GRADUATION CEREMONIES DECEMBER 2019
CONTENTS
Morning Ceremony – Thursday 12 December at 10h00...... ……...3
Faculties of Health Sciences 1 and Law
Afternoon Ceremony – Thursday 12 December at 15h00 ………...... …...... …………………22
Faculties of Engineering & the Built Environment and Science
Morning Ceremony – Friday 13 December at 09h00 …………...... ……...... …………..48
Faculty of Humanities
Afternoon Ceremony – Friday 13 December at 14h00 …….....…………...... ………66
Faculty of Commerce
Evening Ceremony – Friday 13 December at 18h00 …………...... ……...... …………..78
Faculty of Health Sciences 2 NATIONAL ANTHEM
Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika Maluphakanyisw’ uphondolwayo, Yizwa imithandazo yethu, Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.
Morena boloka etjhaba sa heso, O fedise dintwa la matshwenyeho, O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso, Setjhaba sa South Afrika – South Afrika.
Uit die blou van onse hemel, Uit die diepte van ons see, Oor ons ewige gebergtes, Waar die kranse antwoord gee,
Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.
2 FACULTIES OF HEALTH SCIENCES (CEREMONY 1) AND LAW
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
Academic Procession. (The congregation is requested to stand as the procession enters the hall)
The Presiding Officer will constitute the congregation.
The National Anthem.
The University Dedication will be read by a member of the SRC.
Musical Item.
Welcome by the Master of Ceremonies.
The Master of Ceremonies will present Peter Zilla for the award of a Fellowship.
The graduands and diplomates will be presented to the Presiding Officer by the Deans of the faculties.
The Presiding Officer will congratulate the new graduates and diplomates.
The Master of Ceremonies will make closing announcements and invite the congregation to stand.
The Presiding Officer will dissolve the congregation.
The procession, including the new graduates and diplomates, will leave the hall. (The congregation is requested to remain standing until the procession has left the hall.)
3 DISTINCTIONS IN THE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Postgraduate diplomas may be awarded with distinction if the candidate has achieved 70% and above for all courses with a weighted average of at least 75%
Honours degrees are awarded by class (first, second class division one, second class division two, or third).
Master’s degrees (by coursework and dissertation) may be awarded with distinction
for the dissertation, where the mark for the dissertation is at least 75%
for the degree, where the weighted average is 75% or better and no component is below 70%
Master’s degrees (by dissertation) may be awarded to a candidate who achieves a mark of 75% and above for the dissertation.
4 DISTINCTIONS IN THE FACULTY OF LAW
The Bachelor of Laws may be awarded cum laude where a student has obtained
an average of 70% in all law courses; and
a mark of at least 75% in at least six full law courses or the equivalent.
The Bachelor of Laws may be awarded magna cum laude where a student has obtained
an average of 75% in all law courses; and
a mark of at least 75% in at least nine full law courses or the equivalent.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Law may be awarded with distinction where a student has obtained an average mark of at least 75%.
The Master of Laws or the Master of Philosophy by minor dissertation and coursework may be awarded with distinction in the degree where a student has obtained an average mark of at least 75%.
The Master of Laws or the Master of Philosophy by dissertation may be awarded with distinction in the degree for especially meritorious work.
5 DECLARATION FOR HEALTH SCIENCES GRADUANDS
AT THE TIME OF BEING ADMITTED AS A MEMBER OF THE HEALTH PROFESSION:
I solemnly pledge to serve humanity
My most important considerations will be the health of patients and the health of their communities
I will not permit considerations of age, gender, race, religion, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disease, disability or any other factor to adversely affect the care I give to patients
I will uphold human rights and civil liberties to advance health, even under threat
I will engage patients and colleagues as partners in healthcare
I will practise my profession with conscience and dignity
I will respect the confidentiality of patients, present or past, living or deceased
I will value research and will be guided in its conduct by the highest ethical standards
I commit myself to lifelong learning
I make these promises solemnly, freely and upon my honour.
6 FELLOWSHIP
The election by Senate of a member of the faculty to be a fellow recognises sustained and original contributions through research or creative endeavour.
The fellows in the Faculty of Health Sciences and their years of election are:
2006: F Brombacher P Meissner 2008: HJ Zar 2010: EV Lambert A-L Williamson 2011: DJ Stein 2014: ED Sturrock C Williamson 2015: G Hussey N Levitt 2016: K Dheda G Maartens B Mayosi V Mizrahi R Ramesar 2017: N Mulder 2018: K Barnes M Collins L Gilson M Lambert C Lund G Meintjes 2019: T Douglas
The following member/s of the Faculty of Health Sciences has/have been elected to a fellowship:
7 FELLOWSHIP (CONTINUED)
Professor Peter Zilla Chris Barnard Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor Zilla obtained his academic qualifications from the Universities of Vienna, Zurich and Cape Town, and his clinical qualifications from the Austrian Physicians Board and the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. After graduating as “Doctor of Medicine” at the University of Vienna in 1980 he obtained a DMed degree from the University of Zurich (1983), a PD degree (PhD equivalent) from the University of Vienna and second PhD degree from the University of Cape Town in 1990.
After working in Vienna and Zurich, Professor Zilla in 1987 followed an invitation to set up a tissue engineering laboratory in Cape Town, and performed preclinical trials with his method of ‘in vitro endothelialization’. When new operating theatres incorporating cell culture laboratories were custom built for this method of in vitro endothelialization in Austria he commenced a clinical programme, where he remained the scientific advisor for almost two decades. He went on to establish the Cardiovascular Research Unit (CRU) at the University of Cape Town in 1992 and continues to serve as the director of this unit. With a staged multi million rand investment the CRU has developed into a modern research institution with its own electron microscopes, state of the art experimental surgery, polymer, tissue culture and computer modelling laboratories. Uniting cardiology, lipidology and cardiac surgical research under one umbrella, he was instrumental in founding the ‘Cape Heart Centre’ at UCT and the ‘MRC Cape Heart Group’ in 1996, and became its director in 1999.
A further focus of Professor Zilla, improving heart valve prostheses for the young patients in developing countries, has led to a reduction of the prosthetic material degeneration process by 97%, the development of a fully polymer heart valve as well as a valve replacement solution for low to middle income countries. His engagement in the field of rheumatic heart disease has additionally awarded him international recognition as a plenary speaker.
Professor Zilla is author of 185 peer reviewed full papers and patents (104 times first author or corresponding author) having been cited >5,400 times with a total of 420 impact points and an H-factor of 49 (i10 Factor 135). Apart from holding 33 US/PCT patents (23 issued, 8 published and 2 filed), he is editor of 5 books and has authored 25 book chapters. He obtained international academic and industry grants of almost 80 million rand. For his research he has been awarded the Theodor Billroth Award (Austrian Surg Soc); Sigma Tau Award (Intern. Union of Angiology); Alexis Carrel Award (German Soc Vasc Surg); Goetz Award (SA Cardiac Soc); Eiselsberg Award (Austrian Physicians Assoc) and Alain Carpentier Award (Int. Soc. Heart Valve Dis), and was most recently awarded the Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria. He has been the organiser of five major international conferences in four different countries; is a member and executive council member of 10 international societies; was president of ISACB from 1994-98; is a regular reviewer of the 18 top journals in his field and is on the editorial board of 3 major international journals and Associate Editor of ‘Biomaterials’ (IF8.8).
However, perhaps Professor Zilla’s most significant accomplishment has been uniting all of major heart organisations (STS, AATS, ASCVTS, and EACTS, the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons, the Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, PASCAR and the World Heart Foundation) under a single interest group known as the Cardiac Surgery Intersociety Alliance (CSIA) to drive access cardiac surgery throughout the developing world. A joint statement known as the “Cape Town Declaration” was subsequently published in nine journals simultaneously, a concept which was initiated by Professor Zilla at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital.
It is clear that Professor Zilla’s international research standing, as well as his career-long contribution to cardiovascular device development alone make him a worthy recipient of a UCT Fellowship. Yet it has been his drive to make these innovations accessible to developing nations, as well as the initiative to focus worldwide attention on local cardiovascular health issues, which truly punctuate his contributions to academia.
8 NAMES OF POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN *Rugare Pazvakavambwa GRADUANDS/DIPLOMATES HEALTH LEADERSHIP
An asterisk * denotes that the degree or Mumtaz Abbas (with distinction) diploma will be awarded in the absence Neal Jonathan David (with distinction) 3. FACULTY OF of the candidate. Glynis Amanda Denicker HEALTH SCIENCES *Juliet Evans Ramsook Loykisoonlal Malebonyane Elliot Mahase DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF Suha Suleiman Matar MEDICAL SCIENCE HONOURS 1. FACULTY OF *Zirkia Jacoba Nowers (with HEALTH SCIENCES distinction) In Medical Cell Biology: *Almero Hendrik Oosthuizen (with Lebogang Lovedelia Kgabi Interim Dean: distinction) Professor Carolyn Williamson John Roos (with distinction) Daniel Theron (with distinction) DEGREE OF MASTER OF MEDICINE Before presenting the gruaduands/ diplomates, the Interim Dean will invite all graduating students in the Faculty to POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA In Anaesthesia: stand and to make the Faculty Declaration. IN HEALTH PROFESSIONAL Aletta Conradie (with distinction in the All members of the congregation who EDUCATION dissertation) treat or will be treating patients are invited Marcelle Crowther to join in affirming or re-affirming their *Mzukisi Kolosa *Kathleen Georgia Delport commitment to ethical patient care. *Willem Marcelle Jagga Andries Thomas Joubert POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN Daniela Marsicano (with distinction in POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH the dissertation) IN ADDICTIONS CARE *Robert Nicholas Swart *Foad Omran *Adri Vorster Mohamed Reza Arieff Nadia Arieff (with distinction) In Anatomical Pathology: Zukiswa Atricia Malgas POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN *Brendon Price Catherine Angela Margaret Williams PAEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY In Dermatology: *Isak Dawid Vorster *Eugene Rouf Hirschfeld POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA *Zandile Nanhla Elizabeth Spengane IN ADVANCED MIDWIFERY (with distinction in the AND NEONATAL CARE POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA dissertation) IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE *Katherine Fiona Christie (with In Emergency Medicine: distinction) *Nadia Booysen *Alyshah Zulfikar Alibhai *Phillip Pieter Furstenburg POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN Joshua Glynn Gibson CHILD NURSING 2. FACULTY OF LAW *Nicola Anita McAlpine *Antoinette Vanessa Naidoo Edith Ntombikayise Makhanya Dean: Professor Danwood Chirwa Kaveto Andreas Sikuvi *Noviwe Charity Mjali In Medicine: *Cecilia Beatrice Irene Coccia POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN LAW Marthinus Coenraad De Villiers (with CHILD CRITICAL CARE NURSING distinction in the dissertation) In Employment Law and Social Security: Innocent Ekparolaguaziba Francis Nozuko Pamela Mahuzi Sonwabile Aubrey Tshalata Edson Makambwa (with distinction in Olgah Nontokozo Ndlovu the dissertation) Siviwe Ndamase Rozeena Nordien POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS HEALTH ECONOMICS Ureesa Mahilall *Nomakhwezi Mvumvu
9 *Jean Jacques Noubiap Nzeale (with In Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery: Marian Tafadzwa Mazanhanga (with distinction in the dissertation) *Gertruida van Niekerk (with distinction distinction in the coursework *Vonwicks Czelestakov Onyango in the dissertation) component) Nectarios Sophocles Papavarnavas *Buyisile Goodnature Mkhize (with distinction in the In Psychiatry: dissertation) *Judith John Boshe In Clinical Research Administration: Jason Ralph September *Nada Lagerstrom Makiti Thelma Leopeng (with *Kudakwashe Simba (with distinction in Avani Maharaj distinction in the dissertation) the dissertation) Shazia Farah Mungly *Robert Baehner Smith Talia Kate Planting In Disability Studies: *Jessica Ann Stanbridge Ronel Jessen In Neurology: Sarel Jacobus Van Der Walt (with *Sarvani Chetty distinction in the dissertation) In Gynaecological Oncology: Wonga Matshikiza *John-Randel Vermaak Bothwell Takaingofa Guzha (with *Saara Ndinelago Neshuku distinction in the dissertation) In Public Health Medicine: In Neurosurgery: *Kirsten Louise Bobrow (with In Health Sciences Education: *Ncedile Mankahla (with distinction in distinction in the dissertation) Tonny Zana the dissertation) Shrikant Maurice Peters *Emmanuel Wegoye In Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine: In Radiation Oncology: *Sandra Chrystelle Domche Ngongang In Nuclear Medicine: Mambwe Paul Chilwesa (with *Ahmed Rufai Isah distinction in the dissertation) In Intellectual Disability: *Nicole Goldberg In Obstetrics & Gynaecology: In Radiology: Sarah-Jessica Strachan (with distinction Rendani Osborn Tshikosi Donovan George Jacobs in the dissertation) Napo Nalunga Sayfa Kasirye In Ophthalmology: Ferdinand Musawenkosi Oompie In Maternal & Child Health: *Norman Nieder-Heitmann *Hendrik Bellingan Schoombee *Alexander Adedotun Alagba *Zorina September-Jaffer *Francis Bogie Boogere In Ororhinolaryngology Liesl Bertha Kay Dietrich Abdulrauf Ibraheem Alhadad In Surgery: Ndivhuwo Diale Ismail Aborkis In Neuropsychiatry: Vincent Ian Pretorius *Ferhana Gool *Engelina Groenewald *Salah R.M. Husein In Orthopaedic Surgery: Henri Du Plessis Pickard In Occupational Health: Johan Charilaou (with distinction in the *Anthony Nicholas Sander (with Vania Larice Aurelio Chongo Faruk dissertation) distinction in the dissertation) (with distinction in the Jeannie Katharine McCaul dissertation) *Adrian Kenneth Swan (with In Urology: distinction in the dissertation) Christiaan Ernst De Wet In Paediatric Gastroenterology: *Stefan Swanepoel *Christopher Bismarck Eke *Matthew Ian Workman DEGREE OF MASTER In Palliative Medicine: In Paediatrics: OF PHILOSOPHY Joseph Wangisani Chisaka (with Michelle Rina Alisio distinction in the coursework *Lona Albertha Mwenda In Addictions Mental Health: component) Nayestha Naidoo (with distinction in Edrich Rall *Rebecca Lazarus the dissertation) *Olusoji Afolabi Soogun *Sandhia Padayachee In Biomedical Forensic Science: Sadeeka Williams *Toshika Sheshna Emrith (with In Public Mental Health: distinction in the dissertation) Richard Banda In Pathology (Forensic): Fungisai Lorraine Musiyandaka Rhulani Tsakani Beji-Chauke *Laura Dawn Taylor (with distinction in Nondumiso Khetsiwe Ntombi Shongwe Leandri Hattingh the dissertation) Tafadzwa Primrose Rudo Tawha (with Manson Mwachande Msiska In Pathology (Haematological): distinction in the dissertation) *Joyce Chikwinde Nambindo Annemarie De Koker In Clinical Pharmacology: In Surgery: *Hanan Ahmed Ltayef Alex John Scott (with distinction)
10 DEGREE OF MASTER OF In Health Economics: DEGREE OF MASTER PHILOSOPHY IN EMERGENCY Neide Mercia Canana OF SCIENCE IN MEDICINE MEDICINE *Benson Karingithi Chuma Mina Haji In Anatomy In Clinical Emergency Medicine: Maria Jose (with distinction) Kyle Joseph Catharina Paulssen *Mohammed Naseef Abdullah *Carl Jacob Mhina Shamiel Areff (with distinction in the Douglas Kabamba Mushinge (with In Bioinformatics: dissertation) distinction in the dissertation) Clare Elaine Dorothea Garrard (with Beatrix Hendrina Bester Keolebogile Mable Selebano distinction) Chloe Ashton Buma Jurgen Werner Kahle (with distinction In Health Systems: In Biomaterials: in the dissertation) *Sarah Abdulhady (with distinction) *Jeran Andre Cloete *Dennis Wambua Muange Edina Amponsah-Dacosta (with Johan Coetzee Charnelle Stander distinction) David Gideon Conradie (with Helen Strachan Isatu Jalloh (with distinction in the distinction) dissertation) *Carla Astrid Gustafsson (with In Patient Safety & Clinical distinction) Decision-Making A: In Social & Behavioural Sciences: Zina Bam Eugene Lee Davids In Biomedical Engineering: Caroline Marie Deignan (with Muhammad Saadiq Gasant (with distinction in the coursework distinction) DEGREE OF MASTER component) *Quik Kung (with distinction) OF PUBLIC HEALTH Yolanda Gomba *Pakhani Mhazo In Chemical Biology: Kirran Shea De Leeuw Fransien Schoeman (with distinction in Claudia Albeldas (with distinction) Francisco Javier Fong the dissertation) *Zaria Phindile Malindi Petrus Ndiiluka Kosmas Elizabeth Louise Waldron
In Community Eye Health: DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE In Clinical Pharmacology: Abraham A Opare (with distinction in IN AUDIOLOGY Cleavon Kader Cloete the dissertation) Lucas Jacobus Oberholster (with *Maduabuchi Samuel Stephen (with Nikki Tromp distinction) distinction in the dissertation) In Clinical Science and Immunology: In Epidemiology: DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE *Rachel Tal Esra (with distinction) Herman Joseph Bagula IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Shani Tamlyn De Beer (with In Dietetics: distinction) Christopher Andrew Herbert *Stephanie Marie Krige (with *Tinne Dirk Hilde Gils (with distinction) Vincent Martin Hülk (with distinction) distinction) Patrick Luke Hannan (with distinction) Struan Hume (with distinction) Nai-Chung Hu (with distinction in the Johannes Petrus Jordaan (with In Exercise Science: dissertation) distinction) Moses Isiagi (with distinction) Hlengiwe Pretty Madlala (with Andrew Lin (with distinction) Kathryn Merle Van Boom (with distinction in the dissertation) distinction) Dumsile Nontokozo Maduna (with distinction in the dissertation) DEGREE OF MASTER OF In Genetic Counselling: Thandiwe Runyararo Mashunye (with SCIENCE IN EXERCISE AND Kelly Barrow distinction) SPORTS PHYSIOTHERAPY Maxine Du Toit (with distinction in the Trish Muzenda (with distinction) dissertation) Olona Mzimkulu *Curt Arthur Barnes Imaan Amina Roomaney *Darryn Christopher Berry In Human Genetics: Jacob Adriaan Maritz Stadler (with *Sheenagh Joan Cardis (with distinction *Tshepiso Rachel Masekoameng (with distinction in the dissertation) in the coursework component) distinction) Claudine Van De Venter *Jessica Rabbitte (with distinction in the Maryanne Sophia Mufford (with *Nesbert Zinyakatira (with distinction in dissertation) distinction) the dissertation) Sandhya Prakash Silal (with distinction in the dissertation) Damian James Swartz
11 In Mechanobiology: Meghan Lee Mackenzie Krenzer (with Michael Taylor McLaggan Rochelle Smith distinction) *Kelly November Amy Peta Menegaldo (with distinction) Riyaadh Young In Medical Biochemistry: Barbara Anastatia Beverley Stemmert Bianca Abrahams (with distinction) (with distinction in the In Environmental Law: Michael Obinna Okpara (with dissertation) Ashleigh Dore distinction) Ilande Vorster (with distinction in the *Xisolle Mingas Dos Reis Ellis Chipo Theresa Tsetse (with dissertation) Julia Emma Rushton distinction) Ann Frances Watkyns (with distinction) In Human Rights Law: In Medical Cell Biology: Jessica Ashley Burn Stephanie Maria Ncube (with DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE Didem Demir (with distinction in the distinction) IN PHYSIOTHERAPY dissertation) Tess Bridget Joy Fernan (with In Medical Microbiology: Carmen Britz distinction) Michelle Rudo Kanjere *Megan Catherine Lee Saara Kanyemba (with distinction) *Nikolaus Jan Cornelius Lüpke DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE Lynn Mackenzie In Medical Virology: IN SPEECH-LANGUAGE Rachael Nyirongo *Thandi Elsie Magwai PATHOLOGY Jana Peters *Rosalie Tamara Hana Seppelt (with In Medicine: Jessica Carmen Dean (with distinction) distinction) Avuyonke Balfour *Chevonne Desiree Du Plessis (with *Alexa Walz (with distinction) Lee Danny Sarkin (with distinction) distinction) Cynthia Ngirazi Sibanda In Intellectual Property Law: In Neuroscience (Surgery): Amy Sarah Wilkes Richard Cornelis Marais (with Joanah Shamiso Madzime distinction) *Vera Mogk (with distinction in the In Paediatrics: dissertation) Shirani Naidoo 4. FACULTY OF LAW In International Law: In Physiology: Jessica Rae Laing *Tamzyn Elizabeth Murphy (with DEGREE OF MASTER OF LAWS *Laura Katharina Riedner distinction) Prisca Ofure Osiki Göksen Effendi In International Taxation: *Conor McGreevy *Michiel Eksteen In Surgery: Karla Els *Yolandi Ferreira In Commercial Law: Charis Kate Pickford Lisbella Patricia Belchior In Trichology & Cosmetic Science: Nirvana Deonandan In International Trade Law: Kutlwano Antonette Chabaesele *Abimbola Eniola John Jay Grunder Temwani Chalwa (with distinction) Somaya Fakir Caitlin Megan Harvey (with distinction) Dharshini Govender *Anna Todorova Ivanova In Urology: *Nicola Ann Harvey (with distinction) Abbey-Jean Macfarlane Evans Ametefe Akpakli Charity Nkomo Kudzai Mhepo Anele Nongogo Yakubu Idisire Nagu (with distinction Kelsey Amy Pailman (with distinction) in the dissertation) DEGREE OF MASTER OF Olivia Jordan Radford (with distinction) SCIENCE IN NURSING Lauren Kate Wrigley (with distinction) In Labour Law: *Caitlin Sarah Bruce Dempto Boniface Bidii In Constitutional and *Pranisha Maharaj Naomi Joyous Likumbo Administrative Law: *Andre Van Heerden Mandisa Lusanda Shandu (with distinction) In Private Law: DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE Vuyisile Hope Ncube (with distinction) IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY In Criminology, Law and Society: *Eva Maria Bäcker In Private Law and Human Rights: *Hannah Kambowe Chelsea Theresa Cohen Chiedza Gwaka
12 In Public Law: DEGREE OF MASTER Fatima Osman *Paul Nkoane OF PHILOSOPHY Thesis Title: The administration *Nondumiso Thelma Phenyane of customary law estates post the Alison Vadachalam In Commercial Law: enactment of the reform of customary Dale Jeremy McGregor law of succession act: a case study from In Shipping Law: rural Eastern Cape, South Africa Sharon Phumzile Msiza In Human Rights Law: *Tasneem Kalla Fatima Osman completed her BBusSc, In Tax Law: *Kiah Brown Murphy LLB and LLM qualifications at UCT, *Johan Muller Botha *Michaela Cecile Mycroft and began full-time study towards her Refiloe Mapitso Thaisi Mashooma Parker PhD in 2014. Fatima Osman’s thesis examines the In Labour Law: administration of customary law estates Roger Peter Ronnie DEGREE OF MASTER OF LAWS IN through a case study in rural Eastern COMMERCIAL LAW Cape. She used a triangulation method of In Tax Law: Linton Clyde Naidoo study to illustrate the pluralistic manner Marthe Ines Grace Ngo Mandeng Brendon John Smith in which estates are administered and the Chulumanco Potye practical implementation of legislative Beata Ndaendelao Siteketa provisions. Her study found substantial DEGREE OF DOCTOR conformance to the current framework OF PHILOSOPHY for administration of estates whilst DEGREE OF MASTER OF LAWS IN simultaneously exposing lacunae therein DISPUTE RESOLUTION In Private Law: and the gendered nature of property Francois Jurgens grabbing. Using her findings supported Lisebo Mary Kotelo Thesis Title: Risk as injury: an by the literature, she makes practical Sikhulile Mshengu alternative interpretation of the South recommendations for integrated reform Thora Sikholiwe African law of defamation measures to improve the realisation of inheritance rights. Her findings also Francois Jurgens completed his have broader implications and relevance DEGREE OF MASTER OF LAWS IN BA(Hons) at Rhodes University, and his for legislating on customary law matters ENVIRONMENTAL LAW LLB and MA degrees at UCT. He began generally and will be useful in future law his PhD in 2013, while working as a reform. *Jennifer Hofmeyr De Villiers Teaching Assistant in the Department of *Sonam Mansingh Private Law. Supervisor: Professor C Himonga Francois Jurgens’s thesis Keatlegile Phenyo Maremane (Private Law) presents an alternative interpretation Allyson Petersen of the rules constituting the South African law of defamation. Defamation In Public Law: is typically understood to be a wrong DEGREE OF MASTER OF LAWS IN Musa Kika in which the defendant has caused the INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW plaintiff reputational harm. It is argued Thesis Title: Fashioning judicial that it is more justifiable to view the remedies that work in a constitutional James Abinger McCarthy wrong as a wrong of having increased the society – establishing a framework for a risk of reputational harm. Defamation functional approach to the awarding of law is an instance of state power and it is constitutional damages in South African DEGREE OF MASTER OF LAWS IN argued that this alternative interpretation law and comparative jurisdictions INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW better justifies that exercise of power. The fundamental features of the law Musa Kika completed an LLB at the *Florian Ernst Kozok are analysed, including why we value University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2014, reputation, why it is problematic to view receiving the university’s Distinguished the wrong as being about the causation Student Award. He received an LLM at DEGREE OF MASTER OF LAWS of reputational harm, and why liability Harvard Law School in 2017. He began IN SHIPPING LAW for risk is problematic in the case of full-time study as a Mandela Rhodes negligence but less problematic in the Scholar at UCT in 2015. Nura Conroy case of defamation. It is shown that this Musa Kika’s thesis examines the interpretation is compatible with the propriety of awarding monetary rules that currently exist. compensation as appropriate relief for violation of constitutional rights Supervisor: Professor A Fagan (Private in South Africa. He examines the Law)
13 Constitution and case law on claims the realisation of substantive equality changes that influence the development for monetary relief for such violations for men and women in parliament. She and differentiation of these cells. in South African courts post-1993. He concludes that eradication of temporary finds that there is ambiguity in process special measures and adoption of Supervisor: Professor J Blackburn and approach. He then examines the an equality-based proportional (Integrative Biomedical Sciences) approaches taken by comparative representation electoral system can lead Co-supervisor: Emeritus Professor S and developed democracies. With the to the attainment of meaningful equal Kidson (Human Biology) benefit of this analysis as well as the representation of men and women in goals of South Africa’s transformative parliaments. constitutional project, he finds In Clinical Science & Immunology: constitutional damages to be permissible Supervisor: A/Professor W Amien Alisha Chetty in our law, and he suggests a hybrid and (Public Law) Thesis Title: Bystander influence of functional approach which is tailor-made nematode exposure on subsequent and purpose-oriented, and which he says herpesvirus infections in vivo would help do away with a formalistic approach that has stunted the growth 5. FACULTY OF Alisha Chetty completed her BSc in of the remedy. These findings will HEALTH SCIENCES Biomedical Science at the University of guide litigants and judges in assessing KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, her BSc(Med) constitutional damages claims in South (Hons) in Infectious Diseases and Africa and comparative democracies. DEGREE OF DOCTOR Immunology at the University of Cape OF PHILOSOPHY Town, and began her full-time PhD Supervisor: Professor H Corder study at UCT in 2015. (Public Law) In Chemical Biology: Alisha Chetty’s thesis aims Shaun Garnett to understand the bystander influence Thesis Title: Generating a proteomic of soil-transmitted helminths on Victoria Melkisedeck Lihiru profile of neurogenesis, through the use host immunity and susceptibility to Thesis Title: Participatory of human foetal neural stem cells herpesvirus coinfections in vivo. She constitutional reforms vs. realization of generates significant evidence on equal representation of men and women Shaun Garnett completed his BSc this topic, showing a profound, long- in the parliaments: a study of Kenya, majoring in Biochemistry, Physiology lasting effect of helminth exposure Rwanda and Tanzania and Genetics at the University of the on host immunity. She finds that prior Free State. He then moved to UCT to hookworm exposure alters immunity Victoria Lihiru holds an LLB from complete BSc(Med(Hons) in Medical and susceptibility to subsequent gamma- Mzumbe University and LLM from Biochemistry. In 2010 he began a and alpha-herpesvirus infections, in the University of Dar es Salaam. She master’s degree that was upgraded to a colonised and un-colonised organs commenced PhD studies in Law at UCT PhD, studying the proteomics on human respectively. Her findings have relevance in 2016, and is currently an Assistant foetal neural stem cells. considering the high, overlapping Lecturer at the Open University of Shaun Garnett’s thesis reports prevalence of herpesvirus and parasitic Tanzania. on a comprehensive description of the worm infections in Sub-Saharan Africa. Victoria Lihiru’s thesis asks difference between human foetal neural whether participatory constitution- stem cells from five week and nine-week- Supervisor: A/Professor W Horsnell making advances the realisation of equal old human foetal hindbrain. He made (Pathology) representation of men and women in use of transcriptomic and proteomic Co-supervisor: Dr B Dewals parliaments. She analyses the Rwandan, data to describe the mechanisms (Immunology-Vaccinology, Faculty Kenyan and Tanzanian constitution- controlling early brain development. of Veterinary Medicine, University of making processes in relation to article 25 In the process he discovered several Liège, Liège, Belgium) of the International Covenant on Civil molecules responsible for maintaining and Political Rights and articles 4 and the pluripotency of early neuroepithelial 7 of the Convention on the Elimination stem cells. He proposed potential Lerato Hlaka of All Forms of Discrimination Against candidates for follow-up studies that Thesis Title: Investigation of minor Women. She argues that women could lead to development of drugs for groove binders (MGB), non-ionic participate in constitution-making and brain regenerative therapies. In addition, surfactant vesicles (NIV) delivery decision-making processes when the he highlighted complex changes systems and IL-4i1 as novel pathogen- constitution and electoral and political occurring in the neural stem cells from and host-directed drug therapy for legislation make provision for them to do nine-week-old foetal hindbrain that tuberculosis so. She suggests that challenges related would make them more responsive to to the practice of temporary special their cellular environment. He identified Lerato Hlaka holds BSc and MSc measures and electoral systems hinder signalling pathways and cell surface degrees in Biological Sciences from
