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Monday Paper 12 – 25 November 2012 Vol. 31#18 Newspaper of the University of Cape Town

This edition and other editions of Monday Paper are available online at www.uct.ac.za/mondaypaper. For daily online news at UCT, please visit www.news.uct.ac.za/dailynews Protecting Petra: UCT team maps ‘wonder of the world’ The Zamani Research Group of UCT’s Geomatics Department is in Jordan, partnering with UNESCO and other international institutions, to digitally survey and map the rock city of Petra, the fabled ‘rose-red city, half as old as time’. Their work will underpin a sustainable stability plan for the geologically fragile World Heritage Site.

t’s listed by the Smithsonian Magazine as one Iof the 28 places to see before you die. Located halfway between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of AqabaRa in Jordan, its lofty tombs and monuments carved into the oxidised sand- stone mountains, the prehistoric city of Petra is an architectural and cultural oasis at the foot of the gorge- and tunnel-riddled Mount Hor, or Jabal Haroon, the burial place of Prophet Aaron. Once a thriving centre of trade, Petra was the capital city of the Nabateans, a nomadic people whose empire rose to its peak between 400 BC and AD 100. But the city was lost to the Western World for seventeen centuries until in 1812, Swiss traveller Ludwig Burckhardt gained entry, disguised as a Bedouin. In 1985 UNESCO declared Petra a World Heritage Site. Now it attracts up to 5,000 tourists a day in high season. But its sustainability is being threatened by earthquakes and fl oods – and by its own geological fabric: the increasingly unstable 500 million-year-old iron-red cliffs. Part of its mystique lies in its inaccessibility. Entrance to Petra is through the Siq (meaning ‘crack’), a narrow slot canyon up to 120m high and 1.2km long that traces the Wadi Musa or Moses River. From between the vertiginous cliffs the Siq deposits you directly in front of Emer Prof Heinz Rüther (far right) and his team at work with their scanners in the Siq that is the entrance to the fabled city of Petra, Jordan, the rock-cut the Treasury (Al Khazneh). city noted also for its water conduit system. Oxidisation of the rock creates marbleised colours. Their Jordanian assistants are Tawfi ck (far left) and Jamal If you’re a Harrison Ford fan you’ll remem- (third from left). The UCT team is Roshan Bhurta (second from left), and Stephen Wessels and Ralph Schroeder (second and third from right). ber it well. There’s that scene in Indiana Jones Petra offers a different challenge. Here the their skills with their Jordanian counterparts, and the Last Crusade where Jones junior (Ford) plan is also to sustain the site by identifying and which they do by including local professionals and senior (Sean Connery) rush from the Siq monitoring unstable slopes and sections at risk and students in their fi eld campaigns. into the labyrinths of the Treasury in search of in the Siq. There is richness in working with the the Holy Grail. “Much of the city has been destroyed Petra community, adds Rüther. Over 20,000 In fact, the Treasury is only a façade with a because of natural weathering and earthquakes,” photographs on his database show the arid but small hall, once used as a royal tomb. says Rüther. “Using GPS and photogrammetry, dramatic landscape they’re working with – as But if Hollywood is less interested in detail we are mapping the walls of the Siq to look well as some of the personal vignettes. To and authenticity, not so the Zamani Research for cracks and fi ssures and anything that could protect the site the Bdoul Bedouins, inhabit- Group at UCT’s School of Architecture, Plan- assist to create a risk management plan to main- ants of the site when Burckhardt visited Petra, ning and Geomatics. tain slope stability.” were relocated from the Wadi Araba valley to Led by veteran Emeritus Professor Heinz Mighty architects: The Nabateans carved their It’s their second visit to Petra following a a new village overlooking Petra. The Zamani Rüther, the team of Ralph Schroeder, Roshan tombs and edifi ces into the multi-hued rocks 2011 Mellon-funded trip to conduct a 3D laser team works closely with the Bdoul, relying on Bhurtha and Stephen Wessels is partnering of Petra, which once occupied an important scan of the Siq’s lower section and the Royal their knowledge of the rugged and very diffi cult with UNESCO, the Jordanian Department of position on the spice and incense routes from Tombs, including the Urn Tomb. mountain terrain surrounding the site – as well Antiquities, and ISPRA (the Italian Institute for east Asia and Arabia. There are a number of components to the as on their hospitality. Environmental Protection and Research) on a interactive panorama tours of heritage sites. current operation. They will contribute to the Rüther talks of the special moments when million-US-dollar, 30-month contract to pro- They’ve covered 40 sites in 13 countries design of the Siq Monitoring System, develop they’re invited for ‘Bedouin tea’ by Bdoul who duce a stability plan using sophisticated survey- and have digitally mapped many of Africa’s a GIS for the entire Petra National Park Area, still live in tombs and tents in the more remote ing and laser-scanning mapping techniques. famous heritage landmarks, from Fort San and create 3D computer models of the principal areas of the Petra Park, or when listening to the It’s something of a coup for the team. Sebastian on Ilha de Mozambique, and the temples and tombs of Wadi Araba and Wadi stories of camel and donkey guides who show a They’re not just consultants on the project; fabled mud Grand Mosque in Djenné, Mali, Farasa, including the Treasury, Royal Tombs, keen interest in the team’s work during lulls in they’re partners, says Rüther. And they come to the rock-cut churches of Lalibela in Ethio- Urn Tomb, Monastery and the Amphitheatre. the fl ow of tourists. with a reputation, highly respected for their her- pia, and the complete Valley of the Queens in All this will be combined in an interactive vir- In one photograph there’s a Bedouin guide itage documentation skills. They employ laser Luxor, Egypt. In the past two years Rüther has tual tour of the site. Honours students from the who’s a dead-ringer for Johnny Depp in Pirates scanning, conventional surveys, GPS surveys published fi ve papers, and last month delivered Department of Computer Science are contribut- of the Caribbean. But he plies his trade on the and photogrammetry to produce Geographic a workshop on their work to the Chinese Acad- ing to the virtual tour. ship of the desert – leading camel tours through Information Systems (GIS), 3D models and emy of Science in Beijing. The partnership requires that they share this ancient city. 2 Monday Paper NEWS 12 – 25 November 2012 Vol. 31 #18

