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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 called for a special and residential areas, the university’s the /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 ”. 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 ’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 attend shows Medicine has also been elected presi- forward to pushing the agenda with of the complex. The revamped theatre at the centre each year. dent of the infl uential Federation of colleagues from all areas of study,” is now called the Baxter Golden Ar- The BASA awards, regarded as Infectious Disease Societies of South says Mendelson. row Studio. the country’s most prestigious arts, Africa (FIDSSA). Mendelson is also the founder “Having the studio in the Baxter culture and business awards, hon- As an umbrella organisation for a and head of UCT’s new Division of Theatre Centre named after Golden oured 14 business and arts partner- number of societies and associations Infectious Diseases and HIV Medi- Arrow Bus Services is a further ships. dealing with infectious diseases, the cine, one of the fi rst tertiary level FIDSSA claims a membership of just divisions of infectious diseases in From plasma to Platter under 1500 healthcare and related South Africa. workers, and is aimed at facilitating “He is truly a social entrepre- interaction between them to contrib- neur,” says head of the Department of ead of the Division of Emer- ute to a more integrated approach Medicine, Prof Mayosi Bongani. “He Hgency Medicine at UCT and towards infectious diseases in South- built the new division from noth- Stellenbosch Universities, and head ern Africa. FIDSSA’s responsibilities ing, with no funding. His election as of emergency medicine for the Pro- include guiding appropriate treatment president of FIDSSA is an indication vincial Government of the Western of infectious diseases by publishing of his reputation as a pioneer and a Cape, Professor Lee Wallis is an guidelines which include infection visionary in his fi eld.” expert in more than only his fi eld. He control practices. ([email protected]) has just picked up a fi ve-star award for winemaking in the new John Plat- ter Guide 2009, Former Canadian prime for the Dunstone Shiraz 2008. Winemaking and medicine is an interesting combination. How did you come to be on these minister calls for global outlook two paths? My wife Abbi and I moved to internal nature and the international Cape Town from the UK in 2002, and Day job: Prof Lee Wallis has earned a fi ve-star award in the new John capacities” of the two countries. fell in love with the country. We set Platter South African Wine Guide Clarke noted that like Canada, up a guest house on our farm in Wel- 2009 once dubbed ‘the fi rst international lington, planted some vines for ‘fun’, country’, South Africa has the oppor- then thought we might as well build a What’s the medicine/winemak- tunity to be an asset to its neighbours. winery. No master plan, really. ing division of time? “I argue that successful domestic Do you feel that they are re- The medicine is obviously full- policy requires addressing critical lated? time, so the farming and winemaking questions that arise beyond our bor- Not at all! Emergency medicine is a challenge. Nights and weekends ders, and which have real effects on attracts people with no attention span, are my main time for this, but over lives and futures at home,” he said. who want adrenaline and rushing February and March we have to do Citing South Africa’s economic, around. Winemaking requires time something to the wine every four cultural and social diversity, Clarke and patience. I have had to become hours, so it can be a bit of a chal- said, “You are, by your nature, a somewhat split in my personality! lenge! bridge between the developed and How do you fi nd time to be a Any special goals in your sights developing worlds. winemaker? for the future? anada’s small, intense role in the Minister Joe Clarke, who visited “The basic challenge now is to I have a very understanding wife! Tough question… try to get CSouth African struggle for libera- UCT’s Centre for Confl ict Resolution have our major international institu- What is your approach to win- more balance between work and tion was as important to Canada’s to deliver his presentation, Canada tions refl ect the world and not just the emaking? pleasure, now that Abbi and I have sense of accomplishment as it was to as a Middle Power: What lessons for West. This will require the experience For fermentation, we follow a a 10-month-old son (Francis), to go South Africa. South Africa? in bridging differences to which both standard but old method. It involves with our ridgeback, called Merlot, “We demonstrated that Canada, Despite this title, Clarke was South Africa and Canada lay claim. punching through the cap of grape and a weimaraner, who is the logo for though not a major power, could have quick to point out that he was not “We could be quite an effective skins every four hours for about two the winning wine label. Her name is an impact on events.” here to give lessons to South Africa, team.” weeks. It’s very hard work to do by Shiraz. So said former Canadian Prime but to speak of “parallels between the ([email protected]) hand, but the results are great. ([email protected]) 12 - 25 October 2009 Volume 28#15 NEWS Monday Paper 3 All-rounder Ryall takes top student leader laurels

tudents’ Representative Council rehabilitation, and sign language The Most Outstanding Student Spresident, debating champion, interpretation services, for SHAWCO Leader in Community Service and branch leader of the Democratic clinics and partnerships for HIV Award: Joanne Beckwith and Sheree Alliance Students’ Organisation testing. Lang Chris Ryall took the top honour, Reith, a member of the Golden Most Outstanding Student Leader the Vice-Chancellor’s Award, at the Key Honour Society and the UCT in a Residence Award: Khanya-Kh- Student Leadership Awards function Emerging Student Leaders Pro- anyiso Gwaza on 6 October. gramme, initiated a fi ve-cent coin Most Outstanding Student Leader Ryall is also on the Dean’s Merit collection drive in support of com- in Media Award: Seamus Duggan list, a member of the University munity outreach, launched a Leave Most Outstanding Student Leader Council, the University Senate, the Your Legacy Campaign and played in a Society or Student Organisation University Student Affairs Com- a key role in the student housing Award: Wandile Mamba and David mittee and the University Finance and residence life admissions policy Favara Committee. review