14 the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She studies, his study showed that HIV- from exercise training. In weight joined the International Centre for 1 compartmentalisation was present loss maintenance, particular lifestyle Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in all participants who were tested in strategies were potentially effective at and Division of Immunology at UCT for the study. In addition, the work also counteracting declines in metabolic rate her PhD studies in Clinical Sciences and showed that selection for some traits associated with weight loss. However, Immunology in 2015. of the virus that establishes infection in weight loss confers enhanced insulin Lerato Hlaka’s thesis focuses the recipient (also called transmitted/ sensitivity which may increase risk for on identifying potential drug targets for founder virus) may have begun earlier weight loss relapse. These findings can pathogen- and host- directed therapy than previously thought, i.e. in the be used to improve the success of weight for the world’s deadliest epidemic, genital tract HIV-1 populations of the loss maintenance programs. tuberculosis. Her work addresses transmitting donor. These traits include the efficiency of two Minor Groove sensitivity to donor’s antibodies and Supervisor: Dr J Kroff (Human Binder compounds that target the AT- entry phenotype. These findings are Biology) rich regions of the minor groove of useful in understanding the nature and Co-supervisor: Professor JH Goedecke Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA to selection of HIV-1 populations in the (Human Biology) inhibit its replication, as a potential male genital tract that are available for target for pathogen-directed therapy. transmission to a new individual. This The use of a reliable delivery system will benefit vaccine design and HIV-1 Caylee Jayde Cook (NIVs) improves the efficacy of these prevention strategies. Thesis Title: Executive function and compounds. She further identified a physical activity in preschool children potential target gene IL-4i1 through Supervisor: A/Professor J Dorfman from low-income settings in South CAGE technology responsible for (Pathology) Africa macrophage mediated immune Co-supervisor: Professor C Williamson responses as a potential target for host- (Pathology) Caylee Cook completed her BSc (Sports directed therapy for tuberculosis. The Science) degree and BSc(Hons) in findings from this work could contribute Sports Science (Kinderkinetics) at to the development of possible new In Exercise Science: Stellenbosch University. She started drug targets for effective TB therapy, Louise Diana Clamp her MSc (Exercise Science) degree at providing a stepping-stone towards Thesis Title: The role of metabolic UCT in 2015 and upgraded to a PhD in the development of new drugs and rate and substrate utilization in the Exercise Science in 2016. vaccines. This contributes significantly maintenance of body weight, body Caylee Cook’s thesis to combating the world’s most prevalent composition and insulin sensitivity reports on components of cognitive and life-threatening disease, TB. development (executive function, self- Following a career in finance, Louise regulation, selective attention and Supervisor: A/Professor R Guler Clamp returned to study completing school readiness) and components of (Pathology) a BSc (biochemistry and physiology) physical development (physical activity, Co-supervisors: Professor F from Unisa and BSc(Med)(Hons) and gross motor skills) of preschool- Brombacher (Pathology); Dr M Ozturk degrees in both Exercise Science and aged children from a rural village (Pathology) Dietetics from UCT. She began working in Bushbuckridge (Mpumalanga) on her doctorate in 2013 at UCT in the and Soweto (Gauteng). The aim was Division of Exercise Science and Sports to determine relationships between Samuel Mundia Kariuki Medicine. cognitive and physical development. Thesis Title: Male genital tract versus Louise Clamp’s thesis She reports that preschool-aged children blood HIV-1 compartmentalization addresses obesity treatment, both engage in high volumes of physical and selection: the first step of the through weight loss and weight loss activity, display good gross motor skill transmission bottleneck? maintenance, specifically examining proficiency and high levels of executive the role of metabolic rate and substrate function, but low school readiness skills Samuel Kariuki completed a BSc in utilisation in the maintenance of in the rural setting. She also reported Microbiology at Moi University, Kenya, body weight, body composition and positive associations between gross and an MSc in Molecular Biology in insulin sensitivity. Baseline substrate motor skills and all components of Belgium. He then joined UCT for his utilisation has a significant role in cognitive development, but not between doctoral studies. changes in both body composition and physical activity and all components of Samuel Kariuki’s thesis uses cardiorespiratory fitness in response cognitive development. These results next generation sequencing technology to 12 weeks of exercise training in uncovered the potential of preschool- to understand the nature of HIV-1 sedentary obese women. Identifying aged children for later learning, populations compartmentalised between individuals with a lower capacity for fat development and health, but that school the general circulation (blood) and the oxidation may allow for individualised readiness interventions are needed, male genital tract. Unlike previous training programmes to improve results recognising and addressing unique
15 contexts and considerations of these In Medical Microbiology: the bacteriome (bacterial communities) settings. Terry Kipkorir and metabolome of human breast milk Thesis Title: Riboswitch regulation of (HBM) samples collected between Supervisor: Dr C Draper (Human methionine metabolism and vitamin B12 6-10 weeks postpartum from lactating Biology) uptake in mycobacteria – implications women living in South Africa. Using Co-supervisors: Professor G Scerif for drug susceptibility and pathogenesis next generation sequencing, she has (Experimental Psychology, University shown that the bacteriome clusters into of Oxford); A/Professor S Howard Terry Kipkorir obtained a Bachelor of three different biotypes according to the (School of Education, University of Arts in Biology from Yale University, predominant bacterial genus present. Of Wollongong) after which he worked in the Yale the determinants investigated, study site University School of Medicine as (a proxy for ethnicity) was associated a research associate studying prion with differences in HBM bacteriome Wendy Lynn Holliday diseases. He began full-time study composition. Finally, using nuclear Thesis Title: Intrinsic factors, toward his PhD at UCT in 2015. magnetic resonance spectroscopy, performance and dynamic kinematics in Terry Kipkorir’s thesis a subset of women with low levels optimisation of cycling biomechanics examines the differential capacities of HBM lactose concentrations was of environmental versus pathogenic identified. Low-lactose HBM was Wendy Holliday completed her BSc mycobacteria for methionine, folate and associated with microbial dysbiosis and Physiotherapy qualification at UCT in vitamin B12 metabolism. He begins reduced infant growth during the period 2006 and after a few years of gaining by analysing the genetic pathways of exclusive breastfeeding. These results clinical work experience, began full- for vitamin B12 biosynthesis in suggest that bacterial fermentation of time study towards her PhD in 2014. mycobacterial genomes, establishing lactose results in low-lactose breast milk, Wendy Holliday’s thesis that de novo biosynthesis of this which in turn impacts on breastfeeding investigates how intrinsic factors, cofactor is biased toward environmental outcome. Together, these findings performance and kinematics play a species. He then goes on to demonstrate provide opportunity for diagnostic role in the optimisation of cycling the production of vitamin B12 in the and therapeutic interventions and help biomechanics. The thesis investigates model mycobacterium, Mycobacterium promote (exclusive) breastfeeding to the validity of different bike fitting smegmatis, and describes a mechanism improve infant health. measurement tools, how individual by which the availability of vitamin factors, such as flexibility, can play a B12 controls bacterial growth by Supervisor: Dr E du Toit (Pathology) role in preferred bicycle configuration, regulating methionine biosynthesis, in Co-supervisor: Professor M Nicol and how the body position, muscle turn driving resistance to anti-folate (Pathology) activity and saddle pressure mapping antibiotics. These findings provide adjust to increasing cycling intensities. a lens through which to consider the The findings show that flexibility and regulation and utilization of vitamin In Medicine: specific anthropometrics determine the B12 in Mycobacterium. tuberculosis, Dimakatso Bertha Gumede cycling position as well as enhancing cause of tuberculosis (TB), raising the Thesis Title: Investigating the role of performance. Full body kinematics, potential to exploit this knowledge in the a FAM111B mutation in Hereditary muscle activity and saddle pressure development of new anti-TB drugs. Fibrosing Poikiloderma (POIKTMP) indexes are dependent on workload. using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lastly, bike fitting measurement Supervisor: Professor DF Warner (iPSC) model methods had high reliability, but (Pathology) measures of static and dynamic Co-supervisor: Professor V Mizrahi Dimakatso Gumede completed her BSc kinematics are not interchangeable. It is (Medicine) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and therefore important to consider cycling began her postgraduate studies at UCT intensity when performing a bike fit in in 2008. She joined the Department of order to optimise the cyclist’s position, Anna Olutoyin Ojo Medicine for her doctoral research under muscle activity and saddle comfort. Thesis Title: The bacteriome and the supervision of the late Professor These findings are useful in the clinical metabolome of human breast milk and Bongani Mayosi in 2012 and Professor application of cycling biomechanics. their association with infant growth Susan Kidson in 2013. Dimakatso Gumede’s Supervisor: Dr J Swart (Human Anna Ojo holds a BSc from Imo State thesis focuses on a rare hereditary Biology) University, Nigeria and an MSc in dermatological condition affecting Co-supervisor: Dr J Fisher (Human Biomedical Science from the University a South African family known as Biology) of Antwerp, Belgium. In 2016, she hereditary fibrosing poikiloderma with started her PhD in the Division of myopathy, tendon contractures and Medical Microbiology at UCT. lung fibrosis. This genetic condition Anna Ojo’s thesis reports on is caused by a mutation in the Family
16 with sequence similarity 111B resource intensive clinical trial. Brain, Behaviour and Development; (FAM111B) gene of unknown function. Western Sydney University) Her study used patient skin cells to Supervisor: Professor M Ntsekhe derive pluripotent stem cells foUCTr (Medicine) creation of an in vitro cellular model. Co-supervisors: Professor L Thabane Sarah Mignon Kraus The study reveals that the FAM111B (McMaster University, Biostatistics Thesis Title: The rationale, design mutation causes a higher proliferation Unit); Professor K Sliwa-Hahnle and implementation of the African of the patient cells compared to controls (Medicine); Dr F Gumedze (Statistical cardiomyopathy and myocarditis suggesting that the mutation modulates Sciences) registry cell cycle regulation. The results of this study will be useful in uncovering Sarah Kraus completed her MBChB at the function of the FAM111B gene for David Karpul UCT in 2005, graduating with honours treatment of this condition. Thesis Title: On the application and and distinction in the final examinations. generation of subsensory electrical She became a Fellow of the College of Supervisor: Emeritus Professor S nerve stimulation for the improvement Physicians of South Africa in 2013, after Kidson (Human Biology) of vibration perception in patients with which she began her PhD fellowship in Co-supervisor: Dr R Ballo (Human HIV-related sensory neuropathy UCT’s Department of Medicine. Biology) Sarah Kraus’ thesis David Karpul holds a BSc(Eng) focuses on the rationale, design (Mechatronics) and an MSc and implementation of the African Godsent Chichebem Isiguzo (Engineering). He worked as a Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis Thesis Title: The role and essence of researcher in Biomechanics and lecturer Registry Program, the IMHOTEP Study. pilot trials and subgroup analysis in in Engineering at UCT. He registered This multicentre prospective study aims cardiovascular research: the IMPI trial for his PhD in 2015 at Western Sydney to describe the clinical characteristics, experience University, and co-registered at UCT in aetiology, genetics, and outcome of 2016. cardiomyopathies in both children David Karpul’s thesis focuses Godsent Isiguzo is a qualified and adults on the African continent. Cardiologist who holds an MBBS on a potential treatment to recover lost Through the application of a tailored from Abia State University Nigeria and touch sensitivity in patients with HIV. diagnostic approach, she demonstrates Fellowship of the West African College The treatment applies small electric the diverse aetiology underlying heart of Physicians. In 2016 he joined the currents to the peripheral nerves to affect muscle disease in 302 unrelated patients, Division of Cardiology at UCT as a the way nerve signals are generated reporting a younger age of onset of research fellow to start his PhD. and transmitted. The thesis examines disease compared to European patients Godsent Isiguzo’s thesis uses the effect of the treatment on HIV with cardiomyopathy. She describes the the Investigation of Management of patients with reduced touch sensitivity complexities of phenotypic variation Pericarditis (IMPI) trials to explore and finds that it has the potential to within 35 families with inherited and describe the potential use of pilot improve touch sensitivity, but that cardiomyopathies. This lays the studies and sub-group analyses in more research is required before it can foundation for future molecular genetics resource limited environments where be used in practice. One of the limiting research in the pursuit of novel genetic successful conduct and completion of factors in this field of research is that causes of heart muscle disease, and large expensive randomised controlled the equipment to apply the electrical explores the unique challenges related trials has historically been challenging. currents cannot be used outside of the Using the pilot phase of the IMPI-2, laboratory. The thesis addresses this by to genetic variant interpretation in the the thesis describes practical challenges developing a complete and thoroughly African clinical context. and lessons learned which will prepare tested electronic stimulator for non- the IMPI-2 investigators for the main laboratory environments. The device is Supervisors: late Professor B Mayosi phase of randomised controlled trial. He significantly smaller and lighter than all (Medicine) and Professor N Ntusi describes the use of the pilot to test an other available equipment and is the first (Medicine) informed consent process assessment such design that shows promise to be tool’s capacity to enhance patient insight used in long term treatments of this kind. and comprehension of the study prior Olivia Precious Matshabane to conduct of the full trial. Finally, he Supervisor: A/Professor J Heckmann Thesis Title: Exploring how a genetic describes the use of a statistical analytical (Medicine) attribution to disease relates to approach that uses information and data Co-supervisors: A/Professor P Breen internalised stigma experiences of from the IMPI-1 trial, to effectively and (The MARCS Institute for Brain, Xhosa people with schizophrenia and reliably answer an important clinically Behaviour and Development, Western rheumatic heart disease in South Africa relevant question that obviates the Sydney University); Professor A van need to conduct another expensive and Schaik (The MARCS Institute for Olivia Matshabane completed her
17 bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the tested a framework for the governance tailored services, guided by behavioural University of the Western Cape. She of genomics research and biobanking in economics, should be implemented in a proceeded to complete her honours and Africa. The framework’s principles and multipronged approach to significantly master’s in Psychology at Stellenbosch recommendations are broadly supported impact the sexual health outcomes of University. She began work on her PhD by different stakeholder groups in South African youth. in Medicine at UCT in 2016. genomics research and biobanking. Olivia Matshabane’s research Whilst the framework was developed Supervisor: Professor L-G Bekker is a mixed-methods study, focusing on to support the governance of genomics (Medicine) exploring how a genetic explanation research in Africa, its principles will to disease may impact on internalised also be applicable to other global health stigma experienced by Xhosa people research programs in Africa. In Neuroscience (Surgery): with schizophrenia and those with Stevie Crystal Biffen rheumatic heart disease. Through the use Supervisor: A/Professor J de Vries Thesis Title: Differences in callosal and of focus-group discussions she explored (Medicine) subcortical volumes and associated the possible influence of increased Co-supervisor: Dr B Pratt (Nossal neurobehavioural deficits in children genetic knowledge of a disease – which is Institute for Global Health, University with prenatal alcohol exposure likely to occur through genomics studies of Melbourne) – on their stigma experiences. She found Stevie Biffen completed her BSc that while participants had a general and BSc(Hons) degrees at UCT, her understanding of genetics in relation to Philip John Smith BA(Hons) degree at the University of disease, that knowledge seemed unlikely Thesis Title: Behavioural economics: the Western Cape and is a registered to influence their stigma experiences. the missing ingredient that makes counsellor with the HPCSA. She began This result can be explained in part by sexual health services responsive and her MSc in 2014 and upgraded to a PhD the participants’ description of being acceptable to young South Africans in 2016. challenged by the pressing immediate Stevie Biffen’s thesis effects of poverty and disease-related Philip Smith is a behavioural scientist focuses on the effects of prenatal stigma and discrimination and by the fact and holds a BSocSc and an MSocSc alcohol exposure (PAE) on the brain. that participants attributed their disease from UCT and a BAHons from the It investigated subsequent behavioural to a complex multifactorial model that University of the Western Cape. He deficits associated with neuroanatomical included: genetics, environmental, joined the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, volume reduction. She measured the psychosocial and cultural factors. Department of Medicine in 2013 and his corpus callosum (CC), hippocampus, doctoral research was conducted at sites caudate nuclei and nucleus accumbens Supervisor: A/Professor J de Vries around Cape Town. on structural magnetic resonance images (Medicine) Philip Smith’s thesis explores of children aged 9-11 yrs. This was Co-supervisor: Dr M Campbell tailored HIV sexual health services done using manual tracing and repeated (Psychiatry and Mental Health) for underserved South Africans, with with an automated segmentation specific focus on young men and program, FreeSurfer. A comparison women who live in high HIV disease between the two methods showed Nchangwi Syntia Munung burden, under-resourced communities. that the latest version of FreeSurfer Thesis Title: Developing a principles- His investigation sought to understand performed similarly to manual tracing. based framework to link the governance why young people continue to avoid This confirms that computer-based of genomics research and biobanking in sexual health services and what qualities automated methods may be as accurate Africa to global health justice would be desirable in these services. as a trained neuroanatomist. Clinically, The research explored a behavioural she found that increased daily intake Nchangwi Munung holds a BSc and economics approach to adolescent and frequency of alcohol consumption is an MSc in Biochemistry from the health-seeking behaviour. Young associated with smaller CC, hippocampi University of Buea. She also holds people who participated in the research and caudate nuclei size. She also showed an MSc Med in Medicine from the wanted trust-building relationships with that children with fetal alcohol syndrome University of Cape Town. healthcare staff, services that are tailored show deficits in inter-hemispheric Nchangwi Munung’s thesis to their needs and challenges, and transfer and decreased CC size was is concerned with how the ideals of convenience. Guided by behavioural related to poorer transfer between brain global health equity and justice could economics, he applied the youth hemispheres and partially mediated the negative effects of prenatal alcohol be advanced in genomics research and recommendations in three types of exposure on IQ. biobanking in Africa. Drawing on: services; HIV diagnostic, HIV prevention Larry Gostin’s global governance of and a service delivery platform. His Supervisor: Professor EM Meintjes health; Jennifer Ruger’s shared health findings suggest that adolescent (Human Biology) governance; and the African moral theory responsive sexual health services are Co-supervisor: Dr CD Warton (Human of Ubuntu, Nchangwi developed and highly desirable interventions. Youth Biology)
18 Berendina Egbertine Veerbeek of Buenos Aires, Argentina and MSc UCT, she worked as a paediatrician in Thesis Title: Functioning, disability, degrees in Public Health and Information regional hospitals in Kenya. health and quality of life in adults with Technology from the University Leah Githinji’s thesis cerebral palsy more than 25 years after of Glasgow, United Kingdom. She focuses on the spectrum, progression selective dorsal rhizotomy specialised in evidence-based health and determinants of lung function in research and works at the National HIV-infected adolescents on highly Berendina Veerbeek has a BSc in Council of Scientific and Technical active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) Physiotherapy and an MSc in Health Investigations, Argentina. in South Africa. This prospective Sciences from Vrije Universiteit, Gabriela Cormick’s thesis cohort study found that HIV-infected Amsterdam. She joined UCT in 2015 to focuses on the role of calcium adolescents had lower lung function study Human immunodeficiency virus supplementation in body weight and which tracked over two-years compared (HIV) encephalopathy and continued evaluates the weight and dietary to matched HIV-uninfected participants. with her PhD studies afterwards. intake of pregnant women. In the Prior pulmonary tuberculosis or severe Berendina Veerbeek’s thesis study young adult women from South lower respiratory tract infection were examines adults with cerebral palsy Africa, Zimbabwe and Argentina took predictors of low lung function. The rate (CP) who underwent selective dorsal calcium supplements or a placebo of tuberculosis disease was substantially rhizotomy (SDR) in childhood, and the before they become pregnant and higher in HIV-infected than uninfected challenges these adults face while aging. during pregnancy, and the effect on adolescents over the 2-year period. This SDR is a non-reversible procedure to their weight was determined. These study shows persistent impairments in address spasticity in lower extremities results were then combined with sixteen lung function despite well-controlled of children with CP. This procedure was similar studies on non-pregnant adults. HIV and long-term use of HAART and refined and reintroduced by clinicians The overall findings show that calcium highlights the risk of prior respiratory at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital supplementation reduces body weight disease in affecting lung health. in the early 1980’s and is currently the in adults. The thesis also shows a high most widely used procedure worldwide. percentage of women who may become Supervisor: Professor HJ Zar Many studies on the short-term pregnant, are overweight or obese and (Paediatrics and Child Health) outcomes of SDR show positive results have a poor dietary intake with low Co-supervisor: A/Professor DM Gray for physical status and daily activities. intake of vitamins and minerals. There is (Paediatrics and Child Health) Studies with a long-term follow-up a need to improve the weight and dietary of minimal five years are limited. intake of young women in South Africa Berendina Veerbeek demonstrated and Zimbabwe and to further investigate In Public Health: positive and stable outcomes of SDR the effect of calcium supplements before Kirsty Jane Brittain more than 25 years after surgery in and during pregnancy for reducing Thesis Title: Disclosure of HIV status studies on: (1) physical status, quality of unwanted weight gain. among HIV-infected pregnant and life and level of anxiety and depression; postpartum women in Cape Town, (2) gait; (3) spinal deformities and pain; Supervisor: Dr J Harbron (Human South Africa and (4) daily activities, participation and Biology) functional mobility. These results can Co-supervisors: Dr AP Betrán Kirsty Brittain holds a BSocSc degree assist parents, caregivers and clinicians (World Health Organization WHO, from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in making decisions about the most Health and Research); Dr JM Belizan and an MPH in Epidemiology and effective treatment option. (World Health Organization WHO, Biostatistics from UCT. Her doctoral Reproductive Health Sciences) research emerged as a result of her Supervisor: Dr NG Langerak (Surgery) interest in the psychosocial aspects of Co-supervisors: Professor RP Lamberts maternal health in the context of HIV. (Human Biology); Professor AG In Paediatrics: Kirsty Brittain’s thesis Fieggen (Surgery) Leah Nyawira Githinji investigates HIV-infected women’s Thesis Title: Lung function in disclosure of their HIV status to male perinatally HIV-infected adolescents on partners and family and community In Nutrition: antiretroviral therapy in Cape Town, members. Using data collected in *Gabriela Cormick South Africa Gugulethu, Cape Town, she describes Thesis Title: The effect of calcium patterns and predictors of disclosure intake on body weight in pregnant Leah Githinji, MBChB, MMed during pregnancy and the postpartum women from South Africa, Zimbabwe (Paediatrics and Child Health), period. She shows that women’s social and Argentina participating in the University of Nairobi, Kenya, joined and economic circumstances are central calcium and pre-eclampsia trial the Department of Paediatrics and Child to understandings of disclosure. Despite Health at UCT in 2012 for sub-speciality the widely-held belief that disclosure Gabriela Cormick holds a BSc in training in Paediatric Pulmonology and is beneficial, her thesis provides Nutrition from the National University in 2015 for her PhD. Before joining evidence that the effects of disclosure
19 on depression and HIV treatment Sinanovic (Public Health and Family Technology and Public Health and outcomes are contextual rather than Medicine); Professor A Vassall Family Medicine, University of Cape universal. Key factors that appear to (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Town) modify these associations include Medicine, Global Health) timing of HIV diagnosis, relationship status, and unintended pregnancy. In Bey-Marrie Schmidt addition, she shows that an unintended Hussein Hassan Mwanga Thesis Title: The factors affecting a pregnancy has long-lasting negative Thesis Title: Risk factors for work- data harmonisation innovation in the effects on women’s mental health related asthma in health workers with Western Cape, South Africa and HIV treatment outcomes in this exposure to diverse cleaning agents in setting. These findings have important two African health care settings Bey-Marrié Schmidt holds a implications for counselling practice BSocSc(Hons) and MPH from UCT. as part of antenatal and HIV care and Hussein Mwanga holds a medical She began her PhD studies at in 2015. suggest that counselling messaging degree from the University of Dar es Bey-Marrié Schmidt’s thesis should be tailored to individual women’s Salaam and an MMed in Occupational reports on how the design, circumstances. Medicine from UCT. His PhD emanated implementation and institutionalisation from research activities in occupational of data harmonisation (DH) innovations Supervisor: Professor L Myer (Public allergy and asthma among health in South Africa are affected by a wide Health and Family Medicine) workers in the Occupational Medicine range of social, institutional and Division, School of Public Health and technical factors. She conducted a Family Medicine at UCT. historical analysis of health information *Nicola Foster The increasing number of system innovations in South Africa Thesis Title: Structure and agency in health workers with work-related and identified key lessons related to the economics of public policy for TB asthma and skin complaints presenting stakeholder engagement, resistant control at Groote Schuur Hospital, initiated an actors, and the role of change agents, investigation into the risk factors for institutional and financial factors. Nicola Foster holds an undergraduate work-related asthma in health workers Through a scoping review she identified degree in Pharmacy from the Nelson exposed to cleaning agents in two common characteristics of DH Mandela Metropolitan University, and hospitals in South Africa and Tanzania. innovations related to the processes, a master’s degree in Public Health with The study demonstrates that asthma and activities, databases, institutions, and a specialisation in Health Economics. work-related symptoms are common stakeholders involved. Finally, she She joined the Health Economics Unit at and cleaning agents have replaced latex gained new insights into the motivations UCT in 2012 to start her PhD. as an important cause of work-related and opportunities, design processes, and Nicola Foster’s thesis focuses asthma in health care settings. Hussein institutional and conceptual dilemmas on the interactions between structure and Mwanga’s thesis provides evidence that of innovative DH processes that were agency relationships in the health system specific cleaning agents used in medical unfolding in practice, as well as key as related to the diagnosis of tuberculosis instrument cleaning/disinfection and strategies for navigating emerging (TB). She conducted a longitudinal sprays used for fixed surface cleaning challenges. These findings provide a study of the costs incurred by patients are important risk factors for asthma. A more comprehensive understanding of when investigated for, diagnosed with, dose-response relationship was evident the factors that impact on designing, and started on TB treatment. She then for work-related ocular-nasal symptoms implementing, and evaluating DH developed a mathematical model to and medical instrument cleaning agents innovations, which can inform efforts estimate the cost-effectiveness from the and tasks. The novel contributions of to optimise outcomes of future DH societal perspective, of health systems this research entail the detailed exposure innovations. investment to support TB diagnosis assessment to aldehydes, immunological in South Africa. She found that assessment of sensitisation to ortho- Supervisor: A/Professor CJ Colvin beyond the investment in technology, phthlaldehyde and chlorhexidine, (Public Health and Family Medicine) that health systems investments to as well as the use of allergic airway Co-supervisor: Dr N Leon (South support implementation would be inflammatory markers and bronchial African Medical Research Council) cost-effective even against highly hyperresponsiveness to characterise conservative thresholds. The modelling asthma phenotypes. framework used allows for nuanced recommendations to sub-national policy Supervisor: Professor MF Jeebhay makers. (Public Health and Family Medicine) Co-supervisor: Dr R Baatjies Supervisor: A/Professor S Cleary (Environmental and Occupational (Public Health and Family Medicine) Studies, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Co-supervisors: A/Professor E Cape Peninsula University of
20 In Speech-Language Pathology: Kristen Abrahams Thesis Title: A case study of emerging practice in speech-language therapy in a community practice context
Kristen Abrahams is a Speech-Language Therapist who holds a BSc and MSc in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Cape Town. Kristen Abrahams’ thesis is a case study of an emerging professional practice in speech-language therapy (SLT) located in a university-school partnership initiative. The study seeks to understand how SLT professional practice is emerging in a community setting. She uses critical theory, reflexive interpretation and decoloniality as lenses to document and analyse the emerging professional practice. Using narrative, collages and paintings, she explores the journey of fourth SLT students as they navigated through the discomfort of an unfamiliar practice while they completed their community clinical education placement. The findings indicate that context, knowledge and curriculum supports are key elements which facilitate learning to discover new ways of thinking, doing and being a speech- language therapist. The importance of dialogue emerged as a critical form of engagement. Specifically, the concept of critical dialoguing is discussed as a crucial process when engaging with changing professional practices.
