MAANDELIKSE PERSONEELBLAD JAAR 16 # 2
20–3–2008
YEAR 16 # 2 MONTHLY STAFF NEWSLETTER Vier Stellenbosse navorsers is nou wêreldleiers Tuberkulosenavorser ontvang Gesondheidswetenskappe se eerste A-gradering Prof Bert Klumperman Vier Stellenbosse navorsers het onlangs die eerste keer A-evaluerings van die Nasionale Navorsingstigting (NNS) ontvang. Hulle is polimeerwetenskaplike prof Bert Klumperman, ekoloog prof Dave Richardson, die regsgeleerde prof Cornelius van der Merwe, en gesondheidswetenskaplike prof Peter Donald. Daar is tans nege wêreldklaswetenskaplikes aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) verbonde.

Die doel van die NNS se evaluering Prof Klumperman het sy PhD in werksgroepe van die International Switserse wetenskapsprys, die Hans en gradering van Suid-Afrikaanse polimeerchemie van Eindhoven Uni- Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Sigrist Prys vir 2006, asook die Rek- navorsers is om ’n globaal mede- versiteit van Tegnologie in Nederland (IUPAC), sowel as die COST Working torstoekenning vir Voortreflike Navor- dingende wetenskaplike stelsel in ontvang, waar hy later ook as mede- Group on Controlled Polymerization. sing van die US (2007). Suid-Afrika te vestig. Navorsers word professor in polimeerchemie aangestel Prof Richardson het reeds bykans gegradeer na gelang van die gehalte en is. Hy is ’n buitengewone professor by Prof Dave Richardson 160 artikels in gerekende wetenskaps- impak van hul navorsingsuitsette, op die US se Instituut vir Polimeerweten- tydskrifte en boeke gepubliseer, waar- Prof Dave Richardson Prof Richardson, Adjunk-direkteur: grond van publikasies, eweknie- skap, en het uitgebreide bedryfsonder- onder hoofstukke in 25 boeke. Hy is Wetenskapstrategie van die DWT-NNS evaluasie en kundige menings wat vinding, onder meer as ’n navorsings- medeskrywer van die populêre boek Sentrum van Uitnemendheid vir In- plaaslik en in die buiteland ingewin genoot van DSM Research in Geleen, Fynbos – South Africa’s Unique Floral dringerbiologie (SIB) en professor in word. ’n A-gradering word slegs toe- Nederland. Kingdom, mederedakteur van Vegeta- geken aan navorsers wat die hoogste ekologie in die Departement Plant- en Sy navorsing fokus op lewende ra- tion of Southern Africa en redakteur navorsingstandaarde handhaaf en Dierkunde, doen baanbrekerswerk oor dikale polimerisasie, gevorderde ma- van Ecology and Biogeography of eweknie-erkenning as ’n internasionale die ekologie van indringerplante. “My kromolekulêre argitektuur, en die kine- Pinus. Hy is hoofredakteur van die kundige binne ’n bepaalde vakgebied werk fokus op die dinamika van in- tiese en meganiese strukture van (le- wetenskapstydskrif Diversity and Dis- geniet. dringerplante, en spesifiek bome, maar tributions en dien op talle internasio- wende) radikale polimerase. Sy werk die konsepte en beginsels wat hieruit “As ’n navorsingsgedrewe universi- het talle moontlike toepassingsmoont- nale komitees en die redaksiekommis- teit is buitengewone navorsingspres- voortspruit kan ook gebruik word om sies van drie vaktydskrifte en twee likhede, wat wissel van baie spesifieke die verspreidingspotensiaal van enige tasies soos hierdie deur US-navorsers, bedekkings en elektronika tot biome- boekreekse. asook die erkenning daarvan, altyd vir ander organismes te verstaan,” glo diese gebruike. hierdie ekoloog. Prof Richardson het sy BSc in Bos- ons van groot waarde en genot,” het bou van die US ontvang, waarna hy as Prof Cornelius van der Merwe Prof Klumperman se navorsings- prof Piet Steyn, US Waarnemende Prof Richardson se navorsing bosbouwetenskaplike by die Suid-Afri- groep is toenemend gemoeid met die Direkteur: Navorsing, gesê. ondersteun ook die samestelling van kaanse Bosbounavorsingsentrum in biomediese toepassings van funksio- praktiese bestuursriglyne vir die beheer Jonkershoek gewerk het. Hier het hy nele polimere, byvoorbeeld om die Prof Bert Klumperman van indringerspesies. Van sy onlangse van die eerste navorsingsprojekte oor verspreiding van spesifieke medikasie Prof Klumperman beklee die Navor- navorsing het gelei tot die formulering die impak en bestuur van indringer- binne die liggaam te teiken. singsleerstoel in Gevorderde Makro- van objektiewe protokols waarmee die plante op wateropvangsgebiede ge- molekulêre Argitektuur in die Departe- Prof Klumperman dien op die re- risiko verbonde aan die bekendstelling doen. Ná voltooiing van sy PhD aan ment Chemie en Polimeerwetenskap. daksiekommissie van die European van ’n verskeidenheid uitheemse die Universiteit van Kaapstad (UK) het Hierdie leerstoel was een van die eers- Polymer Journal. Hy is ’n gereelde plante en diere bepaal en bestuur kan hy gehelp om die Leslie Hill Instituut tes van sy soort wat as deel van die konsultant op die gebied van radikale word. Hierdie hulpmiddels is nodig om vir die Bewaring van Plante aan die Departement van Wetenskap en polimerisasie, en is ook ’n nasiener vir die regulasies van Suid-Afrika se nuwe UK te vestig. Hy het in 2005 by die Tegnologie se nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse talle wetenskaplike publikasies en Biodiversiteitswet te kan toepas. SIB aangesluit. Leerstoel Inisiatief (SARChI) toegeken internasionale befondsingsagent- Sy uitstaande navorsingswerk is is. skappe. Hy is ’n lid van drie reeds erken deur die toekenning van ’n (na bl. 6) Prof Peter Donald New scanner boosts advanced neuro-imaging research In 2007, the Faculty of Health Sciences Council, CUBIC is being actively used sioned in March 2007, researchers have technical expertise, to publish results in Apart from its role in research, of Stellenbosch University (SU), with both by researchers from the two uni- initiated unique research studies ranging peer-reviewed journals and to strive to- CUBIC also plays an important role in the support of the University of Cape versities and by clinicians from the from those on psychiatric and psycho- wards a better understanding of health- clinical service delivery in the Western Town (UCT), launched a major brain- Western Cape’s two academic hospitals, logical disorders to those on the effects care management in South Africa. Cape. research initiative on its Tygerberg Tygerberg and Groote Schuur. Apart of HIV, tuberculosis, drug and alcohol Dr Spottiswoode explains that the “When the idea of CUBIC was Campus: it acquired a cutting-edge from the 3 Tesla scanner, CUBIC is also abuse and foetal alcohol syndrome on Siemens 3 Tesla Magnetom Allegra taking shape, we were acutely aware of home to an electroencephalography magnetic resonance scanner – the 3 scanner is a compact, small-bore, dedi- the pressure on clinical time in the MRI laboratory, a near-infrared spectroscopy Tesla Magnetom Allegra brain scanner cated brain MRI scanner and, as such, facilities at both Tygerberg and Groote laboratory, an MRI simulation room for Most advanced brain- – through a partnership with the is much faster than other MRI scanners. Schuur – an effect that filters down to patient preparation, consultation areas, a Siemens company in Germany. imaging instrument on the secondary hospitals with very long boardroom and a range of other “It scans at a very high resolution, thus This magnetic resonance imaging facilities. market and the only allowing for the faster scanning of thin- waiting lists. As part of SU’s commit- (MRI) scanner now forms the heart of ner slices. As a result, it’s capable of ment to teaching and learning within a As the most advanced brain-imaging the new Cape Universities Brain one of its kind in Africa service environment, we’ve therefore instrument on the market today – and three-dimensional imaging, generating Imaging Centre (CUBIC) on the Tyger- the only one of its kind in Africa – the 3 morphological, three-dimensional scans entered into agreements with the Pro- berg Campus. And it’s proving to be a Tesla Magnetom scanner supports the brain – and many other problems of the head in just a few minutes. Slices vince to provide a part-time clinical most important stimulus and aid to highly sophisticated research in the specific to the health environment of can be reconstructed in any orientation service to relieve some of the pressure,” collaborative and cross-disciplinary fields of radiology, psychiatry, psycho- our country. given the volume of the data. The scan- says Dr Paul Carey of the SU Depart- neuro-imaging research. logy, neurology, neurosurgery, physics, The director of CUBIC, MRI phy- ner can also produce very high-resolu- ment of Psychiatry – and an active role A joint initiative involving Siemens, biomedical engineering and more. In sicist Dr Bruce Spottiswoode, says that tion angiograms without the administra- player in the establishment of the centre. SU, UCT and the Medical Research fact, since the scanner was commis- the centre aims to develop and foster tion of contrast agents.” – SYBELLE ALBRECHT Op die Web / On the Web: http://www.sun.ac.za/kampusnuus NUUS WIE IS WIE NUUS KUNS BESOEKERS Biblioteek Stellenbosch Prof Lategan Advertensies, Ethiopian ontvang Gemeenskaps- tree einde Maart kennisgewings, musiek statiscian trains boekdonasie interaksie groei af en boeke at CSC van Oostenryk steeds 3 4 5 6 & 7 8 2 OPINIE/OPINION KAMPUSNUUS