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1 A delegation from the United States Department of Defence of the Berlin wall were all played out in the way only art students the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA). There is only a (DoD) was recently given an exclusive tour of UCT’s engineering can in a lecture dubbed Young Troublemakers in Public Squares. two-week turnaround time between submission and publication, labs. Universities and small businesses across Europe and Africa Needless to say, the usual ‘Jammie 101’ crowd loved every min- and thus the journal is perfect for individuals who want to get their are on its radar, with the US military looking to fi nd cutting-edge ute of it. ideas out quickly. science and develop collaborative relationships. The win for UCT is that the units that catch the DoD’s eye will be funded by the research arm of the US military that benefi ts. 5 The UCT Faculty of Law hosted an informal 30th reunion 8 At the most recent fun-fi lled edition of Phenomenal Physics, of the Local Law Class of 1982 to coincide with Zimbabwean hosted by UCT’s Department of Physics, hundreds of minister of education, sport and recreation David Coltart’s visit to grade 11 physics learners from schools across Cape Town savoured 2 UCT was host to two David and Elaine Potter Fellowship his alma mater. Coltart was unable to join the formal reunion on an array of hands-on experiments and demonstrations, like the one Seminars, the fi rst on microfi nance initiatives and the other on 19 December, so the faculty hosted a breakfast for six members performed by Dieter Geduld (pictured). The purpose of this annual the role of trade unions in the education sector. These seminars of the class. Pictured (from left, back): Alistair Wylie, Barry Jes- event is to excite learners about the wonders of physics and to were organised by master’s students, and UCT speakers included sop, David Coltart and Peter Smuts. (From left, front): Brendan recruit future UCT students from the full spectrum of schools in its Professors Pam Christie and Johann Maree. Experienced trade Manca, Judge Dennis Davis (lecturer), PJ Schwikkard (Dean), surrounding communities. unionists like Jonavon Rustin (pictured) were among the speakers Derrick Fine and Tommy Prins (library assistant). who addressed delegates at the education seminar. 9 Dr Mohamed Diagayété, a senior researcher at the Ahmed 6 Despite the collective spending power of the SA mass market Baba Institute in Timbuktu, recently visite d UCT to deliver a 3 In April next year, London will host fi ve UCT business sci- constituting 70% of consumers, this segment is inadvertently lecture, titled The Political Crisis in Mali: What fate is reserved for ence students who will join international peers at the Europe, overlooked by local marketers. This is one of the fi ndings of The the manuscripts in Timbuktu? His lecture formed part of the Insti- Middle East and Africa round of the Chartered Financial Analyst Majority Report, recently released by the UCT Unilever Institute of tute for Humanities in Africa’s (HUMA) Continental Connections (CFA) Institute Research Challenge, dubbed the ‘investment Strategic Marketing. “This stems from a marketer’s misconception series, which aims to advance HUMA’s programme and UCT’s Olympics’ for university students. Pictured (from left) is Philip that it is time-consuming, and ultimately not profi table, to engage Afropolitan agenda. Photographed with Diagayété (right) is Assoc Knibbs (president of the CFA Society of South Africa) with UCT with the mass market. So over the years most marketers have been Prof Shamil Jeppie of HUMA. Commerce students Hannah de Villiers, Sopé Ogunrombi, Josh removed – both physically and emotionally – from this market,” Gloak, Ziyaad Manie, Mpho Mutloane and their academic men- explains Professor John Simpson, Unilever director. tor, Dr Francois Toerien. 10 UCT’s Professor Carolyn Williamson is one of the lead investigators on a ground-breaking study that has discovered an 7 The fourth instalment of the CrossCurrents: Current research important new approach for developing an AIDS vaccine. The 4 Students of 2012’s pioneering fi rst-year course Images in in the humanities conference, organised by Megan Cawood (pic- study, published in the latest Nature Medicine journal, describes Confl ict, taught by Annemi Conradie and Andrew Lamprecht, tured left) and Holly McGurk, brought cutting-edge interdiscipli- how a unique change in the outer covering of the virus found in demonstrated key points in Earth’s recent history on Jammie nary postgraduate research together under one roof. The conference two HIV-infected South African women enabled them to make Plaza in the fi nal class of the semester. The carving-up of Africa also saw the launch of the new CrossCurrents journal, which will potent antibodies that are able to kill up to 88% of HIV types from by Europeans, the Black Consciousness Movement, and the fall publish interdisciplinary postgraduate research on the website of around the world. 12 – 25 November 2012 Vol. 31 #18 NEWS Monday Paper 3 Award-winning Mies Julie set to take New York by storm

