UNIVERSITY OF YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 WELCOME FROM THE CHANCELLOR 2019 was my final year as Chancellor of the (UCT), capping 20 years of change, enrichment and growth for myself and the institution. When I took up this office in 1999, Dr Mamphela Ramphele was the vice-chancellor, and UCT became the first university in Africa with two black women at the helm. Now, 20 years later, I am so proud to be leaving UCT in the capable hands of two extraordinary young women in the roles of chancellor and vice-chancellor. By the end of 2019, under Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, all of UCT’s academic executive positions were held by women from different disciplines, races and backgrounds. Of course, transformation still has a long way to go everywhere in the world, perhaps especially so in gender equality. This is why the vice-chancellor allocated scholarships for women researchers worth R22.5 million in 2019 to help us all reconsider our views of gender in and to pave the way for these new researchers to influence fields of study previously dominated by men. Over the past 20 years, we have seen a new generation of academics begin to emerge across UCT. They help to build diversity while sharing a commitment to excellence in higher education. They provide inspiration for every UCT graduate to become a potential leader. Through these exceptional lives, UCT is helping to transform South Africa and the world.

GRAÇA MACHEL Chancellor (1999–2019)

WELCOME FROM THE CHAIR OF COUNCIL Around the world, higher education is grappling with questions of sustainability. The University of Cape Town (UCT) took a series of decisions in 2019 to address these questions. We believe higher education must steer the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) to improve society in Africa and to help address difficult global problems, such as poverty and inequality, joblessness, climate change and resource management. We established the Environmental Sustainability Directorate in 2019 to reduce our carbon footprint, transform into a green campus and help South Africa to use resources more wisely. We have already started building in our students the leadership skills they will need in 4IR professions. Our cross-disciplinary programmes in the School of Information Technology and the Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking (d-school) are designed to develop leadership, critical thinking, complex problem-solving and other essential attributes in students across all our faculties. This will help to keep UCT teaching, learning and research Cover image: Spurred relevant in a changing society. on by the death of UCT UCT’s Graduate Exit Survey, released in May 2019, revealed that more than half student Uyinene “Nene” of our 2018/19 graduate cohort were employed in South Africa’s private sector, Mrwetyana, UCT staff with over 20% earning more than R20 000 a month. Serving the professional and students coalesced sectors with future leaders and innovators is the strongest evidence of UCT’s on Parliament in protest sustainability in a changing world. of increasing sexual and gender-based violence SIPHO M PITYANA in the country. Chair of Council 2 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 | EXECUTIVE NEWS UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | EXECUTIVE NEWS 3

THE UCT LEADERSHIP KEY APPOINTMENTS LEKGOTLA UCT’s senior management team is tasked with implementing the institution’s strategic goals, building its financial health and maintaining its academic excellence.

Dean: Faculty of Law Chief Operating Officer Executive Director: Professor Danwood Chirwa was Dr Reno Morar, previously the UCT Libraries appointed Dean of the Faculty of Deputy Dean for Health Services Ujala Satgoor has been serving Law, effective 1 January 2019, having in the Faculty of Health Sciences, as the Executive Director of UCT formerly served as the deputy dean was appointed as UCT’s new Libraries since 1 January 2019. She for postgraduate studies. He has held Chief Operating Officer, effective has years of experience in the higher various leadership positions within 1 January 2019. His career includes education environment and was the faculty, including acting dean in 20 years of experience in policy previously the director of library 2014 and head of the Department development and implementation, services at Rhodes University, a VICE-CHANCELLOR of Public Law from 2009 to 2014, operational management, monitoring position she held from 2012. Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng and in 2018. and evaluation, and people and human resource management.

Registrar Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Chief Operating Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Royston Pillay Transformation Research and Officer Teaching and Learning Professor Loretta Feris Internationalisation Dr Reno Morar Associate Professor Lis Lange Professor Sue Harrison Dean: Faculty of Science Director of Environmental Director: The Nelson Mandela Professor Maano Ramutsindela Sustainability School of Public Governance Executive Director: Executive Director: Executive Director: Executive Director: Dean: Faculty of Commerce has been the Dean of the Faculty Manfred Braune started his role Faizel Ismail started as Director of Communication Student Affairs Research Office Finance Associate Professor of Science since 1 March 2019. as Director of Environmental the Mandela School in July 2019 on and Marketing Dr Moonira Khan Dr Marilet Sienaert Ashley Francis Linda Ronnie He previously served on the UCT Sustainability on 1 April 2019. the back of a career negotiating Gerda Kruger Council and the Senate Executive Previous to taking up his position major agreements for South Africa. Executive Director: Dean: Faculty of Engineering Committee. He also represented at UCT, Braune spent 10 years He spent 10 years as ambassador to Executive Director: Human Resources & the Built Environment UCT in the Worldwide Universities working for the Green Building the World Trade Organisation and Development Miriam Hoosain Professor Alison Lewis Network (WUN) and is the founding Council of South Africa, a small but as a senior adviser to the Minister and Alumni co-chair of the WUN Global Africa impactful non-profit organisation of Trade and Industry. Dr Russell Ally Executive Director: Interim Dean: Faculty Group. that has been big on driving green Information and of Health Sciences change in the built environment. Communication Professor Carolyn Williamson Technology Services Richard van Huyssteen Dean: Faculty of Humanities Executive Director: Professor Shose Kessi RETIREMENT |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Properties and Services Executive Director: Mughtar Parker Dean: Faculty of Law Research and Professor Danwood Chirwa Internationalisation Since taking up the directorship Dean: Faculty of in September 2000, Dr Marilet Science Sienart has, among her lengthy Professor Maano Ramutsindela list of achievements and contributions, led the Research Interim Dean: Centre Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Dean: Faculty of Humanities Office, the Office of Research for Higher Education Research and Professor Shose Kessi took up Integrity, the Directorate of Development Internationalisation her role as Dean of the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies and Associate Professor Alan Cliff Professor Sue Harrison took over as Humanities on 15 November 2019, Researcher Development, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research having acted in the role since and the Postgraduate Director: Graduate and Internationalisation on 1 August 1 March 2019. She was previously Centre and Funding Office. School of Business 2019. She holds the South African appointed to the Special Executive Her contribution to the Kosheek Sewchurran Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Task Team (2016) and the University research enterprise at Chair in Bioprocess Engineering and Strategy Forum (2017). She is the UCT is undeniable. Executive Director: is the director of both the Centre for founder of the UCT Black Academic UCT Libraries Bioprocess Engineering Research Caucus. Ujala Satgoor (CeBER) and the Future Water research institute at UCT. 4 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 | EXECUTIVE NEWS UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | EXECUTIVE NEWS 5

Cape Government and Groote Going paperless mirror and facilitates its financial FOSTERING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY Schuur Hospital. During 2019 we started work on culture, the financial sustainability of Other building projects in the the Shared Services Project, which our institution extends beyond that. Ashley Francis, Executive Director of UCT’s Finance Department, pipeline include the R38 million will introduce a digital finance As we move into 2020 and beyond, says a forward-thinking approach is the cornerstone of long-term extension to the Institute of system that is in tune with a my dream is that we get everyone Infectious Disease and Molecular modern, tech-driven world, and at UCT to think, talk and act in a financial sustainability. Medicine (IDM) building, fully replace paper with digitalisation financially sustainable way. To borrow funded by UCT; the R222 million and artificial intelligence. the slogan from our World Cup- Ashley Francis, Avenue Road student residence; We garnered the support of the winning rugby team, the Springboks, Executive Director: In 2019 UCT steadied its financial that offers financial aid above The university received the R82.7 million School of executive and spent the final eight we are “Stronger together”! Finance ship after several challenging years, the government threshold of R411.2 million in donations in 2019, Education building project months of 2019 in conversation with which saw the #RhodesMustFall R350 000 – the university’s including both endowment and on middle campus; and the the campus community – explaining and #FeesMustFall protests, the financial aid programme extends individual donations. Thanks to R130 million upgrade to the Chris the concept and our plans to process of insourcing service staff, to households that earn up to the generous donations of 142 Hani Building on upper campus. roll out the project in July 2020. and a change in the university’s R600 000 per annuum. UCT also UCT staff members, the institution These projects are partially Although the project focuses on executive leadership structure. offers sibling rebates for families managed to raise R1.2 million in funded by the Department of change management, technology While financial stability remains with a household income of up 2019. Of these staff members, Higher Education and Training, remains key to its success. reassuring for the organisation, we to R750 000 if both students are 117 donated R772 913 directly to with the balance being paid by Our vision is to take paper cannot afford to be complacent. studying at UCT. student support projects. UCT. completely out of UCT’s system in In order to maintain our stable In 2019 a total of R1.35 billion UCT received an additional the next four years. The year 2020 footing and grow beyond it, we was made available from various R1.17 billion (actual income will be the start of us working “We will be will be adopting a forward-thinking sources to fund financially eligible received) from external research Alternative revenue streams the way we live – with handheld approach and instituting financially UCT students. Of this, R273.3 contracts approved in 2019. We continue to build on devices, tablets and laptop adopting sustainable measures to ensure the million was allocated to post the powerful effects of computers. a forward- long-term success of the university. graduates and R1.08 billion went to commercialisation, and UCT spin- thinking undergraduate students, including Infrastructure and buildings out company Food and Connect R429.3 million from the National 2019 saw the completion of the is one successful example. The Stronger together approach 2019 in brief Student Financial Aid Scheme, R110 million state-of-the-art outlet is embedded in the UCT UCT has adopted a top-down and instituting UCT receives around 50% of its which was facilitated by the academic conference centre at the brand and is built on four key approach to financial sustainability, financially income from state funding and university. Graduate School of Business, which pillars: transformation (people and and the vice-chancellor, Professor sustainable approximately 40% from student In the year under review, UCT achieved a 4-Star Green Star rating technology), health and wellness, Mamokgethi Phakeng, and her fees, demonstrating the strength of continued to contain its spending from the Green Building Council sustainability and scalability. executive have echoed widespread measures to the state’s influence on the sector culture despite the institution’s of South Africa. Construction of Other revenue streams calls by the Finance Department ensure the nationally. The remaining 10% of annual expenses, contributing a the multidisciplinary Neuroscience include income from campus to develop a financially conscious long-term funding comes from donations and substantial saving of R17.3 million in Centre, a first for the country and film shoots, property leases, operational mindset at our commercial revenue. its utilities (R10.2 million for water the continent, was also completed. hotel accommodation, vacation institution. success of UCT remains the only tertiary and sewerage, and R7.1 million for The centre was launched in accommodation and conference While the Finance Department the university.” institution in South Africa electricity). partnership with the Western management. acts as the university’s financial

General operating budget 2019 Undergraduate funding Postgraduate funding Rm % Student financial aid undergraduate students (33.3%) received 2 837 postgraduates (33.9% of eligible applicants) R1.35 billion in financial aid was made financial aid in 2019. received 4 307 awards in 2019. INCOME 3 739 100.0% 5 563 available to UCT students in 2019: State subsidy 1 672 44.7% Of these, 4 935 students received financial aid from the Of these, 1 011 (34%) were black South Africans (African, Undergraduates Postgraduates National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), with Indian, coloured and Chinese). Tuition fees 1 473 39.4% an additional 628 students receiving UCT GAP funding. R1.08 billion R273.7 million Of the combined total, 4 150 (75%) were black South 42.55% of all honours students, 25.95% of all master’s Other income 594 15.9% Africans (African, Indian, coloured and Chinese). and 46.26% of all doctoral students received financial support in 2019. Of the combined total of Postgraduate funding came from: EXPENDITURE 3 668 100.0% undergraduate students UCT Council Departmental Donations 75% receiving funding, 4 150 (75%) Staff and related costs 2 319 63.2% funding were black South Africans R44.1 million R38.9 million R106.5 million Financial aid and scholarships 213 5.8% Undergraduate funding came from: Administration and operating Investments National State 420 11.4% expenses Corporate and NSFAS funding UCT Council Endowments R9.5 million Research R2.9 million external bursaries: R429.3 million approved and other funds Foundation Jammie Shuttle 32 0.9% R336.8 million R209.5 million R102 million R71.8 million Library acquisitions, books 89 2.4% and journals Maintenance 68 1.9% External bursaries External bursaries are a substantial part of student Laptop programme Rates and utilities 146 4.0% funding and come from various industries worldwide Since 2017 UCT has been providing in the form of contracts and donations. Computers, furniture laptops to first-time entering 117 3.2% and equipment R301 million in external bursaries were made students on financial aid, with Grants to research enterprise 81 2.2% available to 3 889 students (13% of the total student 1 264 laptops being handed out population) in 2019: Grants to student housing 66 1.8% in 2019, bringing the total to 3 029. and the Baxter Theatre Other costs (including 1 344 undergraduates 2 545 postgraduates 117 3.2% depreciation) Figures correct at the time of publication R226.5 million R74.5 million 6 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 | EXECUTIVE NEWS UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | EXECUTIVE NEWS 7

UCT COUNCIL 2019 The UCT Council governs the university and approves its strategic direction and policies. It is also responsible for long-term financial planning and the approval of annual budgets.