Supervisor: Professor H Kathard (Health Sciences Education) Co-supervisors: A/Professor M Pillay (University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Health Sciences); Dr M Harty (Health and Rehabilitation Sciences)
21 Faculties of Engineering & the Built Environment and Science
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
Academic Procession. (The congregation is requested to stand as the procession enters the hall)
The Presiding Officer will constitute the congregation.
The National Anthem.
The University Dedication will be read by a representative of the SRC.
Musical Item.
Welcome by the Master of Ceremonies.
The Master of Ceremonies will present the University Book Award to Alphose Zingoni.
The Master of Ceremonies will present the University Creative Works Award to Clint Abrahams.
The Master of Ceremonies will present the Distinguished Teacher Award to Jeffrey Murugan and Anneliese Schauerte.
The Master of Ceremonies will present Genevieve Langdon for the award of a Fellowship.
The graduands and diplomates will be presented to the Presiding Officer by the Deans of the faculties.
The Presiding Officer will congratulate the new graduates and diplomates.
The Master of Ceremonies will make closing announcements and invite the congregation to stand.
The Presiding Officer will dissolve the congregation.
The procession, including the new graduates and diplomates, will leave the hall. (The congregation is requested to remain standing until the procession has left the hall.)
22 DISTINCTIONS IN THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
A qualification may be awarded with distinction, honours, and first class honours where a student has shown outstanding academic achievement.
The Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS) may be awarded with distinction where a candidate has obtained
a minimum of 75% in the Design and Theory Studio III examination and minimum of 60% in one of the other Design and Theory Studio examinations
and an additional three marks of at least 75% in his or her BAS course work.
The degrees of Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Geomatics may be conferred with
first class honours, where the candidate has obtained at least 75% for the research project and a weighted average of 75% for the degree or,
honours, where the candidate has obtained a minimum of a second class pass in the research project and a weighted average of 65% for the degree.
The degrees of Bachelor of Science in Construction Studies and Bachelor of Science in Property Studies may be awarded with distinction where a candidate obtains a minimum weighted average of 75% for the degree.
DISTINCTIONS IN THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Bachelors degrees may be awarded with distinction
in a subject (or major), where the student achieves first class passes in specified courses
in the degree, where the student has both distinction in at least one subject (or major) and first class passes in at least the equivalent of six full courses.
Honours degrees are awarded by class (first, second class division one, second class division two, or third).
Master’s degrees may be awarded with distinction
in the degree, (by dissertation) for especially meritorious work
in the degree, (by coursework and minor dissertation) for especially meritorious work for the dissertation as well as achieving 75% or better for the coursework.
23 THE UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD
The University Book Award recognises the publication of books, written by University staff that brings credit to the University.
Previous recipients of the award have been:
1984 J M Coetzee (Arts) Waiting for the Barbarians 1985 G M Branch (Science) The Living Shores of South Africa 1986 L H Opie (Medicine) The Heart: Physiology, Metabolism, Pharmacology and Therapy 1987 M J Hall (Arts) The Changing Past: Farmers, Kings and Traders in Southern Africa, 200 - 1860 1988 R G Lass (Arts) The Shape of English: Structure and History 1989 H Bradford (Arts) A Taste of Freedom 1990 J M Coetzee (Arts) Age of Iron K M Coleman (Arts) Book IV of the Silvae of Statius 1991 R Mendelsohn (Arts) Sammy Marks, “The Uncrowned King of the Transvaal” 1992 P Skotnes (Fine Art & Sound from the Thinking Strings Architecture); S Watson (Arts); J Parkington (Arts) and N Penn (Arts) 1993 D Chidester Shots in the Street (Social Science & Humanities) W Nasson (Arts) Ebram Esau’s War 1994 G M Branch (Science); Two Oceans: A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa C L Griffiths (Science); L Beckley and M L Branch 1996 D Coplan (Humanities) In the time of the Cannibals P Harries (Arts) Work, Culture and Identity M Shain (Arts) The roots of anti-Semitism in South Africa T Rajna (Music) Harp Concerto 1997 B Warner (Science) Cataclysmic Variable Stars 1998 M S Blackman (Law) Companies (in Law of South Africa, first re-issue Vol 4, parts 1, 2 and 3) J V Bickford-Smith (Arts) Ethnic Pride and Racial Prejudice in Victorian Cape Town: Group Identity and Social Practice, 1875 - 1902
24 THE UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD (CONTINUED)
1999 M Mamdani (Humanities) Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Colonialism 2000 J Higgins (Humanities) Raymond Williams. Literature, Marxism and Cultural Materialism 2001 N G Penn (Historical Studies) Rogues, Rebels and Runaways 2002 J Glazewski (Law) Environmental Law in South Africa 2003 T D Noakes (Health Sciences) Lore of Running 2004 MS Blackman (Law); Companies Act: Commentary RD Jooste (Law); GK Everingham (Law) 2005 N Nattrass (Commerce) The Moral Economy of Aids in South Africa 2006 P Knox-Shaw (Humanities) Jane Austen and the Enlightenment 2007 W Nasson (Humanities) Britannia’s Empire – Making a British World 2008 P Bruyns (Science) Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar 2009 P Skotnes (Humanities) The Archive of Willem Bleek & Lucy Lloyd N Penn (Humanities) The Forgotten Frontier 2010 C Vaughan (Health Sciences) Imagining the Elephant: A Biography of Allan Macleod Cormack 2011 JC De Villiers (Health Sciences) Healers, Helpers and Hospitals: A history of military medicine in the Anglo-Boer War 2012 No award made 2013 S Loots (Humanities) Sirkusboere 2014 N Nattrass (Commerce) The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back 2015 S Shaikh (Humanities) Sufi Narratives of Intimacy 2016 L Modisane (Humanities) South Africa’s Renegade Reels: The Making and Public Lives of Black-Centred Films 2017 D Chidester (Humanities) Empire of Religion: Imperialism and Comparative Religion 2018 D Wardle (Humanities) Suetonius: Life of Augustus
25 THE UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD (CONTINUED)
The book award for 2019 is to be awarded to:
Shell Structures in Civil and Mechanical Engineering: Theory and Analysis by Alphose Zingoni
Professor of Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town
In his opening remarks in a review of this book for the Institution of Structural Engineers (London), Professor Tim Ibell (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and Past President of the Institution of Structural Engineers) says “It has been such a pleasure to read this book. Shell structures have so much to offer our profession, and this book demonstrates their extraordinary scope of application. It leads the reader rather beautifully through the increasing complexity of applications of shell structures, providing full derivations throughout to problems of real practical importance.” Shell structures find application in many fields of engineering, notably civil, mechanical, marine and aeronautical disciplines. They are encountered in the form of iconic roofs like the Sydney Opera House in Australia, large hyperbolic cooling towers at power stations, fuel-storage steel tanks at petroleum refineries, elevated water tanks in urban areas, boilers and pressure vessels, car bodies, submarine hulls, aircraft fuselages and spacecraft shells.
Since about the beginning of the 20th century, considerable effort has been expended on the development of rigorous theories – both general and specialist – to describe the behaviour of shells as realistically as possible. In the preface of his book, Zingoni points out that the problem with such rigorous formulations is that, in almost all cases, they lead to sets of differential equations for which exact mathematical solutions cannot be found, or for which the mathematical solutions that are obtained are not very practical from an engineering point of view. On the other hand, numerical methods can provide practical approximate solutions for such situations. However, he argues, they are not necessarily the most effective for purposes of studying the effect of varying a given single parameter during the course of design. Closed-form solutions are much more suited to analytical study, provided they can be found. Unfortunately, they are not easy to find.
In writing this book, Zingoni, a world-recognised authority on the subject of shell structures, has employed a unique strategy that allows closed-form analytical solutions to be successfully obtained for a wide range of practical shell problems. These closed-form solutions are highly suitable for practical calculations; they permit the designer to rapidly evaluate stresses in a given shell structure, or to gain important design insights by simply examining the form of the mathematical expressions, or to obtain a deeper understanding of the effect of varying the design parameters of the shell. It is this powerful approach that sets the book apart from all other existing books. In the words of reviewers, “the result is an extraordinary work that stands out above other books on the subject”. Since publication, the book has garnered highly laudatory reviews from both academia and industry. It enjoys a diverse readership (postgraduate students, academics and practitioners) that is distributed across many countries around the world, including South Africa. Engineers have consulted the book in designing novel shell structures.
26 CREATIVE WORKS AWARD
Design-build exhibition: Macassar “Who we are“ Mr Clint Abrahams
Clint Abrahams is an architect and emergent academic at the School of Architecture, Planning & Geomatics. He is the founder of Studiolight, a non-profit through which mutually beneficial relationships between communities and higher learning institutions are explored for the emergence of socio-spatial restorative architecture. Abrahams’ Studiolight exhibition entitled Macassar “Who we are” explores the re-authoring of socio-spatial narratives and how these can critically engage the postcolonial challenges of displaced communities in South Africa. It counters dominant stigmatic narratives by re-telling the stories of Macassar, a community blighted by crime and other socio-economic challenges to build community resilience amidst conditions of hopelessness and public mistrust.
In 2016, with no civic-institutional support, meetings held in Macassar living rooms and backyards developed into a street photography project involving youth from the area. This built new relationships, trust, and appreciation for their community, framing a new story for the area. Using found objects to curate the photographic material, a nomadic spatial practice emerged to sustain the project. In 2018, community meetings were held to plan the hosting of an exhibition in the public library and two private homes. The installations were built as participatory spatial interventions which resulted in shared (common) spaces for intergenerational dialogue. Stories by elders in response to images taken by the youth were included in the exhibition to instil new stories of hope and dignity.
This intersection of altered perceptions and innovative spatial practice is imperative for thinking through interdisciplinary ways for different forms of practising architecture to emerge. Practices that can allow us to imagine shared spaces that can disrupt the narratives of apartheid legacies which plague our displaced communities. This is the project’s biggest contribution and has resulted in the planning of a shared space to allow the work to find permanence in the community. This year the refurbishment of a community space, a collaboration between the Studiolight, the community and four universities is a testimony to the relevance of Macassar’s story of resilience, that change comes from within. A change that echoes in youth participant Elcardo Samuels’ quote as he describes the impact the two-year project has had on its participants and the immediate community of Macassar.
“From a distance, one’s sees the struggle. Once you are near it is what is close that moves and inspires”
Other Studiolight youth participants are Charlton Abrahams, Elton Abrahams, Giovanni Alexander, Stephanie Alexander. They were assisted by John Coetzee, Shafiek Matthews along with Bachelor of Architectural Studies students, Chinenye Chukukwa, Christine Ho, Kayleigh Jonkers, Nchima Kamwendo, Phimzile Konile, Charlotte Mabatha, Mxolisi Moyo, Biyelwu Xiphu. Cedric Hendricks assisted with conducting interviews.
27 DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD
The Distinguished Teacher Award, given once only to an individual, recognises teaching at any or all levels by a member of the faculty that has made a significant and lasting impression on students.
Previous recipients in the Faculty of Science have been:
1996 M D Picker (Zoology) 1998 I Barashenkov (Mathematics & Applied Mathematics) 2002 A Buffler (Physics) S Oldfield (Environmental & Geographical Science) 2003 D Gammon (Chemistry) 2004 B Davidowitz (ADP in CHED & Chemistry) 2006 R Ackermann (Archaeology) 2008 J O’Riain (Zoology) 2011 G Smith (Chemistry) 2012 Z Woodman (Molecular & Cell Biology) 2014 J Gain (Computer Science) S Wheaton (Physics) 2015 A West (Biological Sciences) 2016 D Erwin (Mathematics & Applied Mathematics) M Lacerda (Statistical Sciences) J Shock (Mathematics & Applied Mathematics) 2018 G Leigh (Physics)
The following members of the Faculty of Science have been chosen for this award in 2019:
Associate Professor Jeffrey Murugan Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
Associate Professor Murugan teaches in the complex field of applied mathematics, quantum gravity and string theory. He is renowned for his innovative approach to teaching, from producing podcasts of his lectures years before audio and video recording of lectures became part of the scaffolding of student learning, to taking his students on walks around campus looking at the shape of spiders’ webs. His approach does more than prepare students for successful careers in a range of disciplines; in his words, he aims to imbibe in all his students a sense of wonder for the world around them by making mathematics an experiential subject.
Knowledgeable and witty, yet acutely aware of the difficulties experienced by students in his classes, he has also made diversity a priority in his teaching and supervision programs. He has tested the use of different languages in the classroom and lecture recordings, initiating a year-long study into how students would perform in courses where lectures were recorded and subtitled into one or more of the indigenous South African languages, and has been a constant innovator in the production of online learning environments.
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His inspirational influence on his students extends from first year classes through to postgraduate research groups. An undergraduate writes that Murugan “knows the material well enough to spark an interest in everyone making every lecture feel like an adventure.” He has also had a significant impact on senior postgraduate students, cultivating groups of master’s and PhD students to develop them into strong, independent researchers. Several students he has supervised now teach and research at institutions nationally and abroad.
Murugan’s passion and easy-going rapport with students complements his desire to bring the scientific world to heterogeneous groups of young people. This is underscored in his own words when he states: “Increasing diversity in the sciences, especially in mathematics and physics, can only be a good thing. We have to understand that it is something that absolutely needs to happen if we are ever to convince society that science is an essentially human endeavour that belongs to everyone.”
Dr Annelise Schauerte Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
Independently nominated by her 3rd year students, Dr Anneliese Schauerte, a member of the Mathematics and Applied Mathematics Department since 1992, has taught almost every major mathematics course in the department at all levels from first year undergraduate to honours.
Although equally adept at teaching large and small classes, Dr Schauerte is arguably most valued for her contribution to large undergraduate Mathematics courses, which require the management of large teams of lecturers and tutors, and the teaching of several hundred students. Impeccable administration, thoughtful innovation and a strong commitment to the academic development of her students has seen her turn “problem courses” into success stories.
Dr Schauerte has a rare talent for presenting difficult content in a clear and logical way, while still conveying the plot line and narrative. With infectious enthusiasm and a friendly, caring manner, she guides her charges through complicated material, using examples and illustrations wherever appropriate to masterfully connect the abstract to the concrete. Level-appropriate student support is provided: a great deal in first year, tapering gradually, so that by 3rd year students are expected to exercise independent judgement. Students consistently laud the heavy homework load in her courses and her use of continuous and creative assessment as contributing to deep learning.
In the words of a long-time colleague, “her lectures verge on the immaculate and her preparation is deep and thoughtful, but the results are illuminating and entertaining”, while another points out that “Dr Schauerte’s teaching demonstrates a rare combination of a natural gift for teaching, commitment to all facets of teaching at a tertiary institution, … constant adaptation and innovation …, fair but challenging assessments, … and a desire to help all students to fulfill their mathematical potential.”
According to one of her third year students, “she believed in me when I was struggling to do so, and through the personal attention that she gave each student in her module, she not only gave me the confidence to keep pushing, but helped me develop my logical thinking to the point where I was able to get over 80% for her module”
29 FELLOWSHIP
The election by Senate of a member of the faculty to be a fellow recognises sustained and original contributions through research or creative endeavour.
The fellows in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment and their years of election are:
1998: GA Ekama 2005: MG Alexander 2012: V Watson 2013: AE Lewis 2015: S Harrison E van Steen 2017: A Zingoni 2019: A Mainza
The following member of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment has been elected to a fellowship:
Professor Genevieve Sarah Langdon Mechanical Engineering
Professor Langdon has made her mark in the field of impact engineering by focusing on the blast resistance of explosively loaded structures and materials. Most work on explosively loaded structures is limited to small numbers of expensive field tests on overly complex structures or rely on substitute loading types (such as air pressure) which cannot accurately recreate the conditions of a chemical explosion. In other cases, the work is classified by the military and seeks to answer a very specific threat. Professor Langdon’s work seeks to understand the fundamental mechanisms driving response so that all structures can be better designed or protected from explosion scenarios (such as rapid de- pressurisation of an aircraft, terrorist bomb attack, and landmine detonation or military incursions).
Professor Langdon has been involved in developing and evaluating blast resistant materials and structures for use in transportation, defence and structural applications. She seeks to make the world a safer place through improved understanding of structural and material response under explosion loading. Her work has focused on understanding the mechanisms involved in the response of lightweight materials, composites, aerospace metals and armour steels, to improve their design and to inform the materials selection process. She has shown that, because of the wide range of explosion threats and type of protection required, several different solutions must be developed to improve protection. She has also mapped the failure processes in lightweight materials subjected to blast loading. This work impacts the transport, defence and structural engineering sectors of the industrial economy.
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Professor Langdon has recently expanded the impact of her work into the reduction of blast-related injuries, specifically those caused by explosive remnants of war. She was one of the founding partners who launched the first African blast injury network, involving a multi-disciplinary network of researchers examining blast injuries. Given the massive landmine legacy across the world and particularly in Africa, the impact of this work will prove to be substantial in reducing civilian injuries and loss of life due to explosive remnants of war.
Professor Langdon is recognised as the leading researcher in the field of blast response of lightweight structures and materials. She is currently the Director of the Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit (an accredited Centre of UCT) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She is also recognised as the leading engineering researcher on the blast performance of lightweight structures and materials in South Africa. She is involved in extensive international collaborative research because of her expertise in structural blast response and blast experimentation. There are very few researchers in the world that have expertise in both blast experimentation and lightweight structures, putting Professor Langdon in a unique position to have knowledge that is recognised internationally in both areas of research.
Her work is published in the top journals in her field; she is an editorial board member for two international Elsevier journals, one on structures and the other on impact engineering. She is also the Secretary of the International Society of Impact Engineering and a regular invited speaker at international research conferences. The contribution makes her a worthy candidate to be admitted as a Fellow of the University of Cape Town.