process. Kerry Capstick- Dale Memorial The Deputy Vice-Chancellor The following awards were also Scholarship: Christopher Ryall and Student Affairs Student Leader presented on the night: Sara Reith Award went to SRC secretary-general Most Outstanding Student Leader UCT Pick ‘n Pay Team of the Portia Gama, whose track record also Leading the way: SRC president Chris Ryall (right) is the winner of the Vice- in an Undergraduate Student Faculty Year: The UCT Green Campus Initia- includes positions on the Tugwell Chancellor’s Award, presented by Dr Max Price. Council Award: Lusanda Gwayi tive House Committee, the Engineering Most Outstanding Student Leader (To view the photo album of the and theBuilt Environment Student ment of Student Affairs Student for 2009 and, as vice-president in a Postgraduate Student Faculty recipients please go to http://www. Faculty Council and the Students for Leader Award was shared by Thandi in 2008, led SHAWCO Health’s Council Award: Michael Stead uct.ac.za/news/multimedia/photo_al- Life Society. Gondwana de Wit and Sara Reith. De response to the xenophobic crises, Most Outstanding Student Leader bums/_) The Executive Director: Depart- Wit is president of SHAWCO Health implemented the fi rst health and in Sport: Angus Morrison ([email protected]) Vocational element links long servers’ careers Mellon mentorship

as a plumbing assistant, and con- tinues to serve in the maintenance programme pays dividends purchasing department; Linda Krawitz, who joined UCT Libraries for a “break” after her trav- CT has seen a growing number perspectives – whether academically, els, and stayed on. She worked in the Uof research papers published professionally or culturally – that Law Library for 20 years, and now in journals and a massive transfer of enhance the capacity of the mentees.” serves in the acquisitions department; skills and capacity, – thanks to the The project aims to strengthen Antonia Markus, who has ex- Mellon Visiting and Retired Scholars the next generation of researchers panded her area of expertise during Mentorship Project. through a process of discipline-spe- her time as a cleaner/messenger in The number of published papers cifi c mentoring, while simultaneously the anaesthetic laboratory. She now between July 2008 and June 2009 establishing a culture of mentorship. assists with chemical analysis and has has been fi ve-fold compared to the Dr Stuart Saunders, special advi- become an experienced laboratory previous year, and numerous papers sor for the Mellon Foundation South assistant; have been presented at national and African programme, said the initiative Henry van Rensburg, who international conferences. That has was new in the country, and that it Stalwarts: Among those honoured at the Long Service Awards dinner were couldn’t read or write when he fi rst resulted in a number of successful had produced “outstanding results”. these members of the libraries team (from left) Warren Hansen, Jean Risien, joined UCT in 1970. He is now an as- grant applications. He said it arose from an aware- Kashiefa Shade, Russel Williams, Linda Krawitz, Antoinette Davy, and sistant supervisor in the post room; ”We are confi dent that the com- ness that most active researchers were Janine Dunlop. Terence Willis, who was 16 when bined effects of the full duration of white males over 50 years old, and ice-chancellor Dr Max Price receive their 35-year service awards he began his career at UCT. He has the project will bear benefi ts to the that, unless something active is done, Vcompared the careers of long- were: worked in all three divisions of the university for some time to come,” in 10 years time none of them would service award recipients to a religious Hugh Amoore, who began serv- Animal Unit. said Dr Marilet Sienaert, director of be around. vocation. ing UCT in his student days, as a (Also honoured with 35-year the Research Offi ce, where the project Dr Don Randel, president of the Mel- “Your work at UCT goes far be- Students’ Representative Council long-service awards were Ramela is co-ordinated. lon Foundation in the US, said the yond just being a job,” he said at the member, and rose to the position of Bhaga, Ernest Stout and Clive van She said that since 2007, when foundation was concerned with the presentation function on 1 October. Registrar (see interview on pg 4); Graan, who could not attend the the project was established, 120 sen- development of faculty in America, “There is a vocational element to it, Charles Fortune, known to his ceremony.) ior postgraduate students and young and were happy that the same goals a calling on your life as powerful as friends as Mr Matambo, who started (To view the photo album of the researchers had been mentored by 21 were being pursued in South Africa. any religious vocation.” his UCT career at age 21 in the recipients please go to http://www. top international researchers (retired “Nothing succeeds like having Price handed awards to UCT plumbing workshop, and is a handy- uct.ac.za/news/multimedia/photo_al- or on sabbatical). senior academics working with young stalwarts for 15, 25 and 35 years man with a number of duties; bums/) “This wide-spread source of people, sharing information. of service. Attending the event to Cassiem Kahn, who joined UCT ([email protected]) expertise brings with it a diversity of ([email protected]) Oral history programme helps pupils bridge divide Personal performance

he Centre for Popular World Cup. TMemory’s Bridging the Digital Akimana’s topic was refugees training wrapped up Divide programme at Western in South Africa. Being a refugee Cape high schools bore fruit when herself, her focus was on why they two learners won top prizes at a fl ed Burundi, their expectations of ith the October deadline “The responses to the national competition. South Africa before they arrived, Wlooming for the fi nalisa- workshops were generally very Fairouz West, a Grade 11 learn- xenophobia, human rights and the tion of this year’s performance good, with over 90% of the er at the High School, relationship between locals and reviews, now is the time to prac- respondents rating them as satis- scooped the 2009 Chief Albert foreigners. tise our newly-acquired skills, factory or above,” said Nhlapo. Luthuli Young Historians Award, Both learners are among more says deputy vice-chancellor “Resource materials were made and Ideline Akimana, a Grade 10 than 1 000 learners who are ben- Professor Thandabantu Nhlapo, available during the sessions, learner at Bridgetown High School efi ting from the Andrew W Mellon chairperson of the Personal and these will assist staff and in Athlone, came