In 2019 the UCT Council was was pleased to note that many of Mark Kleinschmidt. Noting involved with the following the IRTC’s recommendations were feedback from the UCT community decisions: consistent with transformation and the Institutional Forum, Council initiatives already under way at resolved to submit proposals for UCT. Council resolved to adopt amendments to the Institutional Financial planning the recommendations of the IRTC Statute to the Minister of Higher UCT’S DONOR AND Council set annual fee increases subject to issues raised by the Education, Science and Technology, for 2020 as follows: international UCT executive. including, among other things, student fees (5.3%), tuition fees a change from three to five ALUMNI COMMUNITY (5.4%, excluding the GSB) and members appointed by the student housing fees (7.4%). In UCT enrolment plan minister, a change from two to 2019 UCT achieved a 1.9% surplus 2020–2025 three members appointed by the The Development and Alumni Department (DAD) faced a challenging year DAD events (against a target of 3%) on its Council approved the 2020–2025 Students’ Representative Council, for fundraising in 2019 due to local economic conditions and global political DAD hosted ambassadors and consuls recurrent operating income. The enrolment plan, which responds and a change from six to four developments. Despite this, the total number of donors to the university general at an annual breakfast at the surplus is crucial as it enables UCT to declining enrolments, proposes members elected by Convocation. increased to 1 319, compared with 1 287 in 2018, and donations totalled vice-chancellor’s residence in order to to fund longer-term projects and maintaining current undergraduate/ R411 million, up from the R404 million raised in 2018. The six most substantial update them on developments at the support institutional priorities postgraduate enrolment ratios, donations in 2019 were: university and develop relationships related to its core business. focuses on enrolments in areas of Strategic plan 2030 to garner support for projects on scarce skills, and seeks to improve Council engaged with the UCT Hasso Plattner Stiftung R51 670 450 campus. student success rates. executive to discuss key issues in The UCT Trust hosted a dinner for Renaming of buildings the development of a strategic The Gabriel Foundation R21 528 934 80 alumni and friends at the South Following a request from the UCT plan for the university in terms of Thuthuka Education Upliftment Fund R18 498 873 African High Commission in London Lung Institute, Council resolved to Appointment of trustees its vision for 2030. Various UCT Mr Neville Isdell R17 864 993 to raise funds for The Nelson Mandela rename the Boehringer Ingelheim Council approved the appointment constituencies will be consulted in School of Public Governance. Lung Institute the UCT Lung of Mr Mutle Mogase as trustee the process, which will culminate The Bertha Foundation R11 967 688 Several alumni events were held Institute Building. Four further of the UCT Foundation Trust in the adoption of the Vision 2030 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation R11 114 032 in the United States in 2019, including buildings were proposed for for a further five years. He was document. a reception with Vice-Chancellor renaming – the Council-approved appointed by Council as the DAD’s fundraising included substantial support for UCT students, Mamokgethi Phakeng in March 2019 names will be disclosed once the chair with effect from April 2019. including more than R65 million for undergraduate students and R13 million and a braai on the beach in Chicago families concerned have been duly UCT’s new chancellor for postgraduates. Funding was also secured for the various postgraduate in June 2019. consulted. Council was proud to announce diploma programmes and to allow a significant number of students with At a UCT-hosted law event at Council membership that Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe debt to graduate in 2019/20. the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell Council announced the was duly elected as the new The annual phonathon, held in aid of UCT’s Food Programme to address in London, a canape reception was Infrastructure projects appointment of two new members: chancellor of the university, the issue of student hunger, received pledges of just more than R800 000. followed by a talk by Professor Council approved tenders for the Professor Ntobeko Ntusi replaced a 10-year term that started on Danwood Chirwa, dean of the redevelopment of the Chris Hani Professor Mbulungeni Madiba, and 1 January 2020. She takes the Faculty of Law. Lecture Theatre, the construction the ’s Councillor reins from Mrs Graça Machel, of a new School of Education Dave Bryant replaced Councillor who was first elected in 1999. building, and the construction of a new building for the Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking Distinguishing UCT (d-school). Distinguishing UCT, a campaign to R140 million was raised from R238 million grow the university’s unrestricted numerous individuals, corporates, RAISED OVERALL endowment, came to a close at the foundations and trusts for priority Institutional reports end of 2019, having been launched capital and infrastructure projects, Council adopted the Social in 2014 with the significant support including UCT’s Neuroscience Responsiveness, Teaching of the UCT UK Trust. The income Centre and the Nelson Mandela and Learning, Research and generated has been allocated to Project. Transformation reports, recording R25 million strategic initiatives under the broad These donations bring the its appreciation of the work BIGGEST SINGLE pillars of Advancing Excellence, overall amount raised via the undertaken in these important DONATION Investing in Talent, and Realising campaign to around R238 million. areas. Council also noted the report Transformation, as well as specific In 2019 UCT again invested of the Works of Art Committee. strategic projects. around R150 million (R28.3 million The University Audit and University On closing, the campaign was released from the unrestricted Finance committee reports for had received 10 187 individual endowment specifically) in 2018 were adopted by Council 1 246 donations from 1 246 donors, bursaries and scholarships for submission to the Minister DONORS making up a total of R98.3 million. for needy and deserving of Higher Education, Science This increased the overall value undergraduate and postgraduate and Technology. of UCT’s unrestricted endowment students. Council reviewed the Institutional from R500 million in 2015 to We are exceedingly grateful Reconciliation and Transformation around R676 million in 2019. to our alumni and broader donor Commission (IRTC) report and Under the broader banner community for their generous of the campaign, more than contributions. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | EXECUTIVE NEWS 9

KEEPING CAMPUS SAFE

UCT is an open campus, and licence plate recognition cameras effect successful arrests in several several university properties, in strategic areas on the fringes and instances. including student residences, on campus. This has proven to be In 2019 CPS started the process are in neighbouring residential successful as several perpetrators of procuring new security vehicles, UCT LIBRARIES areas. 2019 saw an increase in the were arrested either on campus or which will be deployed in strategic overall number of crimes reported in the immediate vicinity, after CPS areas on upper, middle and lower to Campus Protection Services was alerted by the new system. campuses. This will allow CPS to (CPS) across all campuses, as CPS started its closed-circuit reduce the overall number of patrol A budget of R157.2 million Biomedical Engineering for Africa In its role as well as in the surrounding areas television (CCTV) renewal project areas and to reduce response enabled continued access to print and the Conference Proceedings publisher, of Rondebosch, Mowbray and early in 2019, which showed times to incidents. The presence of and electronic resources and of Adaptation Futures 2018. UCT Libraries Observatory. Crimes of concern immediate results in several areas the clearly identifiable vehicles will technologies, the provision and Traces of the Ottoman Empire, reported for the year were theft of, across campus. With the new also deter would-be criminals from maintenance of scholarly services a new area of collection successfully and from motor vehicles. CCTV installation, CPS managed accessing our campuses. and facilities by skilled staff, and development that traces the published its To address these issues, CPS, to identify groups operating in CPS remains committed to the exploration of new services Ottoman influence on the Muslim 13th open in collaboration with its partners common areas where students’ its mandate to reduce crime on for excellent user experiences. community in Cape Town, was – the Groote Schuur Community belongings had been stolen. campus and, most importantly, to Researchers were supported launched on 22 October. monograph. Improvement District and the South Subsequent operations were ensure the safety of our students, by various UCT Libraries units, The UCT-SPARC AFRICA Open African Police Service – installed planned, and the team managed to staff and visitors. including Access Services, Access Symposium, a collaborative Discovery Services, Faculty Liaison, symposium themed “Open Access Open Scholarship, Research Data and social justice driving African Management and Digital Library development”, was hosted from Services. 2 to 6 December in Cape Town. In its role as publisher, UCT The UCT GIS Unit was formally Libraries successfully published established within UCT Libraries STUDENT WELLNESS SERVICE its 13th open monograph, to offer technical and academic The Student Wellness students were put new psychological callouts for support for geographic information 7 Service (SWS) 0 on waiting lists for a 2 services points 2 000+ 117 students in system (GIS) at UCT, as well as counselling team assisted clinical nurse practitioner were introduced – in students attended psychiatric crisis were linking GIS to librarianship and students in seven local or medical officer in 2019. the Graduate School mental health workshops received by the Crisis library collections. languages. The unit outsourced of Business and the in UCT residences. After- Intervention Service. The acquisition of the Zeutschel additional counsellors School of Economics – hours support groups ScanStudio, a first in Africa, will to assist with demand expanding the service’s on substance abuse and of enable UCT Libraries to contribute 15 158 towards the end of footprint to all campuses. relationships were also 95% respondents to the digital preservation of consultations were the year. introduced. to the SWS annual heritage collections according attended by the health wellness drives saw survey were happy with to international standards. team. 2 9 632 face-to-face The Peer Intervention the quality of care they UCT Libraries completed 3 000 student interactions Programme provided received from their renovations in the Brand van Zyl calls were received across three campuses. additional capacity for treating team. Law Library, repurposed the 1 March on the UCT Student the SWS health teams. Research Commons to offer a more saw the introduction Careline for telephonic conducive space, and commenced of an online booking counselling. 5 000+ the development of a 10-year system, a major step counselling sessions were master spatial and design plan. in implementing the attended by students. Student Mental Health Policy by increasing student access. 10 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 | UCT IN 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | UCT IN 2019 11

Rankings and ratings UCT IN 2019 UCT leads in Africa in all of the five major world university rankings: Students 29 272 students Staff T imes Higher Education World University Rankings permanent Quac quarelli Symonds World University Rankings home registered: 4 928 staff members languages 23 671 South African students C entre for World University Rankings listed 71 2 834 SADC students 593 US News Best Global Universities Rankings 1 031 students from the male 1 184 ShanghaiRanking’ s Academic Ranking of World Universities countries represented rest of Africa academic staff 591 124 on campus 1 598 students from female elsewhere in the world students lived in 5 assistant lecturers / UCT’s 39 catered junior research fellows 7 579 15 668 female or self-catering student residences. 320 lecturers 13 584 male 264 senior lecturers

students lived 19 359 associate professors 21 693 off campus. 1 unspecified 228 professors

PhDs Master’s 739 337 Commerce EBE Health Humanities Law Science GSB 6 746 4 866 Sciences 7 398 1 303 3 132 734 5 093 901 South African 16 699 85 African undergraduates 198 international

11 671 professional, postgraduates 3 744 administrative support and service (PASS) staff 902 occasional students 1 443 2 301 5 630 male female new first-years 7 320 graduates

4 Memorial Hall, 2 Women at UCT National 100+ previously All four executive leaders of the 25 km GSB Research The Graduate School of student societies Jameson Memorial academic enterprise at UCT are The total size of 116 are active on Foundation social responsiveness Business (GSB) Conference Hall, was renamed women, including the vice-chancellor 13% of the country’s the UCT campuses. initiatives were in Centre was completed campus, divided the Sarah and three deputy vice-chancellors, progress, covering and achieved a 4-Star into five categories: UCT’s massive Baartman Hall National Research development, Green Star rating from academic, national/ to lift her up as a rarity in higher education institutions Foundation (NRF) open online education, employment, the Green Building cultural, faith, special a potent symbol around the world. rated scholars were interest and political. courses >1.2 million environment, gender, Council of South Africa. of the new campus at UCT. (MOOCs) print volumes health, inequality community we DR PRECIOUS MOLOI-MOTSEPE was and poverty. drew 280 000 are building. elected as the university’s sixth chancellor, and an estimated enrolments becoming the second black woman to of South 54 km of shelf 15 young academics were part of UCT’s Future Leaders programme, hold the position. She took over from Africa’s from more than 30% space are which is aimed at retaining the best talent at UCT Mrs Graça Machel, who served the NRF A-rated Almost 100 countries. researchers called available at and on the continent, and to training the next institution from 1999 to 2019. 40 different generation of academic leaders. UCT home. UCT Libraries. sports codes

Figures correct at the time of publication UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | TRANSFORMATION 13

All-women exec TRANSFORMATION “The fact that all four executive leaders of UCT’s academic enterprise are female marks a significant moment of

What have been the milestones for the transformation transformation for women in academia and leadership portfolio in 2019? positions, in South Africa and globally.” Milestones included the new three-year employment equity plan (2019–2021) coming into effect; the UCT – Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng Q&A Sutherland Reburials Project (which you can read PROFESSOR about on page 14); raising funds for the UCT Food Programme; our sexual and gender-based violence LORETTA FERIS (SGBV) campaign, #JustNO, which we ran in the second Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Transformation semester; the InclusionIndex Staff Inclusivity Survey; the introduction of a special ad hoc tribunal to deal with sexual offences and other forms of ; and the implementation of the Student Mental Health Policy.

Please tell us a bit more about the Staff Inclusivity Survey. The purpose of the survey, which ran from May until June, was to help us broaden inclusivity within the UCT community – staff were asked to take part, voluntarily. To guarantee confidentiality, the Office for Inclusivity & Change (OIC) and a UCT working group partnered with an external service provider, Aephoria, to administer the survey. The report and an executive summary are available, and interventions that arise out of the survey will be implemented until 2023, when we will run the survey again to measure how far we have come.

