Post-Apocalyptic SAX Appeal

Monday Paper 11 – 24 February 2013 Vol. 32#1 Newspaper of the University of Cape Town

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Breakfast round: Fearsome zombies and SAX Appeal vendors Leyla Heylen (left) and Zarreen Kamalie, both of the Students’ Health and Welfare Centres Organisation (SHAWCO), were among hundreds of UCT students who peddled the magazine on Cape Town streets from the wee hours of 7 February. This year’s theme, Post-Apocalyptic SAX, celebrated that great non-event of 2012, the end of the world. SAX Appeal is the brainchild of student charity Remember and Give (RAG), who sell the magazine every year to raise funds for charity. RAG hopes to sell 36,000 copies of SAX Appeal this year. TB vaccine candidate trail results disappoint ata published in The Lancet on 5 February date also did not provide statistically signifi cant MVA85A is the fi rst novel, preventive TB TB disease in the future. These biomarkers are Dfrom a Phase IIb clinical trial evaluating protection from infection with Mycobacterium vaccine candidate since BCG to complete a termed “correlates of risk” and may substan- the safety and effi cacy of MVA85A, a candidate tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB, which Phase IIb safety and effi cacy study. tially aid the development of new vaccines and vaccine for preventing TB in infants, show that a was a secondary effi cacy endpoint. The study was successful in that the vaccine contribute to different trial designs in the future. single dose is not suffi cient to confer statistically “Although the results of this fi rst effi cacy trial was well-tolerated and there was no evidence of “The results are not what we wanted to see, signifi cant protection against TB or infection in of a new TB vaccine are not what we had hoped any harm to the trial participants. It also showed but I wouldn’t say the trial was unsuccessful,” infants vaccinated at birth with BCG. for, further analysis of the data should reveal a it is possible to conduct a large infant effi cacy director of SATVI Willem Hanekom said in an MVA85A is designed to boost immune great deal about how the body’s immune system clinical trial in an area of high TB incidence online article in Deutsche Welle. “We thought responses already primed by the Bacille Calmette- protects against TB and what is necessary to with robust endpoints for detecting disease, we had a strategy that might work, but in the Guérin (BCG) vaccine, the currently licenced and develop an effective vaccine,” said senior author something that is expected to greatly benefi t end it did not. Now we have to fi nd out why. widely-used TB vaccine. Professor Helen McShane, a Wellcome Trust future testing of TB vaccine candidates. “It may be necessary to use a higher dose The Phase IIb study was sponsored by Aeras Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the University Funding for this clinical trial was provided or even multiple doses – or perhaps the vaccine and conducted by UCT’s South African Tubercu- of Oxford. by Aeras, a nonprofi t biotech with a social should be administered by inhalation, not by losis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) in the Western “The results from this study should let us mission to develop TB vaccines, The Wellcome injection.” Cape where nearly 2 800 HIV-negative infants know far more about the type and level of im- Trust, and the Oxford-Emergent Tuberculosis Hanekom said half a million South Africans were enrolled. The vaccine was originally devel- mune response required, and that will boost fu- Consortium (OETC), a joint venture between develop the disease every year. oped and investigated by the University of Oxford. ture efforts to develop an effective TB vaccine Oxford and Emergent BioSolutions. “Prevention by an effective vaccine would There were 32 cases of TB disease in the by Oxford and other researchers throughout the It is anticipated that further analysis of the be the best way to get the epidemic under infants that received BCG + MVA85A compared world. The diffi culty of this task is one reason data and samples collected will be conducted for control. With this goal in mind, our group will with 39 cases of disease among those receiving why there has not been a new TB vaccine since information that may be helpful for the develop- continue to test multiple new vaccine candidates BCG + placebo. Non-signifi cant vaccine effi cacy BCG was developed more than 90 years ago, ment of new vaccine candidates. For example, in the Worcester area. We are very grateful for was measured at 17.3% (95% CI -31.9% to but one is still urgently needed, and I’m not blood samples will be used to identify markers the commitment of the local community in this 48.2%) at study completion. The vaccine candi- about to give up now.” that can predict whether a child will develop effort.” 2 Monday Paper NEWS 11 – 24 February 2013 Vol. 32 #1

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1. 2013 Summer School wraps up: Summer School 2013 5. Welcome to your home-from-home: Two thousand- in Opera as well as her Postgraduate Diploma in Opera (Per- wrapped up a successful two-week season of lectures and plus freshers acquainted themselves with their new homes- formance) – both cum laude – from the SACM. workshops. Director of Summer School Medee Rall reports that away-from-home in UCT’s 39 residences on 29 January. 2 421 Summer Schoolers enrolled for 7 132 courses, taught on Students embraced their new surroundings with the aid of 9. Xhosa Graduation: Learning a new language as an and around campus. The Chinese Brush Painting course and residencewardens and senior students. Not everyone was adult is one of the riskiest spaces one can enter, says Associ- Understanding Post-Apartheid South Africa, with Professor nervous about living away from home for the fi rst time. Tracy ate Professor Sue Shay, deputy dean at UCT’s Centre for Colin Bundy, proved popular. Highlights included the Faculty of Adams, a fi rst-year student from Uitenhage, was excited about Higher Education and Development (CHED). At the recent Science’s Seeing the World Through Science course, which pro- her UCT career. “I don’t know anyone at this university, but ‘graduation’ of the newest group of staff and students to have fi led fi ve scientifi c disciplines and the Kirstenbosch centenary that doesn’t scare me!” she declared. completed the Masithethe isiXhosa course, Shay noted that it course. required “humility” for adults to learn a new language. The 6. Freshers’ Braai: UCT’s fi rst-years were only too happy course is offered by the Multilingualism Education Project 2. IAPO welcomes international students: UCT students to fl op onto the grass at the annual Freshers’ Braai