31 NAMES OF GRADUANDS Joel Clive Smith Thambo Wandile Nondabula Jenna Stow Nizamuddien Rumaney An asterisk * denotes that the degree Robert James Tweddle Kwezi Malusi Ziqubu will be awarded in the absence of the Ivan Friedrich Van Der Merwe candidate. DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING IN SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING IN MECHANICAL AND MECHATRONIC 1. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Siyabulela Anda Lizo Majikija Yolanda Dolly Nxumalo Thabo Malatji Dean: Professor A E Lewis *Motloheloa Patrick Mokhethi (with honours) DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF Tawanda Mutataguta SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING IN POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN *Donovan Paine (with honours) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT *Dillon Diego Pillay Katlego Mpho Sejanamane Tristan Alun George *Engela Elizabeth Cooper *Themba Makamu *Nicole Harris Chad Frank Newel *Mark Christopher Jackson DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF Kaashif Wilkie *Priscilla Thembakazi Moya SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING IN Polite Munyaradzi Nduru CIVIL ENGINEERING Hanro Peter Rousseau DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF *Johan Charl Senekal Dharmesh Dookhit SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING IN *Sanchia Jessica Van Staden *Joshua Elliott Goddard MECHATRONICS *Wynand Wessels *Luke Linnegar Nacera Mwenga Luboya Murray James Buchanan *Boitumelo Mokonyane Wasiela Harris POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN Gailian Naicker *Ahryish Jagganath PROPERTY STUDIES Jared Elisha Naidoo *Chia-Hui Kao Nikyle Samlall Zanele Ntombenhle Kubheka *Byron Charles Eckersley Seabelo Mogale Seroalo Imraan Mohamed Rabelani Wendy Tshikhovhokhovho Tinashe Edson Junior Mushede Siyanda Tyobeka Andrew Nicol Scott DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF Farai Justin Zimbizi Mokgadi Setshekgamollo ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES Sajjaad Sherif Richard William Symmonds Franko Thomas Barends DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF Nkosinathi Dlamini SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING IN Luis Kess Quessongo ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING 2. FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF David Joshua Fransch SCIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION *Lebohang Michael Mbele Dean: Professor M F Ramutsindela STUDIES Tafadzwa Dewah Moyo Mick Reuben Perring Joshua Jack BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Jenaide Witten DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF Mulisa Badugela SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING IN Roxanne Sarah Christian DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Dean Arno Erasmus SCIENCE IN PROPERTY STUDIES Yongama Giwu Felemane Felemane Awande Snenhlanhla Gumbi Aysha Pia Alexander Keenan Kyle Hector Yi-Ting Ho Evan Frylinck Tawanda Ignatius Maseva *Sabelo God’s-Love Thobani Khanyile Khanyo Templeton Ngcukana Jabulani Richard Masimula Benjamin Kilpin Tallon Dane Robertson Skhumbuzo James Matine Malefeu Mamedupi Lethuba
32 Noluthando Andiswa Magubane DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF In Transport Studies: Dimpho Mangena SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN Wilberforce Wanjau Chege Mathobela Mapoulo GEOGRAPHICAL Ntombifuthi Ngobeni Steven Derek Mare INFORMATION SYSTEMS Busisiwe Nozipho Mbewe In Water Quality Engineering: *Arno Henry Mostert Abdallah Moos *Pierre Willem Fourie Thabisile Siphosethu Msibi *Sethabile Nokukhanya Ngcobo *Sarel Wilke Morrison (with distinction *Tawanda Andrew Muhwati Thabo Daniel Nhlapo in the dissertation) Jessica Ruth Muller *Angelos Yiannou (with distinction in Pfarelo Patty Muthevhuli the coursework component) Gemma Jo Nel DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF *Sasha-Leigh Paules SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN Tsepo Stephen Ramaisa NUCLEAR POWER DEGREE OF MASTER OF Dimakatso Reneilwe Rapotu GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING Ryan Reddy *Dominique Theresa Rosslee Julian Glenn Faheem Seedat Sam Bbira Tshepiso Witness Sekepere Professor Shabangu DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF George Nkhosikhona Mkhulisi Tembe SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN DEGREE OF MASTER OF Catherine Emma Vowles PROPERTY STUDIES LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE *Maxine Juliet Wilcox *Fadzai Karen Zimbwa *Mariam Omar Mark Patrick Mac Hattie
DEGREE OF BACHELOR DEGREE OF BACHELOR DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT QUANTITY SURVEYING In Mathematics: Deidre Michelle Adams *Wynand Louw Kok Jean-Marie Yannick Delaire Able Benson Lungu *Asnath Amandus Kessy Molati Albert Nonyane Thareefa Mahed *Gloria Mande Mwidya 3. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING *Sajjaad Ahmad Naimi DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT *Linda Lumbidzani Ndebele IN PROPERTY STUDIES *Nyasha Lee-Anne Nyandoro Fabio Alessandro Ugo Saporetti De Villiers Brits Dean: Professor A E Lewis *Pierre Ernest Cronje *Luse Mercy Katanekwa DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF DEGREE OF MASTER ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS) DEGREE OF MASTER OF In Civil Infrastructure Management and TRANSPORT STUDIES *Katendi Kamuhuza Maintenance: *Clyde Lleland Dankers Herbert Chirwa Phillipus Stephanus Erasmus DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF CITY In Nuclear Power: (with distinction) PLANNING (HONOURS) *Zieyaad Isaacs Charlotte Wright *Japhet Mkhipheni Ali Ntuli Danielle Grace Hill In Radar & Electrical Defence: DEGREE OF MASTER OF Kevin Gema (with distinction in the PHILOSOPHY DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF coursework component) LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE In Chemical Engineering: (HONOURS) In Telecommunications: *Corey Greg Beavon (with distinction in Mbongeni Bhebhe the dissertation) Oarabile Adolphias Chingapane Mutsawashe Gahadza Sandra Zaroufis *Mfanufikile Ncube
33 In Civil Engineering: *Martin Kluger (with distinction in the In Electrical Engineering: Mikhail Manuel (with distinction in the dissertation) Kingsley Oladipo Akpeji dissertation) Linekela Elias Nambinga David Stephen Berliner (with distinction in the dissertation) In Conservation of the Alexander Francois Blom (with Built Environment: DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE distinction in the dissertation) Tshimangadzo Israel Nemaheni IN ENGINEERING Kossivi Agbessi Fangbemi Thifuniwi Victor Netshiavha *Ming Gao *Wendy Murray Wilson (with distinction In Chemical Engineering: *Jatin Harribhai in the coursework component) *Benita Jean Aspeling *Keagan Andrew Jarvis Blessing Hellen Chirume (with Jiamo Liu (with distinction) In Construction Economics & distinction in the dissertation) Moeketsi Mafereka Management: Natasha Davids Micheal Thatohatsi Malape Christiana Okobi Ekpo (with distinction Dominic Kyle De Oliveira (with Lusani Mamushiane (with distinction in in the dissertation) distinction in the dissertation) the dissertation) Amanda Alicia Mtya Mathew Dzingai Mogamat Noer Martin Jonathan Nicholas Gertzen (with Michael Benno Mesarcik (with In Energy Development Studies: distinction) distinction) *Timothy Oliver Mew (with distinction So-Mang Kim (with distinction in Samuel Seemole Mponwana in the coursework component) the dissertation) *Sitwala Mundia (with distinction in the Khothatso Mokhele Dawid Daniël Kruger (with distinction dissertation) in the coursework component) *Arnold Farai Sagonda In Space Studies: Donald Mjonono (with distinction in the Lindani Prince Shelembe (with *Victoria Anne Campbell (with coursework component) distinction in the dissertation) distinction in the dissertation) Mohamed Hassan Moydien Naadir Mohamed Vorajee *Alexander Gairiseb Brigette Mariana Nagel (with *Paul James Wambi Tivere Hugbo distinction) Ryan Evan Wolf (with distinction in the *Christoffel Johannes Kotze (with Hebert Simbarashe Nyakunuhwa (with dissertation) distinction in the dissertation) distinction) *David Joseph Lindgren (with Zaynab Sadan (with distinction in the In Geotechnical Engineering: distinction) dissertation) Sanelisiwe Nonhlanhla Precious *Deneys Sean Maartens Buthelezi (with distinction in the *Bas Martens (with distinction) In Civil Engineering: coursework component) Adebayo Olutumbi Ogunyinka *Andrew Hilton Goodhead Monica Lineo Damane (with distinction) Barbara Apili Ojur Alice Lindiwe Harvey (with distinction *Prospect Kudakwashe Motsi *Annelie Vermeulen (with distinction in in the dissertation) Charles Sikwanda (with distinction in the dissertation with distinction in Nicholas Richard Jarratt (with the dissertation) the coursework component) distinction in the dissertation) *Elzane Laabmayr (with distinction in In Materials Engineering: In Sustainable Mineral Resource the coursework component) *Marie Mellisa Sandy Mariaye Development: *Suzanne Elaine Lambert (with *Hiranya Michaela Naicker Lesley Kudakwashe Sibanda (with distinction in the dissertation) distinction in the coursework Seamus Jay Levin In Mechanical Engineering: component) Stephane Simon Ma-Kiese Masamba John Shaun Clark (with distinction in *Lewis Elijah Tumbama Amy Jennifer Moore (with distinction in the dissertation) the coursework component) Abraar Mohammed Hasan Harnekar In Transport Studies: Adam Mosam (with distinction) (with distinction in the Robert James Cameron Pranava Naidoo (with distinction in the dissertation) Bridget Thandekile Duze dissertation) Shaun Kriek (with distinction) *Erwin Kamundu Joanitta Nabadda Ndawula *Yashveer Maharajh (with distinction in *Chika Mavuna *Dietmar Eckart Niebuhr (with the coursework component) distinction in the dissertation) *Alton Cadle Marx (with distinction in In Urban Infrastructure, the dissertation) Design & Management: In Civil Infrastructure Management Nyasha Nigel Mawire (with distinction Annelien Basson & Maintenance: in the dissertation) *Kayleen Jeanne Cooke Alpheus Musondwa Itumeleng Christa Nsanzinteko Nsanzubuhoro David Duke (with distinction in the Shabangu (with distinction) John Ogundiran (with distinction in the coursework component) *Luba Jean-Pierre Thako dissertation)
34 Siqiniseko Colin Richmond (with DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE In Climate Change & Development: distinction in the dissertation) *Emmanuel Likoya *Braden Sydney Clive Van Breda In Advanced Analytics: Phikolomzi Matikinca Nkosilathi Vundla (with distinction in Nicholas John Murphy (with distinction) *Giulia Riedo the coursework component) *Adriaan Izak Rowan Anri Smith In Computer Science: In Radar & Electronic Defence: *Barry Jan Strydom Van Zyl Johan Gerard Bontes (with distinction) Asif Ahmed Parker (with distinction in Nick Kayokwa Chibuye the coursework component) In Applied Mathematics: Ngonidzashe Nicholas Choga Jean Reynault Swart (with distinction) *Mariam Campbell (with distinction) Chien-Lun Huang Kirtika Juhi Hurgobin Wiebke Toussaint (with distinction) In Structural Engineering and *Thando Nkomozake Chelsea-Joy Wardle Structural Materials: Ruach Pillay Slayen (with distinction) *Marina Kamper (with distinction) In Conservation Biology: In Applied Ocean Sciences (Applied Kerry-Anne Grey (with distinction) In Sustainable Energy Engineering: Marine Biology): Amy Miriam Hoffenberg *Anna Magdalena Nagel *Alessandro Guerra *Sandra Hörbst Kim-Kelly Hunt Rebecca Peacock Muller (with In Water Quality Engineering: Mmakabele Lebogang Matlakala distinction) Tinashe Lebone Chipako (with *Emily Lynn Weigum Thinabakho Ruth Lerato Ncube distinction) *Michelle Marie Schroeder Mohamedjaffer Naushadhussein In Applied Ocean Sciences (Operational Clara Steyn Gulamhussein (with distinction in Oceanography): Olivia Venter (with distinction) the coursework component) Mathabo Noxolo Malange Joshua Anthony Weiss Sian Ann Mary Seymour (with distinction) In Data Science: *Riaz Jooma Arbi 4. FACULTY OF SCIENCE In Astrophysics & Space Science: *Hans-Peter Bakker *Tamlyn August Curtly Blows Simthembile Thembelani Dlamini *Blake Charles Cuningham Dean: Professor M F Ramutsindela *Abubakr Yagob Ibrahim Louwrens Jacobus Labuschagne *Kameel Sooknunan (with distinction) Stiaan Roux Maree *Jason Paul Salzwedel DEGREE OF MASTER In Biological Sciences: OF PHILOSOPHY Thomas Petrus Botha In Environmental & *Alexandra Connolly Geographical Science: In Climate Change & Development: James Andrew De Haast Sisanda Ongeziwe Bekiswa Kristian Gerhardt Holtzhausen Gerstner Michael James Fleischman Tania Duba Lucy Lavirotte Joshua Paul Hendricks *Aniket Ghanashyam Meagen Courtney Swain *Laurie Elizabeth Johnson *Michelle Jacqueline Gore Amy Leigh Mackintosh Astridah Kasongo Lupiya In Environmental & Ditiro Judith Moloto Matjie Lillian Maboya Geographical Science: Zaynab Shaik (with distinction) Koketso Molepo Kelly Celeste Webster Megan Smith Ella-Kari Muhl (with distinction)
In Environment, Society & Sustainability: In Biostatistics: In Environment, Society & Sustainability: Robin Peter George *Onyekachi Esther Nwoko Stephanie Laura Achieng *Ivanna Katz (with distinction) *Khathutshelo Takalani Mikosi Elena Lotte Van Doorn In Chemistry: Lemogang Molebatsi *Marco Bardini Pargeant Nombukiso Ntshalintshali In Information Technology: *Hana Bawa Stefan Drue Luyanda Centani In Geology: Michael Graaf Kelly Chisanga (with distinction) *Antonia Reis De Carvalho *James Duncan Shelton *Jasmin Ferreira Ruan Francois De Wet (with distinction) Catharina Maria Till Nolwazi Zakithi Gcwensa (with James Joseph Storr Lister distinction) *Travis Smithard Emma Jane Tiffin Lorena Andrea Tafur (with distinction) Reabetswe Robin Zwane
35 In Information Technology: systems analysis of a viable theory for HI survey of a large area of the M81 *Faizel Faker modified gravity. She began research group with the DRAO synthesis radio *Janine Ritchie toward her PhD in 2014, building on the telescope in Canada. The observations work presented in her MSc. reached a very low column density of In Mathematical Statistics: Sulona Kandhai’s thesis the neutral hydrogen gas and showed Steven Robert Smit (with distinction) combined a number of innovative clearly the arm connecting the M81/M82 techniques for describing the expansion system to NGC 2976 and the HI clouds In Molecular & Cell Biology: history and large-scale structure between that group and the galaxy IC Johann Hendrik Els formation in the cosmology of f(R) 2574. *Michael Kuipa theories of gravity. This lead to several *Jarid Tyran North (with distinction) new results which enabled her to place Supervisor: Professor C Carignan Inge Pietersen (with distinction) strong observational constraints on this (Astronomy) *Lize-Mari Van Der Linden (with class of theories, which correspond distinction) to one of the major candidates for Matthew James Robert Verbeek explaining the nature of the Dark Side In Biological Sciences: of the Universe. Her work took her to a *Hend Sayed Ensair In Ocean & Atmosphere Science: number of leading research institutions Thesis Title: The biology of Boopsoidea Raquel Francesca Flynn in the UK, Spain and Norway. inornata (Castelnau, 1861) and Sbongile Prudence Meyiwa life history comparisons within the Supervisor: Professor P Dunsby Sparidae In Physical Oceanography: (Mathematics and Applied Ehlke De Jong Mathematics) Hend Ensair holds an MSc in Science Co-supervisors: Dr A Dela from the University of Az Zaiyah, for In Physics: Cruz-Dombriz (Mathematics and which she studied the abundant seabream *Samah Mohamed Ahmed Applied Mathematics); A/Professor A Boops boops of the Mediterranean. She Ryan Justin Atkin Weltman (Mathematics and Applied joined the Department of Biological Kevin Nicholas Barends Mathematics) Sciences at UCT in 2012 to commence Mporome Brian Maboko (with her doctoral research. distinction) Hend Ensair’s thesis describes Thapelo Given Mametja In Astronomy: a common but poorly known seabream, Amidou Sorgho Boopsoidea inornata, a reef fish endemic In Statistical Ecology: Thesis Title: Deep HI observations of to South Africa. After dissecting 800 fish Jenicca Poongavanan (with distinction) nearby late-type galaxies from four locations, she showed that this is a most unusual seabream, in that it is In Statistical Sciences: Born in Azaguié in Ivory Coast, long-lived - up to 37 years - with low *Lionel Yelibi (with distinction) Amidou Sorgho obtained a DEA fecundity. Female-skewed sex ratios (2012) in Astronomy after a License and low male testicular mass suggest In Theoretical Physics: in Physics (2010) at the Université a polygamous lifestyle. The survey of Alexes Kaitlyn Mes (with distinction) de Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso. parasites infecting this unusual fish is the Through the National Astronomy and first comprehensive study of its kind for Space Science Programme, he then any South African seabream. Nineteen DEGREE OF DOCTOR obtained a MSc at UCT (2015) entitled parasitic species were recorded for the OF PHILOSOPHY Galaxies with Extended HI Envelopes. first time, contributing to the knowledge Amidou Sorgho’s thesis on marine parasite diversity in South In Applied Mathematics: first completed a study based on Africa. Hend Ensair then compared Sulona Kandhai early observations of some of the the life histories of four closely related Thesis Title: Investigating the MHONGOOSE galaxies that will be sympatric seabreams, to expose the parameter space of viable models for observed in the coming years with the dimensions of life-history trade-offs, f(R) gravity SKA precursor MeerKAT. For this, he without the influences of phylogeny used the test-bed instrument KAT-7, and environment. This work offers new Sulona Kandhai received a BSc in commissioning data from MeerkAT and perspectives on the trade-offs between Physics and Astrophysics from UCT the 100 m GBT telescope in the USA. hermaphrodites and those with separate in 2010, followed by the National After identifying the best calibrators for sexes. Astrophysics honours in 2011, the galaxies observed with KAT-7, he completing with distinction. In 2012, searched for signs of gas accretion in Supervisor: A/Professor CG Attwood she was accepted in the NASSP MSc the GBT data down to column densities (Biological Sciences) program hosted at UCT, specialising in of 2.2x1018 cm−2. For the rest of his Co-supervisor: Dr C Reed (Biological Cosmology. This work led to a dynamical thesis, Amidou Sorgho analysed a deep Sciences)
36 Emil Darius Krupandan and Biological Sciences from UCT. developing computational resources Thesis title: Unravelling the biology of He started his doctoral research in the for this family of languages, whose the Southern African Sauropodomorph Department of Biological Sciences in under-resourced state and grammatical dinosaurs, Plateosauravus and the 2015. complexity has limited their use in ‘Maphutseng dinosaur’ Muhammad Nunkoo’s most computer applications. She thesis explores the history of marine develops algorithms to generate text by Emil Krupandan completed his parasitology in Southern Africa and also obtaining natural language descriptions BSocSc in 2009 at UCT with majors examines the factors determining the from logical theories, which requires in Archaeology and Psychology. He distribution of parasites in commercially pluralising nouns, expressing the subsequently completed his honours in important fish species of the Benguela correct verb form for a particular tense Archaeology in 2010. He registered for ecosystem. He reviews two centuries of and aspect, and the patterns mapping an MSc in Biological Sciences in 2012, research to generate a list of parasites from logical theories to text. She uses which was upgraded to a PhD in 2014. known to infect marine fishes in South this approach to first generate text in Sauropodomorph dinosaurs are well Africa and shows that our knowledge Runyankore, indigenous to Uganda, and known from the Late Triassic-Early is biased in favour of particular parasite then shows that the same approach can be Jurassic of Southern Africa. These groups. He attributes this situation generalised to other agglutinating Bantu dinosaurs are especially significant, to the interest and expertise of those languages, demonstrated with chiShona, since they allow an understanding of parasitologists who have worked in isiXhosa, Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, and how they changed from being relatively South Africa. Next, he surveys the Luganda. Her work also provides more small basal bipedal dinosaurs to the parasite fauna of several fish species evidence that, among grammatically gigantic behemoths typical of the more and uses various statistical techniques similar languages, tailoring language derived sauropods. However, several to show that the characteristics of the resources from one language to another of the Southern African forms are parasites found and ecosystem-scale can reduce the time and effort of the poorly defined and described. variability are important determinants development process. Emil Krupandan’s thesis focuses on of parasite distribution off Southern unravelling the taxonomic conundrum Africa. His thesis also demonstrates the Supervisor: A/Professor M Keet associated with the poorly understood usefulness of parasites as biological tags (Computer Science) dinosaurs Plateosauravus and in fisheries research. Co-supervisor: Dr B DeRenzi (Dimagi) Euskelosaurus, as well as a complete anatomical description, and histological Supervisor: Dr C Reed (Biological study, of the remains of the so-called Sciences) “Maphutseng” dinosaur from Lesotho. Co-supervisor: Honorary A/ In Environmental & Using this multiple pronged approach Professor SE Kerwath (Department of Geographical Science: to study these Southern African Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries/ Siyabusa Mkuhlani Sauropodomorpha, Emil Krupandan’s Biological Sciences); Dr CD van der Thesis Title: Integration of seasonal study has permitted a clearer assessment Lingen (Department of Agriculture, forecast information and crop models to of the diversity and phylogenetic Forestry and Fisheries/Biological enhance decision making in small-scale relationships of the sauropodomorph Sciences) farming systems of South Africa dinosaurs that roamed Southern Africa in the Mesozoic, and his analyses Siyabusa Mkuhlani completed his have provided deeper insight into the In Computer Science: BSc(Hons) and MSc Degrees at the evolution of the growth dynamics of the Joan Byamugisha University of Zimbabwe, Harare, and Sauropodomorpha. Thesis Title: Ontology verbalization in began full time study towards his PhD agglutinating Bantu languages: a study in 2016. Supervisor: Professor A Chinsamy- of Runyankore and its generalizability Siyabusa Mkuhlani’s thesis Turan (Biological Sciences) reports on an approach to improve Co-supervisor: Dr D Pol (CONICET Joan Byamugisha holds a BSc in decision making by small scale – Museo Paleontológico E. Feruglio, Computer Science and Economics from farmers in South Africa, with the Trelew, Argentina) Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) and aim of improving climate variability an MSc in Software Engineering from management. For smallholder farming De Montfort University (DMU). Before communities, crop production is highly Muhammad Azher Irfan Nunkoo her PhD, she worked as a lecturer at a sensitive to climate and its variability. Thesis Title: Studies on the campus of UMU. She is now a Research This climate variability challenges diversity and distribution of marine Scientist at IBM Research. farms decision efficiency and often leads ichthyoparasites in Southern Africa Joan Byamugisha’s thesis to poor productivity and consequent focuses on developing algorithms challenges for food security. The Muhammad Nunkoo has BSc, that produce textual output in Bantu approach introduced integrates seasonal BSc(Hons) and MSc degrees in Zoology languages. Her work contributes to forecast information and crop modelling
37 to assess the performance of a range of In Mathematics: vast amounts of somatic mutations over management practices, under seasonal Murray Brian Christian the course of its life. Also from the Natal forecast available prior to planting. Thesis Title: Constant mean curvature long-fingered bat, which was used as a This process leads to a recommendation 1/2 surfaces in H² x R model to understand the evolution of of practices based on their capacity to the bat wing, to the rapidly evolving achieve high yield and the robustness Murray Christian completed his BSc in Ruschieae plants, which have recently of this outcome seasonal forecast Mathematics and Applied Mathematics undergone large levels of small scale information. Although the evidence at the University of KwaZulu-Natal duplications within their genomes. presented was produced in South Africa, in 2009, and his BSc(Hons) at UCT in In total, he sequences and assembles the recommendation capacity offers a 2010. In June 2011 he began working on six new genomes. These will serve as novel approach and seasonal decision- an MSc, which was upgraded to a PhD valuable resources for future research. making knowledge relevant to small in January 2013. farm systems on the African continent Murray Christian’s thesis Supervisor: Professor N Illing and beyond. studies constant mean curvature (Molecular and Cell Biology) ½ surfaces in the product of the Co-supervisor: Dr J Wall (Institute Supervisor: Dr O Crespo hyperbolic plane and the real line, for Human Genetics, University of (Environmental and Geographical H2xR. The thesis constructs new California) Science) examples of such surfaces, by solving boundary value problems for the mean curvature equation. These examples In Ocean & Atmosphere Science: Farirai Rusere are asymptotic to the ends of a family Emma Lewis Bone Thesis Title: Assessing the value of of horizontal catenoids discovered Thesis Title: A novel approach to ecological intensification in improving by B. Daniel and L. Hauswirth. The investigating chlorophyll-a fluorescence smallholder farmers’ food security and non-linear mean curvature equation is quantum yield variability in the rural livelihoods in a changing climate solved by perturbation methods, using Southern Ocean a careful analysis of its linearisation Farirai Rusere holds a BSc(Hons) in on suitable weighted function spaces. Emma Bone completed an MSc(Med) Agriculture and a MSc in Agriculture Possible future applications to a gluing in Cell Biology at UCT in 2010. She Meteorology from the University of construction are discussed. moved away from skin cancer research Zimbabwe. He joined UCT in 2016 to begin her PhD in Oceanography in for his PhD studies in the Department Supervisor: Dr F Ebobisse 2012. of Environmental and Geographical Bille (Mathematics and Applied Emma Bone’s thesis focuses on Science. Mathematics) better understanding phytoplankton Farirai Rusere’s thesis explores Co-supervisor: Dr J Ratzkin (University dynamics in the globally-important the global challenge of the immediate of Würzburg) Southern Ocean. She initially re- need for increased food production purposed an instrument, originally with long-term sustainability of our designed for a different intention, environment. The thesis characterises In Molecular & Cell Biology: by performing a full radiometric rural agricultural systems, the farmer’s Stephen Antonie Schlebusch characterisation and subsequent perception and management alternatives Thesis Title: Events that shape genomes calibration, for use in chlorophyll-a in the face of climate variability. fluorescence quantum yield (FQY) Explicitly, the thesis explores how Stephen Schlebusch has a BSc in determination. The instrument was ecological intensification is suited for Genetics and a BSc(Hons) from the deployed on various Southern Ocean mostly food insecure and climate- Department of Molecular and Cell cruises, yielding in situ FQY estimates. stressed environments of sub-Saharan Biology at UCT. He has contributed to The in situ measurements are used to Africa. It also pays specific attention to work published in prestigious journals validate existing satellite ocean colour the benefits, its impact on greenhouse such as Nature Genetics and Nature algorithms used to derive FQY from gas emissions and feasibility for Methods and in 2014 won a Research space. This is the first time such an adoption by rural farming communities Associateship Award. instrument has been implemented to The evidence produced demonstrates Stephen Schlebusch’s thesis derive in situ FQY measurements, the the existence of alternatives, which can uses modern sequencing technology to first time such measurements have been intensify smallholder cropping activities investigate a wide range of species at performed in the Atlantic Southern without substantial negative impact on the genomic level. This work spans from Ocean, and the first time satellite FQY- the environment and which are locally Yellow baboons in Kenya, which have algorithms have been validated with relevant and globally applicable. hybridised on multiple occasions with such measurements. This research Olive baboons, changing the local gene contributes significantly to her field, Supervisor: Dr O Crespo pool, to the resurrection plant Xerophyta offering a feasible option to obtaining (Environmental and Geographical Science) humilis, which appears to accumulate routine in situ FQY measurements,
38 thus improving regional FQY-satellite the University of Pretoria, then moved statistical inferences if not accounted algorithms. to UCT for a BSc(Hons) and MSc. He for. Methods of analysis for such joined the Department of Physics and data are based on plausible scientific Supervisor: A/Professor M Vichi Centre for Minerals Research in 2013 assumptions which are unverifiable (Oceanography) and began work on his PhD in 2015. using the data at hand. Abdul-Karim Co-supervisors: Drs SJ Thomalla; David de Klerk’s thesis Iddrisu starts by surveying the literature Stewart Bernard; ME Smith and TJ investigated several aspects of granular on the models for missing longitudinal Ryan-Keogh (Oceanography) suspensions in rotating drums. The use data and sensitivity analysis methods. of the ergodic hypothesis (which states He summarises and compares various that time averages of a single particle models for missing longitudinal data Laura Valerie Braby is equivalent to ensemble averages of and sensitivity analysis. He then reviews Thesis Title: A study of mesoscale all the particles) in Positron Emission and extends selected sensitivity analysis eddies, the Agulhas Current and the Particle Tracking (PEPT) experiments approaches in clinical trials setting. A evolution of its meanders using satellite was investigated with novel techniques multicentre clinical trial dataset and observations and numerical modelling and improvements were suggested. A suitably constructed simulations are experiments second series of PEPT experiments, put through estimation and analysis with glass beads and water/glycerol processes. He appends annotated coding Laura Braby completed her MSc in mixtures, and Discrete Element Method of R, SAS and STATA routines in his Ocean and Climate Dynamics at UCT (DEM) simulations, with a lubrication thesis. in 2014 and began her PhD in the same approximation to capture viscous effects department in 2015. of the fluid, validated the simulation Supervisor: Dr F Gumedze (Statistical Laura Braby’s thesis investigates technique. In addition, the simulation Sciences) the characteristics of mesoscale eddies results compared favourably to the and meanders generated on the Agulhas leading models of granular rheology Current and their interactions, using a and dense granular suspensions in the In Zoology: combination of satellite observations, literature. Jessica Dawson surface drifter data and experiments Thesis Title: Terrestrial-aquatic with regional ocean models. It was Supervisor: Professor A Mainza transfers by hippopotamus found that eddies originating from the (Chemical Engineering) (Hippopotamus amphibius): effects Mozambique Channel and from the Co-supervisor: Professor I Govender on food web and benthic community region south of Madagascar dissipate (Physics and Chemical Engineering) structure of the St Lucia Estuary, as they approach the northern Agulhas iSimangaliso Wetland Park, World Current, but affect the mean velocity and Heritage Site, South Africa offshore position of the current as they entrain within it, depending on whether In Statistical Sciences: Jessica Dawson completed her BSc, the eddy is anticyclonic or cyclonic. The *Abdul-Karim Iddrisu BSc(Hons) and MSc degrees at UCT, effects on eddy kinetic energy and eddy Thesis Title: Sensitivity analysis before embarking on her PhD research properties of forcing a regional ocean approaches for incomplete longitudinal in 2012. This involved collaborations model using relative versus absolute data in a multi-centre clinical trial with both Rhodes University and Nelson winds were investigated. In addition, Mandela University. the changes in the ability of the model Abdul-Karim Iddrisu holds a BSc Jessica Dawson’s thesis to adequately represent meanders on the in Statistics from the University quantifies the effects of trophic transfers Agulhas Current in the two wind forcing for Development Studies, Ghana, mediated by hippos, on assemblages experiments were analysed. a Postgraduate Diploma in Science and ecological processes in the St Lucia (Mathematical Sciences) from Estuary. Using in situ experiments, Supervisor: Professor CJC Reason Stellenbosch University, and an MSc in she showed that such transfers can (Oceanography) Statistics from University of KwaZulu- generate major ecosystem effects, Co-supervisors: Dr BC Backeberg Natal. He joined the Department of mainly in the form of reduced benthic (CSIR); Dr MJ Krug (CSIR) Statistical Sciences at UCT in 2014 for primary and secondary productivity. his PhD studies. Experiments demonstrated reductions Abdul-Karim Iddrisu’s thesis in benthic microalgal biomass by up to In Physics: focuses on sensitivity analysis methods, 70 % and macrofaunal abundance by David Nicholaas De Klerk which investigate the robustness of 76 %, with taxon richness and biomass Thesis Title: Investigating multi- statistical inferences to plausible similarly displaying declining trends. directional inhomogeneous granular alternative assumptions about the Using tracer techniques, such as fatty suspensions missing data. Missing data are ubiquitous acid and stable isotope analyses, she in longitudinal studies, such as clinical additionally demonstrated that hippo- David de Klerk completed his BSc at trials, and may severely compromise mediated transfers can alter trophic
39 relationships by modifying the bases intertidal sandflat ecosystems. role in enabling infrastructure access of food webs. Her findings suggest that and does suggest an alternative form this is achieved by basal resources of Supervisor: Dr D Pillay (Biological of city governance in the absence of an lower nutritional value becoming more Sciences) enabling state. dominant. Overall, Jessica Dawson’s work provides novel and highly relevant Supervisor: A/Professor N Odendaal insights on the role of an iconic African (Architecture, Planning & Geomatics) megaherbivore as a biological engineer 5. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING in aquatic ecosystems. AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Supervisor: Dr D Pillay (Biological In Architecture & Planning: Sciences) Dean: Professor A E Lewis Eduardo Guillermo Delgado Castañeda Thesis title: Land and housing practices in Namibia: cases of access to land Welly Qwabe DEGREE OF DOCTOR rights and production of housing in Thesis Title: Interactions between OF PHILOSOPHY Windhoek, Oshakati and Gobabis ecosystem engineering by burrowing sandprawns (Callichirus kraussi) and In Architecture: Eduardo Delgado Castañeda holds nutrients: consequences for benthic Furaha Abwe Germain a degree in architecture from the community structure and ecosystem Thesis Title: A web of relations: co- Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico functioning production arrangements in urban and a Master’s degree in architecture sanitation infrastructure provision in from the Berlage Institute in the Welly Qwabe holds undergraduate informal settlements in Arusha city, Netherlands. He has worked with non- degrees from the University of Zululand Tanzania governmental organisations and other and an MSc in Biological Sciences academic institutions in Namibia and from UCT. Since joining UCT, he has Furaha Abwe holds a BSc in Urban internationally on socio-spatial issues. developed strong interests in marine and Regional Planning and an MSc in Eduardo Delgado Castañeda’s biodiversity, particularly in ecological Urban Planning and Management from thesis documents three processes processes that influence it in space and Dar es Salaam and Ardhi Universities, of access to land for housing in time. Tanzania. He commenced his PhD at three different urban contexts in Welly Qwabe’s thesis focuses the School of Architecture and Planning Namibia. He employs two separate, on nutrient inputs and burrowing at UCT in 2012, whilst teaching at Mt yet related, concepts in socio-spatial ecosystem engineers (sandprawns: Meru University in Tanzania. production, namely ‘co-production’ Callichirus kraussi), and the extent to Furaha Abwe’s thesis explores and ‘autogestion’ in the analysis of which they influence the functioning processes of co-production in urban the three case studies. In doing so, he of intertidal sandflat ecosystems. His sanitation infrastructure provision has uncovered the variety of strategies field work demonstrated that seasonal among multiple actors in informal and alliances that are required to meet nutrient and productivity pulses from settlements in Arusha, Tanzania. He the realities on the ground within the the Atlantic Ocean have little impact sought to interrogate whether emerging ‘formal’ reality of government and on diversity indicators, due partially co-productive arrangements are professionals. He argues for the need to to habitat modification by burrowing indicative of an alternative form of city deepen theoretically the concept of co- sandprawns, which limits resource governance in the global South. The production and suggests that this can be availability. Using field experiments, study adopted a relational approach, done by thinking in abstract about the he showed that biological engineering informed by Actor- Network Theory and ways in which ‘co-productive’ socio- overrides nutrient effects on diversity Assemblage Thinking in understanding spatial processes take place. His study and community indicators, but that human-material interactions in the contributes to on-going debates on subtle interactions between these sanitation chain. He found this process urbanisation in the Global South and processes alter functional composition. to be dynamic and contextually provides useful lessons for socio-spatial Overall, this work has shown that informed: various actors interact and practitioners and those seeking new effects of nutrient pulses on intertidal form networks at different moments in ways to transform the places we live. sandflat ecosystems may be contextually the sanitation chain. These networks dependent. Expected effects may not make service delivery possible where Supervisor: A/Professor N Odendaal materialise if systems are dominated one actor alone could not deliver, (Architecture, Planning and Geomatics) by bio-engineering sandprawns, which with the household central to delivery. Co-supervisor: Professor V Watson alter biotic responses to nutrients. Welly Contextual factors such as culture, (Architecture, Planning and Geomatics) Qwabe’s work broadens understanding land tenure, gender and state inaction of the role of contextual processes in impact on delivery. Despite structural determining ecological functioning in constraints, co-production plays a key
40 Mtafu Almiton Zeleza Manda Alexey Cherkaev’s thesis The investigation further highlighted Thesis Title: Understanding the context investigates the hydrodynamics of that the crystal nucleation and growth of informality: urban planning under packed rock beds typical of heap leach rates in a MSMPR are slower compared different land tenure systems in Mzuzu, operations from both a theoretical to the rates observed in a PFR and Malawi (modelling) and empirical angle. By are primarily related to differences in analysing the results of steady state mixing conditions within each reactor Mtafu Manda holds a BSocSc from gravimetric studies and residence configuration. The work shows that University of Malawi, Postgraduate time distribution experiments on beds varying reactor configuration affords diplomas from Erasmus University of different packings, he proposes an opportunity to manipulate crystal and University of Botswana, and a two novel models describing the morphology that may lead to higher Master of Science in Urban Planning hydrodynamics of flow through such purity crystals. from University College, London. He beds. The first model directly links is a lecturer in the Built Environment ore particle size distribution and liquid Supervisor: Professor AE Lewis Department at Mzuzu University in hold-up, bypassing the need to employ (Chemical Engineering) Malawi. models based on Darcy’s law. The Mtafu Manda’s thesis focuses second model, utilising the fact that on settlement informality in Mzuzu, liquid flows in interconnected channels, Xolisa Camagu Goso Malawi. It explores the difficulty that explains the apparent mixed behaviour Thesis title: Phase equilibria studies urban planners face in their attempt to of the flow. These findings will help and beneficiation of titaniferous slags achieve planned urban development to reduce the amount of the test work in the face of persistent and expanding involved in the design and scale-up of Xolisa Goso completed an MTech informal settlements. It analyses how heap leaching operations. degree in chemistry at the University of different actors contribute to this Johannesburg. He is currently working situation because of contradictions Supervisor: Professor J Petersen for Mintek’s pyrometallurgy division as in their understandings of policy (Chemical Engineering) a principal scientist, and enrolled with demands and livelihoods needs, and Co-supervisor: Professor STL Harrison the Chemical Engineering Department contradictions between the practices of (Chemical Engineering) at UCT for PhD studies in 2013. various actors at different levels within Xolisa Goso’s thesis focuses the state and society. It shows that on the establishment of suitable informal settlements develop on public, Edmund Engelbrecht phase equilibria of titaniferous slags, customary or private land and explores Thesis Title: Crystal growth currently a waste material from how these different land tenure systems and nucleation kinetics of titaniferous magnetite smelting, to use give rise to various forms of engagement diethylenetriammonium as a guide during the smelting process between the state and informal settlers hexachlororhodate (III) salt in order to produce a slag that can be and within each of these categories. The beneficiated to a titania product – the thesis supports theoretical assertions Edmund Engelbrecht completed primary input to the manufacture of in urban scholarship that informality his B.Eng. (Chem) qualification at pigment used in many applications can be produced by the state and by Stellenbosch University, and began part- including paints and paper. His studies poor households, but with both the time study towards his MSc in 2008 at revealed, through using the FactSage state and informal settlers using tactics UCT. In 2012 the MSc was upgraded software and equilibration-quench and strategies which are shaped by the to a PhD that was completed part-time experiments, that a titaniferous slag, in Malawian context. whilst working for Anglo American the compositional range studied, with a Platinum. MgO concentration of 2% or less, would Supervisor: Professor V Watson Edmund Engelbrecht’s not precipitate spinel, a chemically inert (Architecture, Planning and Geomatics) thesis shows that crystal growth phase that renders these slags valueless. of diethylenetriammonium He demonstrated the beneficiation of a hexachlororhodate (III) salt in a mixed titaniferous slag produced in this manner In Chemical Engineering: suspension mixed product removal using the Upgraded Slag process from Alexey Cherkaev reactor configuration 22.0% to 90.5% TiO2. This product is Thesis Title: The art of soaking rocks: (MSMPR) is limited by surface suitable for use as feedstock for sulphate systematic study of liquid and solute integration and is polynuclear. In a pigment production. The developed flow in packed rock beds in the context plug flow reactor (PFR) configuration process demonstrates the avoidance of of heap leaching crystal growth was found to be limited waste through production of a valuable by mass transfer. The differences in by-product. Alexey Cherkaev graduated with an growth mechanisms gave rise to vastly MSc (Mathematics) from Moscow State different crystal structures, a desert rose Supervisor: Professor J Petersen University in 2007, and an MSc(Eng) type structure in the MSMPR, and a (Chemical Engineering) in Chemical Engineering from UCT in feathery elongated structure in the PFR. Co-supervisor: Dr J Nell (Hatch) 2010.