What did UCT’s SGBV campaign entail? The #JustNO campaign ran from July to December to articulate how UCT responds to SGBV through improved systems for SGBV management within the institution, through advocacy and awareness, and through research. We held our annual silent protest on 2 August 2019 to show solidarity with rape survivors and to promote the right to be free from all forms of SGBV. Then, just a few weeks later, we received the tragic news that Uyinene “Nene” Mrwetyana had been raped and murdered. It was devastating and it shocked us to our core. Our thoughts will always be with Nene’s family and friends who have had to endure unimaginable suffering. UCT’s all-women executive academic leadership (from left): Prof Sue Harrison (DVC for Research and Internationalisation), VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng, Women’s Day How did your portfolio support students and staff Prof Loretta Feris (DVC for Transformation) and Prof Lis Lange (DVC for In celebration of Women’s Month, Vice-Chancellor during that devastating period? Teaching and Learning). Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted a lunch Counselling assistance was available to staff and themed “Raising up African women in academia and in students via Human Resources for staff and the leadership roles”. The event, one of several honouring Student Wellness Service (SWS) for students; the OIC women during International Women’s Month, saw the reached out to known survivors in their care; and an announcement of the recipients of the VC’s “Advancing ad hoc special tribunal was established to expedite Women top UCT’s womxn: a call for change” scholarships for women and SGBV cases. Our online reporting tool, created for civil engineering transgender research at UCT. Five grants worth a total the reporting of SGBV while maintaining in-person honours class of R22.5 million over the next five years were awarded. and telephonic structures, was particularly useful Dr Katye Altieri (Department of Oceanography), for survivors who wanted to report cases without UCT women made significant Professor Floretta Boonzaier (Department of necessarily meeting with a member of staff. Services strides in civil engineering, where Psychology) and Professor Janet Hapgood that were already available continued and were and they accounted for six of the (Department of Molecular and Cell Biology) received will continue to be strengthened. department’s 11 first-class honours R1 million per year for five years. Two meritorious students graduating in April 2019. awards worth R750 000 per year for five years went to Finally, how has the Student Mental Health Policy been Chloe Bolton, Juliana Diniz, Jemma Professor Patricia Kooyman (Department of Chemical implemented? Richmond, Dilys Mneney, Waseefa Engineering) and Dr Robyn Pickering (Department of By realigning the SWS, we have widened access for Ebrahim and Lansea Loubser Geological Sciences). students and increased the psychological services are now working in engineering footprint on campus, in line with primary healthcare fields from transport to coastal principles. This includes the introduction of a triage infrastructure. The UCT faculty system and risk assessment sessions as an entry point has actively campaigned to attract into services; shorter, solution-focused counselling more women, primarily through sessions; student psychological service points in its #WomeninEngineering and 74%of UCT staff were from faculties and at satellite clinics; additional psychologists “This is what an engineer looks designated groups (ie have been recruited; psychiatric nurses have been like” campaigns. black people, women and added to support mental health services; and a migration to a digital booking system, which is a major From left: Waseefa Ebrahim, people with disabilities) milestone in the implementation of the policy. Juliana Diniz, Lansea Loubser, of which 68% were Jemma Richmond and Chloe Bolton. black South Africans. Dilys Mneney is absent. 14 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 | TRANSFORMATION

Sutherland Reburials Project After an archiving audit of the UCT Human Skeletal Collection in 2017, housed in the Department of Human Biology, it was established that the collection contained 11 skeletons that were unethically obtained between 1926 and 1931. Nine of these San and Khoe individuals were brought to UCT from Kruisrivier Farm in Sutherland. UCT is working with the Sutherland community to return the remains of these nine individuals to their descendants for reburial. The collaborative project was led by Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Transformation Professor Loretta Feris and the OIC, and included public participation consultant Doreen Februarie, members of the Sutherland Abraham and Stuurman families (descendants who still live in the area) and community members. At the request of the descendant family, an interdisciplinary international team gathered information about the manner in which these nine individuals lived and died. This not only provided more information to ABOVE Chief Autshumao Francisco “Mackie” MacKenzie performs a cleansing the descendant family about their ancestors, but also ritual before the reconstructed faces of the Sutherland skeletons are revealed enabled the university to provide redress and social at a Bremner press conference. justice through science. The members of the team were Dr Victoria Gibbon, “THIS IS REALLY ABOUT COMMUNITY JUSTICE, Professor Nigel Penn, Professor Simon Hall, Dr Tinashe Mutsvangwa, Professor Judith Sealy, Dr Stephan AND FOR ME IT’S THE MOST FULFILLING Schiffels and PhD student Joscha Gertzinger, and PROJECT I’VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, WHERE Professor Caroline Wilkinson and PhD student Kathryn Smith. Facial images were produced by Face Lab at #QueerAfricanStudies WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.” Liverpool John Moores University, supported by the Lwando Scott graduated with a PhD in – DR VICTORIA GIBBON National Geographic Society. Sociology at a ceremony on 13 December, where he was capped by his partner, UCT’s Professor Pierre de Vos. A researcher in the Families and Societies Research Unit (FaSRU) in UCT’s Centre for Sign Language seminar Khoekhoegowab course Social Science Research, Scott used queer The 2019 South African Sign In May 2019 UCT offered its first theory as a lens to examine same-sex marriage short course on Khoekhoegowab, the in South Africa. Language Interpreting in Higher endangered indigenous language of Scott’s thesis moves beyond the Education Seminar was hosted the KhoeSan. The first of its kind for assimilationist vs radicalisation debate. While by the OIC and the Disability a South African university, the course same-sex marriage does not radically change Service. It highlighted the is an important beacon for inclusivity the institution of marriage, it does provide a and diversity at UCT, which is built on challenge to systems of dominance, such as practice and relevance of Sign land formerly inhabited by the indigenous heteronormativity, and has a transformational Language interpreters’ ethics Khoe people. The course is offered impact on interpersonal relationships. and touched on practitioners’ through the Centre for Extra-Mural In wrestling with the norm, same-sex Studies, in partnership with the Centre for couples are engaged in a process of stretching. experiences in the sector. African Studies’ Dr June Bam-Hutchinson They stretch themselves as they become and the A/Xarra Restorative Justice more assertive in making claims about their Forum’s Language Commission. The first sexuality; they also stretch those around them course ran from 10 June 2019 with the to become more open to the possibilities of inaugural graduation of 77 participants same-sex intimacy. taking place on 29 November 2019. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | TRANSFORMATION 17

Celebrating Africa Month For Africa Month and Africa Day, we celebrated our diverse and exuberant nGAP and NGP continent through a number of events, including: By the end of 2019 UCT had a total of 22 posts awarded for “The Africa we want”, a public the New Generation of Academics Programme (nGAP), symposium on the role of young 22 six of whom joined during the course of the year. African leaders in pan-Africanism and regional integration Professor Shadreck Chirikure’s inaugural lecture, “Why does nGAP members were awarded NRF Research Development ‘success’ continue to elude Grants in 2019: Dr Melissa Abrahams, Frissiano Honwana contemporary Africa? Some insights 3 and Ayanda Pekane. from deep history and archaeology” UCT Libraries Special Collections hosted an exhibition featuring the Khomani San and the Bleek and Lloyd collections; a film screening on the Khomani San Collection; and a relaunch of the Atom digital inventory on the Khomani San Collection.

Redressing ’s spatial injustices Apartheid spatial planning in Cape Town came under the spotlight during the British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowship Lecture in Spatial Justice in Dr Robert Morrell, nGAP manager, was appointed as a member of July. Internationally recognised expert the Ministerial Task Team on Gender-based Violence and Sexual on spatial justice Professor Andreas Harassment. Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos delivered his lecture titled “Spatial justice and resistance” at UCT. UCT’s Next Generation Professoriate (NGP) had a total 45 of 45 members by the end of 2019.

new members were welcomed to the NGP in 2019: Shahieda 150 Adams (Faculty of Health Sciences), Aneesa Vanker (Faculty of Health Sciences) and Sumaya West (Faculty of Commerce). In 2019 two of our students passed away as a result of violent crime: The Disability Service supported 3 Remembering 150 students with a range of Nene Uyinene “Nene” Mrwetyana and Cebo Mbatha. We mourned their deaths and honoured them as a campus community different disabilities in 2019. Since its inception, 26 NGP members have been promoted, through night vigils, a picket at Parliament and a memorial service. 26 four to full professor and 22 to associate professor. Ending violent crime, particularly sexual and gender-based violence, is a transformation issue that we remain committed to.

Mellon Mays Multilingualism Field camp for Undergraduate Education Project women researchers Fellowships As the world observed the A three-day Human Evolution Research “At the moment, we celebrate the International Year of Indigenous Institute (HERI) field camp on the fact that you have an opportunity. Languages, 194 UCT students and West Coast featured an all-women Many years from now … we want to staff graduated from two two- group of academics and students from celebrate what the opportunity has month short courses, convened the departments of Archaeology and “AT THE MOMENT, WE produced. Let this opportunity … by the Multilingualism Education Geological Sciences. The camp was CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT change lives, influence thinking and Project. Of these, 172 graduated coordinated by HERI’s new director, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. make things happen.” This was the from the isiXhosa short course, Dr Robyn Pickering; HERI’s founding VC’s message to the Mellon Mays launched in 2006, and 22 from the director (and current deputy director), MANY YEARS FROM NOW … Undergraduate Fellowship’s 2019 inaugural short course. Professor Rebecca Rogers Ackermann; WE WANT TO CELEBRATE cohort. The five new fellows were and Dr Jayne Wilkins, previously of Zahra Abba Omar, Glenn-Leigh UCT and now Griffith University. The WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY Jantjies, Chandre Cupido, Oliver programme aimed to upskill participants HAS PRODUCED.” Layman and Lizanne Thornton. and provide a safe space to bond and discuss their career challenges. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS 19

Training wannabe Inspiring the techies neuroscientists SOCIAL #RoboCampCT, a one-week winter coding and robotics camp for high of tomorrow school learners, attracted 65 grade “Our brains are the seat of our 10s and 11s, who were keen to boost memory, of our past, our present their tech skills and prepare for more and our future. They enable us to RESPONSIVENESS advanced coding courses. communicate with and understand The event was co-hosted by UCT’s the world, and live life as sentient Social responsiveness at UCT is about taking the university into the School of Information Technology beings.” community and bringing the community onto our campuses. Whether and software training institute That was the message Dr Ursula it’s organising social outreach programmes, providing opportunities CodeSpace. It provided learners with Rohlwink, neuroscience fellow and the environment, time and space to lecturer at UCT’s Neuroscience for learning or enhancing research activities, these engagements build consider a future in coding. Learners Institute, shared with pupils from relationships that root the institution in the community, the country and the were also schooled on design Capricorn Primary School during thinking, a methodology used to International Brain Awareness continent, positioning it at the forefront of social change. Our intention is tackle complex, real-world problems. Week in March. to develop social interventions that address the complex challenges facing The 83 grade 7 learners from our society and deliver real, positive change. To this end, we encourage all the Vrygrond school who visited UCT were treated to a jam-packed our students and staff members to play an active development role in our Gamifying learning programme to learn everything cultural, economic, political, scientific and social environments. On 14 September 366 grade 12 about the brain. The day included learners from 40 schools in the an hour-long session on the brain, Western Cape gathered at Wynberg a demonstration of the brain’s Girls’ High School to participate in electrical activity – conducted the second mGenAfrica annual quiz on a cockroach, and a visit to the competition. university’s anatomy museum, The mGenAfrica platform, a joint where pupils could view real-life initiative between UCT and the examples of the brain. Western Cape Education Department, Clinical research was launched to make learning life in Khayelitsha sciences – especially genetics – fun. Working on some of the most The platform provides learners important breakthroughs in TB with the opportunity to test their diagnostics globally, and testing HIV knowledge, prepare for tests and and TB vaccines, is a vital part of exams, and to connect with UCT the pioneering work being done at researchers during live chat sessions. the Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa (CIDRI- Africa). Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng launched an extension of the Khayelitsha-based clinical research site on 29 July 2019. The UCT researchers, including 12 world-leading principal investigators, work hand in hand with the community, local and provincial departments of health and NGOs to find solutions to the high burden of TB and HIV in South Africa and across the globe. Pioneering ‘new Eskom Expo for Administered from UCT’s Institute science’ in Masi of Infectious Disease and Molecular UCT’s HIV Young Scientists Medicine (IDM), the site operates at Foundation launched the new Aspiring scientists pulled out all the Site B Khayelitsha Community Aerobiology TB Research Facility the stops at the Eskom Expo for Health Centre. at its Masiphumelele research site Young Scientists hosted by UCT in on 20 February 2019. The facility August 2019. The expo showcased will focus on the study of the the ingenuity, brilliance and out- transmission of TB organisms and of-the-box project ideas pioneered finding ways to halt the spread of by hundreds of science enthusiasts the disease. from 47 schools around the At the launch, Emeritus Mother City. Professor Robin Wood, chief Projects were entered in executive officer of the foundation, categories ranging from chemistry said poor socio-economic and food science to astronomy conditions are one of the key and sustainable development, drivers of TB transmission. addressing some of the world’s The new facility specialises in most pressing challenges. capturing the organisms in the air exhaled by patients and examining the data. This process will allow clinicians and scientists to study each individual organism to try and develop ways to control TB in communities like Masiphumelele. 20 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 | SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS 21

Bumper Summer School Student designs reimagine District Six UCT extended its annual Summer In 1966 apartheid laws banished more than 60 000 residents from their School programme to three weeks SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS homes in District Six, signalling the official start of racial segregation in in 2019, with lectures focusing on the Mother City. Decades later, honours students from UCT’s School of Africa and “issues of consequence”. Architecture, Planning and Geomatics explored ways of developing new and Presenters included former public IN NUMBERS alternative forms of housing for the area, while accommodating the ongoing protector Professor restitution process and the residents’ ultimate return to the neighbourhood. former acting commissioner of the institution- The African Climate The Global The Knowledge The Poverty and The Schools They did so as part of the Cape Town Spatial Justice Laboratory: Writing/ South African Revenue Services Ivan 11 wide and Development Citizenship Co-op Inequality Initiative Improvement Righting the City Otherwise project. Pillay and columnist Max du Preez. programmes: Initiative Programme Initiative Office for Inclusivity The Safety and The Engaged The Futures & Change (OIC) Violence Initiative Students’ Health “The manifesto workshop was a real Scholarship Think Tank and Welfare Centres 10 years of NBTs Programme Organisation interactive, cross-sharing theatre of The National Benchmark Tests Future Water (SHAWCO) learning. The community was part of (NBTs) celebrated 10 years of the performance; they offered their assessing the academic readiness opinions and shared their ideas.” of prospective first-year students. UCT’s Centre for Educational Testing – IAIN LOW for Access and Placement (CETAP) Development Gender professor of architecture in the Centre for Higher Education 25% 2% Development (CHED) administers the NBTs for the entire country.