he cast and crew of the Baxter’s Thit play Mies Julie are set to brave the aftermath of New York’s devastating ‘Frankenstorm’ as they embark on their international tour, kicking off with its US premiere at St Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn on November 8. After premiering at the Na- tional Arts Festival in Grahamstown earlier this year to rave reviews from local critics, the play enjoyed a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Accounting: Outgoing Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Prof Marian Festival in Scotland, the largest Jacobs thanked those who’d shaped her UCT career. and most prestigious arts festival in the world. The production was met with unanimous critical acclaim Dean of health and garnered three of the festival’s top awards and numerous fi ve-star reviews. The production beat over 2,600 sciences says adieu other fringe festival offerings, earn- ing the Bank of Scotland Herald Angel Award, the Scotsman Fringe er valedictory lecture, titled Of practice as a teacher and doctor.” First Award and most recently the HCare and the Unconventional: It framed her work at UCT, Carol Tambor Best of the Edinburgh The retiree’s oath, gave retiring where she had to negotiate the Fringe Award. It was also shortlisted Professor Marian Jacobs an oppor- middle ground between the values for the Amnesty Freedom of Expres- tunity to thank the many people and of the oath taken in the faculty’s sion Award and received a nomina- institutions who’d shaped her career graduating year, “as a community of tion for The Stage Best Ensemble Mies Julie, Baxter’s hit play, embarks on its national tour on 8 November, with its and life. colleagues, teachers and students”, Award. premiere in New York. In picture outside the theatre in New York are (from left) These include (according to her and the system of direct accounting After a month-long run in New director Yael Farber and cast members Nofi rst Lungisa, Thoko Ntshinga, Bongile list) her family, her patients, her used in performance management York, Mies Julie will return to South Mantsai and Hilda Cronje. students, her academic and clinical at the university. In establishing the Africa for a stint at Johannesburg’s teachers, her parents (her mother master’s programme in maternal and Market Theatre from 17 January to all very confi dent that the outstand- proud of our partnerships with the was one of her teachers, her father child health, for example, the faculty 24 February 2013, before starting a ing artistic values benchmarked by National Arts Festival, Grahams- the school principal), writer Richard adopted some very unconventional three-month season at the Riverside this Baxter Theatre Centre produc- town, the Edinburgh Festival and the Rive (who was another of her school- practices (students became teach- Studios in London on 7 March. tion and created in association with South African State Theatre, who all teachers), the unsung nurses she ers, and teachers became learners), Based on August Strindberg’s the State Theatre and the National share in this phenomenal success.” studied under at Somerset Hospital, Jacobs recounted. 1888 classic, Miss Julie, director Arts Festival were going to open A 1985 production of Miss Julie countless community, health and Similarly, the Children’s Institute, Yael Farber’s new version is set new avenues for South African thea- generated controversy when it was political organisations, and a whole which she as director had a key role in the remote, bleak beauty of the tre in the international market.” performed at the Baxter and Market school of “informal teachers”. in setting up, had purposely aimed to Eastern Cape Karoo and tackles the “It has been tremendously excit- Theatres and starred Sandra Prinsloo “All these informal teachers produce research accessible not just deeper complexities of South Afri- ing to work with Yael again and to and John Kani. Their stage kiss – outside the wall of the academy – to fellow academics, but specifi cally can society. The play is produced be part of bringing to life her incred- sparked a national outcry by right- taught me life lessons that have been to policymakers and the public. by Baxter Theatre CEO and artistic ible vision and interpretation of this wing organisations and saw protests, foundational in my understanding of Jacobs reserved her penultimate director Lara Foot, also a UCT classic, aptly transposed to contem- and even death threats, that led to the world, education, and the political farewell for her students. “You are alumna. porary South Africa,” says Foot. immense pressure on the Censor economy of health – an understand- the reason I took the Dean’s job,” she The Guardian’s Lyn Gardner “The journey so far has been Board to ban the production. ing that has also supported my own told them. called it “Brilliant” and “defi nitely nothing short of overwhelming “This is a Miss Julie for a world the best Miss Julie I’ve ever seen - and exhilarating. Yael has brought grappling to redefi ne itself. It is a and I’ve seen a few”. together an absolutely amazing disturbing yet mesmerising the- Director of the National Arts cast and creative team to present a atrical experience that reaches to Juta Festival Ismail Mohamed concurs: fresh take on this play, which made address issues of restitution and the “From the moment that Mies Julie theatre history in South Africa in reality of what can and cannot ever Bookshops premiered in Grahamstown, we were the 1980s. We are truly grateful and be recovered,” said Farber. UCT scholar part of a winning team

