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Rhodes Scholarships
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N E W S L E T T E R
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The Rhodes Scholars elected at the end of 2008 and who will take up residence in October 2009 are:
South Africa-at-Large
Jess Auerbach
BSocSci (with distinction) Hons in Social Anthropology (first class) (Cape Town), daughter of Dr and Mrs R Auerbach of Durban.
Roseway Waldorf School: ‘A’ aggregate matriculation with six distinctions; Dux scholar; member,
KwaZulu-Natal Youth Orchestra and Durban City Orchestra. Jess enjoys rock climbing, drama, music, horseriding and hiking. University of Cape Town: Dean’s Merit List; Sasol-Goldenkey National Humanities
Student of the Year award; Steve Biko Fellow. Worked with the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission
for Refugees) in the Nampula Refugee Camp, Mozambique; and as a Human Rights Monitor facilitated
narrative workshops with displaced children around Cape Town. Jess coordinated the establishment of an
archive detailing both the human and legal progression of events. She is currently working as a researcher
on UCT’s Sawyer Seminar Series, looking at alternative epistemologies from India, China, Brazil and Africa.
At Oxford, Jess will read for an MSc in Forced Migration at St Antony’s College.
Evan Ford
BCom (with distinction) (with academic honours) (Rhodes), son of Mr and Mrs M Ford of Grahamstown.
Harriston High School: ‘A’ aggregate matriculation with six distinctions; Dux scholar; full academic
colours; full cultural colours; National Expo medalist. Evan edited the school newspaper and enjoyed drama,
hockey, and public speaking. Rhodes University: graduated within the top 1% of the faculty of commerce
together with distinction and academic honours, attaining 25 first class passes during his undergraduate
degree. He studied for two honours degrees concurrently during 2008: one in accounting through Rhodes
University and one in economics through the University of South Africa. At Rhodes University, he was on
the Dean’s Merit List; Vice President of the SRC; economics tutor; chaired the Student Forum responsible
for passing the Constitution for Students and was co-founder of the Student-2-Student initiative. At Oxford,
Evan will read for an MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management at Linacre College.
Bonolo Mathibela
BSc Engineering in Mechatronics (with first class honours) (Cape Town), daughter of Mr and Mrs AJM Mathibela of Pretoria.
Crawford College, Pretoria: 'A' aggregate matriculation with seven distinctions; Gauteng Department
of Education Academic Excellence award; Speech and Drama award; Silver award for De Beers English
Olympiad; full academic colours; Space and Aviation award (University of Pretoria); Chairperson of Crawford
Student Christian Association (SCA); Core Youth Leader at Hatfield Christian Church. University of
Cape Town: Electrical Engineering Departmental award for Best Presentation of Thesis Research; Dean's
Merit List; Fuller Residence Minnie Academic award for top senior student; University Entrance scholarship;
EBE Merit scholarship; Student Mentor at Fuller Hall Residence; maths tutor in Khayelitsha township; delegate
at Investec Young Women in Finance Conference; committee member of SASFY mentorship program; founder
member of uThando le Nkosi children's shelter in Cape Town; Community outreach (relief work, poverty
alleviation, tutoring and career guidance) in Canada and throughout South Africa (Operation Mobilisation);
Music student (jazz guitar). At Oxford, Bonolo will read for a DPhil in Robotics at New College.
Carina Venter
BMus (with distinction) (Pretoria), daughter of Mr and Mrs D Venter of Pretoria.
Prinshof School (for blind and visually impaired learners): ‘A’ aggregate matriculation; Mark Shuttleworth
award; Phumelela bursary; Maskew Miller award; one of top ten learners in Gauteng; top achiever for Elsen
schools in Gauteng and North West; head girl and member of student council; member of Junior City
Council of Pretoria, vice-chair of Vitae committee; full colours for academics and judo; provincial colours
in judo and athletics; award for best cellist in age group and also for the highest marks attained for any work
in the Pretoria Beeld Eisteddfod. University of Pretoria: Academic Honorary colours; Grade 8 cello
exam - Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music with distinction and Unisa with distinction; CocaCola and SAMRO bursaries for cello performance; bursary for music history; overall winner of the strings
category and prize for best performance of a South African work in strings category ATKV Muziq competition;
soloist with the Johannesburg Symphony orchestra, the Chamber orchestra of South Africa, the KwaZulu
Natal Philharmonic orchestra and the Johannesburg Philharmonic orchestra; member of Golden Key
International Honours Society. University of Stellenbosch: recipient of National Research Foundation
Department of Labour Scarce Skills scholarship for Masters; presentation of a paper on music and HIV/AIDS
at the annual SASRIM conference (South African Society for Research in Music). At Oxford, Carina will read
for an MSt in Musicology at Christ Church.
