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clear indoors adapts quickly dark outdoors For daily news, visit: www.news.uct.ac.za/dailynews Emer Prof Heinz Ruther’s African heritage project live on Wikipedia – page 5 Monday Paper Newspaper of the University of Cape Town 12 - 25 October 2009 Volume 28#15 UCT spearheads anti-crime measures in suburbs Even before Pakiso Moqobane was killed, UCT had kick-started efforts to cut back on crime in the university’s surrounding neighbour- hoods. But the shooting of the fi rst-year medical student just outside the medical campus has added new momentum to its efforts. Even mayor Dan Plato has expressed his support for UCT initiatives t would be foolhardy to assume relationship,” says September. Such has been UCT’s outcry at the Ithat UCT is crime-free, but when In addition, UCT has spearheaded murder that Mayor Dan Plato of the weighed against neighbouring business an upcoming application to have City of Cape Town called for a special and residential areas, the university’s the Rondebosch/Mowbray business meeting with Price early last week. The campuses are, relatively speaking, safe areas declared Special Rating Areas two met on the street where Moqobane havens. (SRA), similar to the commercial City had been killed, within earshot of But as the killing of fi rst-year medi- Improvement Districts (CID). Among the spot where another student was cal student Pakiso Moqobane and other other things this would allow for 24/7 hijacked recently. recent incidents have shown, having a patrols by private security companies. Price explained that the university safe campus does not guarantee staff Under the SRA agreement, the city had extensive security systems in place, and students’ off-campus safety, as they charges businesses a special levy for but needed the City’s help. pass through, live, shop or just hang out this service. In the case of the Ronde- “The problem is that we can’t be in these often high-crime areas. And as bosch/Mowbray residential areas, on every street 100% of the time,” said crime – particularly violent crime – is however, UCT has agreed to foot the Price. one of the issues that vice-chancellor bill for the fi rst year of operations. The mayor, in turn, promised that Dr Max Price has, even in his installa- “This is a way to get our foot in the the city would look into what it could tion address, argued that UCT should door to upgrade security in the area,” do to assist. address, the university has been making said Tunstall. “The reason for my visit is to see forays into its surrounding suburbs. Similarly, UCT has supported the how best the City could complement For instance, UCT has regular application by Observatory, another the measures taken by the university, to meetings with station commanders student stomping ground, to be de- bring some comfort to the minds of stu- from the three nearby South African clared a CID. dents,” said Plato. “This is one student Police Service stations – Mowbray, At home, UCT has hardly been death too many.” Rondebosch and Woodstock (the latter treading water. Over the past two years, Speaking on UCT Radio early last covers the Observatory area). At these the university has spent close to week, September reiterated the mes- meetings, the organisations share infor- R3 750 000 to upgrade its existing sages that Campus Protection Services mation, compare statistics and identify closed-circuit television cameras. In have put out regularly to students – if common issues. addition, it’s installed Pan Tilt Zoom you’re going to walk around at night, In fact, this collaboration recently cameras, which are standard at all do so in groups; don’t advertise your led to the break-up of a car-theft syn- the university’s new developments, bling (expensive cellphones and iPods dicate that had been targeting Toyota at a number of locations around its are sought-after gadgets); and use Tazzes, reports Roland September, who campuses. the Jammie Shuttles, which run from Two heads: Mayor Dan Plato (left) and Dr Max Price conferred on com- takes over from risk services manager Two such cameras are being 06h00 to 01h00 and do regular resi- mon security issues last week, meeting at the spot where student Pakiso John Tunstall when he retires at the end installed along Falmouth Road at the dence loops at night. And, above all, be Moqobane was killed recently. (Listen to the VC’s address at the memorial of 2009. back of the medical campus, in the alert and be careful. march at http://www.uct.ac.za/news/multimedia/sand) “This is a very good, very strong vicinity where Moqobane was shot. ([email protected]) Jammie Shuttles in for a facelift? mber Caplan, a second-year look for the buses, with the possibility strategic focus areas, namely promot- senior lecturer Johann van der Schijff. the problems experienced in using the Anew media student at UCT’s of seeing their creation ing UCT as