41 Lebohang Macheli formation, and quantification of the biogas unit, processing mall organic Thesis title: Inverse model systems to metabolic activity present in the ore bed waste. The results from these studies investigate metal-support interactions through isothermal calorimetry, all based provide new insights into factors which in Fischer-Tropsch catalysis on mineral surface area. These were used affect the productivity and stability of to establish the progression of microbial small-scale biogas units. The thesis Lebohang Macheli obtained his BSc colonisation and its role in maximizing proposes contexts where small-scale biogas can be successful in the urban (Chemical Technology) degree from the metal recovery from low grade resources setting, and the knowledge support National University of Lesotho in 2008. while minimising pollution sources such needed to safeguard such new forms of as acid rock drainage (ARD). Insight He obtained a MSc(Eng) in Chemical infrastructure investment. Engineering from the University of into these leaching reactions and the Cape Town, before commencing full- role of microorganisms in accelerating Supervisor: Professor H von Blottnitz time study towards his PhD in 2015. them sheds light on mineral dissolution (Chemical Engineering) Lebohang Macheli’s thesis which can be optimised for recovery investigated the role of metal-support of metal values or minimised to reduce interactions in cobalt-based Fischer- environmental pollution. These findings In Civil Engineering: Tropsch catalysts using inverse model are particularly relevant to the optimum Eric Adjei systems. This model system isolates beneficiation of complex minerals, Thesis Title: Travel behaviour the extent of metal- support interaction. enhancing resource productivity, to dynamics: a mobility biography study He developed a method to prepare an recover mineral value from waste rocks towards change inverse model system by modifying the and to ensure responsible mine site Eric Adjei holds a BSc(Hons) in Civil surface of cobalt with small amounts closure and rehabilitation. Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah of silanes. This modification process University of Science and Technology, brought the realization that metal- Ghana. He pursued an MSc degree in support interactions can enhance the Supervisor: Professor STL Harrison Geographic Information Systems for activity of cobalt-based catalysts in the (Chemical Engineering) Urban Planning and Management at the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Furthermore, Co-supervisors: Dr RJ Huddy University of Twente, The Netherlands. he showed that metal-support interaction (Chemical Engineering) Eric Adjei’s thesis explores in inverse systems can be tuned using Dr MA Fagan-Endres (Chemical habit-breaking amongst Cape Town various preparation treatments, in such Engineering) commuters, with a view to refining a way to positively affect their catalytic theoretical explanations of how, why activity. and when travel behaviour changes, and Linus Naik improving travel demand management Supervisor: Professor E van Steen Thesis Title: An investigation of the practices. His thesis starts with a review (Chemical Engineering) potential and the limitations of small- of theories explaining travel choice. He then investigates the extent to which scale biogas in urban Africa mode use choices are habitual, and the effect of life events on habit breaking. Linus Naik holds BSc(Eng) and Didi Xhanti Makaula Changes in vehicle ownership, job Thesis title: Developing quantitative MSc(Eng) degrees in Chemical location and residence are observed to approaches to determine microbial Engineering, both from UCT. In his have the greatest influence on behaviour colonization and activity in mineral PhD research, he aimed to build on this change. He then analyses the processes bioleaching and characterization of foundation, applying the bioprocess individuals – experiencing any of these acid rock drainage engineering knowledge from his Masters three life events – go through in changing to real service provision challenges in mode use behaviour. Individuals were Didi Makaula completed his BSc(Hons) urban Africa. found to begin deliberating about mode in Biotechnology at the University of Linus Naik’s thesis interrogates use change about 30 days before the the Western Cape. He then obtained an the use of small, distributed biogas occurrence of the life event, stopping MSc in Biotechnology at UWC before digesters to meet energy and waste almost immediately thereafter. Prior registering for a PhD specialising in management needs in urban Africa. conceptualisations of these processes have assumed that deliberation and bioprocess engineering in CeBER, Field observation of a biogas digester information-seeking occur immediately Chemical Engineering at UCT. identified parameters to be monitored. after the life event is experienced. He A mobile phone application was built Didi Makaula’s thesis focuses therefore proposes individuals are on the role of microorganisms attached to assist with the data capture by users. targeted with travel demand management to and growing on the surface of mineral This smart-phone application was used measures before they experience a life sulfide ores in the dissolution of metals to gather data and develop profiles event, rather than afterwards. and other ions from these ores. He of ten installed biogas units around established methods for quantification southern Africa over a year. Based on Supervisor: A/Professor R Behrens of the microbial phase, analysis of the insights gathered, hands-on test- (Civil Engineering) polysaccharides associated in biofilm work was carried out on one other small
42 Imuentinyan Aivinhenyo of ships (SAMSA). simulation optimisation model, which is Thesis Title: Development of context- Abisai Konstantinus’ thesis a combination between multi-objective sensitive accessibility indicators: a investigates the take up of short-sea optimisation and simulation. Although GIS-based modelling approach for shipping (SSS) in the SADC region. He the problem originates from the domain Cape Town first assessed the theoretical potential for of sustainable transportation planning, SSS considering the transport realities, the combination of operations research Imuentinyan Aivinhenyo completed his policies and infrastructure levels in and transport modelling knowledge BEng degree in Civil Engineering at the the SADC region; he then goes on to applied in this research proved essential University of Benin, Nigeria, his home develop a number of discrete choice in developing a decision support tool country. He obtained his MSc from models to assess the take up of SSS by that is able to generate adequate decision the prestigious MIT Portugal Program shippers and carriers. The take up of SSS support for the problem. This work at the Technical University of Lisbon, by shippers is assessed along 5 transport serves as a basis to stimulate further Portugal, and commenced his PhD corridors in the SADC region: Walvis scholarship and expands upon collective studies in 2014 at UCT under the UCT Bay–Cape Town, Durban–Beira, Cape knowledge on freight transport energy Carnegie Fellowship. Town–Windhoek, Walvis Bay-Luanda management. Imuentinyan Aivinhenyo’s and Durban–Harare. Following this, he thesis investigates the transport system of studied the take up of SSS by maritime Supervisor: A/Professor M Cape Town and how it enables residents carriers, by evaluating the conditions Vanderschuren (Civil Engineering) to access essential opportunities such under which they will participate in as jobs, education and healthcare. Of SSS. Finally, he employed the modeling key consideration is the monetary outcomes to estimate willingness to pay Rene Mathias Nsanzintore cost of travel, and the implication on and attribute elasticities, and the policy Nsanzubuhoro reachability of these opportunities for implications in terms of developing SSS Thesis Title: Pressure-based leakage low-income households. He utilized in SADC. These findings will be useful characterisation of bulk pipelines several data including the route to develop maritime transport in the networks of transport modes such as SADC region. Rene Nsanzubuhoro holds a BSc(Eng) bus, minibus taxi, train and the MyCiTi in Civil Engineering and MSc(Eng) in BRT system, to develop models that Supervisor: Professor M Zuidgeest Civil Engineering from UCT. He was calculate and visualise the level of (Civil Engineering) awarded a Mandela Rhodes Scholarship accessibility for every location in Cape and recently won the national Three Town. His research finds application in Minute Thesis competition. the area of spatial planning of land use Tanya Elizabeth Lane Rene Nsanzubuhoro’s research and transport infrastructure, by enabling Thesis Title: Towards sustainable focuses on the leakage characterisation planners and decision makers to identify freight energy management: of bulk water pipelines using a areas across the city that lacks access development of a strategic decision novel pressure-based technique. It is to vital opportunities, thereby guiding support tool notoriously difficult to assess leakage policies on optimal location of new in bulk water pipelines and this is rarely infrastructure, transport services and Tanya Lane obtained a bachelor’s degree done. Rene designed a robust field land use development. in Industrial and Systems Engineering test device and used it, in combination cum laude from the University of with the latest knowledge on leak area Supervisor: Professor M Zuidgeest Pretoria. She subsequently enrolled for a variation with pressure, to characterise (Civil Engineering) master’s degree in Transport Engineering the leakage of a range of different bulk at UCT and, after completing the water pipes in the field. He was able to coursework component with distinction, identify leaking isolation valves, the Abisai Hashokuali Konstantinus her enrolment was upgraded to PhD. size and type of leaks present, and in Thesis Title: Opportunities for short- The aim of Tanya Lane’s some cases the location of the leaks. He sea shipping (SSS) in the Southern thesis research was to develop a developed and verified a novel theory Africa Development Community decision support tool which addresses for characterising leakage based on (SADC) Region: Evidence based on the complexities involved in the the time-dependent drop in pressure discrete choice modeling formulation of freight transport energy observed in an isolated pipe. This management strategies, facilitating the technique can be used when the leak is Abisai Konstantinus holds a national development of holistic, sustainable too small to be detected by the device’s diploma in maritime studies from and comprehensive freight management flow meter. The study demonstrated the CPUT, an MPhil in Shipping Law from policy by government level decision- effectiveness of the proposed technique UCT, an MSc in Shipping Management makers. The Freight Transport Energy for practical application. and Logistics from WMU (Sweden), a Management Tool (FTEMT) was professional qualification in shipbroking developed in response to this research Supervisor: Professor JE van Zyl (Civil from ICS (UK) and is a qualified captain objective and can be classified as a Engineering)
43 In Construction Economics & Alireza Moghayedi applied the conceptual framework Management: Thesis Title: Modelling uncertainty of to explicate causal mechanisms for Unekwu Jonathan Adama cost and time in infrastructure projects private-sector involvement in low- Thesis Title: A study of the impact of income housing in such an adverse technological innovations on the social Alireza Moghayedi holds a BSc in operating environment, which is sustainability of facilities management Civil Engineering, and MSc degrees in characteristic of most developing employees in South Africa Construction Management and Civil countries, and the constraints faced and Engineering. He joined the Construction the strategies used by the developers. Unekwu Adama holds a BTech in Economics and Management The findings indicate that challenges Estate Management and MTech Department at UCT in 2016 for doctoral faced by developers emanate from the in Environmental Management studies, before which he worked as institutional environment and access from the Federal University of Director of Technology and Technical to resources, and all strategies applied Technology, Minna, Nigeria. He joined studies with the Ministry of Roads and by the developers have an overriding the Construction Economics and Urban Development, Iran. objective of cost containment. The Management Department at UCT in Alireza Moghayedi’s thesis findings indicate that there is potential, 2016 for his PhD studies, before which focuses on developing a hybrid appetite and scope for more private- he lectured at the Federal University of intelligent model that predicts the sector engagement, and that that the key Technology, Minna, Nigeria. impact size of different sources of to unlocking this potential lies with the Unekwu Adama’s thesis uncertainty in the construction process state, via a number of policy reforms. focuses on the impact of technological of infrastructure projects, aimed innovations on the social sustainability at improving the accuracy of the Supervisor: A/Professor MM of facilities management employees in estimation of construction cost and time Mooya (Construction Economics & South Africa. He starts by conducting of infrastructure projects. He developed Management) an interdisciplinary literature review to a hybrid intelligent uncertainty model find employee social wellbeing factors that simulates the impact of variability, that are impacted by the adoption of correlation and uncertainty events on In Electrical Engineering: technological innovations. He then cost and time of infrastructure projects, Munyaradzi Justice Chihota proceeds to do a countrywide survey to by combining the strength of classical Thesis Title: Extending the Herman- validate 16 employee social wellbeing simulation methods and artificial Beta transform for probabilistic load factors and also to determine the types of intelligence prediction technique. The flow analysis of radial feeders technological innovations that facilities uncertainty model can estimate the cost management organisations were and time of infrastructure projects with Justice Chihota received his BSc(Eng) utilising in South Africa. Through a pair- 99% accuracy. and MSc(Eng) qualifications at UCT wise study, he uses facilities managers’ and began full-time study towards a PhD expert opinions and interpretive Supervisor: A/Professor A Windapo in 2016. structural modelling approach to assess (Construction Economics and Justice Chihota’s thesis the employee social wellbeing factors. Management) reports on the extension of the Herman- He finds that the adoption of technology Beta algorithm for probabilistic load innovations impacts the social flow (PLF) calculations for low voltage sustainability of facilities management Bridgit Gugulethu Taruvinga radial feeders, which is the present employees and that information Thesis title: Market solutions to the design standard for electrification in communication-based technology, low-income housing challenge – a case South Africa. The novel formulation cloud-based technologies and sensors study of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe of the Herman-Beta Extended (HBE) are primarily responsible for the impact. transform with consideration of He develops a framework for managing Bridgit Taruvinga completed her BCom complex-type input parameters redresses the social impact of technology adoption Honours degree in Finance and MSc the network model simplifications of on the social sustainability of facilities in Finance and Investments at the unity power factor loads and resistive management employees. National University of Science and feeders in the initial algorithm. Further, Technology, Zimbabwe, in 2008 and the effects of dependency between loads Supervisor: A/Professor K Michell 2011 respectively. She commenced her and distributed generation (DG) are (Construction Economics and PhD studies at UCT in 2015. incorporated. The HBE transform opens Management) Bridgit Taruvinga’s thesis many possibilities for new applications, focuses on exploring market solutions including the accurate analysis of to the low-income housing challenge. the PLF for feeders at any voltage, She developed a conceptual framework compensated feeders, and systems with that can be used to theoretically ground voltage-dependent loads or DG. The studies in this field, and using empirical new tool is relevant for power system data from five case studies in Bulawayo, planning. The HBE transform is also
44 essential in determining the capacity of of Technology, Akure, both in Nigeria. lluminators of Opportunity to identify existing power grids to accommodate He lectured at the Polytechnic, Ibadan, their possible weaknesses for the purpose new renewable energy sources. before commencing PhD studies at UCT. of applying targeted ECM. A waveform Ismaheel Oladejo’s thesis study was performed to determine the Supervisor: Emeritus Professor CT addresses the problem of energy optimal jamming waveform for an FM Gaunt (Electrical Engineering) management of micro-grid in a fair radio based PR. The importance of an Co-supervisor: Dr R Herman (Electrical multi-partner profit distribution effective direct signal interference (DSI) Engineering) manner. He proposes a micro-grid canceller was also shown as a means of energy management to provide a fair suppressing the jamming signal. The profit distribution amongst the micro- two main processing techniques for Hilary Kudzai Chisepo grid participants. The approach is DVB-T2 based PR, mismatched and Thesis Title: Measurements and finite formulated based on game theory inverse filtering, were investigated and element modelling of transformer fluxes using the generalised Nash bargaining their performance in the presence of with dc and power frequency current solution to obtain optimal fair profit jamming evaluated. The deterministic distribution with negotiation power components of the DVB-T2 waveform Hilary Chisepo has an MSc(Eng) degree indicators. A case of six local sites with were shown to be an effective form of from UCT. His doctoral work emerged different energy demand profiles was attack for both mismatched filtering and from his master’s project and experience used with the possibility of comparing inverse filtering techniques. as a support and development engineer cooperation game theory method with in the transformer manufacturing an independent method. The solutions Supervisor: A/Professor D O’Hagan industry. were empirically evaluated to show that (Electrical Engineering) Hilary Chisepo’s thesis cooperative game theory increases profit accurately models the complex compared to when there is no game responses of transformers to theory. The investigation was extended Jacobus Stephanus Sandenbergh geomagnetically induced currents (GIC) to a novel approach of game theory Thesis Title: Synchronising coherent caused by solar flares, disturbing power using the generalized Nash bargaining networked radar using low-cost GPS- electricity supply networks. The thesis solution, where a particular participant disciplined oscillators performed physical testing and finite needs to be favoured, therefore such a element matrix (FEM) modelling to participant receives higher profit than Jacobus Sandenbergh holds a BEng study the magnetic flux distributions in other participants. The higher profit can degree from Stellenbosch University, transformers to derive useful parameters be allocated to favour any participant of and began full-time study towards his for network modelling and transformer a micro-grid. The new approach can be PhD in 2006. design. Improved 2D FEM models with applied to energy management of micro- Jacobus Sandenbergh’s thesis “equivalent” air gaps at the core joints grids having many players and in power evaluated the viability of using low- resulted in better accuracy compared to system operating electricity markets. cost GPS-synchronised oscillators existing techniques. Further accuracy in (GPSDOs) to synchronise multistatic the depiction of the harmful stray flux Supervisor: Professor KA Folly networked radar. He improved and due to GIC/dc was achieved in novel (Electrical Engineering) simplified the specification of multistatic 3D FEM models. The research can aid radar synchronisation, enabling the manufacturers and power utilities in rapid selection of an appropriate making transformers and networks more Stephen Thomas Paine synchronisation technology. Then, reliable. Thesis Title: Electronic he designed and built three GPSDOs countermeasures applied to passive containing a unique phase-locked loop Supervisor: Emeritus Professor CT radar architecture and time synchronisation Gaunt (Electrical Engineering) mechanism. He later used these Co-supervisor: Professor KA Folly Stephen Paine obtained his BSc in GPSDOs to synchronise an actual (Electrical Engineering) Electrical Engineering from UCT in networked radar which resulted in the 2014 before completing his MSc in first published GPS phase synchronised Radar and Electronic Defence in 2016, pulsed-Doppler multistatic radar. He Ismaheel Oyeyemi Oladejo specialising in RF and antenna design. has shown that GPS time transfer Thesis Title: Energy management of Stephen Paine’s thesis made the is adequate to synchronise this kind micro-grid using cooperative game novel contribution of a comprehensive of radar and that the direct antenna theory exploration and validation of various sidelobe breakthrough can be used over Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) baselines of a few kilometres to improve Ismaheel Oladejo holds a BEng in techniques and their effectiveness the synchronisation to monostatic levels. Electrical Engineering from University when applied to Passive Radar (PR). Hence, high-performance but low- of Ilorin, and MEng degree in Electrical Extensive research has been conducted cost coherent multistatic systems are Engineering from Federal University to assess the inherent properties of the realisable for short baselines to improve
45 significantly the detection of small In Energy Studies: is on the design and testing of a targets in high clutter environments such *Anna Maratovna Azarch framework to guide land administrators as rough seas. Thesis Title: US energy policy and and policymakers involved in the its position in the United Nations development of cadastral systems. Supervisor: Emeritus Professor MR Framework Convention on Climate This includes land tenure reform. The Inggs (Electrical Engineering) Change (UNFCCC) negotiations: a framework is designed using a research theory-guided historical analysis synthesis methodology and tested and extended through progressive case Uyoata Etuk Uyoata Anna Azarch holds an MA in study. Embedded within the framework Thesis Title: Relay assisted device-to- International Studies from Stellenbosch are three interrelated goals of success, device communication with channel University and began her full-time study significance, and sustainability. The uncertainty towards a PhD in 2013. basic premise is that, for developments Anna Azarch’s thesis analyses affecting customary land rights-holders Uyoata Uyoata completed his the interaction between US energy to be successful and sustainable, the BEng(Hons) at the Federal University of policy and its negotiating position in the outcomes and processes need to be Technology, Yola, Nigeria, and an MSc United Nations Framework Convention significant for the intended beneficiaries. at the University of Bradford. He began on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in The research draws on four case full-time study towards his PhD at UCT which understanding how different studies – Germany, the Netherlands, in 2016. administrations balanced competing Mozambique, and South Africa – and Uyoata Uyoata’s thesis focused policy goals is pivotal in understanding addresses the current land reform on designing techniques to select a these dynamics. The analysis was issue for people living in the former mobile device to relay data between basedon conducting a historical case homelands of South Africa. pairs of other user devices when there study of the United States of America’s is imperfect channel state information. position in these negotiations and how its Supervisor: A/Professor Jennifer Modelling the problem as a matching energy policy interacts with this over the Whittal (Geomatics) market between relays and device period from 1989 to 2015. A historical Co-supervisor: Professor J-P van Belle pairs, he proposed a relay selection overview indicates the challenges that (Information Systems) approach, based on stable matching. To succeeding administrations faced in cater for the buffer state of the relays, grappling with contradictory policy he showed that a cross-layer relay objectives in accordance with the In Materials Engineering: selection method can offer reasonable perceived costs and benefits of various Iosif Vazirgiantzikis spectral efficiency gains. He showed policy goals and instruments at both the Thesis Title: Investigation into the that channel uncertainty arising from domestic and international levels, and its surface modification of Ti-6Al-4V to imperfect channel state information can implications for their position and ability facilitate antimicrobial ionic silver deteriorate the performance of relay to cooperate within the UNFCCC. integration for use in implantable networks, by modelling the uncertainty orthopaedic devices in deterministic and probabilistic Supervisor: Dr A Marquard formats. He went on to show that (Mechanical Engineering) Iosif Vazirgiantzikis completed his BSc although clustering of devices could Co-supervisor: A/Professor K Smith (Chemistry and Polymer Science) at be beneficial to networks, performance (Political Studies) Stellenbosch University in 2013 and gains drop with arbitrary cluster size his BSc(Hons) in Materials Science at increase. The results from his work UCT in 2014. He began full-time study showed that the selection algorithms In Geomatics: towards his MSc(Eng) in 2015, and proposed offer gains over comparable Simon Antony Hull upgraded to a PhD in 2017. benchmark algorithms and also cater to Thesis title: A framework for guiding Iosif Vazirgiantzikis’s the self-interest of relay device holders. cadastral systems development in thesis investigates methodologies customary land rights contexts for the incorporation of silver into a Supervisor: Dr J Mwangama (Electrical modified surface of titanium in order Engineering) Simon Hull completed his BSc (Land to facilitate an antimicrobial effect Co-supervisor: Emeritus A/Professor M Surveying) at the University of for use in orthopaedic implants. The Dlodlo (Electrical Engineering) KwaZulu-Natal in 1997, and his MSc methodologies investigated were: at UCT in 2000. Before joining UCT as anodic oxidation of the titanium surface, a staff member in 2012, he worked as a followed by silver ion exchange; a novel professional land surveyor and then as a process of using silver-doped dioxide high school Maths and Sciences teacher, particles fused to the surface of the completing a PGCE through UNISA in titanium via anodic oxidation; and silver 2009. ion implantation into titanium with Simon Hull’s doctoral research modified surfaces. The surfaces and
46 sub-surfaces were characterised using properties can be subsequently optimised advance electron microscopy analysis using THT processing. and chemical techniques. The results show that silver can be successfully Supervisor: Professor RD Knutsen incorporated into the surface of titanium (Materials Engineering) in both the as-polished and modified Co-supervisor: Dr JE Westraadt conditions, and that the silver release in (Physics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan simulated body fluid is such that 55-100% University) antimicrobial effect can be achieved in all cases. Iosif Vazirgiantzikis also identified a methodology that yields the best silver ion release, and offers tailorability of silver release and commercial scalability.
Supervisor: Dr S George (Mechanical Engineering)
Velile Nicholine Vilane Thesis tittle: Microstructure and tensile performance evolution during Titanium - 6 Aluminium - 4 Vanadium (Ti-6Al- 4V) temporary hydrogen treatment
Velile Vilane completed BSc(Hons) and MSc degrees in Materials Engineering at UCT. The knowledge acquired from the MSc research informed his PhD study on the temporary hydrogen treatment (THT) of the Titanium-6Aluminium- 4Vanadium (Ti-6Al-4V) alloy. Velile Vilane’s thesis uses THT to refine the coarse-cast Ti-6Al- 4V microstructure in order to improve its mechanical properties (strength and ductility). He investigated the effect of hydrogen on Ti-6Al-4V microstructure evolution during THT processing at imaging levels of down to atomic resolution. From this information, he observed that whilst temporary hydrogen treatment (THT) can significantly refine the coarse Ti-6Al-4V microstructure and improve strength, it also deteriorates ductility because alloyed hydrogen promotes precipitation of a brittle Ti3Al phase. As a result, he custom- designed THT processes to eliminate the associated Ti3Al embrittlement whilst retaining the improved strength. This thesis has significance in the manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V components which are typically used in the aerospace industry. It shows that Ti-6Al-4V components can be manufactured using the cheaper alternative manufacturing route (casting), and their mechanical
47 FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
Academic Procession. (The congregation is requested to stand as the procession enters the hall)
The Presiding Officer will constitute the congregation.