Education Health 22% 116+ 11% social 100+ Scrub Run raises Student A taste of responsiveness external partners: over R200 000 Entrepreneurship Week university life initiatives in eight Organised by UCT’s Surgical It was all things entrepreneurship One hundred matric pupils from Employment 6% 14% Inequality major areas Society, the 10-kilometre peace at Student Entrepreneurship various Khayelitsha schools got 22 16 27 36 run in aid of the Weekend Waiting Week, hosted by UCT’s Careers a taste of university life when they Community- Industry NGOs Public List Initiative at the Red Cross War Service from 16 to 20 September. took part in UCT’s extended annual 6% 14% based sector Memorial Children’s Hospital raised Social impact organisations such Summer School programme. The Environment Poverty organisations more than R200 000. The funds as Dream Factory, The Underdog learners were participants of the went to the Weekend Waiting List Project, Nal’ibali and UCT’s university’s 100UP programme, Initiative, which works to eradicate Knowledge Co-op were on hand an initiative introduced in 2011 to the backlog of children waiting to convince students that social address the low number of learners for operations at the Red Cross entrepreneurship is a worthy and from disadvantaged communities Faculty social Children’s Hospital. rewarding path to follow. entering UCT. The programme responsiveness initiatives: includes academic booster classes Milestones on campus every Saturday and Centre for Higher Education 2003 2009 2014 2016 intensive preparation sessions in Development (CHED) 3 UCT produces the first The Social The biennial Social More than the lead-up to exams. Social Responsiveness Responsiveness Responsiveness 20 academics Report. Award is established. Report recognises participate in the Commerce (including the contributions of Engaged Scholarship Graduate School of Business) 27 2006 2010 students as well as Programme. The definition of The Knowledge academics. Engineering & the 13 social responsiveness Co-op is founded. 2017 Built Environment is endorsed, 2015 The Social Cool donation for stipulating that 2012 The Engaged Responsiveness Health Sciences 17 it must have an UCT adopts the Scholarship Portfolio moves into student feeding intentional purpose engaged scholarship Programme is the Research Office programme Humanities 22 or benefit. policy. launched in the under the Researcher The UCT Food Programme Research Office. Development cluster. Law 12 received a major boost when the Strategic Fuel Science 22 Fund donated a double- door fridge, secured by Dr Chance Chagunda from the Department of Social Development. The programme, which started in 2018, provided 600 lunches daily to students in need. These were made up, packed and distributed by staff and student volunteers, as well as members of local communities. Solar photovoltaic installations ENVIRONMENTAL Managing waste on rooftops and parking areas In 2019 UCT undertook around campus are just one of a detailed waste audit to the options being considered understand the university’s to ensure a more energy SUSTAINABILITY compliance with legislation and sustainable campus. the extent of the challenges we face. This will be used to ON CAMPUS prepare an Integrated Waste Management Plan in 2020 that will aim to significantly improve Energy and water UCT’s materials and waste Reducing energy and water Manfred Braune’s appointment as UCT’s director of environmental handling. consumption on campus is good sustainability in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor has introduced a new “The highest quantity of litter for the environment and for the 100Over 100 energy and water meters across focus on environmental sustainability, both in terms of the university’s on campus was cigarette butts, university’s budget. In 2019 UCT while the highest volume of appointed a specialist consultant campus gather data that is consolidated ambitions of being a green campus and in terms of teaching, research litter was plastic bottles.” to help the university develop a on a remote metering dashboard. This and governance. water sustainability strategy and to system is being enhanced, with additional UCT’s research into the environment and sustainability is renowned implement significant water-saving projects in student residences, meters being added, to become a more worldwide through key entities such as the Climate System Analysis Group where most of the institution’s useful management and reporting tool. (CSAG), the Future Water institute and the African Climate and Development water is consumed. Initiative (ACDI). But the university’s own campuses need better integrated environmental management and care, according to Braune. More than just waste management, it’s about water and energy efficiency, human health, green investment and good citizenship. Braune believes in incorporating sustainability into UCT’s teaching, learning and research. RESEARCHING SUSTAINABILITY UCT’s researchers focus on various global and local environmental sustainability issues, including:

Almost a billion people around Hlumelo Marepula, a fourth-year civil Sustainability strategy Student the world have no access to engineering student, blew the judges UCT’s environmental sustainability Building green electricity, while millions more away at the inaugural Falling Walls strategy, drafted in 2019, includes engagement A number of significant construction struggle with erratic service Lab in Cape Town, an international significant long-term objectives, 2019 saw a drive to engage more projects were either completed, and limited supply. Professor forum for outstanding young including achieving net zero water, extensively with students on started or designed in 2019 – in Anton Eberhard, director of the innovators in science, technology net zero waste and net zero carbon environmental sustainability, through accordance with UCT’s 2012 policy GSB’s Power Futures Lab, has or medicine. Her winning idea, by 2050 – incredibly ambitious the Green Campus Initiative (GCI), of building green to align with been selected to serve on the “Breaking the wall of synthetic urea “The plan is goals in the African context. the Students’ Representative Council international best practice: new Global Commission to End production”, has huge implications that every Understanding UCT’s own carbon (SRC) and other student bodies. UCT’s The Graduate School of Business Energy Poverty, which is seeking for food security, sustainable energy footprint, for example, is a critical environmental sustainability strategy (GSB) Conference Centre was to change this. production and global warming student part of fulfilling the strategy, was presented to the incoming 2020 completed in 2019 and achieved mitigation. will at least and preparing an annual Carbon SRC, and GCI’s chairperson attended a 4-Star Green Star rating from Footprint Report allows UCT to South Africa’s annual ACUHO-I Green the Green Building Council of have some effectively manage and report on Campus Initiative Conference with South Africa. basic level of its carbon emissions. UCT’s Director of Environmental The 500-bed Avenue Road Sustainability. Residence project began In a first for South Africa, environmental construction in 2019. It’s targeting sustainability a 4-Star Green Star rating for its a urine-recovery urinal literacy when energy- and water-saving features, system developed by UCT Health and comfort the first student housing project in civil engineering graduate they leave In 2019 UCT began work on an South Africa to do so. Craig Flanagan has been UCT.” air-conditioning policy to ensure The School of Education and that the university is measuring the Hasso Plattner Institute incorporated into the thermal comfort for staff and of Design Thinking (d-school) design of the new corporate students according to international building projects completed their best practice. Various other health- detailed design and tenders in headquarters for Exxaro – related aspects are also under review, 2019. The School of Education a nine-storey, R600-million including the use of pesticides, is targeting a 4-Star rating building opposite the cleaning chemicals and volatile and the d-school an ambitious Centurion Gautrain Station. organic compounds, all in the 6-Star rating. interests of creating a healthier built environment for staff and students. 2019 IN PICTURES

First-year students spent three days enjoying Plaza Week, when UCT’s clubs and societies set up camp in front of Sarah Baartman Hall to sign up new members. 26 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 | 2019 IN PICTURES

RIGHT The Rainbow UCT march in solidarity with the trans community highlighted issues surrounding stock shortages of Depo- Testosterone, a hormone replacement therapy used by transgender people transitioning from female to male.

BELOW Rainbow Week: an annual celebration of the university’s efforts to create an inclusive space for all.

The Dish was performed by Oupa Sibeko and Thulani Chauke at the 12th instalment of Infecting the City, hosted in November in partnership with the Institute for First-year student Creative Arts. volunteers took to Cape Town’s streets to sell the 86th edition of SAX Appeal.

First-years came together on the Green Mile in January to tuck into a good old South African braai and meet and mingle with their fellow new students.

ABOVE The UCT Showcase Concert 2019, hosted at the Baxter Theatre on 12 October, was an inspiring celebration of the talents of staff and students in the of Music.

ABOVE RIGHT The Molly Blackburn Hall exhibition space was reopened in September with a programme of celebratory performances and talks called Re-thinking Art at UCT, hosted by the university’s Works of Art Committee.

RIGHT The Creative Change Laboratory (CCoLAB) is a project of the Office for Inclusivity & Change (OIC) that uses creative methods to collaborate with, enable and empower marginalised youth in Cape Town. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | 2019 IN PICTURES 29

LEFT Edwina Brooks, director of Student Affairs, presents UCT sprint sensation Mpumelelo Mhlongo with the Jamison Cup for an incredible fifth consecutive year.

BELOW Captain Nina Woermann in action against Cape Town Spurs Women’s Football Club in a game that saw the UCT women’s football team taking home the Coca-Cola Cup with a 2–0 victory.

ABOVE The kicked off the 2019 Cup season with a nail-biting 32–24 victory over Cape rivals University of the Western Cape on 4 February.

ABOVE Some of the 41 UCT students, staff and alumni on the 2019 Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans list celebrate their achievements with VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng at the 15 On Orange Hotel on 30 August.

LEFT UCT engineering student Resoketswe Manenzhe, winner of the 2019 Writivism Festival short story competition

BELOW UCT’s Students’ Representative Council 2019/20 with members of the UCT leadership.

“THERE IS A LOT WE WANT TO DO AT UCT AND NOT ONLY CHANGE FOR A SHORT PERIOD BUT CHANGE AT A POLICY LEVEL, SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO EXIST Hosted in support of sports for FOR A LONG TIME.” people with SRC SECRETARY GENERAL, disabilities, the Interclub ASEMAHLE NTUMNTUM Wheelchair Rugby Tournament took place in May at the UCT Sports Centre. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | 2019 IN PICTURES 31

Graça Machel presided over her “THE SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY last graduation PROVIDES A STRATEGY FOR STUDENTS season as chancellor of UCT AND RESEARCHERS TO NOT JUST SERVE in the newly named TECHNOLOGY BUT TO SERVE OUR Sarah Baartman COMMUNITIES AND OUR COUNTRY.” Hall in December, having served CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, DR RENO MORAR the institution for 20 years.

ABOVE Palestinian-American scholar, author and public speaker Dr Steven Salaita delivered the annual TB Davie Memorial Lecture, titled “The inhumanity of academic freedom”, on 7 August.

LEFT Accompanied by the annual Technology Showcase, UCT’s new School of Information Technology, which merges the multidisciplinary capacities of the faculties of Science, Commerce and Humanities, was officially launched on 15 October.

BELOW President Cyril Ramaphosa visited lower campus on 21 February to lay a wreath at the SS Mendi Memorial in honour of the South African soldiers who died when the ship sank in 1917.

UCT awarded a Doctor of Science in Engineering (honoris causa) to Denis Goldberg at a graduation ceremony on 12 July in recognition of his courageous and selfless role in the anti- apartheid struggle over decades.