KwaZulu-Natal
Miles Jackson
BA (First Class Honours) (Oxford) LL.M (Harvard), son of Mr and Mrs R Jackson of Balgowan.
Hilton College: ‘A’ aggregate matriculation with eight distinctions; academic honours; cultural colours;
winning team in KwaZulu-Natal Midlands debating competition; winner of school public speaking competition;
captain of tennis; tennis colours and Midlands under 18A. Oxford University: JCR president, St Anne’s
college prize for results in finals; Oxford University squash; St Anne’s college 1st VIII rowing; rowed in race
across the English Channel; volunteer English teacher. Harvard Law School: nominated for Laylin Prize;
paper on crimes against humanity in international law published in US law journal; volunteer at Harvard
Human Rights Clinic; co-authored report on post-TRC prosecutions in South Africa. Miles worked for a
law firm in New York, coached a team of students from Brooklyn in mock-trial competitions and rode the
Cape Epic mountain bike race in 2005. He is a law clerk to Justice TL Skweyiya at the Constitutional Court.
At Oxford, Miles will read for a DPhil in Law at University College.
South African College School
Nick Friedman
BCom LLB (Cape Town), son of Mr and Mrs M Friedman of Vereeniging.
‘A’ aggregate matriculation with seven distinctions; ASA East Trophy for Best Speaker; Bothner Cup and
All-Rounder scholarship; Michael Morris Trophy;Victoria scholarship; winner, Provincial Mintek Science quiz;
chairman, Debating Society; Deputy-Head prefect. University of Cape Town: Legal research work for
the Treatment Action Campaign, Aids Law Project and World Bank Survey on Socio-Economic Rights; winner,
All Africa Moot Court Competition, the national round of Jessup International Moot Court Competition
and the National Universities Debating Championships. Finance and logistics director and trainer for the
Township Debating League; President of the Steering Committee of the Students’ Health and Welfare Centres
Organisation (SHAWCO). Chairperson of the Commerce Students’ Council; founding member of the
Student Society for Law and Social Justice. Awarded National Research Foundation scholarship for LLM.
Nick is currently a law clerk for Justice Kate O’Regan at the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
At Oxford, he will read for a BCL and MPhil in Law at Keble College.
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St Andrew’s College
Bronwyn Tarr
BSc (with distinction) Hons in Zoology (first class) (Cape Town), daughter of Dr and Mrs P Tarr of Namibia.
‘A’ aggregate matriculation with six distinctions; DELF French Diploma Award; Matric Proficiency
Academic prize; En Avant award (for outstanding contribution to the school, personal endeavour
and excellence). Silver awards for Science Expo and De Beers English Olympiad; Music and dance
colours; Matric Art selection prize; Sutherland award for Progress in an Orchestral Instrument
(cello); Advanced Toastmasters Public Speaking award; Interact Community Service award; Classical
Ballet Eistedford Gold award. Bronwyn enjoys painting, drawing, dancing, playing cello, camping and
hiking. University of Cape Town: Dean’s Merit List, Class medals for multiple undergraduate
courses; Fuller Hall academic award; Zoological Society of Southern Africa best final year student
award; Science Faculty academic scholarship; Mandela Rhodes postgraduate scholarship; annual
guest soloist with Namibian Youth Ballet. Brownyn has been involved in a number of community
outreach programs including Stone Dragon (science education), SHAWCO (arts and Eyetu wetland
committees) and Inkanyezi (life skills and orientation). At Oxford she will read for an MSc in
Environmental Change and Management at Hertford College.
Diocesan College
Simon Franklin
BCom (PPE) (Distinction) BCom Hons in Economics (first class) (Cape Town), son of Mr and Mrs P Franklin of
Cape Town.
