
work in monitoring the activities of the
rock lobster boats.
The vessel is ideal for a wide range of
training applications and will be used for
marine and instrument research and a
host of other noncommercial academic
applications. She shall be berthed and
slipped at CPUT’s own private harbour
in Granger Bay.
“We, at CPUT’s Department of
Maritime Studies, hope that ‘Fathom10’
shall serve the maritime industry well in
her new capacity as a floating laboratory
and that learners, henceforth, shall
be more adequately prepared for the
immense challenges of a seagoing
career,” said Capt Dr Ed Snyders.
Staff Achievements
Farewell to a pioneer in student centred learning
C
heryl Hewson, the driving force of the Student Tutoring
Service (STS) at the Fundani Centre for Higher
Education, will be leaving the institution after 10 years.
Ms Hewson would like to commend the CPUT for creating an
opportunity where she had the freedom to be creative in her
conceptualisation, implementation and co-ordination of the STS
function.
STS has the potential to grow the students’ ability to learn, by
giving second year students the responsibility to mentor other
students and help their transition from secondary to tertiary
learning. This service started with 50 tutors in 1997, and now
has 350 trained tutors. Many students who started as tutors are
now full-time employees of the CPUT.
The STS will become decentralised into departments in 2007.
The STS functions will be located within the various faculties,
and a process of consultation is underway. Ms Hewson says, “
The decentralisation will be phased in over the next two years.”
Ms Nosisana Mkonto will manage the process of decentralisation
throughout the institution and will be supported by Ms Abigail
Zwartz-Cupido.
Ms Hewson will be remembered by her colleagues for her
stamina, creative spark, resourcefulness and networking skills.
“I’d like to commend the institution for valuing a learning support
system like peer tutors and acknowledge the many people I have
worked with, and formally say goodbye,” said Ms Hewson.
Ms Cheryl Hewson
Ms Darries named Librarian of the year
M
s Fatima Darries, librarian at the
CPUT’s Design and Informatics
Faculty, has been named the
Librarian of the Year by the Library
and Information Association of South
Africa (LIASA) during its recent annual
conference Tshwane.
Each of the ten branches within LIASA
had to name a branch winner who would
then be eligible for the national award. Ms
Darries was named the Western Cape
Branch Librarian of the year. She was also
elected branch chairperson.
She was then interviewed for the national
leg of the competition in Tshwane along
with the other branch winners.
Ms Daries received an award of R25 000
to be used for educational purposes. The
AWARDED: (from left) Ms Naomi Haasbroek, ex-Western Cape chairperson,.
Fatima Darries holding her trophy and LIASA president, Mr Tommy Matthee
Librarian of the Year is seen to be a
role model to the rest of the library and
information community and a person
whose contributions make a lasting impact
on the sector.
The motivation from the Western Cape
branch reads: “In addition to fulfilling all
the criteria for this prestigious award, Ms
Darries has been very actively involved
in Liasa. She demonstrates excellence in
promoting library and information services
and the Association through her work at the
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
and Liasa activities.
“Her leadership is demonstrated by the
various initiatives such as the establishment
of the Western Cape Higher Education
Libraries Interest Group (WCHELIG) and
the successful colloquiums hosted by this
interest group. An exceptional achievement
was her selection to attend the HERS-SA
Academy. In 2005 Ms Daries was one
of six South African women to attend
the Bryn Mawr Summer Institute and
also presented a paper there, promoting
librarians and making valuable contacts.
She is also an accredited EDT practitioner
and her involvement with training is
evidence of her commitment to the
development of Library and Information
Systerms (LIS) professionals.”
Occupational
hygiene institute
gets proactive!
South Africa is struggling to compete
internationally in the area of tooling.
An international conference was
recently held at the Cape Peninsula
University of Technology to address
this issue.
Mbavhalelo Mabogo, a M.Tech
student in Mechanical Engineering,
impressed delegates with his
research on tooling failures.
This won him the award for the best
presentation.
“It has been very hard work. I have
not completed my research on finite
element analysis of tooling failures.
South Africa cannot compete in
the area of tooling because our
technology is behind. At the moment
we are competing with China and if
we increase our competitiveness,
we will increase employment,” said
Mbavhalelo.
For his research, Mbavhalelo
approached a company for a tool that
A WINNER: Mbavhalelo Mabogo
was failing. The company gave him
a spring seat for a shock absorber.
“I had to look at why this component
was failing and used reversed
engineering through the Institute
for Advanced Tooling in Pretoria.
The results were analysed on a
finite element analysing computer
programme. I had to simulate the
environment to pick up what was
causing the failure and how to solve
it. Although the research is not
finished I have come up with initial
findings.”
This was the enthusiastic student’s
first presentation at an international
conference and he gives all the
credit to his supervisor, Prof Graeme
Oliver.
“We have to create a platform
to begin to solve problems
in industry and this is where
academic institutions such as the
CPUT can help.”
Campus news
The Southern African Institute for
Occupational Hygiene (SAIOH) recently
hosted a conference where issues and
concerns in Occupational Health and
Safety in Africa were discussed.
Subjects that were addressed included
the New Proposed Hazardous Chemical
Substances Regulations, Pre- and
post employment medical evaluations,
Psychological and Physiological medical
examinations of employees working
at heights, the proposed Integrated
Occupational Health and Safety Act and
numerous other pertinent topics.
Mr Emmanuel Rusford of the Faculty
of Health Sciences lists the resolutions
that were compiled and submitted for
adoption:
1. A proactive role should be played by
the leadership of SAIOH at national and
branch level to stimulate the dissemination
of the aims of the institute amongst
stakeholders.