on 31 Janu- (MEP) in CHED. from beyond the Limpopo River were treated to a warm wel- ary after taxing orientation programmes. One third of Upper come to the continent’s leading university as the International Campus’s famous Green Mile was crammed with fi rst-years 10. Flamingos on the Black River: A fl ock of fl amingos Academic Programmes Offi ce (IAPO) kicked off its orientation making merry in the evening sun. The braaied food and cold has found an unusual new home on the Black River alongside programme. Orientation leaders gave the students a rousing in- drinks (of the soft kind) were washed down with a rich dessert the N2. “It’s not the fi rst time that fl amingos have been found troduction, shared equally between dancing and speeches. More of live entertainment, from a tug-of-war with the Students’ at the river, but it is rare,” says Professor Les Underhill, direc- than 400 new international students enrolled at UCT in 2013. Representative Council (SRC) to an assortment of musos. tor of UCT’s Animal Demographic Unit. “It seems that even though there’s an awful lot of junk in the river, the water is 3. Introduction to campus: Some 850 local and 1 450 out- 7. Award for Crowe: UCT’s Dr Anna Crowe has been remarkably clean, for the birds to be there.” of-town parents relived their progeny’s fi rst days of school as awarded the American Educational Research Association’s UCT’s Parents’ Orientation Day helped settle anxious minds. (AERA) Outstanding Dissertation Award for 2013. Titled 11. SRC Plaza Week: Jammie Plaza buzzed as thousands Vice-chancellor Dr Max Price cautioned the parents not to Standards of South African Senior Certifi cate Biology Exami- of new students enjoyed the sights and sounds of the annual underestimate the gap between school and university. Raj and nations: 1994 to 2007, Crowe’s dissertation analyses Senior Plaza Week from 4-8 February. More than 90 student societies, Veronica Behari, from Durban, whose daughter, Philicia, is Certifi cate examinations in South Africa under the lenses of sports clubs, development agencies and other student initia- studying actuarial science, say they chose UCT because “it’s the cognitive demands and international standards. Crowe was one tives, from the UCT Film Society to the South African Space best in Africa”. of two winners of the prestigious award in 2013. Association, paraded their wares.

4. Faculty orientations: UCT’s orientation programmes 8. Yende’s star debut at The Met: UCT alumna Pretty 12. VC hosted by new alumni chapter: UCT vice-chan- kicked off in typically colourful fashion on 21 January, with the Yende, a young soprano from Mpumalanga, had barely two cellor Dr Max Price enjoyed a discussion with members of Faculty of Humanities leading the charge. Gradually the other weeks to rehearse for her debut at New York’s famous Metro- the new UCT Zurich Alumni Chapter on 27 January. “[Price] faculties got in on the act, and brightly-dressed orientation lead- politan Opera on 17 January. Tasked at a moment’s notice with made us feel at ease and also addressed tactical approaches ers (OLs) guided eager fi rst-years around the many campuses and replacing the indisposed performer originally cast in the role for how we could contribute to UCT,” said Phiwe Mtwebana, through the various channels. Merada Richter, OL in the Faculty of Countess Adèle in Rossini’s Le Comte Ory, the undaunted a chapter member. “We are confi dent of defi ning a strategic of Science, described orientation as “a week of shock” for the UCT graduate jumped at the chance. Before her standing ova- focus … to support and give back to UCT and its immediate freshers, due to the “change in cultures” many experience. tion at the Met, Yende had received her Performer’s Diploma community in Cape Town.” 11 – 24 February 2013 Vol. 32 #1 NEWS Monday Paper 3 UCT trio on epic journey down the Orange River

trio of UCT researchers is Puttick studies vegetation and A paddling the length of the climate change in eastern South Af- Orange River (!Gariep) to conduct a rica. He is taking photographs from mega-transect of the waterway – all his kayak at 2-km intervals, and also 2 200km to the Atlantic. from various elevations along the The two-month Senqu2Sea banks, to document the changing expedition will take the trio from vegetation and land-use impacts. Qacha’s Nek in Lesotho to Alex- The GPS positions will allow others ander Bay. The three, PhD student to take pictures later for historical James Puttick, recent MSc graduate comparisons, providing a mirror of Sam Jack and Ian Durbach, a statisti- landscape changes and development cal sciences lecturer, aim to paddle along the river. 40 km a day. To test the river’s health the team The transect will provide an eco- will collect diatom samples for a logical census of the natural vegeta- project sponsored by SAEON and tion and ecosystems along the coun- led by Jonathan Taylor at North West try’s biggest waterway – and test University. Roger Diamond, who the health of its myriad tributaries leads an oxygen isotope project in and water systems. The expedition UCT’s Department of Geology, will is being supported by UCT’s Plant study these water samples collected Conservation Unit, the Mazda Wild- from the main tributaries and from life Vehicle Fund and the National the Orange itself, information that Research Foundation’s South African will sketch a picture of the different Environmental Observation Network conditions in the tributaries’ water- Databanks: A trio of UCT researchers is paddling the length of the Orange to conduct a mega-transect of the river, an (SAEON), Arid Lands Node. sheds during rainfall events. ecological survey of its geology, vegetation and the health of its water. (Photo: James Puttick Photography.) “Internationalisation is my passion” - New IAPO head he new director of the International Academ- “My academic interest is labour law and This, he says, is a growing and more Tic Programmes Offi ce (IAPO), Professor social security, and I also served as chairperson of complex area today than ever before. Market- Evance Kalula, says he wants to reposition IAPO the SA Employment Conditions Commission for ing IAPO will be important. in the university environment to better facilitate 12 years, retiring from the post last year.” “Many people do not know what it does, internationalisation. His abiding passion, though, is internation- in terms of servicing foreign students.” Internationalisation, along with the Afropoli- alisation. When IAPO was founded in 1996 there tan niche, is one of UCT’s key strategic drivers. “I want to spend the rest of my UCT career were fewer than 200 foreign students at UCT. The new focus, says Kalula, will see closer ties in this fi eld, particularly in realising the