8 APRIL 28 2018 News Dedicated to South Africa ‘You now have a much more hopeful prospect for the future’

QUINTON MTYALA governor of that country, and which an estimated R200 bil- to resign, then Lord Peter Carrington lion was stolen from the South he put up FAMED former British diplo- during the Lancaster House African state, in the words of a huge mat Lord Robin Renwick, in talks which ended white rule. SATURDAY former finance minister and fight not to South Africa for the launch of “I met Julius Malema once, current Public Enterprises resign, but his book How To Steal A Coun- I had a long meeting with him Minister Pravin Gordhan, who quite a lot try, chuckles when asked about with a lot of people in London, INTERVIEW assisted with verifying some of of people the characterisation which at his request, and had a discus- the facts. who had often precedes his name. sion about all kinds of things. “All the passages about supported Far from the image culti- “For instance, we advised state capture were reviewed by him up to vated by supporters of former him very strongly to stop talk- on the veranda at the Mount Pravin Gordhan, so I’m very that point president Jacob Zuma, and ing in terms of violence and Nelson Hotel, the 80-year- confident that they’re really swung over to Black First, Land First, the race-based policies. old, who arrived in the city accurate,” said Renwick. Cyril… thank British ambassador to South “I said the policy of nation- earlier this week, answered He joked that his friend, the goodness. Africa between 1987 and 1991, alisation, which he was advo- questions about his book and author Wilbur Smith, who had “In my says he is not some bogeyman cating, did not work anywhere particularly President Cyril read the book, told him that it opinion, the pulling the strings behind else in the world. We actually Ramaphosa’s narrow defeat read like a crime novel which, last nine years the scenes for “white monopoly had a positive discussion about of Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma in the end, turned into a good have been a capital”. that with him saying that there at the party’s 54th national story. wasted decade. “The latest one is that I had were other solutions possible,” congress at Nasrec in Decem- And unlike those who have There’s been asked Julius Malema to go back said Renwick. ber. bequeathed on him the powers no increase in to the ANC, which is far from Describing it as “interest- Renwick said he has known of a puppet master, Renwick employment. Lord Robin Renwick author of How to Steal a Country. the truth,” said Renwick. ing”, Renwick said he and Ramaphosa for 30 years and said going into the ANC’s There’s been PICTURE: TIM BISHOP He said the BLF, and “simi- Malema did not agree on described him as perfectly December elective conference, hardly any eco- lar propaganda organisations, anything. honourable. he had no idea who would win nomic growth, live in a world of fantasy”. “I have a completely differ- “We all hope that he will the leadership contest. and everybody “I don’t think that the Renwick said his book was Renwick is no stranger to ent point of view from him but truly give, what is a wonder- In the end, Ramaphosa won on average has because the constitu- Zupta regime could have con- dedicated to former public the region, having been ambas- I would like to pay tribute to the ful country, the prospect of a by a slim margin of 149 votes got poorer, rather tion was already being under- tinued without a head-on attack protector Thuli Madonsela, sador to Rhodesia in 1977, later role he has played against state brighter future. Personally, I out of about 5 200 votes cast by than better off. mined in every way you can on the constitution… they Gordhan, the South African becoming an adviser to Lord capture.” think he will.” delegates. “You now have a much more think of but also it was under would certainly have wanted press, the judiciary and the Christopher Soames, the last Over a cup of Rooibos tea, His book details the way in “Clearly, Zuma did not want hopeful prospect for the future more serious threat. to curb the press.” country’s civil society. It’s an A for d-school getting students into communities

YAZEED KAMALDIEN

AT first glance, design think- ing might sound vague and even confusing, so it is best understood while walking through a Cape Town school dedicated to it. The UCT-based Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking, simply called the d-school, is a space where students learn more about this collaborative approach to finding solutions to real world problems. It is filled with rows of display boards plastered with colourful Post-It notes and trollies with koki pens and toys. It looks more like an art- ist’s workshop than a space for Master’s student Chisanga Mukuka, left, says strategising academics. solutions with creative tools makes the process more fun. Post-graduate students cur- rently on the d-school’s three- month Foundation Programme have various challenges at hand. Designing solutions means going to the person who will benefit from it, instead of draw- ing up an untested plan and then trying to implement it. Students recently worked with Nal’ibali, a local non- profit organisation that helps improve children’s reading. The challenge was to find innovative ways to get parents to help their children read. Student solutions used tech- nology, community efforts and incentives for parents. Dr Keneilwe Munyai, one of the d-school’s programme man- Students at the d-school build prototypes as part of Katie Huston, centre, from non-profit Nal’ibali listens to d-school students’ field research on factors that hinder children’s reading. agers who runs student and cor- envisioning their solution. PICTURES: YAZEED KAMALDIEN porate training, said students learn skills that prepare them for employment. They work in During their presentations their action plan. themselves as part of their kid’s innovation head Katie Huston Huston added: “They stream without much exposure she liked working on solutions multi-disciplinary teams and to Nal’ibali, students used Lego Munyai said design think- reading journey. Parents seem said students offered a “fresh thought creatively about the to other faculties. that focused on the end user. are challenged to think collab- blocks and other toys to build ing emphasises field research, to feel it’s the sole responsibil- perspective”. problems we face every day. Alexandra Himunchul, “We’re not theorising. We oratively. model prototypes of the solu- which corporates sometimes ity of the school to teach their “When you’re just trying to We initially thought technol- doing her Master’s in philoso- go out to interview people and “We live in a complex soci- tion they envisioned. neglect in their product or sys- kids to read. execute the current strategy ogy might be a way to solve phy, said the multi-disciplinary share their experiences when ety and a business as usual Dressed as a ward councillor tem design. “Another team focused on you get tunnel vision and don’t problems. approach to problem solving designing solutions. This is approach will not take us any- and an elderly pensioner, one “Students went out and strategies to help parents who get to assess other opportun- “But teachers need a allowed them to find solutions about doing,” she said. where. Collaboration is a skill group proposed working with engaged various stakeholders cannot read, using technology ities,” said Huston. stronger relationship with par- from “different angles”. “We creatively express our that students require. retired residents who are ready who understand what the prob- such as mobile phones. “Students talked to ran- ents and more exciting books “Today’s problems are more ideas. It’s not rigid. We do role- “We also teach them pres- to assist children with reading lem really is. “They also looked at net- dom people that are not in our for children.” complex and interconnected. playing to communicate our entation skills and managing in the afternoon at a commun- “The actual challenge emer- works that exist in commun- network. They got into the The d-school’s students We need new ways of working research and solution. information,” said Munyai. ity centre. ges through people it impacts,” ities, looking at how Nal’ibali relationship between parents said the design thinking pro- out the solutions,” she said. “In figuring out the role- “We teach them tools and Another group built a mini- said Munyai. can bring stakeholders together and teachers, and also the rela- cess differed vastly from their Chisanga Mukuka, who is playing we thought about our techniques and prototyping, ature community hall with “One of the outcomes was for a reading culture.” tionship between children and university education, which doing her Master’s degree in idea and what would succeed. another valuable skill.” residents as a way to visualise the notion of parents not seeing Nal’ibali research and technology.” pushed them along a certain media theory and practice, said This is fun.”

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