ABOVE Former public protector Professor Thuli Madonsela addressed the audience at the Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture on 21 August. “AS A UCT ALUMNUS, GOLDBERG REPRESENTS THE VERY BEST OF THIS INSTITUTION’S VALUES AND CULTURE.” VICE-CHANCELLOR PROFESSOR MAMOKGETHI PHAKENG UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | EXCELLENCE 33

Two new UCT Fellows FLAIR Fellowships Young Researcher Professor Genevieve Langdon Seven young scholars were among Awards (mechanical engineering) and the inaugural 2019 cohort of Future The annual Young Researcher Awards 100 Peter Zilla (cardiothoracic surgery) Leaders – African Independent honour the significant contributions scholarships were inducted into UCT’s College Research (FLAIR) fellows. FLAIR that UCT’s young researchers have One hundred of Fellows. Zilla, head of the Chris fellowships are awarded to talented made to scholarship in their fields. top young Barnard Division of Cardiothoracic African early-career researchers with The recipients for 2019 were: researchers at Surgery, also received the Grand the potential to become leaders in Dr Charlotte Schutz (IDM) Decoration of Honour for Services their fields. Dr Dyllon Randall (civil engineering) UCT received to the Republic of Austria in 2019, The initiative is a partnership Associate Professor Adam Vice-Chancellor’s the country’s highest national between the African Academy of Mendelsohn (Jewish studies) Research accolade. Sciences and the Royal Society, Dr Vinayak Singh (drug discovery supported by the Global Challenges and development) Scholarships Research Fund. Dr Alastair Sloan (geological in May, placing They are Dr Dyllon Randall (civil sciences) them at the Accelerator awards engineering); Dr Dorit Hockman, Dr Sharief Hendricks (exercise forefront Drs Ursula Rohlwink and Suraj Dr Joseph Raimondo and Dr Justin science and sports medicine). EXCELLENCE Parihar were among seven new Nono Komguep (health sciences); of research African Career Accelerator and Dr Chris Trisos, Dr Sarah Fawcett into society’s awards made by the Crick and Dr Wade Petersen (science). most pressing “Excellence is one of the three pillars of my vision for UCT, together with African Network. The UK–Africa Science academies collaboration gives fellows two honours challenges. These sustainability and transformation. While we remained the continent’s top- years of intensive training and Professors Keertan Dheda, Genevieve scholarships will rated university in five world rankings, this achievement has been built on our mentorship – one at the Crick GigaNet honour for Gillwald Langdon and Ernesta Meintjes were fully support community and the many reflections of excellence in their innovative work, and the second at their African Adjunct Professor Alison Gillwald, elected to the Academy of Science partner institute. from the Nelson Mandela School of of South Africa, while Dr Sudesh these master’s research and committed service. This section presents a diverse (though Rohlwink holds a UCT Public Governance, was named as Sivarasu became a member of the and doctoral necessarily incomplete) view of the breadth and depth of excellence in Neuroscience Institute fellowship the first African executive member, South African Young Academy of students. this community: our graduates, our academic cohort and our professional, and is a member of the Division and deputy president, of the Global Science. of Neurosurgery, while Parihar is at Internet Governance Academic administrative support and service (PASS) staff. From lifetime awards in the Institute of Infectious Disease Network. science to team awards in communication; from young researchers and and Molecular Medicine (IDM). future leaders to seasoned academics who bring their lifetime’s insights and scholarship to bear on the challenges of our fast-changing world; we count these as some of the most notable of 2019’s many highlights.” PROFESSOR MAMOKGETHI PHAKENG Vice-Chancellor New 2030 Dr Nomusa Makhubu (fine art), Dr Asanda Benya (sociology) and Dr Geoff Howarth (geological sciences) were welcomed to the 2030 Future Leaders Future group in 2019. Launched in 2018, the programme demonstrates the VC’s commitment to nurturing up-and-coming scholars across faculties, with Leaders a view to securing sustainable future leadership at UCT.

A-rated The head of clinical pharmacology at Science Oscars UCT and a chief specialist physician Three UCT researchers were recognised at the at , Professor 2019 NSTF-South32 Awards for their outstanding Gary Maartens, was awarded contributions to science, engineering, technology a prestigious National Research and innovation. Foundation (NRF) A-rating in 2019. Maartens is an international authority Professor Alison Lewis, Engineering & the Built “When on the therapeutic aspects of HIV- Environment: Engineering Research Capacity I initially associated TB, drug-resistant TB and Development Award for training, nurturing and chose antiretroviral therapy in resource- mentoring students in the Crystallisation and medicine, limited settings. Precipitation Research Unit. Six other UCT researchers were re- it was evaluated and retained their A ratings: very much Professor Igor Barashenkov, Emeritus Dr Hlumani Ndlovu, Division of Chemical and Systems because Professor Douglas Butterworth, Biology: TW Kambule-NSTF Award: Emerging Professor Harold Kincaid, Professor Researchers for his research into the immunological I wanted Don Ross, Distinguished Professor mechanisms behind inflammation of the liver and to be at Philippe-Joseph Salazar and Professor mediating protective immunity. the bedside Dan Stein. of patients, Award-winning artist and senior lecturer Dr Nomusa Makhubu Professor Martine Visser. School of Economics: NSTF rather than attained an NRF P-rating for young Water Research Commission Award for her work on in the lab.” researchers. Her research in the visual a behavioural project with the City of Cape Town, – Professor arts – particularly photography and encouraging the public to save water during the film – explores gender, citizenship, water crisis. Gary colonialism and what it means to be Maartens African. 34 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 | EXCELLENCE

Trio of VC Awards Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Service Excellence, Transformation and Global Lifetime honour International ENT award Citizenship were made at the UCT Annual Awards in 2019. for Mabuza The head of the Division of Aaron Mabuza’s “extraordinary Otorhinolaryngology, Professor contribution” to eliminating Johan Fagan, became the first The VC’s Award for Transformation Chemical safety officer in the The VC’s Global Citizenship Award malaria in South Africa earned African recipient of the Nikhil J went to Associate Professor Suki departments of Chemistry and was won by Barry Panulo and him a 2019 Lifetime Achievement Bhatt, MD International Public Goodman and the team from the Chemical Engineering, Monique Dr Susan de Witt of the Bertha Award from the South African Service Award. This is conferred marketing section of the School of Muller, won the VC’s Award for Centre for Social Innovation and Medical Research Council’s Office by the American Academy of Management Studies. Their efforts Service Excellence. Muller manages Entrepreneurship. Their innovation of Malaria Research. Mabuza is the Otolaryngology – Head and over six years have attracted a a repository of 5 500 chemicals, is a pioneering approach Collaborating Centre for Optimising Neck Surgery Foundation and new cohort of emerging black as well as 14 permanent chemical to funding early childhood Antimalarial Therapy’s project acknowledges his contribution academics and enabled “deep and waste streams just in the chemistry development. coordinator for malaria field studies to the ear, nose and throat field embedded transformation work”. department and elimination activities. in developing nations. His self- published multi-authored online surgical textbook, Open Access Atlas of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Honorary doctorates Operative Surgery, scored double UCT conferred honorary platinum status, clocking more than doctorates on the following two million chapter downloads. individuals in 2019: Dr Georges Belfort: Doctor of Harry Oppenheimer Science in Engineering Professor Marlene Belfort: Doctor Fellowship of Science The director of the Institute Professor Jonathan David Jansen: Doctor of Education of Infectious Disease and Denis Goldberg: Doctor of Science in Engineering Molecular Medicine (IDM) Professor David Roger Jones Owen: Doctor of Science in and NRF A-rated researcher, Engineering. Professor Val Mizrahi, received the Harry Oppenheimer Georg Foster Award Fellowship, recognising her Abdulkader Tayob, professor of Islamic studies in the Department internationally significant of Religious Studies, netted a Stein’s lifetime award prestigious Georg Forster Research The head of the Department of contribution to microbiology Award from the Alexander von Psychiatry and Mental Health, Humboldt Foundation. Professor Dan Stein, received a and TB research. Mizrahi was Tayob holds the South African Lifetime Achievement Award at the the ninth UCT scholar to be Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) 14th World Congress of Biological Chair in Islam, African Publics and Psychiatry. Cross-disciplinarity, Assoc Prof Suki Goodman honoured in this way. Religious Values at UCT. He was curiosity and collaboration had (fourth from left) and her nominated by Leibniz-Zentrum played large roles in his career, he team from the marketing Moderner Orient (ZMO) and will be said, particularly his stint studying section of the School of cooperating with ZMO colleagues psychiatry at Columbia University Management Studies closely over the next few years. in New York.

SAGEA award Communication wins Research Plaatjies’ UCT’s Careers Service cemented The Communication and management honours its reputation as a leader in its field, Marketing Department’s (CMD) UCT’s Research Contracts and lifetime winning three categories at the newsroom scooped eight 2019 Innovation (RC&I) won the South African Graduate Employers International Association of Southern African Research award Association (SAGEA) Awards in Business Communicators (IABC) and Innovation Management Neo-traditional African musician 2019. Silver Quill awards. This included Association Organisational Dizu Plaatjies, head of African The Careers Service, in the two excellence awards, which Excellence Award for Innovation Music: Practical Studies at the Centre for Higher Education went to writer Carla Bernardo’s Management. South African College of Music, Development (CHED), has now article “UCT’s hijab-wearing rugby Innovation remains vitally received a Lifetime Achievement won the Best Career Service title player talks inclusivity” and to important to realising the full Award from the Western Cape for 10 consecutive years. They also the newsroom publication Year potential of UCT’s research Department of Cultural Affairs took laurels in the Best Career in Review 2018. enterprise. and Sport. Plaatjies is founder and Fair and Best Employer Relations CMD also took home RC&I fulfils the role of former leader of Langa marimba Individual categories. The latter 19 Marketing, Advancement a ‘technology transfer office’ group Amampondo, which put went to Hishamodien Hoosain. and Communication in Education in addition to supporting UCT’s traditional South African music on (MACE) Awards in 2019, awarded research activities by centrally the international map in the 1980s. to higher education practitioners to negotiating and managing recognise excellence in marketing, research contracts with advancement and communication a wide variety of funders. in the sector. 36 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 | EXCELLENCE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | EXCELLENCE 37

L’Oréal-UNESCO honours Creative Works Award Four UCT researchers were among Architect Clint Abrahams and musicians Associate Professor Andrew Lilley the seven recognised by the and Associate Professor Dizu Plaatjies shared the UCT Creative Works L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Award for 2019. Science South African National Programme for their excellent contributions to science. They included PhD candidates Shantelle Claassen (Department of Pathology), Emma Platts (Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics) and Chelsea Tucker (Department of Chemical Engineering); and Dr Melissa Nel, Abrahams, of Lilley, based at the Plaatjies, head of a postdoctoral researcher in the the School of South African College African Music at the Department of Medicine. Architecture, Planning of Music (SACM), was SACM, was honoured “Today, there Two researchers from UCT and Geomatics, honoured for Brother for his multiple are simply not were among 20 women scientists was recognised for Gone, an album of award-winning 11-track enough women recognised by the L’Oréal-UNESCO his design-build original compositional album Ubuntu – The Professor Alphose Zingoni and Anna Tietze jointly won the 2019 UCT Book scientists in for Women in Science programme exhibition, Macassar: works recorded for jazz Common String. UCT Book Africa to drive for their excellent contributions to “Who we are” by septet, a collaboration He is internationally Award for their works on engineering and art respectively. change at the science in sub-Saharan Africa. Studio Light. with Sweden’s Arts renowned as a Award Zingoni, professor of structural engineering and mechanics in the performer, teacher and scale at which Regina Esinam Abotsi, a PhD Foundation. candidate in the Department of “intrepid researcher” of Department of Civil Engineering, won his award for Shell Structures in Civil it is needed.” Molecular and Cell Biology, and his African heritage. and Mechanical Engineering: Theory and Analysis, a labour of five years. – Gilles Mweete Nglazi, a PhD candidate in A senior lecturer at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, Tietze’s winning Antoine, the Division of Health Economics, L’Oréal were each awarded grants of title, A History of the Iziko South African National Gallery: Reflections on South Africa EUR10 000 to further their research. Art and National Identity, presents the first full history of the gallery.

Women scientists UNESCO Chair SATVI social lauded Associate Professor Cheryl responsiveness win Professor Tania Douglas and Hodgkinson-Williams was named The South African Tuberculosis postgraduate researchers Julia UNESCO Chair in Open Education Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) won the Gold for Denny Healy and Sibabalo Noludwe were and Social Justice. She works in the 2018 Social Responsiveness Award. Professor Lynette Denny, senior specialist in gynaecological among the winners at the 2019 Centre for Innovation in Learning Located in the Institute of oncology in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, South African Women in Science and Teaching (CILT) in the Centre Infectious Disease and Molecular won the South African Medical Research Council Gold Awards (SAWiSA). for Higher Education Development Medicine (IDM), and with a field Medal for her 25-year body of research on cervical cancer. A biomedical engineer, Douglas (CHED). office in Worcester, SATVI works The medal recognises Denny as an outstanding South was named Distinguished Woman She teaches online learning closely with communities in the African scientist whose excellent research has raised the Researcher in the Research and design and advanced research Cape Winelands area, who are seen profile of science in the country. Her major achievements Innovation category. Douglas’s design courses to UCT as critical role players in addressing have been in the areas of gynaecological oncology, research interests include medical postgraduates. The chair recognises the TB epidemic. The initiative’s particularly cervical cancer and screening, specifically imaging and image analysis, the her contribution to groundbreaking objective is to develop and advance in a primary care context. development and assessment of research and initiatives focused on TB prevention strategies by, among contextually appropriate health open education in the global south. other interventions, ensuring that “It is a great honour and technologies, and health innovation communities are aware of TB and management. empowered to take ownership of acknowledgement of SAWiSA also serves as a possible solutions. 25 years of work.” platform to inspire the next Alan Pifer Award generation of women researchers, Professor Sebastian van As, head awarding scholarships and of the Red Cross War Memorial fellowships to deserving Children’s Hospital Trauma Unit, “WE … HAVE BEEN ABLE TO postgraduates. Two UCT won the 2018 Alan Pifer Research WORK WITH TB RESEARCH postgraduate researchers received Award for outstanding welfare- STAKEHOLDERS AND AGENCIES Tata Scholarships: Julia Healy related research. and Sibabalo Noludwe. It honours his child safety AT LOCAL, PROVINCIAL AND research over the past 20 years. INTERNATIONAL LEVEL One of his initiatives is ChildSafe, a computerised record of all TO FULFIL OUR SOCIAL children’s injuries treated at the RESPONSIVENESS GOALS.” hospital. The ChildSafe South Africa Surveillance System currently – Professor Mark Hatherill contains details of over 200 000 SATVI director childhood injuries, the world’s largest single-source database of childhood injury. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONALISATION 39