univer- Today there are over 4 000. forged with other units – particularly faculties – sity’s Afropolitan vision, which means reaching The services IAPO provides include that are involved in internationalisation. out to the rest of Africa and strengthening our welcoming these students, helping them settle Kalula, who hails from Zambia, says he’s ties with other African universities, all the while in, and guiding them during their entire stay had “a bit of a chequered academic history”. maintaining our global reach as Africa’s leading at UCT. He studied at four universities, among them the university.” “We need to liaise much more with other University of London and Oxford, where he was Kalula says IAPO has made a great contribu- departments involved in internationalisation, a Rhodes Scholar. tion to UCT. including the Department of Student Affairs, “I came to UCT 21 years ago and worked “If you look at our rankings, one of the most to try and ‘bring home’ internationalisation my way up through the ranks in the research unit, important factors in this regard has been our and ensure that South African students have and rose to full professor in the Faculty of Law international profi le. Since IAPO was established a sense of what internationalisation is,” says in 2002. in 2006, it has done loads of work. Its workload Kalula. He held a number of positions in the faculty, has increased, but not necessarily its resources!” Internationalisation has dual benefi ts; stu- including that of deputy dean. His last position His main objective is not only to maintain dents who come to UCT enrich the experience there was as Director of Internationalisation. IAPO’s good work, but also to renew it. He of their South African counterparts. Reach out: New IAPO director, Prof Evance Kalula, is His non-academic roles included a stint as wants to reposition the organisation in the univer- “As we reach out to the world, we want repositioning the organisation to enhance and facilitate a member of a commission of inquiry, which sity environment to better facilitate internation- the world to know that if they want to know internationalisation at UCT. looked at freedom of association in Zimbabwe. alisation. anything about Africa, we are the experts.” Changing guard at Department of Medicine

Ring in the changes: Three new heads in the Department of Medicine are Prof Keertan Dheda (pulmonology), Prof Nonhlanhla Khumalo (dermatology), and Prof Mpiko Ntsekhe (cardiology).

hree new top appointments at Khumalo head of dermatology. that UCT is truly planning for its TUCT’s Department of Medicine – “For some time now UCT has future,” said Mayosi. all black staff – are proof that the uni- been trying to appoint black scholars Ntsekhe, who earned his degree versity is well on its way to becoming of international repute. Here we have in the US and trained as a cardi- “a home for all South Africans”. been fortunate to appoint three in one ologist at UCT, is a world expert on This is the view of department fell swoop,” said Mayosi. pericarditis, and now holds the Helen head Professor Bongani Mayosi, who It’s also unusual that all three are and Morris Mauerberger Chair in Where to ﬁnd us: Steve Biko Building (next to food court), Chemistry Lane, Upper Campus, UCT, 7700 says the appointments also show that scientists as well as doctors; global Cardiology. Tel: 087 820 JUTA(5882) Fax: 021 650 5771 Email: [email protected] UCT is, indeed, “growing its own players in their ﬁ elds, with substantial Khumalo is one of the world’s timber”. records of published scholarship be- leading experts on disorders af- Professor Mpiko Ntsekhe has tween them. And to top it all, they all fecting African hair, while Dheda been appointed head of cardiology, “came through the ranks” at UCT. is a leading pulmonary expert who Professor Keertan Dheda head of pul- “They were part of our succession earned his PhD at University College monology, and Professor Nonhlanhla strategy, and their appointments show in London. 4 Monday Paper NEWS 11 – 24 February 2013 Vol. 32 #1 A cademic ad hominem promotions announced

ifty-nine top-performing UCT In the Faculty of Engineer- Brown (senior lecturer) and Carla Facademics have been promoted, ing & the Built Environment the Jayne Fourie (senior lecturer). with effect from 2013, following the candidates were: Dr Hans-Dieter In the Faculty of Commerce: culmination of the latest academic Beushausen (associate professor), Dr Associate Professor Lawrence Ed- ad hominem promotions cycle. The Aubrey Mainza (associate profes- wards (professor), Dr Beatrice Con- process is a rigorous one, assessing sor), Dr Randhir Rawatlal (associate radie (associate professor), Dr Clara the incumbent’s performance against professor), Associate Professor Pilate Delavallade (associate professor), Dr criteria that include teaching, supervi- Moyo (professor), Associate Professor Gert Human (associate professor), sion, research output, administration Harro von Blottnitz (professor) and Dr Lisa Seymour (associate profes- and leadership contributions, as well Samuel Ginsberg (senior lecturer). sor), Dr Farayi Gwenhamo (senior as participation in socially responsive In the Faculty of Humanities: lecturer), Dr Ines Meyer (senior activities. Dr Mark Fleishman (professor, wef 1 lecturer), Elsamarie Botha (senior Among the newest academic hon- July 2012), Dr Lesley Green (associ- lecturer), Salah Kabanda (senior ourees are 15 professors, 21 associate ate professor), Dr Sa’diyya Shaikh lecturer), Alison Meadows (senior professors and 23 senior lecturers. (associate professor), Dr Kevin lecturer, teaching-focused), Shaun “The purpose of academic Thomas (associate professor), Johann Parsons (senior lecturer) and Maureen staff promotion is to recognise the van der Schijff (associate professor), Tanner (senior lecturer). achievements and professional con- Dr Catherine Ward (associate profes- In the Graduate School of Busi- tributions of academic staff and their sor), Associate Professor Stephen ness: Dr Hamieda Parker (associate demonstrated capacity to contribute Inggs (professor), Associate Professor professor). to UCT’s mission by undertaking Fiona Ross (professor), Dr Patrick In the Faculty of Health Sci- duties at a higher level than their Blond (senior lecturer), Dr Andrea ences: Lorna Olkers (senior lecturer), current appointment,” added Miriam Brigaglia (senior lecturer), Sylvia Dr John Lazarus (associate professor), Hoosain, executive director of human Bruinders (senior lecturer), Susan Dr Ambroise Wonkam (associate pro- resources. Malcolm-Smith (senior lecturer), fessor), Dr Michael Levin (associate “These achievements are signifi - Dr Musawenkosi Ndlovu (senior professor), Dr Collet Dandara (associ- cant, given the strength of competi- lecturer), Dr