2. Networking and marketing initiatives
of the aims and objectives of the institute
should occur amongst SMME’s in order to
address the imbalances in industry.
3. SAIOH should be taken beyond the
boundaries of South Africa.
4. Constructive attempts should be taken
by SAIOH to promote the philosophies of
health and safety among students.
5. All members involved in the evaluation
of potential occupational hazards
(assistants, technologist and hygienist)
should be exposed to rigorous assessor
and moderation training inline with the
SAQA requirements and the conclusions
drawn from certified assessors and
moderators should be considered in order
to increase the validity and reliability of
the recommendations to the certification
board;
6. Short courses, workshops, meetings
and conferences should be accessible
throughout the continent in order to enable
members to generate required continuous
professional development points;
7. Occupational health and safety
information relevant to the hygienist
should be accessible through the SAIOH
website in order to standardise delivery of
occupational health and safety services
industry.
Further information about Southern
African Institute for Occupational Hygiene
is obtainable at www.saioh.org
Is SA tooled to compete
internationally?
SAPO partners with CPUT on the Girl Child Project
Empowering the nation
by Jenna Christoffels and Ntsikelelo Madini
The South African Port Operations
(SAPO) and the Department of Maritime
Studies at the Cape Peninsula University
of Technology (CPUT) hosted the
recent National Campaign, “Take a girl
child to work”, at SAPO’s Multi Purpose
Terminal and Containers, Cape Town.
The campaign was launched four
years ago as a joint effort between
Government, the Department of
Education,
businesses
and
the
public. It has transformed into South
Africa’s biggest co- operative act of
volunteerism.
EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN: The learners learnt a lot during the time spent
day at the CPUT.
The visit included a group of four
students from Robinvale High School
in Atlantis, Zisukhanyo High School,
Samora Machel in Philippi and
Fairmount High School in Grassy Park.
The objective for the day was to
expose and encourage girl child
empowerment and the core topic was
experiential learning and giving them
career guidance on how to access
this industry. It encouraged the girls
to deepen their thinking, enhancing
their self- esteems to achieve their full
potential. The campaign gives them
insight into different working conditions,
breaking away from the stereotypical
girls choices, and helps them make
wider career options.
The learners were also introduced to
various fields within the campus and
SAPO. The day brought about more
knowledge for the students and was
a great experience and success. The
outcome of the day was a success
thanks to Ms Pamela Yoyo, Mr
Francoius Verwey, Mr Mike Powles, Mr
Joe Madlala from SAPO, Captain Dr. Ed
Snyders and Mr Zanemvula Gozongo
from CPUT.
Surface student inspires HIV-prisoners
by Melissa Green
Twenty
inmates
at
Malmesbury
Correctional Facility, of which ten are
HIV-positive, participated in a 6 -week
Surface Design workshop conducted
by Nicole Nel, a masters student in
Surface Design at the Cape Peninsula
University of Technology (CPUT). The
inmates form part of the “Group of
Hope,” who contribute to the plight of
HIV/AIDS and work closely with the
HIV/AIDS Unit at the University.
Nicole’s project focused on exploring
the feasibility and sustainability of an
educational surface design programme
for HIV-infected and affected adults
based at the Malmesbury facility.
The project aimed to empower
inmates with skills that can be used as
an income generating resource once
they are released. It further aims to
teach inmates to express their feelings
through art as a therapeutic benefit for
HIV-infected and affected inmates.
If the research yields positive results,
not only in terms of skills development
but in terms of expressing feelings
through art, then such interventions
could be introduced elsewhere for the
HIV-infected and affected persons.
The workshop encouraged inmates
to explore their feelings through art
by creating their own surface designs.
The inmates experimented and worked
with clay, chalk pastel, water paint,
charcoal, crayon and ceramic paint.
Their journey also included rhythmic,
singing, meditating and rhythmic clap
work.
Many inmates have not touched
clay since their childhood, and this
experience brought back many playful
memories. They believe there is a great
need for other inmates to be exposed
to these workshops.
One inmate said, “I’d like to thank you
for making the effort and time to further
educate us and bridge the divide
between inmates and the public. Thank
you for this opportunity Nicole.”.
The Group of Hope, under Nicole’s
guidance, is currently completing the
last project. This entails the creation
of a tile mural for the prison. Each
participant received four tiles on which
to compose a positive message by
expressing their own feelings. The tile
mural, consisting of eighty tiles, will
be mounted at the visitors’ area at the
facility in Malmesbury.
The experience has introduced Nicole
to a completely different world. It has
proved to be very challenging, fulfilling
and has given her a “feeding of the
soul” experience.
She said, “They were always eager to
work with the art materials and wanted
to acquire new skill learning processes
that raised their self confidence and
self esteem”, said Nicole.
The workshop was guided by two
art facilitators Andrea Raath and
Jandri Macaulay.
Dealing with the reality of HIV/Aids
Visiting Canadian lecturer Andrew Elliot interviews American Ms Eileen Bosso about her contribution to HIV/Aids
awareness and councelling at the CPUT. Mr Elliot writes:
New York was distinct enough.
But working in a hospice in a totally
foreign environment with a whole new set
of rules is a big change. However, I think
the most traumatic experience for Eileen
was that under her care two of the patients
she was working with passed on. While it
was inevitable for her, “not only being in the
medical profession but also working
directly with people who have
AIDS” the first time she
witnessed someone die
before her eyes was
life altering.