RESEARCH AND Life-long benefits of breastfeeding According to a Science Advances study published by an international team of scientists led by INTERNATIONALISATION researchers at UCT, mothers can transfer lifelong protection against infection to their infants by breastfeeding. This protection is driven by the transfer of The year has seen a changing of the guard within the immune cells and is completely research portfolio. independent of antibodies. Yes, in several ways, and I’m most grateful to Professor The lead and corresponding Q&A Kevin Naidoo, who stepped in as acting Deputy author of the study was Dr William PROFESSOR SUE HARRISON Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research Vice-Chancellor for Research and Internationalisation Horsnell of the Institute of and Internationalisation until the end of April and did a wonderful job during Infectious Disease and Molecular challenging circumstances, including serious research- Medicine and the Division of funding challenges. Also to members of the executive Immunology. who shared items within the portfolio until I could take up the post full-time in August. Sadly, we also said farewell to Dr Marilet Sienaert, Executive Director TB risk of common of Research, who did so much to grow our research endeavour, and so ably led her team, for almost two contraceptive decades. We will miss her. A breakthrough study conducted by Professor Keertan Dheda and You mention funding challenges. What was the Dr Michele Tomasicchio, at UCT’s national environment like for research support? Centre for Lung Infection and The year was marked by a national funding crisis in Immunity, has revealed that one the research environment. In the face of this, we were of South Africa’s most commonly especially grateful for a R30-million boost as part of used injectable contraceptives UCT’s strategic spend. This was also part of a move could potentially increase to shift our dependency on the National Research women’s chances of contracting Foundation to international funding sources. It has tuberculosis. been used in growing our researcher cohort funded “It’s an important topic from by external and international grants, building our early a women’s healthcare point of career researchers and research active young staff, view, especially considering and contributing to the productivity of our established the fact that Depo-Provera is research groupings, while providing mentorship still extensively administered in opportunities in research. There were other important clinics throughout South Africa,” initiatives during 2019, such as the Vice-Chancellor’s Tomasicchio said. Research Scholarship, launched to retain and fully support our top young researchers. They are our lifeblood. The first 100 awards were made in May. Breaking barriers Transformation of UCT’s research endeavour is key to equity, growth and sustainability. How did we fare? to a cure for HIV We’ve made some significant strides, having identified An international collaborative study involving that we need to grow our cohort of women researchers, particularly women of colour, and research in areas UCT researchers revealed an unexpected where women are scarce. A key initiative was launched Njabulo Magubane finding that could lead to better therapies by the vice-chancellor in 2018 under the banner towards reducing the HIV reservoir – a major

Advancing Womxn: A call for change, and the first five PHOTO barrier to developing a cure for HIV. The HIV of these generous scholarships were awarded in 2020. In our Emerging Researcher Programme and Researcher Reviving the history of great reservoir consists of viral DNA that survives Development Academy, transformation is nurtured in African composers hidden in the body even after indefinite a holistic way and UCT has been fortunate to take an treatment with antiretrovirals. active part in national transformation initiatives as well. Internationally recognised cellist, composer and researcher Dr Thokozani Mhlambi shed light on the rich history of great African composers, which he “We hope reducing the size of the reservoir What were some of the research highlights? hopes will spark a revival in music that has been hidden for years. will take us a step towards achieving our goal There are so many, some of which are covered in the For his Early African Intellectuals as Composers of Music project, Mhlambi of enabling people to stop treatment without pages that follow. But what has been particularly has been digging deep into the archives and looking at musical scores and impressive for a research-led institution like ours – in sound samples of some of South Africa’s great compositions. the virus rebounding,” said Professor Carolyn a developing country with immense competition for “The whole concept behind the project is to revive interest in the archive Williamson, head of UCT’s Division of Medical resources – was the accolade UCT received as the most of the early works of composers, such as unknown female composer Nokutela Virology, who led the study with Professor Ron influential global institution in the field of HIV/AIDS Dube, as well as the composer of our national anthem, Enoch Sontonga, and Swanstrom of the University of North Carolina research. This was based on our global field-weighted many others whose visibility was erased by our history,” he said. citation impact. It’s a truly remarkable testament to our at Chapel Hill. 30% researchers, across the disciplines, and their work in this of South Africa’s NRF critical area. A-rated scholars, who are international leaders in their fields, are at or affiliated to UCT. 40 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 | RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONALISATION UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONALISATION 41

Preparing Africa for 5G Fair work principles As the Fourth Industrial Revolution Two months after launching the (4IR) becomes part of our future, first-ever international ranking of UCT’s Dr Joyce Mwangama working conditions and standards Best little (sustainable) is leading the way with the in the platform economy, Fairwork house in Africa development of Africa’s first – a collaboration between UCT, the A solar-powered, “green” 5G testbed. University of the Western Cape house designed and built by 5G can be viewed as an and the universities of Oxford and staff and students from UCT enabler of the 4IR, which has been Manchester – released four new and described by the World Economic ratings for South African digital was awarded second place Forum as a “fundamental change labour platforms. in the architecture category in the way we live, work and relate As part of a 30-month project of the continent’s first Solar to one another”. funded by the Global Challenge Decathlon Africa in Morocco. The service not only amplifies Research Fund, UCT’s Professor The entry went by the name the speed of technology, but also Jean-Paul van Belle and Dr of Team Mahali – the only creates the potential to use it to Paul Mungai (Department of sub-Saharan team chosen to improve livelihoods. Information Systems) measured participate in the competition. digital labour platforms’ levels The team’s fully functional, Women taking science of adherence to five Fairwork modular, net-zero-energy principles: fair pay, fair contracts, house was erected and to the streets fair conditions, fair management completed in a solar village of An array of dynamic women scientists in white lab coats and fair representation. 18 houses in Ben Guerir, north shared their various areas of research with passersby of Marrakesh. It was just one at the V&A Waterfront on 28 September 2019. of the creations by teams from The very first event of its kind in South Africa, competing universities around Soapbox Science offers scientific researchers a platform the world, all vying for the to connect with and educate the general public about title of best sustainable house their work. What makes Soapbox Science even more powered solely by the sun. noteworthy is the fact that it focuses specifically on the work of women in science. UCT contributed five of the nine presenters at the Cape Town event.

Researchers without Borders Safeguarding Award-winning plastic UCT has partnered with the University of Bristol in the the judiciary pollution research United Kingdom to launch a novel Researchers without A new set of principles and Takunda Chitaka, a PhD candidate Borders PhD programme that Vice-Chancellor Professor guidelines on the selection and in the Department of Chemical Mamokgethi Phakeng has described as a “profound appointment of judges was Engineering, has been combing collaboration”. published to safeguard the five Cape Town beaches since The two universities have developed a framework independence and integrity of the 2016 to estimate the amount of agreement for operating Cotutelle, or co-tutored judiciary in Africa. These principles litter that flows into the marine PhDs, providing opportunities for students to work and rules were published by the environment – and to figure out on research projects that exploit the strengths and Democratic Governance and where it comes from. capabilities of both institutions. Rights Unit (DGRU) at UCT The research forms part of and the Southern African Chief Chitaka’s PhD thesis, which argues Justices Forum. that litter should be included in Baleka, Africa’s the lifecycle management and first two-legged assessment of plastic products, “It is the first which uses a ‘cradle-to-grave’ robot document of approach for holistically describing This jumping bot is setting the stage a product’s environmental impact. for the future of robotics research, its kind that Nominated by her supervisor, deals with best Professor Harro von Blottnitz, led by Dr Amir Patel’s team at UCT’s practices for Chitaka became one of Department of Electrical Engineering. 10 emerging scientists to receive “There is so much being done judicial selection.” the Blue Charter fellowship – Chris Oxtoby, from the Association of in robotics that can inspire future senior researcher Commonwealth Universities researchers, but much of it focuses and the first recipient of the on steady-state or constant-velocity for the DGRU Excellence in Academia PETCO Award for her research work. motion,” said Patel. “The new frontier is transient, rapid movement – and we are one of the first groups looking at that. “The hope is that our work will not only result in novel robotic applications, but also serve as platforms for biomechanics to better understand the way humans and animals move.” 42 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 | RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONALISATION

One Ocean Hub Shark-eating killer Researchers from UCT’s whales departments of environmental and Broadnose sevengill sharks have GBP20 geographical sciences, biological long occupied the apex of the sciences, and commercial law food chain in False Bay – along are part of a new multinational, with great white sharks – but the The Weddell Sea Expedition interdisciplinary project called discovery of several dead sevengill UCT was one of only a handful of institutions that million the One Ocean Hub, which aims sharks by scuba divers indicated participated in the Weddell Sea Expedition 2019. This joint was provided by the United Kingdom to transform global responses that this might be changing. venture between organisations in the United Kingdom, the to urgent challenges facing our The cause of death initially Netherlands, South Africa and New Zealand planned to Research and Innovation’s Global oceans. remained a mystery because no survey the underside of the Larsen C ice shelf, document Challenges Research Fund to While many people, institutions dead sharks were recovered for the marine wildlife of the Weddell Sea ecosystem and find and organisations have dedicated examination, but Alison Kock, the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, which establish an innovative hub focused themselves to turning the tide on an honorary research associate sank there in 1915. on ocean health. ocean degradation, they are losing at the Institute for Communities The scientists who made up the expedition travelled ground, in part due to a lack of and Wildlife in Africa (iCWild) at to the Weddell Sea at the edge of Antarctica aboard collaboration and integration. UCT, and Tamlyn Engelbrech, a the South African vessel R/V SA Agulhas II during The five-year One Ocean PhD student in marine biology January and February 2019. Among the glaciologists, Hub project aims to bridge the at iCWild, hypothesised that the marine biogeochemists and archaeologists were UCT disconnections between law, attacks were possibly indicative of oceanographers Dr Sarah Fawcett and Dr Katherine science and policy in addressing a new sub-group of killer whale. Hutchinson. global ocean challenges. It will This after reviewing the literature do this through transdisciplinary on killer whale behaviour, dietary and innovative research and by specialisation and population integrating governance frameworks delineation globally and locally. to balance ocean uses with The arrival of two new killer conservation. whales in the bay in January 2015, The hub will investigate how and the death of five great white to share fairly and equitably the sharks further up the coast in environmental, socio-cultural Gansbaai in 2017, supported their and economic benefits of ocean theory. The increased presence conservation and sustainable use, of these particular killer whales “It’s a significant leap in terms of focusing on developing nations in False Bay could have profound accepting liability for a disease that, in Southern Africa and the South impacts throughout the ecosystem. historically, has ravaged this country. Pacific: Fiji, Ghana, Namibia, … [UCT] is there to … protect human Solomon Islands and South Africa. The programme comprises rights, protect the environment, assist 24 research partners, including with social security issues and with UCT, and 35 partner organisations. health. … We see it as our role as engaged scholars to be dealing with these big issues.” – Professor Mohamed Jeebhay

UCT’s role in R5 billion settlement Dr Shahieda Adams and Professor Mohamed Jeebhay were part of a team that played an integral role in providing technical medical input to the legal arguments in South Africa’s historic R5 billion settlement for the gold miners who contracted silicosis and/or pulmonary tuberculosis at work. The settlement marked an important milestone in the fight not only against TB, but also for workers’ rights and for improved industry exposure standards. Hermann Luyt PHOTO 44 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 | RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONALISATION

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION Teachers really are on the front lines, engaging with TEACHING students on a daily basis, sometimes receiving little University rankings appreciation for their efforts. Teaching truly is a calling, isn’t it? I am proud to say that AND LEARNING many of our colleagues go above and beyond to help Times Higher Quacquarelli Center for World US News Best ShanghaiRanking’s their students achieve success, so one of my highlights Education World Symonds World University Rankings Global Universities Academic Ranking each year is the presentation of the Distinguished University Rankings University Rankings 1s t in Africa Rankings of World Universities Teacher Award. Another wonderful platform for 1st in Africa 1st in Africa 252nd in the world 1st in Africa 1st in Africa recognising the dedication of our teachers is the Vice- 136th in the world 198th in the world 121st in the world 201–300 band in the Chancellor’s Inaugural Lecture Series – we celebrated 9th in the Emerging 91st in the Graduate T op 100 in three world six appointments to full professorship in 2019. Economies University Employability Rankings subjects: immunology Top 75 in four Q&A Rankings Top 100 in nine (56th), microbiology subjects, including ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR More than these individual teachers, many of UCT’s T op 100 in two subjects: subjects, including (72nd) and social mining and mineral LIS LANGE courses have been recognised for their excellence. clinical, preclinical development studies sciences and public engineering (20th) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Absolutely. The Centre for Innovation in Learning and and health, and social (9th) health (73rd) oceanography (36th) Teaching and Learning Teaching (CILT) launched eight new massive open sciences online courses (MOOCs) in 2019, bringing the UCT total to 23. Of these, five appeared on Class Central’s Top Free Online Courses of All Time, matching MIT and the University of Sheffield for most MOOCs listed. Another R1.77 billion course highlight came from the Graduate School of value in external research contracts Business, where the Executive MBA programme was named the best in Africa and rated in the top 50 of the academics at approved in 2019 50% UCT were women. worldwide – the first African programme to do so.