Ibrahim Saleh (senior Double celebration: December was a month of celebration for the Faculty of ate professor), Dr Jo-Ann Passmore tion throughout the university and the lecturer), Dr Mantoa Smouse (senior Health Sciences’ Prof Robin Wood, who was awarded his DSc (Med), and his (associate professor), Associate Pro- need to continue delivering in one’s lecturer) and Dr Sandra Young (senior wife, Linda-Gail Bekker, who received news of her ad hominem promotion to full fessor Linda-Gail Bekker (professor), professor. Fifty-nine academics were promoted in the latest cycle of academic current role, and requires noteworthy lecturer). Associate Professor Susan Fawcus ad hominem promotions. effort and dedication on the part of In the Faculty of Law: Kelly (professor), Associate Professor Arieh each promotee. Heartiest congratula- Phelps (senior lecturer), Graham In the Faculty of Science: Dr Heather Marco (senior lecturer) and Katz (professor), Associate Profes- tions to all who received a promo- Bradfi eld (associate professor), As- Christopher Clarkson (associate pro- Kenneth Rafel (senior lecturer). sor Malcolm Collins (professor), tion. It is through such excellence sociate Professor Alexander Paterson fessor), Dr Edmund February (associ- In the Centre for Higher Educa- Associate Professor Tania Douglas that UCT can justifi ably claim to be (professor), and Associate Professor ate professor), Associate Professor tion Development: Abongwe Bangeni (professor), and Associate Professor world-class.” Elrena van der Spuy (professor). Stephen Richardson (professor), Dr (senior lecturer), Dr Cheryl-Lee Lauriston Kellaway (professor). Online Hluma will Classroom train thousands of support African entrepreneurs CT’s Graduate School of Busi- Uness (GSB) is launching a new is now online learning course for African entrepreneurs, which will focus on the basics of business management managed The new Classroom Support Services Team: (From left, back) Stefan Philander, and organisation in ‘challenging Rory Thomas, Mark Neutt, Shaheed Clark, Deon Alexander, and Franco contexts’. It has the potential to train Groenewald . (Middle) Garth Herman, Emma Peters, Clint Oliver, Nicole thousands of entrepreneurs across Thompson, John Crow, and Denzil Manel. (Front) Kira Chernotsky, Sakkie Janse Africa. van Rensburg, and Roshan Harneker. by ICTS Participants will “learn by do- eaching venues have become tion, and saw renovations take place A central email address (icts-css@ ing”, creating learning communities, Tmuch more reliant on tech- in 41 out of the 152 venues. One uct.ac.za) will also direct calls to the with the option of learning only nology over the last few years. quick fi x was to replace the security CSS consultants. Stock will be held what they need to run a successful Consequently, a decision was made safe keys with proximity readers, so of commonly required items, so that business. last year to move the Classroom that lecturers need carry only their quick swop-outs can take place. The course is aimed mostly at Facilities Unit to the Information staff cards and won’t have to worry Another change visible in the entrepreneurs with a business sense and Communications Technology about safe keys. Lecture capturing teaching venues is the provision of of what is termed “the forgotten Services (ICTS) department under got a boost too, as new equipment standardised user documentation middle”, that is, people who have Online course: The GSB’s Prof Walter the leadership of Kira Chernotsky, was installed in six venues; and explaining how to set up and use the two to three entrepreneurs in their Baets – “My dream is to have free Director of Customer Services. four other venues received audio equipment in each venue. The user business and want to grow to a education for all.” A full audit of all teaching ven- upgrades. documentation is available from the larger company. ues, a satisfaction survey and visits One notable change, apart from ICTS website, as well as in printed It is the fi rst online programme vision with UCT’s Afropolitan focus to lecturers highlighted an extensive the improved venues themselves, form at each venue. in the world launched as part of the because it means that instead of list of changes that were needed to is the support model. The existing ICTS has also addressed a burn- United Nations Global Compact Africans talking about taking our improve both the facilities them- CFU team were inducted into ICTS, ing issue among teaching staff: an Prime programme. destiny into our own hands business selves and the support provided to and additional members have been online database is in development, GSB director Professor Walter wise, we’re actually creating an lecturers using the teaching venues. employed to bump up the support of- which will make it easy to see what Baets says this has been a passion easy platform to do so.” A Classroom Renewal proposal fered to lecturers in teaching venues. equipment is available in any given for almost 15 years The GSB Hluma online course was approved and budget was allo- The new team, called Classroom teaching venue. Lecturers no longer “My dream is to have free edu- is free and open to anyone. How- cated to the project, which began in Support Services (CSS), consists of need to race across campus car- cation for all.” ever, for additional tutor support November last year. The three-year a dedicated group of consultants to rying their own equipment just in He says the biggest challenges there will be a fee. Pilot courses will project aims to standardise and im- handle classroom support queries case their allocated venue doesn’t facing entrepreneurs in Africa today be launched in the upcoming weeks. prove the equipment in classrooms over the phone, and a group of have the equipment they need. The are education and access to fi nance. The course teaches the basics and improve support. “We are both onsite consultants who will attend to database will be updated to refl ect “Online learning is big in its of management and the ‘how to’ of daunted and excited to be running a problems in the venues. Even though any changes that occur as a result target market and big in its contribu- building a business plan. The 800 project of this magnitude, that has the same x4500 phone number as for of improvements and upgrades to tion to job creation, and there are a working hours required to complete the potential to contribute to teach- the IT Helpdesk will be used, an in- equipment. number of virtual teaching courses, the course is the equivalent of a ing and learning in a truly meaning- teractive voice response system will You can track the progress of but for this scale and target group, Level 6 qualifi cation. ful way,” says Chernotsky. direct calls for