‘A’ aggregate matriculation with seven distinctions; Major Entrance scholarship; Students Representatives
Forum President; three Gold awards at UCT maths competition;Western Cape Provincial Debating
Team. University of Cape Town: Three majors for undergraduate degree: Mathematics,
Economics (distinction), Politics (distinction); Dean’s Merit List; Commerce award for Excellence;
President of UCT Debating; Class Medal for Applied International Trade Bargaining; Tutor in
Economics, Mathematics and Management; National Research Foundation scholarship;William Hutt
scholarship; Internal Communications and Academic Director for Teachout;Training and Tournament
Director for the Township Debating League. Simon enjoys hiking, travel and photography and has
organized a number of self-funded trips to follow these interests. He is about to leave for Bangladesh
(where he will be interning at a microfinance NGO for two months) and India. He is currently
working at SALDRU (the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit) on the National
Income and Dynamics Survey project. At Oxford, Simon will read for an MPhil in Economics at
Magdalen College.
Paul Roos Gymnasium
Jan Botha
BSc (Physical and Mathematical Analysis) (cum laude) BSc (Hons) (Applied Mathematics) (cum laude) (Stellenbosch),
son of Prof and Mrs J Botha of Stellenbosch.
‘A’ aggregate matriculation with eight distinctions; gold medal winner, National Expo for Young
Scientists; school colours for academics; member, U19B hockey team; school choir; played classical
guitar; one year post-matric Rotary Youth Exchange to Germany. Stellenbosch University:
Academic merit bursaries; National Research Foundation’s free-standing honours bursary; meritorious
winner, International Mathematical Contest in Modelling; academic tutor for 1st and 2nd year
mathematics students; Eendrag men’s residence: editor of quarterly newspaper, member of serenade
group, disciplinary committee and 2nd hockey team; content editor and deputy editor, Die Matie.
Goethe Institute’s certificate for proficiency in German (intermediate level, distinction); member,
Canticum Novum choir. Jan enjoys mountain biking, hiking and travelling. At Oxford, he will read
for a DPhil in Computer Science at Lincoln College.
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Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and Swaziland
Vitaliy Voronkov
BBusSc Finance (with first class honours), (Cape Town), son of Dr Voronkov and Dr Voronkova of Windhoek.
Windhoek High School: Top A-Level student nationally; academic full colours; captained and convened
the college volleyball team; Silver award for Rhodes University English Olympiad; Treasurer of the Student
Management Council; College awards for Mathematics and Biology; performed in school plays and musicals.
University of Cape Town: The McKinsey Dean’s award for all-round excellence; Dean’s Merit List;
Class Medal for History of Economic Thought; Project Leader of SHAWCO Masizikhulise Project
(entrepreneurship, employment skills, IT and social issues in Khayelitsha and Nyanga, Cape Town); invited
to attend the StartingBloc Institute for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at London Business School;
Vice-President, UCT Investment Society; co-founder, UCT Investment Banking Club; academic rep on
University House residence House Committee; Residence Mentor; Vice-Chair and Corporate Relations
Officer of the Commerce Students’ Council; head tutor in Introduction to Corporate Finance; Micro- and
Macroeconomics tutor; completed financial derivatives course at the London School of Economics. Currently,Vitaliy is working at Merrill Lynch
in equity derivatives trading. At Oxford, he will read for an MPhil in Russian and East European Studies at Linacre College.
Some Appointments, Awards and Achievements
MEO Brown (Diocesan College and Worcester, 1987), Global Head,
Financial Institutions, ING Bank, London; E Cameron (South Africaat-Large and Keble, 1976), Justice of the Constitutional Court;
honorary professor, City University, London; CS Day (South African
College School and Oriel, 1974), Chairman,Teekay Shipping Corporation,
Bermuda; SF du Toit (Paul Roos Gymnasium and Christ Church,
1991), Executive Director, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation;
awarded UNESCO Prize for Peace Education; D Ferreira (South
Africa-at-Large and Magdalen, 1986), Investment Manager, Soul City
Broad-Based Empowerment Company (SA); Managing Director, Park
Equity (US); R Garland (South Africa-at-Large and Brasenose, 1997),
advocate of the High Court of South Africa; member of the Cape
Bar; Producer “Confessions of a Gambler”; Best Film, Apollo Film
Festival, 2008; SA Film Award, Best Composition, 2009; M Geldenhuys
(South Africa-at-Large and New College, 1984), partner, Schlather,
Geldenhuys, Stumbar and Salk.