third. From left: Fairouz West, Nuraan Allie, Sibongile Cynthia Foundation-funded programme, Performance System (PPS). line managers to apply the PPS. Last year the award was won Mtini and Adeline Akimana. which strives to bridge the divide This follows the wrapping These materials are available by Yumnah Jackson of Bridgetown High, cer, focusing on the oldest club at Cape in education and information technology up of the PPS training work- online, on the Staff and HR who was also mentored by the centre. District Football Association, Spenston skills transfer. shops for staff and line manag- website link on the UCT home The award, which is a Department of AFC, which is 105 years old and still go- “The programme concentrates on ers, conducted over nine weeks page.” Education initiative, is an extension of the ing strong. the generational and cultural divisions and 149 sessions. Over half of UCT staff Bridging the Digital Divide programme Her research looked at the early estab- between apartheid survivors and their A total of 1 053 (55%) are now equipped with the which encourages learners to develop lishment of soccer in the Western Cape, descendants and the IT skills divide be- PASS staff in pay classes 5-12 resources and skills to utilise an understanding of the broad history of how Spenston was formed, the establish- tween what is perceived to be a ‘develop- attended the workshops. An ad- the PPS appropriately. Plans South Africa and the richness of the his- ment of Cape District, their early racial ing’ country and fi rst world technology,” ditional 32 staff members in pay are already being made to run tories of their local communities through policy, the club’s best years between 1950 explained Nuraan Allie, schools liaison class 13, and 56 academic staff, further workshops in the future oral history research. and 1962, the challenges the club faced offi cer at the centre . also participated. In total, there to accommodate those who have West’s research was on local soc- thereafter, as well as the coming 2010 ([email protected]) were 1 141 attendees. not yet attended. 4 Monday Paper GOVERNANCE 12 - 25 October 2009 Volume 28#15 Hugh Amoore, Registrar: 35 years and counting

egistrar Hugh Amoore shies or has to be able to know where to At my primary school, ballpoint Raway from any comparisons with get it because you are at the centre of pens were banned. I have a collection Sir Humphrey Appleby, the snooty administration. And I have been here of pens and pencils I carry around and long-serving permanent secretary for quite a long time – over time you with me, and there isn’t a ballpoint in the 1980s British comedy Yes, pick these things up. I’ve also been in pen in it. Minister, Appleby views his boss as the fortunate position of having been merely the latest in a long line, and involved in a lot of these activities, in Any favourite brands? Parker? just gets on with his job. Nothing in many capacities. I got enmeshed in (A look of disgust) I write with a common, insists Amoore with a laugh. university business as a student, and Lamy. Other than, of course, that as one of. I never got un-enmeshed. It interests the staff members who celebrated 35 me. You have a permanent number – years with UCT this year, Amoore’s number one, right? – for com- served as Registrar under a few bosses You’ve heard the joke about pleting the fi rst ten Two Oceans – Dr Stuart Saunders, Dr Mamphela the archaeologist who wakes a Ultra Marathons. Any thoughts Ramphele, Prof Njabulo S Ndebele, mummy who looks up and asks of doing a couple more? and now Dr Max Price. (He was also a if Hugh Amoore is still registrar (A hint of a smile) We’ll see. student and held a few other adminis- at UCT? trative posts during Sir Richard Luyt’s Yes, I’ve heard it. Actually, it was Anything special you can tell us tenure.) In offi ce since 1987, Amoore originally used of Danie Craven back about the bow ties? How many is UCT’s longest-serving registrar. Do you ever get together with with undergrad and postgrad recruit- in his rugby days. And you won’t be do you have? He’s also known as a wellspring of other South African registrars ment. Then I had a meeting with the using it in the article, of course. I don’t know how many I’ve got. institutional knowledge; there’s just for chats or cocktails? vice-chancellor on some property is- There’s nothing special about them. I about nothing you can’t ask him, said We do get together, yes, but we sues. And then you. In between I dealt Of course. But what happens if wear a tie to work every day – some- Price at the Long Service Awards don’t have cocktails – we work. with some emails and a memorandum you do leave UCT one day? times I wear a tie, sometimes I wear a presentation dinner. That was all the There’s a body that’s called the Higher on student discipline at residences If I keel over tomorrow? bow tie. The bow ties are what people invitation we needed, so we posed Education South Africa Registrars’ following a meeting with wardens notice because they’re different. a few questions of our own to get to Imbizo. last night. I also had a meeting about Yes. Is there a succession plan know the man behind the offi ce door. UCT’s PeopleSoft system and the in place? Any special UCT memories? How many staff in the Regis- need to introduce new programme I’m not going to go public on It’s diffi cult to isolate anything Tell us what a Registrar does. trar’s Offi ce? codes for master’s degrees. succession planning, it wouldn’t be that’s meaningful. We changed the One part of the Registrar’s job We have a staff complement of 49. appropriate. If all goes well, I’ll be UCT student number, which is now a is servicing and serving the organs A mixed bag, then. here another six years. That’s a long model for other universities. Before of governance – Council, Senate, To illustrate, what kinds of That’s this morning. time, but also not. So, yes, succession it used to be just a number. And we Convocation and the like. Another things did you have to deal with plans are part of what one is thinking changed the course numbers to what part relates to the academic adminis- this morning? You have a reputation for know- about. they are today, and many universities tration, linking it to the traditional title Today’s been a relatively quiet ing so much – little details no copied our system. of Registrar, the person who keeps day. My fi rst meeting this morning one else can recall – about UCT. On a more personal note, tell a register. That is everything from was on internal audits – from cash How did this come about? us about the pens and the I know you have a teenage admissions to graduation to student fl ow to internal controls. After that we It’s a combination of factors. penmanship. You own a few daughter, but what else keeps records. had a meeting of the marketing and re- The Registrar has either got to be the nice pens – any ballpoint pens you occupied outside of work? cruitment working group, which deals repository of institutional knowledge, among them? I collect stamps. Big-time bandwidth bump-up for campus So, what do YOU think