classroom support the project on the ICTS website by it’s quite unique for UCT,” said “We’re hoping the course will be Most of the physical mainte- straight through to the CSS consult- navigating to www.icts.uct.ac.za > Baets. certifi ed, but for now the programme nance work scheduled for Phase 1 ants. This will minimise the length About ICTS > ICTS Projects > UCT “Africa needs more jobs and will be launched independently of took place over the Dec/Jan vaca- of time callers wait to be answered. Classroom Renewal. businesses. This course is in perfect certifi cation,” Baets said. 11 – 24 February 2013 Vol. 32 #1 RESEARCH Monday Paper 5 New discovery determines gender in fossil birds n international team of palaeon- remarkable differences in plumage Atologists led by UCT’s Profes- (some had long, almost body-length sor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan has ornamental tail feathers, others discovered a way to determine the had none), features that have been sex of 125 million-year-old birds. interpreted as the earliest example of Chinsamy-Turan (head of Bio- avian courtship. However, the idea logical Sciences) conducted the study that male Confuciusornis birds had with Dr Luis Chiappe, director of ornamental plumage, and females did the Natural History Museum of Los not, has not been proven until now. Angeles County’s (NHM) Dinosaur In this study, Chinsamy-Turan Institute; Dr Jesús Marugán-Lobón and the team found undisputed of Madrid’s Universidad Autonóma, evidence of a gender difference: the Cantoblanco; and Gao Chunling and presence of medullary bone. Zhang Fengjiao of the Dalian Natural “Just like modern hens, female History Museum in China. Confuciusornis birds that lived 125 The discovery is signifi cant, million years ago formed this special added Chiappe, as it provides the bone inside their long bones, and fi rst case of sex identifi cation in an then used it to make the calcium-rich ancient bird. The research paper was eggshells,” she explained. “Finding published in Nature Communica- such tissue – present during a short tions. period of time in reproductively A reconstruction of male and female Confuciusornis birds. Chinsamy-Turan and the team active females – in a specimen that studied hundreds of Confuciusornis lacked long feathers proved that development of this Mesozoic bird.” as their modern counterparts, it also were fully grown – a pattern that con- fossils unearthed from rocks depos- those birds without ornamental plum- But while this discovery offers spotlights an important difference in trasts with what we know of living ited at the bottom of ancient lakes in age are females. evidence that early female avian spe- when they reached sexual maturity. birds, which typically begin repro- northeast China. “This now permits us to assess cies were essentially using the same “Now we know that early birds ducing after they reach full body- Confuciusornis specimens show gender differences in the growth and physiological strategy to reproduce began reproducing way before they size,” said Chiappe. BY THE BOOK

Medicine and the Politics of Knowledge, edited by The Idea of the ANC explores how leaders and intel- Randolph Vigne illustrates the journey of Thom- UCT’s Dr Susan Levine, is an ethnographic col- lectuals of the African National Congress interpret as Pringle’s life (1789-1834) in this biography, ti- lection that critically examines South Africa in the the historical venture of their movement. The author, tled Thomas Pringle: South African Pioneer, Poet context of science, medicine, tradition, and the poli- Professor Anthony Butler of UCT’s Department and Abolitionist. He documents Pringle’s quest tics of knowledge. It provides key insights about of Political Studies, explores how the notions of for the democratic rights of the Cape Colony Set- South Africa in the context of global debates about power, unity and human liberation have shaped South tlers, and his contribution to initiating a free press science and medicine, which help us to understand African politics in the past, and how they will inform by launching a literary journal and co-editing the this particular area of the history of South Africa. ANC leaders’ responses to challenges of the future. Cape’s fi rst independent newspaper. * *UCT PRESS If you want your lectures to be recorded… CT’s Centre for Educational Technology (CET) is now able to record Ulectures in 22 venues across the upper, middle and health sciences campuses in 2013. The recording package comprises an audio-visual stream of the lecture as well as any multimedia elements the lecturer might have used. The lecture will be uploaded to the Vula site of the relevant course. Interested parties should complete this form: https://vula.uct.ac.za/web/public/ docs/lectures/LR-1.doc and email it to [email protected] or internal mail to Vula Team, CET, PD Hahn Level 7, at least 24 hours before the fi rst lecture, but Postgraduate preferably a week in advance. boost: Dr Nelleke The lecture theatres with recording facilities are: Beattie LT 1; Computer Bak, new director Science LT 2A; Groote Schuur Hospital LT1; Groote Schuur Hospital LT2; Hu- of Postgraduate manities LT1; Kramer LT 1; Leslie Commerce 2A; Leslie Commerce 2B; Leslie Studies at UCT. Commerce 6.14 (Seminar Room); Leslie Social 2A; Leslie Social 2B; Menzies 9; Menzies 10; New Learning Centre LT (Anatomy Building, Health Sciences); Bak to the future: New director will New Science Lecture Theatre (NSLT); PD Hahn 1; PD Hahn 7.63 (Seminar develop postgraduate enterprise Room); RW James A; RW James B; RW James C; Zoo LT1 and Zoo LT2. ith the global fl ux in higher director of UWC’s highly successful recruiting and throughput promotion Weducation provision, UCT is Postgraduate Enrolment and Through- strategies, not to encourage over- uniquely poised to play an even larger put Plan, and also Associate Professor centralisation. Essentially, Bak’s main role i n offering educational services to of Philosophy of Education. task entails “thinking and linking,” and Africa than it already does. Bak set up the National and she will be tapping into the diversity of This is the view of Dr Nelleke Bak, International Fellowships Advisory UCT’s research structures and strategies UCT’s new director of Postgraduate Offi ce at the University of Alabama to promote recruitment and throughput Studies, who says it’s a privilege to at Birmingham, and taught in the She says her fi rst priority is to be part of the academic community of Philosophy Department there. When develop a central postgraduate website. Africa’s top-rated university. UCT recruited her, she was Professor of This will consolidate the various bits “From what I’ve already seen, Education Policy Studies (part-time) at of information