After six weeks
in Natal it was off
to the Mother City.
Eileen immediately
started
working
on her projects. The
projects she was working
on at CPUT were massive
in both scope and application,
and for someone who was only spending
six weeks here she accomplished a
tremendous amount.
Eileen went over the details of what she
was doing here things got a little foggy for
me. My background in anything medical
consists of “go back to bed, if it gets
worse see a doctor”. She spoke about
her first task of working with the clinical
psychologist to put together a counselling
programme for peer educators and only
after careful explanation on Eileen’s part
did I finally get it.
It would appear that the peer counsellors
on campus were at the time purely trained
in HIV/AIDS education. Now, thanks to
Eileen they have a programme that also
teaches them how to counsel fellow
students and others who have been
infected with HIV. Often, when people find
out they have been infected they have no
one to turn to for help and support. This
programme helps students
who need counselling
services and give
counsellors a
better set of
tools to help
them deal
with a host of
other issues
that
might
arise during
their work.
Previously
the
clinic did not use
partner notification as part
of their STD control. This was the second
project Eileen was working on. Partner
notification is used around the world to
prevent the spread of STD’s and works
something like this. When someone tests
positive for an STD/STI the clinic or hospital
encourages them to inform any partner
they have been with to also get tested. If
for some reason that person does not want
to notify their partners the medical facility
will do it on their behalf without using the
original person’s name.
We ended our conversation with a toast to
work done, and work to be done.
“...the first
time she witnessed
someone die before her
eyes was life
altering...”
FAREWELL EILEEN From left are Mr Peter le Roux (HIV/Aids Coordinator), Ms Merle Hodges (International Officer), Ms Eileen
Bosso, Lion Kahimise (HIV/Aids Peer Counselor) and Ms Nadia Viljoen (Health and Safety Officer).
HIV/Aids
As a Canadian, many South Africans
assume that I have a latten dislike for
Americans.
Whether I’m fond of my cousins to the
South or not, when you’re a few thousand
miles from home and you hear an accent
that sounds almost like yours all your
preconceived notions disappeared and
you instantly hit it off.
Of course this was made even easier
by Eileen Bosso; the New Yorker with
an infectious smile. There she was at
my doorway, introducing herself two
days before she was due to head back
to the states to start her masters at the
University of Albany with a focus on AIDS
epidemiology.
Eileen was the vanguard of what will
hopefully be a large international contingent
of interns from North America coming to
work and learn at the Cape Peninsula
University of Technology (CPUT). Whether
here on the Bellville campus or Cape
Town the experience they garner and the
contributions they make are irreplaceable,
and enrich the work they do and that of
those around them.
First arriving in Natal, Eileen worked at
a hospice developing AIDS education
programmes for youngsters and women,
as well as working with terminal AIDS
patients.
When she described her first six weeks to
me I got the feeling that it was just settling
in how much it had changed her life. The
difference just from lodging with a large
Zulu family as opposed to her home in
HIV/Aids
Zindle: A woman of courage
The year was 2003. Like so many
students Zindle Mobbs came to the Cape
Peninsula University of Technology with
hopes and dreams. Although Education
was not her first choice she put
everything into her studies. After passing
her first year she knew she made the
right choice. She has just completed her
B.Tech degree in Education.
What makes Zindle different from other
students? This young, attractive woman
with the beautiful smile has full blown
Aids. It was not an easy decision but she
wanted to tell Moja her story.
“It has not been an easy road, but I could
not have done it without the wonderful
support of the CPUT students and staff,”
said Zindle.
Zindle fell ill in May 2004. It started
with the flu but things got worse.
She lost a lot of weight and
thrush in her mouth. She
went to the campus
doctor who suspected
she had tuberculosis
but advised her to
go for a HIV-test.
“I got scared and
decided to go to
another
doctor.
He told me the
same thing. Still I
did not want to face
reality and bought
medicines with the
hope that I will get
better.”
She did not want to go for
the test because she knew
what the virus did to people.
She lost her sisters to Aids, one in
1998 and one in 2003.
“I was not getting better and did not
want to go for the test. I decided to pack
my bags and go home to the Eastern
Cape. There I went to the hospital. They
took X-rays and it was confirmed that I
had TB. They also insisted that I do the
test. I didn’t want to worry my parents
and tried to convince myself it was
nothing. I continued changing doctors
and medication.”
Zindle returned to campus. By then she
lost 10 kilograms and still did not want to
test. She became weaker and developed
sores on her back. She went back to
the campus clinic where the HIV/Aids
counsellor spoke to her and eventually
convinced her to do an HIV-test. After six
months of being ill and losing weight she
found the courage to do a test.
“It was what I knew all along and did not
want to face. I cried but I was relieved at
the same time. I called my mother. She
told me to make a decision: to die or to
live. She said this was a manageable
disease. She believed that I could pull
through.”
She was writing her final exam for her
second year. When she told her best
friend, she applauded Zindle for her
courage and strength to disclose.
Zindle finished her exams and went
home where she started TB-treatment.
The side effects of the treatment hit her
hard and she became weaker. By that
time she was reading about HIV and
knew that something else was wrong.
“Without the doctor knowing and went to
test my CD-4 count. It was 15. I had fullblown Aids. I immediately spoke to the
doctor about anti-retrovirals.”
She was now taking medication for
TB as well as Aids, but she came back
to campus to start her third year.