This comes after the switch was aged to negotiate a better pricing deal, fl ipped on the Seacom undersea fi bre- resulting in a substantial increase in of UCT Libraries? optic cable, which now links the East bandwidth. coast of Africa with the rest of the This most recent increase to world. Despite delays caused prima- UCT’s bandwidth comes on top of rily by pirates along that coast, the ca- other purchases made earlier this ble fi nally landed on local shores and year by ICTS. This means that since was switched on in late July. It will the beginning of the year, UCT’s provide high-capacity connectivity bandwidth has increased by more at a lower cost than the current link, than 100%. and will be used to augment internet This is the tip of the iceberg, nformation Communication & traffi c to the region. though. The Meraka Institute is man- ITechnology Services (ICTS) has All South African higher educa- aging a project for the Department of announced a further increase in tion institutions purchased Seacom Science and Technology to connect internet bandwidth for the university. bandwidth ahead of time and are now academic institutions to the South Earlier this week UCT moved from beginning to see the return on their African Research network, which will CT Libraries is conducting a subscriptions to electronic journals, 44Mbps to 84Mbps, resulting in investment. The Tertiary Education facilitate access to even more of the Ucampus-wide, internationally- and by improving service delivery at improved access for most people on Network, working on behalf of the bandwidth provided by the Seacom benchmarked survey from 28 Sep- service points, among other things. campus. higher education institutions, man- cable. tember to 16 October to measure and “This is a great opportunity for improve the quality of library services. UCT Libraries to highlight our serv- The survey is being conducted ices and our commitment to improving using LibQUAL+, a survey instrument quality,” says Joan Rapp, executive Naming our landmarks developed by the US-based Associa- director of UCT Libraries. “The 2005 tion of Research Libraries (ARL) in survey received one of the highest conjunction with the Texas A&M response rates (over 30%) of any par- he Naming of Buildings Com- Building on the middle campus; University Libraries. As well as de- ticipating institution in the world.” Tmittee (NOBC) is responsible • the new all-weather-surface soccer termining who uses libraries and why, The survey is made up of 27 core for identifying appropriate names for complex on the old showgrounds LibQUAL+ calculates the perceptions questions, as well as a box for com- buildings, open spaces, lecture halls site; and expectations of users around three ments, which can be unpacked for nu- and rooms, and makes recommenda- • the new gymnasium at the swim- categories, namely effect of service ances. It’s based and completed on the tions for these to Council. The NOBC ming pool area; (how knowledgeable and helpful the web, and information is posted directly is calling for proposals from the UCT • the Commerce Building on the librarians are, for instance); informa- to ARL, who analyse the data. Community for the naming of the fol- Hiddingh Campus; tion control (the degree to which the The association then generates lowing buildings: • the Princess Christian Home; and library provides access to needed a warts-and-all report and scores of • the proposed Observatory Square • the Edwin Hart Annexe to the PCH. resources); and library as place (just detailed charts. These will tell UCT residence project; the Purchasing and Procurement how nice a haunt it is). Libraries just how it stacks up in gen- • 5 Main Road, Mowbray, which will Department, the Research and In- Fully motivated proposals should The survey is based on tools used eral, and by different constituencies, house ICTS; novation Offi ce, and the Research, be submitted to the Registrar’s widely in the service industry, and its such as undergraduates, postgraduates, • Shell Court in the Forest Hill Com- Contracts and Intellectual Property Secretariat, Marius Lund, either by fi ndings have already spawned hun- and academics. The report will also plex, which houses the Properties Services Offi ce; e-mail: [email protected] or dreds of scholarly articles. highlight areas where the libraries do and Services Department; • Exair, which is to become student by delivery to Room 144, Bremner After a previous survey in 2005, really well, and those where work will • Mill Court, next to Shell Court, housing in 2010; Building, Lover’s Walk, Rondebosch UCT Libraries responded to the results be required. which will, among other functions, • the new Economics Building on the by no later than 31 October 2009. by initiating a major Carnegie-funded For more information and to par- house the Administrative Archives; middle campus; For further information please project to improve library support for ticipate in the survey, visit http://www. • 2 Rhodes Avenue, which houses • the new Student Administration call Marius Lund on 021 650 4004. researchers, by dramatically increasing lib.uct.ac.za/libqual/ 12 - 25 October 2009 Volume 28#15 RESEARCH Monday Paper 5 African heritage project Pocket-sized trip into local history fi nd the sheer size of the tomes on the topic too frightening? Then pick up a copy of Dinosaurs, Diamonds and goes live on Wikipedia Democracy: A short, short history of South Africa by Francis Wilson, UCT emeritus professor of economics. A UCT team has gone live on Wikipedia with its heritage project. On shelves now and a steal at under R140, DD&D is pretty comprehen- While it’s not the group’s online debut, thanks to the popular Wikipe- sive for its picture-packed, pocket- sized convenience. It kicks off 3.5 dia more people can now learn about their work and ‘visit’ some of billion years ago (greenstone rocks in the Barberton Mountains preserve the Africa’s most remarkable, but often uncharted, heritage sites fossilised remains of ancient bacteria and the earliest records of life) and ends with the 2009 elections. Covered in the concise 18 000 words are the Iron Age, the industrial revolution, apartheid, the advent of democracy, and everything in between. “I was trying to write a history that is rel- romised yourself you’d bone up evant to all South Africans,” Pon South African history, but you says Wilson. Team’s rural project rocks