scattered across sites to there are innovative and exceptional the University of Stellenbosch. make it easier for visitors to navigate, postgraduate projects at UCT, involving Bak has also published a best- and will link to the websites already students in cutting-edge research.” selling book, Completing your Thesis: developed by specifi c faculties and Bak says UCT is responding to A Practical Guide (Van Schaik’s, offi ces. the growing need for high-end skills Pretoria, 2004) and compiled a series of “Moreover, I hope to enhance the regionally, nationally and internation- guides for postgraduate students. community of postdoctoral research ally, by committing itself to strength- She says her brief is “to support the fellows by ensuring a greater fl ow of ening the postgraduate profi le of the various graduate programmes across information across faculties, and by university. campus, to encourage appropriate inno- strengthening support systems.” She holds the following degrees: vation and to help streamline and enrich She says UCT’s structures are BA (Ed) (University of Pretoria), BA the whole postgraduate experience for highly devolved, “and to create syner- (Hons) (University of Natal), MA both supervisors and students”. gies across departments and faculties (UCT) and PhD (University of the The aim is to leverage the diversity will require insight, patience and care- Western Cape). She was previously of structures across UCT, including ful listening”. 6 Monday Paper NEWS 11 – 24 February 2013 Vol. 32 #1 SHAWCO to consolidate and build brand in 2013

HAWCO’s new fundraising, Transport Services and SHAWCO that was fully funded to one which Smarketing and public relations Shift IT, which generate a surplus now has several of its own revenue- manager, Greer Blizzard, says working of funds to support its sustainability generating initiatives. with students for the fi rst time in her efforts. “We’re therefore becoming more career is proving to be a highly reward- Blizzard joins SHAWCO at a and more self-sustainable.” ing experience. momentous time – 2013 sees the For SHAWCO to survive and “I am learning as I go, and I enjoy organisation celebrating 70 years of thrive, it has had to rethink its strategy, their energy and enthusiasm,” she says. service. The organisation was started which has seen it review its current “I am amazed at how they always go in July 1943 by Andrew Kinnear, a assets and look for revenue-generating way beyond the call of duty”. UCT medical student, who spent the opportunities. SHAWCO, says Blizzard, is a vacation driving an ambulance to earn The move has resulted in a number “good, solid ‘brand’, and one of her money to pay for his medical training. of initiatives that provide surplus cash main aims will be to consolidate this, He was appalled by the poverty, lack fl ow for the organisation, which is then both on and off campus, and to draw of hygiene and lack of medical facili- invested into its education and health more attention to some of the organisa- ties in areas like Kensington and Elsies projects. tion’s many achievements. River, and became determined to do These initiatives include Rags SHAWCO, a student-run NPO something about it. 2Riches, which sees clothes dona- based at UCT, seeks to improve Kinnear asked Dr Golda Selzer of tions – mainly from UCT students and the quality of life for individuals in the Pathology Department at Groote staff – being washed, sorted and sold developing communities within the Schuur Hospital to assist him in at SHAWCO’s Rags2Riches shop in Cape Metropolitan areas. It is the larg- establishing a clinic. Selzer became Mowbray, and SHAWCO Community est student-run organisation in South one of the co-founders of SHAWCO Transport Services, which hires out Africa. and remained SHAWCO honorary life buses to other NPOs, schools, clubs, Currently it has 2 050 student president until her death in 1999. In churches and organisations. volunteers running at least 25 health 2001, Graça Machel, UCT’s chancel- Blizzard sees SHAWCO’s educa- and education projects at a host of lor, agreed to become SHAWCO’s new tion initiatives, including Saturday SHAWCO centres, as well as at other life president. School, as powerful interventions locations within the Cape Metropole. Blizzard has previously worked in during this time of education crisis in Education projects are run in the small to medium enterprises (SME) South Africa. Khayelitsha, Nyanga, Manenberg, space, predominantly in the marketing “Education projects, whether run Caption: Greer Blizzard, SHAWCO’s new Fundraising, Marketing and PR Manager. The organisation was established in 1943 and has been an integral Kensington and Hout Bay, while health fi eld, and also has experience in the by students or staff, help learners to part of UCT’s community outreach for 70 years. clinics are run in Gugulethu, Khayelit- area of corporate social investment access education, increase access to sha, Philippi, Joe Slovo, Masiphume- (CSI).She was involved in two organi- tertiary study, and offer additional mere High School in Kensington, who sustainable development and social lele in Noordhoek, Imizamo Yethu in sations where she was responsible for interventions such as arts, sports, participated in the KenSMART project, responsiveness and, when she is not Hout Bay and Du Noon in Milnerton. managing CSI projects. entrepreneurship, life skills and career being nominated as the overall Top working, you will fi nd her in a pool or SHAWCO’s Social Enterprise She says SHAWCO is being pro- advice. Achievers in their respective grades running on the road. At the moment, arm is involved in three initiatives: active in a space that is “challenging”, In addition, 2012 ended on a high (Grades 8, 10 and 11). she says, it’s all about gearing up for Rags2Riches, SHAWCO Community having changed from an organisation note, with three pupils from Winder- Blizzard says she has a passion for the Two Oceans Half Marathon. Leading ornithologist Phil Hockey dies CT is saddened by the death of Professor Ryan, of the seventh edition of Roberts – Birds of of the ecology of the African Black Oystercatcher. UPhilip Hockey, director of the Percy FitzPat- Southern Africa. Hockey was appointed the institute’s director rick Institute of African Ornithology and a leading Most of Hockey’s research focused on coastal in July 2008 and was a member of the advisory global authority in the fi eld, who died of cancer on and estuarine bird ecology. He led research expe- services of 17 learned societies, councils and 24 January. ditions to Chile, the Canary Islands, Mauritius, the steering committees. During his time at the insti- The Percy FitzPatrick Institute is one of Seychelles, Kenya, Madagascar, the Arabian Gulf tute, 33 MSc