“I came back for my family. They
were so supportive and gave me the
courage to go on. When I arrived on
campus I weighed 35 kilograms and
looked like a skeleton. I continued
to go for counselling on campus
and joined the HIV/Aids Support
Group. Being part of the group was
encouraging. It made me feel like the
strongest person on earth. The group
gave me the confidence to go on with
life, my studies and to look forward
to the future. I decided to disclose to
certain lecturers and their reaction
was amazing. They supported me
and constantly told me what a strong
person I am.”
After six months Zindle weighed
54 kilograms and life was starting to
look good again. She wanted to do
more and became a Resident Student
Assistant and later joined the HIV/Aids
Peer Counsellors.
“I decided to disclose my status to
the peer counsellors. They didn’t feel
sorry for me and that was amazing.
They are like my family. They didn’t
care about my status. I enjoyed
the workshops especially
the community outreach
projects. I was gaining
new skills and this kept
me going.”
Zindle’s
biggest
test was recently
with the three-day
HIV-testing
drive
on campus. She
disclosed to her
fellow
Education
students
and
encouraged them to
know their status.
“The reaction was
great.
Everywhere
I
went students came up to
me and told me they went for
the test.”
Today Zindle’s CD-4 count is 854.
She is living healthily and wants to
continue to spread the word about
Aids.
“I had to change the way I live but I
know it’s just a virus. I cannot let my
dreams be shattered because of it. It
is a challenge to live with Aids. You get
depressed and you do wonder what
people think. I always remind myself
that the focus is to live a longer life. I
have plans for my future. I want to enrol
for HIV/Aids course at the University
of the Western Cape in 2008.
“I cannot imagine starting my
journey with Aids without the love
and support of the CPUT students
and staff. I have learnt that anything
is possible and that you cannot sit
down and wait to die.”
HIV/Aids Unit salutes Peer Educators
GREAT WORK: Zackie Achmat and some members of the CPUT’s HIV/Aids
Unit during the Peer Educator Awards Ceremony at Kirstenbosch.
Peer Educator category, said she had
initially had negative perceptions about
infected people. “When I was introduced
to the programme, it changed my attitude
and perception about HIV/Aids,” she
said.
Dr. Mandla Tshabalala, Deputy ViceChancellor of Student Affairs, said the
CPUT was taking the Peer Educators’
work very seriously.
“You have given yourselves time to
HIV/Aids
The HIV/Aids epidemic shall stay with us
for a long time. Not only are we faced with
the crisis of the illness, but we are also
faced with the crisis of death stemming
from this epidemic.
As result of the epidemic, the average
age of death in South Africa is 34. Thirty
years from now we will still be feeling the
impact of their death.
These were the observations of HIV/Aids
activist and Treatment Action Campaign
leader, Mr Zackie Achmat, during his
address at the Peer Educator Awards
Ceremony hosted by CPUT’s HIV/Aids
Unit at Kirstenbosch recently.
The awards are held annually and salute
those Peer Educators who go out of their
way to ensure that they convey important
information about HIV/Aids to their fellow
students.
He said many things changed in South
Africa since the campaign started. “If you
have HIV, you can still have a productive
life. I am looking forward to many, many
years,” he said amid cheers from the
gathering.
Lerato Mniki, the winner in the Senior
drive the message of HIV/Aids beyond
the CPUT You have done this even
though you have the same challenges
(academic) as other students. You will be
rewarded,” said Tshabalala in praise of
the Peer Educators at the CPUT.
The HIV/AIDS Unit celebrated World
AIDS Day at the Malmesbury prison on 2
December 2006. Some inmates involved
in the programme received certificates for
their contribution to HIV/Aids activities.
One person can make a difference
by Melissa Green
The Faculty of Informatics and Design
recently honoured Surface Design student
Jon Paul Bolus for raising R700 000 for
Aids orphans within twelve hours. Surface
Design lecturer Ms Elize Potgieter gave
her second year students an assignment
that require them to raise funds for AIDS
orphans.
The students set about raising money
through the sale of raffle tickets and
organising a market day.
Student Jon Paul Bolus was moved
to make a difference. He knew of
Brockhouse Cooper’s “brokerage” day
and initiated an idea with the help of his
father, Mr Mike Bolus, Managing Director
of the company.
All speakers, amongst them Prof Anthony
Staak, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic;
Ms Mel Hagen, Dean Faculty of Informatics
and Design; Ms Gail Johnson, Director of
the Nkosi’s Haven; Ms Shirley Palmer,
Public Relations Manager of Foschini Ltd;
Mr Pierre Uys, MEC of Health: Western
Cape and Mr Cameron Dugmore, MEC
of Education, showered John with praises
for the job he had done.
Ms Johnson told the gathering how
important this money has been for the
Nkosi’s Haven as some renovations have
already been effected with the money.
Sponsors for the evening included
African Harvest, Allan Gray, Old Mutual,
Jon Paul Bolus (middle) with Ms Mel Hagen, Dean of the Faculty of Prudential, Sanlam, Rand Merchant Bank
Informatics and Design, Ms Gail Johnson, Director of the Nkosi’s Haven, and Stanlib. The Nkosi’s Haven Choir
Mr Pierre Uys, MEC of Health: Western Cape; and Mr Cameron Dugmore, ascended the stage and performed some
Western Cape Education MEC, with children from the Nkosi Haven.
dance items for the guests.
CPUT receives National Award
Campus news
Community Engagement and Service-Learning Exhibition awarded
The Cape Peninsula University of
Technology’s Community Engagement
and Service Learning Department
recently won an award for their display
at a national exhibit on Community
Engagement in Higher Education. The
Department won R10 000 for the most
informative exhibition.