VAN DIE REDAKTEUR SE LESSENAAR

Each month, like a good editor should, I set out planning the Kampusnuus In the spirit of diversity and building relations with academics across the and conjure up an idea of what the newspaper will look like that specific world, we also met up with two international academics who are currently month. But each month, when the designer and I sit down and start creating visiting the University and found out why they chose to come to this the idea on paper, we are pleasantly surprised by how a few stories about this institution specifically. Prof William Fry from Cornell University talks about and that can turn into a feast of delectable tales. This month, I was once the research he is conducting with the help of the Department of Plant again reminded of how diversity of ideas and people are the ingredients for a Pathology on page 3, while Mr Woldemariam Gebregziabher, an Ethiopian rich learning environment where different voices, opinions and theories researcher from the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute in become the voice that speaks for the diverse whole. This is the reason why I Addis Ababa, tells us about the training he has done at the Centre for choose to pursue a career at an academic institution and not in mainstream Statistical Consultation (CSC) on page 8. media. Nowhere but at an academic institution can you freely (touch wood!) There is also a diversity of music concerts to choose from on page 7 with challenge the status norm. the Stellenbosch International Piano Symposium taking place from 8 to 12 This is probably also why this university can boast with nine A-evaluated April and performances by the Stellenbosch University Symphonic Wind researchers, who are considered experts in their field (page 1). You have to Ensemble, the SA National Defence Force Band and Germany’s Phoenix Big question and push the boundaries to attain excellence! Band on 14 April. Meet Nathaniel Salie, a young man who successfully completed an introductory programme in music in 2007 and is now studying As Prof Bernard Lategan, who is leaving the University at the end of towards a BMus degree at the University. Nathaniel is a living example of March, says: “A university must, per definition, be a place where space is what can be achieved when universities push the boundaries by focusing on created to think differently about existing matters.” Prof Lategan, current alternative ways of doing business and procuring students who would Director of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), together otherwise not gain entry into the halls of higher learning. with a number of other academics at this university, were there when the idea to build a world-class research institute in Africa was first cultivated and So here’s to diversity of people, ideas, theories and opinions, because have over the last few years watched that idea become a reality. Read about without these things, this newspaper would be pretty dull! his journey on page 5. If you are interested in improving your skills or want to continue your studies, make sure to take a look at the range of workshops, courses, semi- nars and scholarships on offer on page 6.

Dooie ESKOM! Lewende OPKOM?

Op die oomblik is ons baie oorhoops vir opstaan en KOM staan vir Hy is uit onder die juk van Farao. brood bedel nie. Die brood het Hy met die lewe. Dit is beslis nie lekker aan die kom. Dit is nou die Ja, Paasfees wil dronkbestuurders gebreek om alle dae goed te maak. om op die rekenaar te werk en voor opgestane Christus. nugter kry en verkragters bevry van Nie net GOEIE VRYDAG nie. Deel jy kon save, woeps! is alles net af En dit is presies wat Paasfees is. hul Farao-agtige lewenspatroon. jou ‘brood’ uit! Kampusnuus wil nie. Kragonderbrekings! Die ‘dooie’ Die eiers is simbool van die nuwe Mense mag nie verdruk, onderdruk Laat die son deurbreek op Stellen- graag ’n platform ESKOM! Ons vloek nog op ’n or- lewe wat deurbreek. Want op Pase en van hul menswaardigheid beroof skep vir ge- bosch en die kampus soos die ver- dentlike manier. breek God sy hart oop wanneer word nie. Mense moet vry raak. Vry sprekvoering op Die lees van die koerant gooi die Christus op Goeie Vrydag uitroep: van geweld en vry vir God se on- blindende lig vroeg in die tuin van die kampus. lewe in trurat. ’n Tweejarige dogter- “My God, my God, waarom het U voorwaardelike liefde en genade. Josef van Arimetea. Eet jou hot cross Menings in tjie word verkrag. Ek wil amper sê: my verlaat?” Pase beteken: OPKOM. God bun met ’n vrolike hart. Maar nou artikels, briewe “Hoe op Gods aarde is dit moont- Ja, op ’n seker manier is Paasfees KOM OP vir die mensdom wat in herinner die kruis daaraan: Moenie en Kampusklets lik?” Ek is seker daar gaan môre God se protesskrif bo-oor die koe- onreg ly en van die lewe beroof meer ander mense se lewens stuk- oppie Rooiplein weer ’n berig wees oor onverskillige rantopskrif: Man verkrag tweejarige word. kend breek en verrinneweer nie. Hy is dié van die dronkbestuur, ’n ongeluk, bedrog, betrokke indiwidu kind. Dit moenie en mag nie so Selfs die woord vir skepping in het gesterf! swak bestuur van sake. Daar is die en nie aangaan op Gods aarde nie. Vanuit Latyn beteken onder andere om iets rassistiese debat op kampus. Breek die sjokoladepaaseier en noodwendig God se opstandingsperspektief is dit nuut te benoem en daaraan ’n ander Persepsies bou op en die donker kraai van plesier. Nou weet jy: Hy die standpunt inderdaad ‘Godsonmoontlik’ om so bestemmingsfunksie te gee. Die hele wolk van kleurvoordeel ‘verkleur’ leef. Nou mag jy nie meer leef net van die te leef. aarde en alle mense word gesien as die reënboognasie. om te rinkink en te rumoer nie. Nou Kampusnuus- Volgens ’n ou Joodse tradisie is draers van God se Paasgenade. Daar- redaksie of die Wie is nou lus vir paashase en hot moet jy leef om ander te verryk en die skeppingsverhaal uit Genesis 1–3 om mag ons nie wyn gebruik om Universiteit cross buns? Eet die goed op en laat heel te maak, want Hy het gekom in voorbereiding vir die Paasfees ge- dronk te raak nie. Nee, die wyn is Stellenbosch nie. die kinders die sjokolade geniet. En lees. Die verhaal van die Skepping is Nagmaalswyn. Dit is die teken dat sodat ons lewe kan hê, en dit in oor- nou wil ons God betrek (amper sê ek deur die rabbi’s gesien as ’n verhaal Christus se bloed my vry maak van vloed! (Joh 10:10) insleep) by so ’n Paasfees... wat die pad vir Pase oopmaak. Paas- verslawing. Daarom mag ons nie Ons dink en praat ESKOM. Kom fees is die fees van die bevryding uit brood gulsig opeet of mors en weg- Daniël Louw ons dink en praat OPKOM. OP staan die slawerny van Egipte. Israel trek gooi terwyl mense in armoede om Fakulteit Teologie

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If you speak to participants about the lack of par- Where was majority ticipation, some will tell you that SU has never had a Vir wie is die tafel gedek? support? history of organised mass movement, so to expect students Ten spyte van ’n ontydige en baie onwelkom griepvirus and staff to arrive in their thousands might not be feasible. het ek hierdie jaar die onuithoudbare Stellenbosch-hitte I recently decided to don my green T-shirt and join Could this be true? Or have the activists of this University (met bogenoemde griep se gepaardgaande koors!) getrot- students and staff members on a march in support of an perished with people like Beyers Naudé and Bram seer om weereens die Woordfees by te woon. Reeds vanaf SU HIV-programme initiative to promote awareness Fischer? Have we stopped caring about a disease that’s Januarie is tande geslyp, my begroting uitgewerk en met around HIV/Aids on campus. Organisations such as the ravaging our country and stealing our youth from us? die vrystelling van die program was ek gereed met merk- Stellenbosch Hospice were also present to show their Where have the people – who believe in raising their pen in een hand en Woordfeesboekie in die ander. support. But, as the march kicked off, I was disappointed voices and adding their support for the greater good – My algehele indruk was dat die organisasie en bywo- to note that the crowd consisted mainly of only a handful gone? Clearly not to Stellenbosch from what I’ve seen. ning goed was, en dit was opmerklik met hoeveel entoe- of students – at least the numbers were greater than those Or did we stop caring at the point where apartheid siasme mense gestroom het om hulle gunsteling skrywers of last year! – and hardly any SU staff members save for fell? onder oë te kry. the Rector, Prof Russel Botman, the Vice-Rector: Yet, when I see the uproar over the harsh treatment of Research, Prof Magda Fourie, the Student Dean, Mr Wat my egter opgeval het, was die groot hoeveelheid students during recent raids on clubs in Stellenbosch, I’m Llewellyn MacMaster, and three other University ouer mense (en met ouer bedoel ek bo 50 en meer ernstige convinced that those who’ll speak up for the greater good employees. boekklublesers) wat boekbesprekings bygewoon het. Nog- are still here in our midst. My only concern is that obvious al ontstellend as ’n mens in ag neem dat Afrikaans die Have we, both students and staff, become so danger, like a gun in the face during a police raid, is the afgelope paar jaar minder gestigmatiseer is onder die jeug complacent that, out of a student population of more than only way in which we’ll see thousands stand up for a en daar selfs ’n toename in Afrikaanse letterkunde vir dié 23 000 (and – yes – I am aware that not all these students cause that’s silently killing South Africans. mark is – al is dit ook in sogenaamde JIP-taal. Afrikaanse study on the main campus) and a staff complement of musiek is al vir ’n geruime tyd nie die in-ding nie, maar around 2 300, we’re able to attract the support of only – Disappointed wat van Afrikaanse letterkunde? about 100 marchers? Stel jonger mense (onder 25) nog belang in Afrikaanse letterkunde? Is Afrikaans nog cool of is die manier waar- op die tafel gedek is daarvoor nie aptytwekkend genoeg Briewe kan gerig word aan die Redakteur: Kampusnuus, per e-pos aan [email protected], of met die binnepos aan Kamer nie? B1223, Admin B-gebou, of per faks aan (021) 808-3800. Hoewel briewe op versoek anoniem of met skuilname geplaas In ieder geval – geluk aan die Woordfeesspan met ’n kan word, moet skrywers se name en kontakbesonderhede asseblief by die brief ingesluit word. Briewe moet duidelik (myns insiens) suksesvolle en propvol program. Ek sien uit na volgende jaar se spyskaart. KAMPUSNUUS BRIEWEBLAD gemerk word. Die beste brief wen ’n prys. – Feesganger KAMPUSNUUS NUUS/NEWS 3 Library receives a book donation from Austria