students and 18 PhD students under UCT’s two DST/NRF Centres of Excellence. and Namibia. His research included the ecology his supervision were awarded their degrees. Their Hockey was instrumental in elevating the centre of bird movement and migration, as well as avian research has been widely disseminated. to one of the top three in the world. His academic life history evolution, with the aim of analysing In 2008, Hockey was awarded the Stevenson- standing was impeccable, and he was much loved and predicting avian responses to climate change, Hamilton Medal of the Zoological Society of by those he taught, supervised or lectured. Rec- as well as promoting appropriate conservation Southern Africa, for contributions to the public ognised as an expert in his fi eld, he was often in- strategies. awareness of science. He was also earlier named terviewed on radio and television. He leaves UCT Born in England in 1956, he obtained his BSc the Marine and Coastal Communicator of the Year with an invaluable resource: his work as co-author honours degree in ecological science at Edinburgh by the South African Network for Coastal and Great loss: UCT mourns the death of of the best-selling regional fi eld guide Sasol Birds University in 1977. He moved to South Africa and Oceanic Research. ornithologist Prof Phil Hockey, who of Southern Africa, and as editor-in-chief, along joined the Percy FitzPatrick Institute in 1979. He UCT extends heartfelt condolences to Hock- died of cancer on 24 January. with Richard Dean and Associate Professor Peter obtained his PhD from UCT in 1983, for a study ey’s wife, Samantha. Farewell to Colin Richards, artist, writer, curator rofessor Colin Richards (59) of the Michae- scholarly work constitutes a lasting contribution to and for confronting fundamental questions about Plis School of Fine Art was an internationally the study of South African art within an interna- the disciplines of Fine Art and History of Art. renowned writer on contemporary South African tional context”. His strong interest in psychoanalysis led him art – a fi eld he was instrumental in shaping – and Richards was born in Cape Town and studied at to more overtly healing forms of intervention. “A also an acclaimed artist and curator and a highly the University of South Africa, Goldsmiths’ College registered art therapist in both South Africa and the respected art educator. (University of London) and the University of the United Kingdom, he played a pivotal role in the Richards, who died recently, was widely Witwatersrand, where he was awarded his PhD in development of professional art therapy in South regarded as an authority on conceptual art in South 1995. He served as a medical illustrator at the Wits’ Africa,” Visser said. Together with Mamatlakeng Africa, and his theorisations on ‘critical’ humanism Faculty of Medicine from 1977 until 1985 when Makhoana he established an art therapy service in in relation to the contemporary art of Africa are also he joined the Wits Fine Arts department, where he Orlando, Soweto, and was also actively involved in considered signifi cant contributions to the history attained full professorship in 2002. professional bodies in art therapy. of art. During his period of service at Wits, Richards Richards joined the Michaelis School of Fine Deputy vice-chancellor Professor Danie Vis- played a leading role in the restructuring of the Fine Art in 2010, where he quickly won the deep respect ser described Richards as “an original thinker, Art Master’s programme, as well as in initiating and affection of his colleagues. distinctive in how he combined both scholarly and the teaching of Art Criticism to undergraduate In addition to teaching the history and discourse creative work to refl ect on the social and philosoph- students. It was during this time that he established of art, he managed the reintegration of the Art His- ical questions that concern us today. His incisive an international reputation for rigorous scholarship tory programme with the Fine Art programme. The late Prof Colin Richards.

est wishes go to UCT pensioner Mrs Norah Robertson, who turned 100 in January. Mrs Robertson is the widow Bof the late Professor Reginald Robertson, a former professor of civil engineering. Pensioner Norah Mrs. Robertson currently resides in the UK. Professor Robertson was born in 1900, took a 1st at Oxford in 1922 and came to UCT from Nottingham, begin- Roberston turns 100 ning his time as a professor here in 1949. He retired in 1965 and died a few years later, in May 1969. 11 – 24 February 2013 Vol. 32 #1 CLASSIFIED Monday Paper 7

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PROPERTY/ACCOMMODATION 8 Monday Paper STUDENT LIFE 11 – 24 February 2013 Vol. 32 #1 Ikey athletes shine at USSA games hile most of their UCT coun- Tisha Benneti, Amica Hallendorff, Wterparts enjoyed the summer Courtney Healy and Megan Weston vacation, Ikey athletes were playing won spots on the women’s team. their hearts out at the annual Univer- Tennis courts at the University of sity Sport South Africa (USSA) Sports Pretoria (Tuks) bore the scars of in- Week in early December 2012. tense rallies as UCT placed 5th overall The water polo squad was in siz- from 20 teams. Richard Mellon and zling form as teams took to the pools Kelly Nel were the top Ikey perform- at the University of the Western Cape ers. Mellon notched fi ve victories and (UWC). UCT Men 1st were indomita- three losses in his eight matches, with ble as they placed 1st overall from ten Nel not far behind with four wins and teams. Memorable victories included four losses in her eight matches. a 35-2 thrashing of the University of UCT used home advantage to the Free State in the round-robin and full effect on the Theewaterskloof dispatching arch-rivals Stellenbosch Dam as the UCT Yacht Club claimed University (1st team) 10-3 in the fi nal. the top two spots in both categories. UCT Women placed 2nd overall It was, for all intents and purposes, from eight teams, pipped 3-4 at the plain sailing for the Ikeys, as UCT post by Maties in the fi nal. UCT Men B was second only to UCT A in the 2nd placed fi fth overall, and recorded a Pikes Overall Trophy standings, with satisfying 8-7 triumph over Maties. the same arrangement for the 420’s The students’ swashbuckling Overall Trophy. The University of the showings were rewarded by call-ups Witwatersrand (Wits) A placed 3rd on Waterborne: UCT goalie Mattieu Theron at the USSA Sports week where the men’s water polo squad took the laurels. to the SA students’ team for 13 water both logs. Wits’s Vicky Stock walked polo players. Christopher Baker, Ryan away with the Women’s Best Skipper hosted by Nelson Mandela Metropoli- tory over Maties and a more comfort- tively followed. UCT batsman Michael