ural Rocks, a team of fi ve post- Rgraduate chemical engineering students, are the winners of the UCT round of the inter-university Creativity for Progress Competition. Sanlam introduced this com- petition last year to fi nd practical solutions to the socio-economic chal- lenges facing South Africa. Five UCT teams competed on this year’s theme, ‘Rural areas are failing to retain and attract skilled people Rocking on: Rural Rocks are (from and graduates, resulting in economic left, seated) Naadia van der Bergh, stagnation. How would you remedy Mluleki Mnguni, Allison Kasozi, and this?’ The projects had to be practi- (from left, standing) Doreen Nabaho Moving forward: Ralph Schroeder, Christopher Held, Prof Heinz Rüther, Roshan Bhurtha and Stephen Wessels at cal, innovative and implementable, as and Bernelle Verster. work on the Musawwarat es-Sufra temple site in Sudan. well as deliverable on a shoe-string ment. They will do this by col- budget. laborating with research centres and glance at Emeritus Professor countries. These include the Musaw- to extend its reach beyond Africa, Rural Rocks looked to foster in- government support structures, while A Heinz Rüther’s wall diary tells warat temple complex in Sudan, rock perhaps mapping the slave routes into novation through the effi cient use of remaining fi nancially sustainable. you straight away that he travels a bit. art sites in the Drakensberg here in the Americas and elsewhere. nutrients, and by closing the nutrient “It’s only the beginning,” Tucked in between the local and South Africa, and the Great Mosque But there’s enough hard work cycle through solid waste manage- said the team. national talks and meetings, there are of Djenné in Mali. ahead for him and his “brilliant and – marked in bold red – 10- to 14-day Initially, the project had only dedicated” team – Roshan Bhurtha, stretches in Kenya, Mozambique, Su- research and educational objectives, Christopher Held, Ralph Schroeder Mediation process slow in dan and Tanzania. And a little further explains Rüther. But, just as he had and Stephen Wessels. Thanks to afi eld, Kyoto. hoped, the database is now also funding from the Mellon Foundation, South Africa - Rycroft The Africa-trotting is all in aid being put to good use in conserva- the team has at least six more sites to of the Zamani Project – the African tion work, such as that of the WMF visit over the next three years. Rüther themselves the values that are most Cultural Heritage Sites and Land- and the United Nations Educational, is hoping to source further funding to important. He said that in 1983 the In- scapes Database, conceived and run Scientifi c and Cultural Organisation document additional sites. dependent Mediation Service of South by Rüther from the School of Archi- The work is no walk in the park. Africa was formed, and had helped to tecture, Planning and Geomatics. In Team members haul pricey equip- transform the public and state attitudes short, the database holds spatial, geo- ment to remote locales and toil for to mediation and arbitration. graphic and photographic information long hours in often trying conditions, Rycroft said the Commission for – collected by Rüther and his four all the while negotiating their way Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitra- scientifi c offi cers via laser scanning, through power problems, equipment tion (CCMA) has had 13 years of “re- conventional surveys, GPS, tradi- failures, goggas, suspicious locals markable success”, with a 62% success tional photography and photogram- (the word ‘laser’ evokes all kinds rate in conciliations in the past year, metric imaging – of heritage sites and of ideas in people’s heads, notes here has been little transforma- and only 150 of the 2 000 arbitration structures across the continent. Rüther), red tape, rapacious offi cials Ttion in the South African dispute awards taken to the Labour Court for This information is then used to and, when their constitutions don’t resolution system, and the process of review being dismissed. compile information-rich geographic agree with the local cuisine, upset pluralism has not taken root. “By any standards, those statistics information systems, faithful 3D stomachs. So said Professor Alan Rycroft in speak of a highly effi cient and effective computer models, maps and building “It’s hard sometimes,” sums up his inaugural lecture, The Problem of dispute resolution system,” he noted. plans of these hardly-seen sites. Bhurtha. Process Pluralism: Why are we resolv- The fl ip side of the coin is that it “The idea was to create an inte- And the labour’s not done when ing our disputes so badly? costs a lot of money and takes a long grated database of African heritage, they return to their cramped offi ces at Recently appointed as the head of time to get cases through the civil where we take a holistic approach,” UCT, which they share with student the Department of Commercial Law courts. In addition, Rycroft remarked, says Rüther. volunteers from Germany. Each on- in the Faculty of Law, Rycroft said there is a lack of capacity to deal with Among the project’s eye-catching The team’s laser scanner outside site day demands fi ve to 10 days of the process of negotiating, mediation land disputes. productions is a computer-generated the St Sebastian fortress in Mo- processing. and arbitration is largely confi ned to There are other problems. Provi- video, found at the World Monument zambique. “We’re very lucky that we get to employment disputes. sions in legislation are often confus- Fund’s (WMF) website at www. (UNESCO) at Lalibela, the UNESCO go out to sites in some hard-to-reach “This prompts me to ask some ingly drafted. Often, there are no wmf.org, which allows the armchair initiative on the St Sebastian fortress places, collect the data and then uncomfortable questions: why have provisions to pay mediators, and there traveller to take a virtual tour through in Mozambique, and the Getty Con- get back to process the data,” says commercial lawyers been so slow in is a need to institutionalise and train the historic rock-hewn churches – servation Institute’s project in the Wessels. “For most people, it’s either embracing commercial mediation and panels. each carved out of volcanic tuff – of Valley of the Queens in Luxor, Egypt. one or the other.” arbitration, and is the legal education Rycroft suggested that mediation Lalibela, Ethiopia. Pleased