an Afropolitan university “But we preferred to take a longer- service are seen as design problems; Michaelis School of Fine Art, came up being implemented. with a greater impact and engage- term view for the designs the students for example, the signage in the front with the winning design in a competi- According to their brief, students ment in research; enhancing UCT’s need to come up with, since the 2010 window displaying bus routes. Some tion that may be set to change the were instructed “to produce an exterior social responsiveness to develop- branding on its own has a relatively of the ideas put forward addressed faces – and bodies – of the university’s design for the Jammie Shuttle that re- mental challenges; and dedication to short shelf life.” these issues.” Jammie Shuttle buses. fl ects UCT’s brand appropriately, and transformation towards non-racialism, Students were more than prepared The brief called for designs that As part of their Adobe Illustrator in an innovative way, to refl ect UCT’s inclusiveness and an African voice at for the task. were practical in execution and con- course, 15 fi ne art students were given geographical position in South Africa”. the university. Says Van der Schijff: “Since they formed to the technical requirements a template of the blue Jammie Shuttle Students were also asked to refl ect “There was also a suggestion to are also users of the Jammie Shuttle, of bus branding. designs, and asked to create a new the vice-chancellor’s proposed core emphasise the 2010 World Cup,” says it was interesting to note how some of ([email protected]) Winning design: New media students competed to create a new design for the Jammie Shuttle. 2 Monday Paper NEWS 12 - 25 October 2009 Volume 28#15 Ntusi takes prestigious Nuffi eld Oxford Medical Fellowship r Ntobeko Ntusi, a fi nal-year The Nuffi eld scholarship continues Dmedical registrar in the De- to play a role in South Africa by giv- partment of Medicine, has won the ing students the opportunity to study at prestigious Nuffi eld Oxford Medical Oxford, says head of the Department Fellowship. of Medicine, Prof Mayosi Bongani, On par with the Rhodes Scholar- who won the award himself in 1997. ship as an esteemed route to Oxford “You could say it’s the Rhodes University, the Nuffi eld scholarship Scholarship for old people, as academ- was set up by Lord Nuffi eld, who ics of any age can apply,” he quips. made his fortune in producing Morris “I’m quite honoured to be named Baxter buddies: (Back) Johnnie Copeland, HCI Foundation chairperson; cars, to benefi t medical students in the for this scholarship, as well as ex- with (front row, from left) Rhoda Kadalie, Baxter deputy chairperson; Dixie UK’s former ‘dominion’ states. Today, cited,” says Ntusi. “It’s a novel project Strong, Baxter chairperson; Nic Cronje, Golden Arrow CEO; and Virginia Engel, HCI Foundation CEO, at the launch of the Baxter sponsorship. countries that benefi t from the award to be working on, so I’m looking include Australia, New Zealand and forward to 2010.” South Africa. Oxford University was ranked Baxter supporter Ntusi will use his three years fourth in the world in the 2008 at Oxford University to continue Times Higher Education Supple- his research on magnetic resonance ment’s rankings, and in June 2008, wins Business Day imaging, a method used to examine the annual Times Good University infl ammation in the heart. When he Guide named Oxford Britain’s top has fi nished, he plans to return to university for the seventh year run- South Africa to continue his career in ning. accolade academic medicine. ([email protected]) he HCI Foundation, sponsors of commitment to the existing close Tthe Baxter Theatre Centre’s 172- association we already have with the seater venue, received the Sponsor- theatre,” said Golden Arrow CEO Mendelson is the new president ship in Kind Award at the 12th annual Nick Cronje at the launch of the Business Day Business and Arts sponsorship. South Africa (BASA) Awards, held in Golden Arrow’s association with of infectious disease federation Johannesburg recently. the Baxter Theatre Centre stretches In April this year, the HCI Foun- back two decades. Through the com- dation, through subsidiary company pany’s provision of free transport for ot only has he been recently pro- “Infectious diseases are the lead- Golden Arrow Bus Services, became the Baxter’s audience development Nmoted to associate professor, but ing cause of death in South Africa, the new Naming Rights sponsor of programme, over 5 000 teenagers and Marc Mendelson of UCT’s Institute and this fi eld of speciality is still the Baxter’s popular and intimate young kids from all over the Western of Infectious Disease and Molecular relatively young, so I’m looking 172-seater venue on the upper level Cape and the Cape Flats attend shows Medicine has also been elected presi- forward to pushing the agenda with of the complex.