CT’s Professor George Ekama was Upart of an international team that 10% DISCOUNT received the 2012 Project Innovation Award from the International Water Association for UCT Departmental purchases and staff (IWA) at a meeting in South Korea in on ALL UCT branded clothing and gifts! September. Ekama, of the Department of Civil Engineering, had joined six other team members on various projects, partnering with collaborators from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Hong Kong Airport Authority, the Hong Kong Drainage Services Department, and the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. They were honoured in the applied SPECIALAL OOFFERFFEFEERVR VALIDALIALIDD from WHERE TO FIND US? research category for their project, Making 14 November to 18 December 2012 Steve Biko Building (next to food court), Use of Seawater as an Alternative Resource. Please present your STAFF IDENTIFICATION Chemistry Lane, Upper Campus, Ekama has enjoyed long-running in order to qualify for the discount. University of Cape Town relationships with institutions in Hong Kong. He has taught courses on wastewater treatment to members of the Hong Kong Follow us on government, presented seminars at the www.jutaonline.co.za The winning team: Prof George Ekama (far left) and colleagues from Hong Hong Kong University of Technology, and Kong and the Netherlands have been honoured by the IWA. co-supervised a PhD student from there. 4 Monday Paper RESEACH 12 – 25 November 2012 Vol. 31 #18 Sustainability must translate into policy, behaviour

Change is good: Science and Technology Minister Derek Hanekom (middle) was among the panellists at a recent UCT workshop on sustainability. Flickr album shared with us by ICSU (The International Council for Science ) on http://www.ﬂ ickr.com/photos/ICSU

t was a full house of speakers at the Science and Technology Minister Ipanel discussion on sustainability at Derek Hanekom highlighted problems UCT on 1 November, with no fewer facing sub-Saharan Africa. Among than eight panellists from diverse disci- them is the fact that one-third of people plines holding court. living with HIV/AIDS globally come That may just be an answer to the from the region, the life expectancy sustainability challenges facing the in the region is 41 compared to a world – experts from across a broad global average of 67, and in South spectrum of perspectives working Africa, 70% of fresh water is used for together to fi nd solutions, suggested Pro- agriculture, “restraining our planet’s fessor Martin Visbeck of the University resources”. of Kiel in Germany. “These are huge challenges; we “We believe co-design and co- have to rise to these challenges,” Hane- production of knowledge is a new way kom noted. Two into one: Prof Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan heads up the newly-created Department of Biological Sciences. going forward, where we bring together “The future of humankind depends not just academics from UCT, but also on the actions we take now; this is the practitioners, people who make deci- what Future Earth is all about.” sions on the ground, the civil society, to Hanekom said sustainability is the Botany and zoology ask, what are the burning questions, and biggest research challenge, and has to how do we get information?” translate into policy and behavioural As vice-chancellor Dr Max Price change. indicated in his welcome address, the “We really need to look at dif- union refl ects trend purpose of the event was to look at ferent, radical ways of doing things. how Future Earth, a new international The starting point is knowledge and auna and fl ora go hand in hand. and the rest of the world, explains majors were already being shared research initiative of which Visbeck is a awareness.” F That’s now also the case at Professor Anusuya Chinsamy- by both departments. member, can tackle global sustainability The event was chaired by Profes- UCT, following the merger of the Turan, who heads up the new “Biologists around the world challenges in partnership with existing sor Mark New, pro vice-chancellor for Departments of Botany and Zool- department. are increasingly being expected to international environmental networks. climate change at UCT, and panellists ogy into the new Department of The historical organisation of confront the challenges that society Future Earth was launched in June were colleagues Professors Harald Biological Sciences. biology into zoology and botany, faces, including climate change, 2012 at the Rio+20 Earth Summit, as an Winkler and Harro von Blottnitz, as The move is in line with global as distinct and separate disciplines, pollution, conservation of biodi- innovative 10-year global research pro- well as Professor Mark Swilling and Dr trends in which the teaching and is now deemed artifi cial, says versity, overexploitation of natural gramme to act as a sort of clearing house Camaren Peter of the University of Stel- research of life sciences has moved Chinsamy-Turan. resources and human-wildlife for sustainability solutions for govern- lenbosch, Tanya Abrahamse of the South out of the domain of specialist “The modern biologist needs confl icts. Tackling these issues ment, business and society. The initiative African National Biodiversity Research departments and is increasingly to have a multifaceted platform on requires a global and systems ap- is embarking on a series of workshops Institute, and Kobie Brand of ICLEI organised under umbrella depart- which to build specialist skills. The proach, rather than a taxon-centred for the world to help set a research Africa, the international association for ments or schools. Similarly, UCT’s merger of the two departments will approach.” agenda for climate change and sustain- governments and government organisa- undergraduate biological science therefore assist in efforts to equip The merger will encourage col- ability, and the Cape Town conference tions that have committed themselves to courses have been restructured to graduates to develop specialist laboration between academics and was the fi rst of these events. sustainable development. consolidate course content in such skills.” researchers with specialist interests a way that it will give graduates a In practice, much of this has and will enable relevant training for big-picture view of the critical envi- been happening already, she ex- the next generation of biologists, The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, invites you ronmental challenges facing Africa plains. Relevant new courses and Chinsamy-Turan says. and members of your organisation to a public dialogue to launch the book REGION-BUILDING EBE a think tank for fu ture IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: PROGRESS, PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS Foreshore development Edited by Chris Saunders, Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa, and Dawn Nagar ext year students from UCT’s Faculty of Engineer- CHAIR Ning & the Built Environment (EBE) will consider, as Dr Simba Makoni part of their curricula, various possibilities for the future Former Southern African Development Community (SADC) development of the north Foreshore Precinct. Executive Secretary, Harare, Zimbabwe The inclusion of this part of the Cape Town central SPEAKER business district is the basis for a partnership between the Dr Kaire Mbuende faculty and the City of Cape Town, which approached EBE Former SADC Executive Secretary, Windhoek, Namibia with the request to help develop exciting and creative ways SPEAKER to think about the future of this rather problematic part of Professor Gilbert Khadiagala the city. Head of Department of International Relations, Final-year undergraduates and postgraduate students University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg from the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics,