of UCT’s 6 NRF P-rated Social responsiveness underlies the academic project R 42.6 million at UCT. How does your portfolio support this? scholars were women, in accumulated income since 2001 from 4 out of 5 in the country. Various faculty initiatives address the complex social intellectual property commercialisation challenges in our country, and I am humbled by the real-life differences that they make. Our 2019 Engaged 48% of UCT’s postdoctoral research contracts Scholarship Teaching and Learning Grants allowed staff fellows were women. signed in 2019 members to develop courses that promote community- 2 163 engaged teaching and learning. Dr June Bam-Hutchison (Centre for African Studies), for example, used the grant of UCT’s postgraduates 52% >R100 million to work with the A/Xarra Restorative Justice Forum Women in were women. of equity in spin-off companies on a new undergraduate course; Associate Professor Una Kyriacos (Division of Nursing and Midwifery) research of UCT’s SARChI facilitated an adult education course for rurally based 42% chairs were held 191 66 28 ophthalmic nurses. active patent patents by women. inventions applications granted How is UCT promoting innovation in digital and online filed learning? In 2019 we allocated 17 Teaching Innovation Grants to academics from CHED, Health Sciences, Humanities and Law to develop curricula or courses to improve student National Research learning. The grants are used to design digital materials and open educational resources, which are becoming Foundation (NRF) ratings increasingly relevant in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. NRF-rated scholars One of the projects is using virtual reality to lecture by category: anatomy and physiology by immersing students in the human body in an interactive, virtual classroom. A 36 NRF-rated scholars SARChI chairs The Formal Online Education Project is a five-year B 155 by faculty: by faculty: (2018–2022) initiative committed to improving access and reach. What progress has been made? 43 of the C 236 The first phase of the project, which is funded by the 163 Science 14 country’s 18% Vice-Chancellor’s Strategic Fund, saw the selection SARChI chairs (South of five undergraduate courses and two postgraduate P 6 African Research programmes for development in blended and online Chairs Initiative) 82 21 4 teaching modes. Academics worked with CILT to Y Law were held by UCT enhance or design blended courses to promote student researchers. engagement and create innovative learning experiences. 515 of South 44 3 Four of the undergraduate courses: Statistics (Science); Africa’s NRF-rated Writing Across Borders, and Empire and Modernities 13% Commerce scholars were at UCT. Global networks (Humanities); and Evidence Based Management UCT is a member of the following global university networks: (Commerce) launched in 2019. Towards a Decolonised The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) 36 of the Science in South Africa (Science) is in production. Two The International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) country’s NRF 140 11 fully online postgraduate programmes were selected 30% Health The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) new8 massive A-rated scholars were at or for development: the Postgraduate Diploma in Public Sciences The Southern African–Nordic Centre (SANORD) affiliated to UCT. open online courses Sector Accounting (Commerce), which launched in The Australia–Africa Universities Network (AAUN) (MOOCs) were 2019; and the Postgraduate Diploma in Emergency 6 out of 16 NRF launched at Care (Health Sciences) planned for launch in 2021. 38% P-rated scholars 60 7 in South Africa were at UCT. EBE 11 671 364 2 267 UCT in 2019. postgraduates Postdocs PhDs

Figures correct at the time of publication 78 4 5 997 1 558 1 485 Humanities Master’s Honours PGDips 46 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 | TEACHING AND LEARNING UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | TEACHING AND LEARNING 47

Distinguished Teacher Award The 2018 Distinguished Teacher Award, the highest accolade awarded in recognition of teaching excellence at UCT, was presented to Associate Professor Jeff Murugan and his colleague Dr Anneliese Schauerte. As a high school learner in KwaZulu-Natal, Associate Professor Jeff Murugan struggled to understand the point of mathematics, until two excellent teachers helped mould him into the mathematician and teacher he Collaborative maths is today. Now deputy dean of the symposium Faculty of Science and an associate Diagnostic Mathematics professor in the Department Information for Student Retention of Mathematics and Applied and Success (DMISRS) is a Mathematics, Murugan also heads collaborative project bringing the Laboratory for Quantum “That’s how I together mathematicians from Gravity and Strings. learn things, and across the country in an attempt Murugan said that Albert to improve student performance in Einstein’s words – “I have no special that’s how I like mathematics, which is fundamental Teaching al fresco talent. I am only passionately my students to to all science, technology, What do you do when a booking glitch sees you and 180 students “WHEN WE curious.” – have guided him engineering and mathematics without a lecture venue? You set up class on the steps opposite HAVE LOAD- throughout his teaching career. learn things.” (STEM) programmes. the AC Jordan Building, as Carla Fourie did with her financial SHEDDING The project aims to analyse accounting students. AND WHEN the curricula of first-year The students brought along their card packs – red, yellow and TECHNOLOGY mathematics courses in higher green – which allow them to flag problems in their understanding education to establish how best to of Fourie’s lectures. DOESN’T WORK, address students’ needs through “If I’m teaching a new concept … I ask them to hold up their cards, WE TEND TO When she embarked on her career curriculum-integrated support and as I’m talking and explaining … I can quickly see who is grasping SAY, ‘WE CAN’T as an academic, Dr Anneliese initiatives, including blended the concept.” DO IT. LET’S Schauerte loved the research learning. With 21 years of teaching experience and the 2009 Distinguished CANCEL.’ aspect, but she was terrified of On 8 and 9 July UCT’s Centre Teacher Award to her credit, Fourie is used to improvising (she carries teaching initially. So, she gave for Educational Testing for Access a mini whiteboard in her handbag). Some may have taken the glitch IT’S ACTUALLY herself six months to get to grips and Placement (CETAP) hosted the as a signal to cancel the class, but Fourie believed that her students NOT OKAY.” with “this teaching thing”. That was second annual DMISRS symposium. deserved better. 25 years ago. “Teaching is Schauerte teaches a third-year difficult, and pure maths course to maths majors, teaching maths is as well as a service course to especially difficult. second-year engineering students. Her success as a teacher, she There are many said, comes from paying careful challenges, and ‘Living’ lessons attention to where her students to get past them, Professor Mike Meadows has delivered the 09:00 first-year lecture on are in understanding the subject physical geography for the past 33 years. “I’ve never missed it. Even matter, where they want to be and I really put my when I’ve taken a sabbatical, I’ve always timed it for the semester we how she can get them there. heart into it.” didn’t run the course,” he recalled. Meadows religiously took his students along the single track at the back of Table Mountain. It’s a “living” lesson: it’s one of the planet’s oldest mountains, six times older than the Himalayas and five times older than the Rockies. “The students love it and hate it all at once. Many have never been up before; many are unfit. I always take at least one of the dogs.” Inaugural lectures Meadows retired in December, but he has taken on the mantle of senior research scholar – part of a cohort of emeritus professors who act as mentors to UCT’s next generation of scholars.

Professor Professor Professor Adam Professor Professor Collet Professor Edwin Ambroise Shadreck Haupt Rebecca Dandara Muchapondwa Wonkam Chirikure (31 July) Ackermann (25 September) (9 October) (13 March) (3 May) “Remixing (14 August) “Pharmacogenomics “Nature resolves “Enabling genetic “Why does ‘success’ scholarship: Hip “The evolution of and personalising economic problems medicine” continue to elude hop, the humanities human diversity: medicines in African for humans: Must contemporary and knowledge The relative roles of populations for humans not Africa? Some production” chance, adaptation quality health: Yet reciprocate?” insights from and ancient sex” another story of deep history and playing catch-up” archaeology” UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | TEACHING AND LEARNING 49

TEACHING AND Top Free Online Courses of All Time LEARNING IN 2019 Based on tens of thousands of user reviews, five UCT massive open online courses (MOOCs) new massive open online academics made it onto the Class Central list 43 successfully of the Top Free Online Courses courses (MOOCs) were completed the New of All Time, putting the university launched in 2019, Academic Practitioners’ in joint first place alongside MIT 8 Programme (NAPP). Most of and the University of Sheffield. bringing the UCT total to 23. this cohort also completed This achievement is even more UCT MOOCs have attracted the NAPP teaching project, remarkable when considering over 280 000 enrolments from which seeks to address that Class Central runs more teaching challenges. than 13 000 MOOCs from around more than 100 countries. 1 000 universities worldwide. “This news is testament to the passion and expertise of our universities fabulous academics who have participated opened their teaching to a global in UCT’s audience and to the production 10 second New Academics teams who have designed such Transitioning into Higher high quality online courses,” said Delivering inclusivity Sukaina Walji, online education Education Project teachers Based in the Centre for Higher Education Development “Working on this project, project manager at CILT. (NATHEP), which focused from four In 2019 the d-school continued (CHED), in just four years the CILT team have created I learnt how incredibly The UCT courses that made on academic staff its work of introducing design 65 668 Western Cape 23 MOOCs that have reached over 280 000 self- valuable [MOOCs] the list are: Medicine and the development. 47 thinking to UCT students and students wrote the National Benchmark universities came together motivated students across the globe. are, how they … make Arts: Humanising healthcare; staff through several workshops. Test (NBT) over 728 sessions in Their 20th open-access course, Educating Deaf What is a Mind?; Extinctions: Past for UCT’s third New The school also partnered with 91 venues at UCT in 2019, facilitated Children: Becoming an empowered teacher, addresses the education so accessible to and present; Education for All: by the Centre for Educational Testing Academics’ Transition the university’s mechanical and educational needs of learners with disabilities by training so many different people.” Disability, diversity and inclusion; electrical engineering students for Access and Placement (CETAP) teachers to respond to their individual requirements. – Dr Jane Kelly, research and Understanding Clinical into Higher Education to use design thinking elements in the Centre for Higher Education Educating Deaf Children is just one of four MOOCs officer from the Teacher Research: Behind the statistics. Regional Colloquium. in their projects. Development (CHED). commissioned by TEDI; the other three look at children Empowerment for with severe to profound intellectual disabilities, children 274 with visual impairment, and disability inclusion and Disability Inclusion individuals, including grants were allocated to academics in five faculties to create open education. (TEDI) project. UCT staff, students and textbooks as part of UCT’S Digital Open Textbooks for Development colleagues from associated (DOT4D) project. These textbooks include aspects of curriculum institutions, attended transformation, collaboration with students, multilingualism and the 2019 Teaching and making use of the interactive features of digital textbooks. GSB case-writing win Learning Conference, 9 A team from UCT’s Graduate School of Business won with 61 presentations the international 25th CEEMAN to choose from. and Emerald Case Writing Competition, beating 27 teams from 11 countries with their work on the marketing challenges faced by small- to medium-sized enterprises when taking their product global. The case study, by Fran Heathcote and Professor Geoff Bick, examined the remarkable success story of South African entrepreneurs Johannes le Roux and Inus Smuts who, within two years of launching their non- From left: Sandiso Sifumba, alcoholic gin and tonic beverage, VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng, The Duchess, branched out Thuli Shongwe and school internationally and won two principal Moses Mlombo. awards.

“It is just such a great Stella Clark Teachers’ Award story … It is local Each year the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED) invites students and lekker and it to nominate the high school teachers who helped them to achieve their dream of promotes South accessing tertiary education. Africa in an extremely Thuli Shongwe, who teaches at Mandlesive Secondary School in Mpumalanga, positive way.” was the recipient of the 2019 Stella Clark Teachers’ Award. A mother, caregiver, mentor and pillar of strength is how second-year LLB student Sandiso Sifumba described his favourite high school English teacher.

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Professor Martine Visser received the The Department of Finance and Tax In collaboration with the universities of Sociologist Dr Faisal Garba is NSTF Water Research Commission Award student team of David Brooke, Mercy Ghana and Leeds, Professor Herman collaborating with colleagues from for her water conservation project during Kimetto, Eden Gross, Emily Roberts Wasserman, director of the Centre for Coventry University to set up the the Cape Town water crisis. and Mohammad Badat, with faculty Film and Media Studies, was part of structure for the UK Research and advisor Associate Professor Francois an international study that examined Innovation Global Challenges Research Professor Jennifer Roeleveld received Toerien, won the 2019/20 CFA Institute the impact of foreign development Fund South–South Migration, Inequality the 2019 International Tax Portfolio Local University Research Challenge. aid on media systems in seven African and Development Hub and to lead the Author of the Year Award for Business countries. project’s research in South Africa. Operations in South Africa. Professors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, co-founders of the Abdul Latif The Institute for Creative Arts teamed Opera singer extraordinaire Pretty Professor Alan Hirsch and Professor Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), up with curator Associate Professor Yende was awarded The Order of the Haroon Bhorat were appointed to the international counterpart to J-PAL Jay Pather to present Infecting the Star of Italy – Ordine Stella d’Italia – to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Presidential Africa at UCT, were two of the three City 2019, a six-day festival of public honour her groundbreaking impact on Economic Advisory Council with effect recipients of the 2019 Nobel Prize in arts in November. the European opera scene. Commerce from 1 October. Economic Sciences. Humanities

Dr Dyllon Randall, from the Department Professor Mark Zuidgeest, from UCT Law placed 77th in the Times The Democratic Governance and of Civil Engineering, received the the Department of Civil Engineering, Higher Education World University Rights Unit (DGRU) received a Institution of Chemical Engineers was appointed as a member of the Rankings and maintained its position in R1 million grant to establish the Judicial Warner Prize, the 2020 Royal Society International Scientific Advisory Board the 100–150 band of the Quacquarelli Institute for Africa, and worked regularly of South Africa Meiring Naudé Medal of the African Centre of Excellence Symonds World Subject Rankings, and with 15 member countries of the and a Next Einstein Forum Fellowship. for Development Impact Regional as the top law school on the continent. Southern African Chief Justices’ Forum. Transport Research and Education Associate Professor Kathy Centre in Kumasi, Ghana. The first official law lecture of the Professor Jaco Barnard-Naudé, Michell, head of the Department South African College (as UCT was co-director of the Centre for Rhetoric of Construction Economics and Associate Professor Jenny Whittal, first known) was delivered on 16 April Studies, holds a British Academy Management, received the South from Geomatics, was appointed the 1859. In 2019 the faculty celebrated Newton Advanced Fellowship (2017– African Women’s Property Network Chair of the Africa Regional Network its 160th anniversary, culminating in 2020) in the Westminster Law School. Engineering & the Western Cape Professional of the of the International Federation a celebration on 17 October. He is investigating the spatial legacy Built Environment Year Award in the public sector. of Surveyors. Law of apartheid.