The
Higher
Education
Quality
Committee (HEQC) of the Council on
Higher Education (CHE) and the JET
Education Services (formerly known as
the Joint Education Trust) hosted the
conference.
Mr Jo Lazarus CHESP Project Manager
said, “Three international guests, Mr
Mario Fernandez, Mr John Kaburisa
and Mr Rupa Shah were requested to
identify the exhibit which they found
most informative in terms of community
engagement.”
“While our international colleagues
indicated that it was no easy decision,
their collective vote identified the Cape
Peninsula University of Technology as
the institution with the most informative
exhibition. Congratulations to CPUT
and thank you all for exhibiting at the
conference,” said Mr Lazarus.
The
conference
was
held
in
response to the White Paper on the
transformation of higher education
(Department of Education, 1997) which
refers to community engagement as
an integral part and core function of
higher education in South Africa.
EXHIBITIONISTS: (from left) Ms Jacqui Scheepers, Dr Joyce Nduna and Ms Faeeza Davis.
The
overarching
goal
of
the
conference was to promote an enabling
environment for the conceptualisation
and implementation of community
engagement in South African Higher
Education Institutions (HEI’s). One
of the specific goals was to promote
dialogue among senior academics,
local
authority,
community,
and
business leaders regarding regional
development through teaching, learning
and research. All public HEI’s in South
Africa were invited to nominate seven
delegates to attend the conference.
Amongst the speakers was the
National Minister for Education, Ms
Naledi Pandor, the Premier of the
Western Cape, Mr Ebrahim Rasool,
the Mayor of Cape Town, Ms Helen
Zille and the acting CEO of the CHE
who is also Director of the HEQC, Mr
Mala Singh .The Vice-Chancellors
and Deputy Vice-Chancellors of local
institutions acted as conference
chairpersons.
Dr Joyce Nduna and Ms Jacqueline
Scheepers of the CPUT’s Community
Engagement and Service Learning
Department attributes the winning
of the award to the tremendous
institutional support that the Community
Engagement and Service-Learning Unit
receives from the CPUT community.
“CPUT is committed to community
engagement and for this we are proud,”
they said.
In Memory of Mr Jabu Mazibuko Mahlangu
by Ncamile Dlikilili
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Mr Jabulani Mazibuko Mahlangu,
International Relations Coordinator at the
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
(CPUT) passed away recently.
His memorial service was held at the
Cape Town Campus. Mr Mahlangu fell ill
while promoting the CPUT to universities
in Europe. Upon his arrival back to South
Africa, Mr Mahlangu was directly transported
to hospital where he was diagnosed with
double pneumonia and remained in critical
condition till his death.
He worked closely with Ms Merle Hodges
of the university’s international office.
“We started to work together in 2005 when
the international office was opened by the
University”, said Ms Hodges.
Mr Mahlangu advised international
students on problems they were facing in
the CPUT.
“Mr Mahlangu came up with good ideas
in drafting policies, leaflets, posters and
books for international students”, said Ms
Hodges.
“Mr Mahlangu searched for the good
instead of searching for mistakes. He was
dedicated to push the University mandate
even though he was not feeling well”, said
Vice-Chancellor Prof Vuyisa Mazwi-Tanga.
“Mr Mahlangu was soft spoken and also
meant a great deal to us. CPUT will prosper
and grow and shall always remain grateful
to this dedicated man”, said Mr Alwyn van
Gensen, CPUT Interim Registrar.
MrJabu Mahlangu
Literacy matters at CPUT
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Dr Janet Condy
Matters” papers were presented on
multilingualism, adult literacy, early literacy,
professional development, writing, authors
and illustrators, special needs and literacy
from Gr R - 12.
Dr Janet Condy, convener of the
conference and chairperson of RASA,
described this year’s conference as
extremely positive and what the country,
teachers and academics are crying out for
– a forum to discuss and debate current
literacy issues across the spectrum. She
said all of the papers that were delivered
by national and international speakers
were of a very high standard and that this
reflected the excellent work that is being
done by many people in the country in the
field of literacy.
RASA is affiliated to the International
Reading Association (IRA) and its vision
is to be an internationally recognised
organisation dedicated to empowering and
helping all its citizens to be literate and to
be able to develop to their fullest potential.
Dr Condy said RASA did not promote
any specific pedagogic theory nor any one
organization but was open to accepting
all organizations and individual members
involved with literacy.
RASA will begin a peer reviewed journal
on reading and writing in southern Africa.
This journal will include articles that will
benefit classroom teachers as well as
researchers.
Campus news
he Reading Association of South
Africa (RASA) recently held its
second national conference at the
Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s
Education and Social Science Faculty in
Mowbray. The theme of the conference
this year was “Literacy Matters” and was
attended by about 200 delegates.
Many academics, schools, and institutions
of higher learning from as far as Botswana,
KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Free State and
the Eastern Cape attended the conference.
There was a very strong presentation of
WCED officials throughout the weekend
and many publishers had displays of their
most recent work.
The keynote speaker was Professor Kate
Parry who spoke on the topic of “Which
Literacy Matters and why”. Although Kate
lecturers at Hunters College, New York,
she lives 4 months of every year in Uganda
and her talk was based on her work in
libraries in Uganda.
Among the very stimulating and
fascinating sub themes of “Literacy
Promoting Responsible Tourism
by Candice King
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he Department of Tourism
Management at the Cape
Peninsula
University
of
Technology (CPUT) recently hosted a
workshop promoting responsible and
sustainable tourism. The objective of
the workshop was to put into operation
practical implementations of this
project.