The Stellenbosch University Library General, Mrs Ingrid Köhn-Dursy, sentation ceremony in the JS Gericke Languages, who thanked the Consul with it on several occasions. Mrs and Information Service recently re- presented 44 works of modern Ger- Library. General on behalf of the German Köhn-Dursy stressed the importance ceived a generous book donation from man Austrian literature to Ms Ellen The proceedings were opened by section of the department for the of this collaboration and of coope- the Federal Republic of Austria. On 3 Tise, Senior Director of Library and Prof Carlotta von Maltzan, Chair of welcome donation. According to Prof ration between the SU and Austrian March 2008, the Austrian Consul Information Services, at a small pre- the Department of Modern Foreign Von Maltzan, the donation includes universities, as many Austrian stu- books by important contemporary dents are coming to South Africa to authors such as Nobel laureate El- further their studies. Prof Hennie friede Jelinek and novels by Marlene Kotze, Dean of the Faculty of Arts Streeruwitz, Gerhard Roth, Joseph and Social Sciences, also voiced his Roth and Jean Améry. Many of the appreciation of the good relationship publications were part of a wish-list between the institutions. He expressed drawn up by postgraduate students of his thanks for the donation on behalf German currently studying Austrian of the Faculty and stressed the im- literature. portance of books as the main tools Ms Tise thanked Mrs Köhn-Dursy for studying Arts and Social Sciences. on behalf of the Library and Infor- The presentation ceremony was mation Service and stressed the im- attended by lecturers and students of portance of international support – the German section of the Department especially appreciated in the face of of Modern Foreign Languages and by limited resources. Ms Tise also re- the Faculty Librarian for German, Mrs ferred to the large German-speaking Naomi Visser. The books will shortly community in the Western Cape, be available in the library and can be which will benefit from the donation located on the library’s online cata- as well. logue via the homepage at Stellenbosch University (SU) has a http://www.sun.ac.za/library. very good relationship with the Aus- Mrs Ingrid Köhn-Dursy, Prof Carlotta von Maltzan, Ms Ellen Tise and Prof Hennie Kotze (Mimi Seyffret) trian Consulate and has collaborated – MIMI SEYFFRET International researcher enjoys sabbatical at Department of Plant Pathology

Prof William (or Bill) E Fry, an international researcher honoured by various organi- sations for his contributions to plant pathology, is on a sabbatical visit at the Department of Plant Pathology here at Stellenbosch University (SU) from October 2007 to May 2008.

In 2005, Prof Fry, from Cornell Uni- bute to the development of sustainable Prof Fry. “Furthermore, I really want to versity in the USA, was one of 2 000 disease-control methods. In fact, more learn more about this beautiful country highly cited investigators worldwide. than $3 billion are spent every year and its people,” he says. His successful research career is re- throughout the world to control late flected in his authorship and co- blight in both potatoes and tomatoes. Top right: Prof Bill Fry and Dr Adéle authorship of four books, more than With his sabbatical visit to the McLeod sampling avocado roots 137 research papers in refereed jour- campus, Prof Fry intends furthering nals, 28 book chapters and more than studies on his laboratory’s recent Right: The Phytophthora and Pythium 87 abstracts of papers presented at discovery of RNA viruses in P. infes- transformation team – Julia Meitz meetings. tans. The Fry laboratory already has (far left), Barbara Fry (centre) and “During his research career, he’s preliminary evidence that the PiRV1 Adéle McLeod (far right) – on a field had numerous co-workers in various virus can be used as a crude vector to trip where isolates were collected countries with whom he’s shared his express foreign genes (green fluo- research resources, guidance and ex- rescent protein) in the pathogen. Below: Julia Meitz (far left), Bill Fry (middle), Adéle McLeod (back) and pertise. The plant pathology commu- “His primary goal at Stellenbosch Jan van Niekerk (far right) sampling nity in South Africa is privileged that is to survey populations of several avocado roots for P. cinnamomi he’s made his way to the southern- different plant pathogenic Phyto- isolations at Westfalia in the Lim- most tip of Africa,” says Dr Adéle phthora species for the occurrence of popo Province McLeod, Senior Lecturer at the De- this or other novel viruses. And he’ll partment of Plant Pathology. determine whether PiRV1 can also Prof Fry’s main areas of research infect other Phytophthora species, include the epidemiology and ma- since this will extend the use of the nagement of plant diseases (with virus for gene functional studies.” special emphasis on late blight in the In order to attain this goal, Barbara potato) as well as the biology (gene- Fry, to whom Prof Bill Fry is married, tics, developmental biology, ecology is working with Dr McLeod to im- and pathogenicity) of the late-blight prove methods for introducing the pathogen Phytophthora infestans. PiRV1 virus into P. infestans and to This aggressive plant pathogen was develop a transformation protocol for the cause of the Irish potato famine in P. capsici, a devastating pathogen of 1845; it resulted in the death of hun- several vegetable crops. dreds of thousands of people and in “I specifically came to South Africa the emigration of one and a half to work with Dr McLeod. She’s a million people. former PhD student of mine and she’s The study of gene function in this an expert on gene transformation of destructive plant pathogen is impor- Phytophthora which is a difficult tant because it can ultimately contri- technique to accomplish,” says Law Faculty and Stonehage Group launch Stonehage Medal for Community Interaction The Faculty of Law, in conjunction community as well as the leadership also be considered. international families. The group has contribute to the tertiary education of with the Stonehage Group, recently roles the student fulfils on campus and “The institution of the Stonehage over $25 billion worth of assets under underprivileged students, many of instituted the Stonehage Medal for in the local community. Medal for Community Interaction administration and has offices in the whom were formerly disadvantaged,” Community Interaction, which will be According to Prof Gerhard Lubbe, confirms the shared commitment of United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jersey, says Prof Lubbe. awarded to a final-year law student the Stonehage Group and the Stellen- Israel, South Africa, the United States Dean of the Faculty of Law, the focus Of the 136 students funded by for the first time in 2008. The award will not necessarily be restricted to bosch Faculty of Law to the develop- and Australia. LINK-SA in 2007, 17, representing consists of a gold medal and a cash these areas. Service in the Legal Aid ment of South African society and the “The Stonehage Charitable Trust 12,5% of the total, were LLB students amount made possible by the financial Clinic and other organisations such as importance of inculcating a sense of has afforded significant financial from the Faculty supported by the assistance of Stonehage. Amnesty International, projects re- social responsibility in lawyers of the assistance to students at the Faculty The award will be given to a law lating to HIV/Aids, asylum seekers, future,” says Prof Lubbe. since 2001. This has been done in Stonehage Group. To formalise this student who has demonstrated both the eradication of poverty, the rights The Stonehage Group, of which Mr collaboration with the Link-SA Fund relationship and as a symbol of the academic merit and a sense of social of political prisoners, the protection of Giuseppe Ciucci, a former student of for Tertiary Education, an organisation organisation’s commitment to the responsibility through his or her in- the environment and projects support- the Faculty, is CEO, provides wealth set up to enable persons and institu- Faculty, the Stonehage Group volvement in and commitment to the ing community transformation will management and fiduciary services to tions with South African affiliations to Scholarship was launched in 2007. 4 FEATURES / ARTIKELS KAMPUSNUUS Stellenbosch se gemeenskapsinteraksie versterk van jaar tot jaar Die Universiteit Stellenbosch het oor die afgelope jare bekendheid verwerf vir sy betrokkenheid by die wyer Stellenbosch-gemeenskap en omliggende areas deur studente-uitreike en die betrokkenheid van personeel in die ge- meenskap. Die Universiteit het ook nou ’n Afdeling Gemeenskapsinteraksie, ’n sentrale steundiensafdeling, wat in dieselfde verhouding tot die kernfunk- sie van gemeenskapsinteraksie (GI) staan as wat die Afdeling Navorsingsont- wikkeling en Akademiese Steun onderskeidelik tot die ander twee kernfunk- sies van navorsing, en onderrig en leer staan. Die Afdeling bied ondersteu- ning en kundigheid aan personeel én studente wat betrokke is by gemeen- skapsinteraksie-inisiatiewe. Amper twee jaar gelede is ’n Direkteur: Ge- meenskapsinteraksie vir die eerste keer aangestel om die US se betrokken- heid in die gemeenskap te bestuur. Kampusnuus het gaan kers opsteek by die Afdeling Gemeenskapsinteraksie om uit te vind wat die Afdeling doen en hoekom hulle werk essensieel is vir die Universiteit se Visie 2012.