The National Anthem.
The University Dedication will be read by a member of the SRC.
Musical Item.
Welcome by the Master of Ceremonies.
The University Book Award.
The University Creative Works Award.
The Orator will present Professor Jonathan David Jansen to the Presiding Officer for the award of an honorary degree.
The graduands and diplomates will be presented to the Presiding Officer by the Dean of the faculty.
The Presiding Officer will congratulate the new graduates and diplomates.
The Master of Ceremonies will make closing announcements and invite the congregation to stand.
The Presiding Officer will dissolve the congregation.
The procession, including the new graduates and diplomates, will leave the hall. (The congregation is requested to remain standing until the procession has left the hall.)
48 DISTINCTIONS IN THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Bachelors degrees may be awarded with distinction
in a subject, where the student has an average of at least 75% and no mark below 70%
in the degree, where the student has both distinction in at least one subject and first class passes in at least 10 courses.
Honours degrees are awarded by class (first, second class division one, second class division two, or third).
Master’s degrees may be awarded with distinction
for the dissertation, (in a coursework and dissertation curriculum) for especially meritorious work, the dissertation being in the first class (75% or better)
in the degree, for especially meritorious work, where the average is 75% or better and no component is below 70%.
49 THE UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD
The University Book Award recognises the publication of books, written by University staff that brings credit to the University.
Previous recipients of the award have been:
1984 J M Coetzee (Arts) Waiting for the Barbarians 1985 G M Branch (Science) The Living Shores of South Africa 1986 L H Opie (Medicine) The Heart: Physiology, Metabolism, Pharmacology and Therapy 1987 M J Hall (Arts) The Changing Past: Farmers, Kings and Traders in Southern Africa, 200 - 1860 1988 R G Lass (Arts) The Shape of English: Structure and History 1989 H Bradford (Arts) A Taste of Freedom 1990 J M Coetzee (Arts) Age of Iron K M Coleman (Arts) Book IV of the Silvae of Statius 1991 R Mendelsohn (Arts) Sammy Marks, “The Uncrowned King of the Transvaal” 1992 P Skotnes (Fine Art & Sound from the Thinking Strings Architecture); S Watson (Arts); J Parkington (Arts) and N Penn (Arts) 1993 D Chidester Shots in the Street (Social Science & Humanities) W Nasson (Arts) Ebram Esau’s War 1994 G M Branch (Science); Two Oceans: A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa C L Griffiths (Science); L Beckley and M L Branch 1996 D Coplan (Humanities) In the time of the Cannibals P Harries (Arts) Work, Culture and Identity M Shain (Arts) The roots of anti-Semitism in South Africa T Rajna (Music) Harp Concerto 1997 B Warner (Science) Cataclysmic Variable Stars 1998 M S Blackman (Law) Companies (in Law of South Africa, first re-issue Vol 4, parts 1, 2 and 3) J V Bickford-Smith (Arts) Ethnic Pride and Racial Prejudice in Victorian Cape Town: Group Identity and Social Practice, 1875 - 1902
50 THE UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD (CONTINUED)
1999 M Mamdani (Humanities) Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Colonialism 2000 J Higgins (Humanities) Raymond Williams. Literature, Marxism and Cultural Materialism 2001 N G Penn (Historical Studies) Rogues, Rebels and Runaways 2002 J Glazewski (Law) Environmental Law in South Africa 2003 T D Noakes (Health Sciences) Lore of Running 2004 MS Blackman (Law); Companies Act: Commentary RD Jooste (Law); GK Everingham (Law) 2005 N Nattrass (Commerce) The Moral Economy of Aids in South Africa 2006 P Knox-Shaw (Humanities) Jane Austen and the Enlightenment 2007 W Nasson (Humanities) Britannia’s Empire – Making a British World 2008 P Bruyns (Science) Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar 2009 P Skotnes (Humanities) The Archive of Willem Bleek & Lucy Lloyd N Penn (Humanities) The Forgotten Frontier 2010 C Vaughan (Health Sciences) Imagining the Elephant: A Biography of Allan Macleod Cormack 2011 JC De Villiers (Health Sciences) Healers, Helpers and Hospitals: A history of military medicine in the Anglo-Boer War 2012 No award made 2013 S Loots (Humanities) Sirkusboere 2014 N Nattrass (Commerce) The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back 2015 S Shaikh (Humanities) Sufi Narratives of Intimacy 2016 L Modisane (Humanities) South Africa’s Renegade Reels: The Making and Public Lives of Black-Centred Films 2017 D Chidester (Humanities) Empire of Religion: Imperialism and Comparative Religion 2018 D Wardle (Humanities) Suetonius: Life of Augustus
51 THE UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD (CONTINUED)
The book award for 2019 is to be awarded to:
Anna Tietze
A History of the Iziko South African National Gallery: Reflections on Art and National Identity
A History of the Iziko South African National Gallery: Reflections on Art and National Identity (UCT Press, 2017) is the first full history of the Iziko South African National Gallery. It traces the gallery’s fortunes from its inception in the 1870s to the present day and considers the formative influence on the gallery of successive directors and trustees, as well as governments, showing how these have shaped its collection and exhibition policies.
A core aim of the book is to consider how national galleries understand their purpose – what is it to be national, what is it to be an art gallery? The question of the national is considered throughout the text, where it is shown that, historically and across the world, national galleries have often - paradoxically given their title - avidly collected art from outside their borders. In the book, South Africa’s gallery is situated within this historical context. Against the backdrop of current decolonial debate, the question of whether a national gallery serves primarily to represent the nation’s art or showcase that of an international art world becomes a pressing one.
The consideration of what it is to be an art gallery gives rise to a discussion of the debates concerning art’s boundaries – be they with so-called ‘popular’ art, with craft objects, with objects of design. This study examines how the gallery has grappled with these issues over its history, and particularly in recent years as it has sought to expand its constituency. The conclusion to the book proposes a bold foundational analysis of the role of a national gallery in a rapidly-evolving nation such as South Africa. And, cognisant of the recent establishment of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, it considers how the two institutions might best complement each other into the future. Described by reviewers as “a quality study that ought to be read by anyone with more than a passing interest in galleries and museums” and a study of “impeccable archival research… and handling of contentious issues”, this publication aims to uncover the often unspoken policies and politics of a public art institution.
52 THE UNIVERSITY CREATIVE WORKS AWARD
The University Creative Works Award recognises the production of outstanding and/or influential creative works (art works, performances, productions, compositions, architectural design) that make a scholarly contribution.
Andrew Lilley ‘Brother Gone’
Brother Gone comprises original compositional works recorded for jazz septet. The project came about through various collaborations with the Arts Foundation in Sweden. Swedish jazz musicians have strong roots in the Afro- American jazz tradition and this resonates with the South African context where the style of jazz music is also heavily influenced by this tradition. Key innovators like John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk became powerful influences in modelling some of our greatest players like Abdullah Ibrahim, Winston Mankuku and Bheki Mseleku.
The title track of the album speaks directly to this lineage, making reference to the collective brotherhood in jazz and to those who have passed (gone), their legacies carried forward to produce something new. Titles like ‘Epilogue’ and ‘Dedication’ speak for themselves and ‘Home Roots’ particularly taps into that aspect of the heritage, which finds its origins in the rhythms of Africa.‘ Song for Bheki’ is written for South African pianist Bheki Mseleku whose contribution to South African jazz music is extensive. The compositions on the album have attracted international status with ‘Song For Bheki’ being awarded finalist for the original song in the21st Annual USA Songwriting Competition (2016).
Recording a project of this nature requires much time and significant funds. The final release is a product ofa multi-staged process in which the actual recording (the artistic moment) is only one part of the final artistic product. The music is typically written and composed over a period of time and performed as part of the creative and explorative improvisatory expression in jazz. The manifestation of the recording sets in stone a particular version of the material, bearing in mind that there is extensive collective improvisation within its structure, as this is the primary nature of the music. The compositions themselves stand outside the actual recorded project and continue a life of their own. It is in the performance of the music that the real art takes place.
53 THE UNIVERSITY CREATIVE WORKS AWARD (CONTINUED)
The University Creative Works Award recognises the production of outstanding and/or influential creative works (art works, performances, productions, compositions, architectural design) that make a scholarly contribution.
Dizu Plaatjies Ubuntu – The Common String’
Associate Professor Dizu Plaatjies is a lecturer in the African Music section of the South African College of Music. He has an international reputation as performer, teacher and intrepid researcher of his African heritage. He regularly performs and gives masterclasses worldwide in Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Australia and has an extensive track record as a creative artist, which includes the publication of over 40 albums, both solo and collaborative.
The multiple award-winning album Ubuntu – The Common String is a CD publication in which Dizu Plaatjies, as arranger-songwriter and solo performer on a wide range of traditional African instruments, discretely blends his artistry with that of younger friends, who contribute to the album with a unique blend of vocals, guitar, percussion and horns. The result is 11 tracks of performances embracing a mixture of styles and inspirations from traditional, pop, rock, reggae and jazz, yet carrying the unmistakable stamp of Dizu Plaatjies’ Mpondo roots.
Described in the media as a seminal work, it has been variously praised for its embracing yet cohesive sweep of musical genres, and the reflective social conscience of its songs. Within a month of its publication in November 2015 it reached and remained in the top ten of the Transglobal World Music Charts (for three months) and was subsequently included in its list of the best of 2015.
Ubuntu – The Common String marked a new departure in Dizu Plaatjies’ output, who, in the preceding decade had focused his efforts on the preservation of the vanishing music of the older generation of Xhosa musical bow players and vocalists. Recognising the need for generational dialogue, Ubuntu – The Common String is a conscious attempt to close the gap between the traditional and the contemporary by creating a music album that could jump across the divergencies of current musical genres. This attempt to place the music of his roots in the context of pan-African, popular and world music inspirations is what makes the album distinctive. That Dizu Plaatjies was successful in this pragmatic goal is borne out by the fact that a peer-reviewed South African body, the SA Music Awards, voted the CD as Best African Adult Album, at the same time as the prestigious British Songlines Magazine selected Ubuntu as a Top of the World Album. That these two bodies with very different industry criteria were concurrently attracted to the same album speaks volumes.
Ubuntu – The Common String, both forward-looking and retrospective, is a work that shows that Southern Africa’s older musical traditions are relevant on the global world stage and by example forges a way for a new generation of African musicians.
54 HONORARY DEGREE
Jonathan David Jansen DEd (honoris causa)
Professor Jansen graduated from UWC with a BSc in 1979, following which he pursued a career first in science at secondary school level, later as a university researcher in curriculum studies, and further as a university leader and influential public commentator on education in South Africa. His doctorate is from the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, and he is currently a distinguished professor in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University. His scholarly output is prolific, and demonstrates both his attention to engaging with praxis, and to caring about living a critically engaged life.
As the first black Dean of Education at the University of Pretoria, and the first black Rector at the University of the Free State (UFS), Professor Jansen rose to prominence by inserting a thoughtful voice into national debates on both school and higher education, and on racial reconciliation and social transformation. At some personal cost, he held to a reconciliatory approach at UFS to the leadership challenge presented by the race-based dysfunctionality at the institution at the time. In avoiding a push for retribution, he chose instead to build bridges and facilitate communication among students who had come to think of themselves as intractably in opposition.
Since his early period as a high school teacher, through to the present day, Professor Jansen has been acutely aware of the need to improve education at all levels. He has been dedicated towards encouraging “courageous conversations” on what the state should do to advance education, what the public can do to hold the state to account, and what each person can do to understand better the complexities of living in a fractured and mistrustful society. As part of this, he has made his academic work relevant to the community at large through frequent columns, numerous books for public audiences, and the generous use of his time in giving public talks and working for the betterment of South African education through membership of various professional boards and charities.
Role models who demonstrate that it is at least possible to overcome adverse circumstances and become an international thought leader, and a transformative voice in society by pursuing one’s academic aspirations, are rare and deserving of recognition. In South Africa, it is difficult to think of a scholar who has done more to effect public thought and debate on social justice in education than Professor Jansen has. In showing how one can use academic knowledge and authority in the service of transforming lives, he offers us an exemplar for the public intellectual, and is thus deserving of recognition from UCT in the form of an honorary doctorate.
55 NAMES OF Nicole Dominique Brousse Winter *Dineo Teresa Khasu GRADUANDS/DIPLOMATES (with distinction) Masixole Khewana *Alastair Rowan Kingon (with In Senior Phase and FET Teaching: distinction) An asterisk * denotes that the degree or Amy Joy Abrahams Siyabonga Thomas Kruger diploma will be awarded in the absence of Bronwyn Leaicia Adams Toheerah Leukes the candidate. Faith Mercia Adonis *Tanya Lippert Amy Agulhas Rigan Lubinsky Nabeelah Ajam Roseanne Maakana Michaela Angilica Alexander Emilie Michelle Alice Maeda 1. FACULTY OF HUMANITIES Hannah Allderman Thabo Malatji Dhiven Appalraju (with distinction) Bulumko Mapuza Dean: Associate Professor S Kessi Ilhaam Ariefdien Athena Hazel Martin Darren James Authers Mawande Mayekiso Ashleigh Paige Bayman Siyabonga Mbobo DIPLOMA IN DANCE EDUCATION Colyn Jon Bourhill Lauren Joy McDonald Lauren Bruce *Byron Joseph Mckellar Robyn Ashlee Pokpas *Codi Carelse Katharine Rebecca Meinert (with Chia-Tung Joy Chen distinction) Christina Christofidi Tia Mesias POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE Chante Lenora Classen Belle Miller (with distinction) IN EDUCATION Rouzanna Robyn Sabrina Coxson Amanda Mkehle Logan Annie Croeser Asandiswa Msutu In Intermediate Phase Teaching: Andrew Douglas Ian Dare *Noluthando Pamela Mtati *Nontsikelelo Tricia Dyani Michelle Nicole Day Amy Theresa-Ann Murray Yamkela Mbombo Liam Laurens Thomas De Rhiannon Catherine Murray Meulemeester (with distinction) *Presley Ncube Mikhayla Dennis Chumisa Ngubo In Foundation Phase Teaching: Neziswa Dlayedwa *Nozipho Fiona Nkonki Robin Toni Abrahams Casey James Doddemeade Wesley Norman Abigail Ann Chetwin (with distinction) Emma Alexandra Du Toit *Tara Louise Notcutt *Ayeesha Daniels *Anees Ebrahim Simone Nadine Ohlson Saleehah Domingo Christopher Rudolf Engel Sarah Georgina Osborn Monet Kiara Du Plessis (with Meaghan Frances Farr Sixeko Pakade distinction) Jodie Hannah Felix Zintle Zimkhitha Ziphelele Mthakazi Nosiphiwo Dwatyana Bernelee Bea-Trish Dorian Fortuin Phandle Cheney Firman Saeedah Fredericks Shameez Phillips Alex Lindsey Fortune Monn-Lee Geduld Eidanne Henzal Poole Nicole Gammie Kirsten Leigh George Olda Matapa Ramaphoko Rebecca Jane Gore (with distinction) Gabrielle Ginn Shriya Ramjee (with distinction) Meghan Toni Hawken (with distinction) *Christelle Grimbeek Talia Ramkilawan Olivia Amanda Jonsson Lia Mary Hall *Lauren Ramsay *Kwakwadi Maditsi Abul-Qalam Hamdulay *Isabel Frances Ritchie Abigail Thalia Mallows (with *Jolandi Hanekom Kendal Jade Rowley (with distinction) distinction) Franklin Oliver Hanslo *Siyamthanda Sakati Chantal Ann Manton *Alasdair Stanley Harris *Carmia Schoeman (with distinction) Lee-Ann Jane Mentoor Jemima Grace Hart (with distinction) *Natalie Sher Li-Asia Jaydri Noble *Jonathan Nicholas Hayes (with Andisa Mvulazana Siswana Trulene Geneveve Olifant distinction) Nomthandazo Sitsheke *Megan Desiree Parker *Cassandra Evelyn Alison Hendricks *Jodie Lee Smith Francis Searle (with distinction) Zolani Sophethe Jesse-Mari Solomons (with distinction) Carla Louise Hockey Carla Natasha Stokes Athrah Sedick Stemmet Cameron Cornel Hofmeester *Jane Elizabeth Swingler (with *Emma Margaret Stevenson Nasreen Hoosain distinction) *Hannah Karunya Sunpath *Asif Isaacs Nuha Thebus Stacey Jade Titus Jordan Emma Jooste Patricia Suzanne Thys Tuleka Tose Siseko Jacqueline Jukuda Kayo-Fay Tilley Devon Ian Keys *Holly Michelle Tucker
56 Joshua James Turnbull (with POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA Jody Dillon Arendse distinction) IN LIBRARY AND Manish Sharma Beedasy Jana Van Reenen INFORMATION STUDIES Jessica-Joy Capstick-Dale (with *Ben Neil Van Wyk distinction in Gender Studies and Ricardo Vasapolli *Mluleki Ncube Sociology and the degree with Kiare Villet distinction) *Nicolas Vlok Miguel Valentino Espinha Ruo-Yu Wang POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA Bridene Ambre Esterhuizen Melissa Letitia Wentzel-Brache IN MUSIC IN PERFORMANCE Layla Hildebrand Ntutuzelo Xalabile Elif Isabella Ilhan Mfundo Cryly Zono *Ryan Frank Kierman Kelly Karen Josiah *Mlandeli Siphelele Ernest Zosiwe Lance Thuynsma Dillon Jurgen Joubert Bybit Kanengoni In FET Teaching: Tatenda Michelle Kugotsi Caitlin Basson DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS Nadzeya Kukauka *Katharina Berner Wesley Jason Lesch Erin May Erasmus Jamie Robert Treharne Bowes *David Matthew Long *Keegan Antoni Goddard Jamie Nicholas Conrad Lungelo Tukello Nomusa Mahlangu Kelly Groenmeyer *Sidra Davids Rose Lukuni Majivuno Caitlin Hawarden Qaqamba Bomkazi Precious Filtane Lindiwe Malumbazo Liam Christopher Josephs Andrea Jocelyn George Sriya Mansingh *Christine Perpetua Latchiah Joshua Sean Ilbury (with distinction in Thandokazi Matiyase Sthembiso Mbhekiseni Mgenge Film and Television Studies) Gideon Gebra Mduma Sinaye Mpokela Cindy Jarvis Ezra Phegello Mokgope *Grace Elizabeth Newton Samuel Edward Kelly Sthandazile Moyo Kuhle Riti Jenna Marinus Tamika Mtegha Caitlin Schreuder Caitlin Bianca Mathey *Leonard Celestine Muganga Sarah Wallace Khanyisile Khutso Modiba *Rutendo Zvikomborero Martha Cebolenkosi Siphesihle Zuma *Elisha Alum Mpofu Muzwidzwa *Naseemah Pandor Akhona Junior Mzwempi Stephanie Anne Rutherford *Mgcini Ndlovu POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA Nadia Van Der Schyff Tinashe Ashleigh Nduku IN AFRICAN STUDIES Shuaib Van Der Schyff Busisiwe Ngwenya *Luella Vraagom Minenhle Nkosi *Alizwa Mnyatheli Athabile Nonxuba Motlalepula Cathy Phukubje Tonderai Nyasha Itai Nyakauru DEGREE OF BACHELOR Lindokuhle Neville Patiwe OF ARTS IN FINE ART Hlengiwe Zizipho Qwesha POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA Megan Chelsea Ryan IN EDUCATION *Suné Smit Tevya Turok Shapiro Khanya Danielle Sidzumo (with *Lily Eileen Goodman distinction in English Language *Alvin Barry Haupt DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC & Literature) *Aaiesha Jacobs *Tshepang Seipati Tshabalala *Alexander Gustav Ivan Mayers (with Nonzaliseko Twetwa distinction in Jazz Ensemble) *Anton Martin Van Loggerenberg POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN Benjamin John Racionzer HIGHER EDUCATION STUDIES In Dance: DEGREE OF BACHELOR Jaimie Marie Corbishley (with Avuyile Sidloyi (with distinction in OF SOCIAL WORK distinction) African Dance Practice) Keenan Peter John Hendrickse Hannah Flori Lubner Hazel Mutandiko DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
Souraya Ismael Affejee Emelia Aggouras
57 DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS In International Relations: Dela Buhle Gwala (HONOURS) *Ndyebo Senkosi Mapekula Kerstin Hall (with distinction) Yenziwe Nhlabatsi Benedikt Sebastian Jordaan In Curatorship: Phumla Tembe Ruby Parker (with distinction in the Anelisa Mangcu dissertation) *Nondumiso Queeneth Nzama In Organisational Psychology: *Nozipho Naomi Makhathini In Documentary Arts: In Film and Television Studies: *Tzu Ting Hsu (with distinction) Alexandra Serena Gillespie Hodge In Political Communication: Sophie Elizabeth Patch (first class) Ruby Ruvimbo Chikwiri (first class) Kimberley Jade Rai (with distinction in Tiisetso Lintle Mohapi (first class) *Jodi Lee Dreyer the dissertation) *Mary Elizabeth Tither (with distinction) In Media Theory and Practice: In Politics: *Nasreen Badrodien Namhla Magwaca In Dramaturgy: *Johanna Maria Hoess (first class) Masixole Mlandu *Jayne Susan Batzofin (with distinction)
In Organisational Psychology: In Psychology: In Environmental and Geographical Koketso Mampane *Devarna Kaylyn Booysen Studies: *Lwazi Ntsika Shwala *Michelle Nott (with distinction) In Philosophy, Politics and Economics: *Taonaishe Kevin Magaisa In Religious Studies: In Film Studies: Naazneen Sheik *Abigail Elaine Edwards (with In Politics: distinction) Khanyisile Nonkululeko Mngadi In Social Anthropology: *Chiedza Thelma Gonyora In French: Helen Druce (with distinction in the DEGREE OF BACHELOR In Social Development: dissertation) OF EDUCATION (HONOURS) Sibahle Vuyolwethu Melane Shaafie Ntalika Zubeir In Historical Studies: Shannen Pamela Buys *Khaya Miles Adams Christopher Donald Du Plessis In Social Policy and Management: *Esma Karadag (with distinction) Ronaldo Jean-Louis Litha Lethu Phika Loyiso Mashawa In International Relations: In Sociology: *Tim Siemen Leenstra *Kelvin Mudziviri Kamwendo DEGREE OF BACHELOR In Language, Literature and Modernity: OF MUSIC (HONOURS) Ethrésia Coetzee (with distinction) DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS *Londiwe Gamedze (with distinction) In Performance: Alice Ishbel Sholto-Douglas (with Gyu-Min Kim In Afrikaans: distinction) *Petra Lee Van Besouw Heloise Fourie (with distinction) Luke James Watson (with distinction) Emma Kotze Johannes Theodorus Vermaak In Linguistics: DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SOCIAL Thandiwe Ida Goxo SCIENCE (HONOURS) In Anthropology: Naasirah Mohamed *Patricia Marianne Johnson-Castle *Mpho Maboitumelo Melita Semethe In Development Studies: (with distinction) *Ahmed Sosal Altayeb Mohammed Ali *Tildah Millia Gatsi (with distinction in the In Clinical Psychology: dissertation) In Gender and Transformation: Joanie Marie Mitchell (with distinction) *Nasiphi Nomonde Gwiji Malini Mohana In Media Studies: Phumza Khwezilomso Qwaqwa Candice Siobhan Nicolo Amanda Karen Speechly
In Industrial Sociology: In Creative Writing: In Media Theory and Practice: *Kate James (first class) Lucienne Pallas Bestall (with Garret Farmer-Brent *Roben Chelsea Josias distinction) Octavia Nolizwi Magwagwa *Lyndall Mary Cain (with distinction) Chisanga Mukuka (with distinction) *Tracey Ellen Evans
58 In Philosophy: In Educational Technology: Carol Rebecca Masingi Mats Wenzel Elliott (with distinction in *Heinrich Prinsloo (with distinction in Wendy Petersen the dissertation) the dissertation) *Aaron Jacobs (with distinction) In Digital Curation: Travis Wade Rebello (with distinction) In Higher Education Studies: Frances Ellen Gillis-Webber (with Lara Tracey Karassellos (with distinction) In Psychological Research: distinction) Astridah Samupwa *Kara Engelbrecht (with distinction) Nozuko Princess Mbutho (with Loren Ann Joseph (with distinction) distinction in the dissertation) In Environmental Humanities: Marilyn Toni Lake (with distinction) *Terena Ashley Koster (with distinction) Ruth Urson (with distinction) In Primary Education: Simone Loedolff In Justice and Transformation: In Religious Studies: Helene Louise Rousseau Tessa Assies Beatrice Akuvi Hosen Kumordzie Robynne Botha (with distinction) *Gaelin Meyer (with distinction) Penohole Brock DEGREE OF MASTER OF LIBRARY *Ruth De Freitas In Sociology: AND INFORMATION STUDIES *Matthew Augustus Fremantle Hill (with Adrian Shaun Badminton distinction in the dissertation) *Maria Madgalena Muulinawa Aipinge Nora Bye Løken In Theatre and Performance: *Lianda Coetzer Gerald Arthur Moore Linda Makgabutlane Liina Kamenye Priscilla Thindwa Lulama Vuyani Masimini Belinda Muzimbwa Mbanga Katie Sophia Trippe (with distinction) Mpho Netshiongolwe Wian Brandt Verwoerd Stella Emade Ngeh DEGREE OF MASTER Christel Oosthuizen (with distinction in In Library and Information Studies: OF ARTS IN FINE ART the dissertation) *Elizabeth Margaret Moll Anthea Paulsen Mawande Ka Zenzile In Public Policy and Administration: Sikho Akhona Luthango (with DEGREE OF MASTER OF MUSIC distinction) DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN NEUROPSYCHOLOGY In Music (Dissertation and Coursework): Rashid Epstein Adams DEGREE OF MASTER Kirsty Carter (with distinction) Engela Helena Britz (with distinction) OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Coenraad Jacobus Hattingh (with distinction) In Music (Dissertation and In Anthropology: *Catherine Jane Masson (with distinction Performance): Anna Stephanie Drinka (with in the dissertation) Ernie Nathi Koela distinction in the dissertation) *Lydia Wepener (with distinction) Carika Smit Sonwabiso Ngcowa (with distinction in the dissertation) In Dance (Dissertation): Robyn Danielle Swannack DEGREE OF MASTER *Ilona Margaret-Rose Frege OF EDUCATION In Clinical Social Work: *Georgina Lydia Atkins In Adult Education: DEGREE OF MASTER OF Alicia van Vuuren Janice Deidre Erasmus PHILOSOPHY Tasneem Variawa Margaretha Jacoba Erasmus (with Rachel Geraldine Williams distinction) In African Studies: Minga Mbweck Kongo In International Relations: In Applied Language and Yoni Undine Pakleppa (with Emmanuel Ampomah Literacy Studies: distinction) Victoria Megane Manon Assenza (with Bernice Zelda Adonis Amira Laila Rasool distinction in the dissertation) Babalwayashe Molate (with distinction Saskia Bleher (with distinction) in the dissertation) In Development Studies: *Ida Titlestad Dahlback Kristin Bartlett Phillip Dürner In Education Policy, Leadership and Tafadzwa Dzingwe Hector Leandro Manini Change: Shuvai Tendai Finos Anjola Oluwa Ogunrombi (with Ashley Craig Visagie (with distinction) *Nicholas Stavros Manolagas distinction)
59 *Louise Lillie-Anne Ovner DEGREE OF DOCTOR Sanjin Muftic OF PHILOSOPHY Thesis Title: The Poetics of Planetary In Organisational Psychology: Theatre: Image and Bricolage *Natalie Katharina Marcella Witschel In Drama: (with distinction in the *Heeten Himat Bhagat Sanjin Muftić, born in Sarajevo, holds dissertation) Thesis Title: Speculative indigeneities: degrees from Bishop’s University, a [k]new now Québec, and the University of Cape In Politics: Town. He lived in Ethiopia and Canada, *Christopher Kiernan Heeten Bhagat completed a BA at The and now resides in Cape Town, having Heidi Emberland Ulla American College in London and an been a director, lecturer and a digital MA in Audio Visual Production at video editor. He works as a Digital In Probation and Correctional Practice: London Metropolitan University. He Scholarship Specialist at UCT Libraries. Ashleigh Nicole Ross had an extensive career in arts, media Sanjin Muftić’s thesis develops and performance in Zimbabwe before a poetics on the way in which images In Psychology: joining UCT’s Centre for Theatre, work in the devising and performance Toni Carmen Faith Ross (with Dance and Performance Studies in 2016 of theatre. He understands theatrical distinction) for his PhD studies. images as a means of intercultural or Heeten Bhagat’s thesis planetary communication that, in the In Social Development: comprises an interdisciplinary process of exchange, leave an imprint Sarah Okedi Birungi investigation that journeys through on performers and audience members. Jessica Elizabeth Blom history, anthropology, performance Further shaped by his experience as Joshua Covenant Chigome studies, speculative research and queer a migrant he applies the theory of Chanel Catherine Fredericks studies. It begins with an unwieldly bricolage, that of using pre-existing Katherine Georgina Storr Lister question – what would Zimbabwe images to make creative work in theatre. Esther Clare Sampson (with distinction) look like if colonisation hadn’t In this way, he argues, participants and *Olga Simanga happened? From this provocation audience become part of the devising Bertha Miyanda Simuyandi he investigates indigeneity as both a process that expresses, shares and Benson Tatenda Siyawareva performance and a register of post- explores their views of the world. Lindsey Godfrey Thomas colonial independence. He uses the He aligns this process as a practical Lovemore Vushe legislation of indigenousness, as application of Gayatri Spivak’s notion expressed in Zimbabwe’s Indigenisation of the planetary and thus, as a theatre- In Social Policy and Management: and Economic Empowerment Act, to maker, establishes an image-driven Moroesi Malebo execute a close reading of performances dramaturgy. Jetara Ross (with distinction) at Harare’s 2017 Independence Day ceremony. Having recognised both pride Supervisor: A/Professor V Baxter In Sociology: and paradox in displays there of cultural (Centre for Theatre, Dance and *Courtney Loree Hallink (with indigeneity, he investigates indigeneity’s Performance Studies) distinction) homogenous nature. Combining a Co-supervisor: Professor M Fleishman Danielstar Omondi Okeyo contemporary reading of culture and (Centre for Theatre, Dance and indigeneity with a creative project Performance Studies) using mixed media and performance, he builds a rationale for the embodied multiplicity of polygeneity. He uses this Meghna Singh to demonstrate a way to revive notions Thesis Title: Visualising human of dynamism and creativity that have migrations in Cape Town: the story of lain dormant since the onset of European three ships through ‘time’, ‘space’ and colonisation. ‘memory’
