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South African Educational Consultancy UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND Faculty Seminar to South Africa JUNE 10 TO JUNE 29, 2000 Daily Itinerary FINAL VERSION 1 EMERGENCY CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS: (all are cellular phones which are available on a 24 hour basis) Kwa Zulu Natal Roberta Paola: 083 253 6888 Greg Paola: 083 265 1717 Gauteng: Linda Copeland: 083 433 9567 Cape: Carol Duckitt: 082 821 0990 Accommodations: In Gauteng: Grace Hotel (Johannesburg) 54 Bath Avenue Rosebank, 2296 Fax: (011) 280 7333 Telephone: (011 280 7300 In Kwa Zulu Natal: Hluhluwe Game Reserve Hluhluwe, Kwa Zulu Natal Fax: (035) 562 0113 Telephone: (035) 5620255 Edward Hotel Marine Parade North Beach, Durban 4000 Fax: (031) 337 3627 Telephone: (031) 337 3681 In the Eastern Cape: Kings Lodge Hogsback, Eastern Cape Fax: (045) 962 1058 Telephone: (045) 962 1024 2 In the Western Cape: Portswood Hotel Portswood Square, Portswood Road Victoria and Albert Waterfront Cape 8002 Fax: (021) 419 7570 Telephone: (021) 418 3281 Last minute notes: Linda Copland has informed me that on Monday, June 12th, there is a planned mass demonstration at the University of Witswatersrand. Should she need to change plans, she will have the cellular number of both the Grace Hotel Driver (who is taking you to Soweto) and the Welcome Tour Driver (who is taking you to Wits). We do not anticipate any problems, but are planning for any eventuality. 3 DAILY ITINERARY (for more information on all of the places you will be visiting, visit: http://www.sa-venues.com) June 10, 2000 TIME ITINERARY 13:41 Depart Richmond Airport. TWA flight 3864. Check your bags straight through to Johannesburg and try and get your boarding passes for your SAA flight at this time. If you fail to do so you will have to check in at the SAA counter in New York. 15:11 Arrive JFK. Make your way to the Delta Terminal. Confirm that SAA haven't moved terminals! 17:55 Depart SAA airways flight 202 (from the Delta Terminal). June 11, 2000 TIME ITINERARY 14:30 Arrive Johannesburg International Airport. Proceed through customs and immigration. Welcome Tours (Flexi Wheels) will be waiting for you upon exit from the customs section. Locate the driver holding the sign with “University of Richmond” on it, and follow him to your transport to the Grace Hotel. Check in at the Grace Hotel. Ensure that you have received your "Welcome Kits" from Lezl van Vueran. She has promised to have them placed in your rooms. The kits contain your internal travel tickets, and information on South African as well as an insect repellent. NB. Important information regarding your entire visit is contained within these packages. Please use your free time today to familiarize yourselves with the items in the packages, as it will be useful for the duration of your visit. Rest of evening at Leisure. Traditionally, many places close on a Sunday. The Grace Hotel has informed me that the Rosebank Mall not far from your hotel, will be open till 5pm and there is the largest flea market in Johannesburg on the roof. Follow South African hours and resist the temptation to go to bed upon arrival. Shower, have some coffee and explore the neighborhood around you in groups and read the information in your packages. 4 Dinner under your own arrangements. June 12, 2000 TIME ITINERARY 06:00 to 08:00 Breakfast will be served at the hotel. 08:30 You will meet your Grace Hotel driver in the hotel lobby for your tour of Soweto. This will be followed by lunch in a shebeen (traditional township eating and drinking establishment) in Soweto. The Grace Hotel has organized this tour, and you will be using their driver. The tour has been pre-paid, as has the lunch. Drinks will be extra. For the remaining time in Gauteng, you will be using Welcome Tours (Flexi Wheels) except where indicated. 13:00 You will be returned to the hotel 14:30 Your Welcome Tour Driver will collect you from the lobby of the Grace Hotel for your drive to Wits University. 14:55 You will be met by Linda Copeland, the Director of the International Office in the basement parking area of Senate House, Jorissen Street, Braamfontein. Welcome Tours (Flexi Wheels) must ensure that the registration number of the vehicle is given to Linda Copeland prior to arrival. 15.00-16.15 Talk by Professor Kathy Munro on "The Role of Mining (gold and diamonds) in the South African economy". Venue: 3rd Floor, Part-time Studies Centre, West Campus. 16:30 The Driver from Welcome Tours (Flexi Wheels) will collect you from the basement parking area of Senate House, Jorissen Street, Braamfontein. 17:00 Return to Hotel. 19:00 Evening free. 5 June 13, 2000 TIME ITINERARY 06:00 to 08:00 Breakfast will be served at the hotel. 08:00 Meet your driver from Welcome Tours (Flexi Wheels) in the hotel lobby for transport to the University of the Witswatersrand. 