though he is, Rüther has With the evergreen Rüther lead- contributing to producing gradu- education should be part of the legal “This is stuff most people have bigger aims for the project. ing from the front – notwithstanding ates who are ill-prepared to resolve curriculum, as legal practice itself never seen,” says Rüther proudly, as Beyond providing information a bandaged toe he broke playing disputes?” was moving from trial advocacy to he plays the video. – detailed and pretty as it is – he’d with his dog – for, he plans, at least Rycroft gave a brief history of settlement advocacy. (For the podcast The team is working on such like the data to be used for actual site another fi ve or six years, there’s mediation – which some proponents go to www.uct.ac.za/news/lectures/ educational eye-candy for all 25 management, tourism planning and plenty more good times ahead. say democratises the court process, inaugural/) sites it has visited in nine African further conservation enterprises. And ([email protected]) as it encourages parties to decide ([email protected]) 6 Monday Paper STAFF NEWS 12 - 25 October 2009 Volume 28#15

A day in a life of the Events Management Unit

he Events Management Unit, invitations until the last moment. your feet. And the team works very Tpart of the Communication “The success of any event is depend- long hours,” explains Smit. No- and Marketing Department head- ent on attendance,” explains Van shows can be devastating. Organis- quartered at La Grotta on middle de Rheede. “There is a perception ers are perfectionists, and the lack campus, is staffed by events man- out there that we should know that of acknowledgement is a low point. ager Judy Smit, events co-ordinators invited guests will attend and, as a The perception is that event manage- Edwina Kannemeyer, Rosina van de result, we spend a lot of time chas- ment is only about food and wine, Rheede and Ursula Ross, as well as ing guests to respond,” Kannemeyer forgetting that each event has its ob- Michelle Moses, an administrative adds. On the day of the function it jective. But at the end of the day the assistant. often happens that people who have work is exciting, and organisers tend not responded arrive anyway, and to meet very high-profi le people. What does the unit do on day- force organisers to shuffl e guests to-day basis? around. The team also has to deal What is the weirdest thing From conceptualising and plan- with a lot of egos, and often works you’ve encountered? ning to organising and hands-on with limited budget. “But we must Having 700 cases of wine stolen managing, the team is responsible plan to deliver the best function pos- and watching food being fi nished for 90 or so events or functions that sible. People want good food, good in no time and guests demanding to take place at UCT in any given year, It’s in the detail: The Events Management Unit, (from left back) Rosina van wine and good sounds regardless of sit on reserved seats because they entertaining about 24 000 people in de Rheede and Edwina Kannemeyer. (From left, front) Judy Smit, Michelle how much you have,” says Ross. In happen to be friends with a top aca- Moses and Ursula Ross. the process. These could be as small addition, there is always a risk posed demic. But one that tops them all is as organising a welcome tea or as discuss the events rolling list, based challenges, and organisers need to by conditions. “If it’s raining or the when they invited someone and an- big as hosting heads of state. And on annual and ad hoc events to be think on their feet and fi nd solutions wind is blowing you need to have a other person, who happened to share their work is not just to stand around hosted the following year. Then she quickly. They must do so showing plan B.” the same name and surname of the and direct guests; they must make meets with co-ordinators to allocate a smiling happy face, regardless of guest who was invited, turned up. sure that even the smallest detail of events. That is when the real work how upset and stressed they are. What are the highs and lows of “The person said he wondered why the event is attended to. The process starts. What generally gives organisers a the job? he was being invited to that function, often begins in December when Smit headache is the fact that UCT has “It is highly pressurised and and we wondered why he didn’t and other colleagues in her depart- What are the challenges? few venues, some people share the deadline driven; every day is differ- ask,” says Smit. “We just told him to ment meet the vice-chancellor to Every function has its own same names, and guests often ignore ent and you must always think on have a drink and enjoy himself.” Zoology “Face of Bremner” will long be remembered he “face of Bremner Building”, ‘sunshine on a cloudy day’.” TG4S Security employee Gerald Administrative assistant Debbie team knits while Davids, died on 29 September follow- Wedel said: “Gerald had a good rap- ing a heart attack. port with staff members and visitors Many staffers and students will entering Bremner; and he simply remember Davids as the charis- loved the members of Council, and they natter matic front-desk security man who greeted each by name.” endeared himself to all who passed Davids joined G4S Security in through Bremner Building. 2000 and was deployed to UCT, Staffer Jenny Boyes said: “What at fi rst as a patrol offi cer on upper a breath of fresh air and kindness Bremner security front man, the campus. He was promoted to Burnage Gerald was to his colleagues in late Gerald Davids: “sunshine on a controller in 2002. In 2004 he was Bremner. I will always remember his cloudy day”. transferred to Bremner Building. lovely voice singing down the hal- C4S deputy operations manager lowed corridors of the exec! Colleague Denise Benjamin Bernard Soules said: “There are two Her sentiments were echoed by added: “Gerald was an absolute joy to words to describe Gerald: inspiration- colleague Anne Fereday. “Gerald each and every one who worked and al and motivational. And that’s what was the heart and soul of Bremner passed through Bremner. I met Gerald he brought to our team.” Building. He always had a smile and when I started here in 2004 and he Davids is survived by Colleen, a chirpy word of encouragement. He was more than just security. He was his long-time partner who he married was a kind and good man, someone a true friend in the every sense of the on 31 July this year, and children who I will miss more than words can word. He always had time to chat and Shadley, Chandre, Cashe, Jerry-Lee, say.” cheer me (and others) up. He was the Jade and baby Jordan.