BP Rabinowitz (South African College School and Brasenose,
1953), Chairman, Seafront for All (SEAFA) and the Cape Philharmonic
Orchestra; Trustee, Cape Philharmonic Endowment Trust; Civic award
for community services; JE Stevens (KwaZulu-Natal and New
College, 2003), Associate, Google.Org, with a focus on health, Africa
and technology; J Watt-Pringle (KwaZulu-Natal and Keble, 1981),
appointed Queen’s Counsel in March, 2008; WS Yeowart (Eastern
Province and St Edmund Hall, 1959), Chairman, Robert Niven Trust,
Davies Foundation Trust and St Michael's Retirement Trust; member,
King Committee on Corporate Governance and Securities Regulation
panel; Governor, Rhodes University.
Publications
E Cameron (South Africa-at-Large and Keble, 1976), "Witness to AIDS"
published in Chinese (2009).
ML Frost (Transvaal and University, 1972), "Global Ethics: Anarchy,
Freedom and International Relations" Routledge, 2009.
JB Gardener (Diocesan College and Oriel, 1980), "Under the Marula
Tree" Available on www.newvoices.co.za
LH Opie (Cape Province and Lincoln, 1956), "Drugs for the Heart" 7th
edition, Elsevier USA, 2008.
FP Retief (Paul Roos Gymnasium and University, 1956), co-author
with L Cillers: "Medical Practice in the Graeco-Roman World", Curationis
29.2, 34-40, 2006; "Chirurgie in die Grieks-Romeinse Era" SA Tydskrif vir
Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie 25.2, 82-92, 2006; "Gemeeskundige Bydraes
uit Noord-Afrika in die Grieks-Romeinse Era" Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe
46.1, 77-85, 2006; "City Planning in Graeco-Roman Times, with emphasis on
Health Facilities" Akroterion 51, 443-56, 2006; "The Transforming Influence
of the Greeks on Roman Medical Practice" Acta Academica 39.3, 152-162,
2007; "Pre-Hippocratic Greek Medicine and its influence on the Hippocratic
Corpus" Acta Academica 39.1, 79-92, 2007; "Geneesmiddels en die gebruik
daarvan in die Grieks-Romeinse Era" SA Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en
Tegnologie 26.14-25, 2007; "Markus Aurelius se Siektegeskiedenis en Dood:
was hy 'n Opiumverslaafde?" Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe 47.1, 5665, 2007; "Mesopotamian Medicine" SA Medical Journal 97.1, 27-30, 2007;
"Die Kardiovaskulêre Stelsel soos in die Antieke Tyd verstaan" SA Tydskrif
vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie 26.3, 205-215, 1007. Co-author with
A Wessels: "Josef Stalin (1878-1953) se Fisiese en Psigiese Gesondheid"
Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe 48.2, 217-231, 2007; "Was Joseph Stalin
mad?" SA Medical Journal 98.7, 526-528; 2008. Co-author with A Stulting
and L Cilliers: "The Eye in Antiquity" SA Medical Journal 98.9, 697-700,
2008.
W Gevers (Transvaal and Balliol, 1962), awarded South Africa Medal
(Gold) by the Southern African Association for the Advancement of
Science; awarded Order of Mapungubwe (Silver) by South African
President; SRB Hendrie (Diocesan College and Wadham, 2000),
Divisional Manager – Actuary, Discovery Health; N Kruger (South
African College School and Green, 2005), double blue for golf and
rugby; JD Loubser (South Africa-at-Large and Magdalen, 2000),
Senior Associate, Banking and Finance Department, Edward Nathan
Sonnenbergs; MH McKenzie (Diocesan College and Oriel, 1977),
President of Global Connections, a worldwide association of secondary
schools; DR Meyer (South Africa-at-Large and New College, 1990),
chartered counselling psychologist and senior counselor, Portsmouth
University; British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
(BACP) award for Innovation in Counselling and Psychotherapy;
DM Murray (Paul Roos Gymnasium and Trinity, 1971), Professor
in Mathematics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein;
KS Naidoo (South Africa-at-Large and Magdalen, 1987), Executive
Director of Greenpeace, commencing November 2009; TA Nuttall
(St Andrew’s College and Pembroke, 1982), appointed founding Head
of a new international boarding school at Tsavo, Kenya.
FM Orkin (Transvaal and Balliol, 1971), Director-General, Public
Administration Leadership and Management Academy (PALAMA),
Pretoria; TW Pierce (South Africa-at-Large and Pembroke, 1975),
Management Coach in several improvement techniques such as Lean
and 6 Sigma; DA Polkinghorne (KwaZulu-Natal and
Pembroke, 1987), Managing Director, Grindrod Bank Ltd.