09.00 to 10.00 Tour of the Wits campus. Group to be dropped at Senate House, Jorissen Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg. (The driver to drive into the basement parking of Senate House where the group will be met. In order to arrange this, Linda Copeland will require the registration number of the vehicle a day in advance, this will be provided by Welcome Tours.) 10.00 to 10.30 Tea at the Wits Club, West Campus. 10.45 to 12.00 Individual appointments. Professor Mary Churchill To meet with Ms Zena Richards, Head : Counselling & Career Development Unit, and other staff of the Unit, Room 3002, 3rd Floor, Senate House. Professor Vincent Wang To meet with Professor Tom Lodge, Dept of Political Studies, Room 19, Central Block. (I am trying to get Professor John Stremlau, Head of Department of International Relations, to attend this meeting - he is arriving from Beijing on the morning of 13th June!) Professor Avis Jones-de Weever To meet with Mr Iain Burns and Ms Anita Keshav from the Research Office, Mr Henry Watermeyer, Director of the Computer Centre and Ms Yolisa Makubalo from the Academic Information Systems Unit. The meeting will be held in Room 9017, 9th Floor, Senate House. Professor Robert Schmidt To meet with Professor Harry Zarenda of the Dept of Professor Erik Craft Economics and Professor Raymond Parsons of the Department of Business Economics in Room 120, New Commerce Block, West Campus. 6 Professor Jonathan Stubbs To meet with Professor Jonathan Klaaren and Mr Marius Pieterse of the Faculty of Law in Room 76, Oliver Schreiner School of Law. Professor Uliana Gabara To meet with Ms Linda Copland, Acting Director of the International Office, Room 011, Senate House Concourse. 12.30 to 14.00 Lunch at the Wits Club. 14.15 Seminar. Venue: 3rd Floor, Part-time Studies Centre, West Campus. Topics: South Africa’s regional strategy of democratisation - by Mr Chris Landsberg Some key contemporary South African economic problems - by Professor Charles Simkins Professor Tom Lodge still to confirm the title of his presentation. 17.00 Cocktail function hosted by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Partnerships & Linkages), Professor Leila Patel. Venue: Council Dining Room, 11th Floor, Senate House. 19:00 Welcome Tour Driver to collect from the basement of Senate House at the same point where he dropped them off in the morning. Linda Copeland will need the registration number of the vehicle prior to this so that she may arrange access to the basement parking area. Dress: Smart Casual. The reception should finish at approximately 19:00. A finger supper and drinks will be served. This will be your dinner, so eat up! 19.00 There are cultural events being staged as part of the Urban Futures 2000 Conference, which is being hosted at Wits, at Museum Afrika in Newtown, Johannesburg. The group is most welcome to participate in these events. The programme for the social events is not yet completed. Details to follow as soon as the programme is available. 7 June 14, 2000 TIME ITINERARY 06:00 to 07:30 Breakfast will be served at the hotel. 07:30 Depart Grace Hotel via Welcome Tours. 08:45 Arrival at the Main Entrance of UP in Lynnwood Road Delegation will be met by Ms Salome Coertze, International Institutional Agreements Advisor, International Affairs Office at the Main Entrance 09:00 Group to meet with Prof Marie Muller – Dean of Humanities and Director of the Centre for International Political Studies, former Head of Department: Political Science Meeting will take place in Room 7-17, Committee Room of the Dean, Human Science Building 09:45 Group to meet with Prof Sibisisu Vil-Nkomo – Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences Meeting will take place in Room 2-12, Economic and Management Sciences Building 10:30 Refreshments at the International Affairs Office, Student Affairs Building, Room 1-16 10:45 Campus Tour (possible assistance from Marketing Services) 12:15 Lunch on campus with the staff members of the International Affairs Office (Staff Dining Hall) Hosts: Salome Coertze Ms Vinay Rajah, Study and Work Abroad Advisor Ms Mahlogonolo Mphahlele, International Student and Staff Advisor Ms Laura Pienaar, International Student and Staff Advisor 13:30 Group to meet with Mr E Moraka, Head: Student Support Services The meeting will be held in Room 2-25, Student Affairs Building 8 14:00 Group to visit the Tukkiewerf, SRC Offices and meet with Prof C Jacobs. Short tour will be included and Prof Jacobs will share ideas on Integration of Students,Guidance Programmes for Student Leaders and Pre-, in, after care of students, etc. (Prof Jacobs requested an hour) 15:00 Group to meet with Prof Theuns Erasmus, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Acting Director of the International Affairs Office Meeting will be held in the Meeting Room, Room 1-16, Student Affairs Building 15:30 Refreshments and closure of the visit at the IAO, Student Affairs Building, Room 1-16 16:00 Group to be picked up at the Main Entrance, Lynnwood Road June 15, 2000 TIME ITINERARY 06:00 to 07:00 Breakfast will be served at the hotel.