“This project is run over four months and
takes place in four modules. The project
is currently in its fourth module and each
KEY PLAYERS: Ms Samira Kenward, Ms Heidi Keyser and Prof Harold Goodwin
workshop runs over a one week period”,
said Prof Harold Goodwin, Professor
of Responsible Tourism Management:
Leeds Metropolitan University.
The focus of the training programme is
to promote sustainable and responsible
tourism in South Africa, predominantly in
previously disadvantaged communities.
The project engages provincial and
local government.
Twenty-five participants attended the
workshop and they include Cape Town
Routes Unlimited (CTRU), Cape Town
Tourism and people who travelled from
as far as the West Coast, Overberg and
Paarl.
“The workshop is a training project that
the British High Commission is funding”,
said Ms Samira Kenward, Programme
Manager for Sustainable Development:
British High Commission in Pretoria.
Mr Nuchey Van Neel from Conservation
International - a non-governmental
organisation
with
an
office
in
Namaqualand – says they hope to
implement an eco-tourism development
programme and they intend to catalyse
conservation through development.
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Baja Buggers do it once again!
Engineering
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he Baja Bug team is on their
way to America once again
after winning the National Baja
Bug competition in Pretoria.
Mr Wesley Alexander, lecturer in the
Mechanical Engineering Department
said this time around everything went
well. Five Baja Bugs were entered
this year. There were three student
cars and two staff cars. At the end of
the competition the Cape Peninsula
University of Technology students
and staff won the overall competition
in both their categories.
“Over and above the normal workload
students and staff sacrificed their
time to work on the vehicles. The fact
that our vehicle did not break down
during the endurance race won the
competition for us. The endurance
race counts the most and all we
had to do was to fill the vehicle with
petrol and change drivers,” said Mr
Alexander.
The student team who won their
category consisted of CPUT students
as well as Dutch students who
spent a few months on the Bellville
campus. The three students returned
from the Netherlands to Cape Town
to participate in the competition.
As the national champions, the
students now have the opportunity to
compete with students from all over
the world at the international Baja
Bug competition in America in May
2007.
“The CPUT team went to America last
WINNING TEAM: The team who won this year’s National Baja
Bug competition.The students will compete at the international Baja
Bug competition in America in May 2007.
year to compete in the competition
and next year we again have the
opportunity to show what we can
do. Unfortunately going to America
costs money and we hope to raise
enough to prove to the rest of the
world what we are capable of,” said
Mr Alexander.
The Baja Bug competition is open
to all universities. The students
are given a set of rules and a 10horsepower engine.
They have to design and build a
four-wheel, single-seater vehicle.
Taking science and technology education to rural schools
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An outreach team of the Cape Peninsula
University of Technology implemented a
science and technology project in rural
schools. This venture is a partnership
between the Western Cape Education
Department’s
Breederiver-Overberg
Education Management and Development
Centre (EMDC) and the mathematics,
science and technology (MST) education
outreach team. The project consisted of
three phases: a science show followed by
the building of science clubs and finally
an interschool science and technology
exhibition.
The CPUT outreach team consisted
of Dr. Shaheed Hartley (Director of
Contract Research), Mr. Robert Solomon
(Education Department) and a number
of mathematics, science and technology
education students. They took this project
across the Breederiver-Overberg region,
from Ceres, Wolsley and Worcester to
Robertson, Grabouw and Genadendal.
The first phase, consisted of curriculumrelated physics and chemistry experiments
and technology education.
The second phase dealt with the
establishment of a science club at each
of the schools that were visited during
Phase I. The final part of Phase II involved
a science show by the learners to the
outreach team.
The final phase of the project entailed
a competition between the schools that
participated in Phase II. The details of
the project and the science competition
will be featured on SABC 2 on Monday
1st January 2007 on the programme
HIP2B2 at 16:30.
In the high school category Vusisizwe
Secondary from Worcester won the award
for their enthusiastic and interesting
rendition of experiments, scientific
explanations, presentation skills and
incorporation of local knowledge. The
primary school section was awarded to
De Villiers Primary in Robertson for their
scientific approach, carefully worked out
experiments and scientific explanations
but finally also for their ingenious methods
in devising and launching a waterrocket that was shot in the air for nearly
a proverbial mile. Both schools won a
R2000 prize, half which is to be spent
on the participating learners directly and
the other half on developing science and
technology education at the school.
Visibly innovative!
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Analysis (LSA) to increase the relevancy
of search engine results is being studied.
Another student is focusing on the effect
the choice of top level domain choice
has on website visibility.
A proposal has been submitted to
the NRF to expand the focus of this
research group to also study potential
synergy between crawler visibility
and human usability. The researchers
in this group are also concentrating
on links to the industry. A mutually
beneficial working relationship has
been established with Ananzi, the top
South African search engine. Secondly,
the topic of one of the recent national
conference papers was the application
INNOVATORS: (From left) Masters
student, Wouter Kritzinger and Prof
Melius Weideman.
of previous research done in the group
on a real-life website.
Louw & Coetzee Attorneys, a
company in Durbanville, was chosen
for this research project. A variety of
measurements were done on their
website before and after the research
project (www.louwcoet.co.za). As a
result, their website rank for a certain
set of keywords on both Google and
Yahoo! has jumped from nowhere to
number one.
Finally, another link with industry has
been established through potential
improvements to a website. Grapetek
(www.uvasys.com) is a company
manufacturing
Uvasys
Sulphur
Dioxide Generators, which are special
rot-retarding sheets used in packaging
export fruit. Negotiations are currently
under way to submit the result of this
research project to the World Usability
Day competition in Johannesburg.