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Degrees
Oxford Degrees
MPhil in Development Studies
MPhil in Economics
MPhil in Material Anthropology & Museum Ethnography
MSc Diagnostic Imaging (with distinction)
MSc Financial Economics
MSc Global Health Science
MSc Neuroscience
DPhil in History (Modern)
BA PPE
J Morrissey (SACS and New College, 2006)
A Kerr (KwaZulu-Natal and St Antony’s, 2006)
A Loebenberg (South Africa-at-Large and Hertford, 2006)
N Kruger (SACS and Green, 2005)
H Möller (Paul Roos and Keble, 2007)
Y Randera-Rees (South Africa-at-Large and Oriel, 2007)
S Murugasen (South Africa-at-Large and Green, 2006)
J Raimondo (Diocesan College and Lincoln, 2007)
C Young (South Africa-at-Large and University, 2005)
M Mbali (KwaZulu-Natal and St Antony’s, 2005)
DJ Betts (Diocesan College and Exeter, 2006)
P Southey (St Andrew’s and Harris Manchester, 2006)
Edwin and scholars in residence,
Oxford 2009.
Francois Bonnici, Heidre and son Luc-Francois.
Births
Our congratulations go to the following scholars and their spouses:
FGE Bonnici (South Africa-at-Large and Merton and Brasenose, 1999), a son, Luc-Francois, born on 23 April 2009.
HM Corder (Diocesan College and Keble, 1979), a daughter, Lauren, born on 20 October 2007.
PA Faber (South Africa-at-Large and Keble, 1995), a son, William Radciffe, born on 20 February 2008.
PD Leotlela (BLMNS and Exeter and Wolfson, 1998), a daughter, Azizah Kathleho, born on 31 January 2008.
Deaths
Our condolences to David Philips (Transvaal and Magdalen, 1968), on the death of his son David on 6 August 2008.
PGJ Koornhof (Stellenbosch and Hertford, 1948), formerly a South African Cabinet Minister and Ambassador to Washington. Died
on 12 November 2007.
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From the General Secretary’s desk
I am writing to you this year
from my new Chambers at the
Constitutional Cour t in
Braamfontein. Annette Gibson,
our indispensible mainstay, is
typing away at my computer,
and I am pacing a sunlit room
on a warm autumnal morning.
and insightfully about the unique features of the Rhodes Scholarships
in reflecting the Founder’s vision of education as a way to change the
world. For obvious reasons this message hit home in our country.
In Johannesburg Julian Ogilvie Thompson (Diocesan College
and Worcester, 1953), introduced Sir Colin while Shaun Johnson
(South Africa-at-Large and St Catherine’s, 1982) did this in Cape Town
followed on the podium by Lord Waldegrave, the Chair of the
Trustees.
There is much to talk about.
Sir Colin Lucas, former Vice
Chancellor of Oxford
University who has given the
Trust a distinguished and
salutary five years, is retiring as
Warden. At functions in
Johannesburg and Cape Town
in March this year, South African
Edwin Cameron
Scholars took their leave of Sir
Colin. Dr Lisa Klein paid
vivid tribute to his expertise and personal qualities in stabilising the
Trust’s finances, repairing and consolidating its relationship with the
University and Colleges, and being a mentor to scholars in residence.
Before I deal with the excellent list of things Annette suggests I mention
in this letter to you, Lisa has suggested – rightly so – that I should
mention “the fabulous calibre of Scholars selected last year”. I do.
As a historian, Sir Colin had, apart from all his other gifts, an acute
sense in assessing scholars; his annual reports on our scholars in
residence were not only astute, but a joy to read. Sir Colin’s successor
as Warden, Professor Donald Markwell (Queensland and Trinity,
1981), is the first Rhodes Scholar ever to occupy the position. He
will be the eighth Warden.
Dr Louise Vincent (South Africa-at-Large and Wolfson, 1992), has
stepped down as Secretary of the Free State and Eastern Cape Selection
Committee. Merridy Wilson-Strydom (South Africa-at-Large
and Lincoln, 1999), has been appointed to replace her. Louise has
been a superb Secretary. She is one of the leading intellectual forces
at Rhodes University and has a devoted following amongst humanities
students, not because she is a soft touch, but because she isn’t. We
will really miss her.