Hoekom hierdie nuwe Afdeling? nior Direkteur direk rapporteer aan Die Afdeling Gemeenskapsinteraksie, prof Julian Smith, wie se titel met in- sê mnr Jerome Slamat, Senior Direk- gang Januarie 2008 verander het na teur: Gemeenskapsinteraksie, is ge- Viserektor: Gemeenskapsinteraksie en skep om ’n behoefte aan koördinering Personeel. “Ons wil as klein span ’n en die belyning van gemeenskaps- groot impak maak op hierdie kam- interaksieprojekte op kampus te ver- pus.”, sê mnr Slamat. vul. Studente en personeellede wat by gemeenskapsinteraksieprojekte be- Ander koördinerende meganismes trokke is, kry ondersteuning van ’n Gemeenskapsinteraksiebeleid is in hierdie Afdeling met registrasie van Junie 2004 deur die Universiteitsraad projekte op ’n institusionele databasis aanvaar en ’n gemeenskapsinteraksie- vir GI-projekte, beleidsaspekte, gehal- komitee van die Senaat, soos voorsien teversekering, die etiese standaarde by deur die beleid, funksioneer nou op gemeenskapsinteraksie, die ont- volle sterkte. Die komitee dien as ’n Heel bo: Sê gou weer: Hier gesels een van die jong inwoners van Kayamandi met die Minister van Finansies, Mnr Trevor wikkeling van diensleermodules, so- instrument vir deelname, bied ’n fo- Manuel, tydens sy besoek aan Kayamandi. By hulle is mnr Matthew Williams, Hoof van Programme in Afrika vir die wel as skakeling met soortgelyke of rum vir inspraak deur alle afdelings Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), wat na gemeenskapsinteraksieprojekte van die US kom kyk het binne die Universiteit en gee rigting aanvullende projekte op kampus en Bo links: Willie Steenkamp, ’n finalejaar mediese student aan Tygerberg, en ’n jong besoeker aan die Kayamandi kliniek oor beleidsake ten opsigte van GI. kry ook inligting oor beskikbare glimlag vir die kamera fondse vir GI-projekte. Verder gebruik fakulteite hul eie be- stuursmeganismes om GI binne fakul- Bo regs: Mnr Trevor Manuel en mediese student, Jack Shivambu, luister aandagtig na ’n aanbieding van die werk wat by die Herposisionering van MGD en teite te koördineer en die kwaliteit Kayamandi kliniek gedoen word (Anton Jordaan, SSFD) USDG daarvan te verseker. Toe mnr Slamat begin het as Direk- ([email protected]) en Mike Leslie in diensleer in ons land,” sê mnr ’n verdere stap verteenwoordig om teur: Gemeenskapsinteraksie in April GI-databasisse ([email protected]) sal navrae in Slamat. gelykwaardigheid met Leer en On- 2006 was hy ’n eenmanspan. Hy is In 2006 is daar ’n databasis begin van verband met die studente GI-databasis Volgens hom moet ’n universiteit derrig, sowel as Navorsing na te streef. onmiddellik belas met die herposisio- die verskeie gemeenskapsprojekte beantwoord. ’n plek wees waar akademici geanker Hy het sy tevredenheid uitgespreek nering van die twee bestaande GI- waarby die Universiteit se departe- is in die gemeenskap en teoretiese met die mate waartoe en tempo waar- eenhede, Matie Gemeenskapsdiens mente, fakulteite en steundienste be- Diensleer raamwerke ontwikkel wat relevant is teen die GI-plan besig is om beslag te (MGD) en Universiteit Stellenbosch trokke is. Aan die begin van 2008 is Die Afdeling beskik ook oor ’n diens- vir die gemeenskap en waar studente kry. “Die erkenning van GI as vol- Diensleer en Gemeenskapsinteraksie ’n nuwe databasis vrygestel wat groter leerfunksie met me Smith-Tolken aan voorberei word vir die realiteite van waardige derde kernfunksie, onder (USDG). MGD is met ingang van integrasie met ander US-inligting- die hoof. Me Smith-Tolken word in die wêreld daarbuite. Dit sluit nou aan meer deur dit op viserektorsvlak te 1 Maart 2007, na deeglike konsultasie, sisteme sal verseker. Tans is daar 187 hierdie funksie op ’n deeltydse basis by die Rektor se beklemtoning van ’n plaas, het opwindende moontlikhede onder die Afdeling Studentesake projekte op hierdie personeeldatabasis bygestaan deur Prof Rona Newmark, Pedagogie van Hoop en die Millen- tot gevolg gehad. Die inisiatiewe wat geposisioneer om uitvoering te gee geregistreer en projekeienaars sal self ’n bedrewe diensleer-praktisyn. ’n nium Ontwikkelingsdoelwitte. tans aandag kry, sluit in die erkenning aan die aanbevelings van ’n eksterne versoek word om deur ’n herregis- Derde Diensleerkapasiteitsbouprogram Navrae oor diensleer kan gerig van Vlagskipprojekte en die ontwikke- ouditverslag dat MGD weer die trasie proses te gaan vir 2008. Die in samewerking met die CHESP word aan me Smith-Tolken by (021) ling van ’n kenmerkende korporatiewe karakter van ’n studentevrywilliger- goeie nuus is dat projekeienaars nie (Community-Higher Education-Ser- 808 3798 of [email protected] identiteit vir GI,” sê prof Smith. organisasie aanneem. Die herposisio- alle inligting weer hoef in te voer nie; vice-Partnerships)-inisiatief van JET ’n Interne Gemeenskapsinteraksie nering van MGD, met me Lydia hulle hoef slegs daardie inligting tov Educational Services is pas afgehan- Rektorstoekenning vir Simposium, as deel van die US se Ge- Burger as Hoof, onder Studentesake hul projekte te vervang wat verander del. Hierdeur word die kapasiteit vir Gemeenskapsinteraksie haltebevorderingsplan, sal op 3 April hou die belofte in van beter sinergie het. Hierdie nuwe proses vorm deel akademiese personeel geskep om ge- Die eerste Rektorstoekenning vir 2008 by STIAS gehou word. Mnr en koördinering tussen MGD, die SR, van ’n gehaltebevorderingsproses wat meenskapsinteraksie deur middel van Voortreflike Gemeenskapsinteraksie Slamat beskou dit as een van die Jool, verenigings wat betrokke is by die deelname van die projekeienaar, diensleermodules in programkurriku- is in November 2007 by dieselfde hoogtepunte vir 2008, omdat dit die GI en koshuise. departementhoof en dekaan behels. ’n lums in te bou. As ondersteunende geleentheid as die Rektorstoekennings institusionele debat oor GI by die US Die USDG-personeellede is opge- Databasis van studente vrywilliger- diens verskaf me Smith-Tolken infra- vir Voortreflike Navorsing, Onderrig sal verder neem en sal lei tot voor- neem in die Afdeling Gemeenskaps- inisiatiewe word tans saamgestel, sê struktuurontwikkeling vir diensleer en Diens toegeken. Die doel is om stelle vir prosesse en meganismes wat interaksie. Die Afdeling Gemeen- mnr Slamat, en sal ’n goeie idee gee aan die hele kampusgemeenskap. uitstaande gemeenskapsinteraksie-ini- sal verseker dat die US se GI-aktiwi- skapsinteraksie bestaan tans uit vier van die verskeidenheid van inisiatiewe “Diensleer hou baie belofte in vir siatiewe aan die US te beloon en te teite van ’n hoë gehalte is. persone – mnr Howard Gordon, wat deur studente gedryf word. ’n holistiese opvoeding en vir die ont- bevorder. Vir meer inligting oor die Afdeling Administratiewe Beampte; me Joanne Navrae oor die personeeldatabasis wikkeling van sosiale verantwoorde- Prof Smith wat as Viserektor: Gemeenskapsinteraksie, besoek Henry, Bestuursinligtingsbeampte; me kan aan me Henry gerig word by likheid en responsiwiteit by ons stu- Gemeenskapsinteraksie en Personeel asseblief http://admin.sun.ac.za/ci/ Antoinette Smith-Tolken, Bestuurder: (021) 808 2977 of [email protected] - dente. Ek sal graag wil sien dat hierdie die uitvoerende verantwoordelikheid of kontak die Afdeling by (021) Diensleer, en mnr Slamat wat as Se- Michelle Pietersen Universiteit homself vestig as ’n leier het vir GI, het gesê dat die toekenning 808 3645. Stellenbosch Internasionale Simposium gaan skare betower Die Konservatorium van die Univer- verskeie internasionale toekennings en Daarbenewens nooi die Konservato- die vyf dae van die simposium bestaan 400 (with meals and accommodation). siteit Stellenbosch het in 2006 die professor in klavier by die Mozarteum rium ’n aantal prominente, nasionaal uit oggendlesings, meesterklasse van Observers and Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch Internasionale Klavier- in Salzburg, as deel van ’n akademiese bekende pianiste/pedagoë uit om deel twee uur elk, etensuurkonserte deur student observers: R700 (includes entry simposium met groot sukses aangebied. uitruilooreenkoms tussen die twee in- van die fakulteit se klaviersimposium te jong kunstenaars en aandkonserte deur to all events but excludes meals). Die simposium, die eerste van sy soort, stansies aan die simposium sal deel- wees. Hulle sal daagliks meesterklasse personeel van die fakulteit. A meal package can be bought for an het dit ten doel gestel om internasionale neem. Hy sal meesterklasse aanbied en van twee uur elk aanbied en aan een of  Application forms can be obtained at additional R500, which includes lunch en nasionale pianiste byeen te bring vir ook in die finale fakulteitskonsert op meer van die personeelkonserte (solo, the Konservatorium reception at the and dinner provided by Gar’nish vyf dae van meesterklasse, lesings en Saterdag 12 April optree. Die fakulteit klavierduet of duo) deelneem. Sommige Neethling Street entrance. The deadlines Executive Catering. konserte. word verder aangevul deur die bekende van hulle sal ook lesings aanbied. for participation are as follows: For more information please contact Die tweede Stellenbosch Internasio- Duitse pedagoog en navorser, Wolfgang Die formaat van die simposium be- Participants: 21 March 2008; Observers Nina Schumann on 082 443 9200 or nale Klaviersimposium vind vanaf 8 tot Wagenhäuser, verbonde aan die Musik- hels dat klavierstudente en onderwysers and Stellenbosch University student Sibusiso Nkomo on 021 808 2358 12 April 2008 plaas. Die Konservato- hochschule in Trossingen. Prof Wagen- die geleentheid gebied word om observers: 28 March 2008 . (during office hours). Please visit rium is bevoorreg dat die Russiese häuser open die simposium op 8 April meesterklasse te ontvang by die perso- Entry fees: Participants: R700 (with- www.sun.ac.za/music for further infor- pianis, Alexei Lubimov, wenner van met ’n solokonsert. neellid van hulle keuse. Die program vir out meals and accommodation) and R1 mation. KAMPUSNUUS NUUS / NEWS 5 Prof wat STIAS help bou het, tree af Prof Bernard Lategan, een van die Die argitektuur van die gebou en het in Bloemfontein grootgeword. liteerder gewerk, waarna hy in 1999 vele akademici en navorsers wat by- reflekteer hierdie idee. Alle vertrekke Hy het Teologie aan die US gestudeer die direkteur van STIAS geword het. gedra het tot die konkrete vestiging het ‘n uitsig na buite, na die natuur. en het vir omtrent vier jaar sy doktors- Sy passie vir kennis is duidelik van ’n idee – die stigting van die “Net soos ons hoop die werk wat hier graadstudies in Holland voortgesit. wanneer hy oor STIAS se visie praat. Stellenbosse Instituut vir Gevorderde gedoen word, nuwe perspektiewe sal Met sy terugkeer het hy ’n pos as do- “Hierdie Instituut is uniek in drie op- Navorsing (SIGNA) op Mostertsdrift bring.” minee by die Moedergemeente van sigte,” sê hy, “eerstens is dit die enig- George aanvaar, waar hy vir 18 maan- – tree einde Maart af. Die Instituut, sê hy, is ook nie in ste instituut wat in beginsel vir alle de gewerk het. Daarna het hy by die “Ons het destyds in ’n kantoortjie kompetisie met die Universiteit Stel- dissiplines voorsiening maak. Twee- Fakulteit Teologie van die Universiteit in Crozierstraat begin,” vertel prof lenbosch (US) nie en doen ook nie dens het ons ook ’n spesifieke fokus van die Wes-Kaap (UWK) aangesluit. Lategan en glimlag terwyl hy terug- aansoek vir navorsingsfondse waar- op Afrika, want jy kan nie in Afrika “Ek was by daardie Fakulteit in die dink. “Daai tyd was die Instituut net voor die US normaalweg aansoek wees sonder om op die realiteite van jare toe Jakes Gerwel ook daar was. ’n idee, maar dit was ’n idee wat ons doen nie. STIAS is onlangs as ’n Arti- Afrika te fokus nie. Ons trek dus ook Ons huidige rektor, prof Russel almal geïnspireer het en ’n groep in- kel 21-organisasie geregistreer en die navorsers van regoor die kontinent.” teressante mense saamgetrek het om Universiteit het ’n permanente plek op Botman, was net besig om deur die “Derdens is ons betrokke by die ’n navorsingsinstituut in Suid-Afrika die direksie. STIAS sal dus as ’n studieprogram van die Fakulteit te be- Prof Bernard Lategan toepassing van hoëvlak-navorsing en en Afrika te skep.” onafhanklike, hoëvlak-navorsingsfasi- weeg. Dit is hier, by UWK, wat ek ’n (Anton Jordaan, SSFD) die relevansie van daardie navorsing kant van verstaan is misverstaan en SIGNA, wat beter bekend is onder op die lange duur. Ons wil ’n langter- konflik. By UWK het my oë oopge- sy Engelse akroniem, STIAS (Stellen- “STIAS is bedoel om ’n ‘skeppende ruimte mynbelegging in intellektuele bates bosch Institute for Advanced Study), vir die gees’ te wees” gaan vir die misverstande wat tussen van die land en kontinent maak wat in mense kan ontstaan en hoe diversiteit lok akademici van regoor die wêreld staat sal wees om die uitdagings van en Afrika om innoveerende navorsing Prof Bernard Lategan nie net ’n ruimte is waar konflik die toekoms die hoof te bied. Dus, in ’n navorsingsgedrewe en -onder- plaasvind nie, maar ook waar gemeen- terwyl ons aan onmiddellike behoeftes steunende omgewing te doen vry van skaplike waardes ontwikkel kan mens geword het,” vertel hy. aandag gee, moet ons ook ’n langter- die verpligtinge wat dikwels navorsers liteit bestuur word. Mostertsdrift bly word,” sê hy. mynstrategie hê.” se aandag aftrek en hul tyd in beslag in die Universiteit se besit en STIAS “Die groep mense wat jy daar ont- Prof Lategan en sy vrou, Esther, neem. huur dit by dié instansie. moet het, het jou welkom laat voel. Ek Diversiteit van mense en idees, sê wat ’n doktorsgraad in Maatskaplike het die Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing hy, is ook ’n voorvereiste vir skeppen- “STIAS is bedoel om ‘n ‘skeppen- “Sowel die US as STIAS moet in Werk het, stap graag in die bosveld en van die ander kant beleef en hierdie de denke – die diversiteit van idees, de ruimte vir die gees’ te wees – ’n die proses wen. Ons vul mekaar dus in die Karoo. Hy lees ook graag, sê mense het my regtig mens gemaak,” van navorsingstradisies, van ervarings plek om tot stilstand te kom, om nuut aan. Deur middel van die interdissipli- hy, het ’n amateurbelangstelling in sê hy met trots oor sy ervaringe by en van wyses waarop ons na die werk- en krities oor jou navorsing te dink, nêre navorsing wat hier gedoen word, wyn en speel ook so af en toe gholf. UWK in die sewentigerjare. om anders na bestaande probleme en word navorsers wat nie gewoonweg likheid kyk. Die idee dat diversiteit tot Sy droom vir die Universiteit, sê die werklikheid te kyk en om jou op hulle navorsing by die US sou doen In 1978 tot en met 1990 was prof die verswakking van kwaliteit lei, sê hy, is dat dit ’n plek sal wees wat nie, hiernatoe gelok. Ons verbintenis ongebaande weë te begewe,” verduide- Lategan departementele voorsitter van prof Lategan, is onwaar. diversiteit van idees sal verwelkom. tot die US is vir ons baie belangrik, lik hy. “Hierdie Instituut wil deel wees die Departement Bybelstudie in die Sy eie akademiese belangstelling “’n Universiteit moet per definisie ’n want deur middel van hierdie verbin- van die proses om nuwe kennis te destydse Fakulteit Lettere en Wysbe- is hermeneutiek, in ander woorde hoe plek wees waar daar ruimte is om an- tenis het ons ook toegang tot die Uni- skep, om bestaande grense te oorskry geerte. In 1990 het hy as dekaan van interpretasie plaasvind, hoe verstaan ders oor bestaande sake te dink. My versiteit se biblioteek en laboratoria.” en nuwe gebiede te ontgin waarby die Fakulteit oorgeneem en in 1996 vir tusen mense plaasvind en wat die hoop is dat daardie ruimte nie kleiner, almal kan baat vind en in kan deel.” Prof Lategan is in Pretoria gebore twee en ’n half jaar as akademiese fasi- voorwaardes vir begrip is. “Die skadu- maar veel groter sal word.” From the Nile crocodile to sea turtles in KwaZulu-Natal