Knit together: Staff and students of the Department of Zoology Department LETTER TO THE EDITOR knit for charity during their morning tea break. (From left) Dr Coleen Molo- ney, Dr Cecile Reed, Meg Ledeboer, Ed Hill, Dr Deena Pillay, Petra Muller, Prof John Hoffmann (HOD), Kate Rademeyer, Tinyiko Maluleke, Charmaine CT community urged to par- 1) To continue hosting our own the ‘cloud’ and thus out of our direct Uys, Caitlin Smith and Dr Jacqueline Bishop. Uticipate in email survey email service, whether it be Novell’s control. The Email Review Group All at UCT are rightly con- Groupwise, Microsoft’s email solu- will consult various user forums hats about the unpredictable (where the goods were distributed cerned about the instability, for tion or some other product; about their needs and opinions. CCape Town weather, the latest via Warehouse, a non-government many months now, of the UCT 2) To have an external provider By March 2010 they will make a Springbok, Proteas or Bafana Bafana organisation), but has also brought the email system. The Email Review provision email to UCT at a certain proposal to the UICTC on what is games during tea time at the Depart- department together. Working Group of the Univer- cost per mailbox, and manage the felt to be the best email solution for ment of Zoology have been dumped “This is also a nice community sity Information Communication support requirements for this solu- UCT. for something more constructive. building project as we are all united Technology Committee (UICTC) tion; and Students, academics and PASS Instead of spending the time in one common goal,” Smith added. has decided to investigate the best 3) To use increasingly avail- staff should think of what will serve chatting, students and staff, including So far, the department has long-term solution for email. able bandwidth via TENET to host them best, and participate in an support staff, cleaners and professors, fi nished 10 blankets (one double-bed Sakkie Janse van Rensburg, our email on the ‘cloud’, i.e. have upcoming online survey of email have been knitting blankets and bean- blanket and several children’s and Executive Director of ICT, acknowl- Google or Microsoft host our email and calendaring requirements. Be ies for disadvantaged communities. single-bed blankets) and 40 beanies. edges that problems with Novell on their servers, but retain our cur- assured that ICTS and UICTC are “I have been involved in com- While some people are experi- GroupWise continue; though in the rent email addresses. taking the email issue very seri- munity upliftment projects before and enced knitters, others had no clue. But past few weeks, custom-developed A senior ICTS member will ously. thought it would be a nice gesture to willingness to learn kept them going, patches and fi xes have helped, and shortly visit institutions in the US use the time we have for tea time to and one staffer, who hadn’t knitted at some measure of stability is return- to see how they provision email to Brandon Collier-Reed do something constructive to help all, ended up knitting a blanket. ing to the system. But it is clear that students and staff, including the use Department of Mechanical Engi- those less fortunate,” said the depart- Smith has challenged members in a repaired GroupWise is only one of Google and Microsoft’s ‘cloud’ neering ment’s Caitlin Smith. her department, as well as the campus of several possible long-term email solutions. Legal opinion will be The initiative has not only helped community, to donate wool or money solutions, and we are moving ahead needed in regard to issues related to David Aschman poor people in the Sweet Home for wool and needles. to consider options such as: intellectual property being hosted on Department of Physics Farm informal settlement in Philippi ([email protected]) 12 - 25 October 2009 Volume 28#15 CLASSIFIED Monday Paper 77

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uch is often made of the tug tutor, which come with marking ture racing, conservation and, come Mof war between academia and responsibilities. winter, skiing. Not counting its longer sport that many aspiring (or just keen) Then, of course, there’s the sport- trips – scaling Mount Stanley in the sportspeople at university experience. ing stuff. This year, for example, he’s Democratic Republic of the Congo, But perhaps it’s even more so in the chairperson of the UCT Sports Union, for instance – hardly a weekend case of Angus Morrison, named the the body that oversees student sport at passes that the club doesn’t have Most Outstanding Student Leader the university. something going on. in Sport at last week’s UCT Student Though he’s a former treasurer of That’s not counting the spur-of- Leadership Awards. the Yacht Club, of which he remains a the-moment stuff when an inspired It would be trite to say that Mor- member, the UCT award was directed member rallies a fl ash mob to gallop rison, 23, has a busy schedule. “I run more at his involvement with the up a hill somewhere. around a lot,” he says. Mountain & Ski Club, however. For Morrison, the confl icting Let’s start with the demands of Morrison’s been with the club demands mean lots of give and take. his master’s studies in physics. Both for fi ve years, serving as conserva- He’s missed out on some fun jaunts theorist and experimentalist (there’s tion convenor, huts convenor (they because he had to attend one physics cross-pollination with the Department have a few that need tending to and meeting or another, but admits that of Chemical Engineering), he spends management), treasurer and, this year, sometimes the pull of the mountains plenty of time in the labs at both chairperson. trumps the books and symposiums. UCT and the iThemba Laboratory for With 600 members, it’s a sizeable “Up until this year, I hadn’t Accelerator-Based Sciences about club. What’s more impressive, how- missed a single weekend trip,” he 15km outside of Cape Town. ever, is its activity schedule. says. There are other academic The club incorporates hiking, The contest continues. Good sport: Angus Morrison (right) receives his Student Leadership Award ([email protected]) demands, such as his duties as class kloofi ng, caving, bouldering, adven- from John Donald, manager of sport and recreation. Exercise: Fuelling weight loss or gain?