Date: Monday, 19 November 2012 • Time: 17h30 – 19h00 and the Departments of Construction Economics and Man- Venue: 6 Spin Street (between Adderley Street and Plein Street), Cape Town agement, Civil Engineering, and Chemical Engineering will • How can we reconnect the CBD with the sea? RSVP: Lavenia Benjamin • Email: [email protected] have the option of doing projects centred on the Foreshore • How can we create vibrant public spaces that will attract Tel: (021) 689-1005 • Fax: (021) 689-1003 • Website: www.ccr.org.za Precinct. residents and tourists? All are welcome and entry is free. Kindly RSVP for seating. “These projects will be embedded in their curricula and • Could the unﬁ nished highway sections be used as mar- normal course assessment processes will be followed,” says kets or viewing platforms? Professor Vanessa Watson, deputy dean of EBE. “They • How do we consider the effects of climate change and will work in project groups and the different classes will rising sea-level? continually use work and information from each other to The best proposals will be brought together in a public CENTRE FOR CONFLICT inform what they are doing. Questions these students will exhibition, which will tie in with 2014 World Design RESOLUTION grapple with include, but will not be restricted to: Capital events. CAPE TOWN • SOUTH AFRICA 12 – 25 November 2012 Vol. 31 #18 RESEARCH Monday Paper 5 H3-D symposium locks onto diseases affecting Africa

Critical mass: Prof Kelly Chibale hopes that the ﬁ rst H3-D Symposium will ensure that diseases that primarily affect Africans will receive worldwide attention.

he very fi rst H3-D Symposium Paradigms in Drug Discovery. try-integrated drug discovery is not “It also aimed to show delegates ties of developing pre-clinical drug Twas a meeting of scientifi c Discussions and lectures at the sym- well established on the African con- how to harness modern pharmaceuti- candidates, with a unique focus on the minds from Africa and other parts posium centred on malaria, tuber- tinent, so this symposium provides cal industry skills and expertise in the diseases affl icting sub-Saharan Africa.” of the world, with the aim to fi nd culosis and cardiovascular disease, a unique opportunity to inspire drug-discovery value chain – integrat- A highlight was an appearance by solutions to African health prob- which are prevalent in Africa. researchers to realise the potential ing medicinal chemistry, biology and Yvonne Chaka Chaka, popular enter- lems. Proceedings were opened by the for collaboration in integrated drug pharmacology, as well as drug metabo- tainer and UNICEF Special Ambassa- The theme of the symposium – minister of science and technology, discovery,” commented Professor lism and pharmacokinetics studies. dor on Malaria in Eastern and Southern hosted by UCT’s Drug Discovery Derek Hanekom. Kelly Chibale, H3-D director and Together, this will create a critical mass Africa, who spoke and performed at & Development Centre – was New “Modern pharmaceutical indus- chair of the symposium of African scientists with the capabili- the symposium dinner. By the Book 7TH EDITION

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Principles and Policies in Perspective tive by Prof Hanri Mostert ing profession, has been af- the world. Hepatocellular essays, edited by Emer Prof

HANRI MOSTERT (Department of Private fected by the fi nancial crisis over Carcinoma in Sub-Saharan Chris Saunders and Hilary HANRI MOSTER HANRI Law) provides a unique the past few years. In writing the Africa, by Michael Kew, an Sapire. It illustrates the inter- look at the context of current seventh edition of Financial Man- honorary research profes- twined histories of Southern mineral law, juxtaposing it agement, the authors, UCT’s Prof sor at UCT, comprehensively African liberation struggles and with preceding generations of Carlos Correia, David Flynn, Enrico Uliana and covers all aspects of hepato- those of regional and interna- mineral law. This book meets Michael Wormald focus on, among other subjects, cellular carcinoma (the most common type tional solidarity movements from the 1960s to the needs of scholars and prac- developments in capital markets, tax legislation, of liver cancer) as it occurs in sub-Saharan the establishment of a non-racial democracy in titioners for an accessible text that provides ethics and professionalism, strategy, risk manage- black Africans. The book also explores how South Africa in 1994. The book’s uniqueness a broader view of the origins, roles and ment and governance, as well as the integration of this cancer differs from examples in other lies in drawing together internal and external functions of current legislation on mineral information technology (with specifi c reference to parts of the world, where mostly it occurs struggles in exile.* resources. the SA Competency Framework). infrequently. *Published by UCT Press McIntyre elected to IOM CT’s Professor Di McIntyre has been named as a (HEU) in the School of Public Health and Family Medi- Uforeign associate to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), cine, holds the national research chair in health and wealth the health arm of the US’s National Academy of Sciences. under the South African Research Chairs Initiative, aka McIntyre was one of 10 foreign associates and 70 SARChI. She founded the HEU in 1990, and led the unit new members elected to the IOM – considered a national as director for 13 years. resource for independent, scientifi cally-informed analy- She has served and continues to serve on numerous sis and recommendations on health issues – at its 42nd ministerial and policy committees, including the Ministe- annual meeting, held in October. Election to the IOM rial Advisory Committee on National Health Insurance. is considered one of the highest honours in the fi elds of She has been hailed for her work in healthcare fi nancing. health and medicine, and recognises individuals who have “This nomination acknowledges the impact that demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and Professor McIntyre’s academic achievements and leader- commitment to service. ship in health economics have had in the pursuit of On their election to the IOM, members make a com- health equity in South Africa, on the African continent, mitment to volunteer their service on IOM committees, and throughout the global South,” commented Professor boards, and other activities. Marian Jacobs, outgoing dean of the Faculty of Health International acclaim: Prof Di McIntyre has been named as a foreign associate to McIntyre, based at UCT’s Health Economics Unit Sciences. the US’s IOM. 6 Monday Paper NEWS 12 – 25 November 2012 Vol. 31 #18 Father of Mathews takes the helm at Children’s Institute gastroenterology Associate Professor Shanaaz Mathews is the new director of UCT’s Children’s Institute following the retirement of Professor Shirley Pendlebury. She spoke with Monday Paper. MP: Can you describe your areas of re- dies search, and some recent studies? SM: My initial research focused on the Do- mestic Violence Act and the budget allocation for its implementation; and subsequently, an evalua- tion of its impact. While at the Medical Research Council I lead a national epidemiological study on intimate femicide that provided us with a statistic which is commonly cited; “a woman is killed every six hours by an intimate partner”. This was followed by a qualitative study of men in prison who had killed an intimate partner, which gave us an understanding of pathways to violent masculinities. I have also explored the psychological adjustment of children after sexual assault, and most recently I conducted a national study on child homicide and its link to child abuse.