With a management plan in place for instrumental in the Botswana govern- backs on the east coast of our continent stretch of our coast was started by the nests – most probably because the nests the Nile-crocodile population of the ment agreeing on a nesting sanctuary and in the eastern Indian Ocean: a 56- former Natal Parks Board as long ago of leatherbacks are deeper than those of Okavango Delta in Botswana, Stellen- for this species. km stretch of beach between Kosi Bay as 1963. “This colony is a seemingly loggerheads. Emerging hatchlings and bosch University’s “Crocodile Dun- and Mabibi. This is where one of Dr healthy population. Few populations in hatchlings on their way to the sea are … to the Zambezi River valley of dette”, Dr Alison Leslie, is continuing Leslie’s master’s-degree students, Chris the world display such signs of stability. Zambia then also preyed on mainly by honey with crocodile research in Zambia – and Boyes, is currently based. It’s therefore important to understand as The Zambezi-crocodile project com- badgers, ghost crabs, jackals and dogs. is now including research on sea turtles Leatherbacks are the largest of the much as we can about this population. menced in October 2007. Here, the aim In fact, scientists estimate that only right here in our own country. sea turtles and they have the widest We need to know why this population is is also – as was the case for the Nile approximately 2% of hatchlings survive range: they even enter polar waters. more successful than others, specifical- From the Nile crocodile in the crocodile further west – the compilation to return to their breeding beaches. Their nesting activities, however, ly from a management point of view.” Okavango Delta of Botswana … of a management plan for the crocodiles Dr Leslie urges turtle watchers to according to Dr Leslie, are limited to a The successful completion of seven in the Zambezi Valley. Collaborators in More recently, Wilderness Safaris adhere to the international code of few very specific breeding beaches, master’s-degree projects and a PhD this project are the Zambia Wildlife (one of the concessionaires to the area) conduct: usually in tropical and subtropical re- dissertation by Dr Sven Bourquin marks Authority, the Zimbabwe Parks and was given a permit to assist with a Limit groups of turtle watchers to no gions around the world. One such re- the end of the five-year project in the Wildlife Management Authorities, and monitoring programme in the research more than 20 people per turtle and make gion is the Tortuguero National Park in area. As a result, this programme has Okavango Delta. The project focused Earthwatch Inc. from the USA. sure that each group remains together. Costa Rica, where Dr Leslie completed on various aspects concerning the con- intensified substantially. In the pro- her master’s thesis on the nesting eco- When looking for tracks, drive or servation of the threatened species the And now on to sea turtles in gramme, turtles are tagged and various logy of leatherbacks way back in 1993. walk along the beach a few hours either Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus). KwaZulu-Natal measurements are recorded during the “The worldwide state of sea-turtle side of low tide and never drive or walk This species performs a number of vital Dr Leslie has embarked on a sea-turtle nesting season (which ranges from populations is dire at this moment in above the high-tide mark. functions within the Delta system, research project on the northern coast of October to mid-March). time. Without concerted research and Don’t approach or shine lights direct- which makes it a keystone species in its Kwazulu-Natal here in South Africa. “No detailed study on nesting eco- conservation efforts, these populations ly on turtles leaving the water or environment. Again, the aim is to contribute to a logy where nests are monitored for the will fast disappear. Of the seven turtle moving up the beach, either with ve- Dr Leslie is excited about the fact management plan for conservation – duration of the incubation period has species in the oceans, the leatherback is that Dr Bourquin will return to the but this time of sea turtles: leatherbacks however been undertaken in this re- hicle lights or flashlights. one of the three species classified as Delta to implement their management (Dermochelys coriacea) and logger- search area. Consequently, we currently Use red lights: they have the least critically endangered,” Dr Leslie plan. This he will be doing with the heads (Caretta caretta). have a rough estimate of how many impact on a turtle’s eyes. explains. help of one of their fellow researchers, The region where the research is nests are laid per season but we have no Avoid excess noise and sudden Monitoring of the leatherbacks and Mr Vince Shacks. Through his MSc being conducted comprises 30 km of idea of what’s actually happening to movement – at all times. loggerheads along the KwaZulu-Natal studies, it was Mr Shacks who had been the major nesting colony of leather- each of these individual nests. This is Position yourself behind a turtle and an essential ingredient when it comes to stay low. If you’re being covered in the management of the population of an sand as the turtle digs, you’re too close! endangered species,” Dr Leslie says. Make no contact with a nesting “Although the monitoring has pro- female except for research purposes. vided valuable information for manage- ment actions, more baseline data on the Be patient. The turtle may abandon nesting ecology of both species is re- her nest and dig another one for a quired. We need to know how many of variety of reasons, including hitting an the nests are actually surviving to obstacle or the sand being too dry. hatching, what the hatching success of Wait until the turtle is about halfway these nests are, what percentages of through the laying process – she’s then hatchlings are in fact entering the ocean usually in a comatose state – before (this is ‘recruitment’) and – with current moving closer and shining your torch, global climate-change issues – what the taking photos – only from behind – or estimated sex ratio of hatchlings are and carrying out any research actions. Don’t how predicted global warming may Above: Dr Alison Leslie (back, left) take flash photographs standing directly affect these ratios.” in the field reviewing results with in front of her and, if you do use a flash The research by Dr Leslie and her one of the MSc students on the from another angle, stop as soon as she students has so far found that the mean Okavango Crocodile Project, Kristi starts moving towards the ocean. hatching success for loggerhead nests is Maciejewski (with computer) and Give the turtle enough space to 85,5% and for leatherback nests is volunteers from Earthwatch camouflage her nest. 79,9%. Not all these hatchlings, how- Let the turtle return to the ocean with- ever, were able to leave their nests. Left: A leatherback sea-turtle track out interruption. Higher percentages of leatherbacks than in relation to a 6-foot individual loggerheads weren’t able to leave their – KARIN THERON (Alison Leslie) 6 NUUS/NEWS KAMPUSNUUS Vier Stellenbosse navorsers nou wêreldleiers (van bl. 1) Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Kuns Hy dien in ’n aantal organisasies dusver die enigste navorser in die US spronklike navorsing wat wêreldwyd Prof Cornelius van der Merwe en Wetenskap se beste Afrikaanse en is die gewese president van die se Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe aandag getrek het. Hoewel ’n professor wat vier tale - werk wat in die regte vanaf 1979 tot South African Society of Teachers of om ’n A-gradering van die NNS te Hoewel Prof Donald reeds in 2004 Afrikaans, Engels, Nederlands en 1982 gepubliseer is, gewen en was Law en die South African Committee ontvang. afgetree het, gaan hy onverpoosd met Duits - kan praat en boonop ook ook die US se beste navorser in die of the International Academy of Prof Donald vertel dat tuberkulose sy navorsing voort – vandag staan hy Latyns, Frans, Italiaans en Spaans kan Fakulteit Regsgeleerdheid vanaf 1995 Comparative Law. Prof Van der nie 30 jaar gelede ’n vakgebied was aan die voorpunt van navorsing wat lees, meer soos ’n taalkundige as ’n tot 1999. Merwe het ook deelgeneem aan die wat internasionaal groot belangstelling wêreldleier in regsgeleerdheid klink, Prof Van der Merwe het as dosent Common Core of European Private gelok het nie. Navorsers in ont- spruit uit die hernieude, wêreldwye is prof Van der Merwe wel die in Romeinse Reg by die Universiteit Law Project en het ’n belangrike wikkelde lande het trouens geglo dat belangstelling in kindertuberkulose, laasvermelde. van Glasgow in Skotland vanaf 1965 bydrae oor deeltitels (apartment infeksiesiektes die nekslag toegedien die gesamentlike TB-HIV-epidemies Prof Van der Merwe het die graad tot 1966 gewerk en daarna as senior ownership) tot die International Ency- is met die koms van antibiotika en in Suid-Afrika, en weerstandige en BALLB aan die destydse Universiteit dosent in Privaatreg by Unisa aan- clopedia of Comparative Law gemaak. entstowwe, “maar in Suid-Afrika het uiters middelweerstandige van die Oranje Vrystaat, nou Univer- gesluit. Hy het hierdie rol vir omtrent ons van beter geweet, want ons word tuberkulose. siteit van die Vrystaat, in 1961 en vier jaar vervul totdat hy as professor Prof Peter Donald daagliks met tuberkulose gekonfron- Hy sê sy sukses op navorsings- 1967 voltooi. Daarna het hy die grade aangestel is. Vanaf 1974 tot 1999 was Om suksesvol navorsing te doen, hoef teer. As klinici het ons dus navorsing gebied is grootliks te danke aan span- BA(Hons) en BCL in 1964 en 1965 hy professor in Romeinse en Privaat- ’n mens nie ’n esoteriese projek of oor verskillende fasette van die siekte werk, die gehalte van die mense met aan Oxford Universiteit behaal. In reg by die Universiteit van Stellen- vakgebied te kies nie – jy kan dikwels gedoen en teen die tyd dat die res van 1972 het hy sy studies voortgesit en ’n bosch. Gedurende daardie tyd was hy groter sukses behaal deur ooglopende die wêreld begin kennis neem het van wie hy deur die jare kon saamwerk en LLD aan die Universiteit van Suid- ook dekaan van die Fakulteit Regs- probleme te verken binne die vakge- die omvang van die nuwe tuber- die geleenthede wat die Fakulteit en Afrika (Unisa) voltooi. Prof Van der leerdheid, ’n pos wat hy vanaf 1988 bied waarin jy jou bevind, sê prof kulose-epidemie, was ons navorsing sy departementshoofde aan hom ge- Merwe het ook verskeie studiebeurse tot 1991 beklee het. In 2000 word hy Peter Donald, emeritusprofessor van hier reeds ferm gevestig,” sê hy. bied het om sy navorsing te doen. ontvang, onder meer die Rhodesbeurs professor in Siviele Reg by die Uni- Pediatrie and Kindergesondheid by die Prof Donald het deur die jare (vandag die Mandela Rhodesbeurs), versiteit van Aderdeen in Skotland. Ná Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe. navorsing gedoen oor verskillende Nog ’n Stellenbosse navorser, prof die Alexander von Humboldt-stipen- ses jaar by hierdie instansie het hy vir aspekte van die siekte, onder meer die Dit was met hierdie benadering dat André van der Walt van die Fakulteit dium en die Max Plank-stipendium. nege maande as besoekende professor Donald sowat 30 jaar gelede die eerste epidemiologie van tuberkulose, Regsgeleerdheid, het die tweede keer Hy het onlangs ook ’n genootskap van by die Seoul Nasionale Universiteit treë op die terrein van tuberkulosena- pediatriese tuberkulose, nuwe TB- die Japan Society for the Promotion of gedien en in September 2006 is hy as vorsing gegee het, en waar hy vandag middels en TB-meningitis – ’n veld ’n A-evaluering ontvang. Science ontvang om in Mei en Junie navorsingsprofessor by die US en ook erkenning geniet as ’n wêreldkenner waarin hy vir jare reeds in vennoot- 2008 in Japan te doseer. as deeltydse professor by die en een van die voorste kliniese skap met prof Johan Schoeman werk - ENGELA DUVENAGE Hy het verskeie pryse, soos die Universiteit van Aberdeen aangestel. navorsers in Suid-Afrika. Hy is tot – en wat aanleiding gegee het tot oor- EN SYBELLE ALBRECHT