Supervisor: A/Professor J Pather Meghna Singh holds a BA in Politics (Centre for Theatre, Dance and from the University of Delhi, an MA Performance Studies) in Mass Communication from Jamia Co-supervisor: Dr R Sitas (African Milia Islamia, New Delhi and a second Centre for Cities) MA in Performance Studies from the University of the Arts, London. She is a practicing visual artist based in Cape Town. Meghna Singh’s thesis focuses on the use of contemporary art practice
60 as a tool for furthering research in the digital content-creation practices at innovative ways to encourage the flow field of migration studies as well as university. She also shows how students of money for city-wide development in to provide models for the experience acquire literacies to create, individually sub-Saharan Africa. of this research. Focusing on the or collaboratively, digital content theme of contemporary and historical in different ways depending upon Supervisor: Emeritus Professor migrations in Cape Town, her thesis disciplinary requirements. A key finding S Parnell (Environmental and showcases research conducted on three of her research is that discipline-specific Geographical Sciences) ships between 2013 and 2017. She learning and assessment activities drive investigates the theme of migration students’ acquisition of their digital through the lens of ‘time’, ‘space’ and literacies, and that this consequently In Fine Art: ‘memory’, presented via the creation of places responsibility on lecturers to Carine Zaayman video installations. She shows how the annually review first-year students’ prior Thesis Title: Seeing what is not there, medium of observational filmmaking digital literacy skills and practices in figuring the anarchive and the creation of immersive video order to inform themselves regarding installations create visibility, empathy students’ responsive adaptation of Carine Zaayman holds a BA(FA) and an understanding of situations learning and assessment activities. from the University of Pretoria and through corporeal embodiment, adding an MA from the University of the both to the fields of visual art and Supervisor: A/Professor C Hodgkinson- Witwatersrand. She joined the Michaelis migration research. Williams (Centre for Higher Education School of Fine Art at UCT as a lecturer Development) in 2003. Her thesis research has been Supervisor: A/Professor J Pather Co-supervisor: A/Professor C Brown supported by the Centre for Curating (Centre for Theatre, Dance and (University of Canterbury) the Archive and by UCT’s Archive and Performance Studies) Public Culture Initiative. Co-supervisor: A/Professor N Shepherd Carine Zaayman’s thesis (Aarhus University) In Environmental and Geographical examines the demands on archives to Studies: produce more information than they Jeremy David Gorelick contain. These demands are seen as sites In Education: Thesis Title: Municipal bonds in of invention and imagination – often Thabisa Mayisela sub-Saharan Africa: the checkered in the interests of producing counter Thesis Title: First-year higher past of debt instruments in an era of colonial narratives. In contrast, the thesis education students’ acquisition of incomplete decentralization argues, paying attention to all of what is digital content creation literacies in not there enables us to grasp something discipline-specific settings Jeremy Gorelick completed his BA and of the significance of absence in its own MA in international economics, with a right – an absence that is named the Thabisa Mayisela holds Master’s in focus on emerging markets, at the Johns “anarchive”. Carine Zaayman examines Education from Rhodes University. Hopkins University. He has consulted the archival presence of two women, She registered for her PhD studies on financial issues in sub-Saharan Africa Krotoa, a Goringhaicona woman who with UCT’s School of Education in since 2010 He began his PhD studies at acted as interpreter between the Dutch 2012. Before joining UCT’s Centre for UCT in 2016. and the Khoekhoe in the early colonial Innovation in Learning and Teaching, Jeremy Gorelick’s thesis period at the Cape, and Anne, a Scottish she was a lecturer and instructional examines opportunities and challenges noblewoman who lived at the Cape from designer at Walter Sisulu University. facing cities across sub-Saharan 1797-1802 in the light of this anarchive. Thabisa Mayisela’s thesis Africa in their efforts to raise funds Using art visual art methodologies, her reports on first-year higher education for infrastructure projects. He thesis figures the anarchive, sharply students’ acquisition of digital content- deliberately focuses on governance and delineates the limitations of archives creation literacies in their discipline- decentralisation in the African context. and renders implausible their ability to specific settings. She adapts Ng’s (2015) He specifically reviews the experiences control our understanding of the past. digital literacy framework to categorise of the cities of Johannesburg, Douala, students’ technical, cognitive and social- Dakar and Senegal and he highlights Supervisor: Professor P Skotnes emotional digital literacy practices. She a mix of successful municipal bond (Michaelis School of Fine Art) complements the analysis through using transactions, which raised significant Co-supervisor: Professor C Hamilton Engeström’s (2001) second generation financing for urban development, and (Historical Studies) Activity Theory Framework to identify failed transactions that faced obstacles socio-cultural factors influencing driven by political issues and clashes students’ digital literacy practices in between central and local governments. discipline-specific contexts. She shows Jeremy Gorelick’s findings will inform that students’ digital literacy practices politicians, economists, and other key at high school notably influence their decision-makers when they consider
61 In Linguistics: mainstream media. She aims to evaluate sampled across Nigeria’s major *Sarifa Moola-Nernæs the democratising potential of the geopolitical zones. Framed by the new Thesis Title: Cultural and language Internet in a polarised media context. sociology of childhood research tradition maintenance and shift in an immigrant She traces the social media sourcing and the domestication framework by African community of KwaZulu-Natal: patterns of four daily newspapers Silverstone, Hirsch and Morley (1992), the Zanzibaris of Durban? over a 30-month period and examines Chikezie Uzuegbunam’s thesis provides 146 stories to identify factors that a multi-layered portrait of the ways Sarifa Moola-Nernaes holds a bachelor’s influence sourcing. She uses interviews in which Nigerian children constitute degree from the University of South with editors to apprehend how their their digital lives, their perceptions of Africa and a master’s degree in Peace newsrooms adopt technology, then uses and outcomes with technology, as well Studies from the University of Bradford. Actor-Network Theory as a method as how they negotiate power relations A former resident of Durban, she is now to foreground technological objects with digital gatekeepers and institutional employed as a Refugee Coordinator in as silent actors that contribute to news actors such as parents, guardians, and the Municipality of Fusa in Norway. work. She demonstrates that the presence teachers. Sarifa Moola-Nernaes’s thesis of the Internet does not automatically focuses on language and cultural transform or democratise news-sourcing Supervisor: A/Professor T Bosch (Film issues pertaining to the Zanzibari practices and that mainstream media and Media Studies) community in Durban. The community continues to prioritise partisan elite has continued to use the Makhuwa voices, using social media sources language of Mozambique since 1875, to maintain rather than transform In Music: when their ancestors were freed by the the existing polarised context. She Annien Shaw British from intended slavery off the contributes to scholarship on the limits Thesis Title: The Spohr fingering coast of Zanzibar. The thesis examines of the Internet’s democratising potential principles as manifested in his the extent to which the Makhuwa by demonstrating how human actors Violinschule language and culture survives in an can blunt social media’s influence on environment where English and isiZulu political reporting. Annien Shaw holds a BMus(Hons) are the dominant languages. It finds in Solo Violin and a MMus in that Islam is an important factor in Supervisor: A/Professor W Chuma Chamber Music from the University cultural maintenance. While members (Media Studies) of Stellenbosch. She was awarded of the community have managed to keep a Postgraduate Diploma in Solo Makhuwa alive as a spoken language for Performance by the Royal Northern over 140 years, the thesis survey shows Chikezie Emmanuel Uzuegbunam College of Music and a Fellowship growing signs of shift among younger Thesis Title: The digital lifeworlds by the Royal Schools of Music. Her members. of young Nigerians – exploring rural doctoral studies were supported by a and urban teens’ practices with, and NIHSS doctoral scholarship. Supervisor: Professor R Mesthrie negotiation of, digital technology Annien Shaw’s thesis, which (African and Gender Studies, complements a creative component Anthropology and Linguistics) Chikezie Uzuegbunam completed comprising four chamber music recitals, his Diploma, BSc and MSc in Mass determines the fingering principles of Communication at Nnamdi Azikiwe Louis Spohr that would manifest itself In Media Studies: University, Nigeria, where he was also in a violinist if his Violinschule was Delta Lau Milayo Ndou a lecturer until 2016 when he took up applied as a tutor. The principles are Thesis Title: “According to social doctoral studies at UCT. manifested in the order of the skills media…” Examining the influence of Chikezie Uzuegbunam’s thesis and techniques a student would obtain social media on political reporting investigates the digital lifeworlds of rural through practising the exercises given within Zimbabwe’s mainstream media and urban thirteen- to eighteen-year old within the Violinschule. Through a teenagers from a specifically Nigerian, series of analysis and comparisons, the Delta Ndou holds a BA in English and broadly African perspective. He underlying hierarchy of Spohr’s fingering and Linguistics from University of argues that children and young people’s principles are established. The study Zimbabwe and a Master’s in Gender and practices with technology in the global concludes that Spohr’s role with regard Media from the University of Sussex. North is well researched and documented. to three of the contributing factors to the She was a media executive in Zimbabwe By contrast, research focusing on their development of violin fingering was not before joining UCT’s Centre for Film counterparts in Africa is still largely as significant as originally thought and and Media Studies in 2015 for her PhD limited and exploratory; and the field not with the expected or long-lasting studies. underdeveloped. Privileging the use of a results. Further, Annien Shaw’s thesis Delta Ndou’s thesis focuses mixed-methods approach, he conducted shows that Spohr’s invention of the chin on the influence of social media on his study through using focus group rest had no immediate effect on his own political reporting within Zimbabwe’s discussions and surveys of teenagers fingering methods or that of his students.
62 Supervisor: Professor R Sandmeier In Psychology: Eleni Pantelis’s thesis is based on (South African College of Music) *Jarred Hugh Martin research which tested Jaak Panksepp’s Co-supervisor: Professor F Bacharova Thesis Title: Trans-corporeal theory that depression is based in the (South African College of Music) bodybuilding: an exploration of the normal mammal ‘separation distress’ trans-corporeal relations between South reaction, which unfolds over two phases: African competitive male bodybuilders (1) ‘protest’ and (2) ‘despair’. The In Political Studies: and their more-than-human world(s) first phase is characterised by depleted Bianca Naude levels of the brain chemical endorphin Thesis Title: State personhood and Between 2006 and 2010 Jarred Martin (acting on mu type receptors) and the world politics: a personology of the completed his BSocSc (Psychology), second by depleted dopamine (acting at South African state BSocScHons (Psychology), and D2 type receptors). Panksepp’s theory MSocSc (Clinical Psychology) at the comes from animal research in which Bianca Naude holds a BA from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. In 2013 the manipulation of these chemicals University of South Africa, a Master’s he joined UCT to begin his PhD studies, produced behaviours that looks like of Human and Social Sciences from the during which he served a year-long tour panic and depression respectively. University of Lyon and an MA from the of duty in the Democratic Republic However, animals cannot tell us how they European Institute in Nice, France. She of the Congo as member of the South feel. Eleni Pantelis studied the effects has been lecturing in political studies at African National Defence Force. of manipulating these brain chemicals the University of the Free State since Jarred Martin’s thesis offers in human volunteers who described 2015. a feminist-inflected posthumanist the subjective effects of the drugs Bianca Naude’s thesis exploration of the interrelationships upon their mood. Her results broadly investigates South Africa’s relationships between gender, masculinity, and the confirm Panksepp’s theory although the with other states in the international materialities of muscle in the subculture psychological effects of the drugs were system. She focuses specifically on of men’s competitive bodybuilding. In more complex than expected. This was how the state perceives its external the thesis he specifically focuses on how attributed to the larger cortex of humans reality. Her analysis of South African the muscle of South African competitive which results in cognitive distortion and foreign policy discourses explores the male bodybuilders materialises in elaboration of raw emotions. emotions that the state experiences in its gendered and racialised ways through the interactions with other states, and how active co-participation of bodybuilders’ Supervisor: Professor M Solms these emotions cause the state to perform more-than-human world(s). Jarred (Psychology) certain actions. Employing insights from Martin’s research brings to new light the field of psychology, she finds that the dynamic ways in which competitive South Africa’s historical experience of male bodybuilders’ hyper-muscular and Andrew Verrijdt being a European colony causes the state ultra-ripped physiques are in fact always Thesis Title: A proposed typology to engage in acts of resistance against already (re)built through trans-corporeal for paedophilia: a grounded theory Western dominance in global politics and relations with the material agencies analysis of online discourse to simultaneously attempt to construct a of, for example, mountains of food parallel world of South-South solidarity and nutritional supplements, chemical Andrew Verrijdt is a psychologist and and cooperation. Her analysis further concoctions of steroids, and the force of writer. He has worked as a counselor, reveals that South Africa’s reactions weightlifting equipment. therapist, and consultant in some of the to NATO’s intervention in Libya, and most challenging environments in South the state’s threats to withdraw from Supervisor: Professor F Boonzaier Africa. the International Criminal Court, are (Psychology) Andrew Verrijdt’s thesis research narcissistic defences designed to protect Co-supervisor: Emeritus Professor D involved analysing conversations its fragile ego from the humiliation of Foster (Psychology) between self-identified paedophiles peer criticism. – conversations that were accessed via a pair of secret websites on the so- Supervisor: A/Professor K Smith Eleni Pantelis called ‘darknet’. It is possible that this (Political Studies) Thesis Title: Human subjective is the first research on paedophilia ever homologues of established basic conducted in which the respondents did emotion correlations in lower not have a strong incentive to lie about mammals: a neuro-psychoanalytic study their actions and beliefs. As a result, many prior research findings have been Eleni Pantelis completed her BSocSc supported, contested, or enhanced by the (Honours) in 2002 and her MA in study. These included possible methods Psychological Research in 2005 at UCT. for making people with paedophilia less She registered for her PhD studies in likely to commit acts of child sexual 2006. abuse. It also involved the creation of
63 a possible breakdown of the physical Birgit Taylor health and education sector policies in and sexual abusers of children into Thesis Title: It is time: theology of time Nigeria. eight categories and sub-categories. It is in the book of Revelation as reflected in Fadila Jumare’s thesis utilised hoped that this breakdown will be useful the interpretation of scripture and the the Health Belief Model and Social in the prevention of child abuse, and the temple cult Support Theory to explore the nature apprehension of those responsible. and extent of adherence and utilisation Birgit Taylor holds a BCom specialising of Prevention of Mother to Child Supervisor: Emeritus Professor D in Industrial and Organisational Transmission (PMTCT) services and Foster (Psychology) Psychology and in Management from social support mechanisms available the University of South Africa. She also to Women Living with HIV/AIDS holds BA (Hons) and MA degrees in (WLWHA) in Rivers State, Nigeria. In Religious Studies: Religious Studies from UCT, where she She triangulates narrative data from David Christopher Smit continued her PhD studies. WLWHA’s lived experiences with Thesis Title: Reimagining the birth Birgit Taylor’s thesis uses data from key informant interviews of the Messiah and his forerunner socio-rhetorical interpretation, with health service providers. Her in Luke’s gospel: a sociorhetorical introduced by Vernon K. Robbins, to findings show that, although utilisation interpretation explore the nature of time in the Book of and adherence to PMTCT services of Revelation in the Christian Bible. and principles were very high among David Smit holds a BTh and BTh Firstly, the text is analysed by selecting WLWHA in her research area, there (Honours) in New Testament from specific terms pertaining to time, and were various key challenges. Deterrents the University of South Africa, and a these are explored with the aid of inner to optimal utilisation and adherence ThM in New Testament from Princeton texture as well as intertexture. Secondly, included unavailability of HIV testing Theological Seminary in the USA. As working with intertexture, cultural kits, antiretroviral medication stock- a pastor in the Uniting Presbyterian and social intertexture allows further outs and inadequate human resources Church in Southern Africa, he has a insights into the cultural context of for health, while major socio-economic special interest in biblical interpretation. Revelation towards further clarification barriers to PMTCT uptake included high David Smit’s thesis undertakes and enrichment of the analyses. Both costs of transportation, of antenatal care a sociorhetorical analysis of the birth and chronological time, depicted as a and of exclusive formula foods. Based infancy narratives of John the Baptist and continuous line, and experiential on her findings she makes specific Jesus the Messiah in the Gospel of Luke. (‘Kairos’) time, conceptualised as recommendations for inter-ministerial Sociorhetorical interpretation provides a conical spiral, are examined, with collaborations and targeted partnerships a dialogical approach to the analysis, particular attention to the interaction in PMTCT service delivery. enabling the identification of a range between these. The resulting analysis of rhetorical strategies used by Luke to and discussion assist in creating a Supervisor: Professor J John-Langba ascribe surpassing honour to Jesus over conceptual appreciation of the present, (University of Kwa-Zulu Natal) and against John. This brings to the fore pre-eschatological time, as experienced a juxtaposition of the two birth accounts, by author, readers, and hearers of the enhanced by a range of rhetorical book, within the human constructs of the In Sociology: textures and modes of discourse. The present, the past, and the future, while *Mario De Andrade Pissarra thesis makes a contribution to Lukan generating a nuanced reading of the text. Thesis Title: Locating Malangatana: research by finding that ideological decolonisation, aesthetics and the roles texture is progressively developed Supervisor: A/Professor A Ukah of an artist in a changing society in the rhetoric of the narrative aimed (Religious Studies) at the legitimation of Jesus’ position Mario de Andrade Pissarra holds a BA of dominance in relation to John. In (Fine Arts) and BA(Hons) degree in the process, an asymmetrical power In Social Development: History of Art from UCT. He joined relationship between John and Jesus Fadila Jumare the Department of Sociology in 2011 emerges, and the universal relevance of Thesis Title: Factors influencing for his PhD studies. He has extensive Jesus as royal Saviour and Messiah is utilization and adherence to prevention experience as an independent art implied. of mother to child transmission of HIV/ historian. AIDS services in Rivers State, Nigeria Mario Pissarra’s thesis Supervisor: Emeritus A/Professor CA explores the relationship between Wanamaker (Religious Studies) Fadila Jumare holds a BSocSc(Hons) in decolonisation and aesthetics through Public Policy and Administration from a detailed study of the Mozambican UCT and an MA in Development Studies artist Malangatana Ngwenya (1936- from Nelson Mandela University. Before 2011). The artist’s extensive exhibition enrolling for a PhD at UCT, she worked history is located within changing social in a research institute specialising in and political contexts, nationally and
64 globally, highlighting the influence the neighbourhood, their feeling of Supervisor: A/Professor E Moore of both internal and external forces belonging, as well as their experiences (Sociology) in shaping his career. Malangatana’s of desirous and fearful encounters. Co-supervisors: Dr Z Matebeni iconic stature, and the ways in which Through this, Talia Meer reveals fems (Institute for the Humanities in Africa); his multi-faceted public image has as deeply implicated in the production Professor D Posel (Institute for the been constructed for different publics at and experience of gendered and raced Humanities in Africa) various junctures is brought into focus. violence, structural and intimate, as The artist’s paintings are discussed in they live and make the postcolonial city relation to Mozambican experiences of through feelings. colonisation, anti-colonial resistance, postcolonial promise, the traumas of the Supervisor: A/Professor A Pande civil war, and subsequent capitulation (Sociology) to neo-liberalism in the aftermath of the Co-supervisor: Dr Z Matebeni (Institute Cold War; and his aesthetic strategies for the Humanities in Africa) are considered in relation to those of his peers in other African countries. The thesis concludes with provocative Lwando Scott questions concerning the ways in Thesis Title: “The more you stretch which the artist reinforces hegemonic them, the more they grow”: same- narratives and/or unsettles them. sex marriage and the wrestle with heteronormativity Supervisor: Emeritus Professor A Sitas (Sociology) Lwando Scott holds a BSocSc(Hons) in Diversity Studies from UCT, and an MSc in Social Responsibility from *Talia Meer St. Cloud State University, Minnesota, Thesis Title: Feeling difference: history, USA. Before beginning his PhD studies encounter and the affective life of a in 2012, he worked at the Minnesota postcolonial neighbourhood Aids Project as Community Educator. Lwando Scott’s thesis moves Talia Meer holds a BA in Politics, beyond the assimilationist versus Philosophy and Economics from the radicalisation debate that was central University of KwaZulu-Natal, and in same-sex marriage conversations an MA in International Development characterised by the disagreement Studies from Dalhousie University, between Sullivan (1995) and Warner Canada. She joined UCT’s Gender, (2000). That debate relies on a binary Health and Justice Research Unit in logic of either/or, whereas – as he 2011 and began doctoral studies in the shows – the experiences of same-sex Department of Sociology in 2015. couples in Cape Town demonstrate a Talia Meer’s thesis traces the much more complicated picture. He history of Observatory, a Cape Town provides evidence that while same-sex neighbourhood, and the contemporary marriage does not radically change the experiences of its fem residents (cis- and institution of marriage it does provide transwomen, feminine men and gender a challenge to systems of dominance non-conforming people who identify such as heteronormativity. Moreover, as feminine). She argues that in the it has a transformational impact on the postcolonial city historically produced interpersonal relationships of same- feelings are powerful structuring forces sex couples in that couples stretch that shape meaning-making, sense of themselves and are assertive in making place, and interactions in everyday claims about their sexuality in ways that life. She reveals that, despite a global help stretch those around them to open focus on urban diversity and mixing themselves to the possibilities of same- or pervasive anxieties about feminine sex love. His analysis also shows that victimisation in public space, fems same-sex marriage provides alternative make sense of difference and danger ways of reading familiar categories based on particular gendered and like “husband” and “wife” and that racialised ways of knowing and feeling only our imaginations limit the infinite all of which shape the character of possibilities of relationship construction.
65 FACULTY OF COMMERCE
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
Academic Procession. (The congregation is requested to stand as the procession enters the hall)
The Presiding Officer will constitute the congregation.
The National Anthem.
The University Dedication will be read by a member of the SRC.
Musical Item.
Welcome by the Master of Ceremonies.
The Orator will present Professor Marlene Belfort and Professor Georges Belfort to the Presiding Officer for the award of an honorary degree.
The graduands and diplomates will be presented to the Presiding Officer by the Dean of the faculty.
The Presiding Officer will congratulate the new graduates and diplomates.
The Master of Ceremonies will make closing announcements and invite the congregation to stand.
The Presiding Officer will dissolve the congregation.
The procession, including the new graduates and diplomates, will leave the hall. (The congregation is requested to remain standing until the procession has left the hall.)
66 DISTINCTIONS IN THE FACULTY OF COMMERCE
The BCom and BBusSc degrees may be awarded with distinction
in a subject, where the student achieves a weighted average of at least 75% in a group of courses in, or related to, that subject (in some cases the average mark required is 80%)
in the degree, where the student achieves a weighted average of 80% in all courses.
Honours degrees are awarded by class of pass (first, second class division one, second class division two, or third).
Master’s degrees may be awarded with distinction
for the dissertation, (in a coursework and dissertation curriculum) for especially meritorious work, the dissertation being in the first class (at least 75%) and at least 70% for the coursework depending on the degree.
in the degree, for especially meritorious work, where the average is at least 75% and no component is below 70%.
67 HONORARY DEGREE
Marlene Belfort for the DSc (honoris causa)
Professor Marlene Belfort graduated from UCT with a BSc in 1965, followed by doctoral and postdoctoral work at UC Irvine in the United States, and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She is currently a distinguished professor in the Departments of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Sciences at SUNY at Albany, and is a world-renowned scientist in the field of molecular genetics and biochemistry.
Her leading achievements include the self-splicing of introns in bacteriophage T4 and a detailed analysis of the splicing mechanism. Her demonstration that the introns are mobile and later comparison of the endonuclease encoded by and involved in intron movement has stimulated debate over evolutionary origins. More recently, her work has led to the development of a model for the mechanism of intron evolution that is not only applicable to prokaryotes, but may shed light on vertebrate genes as well.
The importance of Professor M Belfort’s work has been recognised with numerous awards and honours. She has also chaired committees for a number of leading scientific organisations, and has published over 190 scientific papers and co-edited two books. For the past 25 years she has enjoyed continuous grant funding from the National Institutes of Health.
In addition to her research undertakings, Professor M Belfort has proven exceptionally committed to teaching, training and professional service. Her dedication to mentorship – of younger scientists, technicians, undergraduate and postgraduate students, and even high school pupils – has resulted in her working with dozens of PhD students who have gone on to fill top placements at leading scientific organisations around the world. Within the global scientific community, she is particularly well known for her support of women in science, winning the ASM Alice Evans Award, which recognises contributions toward the participation and advancement of women in microbiology.
Beyond her hugely influential discoveries relating to introns, Professor M Belfort’s prolific publication record, impeccable grant history and longstanding reputation for mentorship, make her a worthy candidate for an honorary doctorate from UCT.