We are excited to announce that Rhodes House has introduced an
on-line application service. Check out the details on our website.
Dr Tim Nuttall (St Andrew’s College and Pembroke, 1982), Senior
Deputy Head, Secretary of the St Andrew’s Selection Committee and
previously Secretary of the KwaZulu-Natal Selection Committee, is
leaving for Kenya where he will take up the post of founding Head of
a new international boarding school at Tsavo. On behalf of the Trustees,
I would like to thank him for all the wonderful work he has done over
many years. His successor is Aiden Smith, Housemaster Graham
House.
Professor Markwell is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education)
of the University of Western Australia. As a Rhodes Scholar, he
completed the MPhil and later the DPhil in International Relations.
After a year as a Procter Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School at
Princeton (1984-85), he returned to Oxford as a Research Fellow of
New College (1985-86) before becoming a Tutorial Fellow of Merton
College and University Lecturer in Politics (1986-97). From 1997 to
2007, he served as Warden of Trinity College, University of Melbourne,
and was a Professorial Fellow of that University in political science
and public policy. He took up his present position at the University
of Western Australia in January 2007.
Prof Jakes Gerwel has stepped down after serving his five-year
term as Chairman of the South Africa-at-Large Selection Committee.
We are very grateful to him for his stature and expertise. His place
will be taken by Gill Marcus, Chair of the Board at ABSA bank.
My colleague as Zimbabwe Secretary, David Morgan (Rhodesia and
Worcester, 1958), has retired from his job with the Trust after 34
years. He kept producing quality selections from Zimbabwe, despite
the tragic misrule that blighted the country. His successor is
Dr David Hatendi (Rhodesia and University, 1977), a financial
consultant, whom I met all too briefly when we overlapped more than
30 years ago at Oxford.
Professor Markwell’s academic and professional interests are
wide-ranging. His recent publications include ‘John Maynard Keynes and
International Relations’ (OUP, 2006) and ‘A large and liberal education’:
higher education for the 21st century (Australian Scholarly Publishing,
2007). He has served on academic editorial boards and institutional
advisory and governing boards. He was a member of the Symons
Commission on Commonwealth Studies (1995-97). At the University
of Western Australia, he led a major review of curriculum/course
structures which has attracted international attention. He has also
been active in the development of educational philanthropy in Australia.
The Canadian Secretary, Arthur Scace (Ontario and Corpus
Christie, 1961), has also retired. His successor is Andrew Wilkinson
QC, (Prairies and Magdalen, 1980).
I am very grateful to Lisa Klein and Ndumiso Luthuli for their
assistance to me as well as all the regional secretaries and the chairs
and members of the selection committees. Sir Colin’s speech at the
March functions really helped reinforce our sense that involvement
with the Scholarships is not only enjoyable but socially useful.
The Chairman of the Trustees (the Rt Hon Lord Waldegrave
of North Hill) said: “We are delighted that Don Markwell has accepted
this appointment. His career reflects deep commitment to the values
of the Rhodes Scholarships,including commitment to academic
excellence, liberal education and the welfare of students, as well as
extensive experience in educational leadership and management. He
brings also a considerable understanding of Oxford and its colleges.
We are, of course, particularly happy to have for the first time a Rhodes
Scholar as Warden.”
Lastly, I want to mention, even as she shoots me a groaning look of
veto, that Annette Gibson has done extraordinary work despite
a horrible year. It included ill health, an awful fall, family bereavement
and unwellness, and assorted other plagues, pestilences and misfortunes.
We love and appreciate Annette and thank her for her near-ceaseless
devotion to what we do.
The Rhodes Scholar functions in March which I mentioned earlier
were well attended and happy occasions. Sir Colin spoke movingly
Edwin
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To see more photos go to: http://www.rhodestrust.org.za/photogallery.html
Annette Gibson and
Lisa Klein.
Ruth Hall and her
baby.
The Western
Cape farewell
to the Warden
at Former
President
Mandela’s
home
Shaun Johnson.
Ndumiso Luthuli and
Constantin von der
Heyden.
Philip Southey, Delia Marshall, Fanie du Toit and Karin Alexander.
The view from the garden.
The Warden and the Hon Ms Mlambo-Ngcuka.