Forum presents Steven Robins talk Conscious Career Strategies for Women rience China and business practices in the Asian market first- hand. The Stellenbosch Forum will host Prof Steven Robins of the You are a woman ... you are unique! Take control of your own Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology in the future – and take your career and organisation to the peak of The programme is ideally suited for business leaders, Auditorium of the JS Gericke Library on Wednesday, 16 their potential! USB Executive Development Ltd has a win- executives, senior managers and international managers who April at 13:00. Prof Robins’ talk is entitled Rites of passage ning formula in the form of its “Conscious Career Strategies want to advance their knowledge and skills from an inside and rights to health: AIDS and masculinities. for Women” workshop. This is an opportunity for you to re- perspective on the fascinating growth story of China and the flect on your career within your company. Be inspired by Prof Robins’ paper draws attention to the analytically business opportunities in that country. dynamic women who will show you how to align your perso- productive concept of rites of passage and discusses how this nal strengths with your company’s business strategies. A The course consists of two components: “Introduction to has been applied in widely differing contexts. The first part thought-provoking and empowering workshop that will equip China” (five days) from Monday, 25 August, to Friday, 29 of the paper begins with a discussion of Arnold van Gennep, you to plan effectively and take control of your career! Be in- August; and an optional learning trip to China (eight days) a scholar best known for his book Les rites de passage (The spired and diarise our unique workshop, “Conscious Career from Saturday, 11 October, to Sunday, 19 October. For rites of passage) (1909). It was in this book that Van Gennep Strategies for Women”, at our Bellville campus from Tuesday, further details, phone Charmaine at 021 918 4488 or Laura developed his concept of rites-of-passage rituals being 20 May, to Thursday, 22 May. For more information, phone at 021 918 4467 or email [email protected] divided into three phases: separation, liminality and Charmaine on 021 918 4488 or email charmaine.garcia@usb- incorporation. Drawing on Van Gennep’s concept, the ed.com second part of the paper focuses on how the concept of rites Post-doctoral Fellowships in Science, of passage can also be used to understand the illness and treatment experiences of people living with HIV. The paper Passport to China Engineering and Health Sciences investigates how the extremity of the near-death experiences China’s increasing global presence and rapid economic The Trustees of the Claude Leon Foundation have of full-blown AIDS and the profound stigma and “social expansion have created considerable business interest in this established post-doctoral fellowships in Science, Engi- death” associated with the later stages of the disease can most populous nation in the world. neering and Health Sciences at South African universities. produce the conditions of commitment to a new life, positive A structured executive learning programme offered by The fellowships will be available for two years from January living and social activism for the survivors of AIDS. USB Executive Development Ltd in conjunction with the SU 2009. They are valued at R150 000 a year. 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The Foundation, A round-table discussion on migration policy in South Africa Through a detailed overview of China’s current political, however, cannot guarantee this. and North Africa will be held at the Wallenberg Centre at economic and business environment, the course aims to give STIAS (19 Jonkershoek Rd) on Friday, 28 March at 14:00. participants a solid basis from which to expand their For details and access to the application forms, visit Speakers will include researchers and state officials from knowledge of the country and to engage with this global www.leonfoundation.co.za or contact Mrs Tanya Stone, PO Morocco, France, other African societies and South Africa. actor. Participants will also be familiarised with China’s Box 13187, Mowbray, 7705, Cape Town, South Africa. All are welcome and cocktails will be served after the cultural and historical background. A basic introduction to Tel. and fax: 021 531 6910; cell: 082 772 2982; email: NOTICES discussion. 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Kampusnuus verskyn, tensy ander gemeld, op die laaste Donderdag van elke maand. Die sperdatum vir advertensies is die voorafgaande Donderdag. Advertensies: Conita Henry, tel.: (021) 808-4633 of [email protected] Kampusnuus appears on the last Thursday of every month unless stated otherwise. The deadline for advertisements is the preceding Thursday. Advertisements: Conita Henry, tel.: (021) 808-4633 or [email protected] KAMPUSNUUS KUNSTE/ARTS 7 Bridging programme helps Nathaniel live his dream As a small tot, Nathaniel Salies (23) school and therefore couldn’t apply for would unpack his mother’s pots and university. The programmes aim to fill pans and make music to his heart’s the gap between matric and the first content. He knew then already that year of BMus and to prepare students music surged through his veins. Being for the access test that they have to in a school where music wasn’t part of write to obtain entry to university,” says the curriculum, however, studying Ms Lesch. music at a tertiary institution seemed Nathaniel wasted no time in en- like an unobtainable dream – until a rolling for the introductory programme. friend told Nathaniel about the intro- Even though this meant travelling from ductory programme in music and the Atlantis to Stellenbosch every day, BMus foundation programme of Stel- nothing was going to deter him from lenbosch University. April 8 -12: KONSERVATORIUM realising his dream. Stellenbosch International Piano The music-certificate programmes “I can’t see myself as anything but a Symposium were established in 1999. This after the musician. These programmes have Music Department at the University helped to erase the disadvantage that I identified a need for the provision of a had of not being able to read music and April 14: ENDLER HALL 20:00 music-tuition programme for previously not knowing the theory behind it all. It’s “Jazz and Wind Showstoppers” disadvantaged people with no access to also taught me other skills like disci- Stellenbosch University Symphonic formal music education. The Depart- pline, the importance of professionalism Wind Ensemble with SA National ment also identified a need for the and giving your knowledge back to creation of a vehicle through which Defence Force Band and your community. After all, if it wasn’t Germany’s Phoenix Big Band those individuals could gain access to for the support and encouragement of the University’s BMus degree. The my community and my parents, I PROGRAMME programmes are based at the wouldn’t be here today.” Conservatorium in Stellenbosch and Nathaniel, currently in his first year two satellite campuses: one in Caledon, Stellenbosch University Symphonic of the BMus degree, started his studies started in 2002, and one with the SA Wind Ensemble conducted by in 2005. He’s completed both pro- Army Band in Youngsfield, Cape Town, Pamela Kierman grammes and he’s passed Unisa’s Grade started in 2005. 5 music theory and Grade 7 practical. According to Ms Felicia Lesch, G. Holst – First Suite in E flat He has the xylophone as his first Coordinator of Bridging Programmes for Military Band instrument, followed by the trombone and Outreach at the Conservatorium, R.W. Smith – Africa: Ceremony, and the piano. When asked what his the programmes aim to fulfil a multi- Song, and Ritual favourite instrument is, he instantly faceted role. Firstly, they work towards J. Williams – The Symphonic Marches replies, “The drum kit!” Last year, equipping members of the broader Nathaniel was awarded the first ATKV community with skills to play an instru- SA National Defence Force Band Albert Engel award of R10 000. ment and to expand their knowledge conducted by Capt. Martin Chandler and insight into reading and unders- Ms Lesch says that success stories tanding music. Secondly, they work like Nathaniel’s make you realise the T. Pietersen – Welcome to Nathaniel Salies (Hennie Rudman, SSFD) towards preparing students for entry value of providing a way for people to Cape Town into the BMus-degree programme. And, develop their potential. “Our students H. Steenkamp – Sway thirdly, they work towards giving both also realise that they can make music a Arr. H. Nel – Afrikaner Matie wen teaterprys undergraduates and postgraduates the career and earn a good living from it. Arr. M. Pienaar – Marching Safari opportunity to gain valuable experience But, most of all, that they can go back Die US Drama Departement se Mar- to their own communities and teach Germany’s Phoenix Big Band conducted thinus Basson is onlangs by die jaar- in teaching and mentoring, something that’s directly in line with the Univer- others the skills and theory that they’ve by Frank Reichert and vocals likse Fleur du Cap Teaterprys oorhan- acquired at Stellenbosch. It’s wonderful by Jeanine du Plessis digingseremonie bekroon met die prys sity’s community-interaction policy. The introductory-programme course to see them grow: from not knowing vir beste kostuums, vir Die Storm, Paul Webster – Black Coffee is two years long, there’s no entrance that they have this ability to using the waarvoor hy ook benoem was in die passion that they have for music and Les Sabina – Brasil Nuts kategorie Beste Regisseur. Volgens requirement and the exit levels are achieving success.” Ralph Gingery – Cordova Basson is “die prys fantasties” en be- Grade 3 for theory and Grade 4 for According to Ms Lesch, about 15% Neil Hefti – Cute treur hy “net die feit dat dit plaasvind practical. This is based on Unisa and of BMus foundation students success- Ron Miller – For Once in My Life onder omstandighede waar die teater Trinity College exam requirements. fully applied for entrance to a full-time Pat Metheny – Heartland besig is om agteruit te gaan en as ‘n Most of the teaching is done by seniors Bill Liston – Left in the Dust industrie feitlik nie bestaan nie.” and postgrads. undergraduate music programme in “Van die twee belangrikste teaters The BMus foundation-programme 2008. She adds that this programme is Jeff Jarvis – Pure and Simple in die land, die Baxterteater in Kaap- course is specifically designed to pre- rapidly gaining recognition as an impor- Chick Corea – Spain stad en die Mark Teater in Johannes- pare students for entry into the BMus tant vehicle for broadening access to the Alfred James-Ellis – The Chicken burg kry geen befondsing van die programme. This course is also two University for those to whom it had Bobby Sharp (Powell) – Unchain regering af hierdie jaar nie, wat dui op years long and the exit levels are Grade formerly been out of bounds. After the My Heart die totale miskenning van die kunste 6 for theory and Grade 7 for practical. June exams in 2006, 67% of the first- en teater spesifiek, deur die regering,” “Initially, focus was on historically year class in the introductory pro- April 18 and 19: ENDLER HALL sê Basson. disadvantaged people but this has now gramme was transferred to the second 20:00 Die Fleur du Cap Teaterpryse word shifted: being disadvantaged has no year of the programme (Grade 3 theory Canticum Novum and Stellenbosch jaarliks oorhandig aan uitblinkers in colour. Some of our students have never level) because of excellent progress! University Symphony Orchestra die teaterbedryf. had the opportunity to study music at - LIEZEL SCHOLTZ Conductor – Louis van der Watt BOEKE / BOOKS Marianne Serfontein (soprano) AN INTRODUCTION TO POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION CHRISTIAN IN PUBLIC Vanessa Tait-Jones (soprano) Laetus OK Lategan (ed) Aims, methodologies and issues in Public Theology Minette du Toit-Pearce (alto) Len Hansen (ed) Francois Henn (tenor) This book provides a basic introduction to the supervision of postgraduate studies. At the centre Barend van der Westhuizen (baritone) of each discussion are examples of best practices and guidelines on how to deal with all aspects “The Church of Jesus Christ ... to be sure, is not of this world, but associated with postgraduate supervision. Both the postgraduate student and the novice supervisor is church in the world and for the world, called to confront every PROGRAMME: are targeted in this book, although seasoned supervisors could also benefit from the reflections. In person and every system with the gospel of Jesus Christ ... The the development of a supervision culture a comprehensive research guide is needed for the Christian who shrinks from this, in this regard fails in his [sic] A. Vivaldi – Magnificat, RV 610 following reasons: calling.” in G Minor To understand new trends in postgraduate supervision Beyers Naudé, Quoted in Die A. Vivaldi – Credo, RV 591 and how to react to them. Transvaler, 11 August 1966 in E Minor To understand the context of postgraduate supervision at [trans ed] G.F. Händel – Dixit Domus a university. Christian in Public: Aims, To understand the demands of postgraduate supervision. Methodologies and Issues in To create a community of scholars. Public Theology from the Concert bookings at Computicket To create dialogue among supervisors and postgraduate Beyers Naudé Centre Series students. on Public Theology contains Information on concerts: essays by some important This book is presented as a workbook that gives both US Konservatorium supervisors and postgraduate students the opportunity to figures in South African discuss and debate various issues related to supervision. theological circles, including Neethling Street The book is designed in such a way that it can be updated proff Dirkie Smit, Ernst as frequently as necessary to accommodate new needs and Conradie, Nico Koopman and Tel: (021) 808 2358 perspectives in postgraduate supervision. Activities have Christina Landman, as well as Email: [email protected] been designed for the different themes, and helpful tips (as several prominent international theologians. best practices) are provided. Full concert schedule:

http://www.sun.ac.za/music These titles are available from African SUN MeDIA Pty (Ltd.) www.africansunmedia.co.za www.sun-e-shop.co.za [email protected] ℡ (021) 808 2401  (021) 808 2626 8 NUUS/NEWS KAMPUSNUUS CSC’s expertise contributes to Ethiopian statistician’s knowledge base Mr Woldemariam Gebregziabher – Director of the CSC, Prof Kidd helps or Wolde Girma, an Ethopian re- researchers and postgraduate students searcher all the way from the Ethio- of Stellenbosch University (SU) with pian Health and Nutrition Research advice on statistical aspects of their Institute in Addis Ababa, has been research, statistical analysis and the visiting the Centre for Statistical Con- interpretation of the results. The ser- sultation (CSC) for the past two vice is also available to researchers or months. Mr Girma is here on our students from other institutions and campus for training in the statistical the private sector. analysis of data in the biostatistics Some of the services on offer in- field. His stay is being funded by clude advice and courses on the Mr Woldemariam Gebregziabher (far right) – better known as Wolde Girma, an Ethopian researcher from the Ethio- the International Atomic Energy planning and structuring of research pian Health and Nutrition Research Institute in Addis Ababa, has been visiting the Centre for Statistical Consultation Agency. projects and experiments, the extrac- (CSC) for the past two months. Here he is with Prof Daan Nel, far left, the Director of the CSC, and Prof Martin Kidd, “Mr Girma is currently working tion of useful information from large Head Statistician at the CSC (Hennie Rudman, SSFD) under my supervision,” says Prof data bases (data mining), the analysis Martin Kidd, Head Statistician at the of statistical data, the interpretation of of charge. The idea is to make it as only learning a lot from Prof Kidd, vices that we provide there.” CSC. “He’s investigating and ana- calculated results and reporting on easy as possible for researchers to I’m learning by myself as well!” said This is the first time that Mr Girma lysing existing data sets that I pro- results. publish their work.” Mr Girma. has visited South Africa and he speaks vided for him. A strong emphasis is “Our main focus,” says Prof Nel, According to Mr Girma, he has “The lessons that I’m learning here fondly of how well he’s been treated placed on the interpretation of the ana- “is to offer statistical support to the learned a lot during his stay at the aren’t project-specific, so I’ll be able by staff at the Centre and at the Uni- lysis and a wide range of statistical researchers on campus. This means CSC. “The training I’m receiving here to apply these new skills to any pro- versity in general. “People here are subjects is being covered.” giving students and staff adequate is very relevant to my current occu- ject,” he added. very pleasant and helpful. I’ve also – “When you do research, you gather statistical information in the planning pation as head statistician at the In- During his stay, Mr Girma has seen through sharing an office with a a lot of data and there’s usually infor- phase of the experiments, assisting stitute. We also do a lot of statistical first-hand a number of postgraduate colleague from the Statistics Depart- mation locked in the data. Data ana- with the statistical analyses and analysis there, but it’s not at the same students and staff members who come ment – been able to engage in debate lysis plays a cardinal role in unlocking interpreting the results correctly. Most level as the statistical analysis done by to the Centre for assistance. “After around research. This country is also this information, especially in the of the faculties at this University have the Centre. Coming here has been a witnessing the work that this Centre is very beautiful and clean and I forget medical-research field,” says Prof made financial provision for post- great advantage for me because what involved in, I’d like to go home and at times that I’m in Africa. It makes Kidd. graduate students and young re- I’m learning now adds to my current encourage our Institute to strengthen me proud to know that South Africa is Together with Prof Daan Nel, searchers to consult the Centre free level of statistical skills. But I’m not the consultation system and the ser- in Africa.”