Interested Masters and Doctoral
students are invited to join in the fun
and become part of the future!
* Funding from the NRF offers
many staff members and students
the opportunity to do research and
improve their qualifications. Since it’s
inception, this RNA has developed into
one of the strongest in South Africa,
with up to eight active grant holders
producing research outputs.
e-Innovation
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e-Innovation
Academy
of the CPUT, housed in the
Multidisciplinary
Applied
Research Centre in Roeland street,
Cape Town, has been the base for
numerous research projects since
it’s launch. A project titled “Website
Visibility” is one of the more recent
CPUT e-commerce projects funded
by the National Research Foundation
(NRF), writes Prof Melius Weideman,
head of this unit.
Website visibility refers to the degree of
ease with which a search engine crawler
(like Google) can find and index a given
website, and it affects the ranking of this
website on search engine result pages.
This e-Commerce research niche area
recently produced four Masters degree
students. The four students are Rickard
Chambers, Fernie Mbikiwa, Mongezi
Ngindana and Wouter Kritzinger.
Rickard Chambers produced a model
which can improve website visibility for
SMME websites, while Fernie Mbikiwa
studied search engine exclusion policies
and their effect on the indexing of eCommerce websites. Mongezi Ngindana
compared the effect text-based as
opposed to graphics-based hyperlinks
have on visibility, while Wouter Kritzinger
researched the role of keyword location
in website visibility. Mongezi and
Wouter are both CPUT staff members,
while Rickard is currently employed
by a college in London as lecturer and
head of department. Fernie is a system
support developer at Metropolitan.
Since early 2004, numerous research
outputs have been produced by
this group of researchers. The list
includes five Department of Education
accredited journal articles (two of
them international), ten published
working papers, two international and
eleven national academic conference
papers and twenty research posters at
academic conferences. Furthermore,
four international guest lectures were
delivered on various aspects of website
visibility, including one at Oxford
University in the United Kingdom.
Future research focuses on the real
estate SMME sector in the Western
Cape, and how website visibility affects
these smaller companies. A study is also
being done on user preference profiling
of natural search results as opposed
to paid search engine result systems.
The effective use of Latent Semantic
Special award
and prize for e-IA
at World Usability
Day 2006
“Why doesn’t this work?” “What am
I supposed to do with this now?”
World Usability Day, 14 November
2006, was for everyone who has ever
asked these questions. It promoted
the value of usability engineering and
user-centered design, and the belief
that every user has the responsibility
to ask for things that work better. The
Usability Professionals’ Association
did that by encouraging, organising,
and sponsoring 36 hours of activities
at the local level around the globe,
all occurring on 14 November 2006.
This year the event organisers also
launched a competition to showcase
the inspiring usability achievements
from all over South Africa. Prof Melius
Weideman and Mr Wouter Kritzinger from
the CPUT’s e-Innovation Academy both
entered the competition. Mr Kritzinger
entered a poster integrating a model of
both website usability and visibility, which
could potentially help website designers
not only achieve visibility, but also retain
usability . Professor Weideman’s entry
was a refurbishment of a website (see
www.uvasys.com) in terms of both
usability and visibility. This is the website of Grapetek, a
company that manufactures Uvasys
sulphur dioxide generating sheets, used
in the grape export industry.
e-IA received a special award and prize
(see picture in centre of page).
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Student achievements
Budding scientists compete for Idol-title
Does the quality of ground water in rural
areas, as a source of drinking water,
pose a health risk? Does replacing lead
in gasoline have a positive effect on the
environment? Do export wines produced
close to the sea conform to sodiumchloride ratios?
These are just a few questions Analytical
Chemistry students answered at this
year’s Science Idols competition.
This year’s Science Idol is Yolande
Schoeman. Yolanda spoke on “Surface
characteristics of acrylic coatings
for
printing”.
Higher
performance
coatings are a major goal for packaging
companies. Acrylic based coatings have
become increasingly popular due to UV
resistance, gloss retention, improved
adhesion, outstanding water resistance
and its availability in variety of forms.
A compromise needed to be achieved
between hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity
to attain good printability as well as good
barrier properties. Two acrylic based
coatings were investigated for printability.
Murendeni Mafumo who was placed
second investigated the chemical oxygen
demand experienced in water which
contains many organic substances after
use in the industry. He investigated
an improved method, whereby visible
spectrophotometry is used, rather than
the time-consuming titration method.
Third place went to Jeronimo De Los
Rios who used chemistry in the form of
fluorescence liquid chromatography to
determine whether wild garlic could be
used to deter mycotoxins from forming
on maize. The toxin is a huge problem
in many maize-producing countries, and,
with maize being the staple diet for many
people, this is important research.
The purpose of the competition is to
encourage Analytical Chemistry students
doing their experiential training to
articulate their workplace experience and
practice in a public forum.
Ms Jenny Wright, one of the organisers
SCIENCE GURUS:
(from left) Jeronimo Des
Los Rios (third place),
Yolande Schoeman
(winner) and Murendeni
Mafumo (second place).
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explained how the competition came about:
“The competition was conceptualised
in response to concerns expressed
by industry that students struggled to
articulate their understandings of science
during interviews and generally in the
workplace. Since our first competition
last year, the number of organisations
and companies sponsoring the event
has grown. This year’s sponsors are the
South African Agency for Science and
Technology Advancement (SAASTA),
Merck, Denel Land Systems and the MTN
Sciencentre.”