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Trustees, Secretaries and Administrators
The Rt Hon Lord Waldegrave of North Hill (Chairman)
Vice-Chairman, Investment Banking, UBS Ltd
Jamaica and the Commonwealth Caribbean – Mr PS
Goldson,The Secretary,The Rhodes Scholarships Selection Committee
for Jamaica and the Commonwealth Caribbean, 21 East Street, Kingston
162
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard GCMG
Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell
Kenya – Mrs J Kabiru,The Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee,
PO Box 2588, KNH, Nairobi 00202
Miss Rosalind Hedley-Miller
New Zealand – Professor DCG Skegg, The Secretary, The Rhodes
Scholarships in New Zealand, The New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’
Committee, PO Box 11-915, Wellington
The Rhodes Trustees
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Limited
The Rt Hon Lord Fellowes GCB GCVO QSO
Chairman, Barclays Private Banking
Pakistan – Mr W Sajjad, The Secretary, The Rhodes Scholarships
Selection Committee, PO Box 2939, Islamabad
Mr Julian Ogilvie Thompson
Southern Africa – Mr Justice E Cameron, The General Secretary,
The Rhodes Scholarships in South Africa, PO Box 41468, Craighall
2024
E Oppenheimer & Son
Professor Sir John I Bell
Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford
USA – Mr EF Gerson, The American Secretary, The Rhodes Trust,
8229 Boone Boulevard, Suite 240,Vienna VA 22182-2623
Mr Tom Seaman
The Bursar, All Souls College
Zambia – Professor OS Saasa, The Secretary of the Rhodes
Scholarships in Zambia, Premier Consult, 29 Njoka Road, Olympia
Park, PO Box 38163, Lusaka
Professor Elizabeth Fallaize
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education), Professor of French Literature
and Fellow of St John’s College
Zimbabawe – Dr D Hatendi,The Secretary,The Rhodes Scholarships
in Zimbabwe, dt Hatendi Private Equity Advisors (Pvt) Ltd, CH665
Chisipite Harare
Professor Sir John Vickers
Drummond Professor of Political Economy and Fellow of
All Souls College
Southern African Secretaries
Mr Michael McCaffery
CEO, Makena Capital Management
South Africa-at-Large – Dr Lisa Klein and Mr Ndumiso Luthuli,
PO Box 41468, Craighall 2024
Secretary to the Rhodes Trust
and Warden of Rhodes House
Western Cape and Northern Cape – Dr Francois
Bonnici, PO Box 1243, Sea Point 8060
Sir Colin Lucas
KwaZulu-Natal – Mr Angus Stewart, 12th Floor, 6 Durban Club
Warden-Elect
Place, Durban 4001
Professor Don Markwell
Free State and Eastern Cape – Mrs Merridy WilsonStrydom, Centre for Higher Education Studies and Development,
University of the Free State, PO Box 4345, Bloemfontein 9300
Overseas Secretaries and Administrators
Australia - Professor GL Hutchinson, The General Secretary for
the Rhodes Scholarships in Australia, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Grattan
Street, Parkville Victoria 3010
Gauteng, North-West, Limpopo and
Mpumalanga – Dr Lisa Klein, PO Box 41468, Craighall 2024
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and
Swaziland – Mr Omphemetse Mooki, PO Box 41468, Craighall
Bermuda - Mr JCR Collis, The Secretary, The Rhodes Scholarships
Selection Committee, Conyers, Dill and Pearman, Clarendon House,
Church Street, Hamilton HM11
2024
General Secretary
Canada – Mr AF Wilkinson,The Secretary,The Rhodes Scholarships
in Canada, c/o McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Suite 1300, Pacific Centre, PO
Box 10424,Vancouver, British Columbia,V7Y 1K2
Mr Justice Edwin Cameron
Assistant General Secretaries
Dr Lisa Klein and Mr Ndumiso Luthuli
Germany – Herr TFM Böcking, The Rhodes Scholarships Selection
Committee, Alteschlossstrasse 9, 96253 Untersiemau
Secretary
Mrs Annette Gibson
PO Box 41468
Craighall
2024
Tel: (011) 794 4693
Fax: 086 606 2545
Email: [email protected]
Hong Kong – Mrs Grace Chow, The Rhodes Scholarships in Hong
Kong, Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
India – Professor VS Chauhan,The Secretary,The Rhodes Scholarships
Selection Committee, International Centre for Genetic Engineering
& Biotechnology, PO Box 10504, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi
110067
www.rhodestrust.org.za
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