MP: How did your career path prepare et another luminary, this time you for the position as Children’s Institute Yin the medical fi eld, is being (CI) director? MP: How will your research add value tioned as the leading research and advocacy mourned by the UCT community. SM: I started my career as a clinical social and complement the CI’s work? institute on child rights in South Africa, and Emeritus Professor Israel worker at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, SM: My research on children and violence to broaden its influence beyond our borders Nathan ’Solly’ Marks, 85, died on with a focus on child abuse. This allowed me will strengthen the child-protection focus of through supporting collaborative work within 19 October. He was considered the to develop insight into the needs of children the CI. The child-homicide study has quanti- the region. ‘Father of gastroenterology in South and their families. I have combined this with fied the problem of fatal child abuse, and will Africa’, having established the working on policy development and advocacy provide a platform for the CI to advocate for MP: Why is socially responsive research Gastroenterology Clinic at Groote in civil society. Having been active in leadership the strengthening of child protection ser- so important for the CI? Schuur Hospital in 1959. positions within structures such as the Network vices. My experience of combining scientific SM: UCT has a strategic goal to respond to He was the head of this clinic on Violence Against Women has developed my methods and socially responsive research will the developmental challenges facing South Af- from 1959 to 1970, and then again strategic leadership skills. This, combined with strengthen the research evidence of the CI. rica. The CI’s research resonates with this, as from 1978 to 1992. my solid training as a scientifi c researcher, gave our research has a direct focus on influencing Born on 23 October 1926 in me the ideal background to lead an organisation MP: What is your vision for the CI? and improve the daily experiences of children Cape Town, Marks, one of fi ve such as the CI. SM: My vision is for the CI to be posi- through shifts in policy and practice. children, qualifi ed as a doctor at UCT in 1949. His life-long dedica- tion to his fi eld was recognised in 1986 when he was appointed to the Measure success by what new Chair in Gastroenterology, a position he held until his retirement in 1992. you do, says alumnus He authored or co-authored more than 400 publications, includ- lumnus mater to attend the ing over 30 invited chapters in vari- Aand fi rst South African ous textbooks; he gave 47 named businessman Moshal Scholars and postgraduate lectures and Martin Moshal event, which gave December graduation story call attended innumerable national and is a living ex- scholarship benefi - international congresses as invited ample of what ciaries a chance to n just a few weeks the campus will be wall-to- lecturer or chairman. UCT seeks interact with one Iwall proud graduands and their relieved families, In 1993 the Department of to achieve another. braving the Jammie steps and the summer torpor of Health awarded him the Salus – producing At the event, Jammie Hall for a festival of graduation from 12 to Gold Medal in recognition of his graduates who also attended by 18 December. For a moment, forget how you’re going contribution to gastroenterology in are successful Vice-Chancellor Dr to spend your bonus and put on your thinking cap: South Africa. and committed Max Price, Moshal Monday Paper needs leads for the December gradua- Marks is also a founding to ploughing enthralled the audi- tion edition. We need to hear about those special grad member of the South African Gas- back. ence with the story stories in your department – tales to crisp the cockles troenterology Society (SAGES), In 2009 the Durban-born internet entre- of his rise to success, emphasising the impor- of the heart; moms or dads hooding their kids, kids which he established in 1962, preneur and venture capitalist established tance of education and urging his scholars to hooding their moms or dads, octogenarians claiming together with Simmy Bank and the Moshal Scholarship Programme to “soak up knowledge like a sponge”. their fi rst degrees, graduands who’ve grappled with Mike Moshal. He was president of support promising students fi nancially. The Although success is often measured in life’s trials to nail that qualifi cation. And then there’s SAGES from 1962 to 1977, and re- programme has funded full scholarships for fi nancial terms, Moshal believes that “all we jaw-dropping research, captured in scores of fi nal mained life president of the society. over 250 students at universities across South can ever own are the good deeds we have theses. We want to hear about it. The world wants to He is survived by his wife, Africa and Israel. The fi rst cohort of students done”. hear about it. Send your lead to monday-paper@uct. Inge, three children, and grandchil- will graduate at the end of this year. “Success should be measured by what you ac.za, with the gist of the story and contact details. dren. Recently, Moshal returned to his alma do in the world,” he said. But hurry. The deadline is 23 November. Improvements for Jammie Shuttle