ouch potatoes of the world had the lift rather than the stairs – once Church’s study, for example, “Be patient,” suggested Tucker. Ca fi eld day when a recent Time they’ve spent an hour in the morning was designed to monitor the effects “It’s amazing how many people, I Magazine article suggested – per- on the Stairmaster. of exercise on blood pressure and suspect, stop just before the going haps more than suggested – that not As evidence, the article cited, in stress on postmenopausal women, gets good.” only will exercise not make you lose particular, a study with 464 over- and so had little to say about exercise For those who worry that exer- weight, but it may actually help pack weight women, published by Dr regimes aimed at weight loss. Also, cise will simply trigger eating fi ts, on the pounds. Timothy Church in the open-access the exercise prescribed in other stud- studies have shown vigorous exer- The 9 August article, Why Exer- journal PLoS ONE of the Public Li- ies quoted in the article was either not cise in fact dampens post-exercise cise Won’t Make You Thin, explained brary of Science, that showed that the monitored or was barely enough to appetite. As for the compensation that the problem lay with “compensa- women who exercised – they were make subjects break a sweat. effect, yes, it is indeed common, said tion”, people tucking into kilojoule- on different regimes – lost no more Given that those who exercise Goedecke. packed muffi ns and pizzas as just weight than those who didn’t. pick up muscle mass as well, gauging “But this can be easily overcome desserts for a run or an hour at the Among those to take issue with overall health by the bathroom scale and is all a choice about what we do gym, or because their appetites are the Time article are sports scientist Dr may be misleading, explained the in our lives.” jacked up. Also, people tend to cut Ross Tucker and specialist scientist scientists. The solution is commonsensical, out spontaneous activity – they’ll take Dr Julia Goedecke, both affi liated But other studies have shown agreed Goedecke and Tucker. with the Medical Research Council/ clearly, Goedecke added, that weight “Diet and exercise are generally Thin line: Dr Julia Goedecke and Dr UCT Research Unit for Exercise Sci- loss by exercise alone is possible. These more benefi cial for long-term weight Ross Tucker have taken issue with ence and Sports Medicine. At a recent exercise-intensive studies are, however, loss than diet alone,” explained a recent Time Magazine article that seminar they pin the blame for the hamstrung by high dropout rates, sug- Goedecke. said that exercise would lead to article’s fi ndings on either fl awed or gesting that adherence – for those in Just stick to both. weight gain. misrepresented studies. studies and everyone else – is critical. ([email protected]) Shed weight and light on your state of health 31st staging of Medical 10 race r Julia Goedecke, specialist • Drink less than 10 alcoholic drinks Dscientist at the Medical Research per week Council/UCT Research Unit for Ex- • Body weight hasn’t changed by his year’s Medical 10 Fun Run ercise Science and Sports Medicine, more than 2kg in the past 3-6 Tand Walk will take place on is looking for volunteers for her study months. Sunday 6 December, at the Western on the mechanisms that underlie Before you are offi cially enrolled Province Cricket Club Sports Com- insulin resistance in South African in the study, you will be required to plex off Keurboom Road, Newlands. women. She hopes to understand why undergo testing (about 30 minutes) The event is a 10-kilometre run certain women may be at higher risk to verify that you meet the inclusion for qualifi ed health professionals, for developing type 2 diabetes than criteria of the study. including nurses and paramedicals, others. Procedures and benefi ts: around and Return fare: 19 of the 20 medical You can participate in the trial if • You will be asked to complete fi ve Keurboom Park. This year the race practitioners who did both the 1978 you fulfi l all the criteria listed below: testing sessions to obtain the fol- will include, for the fi rst time, a and the 2008 staging of the Medical • Black isiXhosa-speaking South lowing health information, valued designated category for walkers. 10 Fun Run. African woman or white South at approximately R2 500! The Medical 10 is one of the few African woman • Body composition (body fat, mus- handicap events staged in the Cape, Thanks to sponsorships and • Professional (teacher, clerk, nurse, cle mass, bone density) with half a minute allowed for each entry fees, race organisers donated admin assistant, etc.) • Dietary analysis year of age over 40. The walkers and over R44 000 to Victoria Hospital • 30-45 years of age • Physical activity the oldest runner start at 06h30, with last year. This will be used to replace • Obese: Body mass index (BMI) • Blood pressure If you are interested in taking part a cut-off of 90 minutes. the broken treadmill used for the >30kg/m2. (BMI= weight (kg)/ • Lipid profi le liver function in the study and would like additional The race was launched in 1978 hospital’s cardiac assessments. [height (m) x height(m)]) • Liver and muscle fat content information, please contact: to allow medical professionals to Entry forms will be available • Have normal monthly menstrual • Risk for type 2 diabetes show their patients that, when it in October from Life Healthcare cycle In addition, you will receive com- Hendriena Victor comes to healthy lifestyle options, hospitals in the Western Cape – • No known disease and not taking pensation for your time and incon- Tel: 021 650 4563 they practise what they preach. Kingsbury, Claremont, Vincent any medication venience (R1 300 on a pro rata basis), Email: [email protected] Last year there were 236 en- Palotti, and West Coast – or at www. • Not currently pregnant or breast- as well as receiving two months free trants, 20 of whom had also taken lifehealthcare.co.za. Enquiries can feeding membership at the Fitness Centre of Dr Julia Goedecke part in the inaugural event in 1978. be made to Mathilda Mallinson 021 • No previous diagnosis of hepatitis the Sports Science Institute of South Tel: 021 650 4573 / 082 8255 616 Each of the 20 received a pair of 402 1502 or mathilda.mallinson@ or liver damage Africa in Newlands. Email: [email protected] wine glasses. lifehealthcare.co.za.

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