The Masterclass in Strategic Client Co-hosted with the Beedie School of Professor Susan Bourne, from the Professor Shadreck Chirikure, head Management programme, co-designed Business at Simon Fraser University, Department of Chemistry, won a of the UCT Archaeological Materials with Standard Bank, won gold at the Canada, the Embedding Project – prestigious international Distinguished Laboratory, will take up his place at European Foundation for Management a global sustainability initiative – saw Women in Chemistry award from the University of Oxford’s School of Development Global Excellence in the GSB recognised in the Association the International Union of Pure and Archaeology after winning a Global Practice Awards, a first for an African to Advance Collegiate Schools of Applied Chemistry. Professorship from the British Academy business school. Business International’s annual 2019 for his studies of pre-colonial urban Innovations That Inspire challenge. Professor Ed Rybicki, from the societies in Africa. The GSB was ranked 51 in the world Department of Molecular and Cell for its customised programmes by the The Case Writing Centre was a winner Biology, was identified as the Top PhD student Dickson Mambwe was Financial Times, improving its ranking in the annual Case Writing Competition Intellectual Property Creator for one of only 30 early-career scientists for the second consecutive year by of the European Foundation for UCT. He received the award from selected from across the globe to climbing 16 places, and one of just three Management Development, taking top the National Intellectual Property participate in the 2019 CAS Future Graduate School African business schools to feature. honours in the 2018 African Business Management Office / Department Leaders Program, an initiative of the of Business Cases category. Science of Science and Technology. American Chemical Society.

According to the Elsevier report HIV/ The South African Tuberculosis The UCT Careers Service advertised The Centre for Innovation in Learning AIDS research insights: Impacts, Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) and the 263 bursaries (through various and Teaching (CILT) generated trends, opportunities, South Africa is Wellcome Centre for Infectious mediums) with a total funding 22 funded projects in the year with one of the global leaders in the field, Diseases Research in Africa of R44 million for students from a grant value of R80.3 million. and UCT was ranked as the most (CIDRI-Africa) were part of disadvantaged backgrounds and influential institution, based on its a multi-site medical trial that those with disabilities. The Careers Service ran four career global field-weighted citation impact. produced a candidate vaccine expos – Internships, Accounting, Law that showed a 50% efficacy in Three institutionally responsive and the Epic Job Expo – hosting a total Dr Shahieda Adams and Professor reducing the incidence of lung teaching and learning collaborative of 149 companies with 625 recruiters Mohamed Jeebhay were part of TB disease in HIV-negative adults projects gained traction: Academic attending. a team that provided technical with latent TB at the time of Advising, Data Analytics for Student medical input in South Africa’s historic vaccination. The results were Centre for Success, and Academic and Vula’s footprint was over 45 000 users R5-billion settlement for the gold published in the prestigious Higher Education Professional Staff Development. and lecture recording was used by miners who contracted silicosis and/or New England Journal of Medicine. 16 632 students. Health Sciences pulmonary tuberculosis at work. Development UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | STUDENT AFFAIRS 53

SA’s ‘LinkedIn for creatives’ Founded by commerce students STUDENT Dean Adams, Darshil Ramchander and Sabir Buxsoo, Untapped Culture is a digital portfolio that allows creative professionals to upload AFFAIRS their CVs and examples of past work. It also serves as an online directory for anyone in the country seeking a creative professional.

UCT’s Mandela Rhodes scholars Seven UCT students were honoured among the Mandela Rhodes Foundation Class of 2020, joining 47 inspirational young leaders from across Africa. They are: Tariro Chatiza, Tatenda Kaponda, Sister Kashala, Hlumelo Marepula, Nyasha Mashanda, Joshua Mirkin and Nosisa Ngwenyama. 3D-printing solution for education Denislav Marinov, a third-year physics and chemistry student, plans to put one R70 000 educational 3D printer into every school in South Africa. He believes that this was raised in “In 2019 our students proved that they have what it takes to become will drive solution-based, collaborative and cross-disciplinary thinking among learners – and effectively democratise education. the first round real change-makers in our society. Whether they were winners at the The aim is to enable learners to creatively address South African problems of crowdfunding UCT Student Leadership Awards or the national Entrepreneurship and then use design thinking and engineering – and a 3D printer – to create for Marinov’s Intervarsity; whether their projects and ideas addressed education, tangible solutions. industrial 3D One of the high-impact leaders in the Klaus-Jürgen Bathe Leadership printer design. banking or inclusivity in this country, it is very clear that our students Programme, Marinov’s industrial 3D printer design will eventually produce are already building the kind of society that they want to be a part of the smaller printers for schools. in the future, uncertain though it may be. Their participation on the international stage shows that this university continues to produce truly global citizens. I am certain that their enthusiasim, energy and The brains willingness to grapple with our complex social challenges will become behind Naledi emblematic of the increasingly technological world we find ourselves (from left): in while retaining the centrality of our common humanity.” Thapelo Nthite, Bonolo DR MOONIRA KHAN Malebo, Xolisani Executive Director: Department of Student Affairs Nkwentsha and Sange Maxaku

Giant leap for student start-up Zaio, a gamified platform that offers open-access learning for aspiring software developers, topped the Existing Business: Social Impact category at the 2019 Entrepreneurship Intervarsity. The platform was launched in 2018 SA’s banking Siri to help student developers gain Naledi is a multilingual personal banking and financial practical experience and to help management assistant powered by artificial intelligence that start-ups build affordable tech. The Zaio team are reaches users via WhatsApp. She understands and speaks Zaio has since partnered (back from left) isiXhosa, isiZulu, Setswana and English; allows users to buy with UCT’s School of IT and the Mvelo Hlophe, airtime, transfer money and check account balances; and Faculty of Engineering & the Asif Hassam, Mihlali offers users financial advice whenever they need it. Built Environment to endorse Xozwa, Nthutuko According to Thapelo Nthite, a fourth-year mechatronics projects completed through the Mpaku and Thando student who developed the platform with some of his peers, platform. They will also partner Hlongwane, and Naledi was primarily designed to help address the issue of with incubators in Cape Town and (front from left) financial exclusion in South Africa – particularly the language Gauteng as a tech provider for Akhil Boddu and barrier associated with existing banking applications. other start-ups. Harjot Singh. 54 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 | STUDENT AFFAIRS UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | STUDENT AFFAIRS 55

Oxford Global Challenge The Pitch Five UCT students represented the university Run by the Academic Representatives’ at the Oxford Global Challenge: Map the Council, The Pitch finals on 9 May saw eight System 2019 – a global competition that aspiring entrepreneurs pitching their service encourages participants to think differently – or product to a panel of potential investors. and deeply – about social and environmental To compete, entrants had to be enrolled at change. The UCT team, Mas’Funde, was UCT and have a concept in either the idea one of 1 146 competing from 33 universities or testing phase. internationally. From over 150 initial entrants, 4IR Mobile Tasked with understanding and resolving Clinic – the brainchild of Tlotliso Jonas, challenges plaguing their home countries and Namhla Juqu and Evans Tjabadi – took first the world at large, Mas’Funde chose to engage prize in the ideation category for their plan with South Africa’s basic education crisis. Mas’Funde are (back from left) Prashant Venkat, Phalo Maurice-Mopp and Thuba to create a convenient, digitalised mobile Mzila, and (front from left) Mabothe Maleka and Tlhogi Dube. clinic to address access to healthcare. Top honours in the testing category went to Jasantha Singh for her product Aurora Leading with distinction Rose, an unfragranced soap suitable for Some of UCT’s brightest stars were lauded for their achievements at ultra-sensitive skin. the 2019 Student Leadership Awards, held at the Baxter Hall residence on 15 October.

Individual winners Team winners Vice-Chancellor’s Award: UCT Student Team of the Year: Athenkosi Nzala SHAWCO Health Deputy Vice-Chancellor’s Award: Most Outstanding Team in Asanda Lobelo Sports: UCT ParaSports Club Executive Director: DSA Student Most Outstanding Society Leader Award: Camri Schoultz Executive: UCT Surgical Society Kerry Capstick-Dale Leadership Most Outstanding Team in a Award: Shamila Mpinga and Dali Social Responsiveness Initiative: Maseko Tshehetso Leadership Excellence Award: Most Outstanding Undergraduate Jessica Worsley, Willie Macharia, Student Faculty Council: Law ‘Kasi kid’ wins Budget Thabang Sebetoane, Nicholas Students’ Council Speech Competition Loxton and Soligah Solomons Most Outstanding Team in Economics student Caleb Qoyo Media and Arts Award: Lance- Residence Life: Academic won the undergraduate section Levelling the maths and Selae August and Soligah Representatives’ Council of the 2019 Nedbank / Old Mutual physics playing field Solomons Most Outstanding Team in Media: Budget Speech Competition to South Africa continues to face Entrepreneur Award: Athenkosi Varsity News Collective emerge as one of the brightest a dearth of qualified engineers, and Nzala, John Anyetei, Savannah Most Outstanding Postgraduate young economic thinkers in South a final-year mechanical engineering Verhage and Thapelo Nthite Student Faculty Council: Africa. student said he not only knows why, Social Responsiveness Award: Postgraduate Law Students’ The “kasi kid” believes that he’s also doing something about it. Athenkosi Nzala Council many of his peers are keen to “start Thabang Sebetoane, a maths their own businesses and create and physics aficionado, has seen employment for others”, as well this first-hand, with several of as “create solutions for us, by us his friends unable to cope with that understand the nuances of the maths and physics that the our context”. degree demands. In response, With plans to start his own he established Tshehetso, a NGO within the socio-economic mentoring and tutoring non-profit field, Qoyo works part-time as the organisation that grooms matric programme coordinator at the pupils for what’s ahead when they Emagqabini Education Academy, begin their engineering studies. which specialises in tutoring, “Tshehetso aims to level the mentorship and career guidance playing field between quintile 1 and for learners in Khayelitsha. quintile 5 schools, and to provide children in poorer communities “Nothing gives with the same training and learning me more opportunities that children in more affluent schools are exposed to.” pleasure than Sebetoane and his team of knowing that tutors also help with the university I can help and enrolment process, and once candidates are accepted, Tshehetso make a real runs support camps before the difference.” start of the academic year. Hijab-wearing rugby player talks inclusivity When Zahraa Hendricks ran onto the field for UCT’s women’s rugby team, she had no idea that her hijab would garner so much attention – nor that it would spark debate about inclusivity. During a pre-season friendly against the Cape Peninsula University of Technology on 2 March, photographer Cheryl Roberts snapped two pictures of the young player. The caption originally shared by Roberts read: “In South Africa, on a sports field in Cape Town today, a hijab-wearing woman rugby player enjoys participating in rugby. And there are no objections to her religious attire on the sports field. Elsewhere in the world, in a country like France, a hijab wearing sportswoman was objected to. Not in South Africa.” But for Hendricks, it was nothing out of the ordinary. VISION “I mean, this is who I am. When I go to UCT is an inclusive and engaged research-intensive African university that practices, I always wear my scarf.” The online response was overwhelmingly inspires creativity through outstanding achievements in learning, discovery positive. People spoke about their pride as and citizenship; enhancing the lives of its students and staff, advancing South Africans, how the country is more a more equitable and sustainable social order and influencing the global integrated than the rest of the world, and how higher education landscape. Hendricks is paving the way for other young Muslim girls. The comments speak to inclusivity on a national level, but also at UCT. As for her own efforts to build inclusive spaces, Hendricks sees herself as part of a movement of Muslim women who are defying the stereotypes of them as oppressed, submissive and without agency. MISSION UCT is committed to engaging with the key issues of our natural and social “I’M HERE TO SHOW THAT worlds through outstanding teaching, research and scholarship. We seek to THERE IS A PLACE FOR US, advance the status and distinctiveness of scholarship in Africa through building AND WE CAN DO WHAT WE strategic partnerships across the continent, the global south and the rest of WANT TO DO.” the world.

UCT provides a vibrant and supportive intellectual environment that attracts and connects people from all over the world.

We aim to produce graduates and future leaders who are influential locally and globally. Our qualifications are locally applicable and internationally acclaimed, underpinned by values of engaged citizenship and social justice. Our scholarship and research have a positive impact on our society and our environment.

We will actively advance the pace of transformation within our university and beyond, nurturing an inclusive institutional culture which embraces diversity.

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