he Jammie Shuttle buses, a shuttle bus service for UCT staff ing for fewer than 35 passengers fi rst registered after 1 July 2006 Tand students provided by Sibanye Bus Services, have been must be fi tted with seatbelts on seats where there are no barriers to fi tted with seatbelts on certain seats to make them safer for pas- stop a passenger falling forward in the event of sudden braking. sengers. These seat belts can be found where there are no barriers As the Jammie fl eet was registered in 2005, there is no legal in the seats in front of passengers. requirement for seatbelts. Also, the operating licences make provi- In addition, as from next year there will be no more standing sion for standing passengers. passengers on the Hiddingh route. However, Aurecon recommended that seat belts be installed These are two of the steps the university has taken to make on all seats without a solid barrier immediately in front of them, travelling on the shuttles more enjoyable, and following recom- and that no standing passengers should be permitted on the Hid- mendations by Aurecon, the university’s transport consultants. dingh route. Aurecon was tasked to investigate concerns that there were no As for reports of speeding, all shuttles are fi tted with a seatbelts in the shuttles travelling to and from Hiddingh campus, sophisticated tracking system, which records the driver’s actions and that passengers often have to stand during this trip. They also and monitors speed, acceleration and the use of brakes and clutch. investigated reports of speeding on the freeway. Where vehicles exceed the set speed limits, the system generates They found that although the shuttles were meeting legal a violation report, recording the ‘penalties’, in terms of Sibanye’s requirements, there was room for improvement. contract. The penalties are offset against Sibanye’s monthly According to the Aurecon report, any of the buses with seat- invoices. 12 – 25 November 2012 Vol. 31 #18 CLASSIFIED Monday Paper 7