Fifty Chemistry students entered the
competition. The finals were held at the
MTN Sciencentre in Canal Walk.
Prof Luigi Nassimbeni, professor of
Physical Chemistry at the University of
Cape Town was one of the judges and
the guest speaker at the event. The other
two judges were Ms Janette Cawood, a
chemist from Vredenburg and Ms Althea
Du Plessis, a communications lecturer.
Gambling gets David to Vuka finals
for public service announcements.
David entered the Newcomer category
with a public service announcement on
responsible gambling.
His entry started out as a project for his
studies. He could not decide which issue
to address until he looked around him.
“I have a very good friend whose father
was a compulsive gambler. His gambling
led to divorce and the family lost almost
everything during this time. It was very
sad to see what was happening to this
family and this inspired me to focus on
gambling,” said David.
David
approached
the
National
Responsible
Gambling
Programme
and did research on the subject before
starting to film.
Although he did not win, his public
service announcement will be flighted on
selected DSTV channels.
“It has been a great experience to meet
people from the industry. This has been
an opportunity for me to be noticed which can only do my career good.”
The world of film enticed David from a
young age. As a learner at D.F. Malan
High School in Bellville, he convinced his
teachers to do his oral presentations in
the form of film.
“I am really enjoying the course. There
is so much to learn. I would like to go into
cinematography when I have finished my
studies. The film industry is growing in
South Africa and you have to create your
own opportunities.”
Student achievements
What started off as a project has now
launched an aspiring filmmaker’s career.
David Enright, a second year Film and
Video student recently reached the finals
of the Vuka! Awards.
The Vuka!Awards is a national competition
SWEET SUCCESS: David Enright’s
public service announcement will be
screened on national television
“No K@k” prizes for designers
by Melissa Green
Fashion and surface/textile students from
South African design institutions could
showcase their designs at the recent “No
Kak’ Awards. The objective was to increase
awareness of eco--friendliness and
provide local companies an opportunity to
showcase their organic wares and holistic
services. Students were asked to design
an organic outfit which would then be
displayed in a fashion show at the finals.
Organic garments are made from organic
fabrics, e.g. cotton, linen, hemp, wool and
untreated silk, where no bleach or dyes
have been used.
From the 136 entrants twenty students
were short listed to showcase their
organic outfits at the “No Kak” fashion
show. Of these twenty students five of
them were from the Cape Peninsula
University of Technology.
The five students that were chosen from
CPUT were Petro Nieuwoudt, Pierre-Louis
Model on left wearing Kirsten’s
organic outfit and third place winner
Kirsten Greeff on the right.
Geldenhuys, Philani Makwati, Bukiwe
Ndengezi, Wendren Milford and Kristen
Greeff.
All of the twenty finalists were flown to
Johannesburg for the final fashion show
where the judging and prize giving took
place.
At the prize giving and final judgment
ceremony Cape Town students won
the day. First place was taken by Estelle
Willemse (Northlink College), followed by
Bukiwe Ndengize (CPUT) in second place,
and Kirsten Greeff of CPUT came in third.
Kirsten Greeff said, “The entire event was
a wonderfully enriching experience, and I’m
sure the entrants who will remain students
next year are looking forward to the next
‘No Kak’ fashion show which will take place
in 2007.”
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CPUT sport honors
its achievers
Arts and sports
by Candice Appollis
Think sport and you probably think sweaty
clothes, physical training and exhaustion.
On one glitzy night, however, the Cape
Peninsula University of Technology
(CPUT) sportspeople get all dressed up
to attend the Annual Sports Award Dinner
Dance.
Recently the clubs and teams from
across the Institution gathered to honour
top achievers of and contributors to
CPUT sport. The boxing team received
an award for the Team of the Year and
the Hockey Club was announced as the
Club of the Year. Alicia Eksteen and Sors
Joubert were named 2006 Sportwoman
and Sportman of the year respectively.
Mr Michael Mortley, Relationship
Manager of Standard Bank presented
honorary awards, merit awards and
exemplary service awards to the
recipients that evening.
The guest speaker was Mr Bennet
Bailey, a CPUT alumnus and Director
of Transformation and Disputes in the
Department of Sport and Recreation in
the Western Cape.
WORK OF ART: Ms Georina Westraadt from the Faculty of Education
and Social Sciences at the Wellington campus recently presented a
paper at the International Conference on Arts in Society in Edinburgh,
Scotland. Six delegates from the Cape Peninsula University of
Technology (CPUT), the University of Cape Town and the University of
Stellenbosch attended the conference. The conference coincided with
the Edinburgh International Arts Festival and attendees represented
the entire arts world, with the majority hailing from the Americas,
Australia, New Zealand and Europe. The theme of the conference
was ‘Arts of Engagement’. Ten broad themes were addressed at
the conference, namely Arts Agendas, Supporting the Arts, Art in
Communities, Constructing Art Worlds, Audiences, Arts Education,
Analysing Art forms, Meaning and representation, Festivals, Art and
Human Rights. In addition to papers delivered, there were talking
circles, workshops and colloquia.
YOURS IN SPORT: Once again
the Cape Peninsula University
of Technology’s (CPUT) Sport
Department excels.
Mr Kenny
Rinquest (left) received Honorary
Colours from the South African
Student Sport Union (SASSU) at
their Annual General Meeting.
Mr Rinquest received this honour
for services rendered over the past
four-and-a-half years as National
Executive member of SASSU.
Mr Sakkie Booysen (right) was
elected as a national executive
committee member of SASSU for
a two-year term.
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