Cumming, Jonathan Hock, Nicolas award. tan University (NMMU). The Ikeys able 99-run defeat of the University of Pote was acknowledged for his two Hock, Christopher Icely, Marc Neto Back on terra fi rma, the UCT got off to a losing start, falling to hosts Johannesburg. half-centuries during the tournament and Mattieu Theron were selected for cricket team fi nished a commendable NMMU by three wickets, but bounced Losses to UWC and Tuks in the with a call-up to the SA Students the men’s team, and Caitlin Armstrong, 4th from 16 teams at the competition back to clinch a thrilling two-run vic- semi-fi nal and 3rd/4th playoff respec- Cricket team. Trio wins national marketing competition hree UCT students have won the national competition Tof Pernod Ricard’s International Business Game, a competition to create a digital marketing strategy. Business Science students Tetlanyo Lekalake and Them- beka Setlogile and computer science major Sizwe Ndlovu of the Faculty of Science came out tops. They will be representing Pernod Ricard South Africa at the international fi nals in Paris in March this year, when they will compete Brandiacs: The winners of Pernod Ricard’s International against the world’s top marketing students for the lead prize Business Game, UCT commerce students Tetlanyo – an internship in Europe at one of Pernod Ricard’s holding Lekalake and Thembeka Setlogile, were announced at a gala event hosted by Jo-Ann Strauss (left). companies. Head of marketing in the Faculty of Commerce Dr Gert digital application aimed at helping the Absolut Vodka brand Human said: “I am especially proud of our students – who remain “the creative visionary among its competitors”. managed to fend off very stiff competition from advertising The next series of this competition will be rolled out schools – because our degree is not specifi cally aimed at nationally at the end of this year. Final-year and postgradu- training advertisers, but is rather a comprehensive business ate students can keep an eye out for more information on the degree.” Spirits of Entrepreneurs website. The students, called the Brandiacs, created an innovative http://www.spiritsofentrepreneurs.com/

Silver screen: UCT students Katey Carson (second from right) and Dylan Bosman (third from right) at the Sundance Film Festival in Los Angeles, where their short Frustration for Ikeys in Madibaz draw fi lms were screened. NB UCT Ikey Tigers were held 2012 campaign present against NMMU. Fto a 5-5 draw by Nelson Mandela “We’re there!” he said. “We’ve Metropolitan University (NMMU) in the worked hard, our physicality was there, UCT students’ work screened opening round of the 2013 FNB Varsity maybe just in these conditions we Cup on 4 February. couldn’t fi nish it off, but it’s the same at Sundance Film Festival UCT couldn’t capitalise on a for both teams. I’m sure [NMMU] were monopoly of possession and territory as also affected.” CT students Katey Carson and The Sundance Film Festival, as- Madibaz equalised early in the second Ikey fans accustomed to seeing their U Dylan Bosman had their short sociated as much with its chairperson, half through fl anker Ulrich Pretorius, team dominated up front could take fi lms screened at the Sundance Film Robert Redford, as with Park City, after Ikey centre David Ambunya had heart from the impressive home tight Festival’s GFS MasterClass Showcase where it is held annually, is one of the given the home team the lead with a fi ve, which didn’t take a step back in in the US, from 17 to 27 January. biggest fi lm festivals in the US, and a superb touchdown in the fi rst half. Am- Put foot: Ikey centre David Ambunya the scrums and at one stage stole three Both are third-year students at the showcase for independent talent from bunya and midfi eld partner Tiger Bax gave the home team the lead by defensive Madibaz line-outs in a row. Centre for Film and Media Studies, America and around the globe. were constant thorns in the Madibaz’s touching down in the fi rst half of “We’ve had [former Springbok] the FNB Varsity Cup opener. The and were two of only 24 students Directors who got their big break side, with their clever running and brave Hanyani Shimange and [US interna- Ikey Tigers held Nelson Mandela selected for the Screen Production at Sundance include Kevin Smith, defence. Metropolitan University to a 5-5 draw. tional] JJ Gagiano come in and they’ve stream last year. Carson and Bosman Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Taran- Neither team converted its try on a worked well with the forwards, and entered short fi lms in a Google Plus tino, Steven Soderbergh and Darren typically blustery night on UCT’s Green the Madibaz defence held fi rm against a they’re doing nicely there now,” reported initiative called GFS MasterClass, the Aronofsky. The Ghetto Film School Mile that witnessed fewer kicks than one relentless Ikey onslaught. Foote. “It’s a focus for us. Teams think brainchild of the Ghetto Film School had an exclusive screening on the 17th would in a boxing match. Ikey fl yhalf UCT head coach Kevin Foote was they’re going to bully UCT, so we’ve of Los Angeles. January dedicated to the eight GFS Ross Jones-Davies spurned a chance to frustrated with the result but praised both put emphasis on our tight fi ve; making Their fi lms, along with six other MasterClass competition fi nalists, at give his team the lead in the second half defences for their sterling work. sure they man up every game, so that entries, were chosen to be showcased which a panel of producers, actors and when his penalty attempt from dead in “Ja, man; conditions were tough and no team is going to come here and think at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. directors gave feedback on their fi lms. front drifted agonisingly wide. we didn’t get to express ourselves but I they’re going to push us around.” Carson’s The Washing Up and (View the interview Carson and The spectators behind the Madibaz think both teams defended bravely,” said UCT’s next FNB Varsity Cup match Bosman’s The Running Girl were Bosman did for the UCT Film Society goal-line had the best view of the second Foote after the match. is an away fi xture against defending the product of four weeks of intense at http://fi lmsoc.co.za/?p=2684 half as UCT spent large periods camped Foote was pleased with the way his champions FNB Tuks (University of preparation that culminated in expertly For updates on the US trip, see the on the opposition fi ve-metre line. charges dominated possession, with few Pretoria) on 11 February. That match crafted and visually arresting fi lms. CFMS FaceBook page Chance after chance went begging as of the handling errors that blighted their will be televised.

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