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UCT mas- mundiya says, is particularly crucial ter’s student Alice Wamundiya demon- for refugees and asylum seekers, who strates how, in a best-case scenario, the often arrive in South Africa entirely two – liberation and education – can disenfranchised. “You are stranded, dovetail to great effect. since you don’t have any connections, Wamundiya, a Rwandan national most of the time you don’t know the whose family sought refuge in South language; you’re not sure how you’re Africa from the political violence in her going to survive.” home country when she was nine years As an NPO, UTRS is not only old, has been using her hard-won op- able to lobby for entrance into tertiary portunity for tertiary studies to advocate institutions, but also to raise funds for for those who fi nd themselves in a tuition fees and accommodation, and similar boat to hers. to address the “traumatic experiences” “We found that when we wanted to that students often suffer. Wamundiya study [at tertiary level], refugee students emphasises that UTRS does not strive in particular – so, students who were for “special” treatment for a particular not from South Africa, and students group. who were not here on bursaries from “What we want is for this group to their countries – were not being allowed be fully able to access the resources that to access tertiary education,” she ex- exist,” she says. plains. “The law said, ‘yes, people can Having proven her academic mettle study’, but institutions weren’t sure.” at the University of the Western Cape, Long walk: Alice Wamundiya has earned respect and attention for her work on behalf of refugee and asylum-seeking The absence of a clear policy on where she did her undergraduate stud- students hoping to study in South Africa. the status of such refugee and asylum- ies, Wamundiya was rewarded with a ments the South African government received the 2012 Inyathelo Award for for doctoral studies at UCT next year, seeking students drove Wamundiya Mandela Rhodes Scholarship in 2010, issues to refugees and asylum seekers Social Justice Philanthropy, presented her displaced African brethren can and her colleagues to begin lobbying which allowed her to pursue postgradu- – and which sometimes have contradic- by the South African Institute for breathe a sigh of relief knowing that on their behalf in 2004. Their activ- ate research in development studies at tory implications – affect those groups’ Advancement, and recently featured in the queues outside the Department of ism eventua lly led to the formation of UCT. She took the opportunity to ex- integration into South African society. a documentary fi lm about herself and Home Affairs might soon appear less the non-profi t organisation Unity for plore ways in which the different docu- For her efforts, Wamundiya the UTRS. Given her plans to register unwelcoming. Student leaders’ selfl ess efforts hailed or a full-time student, combining academic of a large organisation that is managed with F work with anything else is not easy; especial- enviable effi ciency. ly if your extracurricular activity requires that you • The awards for the Most Outstanding Student lead a UCT society, club or team. Some manage Leader in an Undergraduate Faculty Council the juggling act with true aplomb. Outstanding – Vusimuzi Baleni, who leads the Engineer- student leaders were recognised for their con- ing and the Built Environment Students’ tributions to the UCT community at the Student Council, urged his council to focus not only Leadership Awards held on 25 October. on academics, but also to ensure that well- The winners were: rounded individuals are graduating from UCT. • The Vice-Chancellor’s Student Leader Award The council hosted talks and workshops that – Vice-Chancellor Dr Max Price presented promoted awareness in the fi elds of career de- The general: WP fl yhalf Demetri this to Lorne Hallendorff, outgoing SRC Excellence acknowledged: Vice-Chancellor Dr Max velopment and student health and well-being. Catrakilis, scorer of the winning sports co-ordinator, who is responsible for Price with Lorne Hallendorff, this year’s winner of the • The Executive Director: Student Affairs’ Stu- points in the Currie Cup fi nal, reviving intervarsity sports between UCT and Vice-Chancellor’s Student Leader Award. dent Leader Awards – Baveena Nathoo, who represented UCT before making the its traditional rival, Stellenbosch University. was unanimously elected as SHAWCO educa- jump to inter-provincial rugby. He was also the driving force behind the tion president, in recognition of her consistent orientation week sports showcase and tourna- and selfl ess contribution to the organisation; Ikey old boys ment. and Michael Moss, SRC Societies co-ordina- • The Deputy Vice-Chancellor’s Student Leader tor. He is a founding member of the Students shine in Currie Award – Insaaf Isaacs, outgoing Students’ Against Secrecy movement, which actively Representative Council (SRC) president: campaigns against the so-called ‘Secrecy Bill’ Cup fi nal under her leadership the SRC has imple- currently being considered in Parliament. ith fans of Western Province mented a mid-term performance review and • Team of the Year – EBE Undergraduate Wrugby having enjoyed the a 24-hour library service, and has brought a Team spirit: The United Nations Association of South Faculty Council, which despite lacking the team’s victory parade through Cape Student Wellness Clinic to upper campus; and Africa, UCT Chapter received acknowledgment legitimacy of an election, made tangible Town on 30 October after WP’s fi rst Michael Marchant, who is the director of for its investments in the next generation of South changes in EBE that positively impacted the Currie Cup trophy in 11 years, UCT the Township Debating League and chairman African leaders. Registrar Hugh Amoore (fourth from lives of students; and the UCT Chapter of can proudly point to a strong Ikey of the UCT choir: under severe fi nancial con- right) presented the award to (from left) Maletsabisa the United Nations Association of South connection to the thrilling fi nal in straints he has managed to maintain the full Molapo, Darren Brookbanks, Jean Smuts, Kimeshan Africa, which saw its membership double in Naidoo, Kgomotso Malele, Tafadzwa Mautsa, Durban on 27 October. operations of the Township Debating League, 2012. Karusha Naidoo, Josh Platzky Miller and Helen Five former UCT rugby players while simultaneously propelling the UCT Matienga. • The award for the Most Outstanding Leader in started for WP in the against-the- Choir to national recognition. The award was a Residence – Miguel Rodo, head of Glen- odds victory against the Sharks: Don presented by Deputy Vice-Chancellor Profes- one of which involves a partnership with the dower residence, earned the respect of his Armand (fl ank), Demetri Catrakilis sor Crain Soudien. Edmund Rice Camps in a programme called peers by articulating a comprehensive propos- (fl yhalf), Damian de Allende (centre), • The award for the Most Outstanding Leader Sponsor-A-Child, in which individuals can al for the improvement of the infrastructure of Eben Etzebeth (lock) and Nic Groom in a Community Development Organisation – make a donation towards sending a child to a the residence, which contributed to creating (scrumhalf), while star centre Marcel Rudo Pswarayi is the president of SHAWCO camp that focuses on life skills and creating an enabling living and learning environment. Brache was named on the WP bench. Health and is credited with planning and opportunities for vulnerable youths. • The award for the Most Outstanding Leader in Ikey fans would also have recog- implementing basic mental health services at • The award for the Most Outstanding Student Sport – Ziningi Madonsela is the chairperson nised Sharks No. 12 Tim Whitehead, SHAWCO clinics, including the development Leader in a Postgraduate Faculty Council – of UCT Netball and pioneered the Student another fi nalist who represented UCT of screening tools, the appropriate training of Luke Kannemeyer, chair of the Health Sci- Sports Union’s We are Aware campaign, with in the recent past. volunteers, and the creation of support groups ence Students’ Council, has worked tirelessly the aim of fostering social responsibility All seven players made their such as an antenatal support group at the to improve career development for postgradu- among the sports clubs and their participants, name for UCT in the FNB Varsity Noordhoek clinic. ate students in his faculty, and managed to and also to encourage community involve- Cup, and all but De Allende were part • The award for the Most Outstanding Leader in secure sponsorship to refurbish the beloved ment in reaching out to the disadvantaged. of the Ikey class of 2011 that lifted Student Media – Jessica Dewhurst has been Medical Alumni Club. • In addition, Jeremy Rose received the Kerry the FNB Varsity Cup. The 2013 edi- involved with UCT Radio for two years, and • The award for the Most Outstanding Student Capstick-Dale Student Leader Award, while tion of the FNB Varsity Cup kicks off will serve as its marketing manager next year. Leader in a Society – Sean Tromp, chairper- Sean Darge was the recipient of the Acker- on 4 February next year. She initiated several new outreach projects, son of the UCT Surgical Society, is the leader man Family Foundation Award.

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