PROF ANTON VAN NIEKERK PROFESSORE IN INGENIEURSWESE EN REGSGELEERDHEID AANGESTEL AS LID VAN DIE NNS LEWER HUL INTREEREDES SE EVALUERINGSPANEEL

Prof Anton van Niekerk, Voorsitter van Filosofie en Direkteur van die Sentrum vir Toegepaste Etiek, het ‘n uitnodiging aanvaar om lid te word van die NNS Evaluerings- paneel vir Politieke Studies, Beleidstudies en Filosofie vir die periode 1 Januarie 2008 tot 31 Desember 2010. Hier hou prof Van Niekerk een van die vele boeke wat hy al gepubliseer het. (Anton Jordaan, SSFD)

Bo: Prof Albert Groenwold (middel), van die Departement Meganiese en Megatroniese Ingenieurswese, het onlangs sy intreerede getiteld “A conservative, black-and-white view of duality and simulation based optimality”, in die ouditorium van die Elektriese en Elektroniese Ingenieurswese-gebou aangebied. Saam met hom is proff Russel Botman, US Rektor, en Arnold Schoonwinkel, dekaan van die Fakulteit Ingenieurswese. (Liezl Scholtz)

Links: Prof Henk Botha van die Department Publiekreg se familie was by om na sy onlangse intreerede by die JC de Wet-saal in die Ou Hoofgebou te luister. Prof Botha se intreerede is getiteld Equality, plurality and structural power. Hier is hy saam met sy vrou, Jolande, en sy

WIE, WAT EN WAAR? kinders, Carma (links), en Theuns. (Lynne Rippenaar)

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