68 HONORARY DEGREE
Georges Belfort for the DScEng (honoris causa)
Professor Georges Belfort graduated from UCT with a BSc in 1963, followed by master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of California. He is considered one of the world’s leading biochemical engineers. Over the course of a career which has spanned five decades, he has contributed to the advancement of science in three principal ways: firstly, through his own ground-breaking research, secondly as a teacher dedicated to sharing knowledge with the next generation of biochemical engineers, and finally as an author, editor, consultant and board member of a range of scientific organisations.
As a researcher Professor G Belfort’s work has been described as transformational. In 2016 the American Institute of Chemical Engineers held a series of honorary lectures in recognition of Professor Belfort’s role as a global expert in bioseparations. Joel Plawsky, head of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute said at the time: “Georges has developed extraordinary membrane modules and membrane materials and is a pioneer in the use of inteins, with his wife, for separating biological molecules. He has also made significant contributions toward understanding the process by which proteins misfold and lead to fibrils. Protein fibrils are common and cause problems with storing and delivering insulin, but they are most commonly associated with Alzheimer’s disease.”
Professor G Belfort has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, 22 book chapters and authored or co- authored three books. He has an exceptional h index of 64. Over the course of his career his work has been recognised with numerous awards, including the ACS E.V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, the AIChE Clarence Gerhold Award in Separation Science and Technology, and the ACS Award in Separation Science and Technology. In 2014 the Alan S. Michaels Award for Innovation in Membrane Science and Technology was bestowed upon him. This is an award given in recognition of individuals who have made outstanding innovations and/or exceptional lifetime contributions to membrane science and technology.
As an alumnus of UCT, Professor G Belfort has maintained contact with the Department of Chemical Engineering. The award of this honorary doctorate recognises and strengthens the link between UCT and the outstanding scholarship of Professor G Belfort.
69 NAMES OF GRADUANDS POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA Ashleigh Irene October IN MANAGEMENT IN Ivan Odendaal An asterisk * denotes that the degree and ENTREPRENEURSHIP Mervyn Gavin Peters diploma will be awarded in the absence of Vundli Ramokolo the candidate. *Talya Claire Plaatjies Yolanda Rini (with distinction) Christian Hans Schiess (with distinction) POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN Mark Craig Schoombie MANAGEMENT IN MARKETING *Duncan Frederick William Scott (with FACULTY OF COMMERCE distinction) *Kudzani Moswela Nombuso Shabalala Dean: Associate Professor L Ronnie *Nhlakanipho Mswane *Mogamat Shafiek Soeker *Gaongalelwe Seth Tiro Robin Stewart (with distinction) * Zelni Terblanche (with distinction) ADVANCED DIPLOMA Aneesa Theron IN ACCOUNTING POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN Tumelo Unity Tlhapi MANAGEMENT PRACTICE *Anton Verwey *Caryn Samantha Baxter *Andrew Harvey Melville Woodrow In Business Administration: (with distinction) Katherine Elizabeth Beard ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN Jasmine Beckett In Business Leadership: ACTUARIAL SCIENCE Linda Magdelena Brown Joseph Aliker *Jacobus Adriaan Burger Thandiwe Senzeni Banda *Gael Neuhaus Zelda Cottle Silvana Battani Pitso Litsitso Pule Tarin Lee Cupido Romelia Buys Banzi Paxley Dlamini Ramano Dombo Michele Fry *Thomas Thompson Duduchoge ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS Bongeka Penelope Funani Janine Melissa Farrell PROJECT MANAGEMENT *Bradley Charles Geduldt Manga Tekene Fombad Rejoice Mawunyo Adzo Gorni George Mathenge Kiruthu *Mthokozisi Siphamandla Khumalo Akbar Hassam Thato Mabale *Pulane Juliet Rakgoale Rochelle Roxzanne Hector Melissa Amy Merckel Mogamat Faiek Hendricks Eunice Mintah Young Willem Christoff Hikuam Pule Johannes Mofokeng POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA Mark De Villiers Jaftha Samukelisiwe Makhosazana Mtshali IN ACCOUNTING Cleone Jordan Stephen Musyoki Muendo Martin Mubenga Kalombo Allan Musiwa *Luca Botha Serge Luono Kunu Daniel Nuthua Muthumbi Musa Faisal Siyabulela Maxin Mahlathi Godwin Hakanyanga Mweemba *Amkele Gobinca Baltazer Dikinya Mahove (with Alistair Naidoo *Nxalati Mangotlo distinction) Thomas Njoroge Ndegwa Kwena Refilwe Matsapola Maimana Petunia Makgamatho Pauline Wambui Njoroge Usiphile Baphakmise Mpetsheni Seshni Mala (With distinction) Vanevola Detta Otieno *Kaveer Persotham Rebotile Fortune Malakalaka Logie Padayachee *Khululwa Kwandiwe Tshebi Andiswa Maqam Florian Cyril Pesha *Pierre Jacobus Marais Desmond Gordon Polson Lesiba Khutsiso Matladi Fahadi Sensuwa POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA *Eugine Sibhekiseni Memela Jacob Maingi Sila IN MANAGEMENT *Sibani Mngadi Justin Singh Lunga Bulumko Mnqandi Peter Tamale In Marketing: Ayanda Moholi Lindelwa Petunia Zwane *Moipone Smouse Nontlanga Mokoena Lindokuhle Charity Zwane *Matlhagane Joseph Motswai Dean Wayne Myburgh In Innovative Leadership: Lethokuhle Nombuso Ndebele Kate Hach Ange Gaelle Ndjeuya Sungo (with distinction) Yannick Mulundu Nzonde
70 POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA Ryan Logue DEGREE OF BACHELOR IN SURVEY DATA ANALYSIS FOR Claire Monica Lynam OF COMMERCE HONOURS DEVELOPMENT *Kinsley Maimela *Nitisha Makanjee In Actuarial Science: Grey Khotso Letsoalo Mamaponya Ginah Makgoba Danél Kolver Bongani Ralph Makile Tlabo Aubrey Mabeso Mathieu Daryl Maury-Jheengoor *Imtyaz Rahim DEGREE OF BACHELOR Nicholas Meintjes Akshay Rampersad OF BUSINESS SCIENCE Gugulethu Thandeka Denise Mgutshini *Qianxian Song Yanga Mhlaba *Sumani Dieketseng Billy-Joe Mjojo Philip de Castro In Economics: Ukho Mlenzana *Trevas Bill Elliott Muhammed Zaafir Dhansay Riyentha Moodley *Kimon Haralambous Minkateko Charmaine Mathye Given Moyo Robin Mpumelelo Mahlangu *Phathutshedzo Siboiboi Mukeliwe Msomi Sbongakonke Sandisiwe Makhathini Tholithemba Nkosingiphile Mthalane *Geraint Van Der Rede *Mihlali Mantyi Tadiwanashe Ron Muchaka *Ryan Desmond Piaray Ndiamufuna Jubilee Mukosi In Financial Analysis & *Lindsay Margaret Swanepoel *Kamisha Munesar Portfolio Management: Bulumko Themba Jnr Napakade Leletu Andiswa August Bothwell Nengomazha *Lonwabo Bakumeni DEGREE OF BACHELOR Nqobile Ngcobo Craig Simbarashe Chuma OF BUSINESS SCIENCE IN Wowo Nondabula Justin Grant Davids ACTUARIAL SCIENCE Buntu Alexander Ntebe *Tsitsi Dorcas Dhitima Uduor Ochieng Colin Francois Du Sart (with Kiran Desraj *Aaliyah Osman distinction) Kyle Jansen Van Vuuren Nicole Funmi Owhin *Wade Michael Gunning *Tomas Michal Masojada *Caleb Abongile Qoyo Mashkur Luqman Hassiem Phoka Precious Rabosiu *Joshua James Jameson *Nokukhanya Radebe Nafeesah Karstens DEGREE OF BACHELOR *Yashna Ravidas *Thabiswa Noncedo Kuboni OF COMMERCE Siphosethu Sidinile *Malose Luescher-Mamashela Jessica Frances Stone *Alikho Zingisa Mbulana Megan Celest Swartz Arshad Abrahams *Lebohang Mofokeng Danielle Stephanie Topkin Adam Rowson Bebington *Whitney-Carol Puleng Mohlokoane Sohail Tulsi Andrew Chigundu Kureshlen Moodley Joyce Magano Upindi Arnold Chinaka Oliver Plunkett Morris Michael Lawrence Wevell Ann Clarke Nonkululeko Mpetsheni *Luke Edward Woods Nicholas Andrew Dammert Qhawekazi Mtini *Zomakahle Luyanda Xulu Masentle Refiloe Dlamini Naomi Shu-Ling Yeo *Thompho Marcia Nemakonde Zukile Dube Siphakamile Romeo Zikalala *Mafhungo Nevhutalu (with distinction) Ismail Ebrahim Simbarashe Tainos Zingoni Zacharia Ntambwa *Cheryl Kanyika Emvula Esther Ufuomaroghene Oghenetega *Nathan Jonah Esra *Michael Daniel Percy *Zaakir Essa DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF Siphosethu Asemahle Poswa *Joash Aldrin Gabriel COMMERCE IN Zaahier Sedick Sayed Mogammad Gamiet ACTUARIAL SCIENCE *Kholofelo Shai Zeenat Ganie *Nikhir Ketan Soni Micaela Gillion Vuyisile Wolanani Dhlula *Shae Alexandra Strauss Carlo Gomez Darren Diergaardt Alston Duwayne Swarts *Jasmin Gordhan *Ishfaaq Illahibuccus Sona Christopher George Welsh Zethembiso Singabakho Gwala Stephen Richard Knott *Cameron Luke Wilson Tsu-Hsiang Huang Natasha Rutendo Mukuyu Chimusante Wonani *Giuliana Susan Iovino Nkosinathi Sifiso Nsibande Monwabisi Zikolo Zoradah Laura Kruger Marison Olivia Randriamady Sifiso Zakhele Zondo Reshoketswe Shadi Legodi Kairav Soni Siphokuhle Honest Zwane *Nicholas John Steele Jemma Ruth Waksman
71 In Information Systems: Charles Richard Preston (with *Khaya Kunene Adelade Kusena distinction in the dissertation) Joshua Magunduni *Ronald Kyobe Nathan Sklair Taurai Brian Mhembere Zizipho Caroline Ndyave In Quantitative Finance: In Corporate Finance & Valuations: Roline Tutauri Tjipueja *Micaela Narasmulu Bianca Robyn Philogene Meduduetso Legakgala Aline Tsumake (with distinction) In Statistics: In Economics: *Cebo Magubane *Kenneth John Berger (with distinction) In International Taxation: Cecily Claassen Nazreen Begg In Tax Technical and Compliance: *(With distinction) Rowan Philip Clarke *Andre Decloedt Liezel Morkel Mornee Marvin Hoffman (with Mary-Ann De Wet (with distinction in distinction in the dissertation) the dissertation) *Xinman Liu (with distinction) Baba Kate Dunjane (with distinction in DEGREE OF MASTER OF Tlotlo Pauline Nkwe (with distinction) the dissertation) BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Brandon Daniel Oaker Komil Dilap Gordhan *Benedict Vincent Rhodes *Karen Moser (with distinction in the *Brett Colin Lunt Jack John Thunde dissertation and the degree with Elli Cherissa Yiannakaris (with distinction) distinction) Nikisha Radhakrishna In Executive Management: Nompumelelo June Dweba In Economic Development: In Investment Management: Nthabiseng Rudith Makgatho Zeenat Ebrahim Sergei Mikhail Alexandroi Thabo Abel Nkitseng *Abdul Gafar Abubakar Masa-ud Nde Asaa Akongnwi Awasom Lwandile Azande Ngewana Sam Granger Feinstein Ruth Boyani Ongere Arnold Mark Lumala DEGREE OF MASTER Tshegofatso Ramatlo Albertus Wynand Christoffel Marais OF BUSINESS SCIENCE Chipo Yvette Rusere (with distinction in Ibukun Kolawole Oyedotun the dissertation) Stuart John Polden (with distinction In Marketing: Rowan Douglas Spazzoli in the dissertation and the degree Takunda Victor Chivizhe Emma Unite (with distinction in the with distinction) Quintin Christopher Coetzee dissertation) Luke Adam Charlton Richardson Bethany Claire Hill Matsepe Modikeng Theodore Tsiu Sinegugu Hlela In Economic Science: *Kristin Ransome Senzo Peter Mthembu In Marketing: Mxolisi Gladwell Sibiya Zandereen Coetzee In Finance: Lobojo Laila Barnaba Lokosang Roland Nubiga Lima Phenyo Wandile Mvula DEGREE OF MASTER OF COMMERCE In Financial & Risk Management: In Organisational Psychology: Kagiso Eagile Modise Cameron Michael Faquharson Coutts In Accounting: *Steven Conrad Van Der Westhuizen Jared Ryan Cape In Financial Management: Asief Dhansay *Sylvester Neil Albanie In South African Taxation: Chuma Mjali *Ceylan Cemre Asci Razeen Adams Caitlin Claire Mongie Bint Nur Ebrahim Paul Christiaan Barberton *Katlego Joseph Leepile Karl Alexander Haupt In Applied Economics: *Davy Richard Siame *Lauren Stacey Herbert Tarryn Candice Beattie (with Ntombifuthi Valerie Khulu distinction in the dissertation) In Financial Reporting, Analysis *Andre Claude Krige * Nicholas Arthur Fitzhenry (with & Governance Abrianne Johnnifer Marais distinction in the dissertation and Tracy Louise Kraus *Mbuyiseli Mayezana the degree with distinction) Taariq Mohamed Bonita Ronelda Raymond Robert Alexander Hill Jill Scheepers *Brynde Michaela Kreft In Information Systems: Pierre Leonard Le Roux (with Matilda Foli (with distinction) distinction in the dissertation) Roshan Harneker Michael Mulei Mutava Nombulelo Virginia Jokazi
72 DEGREE OF MASTER OF DEGREE OF MASTER OF In People Management: COMMERCE IN DEVELOPMENT PHILOSOPHY Sandra Lynne Hill FINANCE Ludwick Tebatso Kekana (with In Development Policy & Practice: distinction in the dissertation) Isaac Vivian Kinhonhi Kaputo Melody Chenga Jacob Jacobus Malan (with distinction *Joan Jesang Kiptorus *Alexander Chileshe in the dissertation) Lumko Ndumiso Luhabe-Morrison Toivo Djeiko Ndjembela Babalwa Mgoduka Noluyolo Magazi (with distinction in Phumelele Nondumiso Ngcobo (with Dolly Gofaone Mokgatle the dissertation) distinction in the dissertation) Heritha Nankole Muyoba *Mary-Anne Mutsa Musonda Henry Nkhoma Randall Alvin van Wyk Monwabisi Joseph Myoli *Chris Nkwatsibwe Nolitha Happiness Thando Zethu Noluthando Pal Ayanda Ngwenya *Michelle Micomyiza Ntukanyagwe In Programme Evaluation: In Economics: Thomas Salvatore Augustus DEGREE OF MASTER OF Pieter Du Plessis Guattari-Stafford DEVELOPMENT POLICY *Sandra Mkandawire AND PRACTICE In Financial Technology: Lee Robert Nicholson Ashleigh Favish (with distinction in Camille Anne-Louise Rabier Ntandokazi Nikiwe Cenge the dissertation and the degree *Amosse Francisco Ubisse *Ringisai Chikohomero with distinction) *Nicola Van Der Merwe Nobayethi Patience Dube Aidan Kirstie Fourie *Kamesh Flynn Masego Modibane Pamla Gopaul Kungela Mzuku (with distinction in the DEGREE OF MASTER OF Ayanda Sydney Keka dissertation) PHILOSOPHY IN INCLUSIVE Obakeng Kabelo Mabalane *Kuselo Ntsika Ntsaluba INNOVATION *Oratile Olebogeng Matshego *Bryony Ortlepp (with distinction in the Loyiwe Mbuzi dissertation) Chitalu Joshua Chipangila Ayanda Ngqandu *Anna Teresa Riedl Christopher Hosken Nhlahla Piet Sebola (with distinction) *Thandile Xiphu Kathryn Suzanne Johnston Sizonqoba Sonny Ashley Michelle Newell (with Vincent Bamugaya Tumusiime In Mathematical Finance: distinction) Ebony Dominique Vincent Ayesha Camroodien Matthew Drummond Worthington- *Danielle Ana Crawford Smith *Wade Terrence Cresswell Penelope Joan Youngleson (with DEGREE OF MASTER OF *Jessica Endekovski distinction) INDUSTRIAL & ORGANISATIONAL Shabbirhussein Abdulla Esmail PSYCHOLOGY Graeme Hammond *Qaphela Zikisa Mashalaba (with DEGREE OF DOCTOR *Aayesha Davids distinction) OF PHILOSOPHY *Hulisani Edna Dzuguda (with Nicolas Anthony Luke Mitoulis (with distinction in the dissertation) distinction) In Business Administration: Rachel Govender James Nevin (with distinction) Roger Maitland *Nadira Majudith (with distinction in the Dumisani Justice Ngwenza Thesis Title: Exploring emergence in dissertation) Riaz Patel (with distinction) corporate sustainability Danielle Malan *Petro Pavlou (with distinction) *Megan Anne Martin (with distinction *Chetan Krishendutt Ramlall (with Roger Maitland holds a BA in Psychology in the dissertation and the degree distinction in the dissertation) from UCT, a BA(Hons) in Psychology with distinction) Kalind Ramnarayan (with distinction) from the University of South Africa, Jodi Milosevich *Christopher Brian Sterley (with and an MA in Professional Development Rejeanne Kayla Petersen distinction) (Coaching) from Middlesex University Philippa Jean Rauch Dmitri Vakaloudis in the United Kingdom. He works as a Carey Singer (with distinction) *Richard John Van Gysen (with coach and organisational development distinction) consultant. *Cole Van Jaarsveldt (with distinction) Roger Maitland’s thesis focuses Vykta Wakandigara on corporate sustainability in financial Joshua Wort (with distinction) services organisations in Namibia and Botswana and explores corporate sustainability as an emergent process.
73 He implemented a holistic organisational Contrary to expectation, the deals were farmers receive for their crops. assessment in each of the organisations struck in Angola but failed in Nigeria. included in the study to identify He finds that this divergence in outcomes Supervisor: Professor C Van Walbeek coherence between clusters of employees. reflects the varying quality of the (Economics) Interviews were conducted to explore institutional arrangements in each country Co-supervisor: Associate Professor multiple interpretations of these results. for engaging foreign investors. The Beatrice Conradie (Economics) The study finds that sustainability emerges more open political order that emerged Co-supervisor: Associate Professor alongside finance and diversity measures. in Nigeria prevented it from being able Anthony Leiman (Economics) The study makes three contributions to the to exploit its oil wealth efficiently, understanding of emergence in corporate whereas in Angola the consolidation of sustainability. First, it proposes four modes dictatorship and efficient management of Abel Otwori Nyagwachi by which sustainability is enacted by oil assets mutually promoted one another. Thesis Title: Essays on the economics employees. Second, dimensions required of tobacco and alcohol control policy in for coherence between the environment Supervisor: Professor D Ross Kenya and organisation, and organisation and (Economics) employee are identified. Third, it explains Co-supervisor: Professor B Levy Abel Nyagwachi holds a BA in Economics how the shift to corporate sustainability (Economics) and Master of Economics Degree from occurs by means of four conditions. Kenyatta University, Kenya. He joined The study recommends that corporate UCT in 2015 for his PhD studies, prior to sustainability is holistically cultivated Catherine Namome which he worked as an Economist at the rather than being integrated through Thesis Title: The economics of tobacco National Treasury and the Parliamentary a linear process of change, thereby production and feasible alternatives in Budget Office, Kenya. supporting a self-organised approach to Uganda Abel Nyagwachi’s thesis uses corporate sustainability. data from the Kenyan household and Catherine Namome holds a BSc in budget survey for 2005/6 and 2015/16 Supervisor: Professor W Baets Forestry, Makerere University and to examine the effects of the tobacco- (Graduate School of Business) an MSc in Agricultural Economics, and alcohol-control policies that were Co-supervisor: A/Professor K University of Pretoria. She joined the implemented in Kenya between 2005 and Sewchurran (Graduate School of School of Economics at UCT in 2014 for 2015. He finds that tobacco- and alcohol- Business) her PhD studies. Previously, she worked consuming households spend less on as an Agricultural Economist at the necessities such as food, healthcare and Agricultural Research Council. education. He also finds that tobacco- In Economics: Catherine Namome’s thesis and alcohol-control polices contributed Ross Graeme Harvey focuses on Article 17 of the World Health to a decline in the prevalence of child Thesis Title: Two petro-states diverge: Organisation’s Framework Convention malnutrition in tobacco and alcohol explaining the institutional evolution of on Tobacco Control on promoting consuming households. He finds that an Nigeria and Angola alternatives to leaf tobacco production. increase in the price of cigarettes reduces She conducted a household survey in the demand for cigarettes, other tobacco Ross Harvey completed his BCom in Uganda on the economics of tobacco and products and some stimulants and that an Philosophy, Politics and Economics and alternative crops which revealed that leaf increase in the price of beer increases the MPhil in Public Policy at UCT. He began tobacco production gives poorer returns, demand for informally-produced alcohol. studying towards his PhD in 2013 while having higher costs and requiring more He also finds that tobacco- and alcohol- working as a researcher at the South inputs than competing crops. However, control policies contributed to reduction African Institute of International Affairs. producers integrated into the leaf tobacco in tobacco and alcohol budget shares in Ross Harvey’s thesis focuses marketing system have easier access to the poorest households over the period on the divergent political and economic capital and markets. She further estimates under review. trajectories of Nigeria and Angola since how leaf tobacco producers respond to oil extraction became central to their differences in prices of tobacco, cash Supervisor: Professor C Van Walbeek economies and explains why two similarly crops and staple food crops, and finds that, (Economics) oil-wealthy and weakly institutionalised although experience and past investments Co-supervisor: Dr G Chelwa (Graduate African states experienced different tend to commit farmers to crops they School of Business) political and economic outcomes. know; they do change their balance He uses ‘analytic narrative’ – the of cash crops to increase profitability. application of a game theoretic model Lastly, the study investigates the balance to a historical puzzle – and compares of power across the domestic value oil-for-infrastructure deals negotiated in chain. By extending pre-season credit, Angola and Nigeria with Asian National buyers and processors establish a degree Oil Companies between 2004 and 2007. of control including over the prices that
74 Morne Jacques Oosthuizen structural transformation and complexity differences would reduce substitution Thesis Title: South Africa’s generational economics. from cigarettes to roll-your-own tobacco. economy François Steenkamp’s thesis Second, he uses 2014-2018 monthly studies the dynamics and changing retailer panel data from Japan to show that Morné Oosthuizen holds BCom, composition of South Africa’s export traditional cigarette sales trends changed BCom(Hons) and MCom degrees from structure and the factors driving its significantly when a novel tobacco Stellenbosch University. He is a senior evolution. Using product-level trade data, product, IQOS, was introduced. Thus, researcher in the Development Policy he decomposes South Africa’s export between-product switching is influenced Research Unit in UCT’s School of growth in the post-1994 period and shows by the new product’s introduction. Finally, Economics and began part-time study that diversification and growth along the he uses 2004-2017 European Commission towards his PhD in 2013. extensive margin is an important source data to demonstrate that differences in Morné Oosthuizen’s thesis of the country’s rise in export value. He cigarette prices between jurisdictions focuses on the way in which South then investigates the role of endowments might incentivise some smokers from Africans earn, consume, share, and in shaping South Africa’s evolving export jurisdictions with more expensive save resources at different ages by structure. His analysis reveals an export cigarettes to switch to cheaper cigarettes constructing National Transfer Accounts, structure that is becoming increasingly available across the border. These findings combining data from household surveys, capital-intensive. In his final chapter, are useful for policymakers looking to national accounts, government budgets, he estimates the effect of tariff reform regulate tobacco markets. and population projections. He analyses associated with the Trade, Development how the changing age structure of the and Cooperation Agreement in driving Supervisor: Professor C Van Walbeek South African population will affect entry of South African export products into (Economics) future economic growth and finds that new markets. He finds that tariff reform Co-supervisor: Dr J Drope (American the period during which this impact is is effective in driving the diversification Cancer Society) positive—the demographic dividend— of exports, particularly of differentiated will be over within 20 years. He products. The research highlights that shows how South Africa’s extreme policy interventions that address market In Finance: inequalities distort estimates of these access through trade reform can drive Dayne Lochner Morkel resource flows, potentially leading to export diversification. Thesis Title: Decoupling of corporate inadequate policy recommendations. By social investment in South Africa: optics not valuing women’s and men’s time Supervisor: Professor L Edwards over impact spent performing household chores and (Economics) carework, he shows that women’s full Dayne Morkel graduated first in his class, economic contributions are significantly summa cum laude, with a Bachelor of underestimated. The analysis suggests Michal Jerzy Stoklosa Business Science (Finance) and honours that, by improving education and health Thesis Title: Effects of the evolving global degree and went on to complete his outcomes and by narrowing gender tobacco product landscape on smokers’ MBA with distinction. He is a CFA inequalities, policymakers can better switching behaviors Charterholder and began his career as an capture the potential benefits of our Investment Banker at Morgan Stanley in youthful population in order to raise Michal Stoklosa is Principal Scientist New York, London, and Hong Kong. living standards. (Taxation and Health) in the Economic Dayne Morkel’s thesis and Health Policy Research Programme investigates the validity of criticisms Supervisor: Honorary Professor I at the American Cancer Society. Before around the practice of corporate social Woolard (Economics) joining UCT for his PhD studies, he investment (CSI) in South Africa. Co-supervisor: Professor M Leibbrandt received an MA in Managerial Economics He combines interviews with leading (Economics) from the University of Warsaw and an academics and industry practitioners with MA in Economics from Georgia State an analysis of fourteen years of survey University. data on local CSI practices amongst top Francois Karl Steenkamp Governments have increasingly South African companies in order to Thesis Title: The dynamics and used excise tax to reduce tobacco use. identify both current challenges in this determinants of South African exports Smokers respond to the tax-driven field as well as to propose solutions. He price increases by quitting, reducing finds strong support for the idea that François Steenkamp holds a BCom consumption, or by switching to companies’ CSI activities are driven and an MCom in Economics from the alternatives. Michal Stoklosa’s thesis mainly by regulation or self-interest University of KwaZulu-Natal. He joined analyses three aspects of tobacco product and suggests that this misalignment the School of Economics at UCT in 2010 switching. First, he uses 2012 and 2014 between company motivations and the for his PhD studies. He is a researcher data from the ITC Zambia survey to goals of CSI hampers the effectiveness at the Development Policy Research model price-driven substitution. He finds of such initiatives. Consequently, he Unit, with interests in international trade, that reducing between-product price proposes improvements which may be of
75 particular value to industry practitioners Laban Bagui on how Information Communication in designing and operationalising their Thesis Title: An analytical tale of the Technologies further economic and social social investment initiatives. social media discursive enactment of development in Somalia. Somalia is an networked everyday resistance during the enigma in the international state system. Supervisor: A/Professor R Kruger #feesmustfall social movement in South The country has been embroiled in a civil (Finance and Tax) Africa war and has had no effective, functional Co-supervisor: A/Professor F Toerien state apparatus for almost thirty years. (Finance and Tax) Laban Bagui holds BTech and MTech Despite the perceived chaos and violence degree in Information Technology associated with the country, there is from the Cape Peninsula University of evidence of structures that allow for In Information Systems: Technology. He joined the department of markets to function and social services to Alexander Ekow Asmah Information Systems at UCT in 2014 for be delivered. The Somali diaspora is one Thesis Title: Towards the development of his PhD studies. Before joining UCT, he factor in supporting Somalia’s economic a COBIT 5-driven IT audit framework worked as lecturer in e-Commerce. and social system, as remittances pay for Laban Bagui’s thesis focuses children’s education, social services and Alexander Asmah holds a BBA on the contribution of social media to the provide investment funds for businesses. (Accounting) and MPhil (Information discourse of resistance on social media Moreover, this thesis demonstrates that Systems) from the University of Ghana. during the #feesmustfall social movement in Somalia, the ICT sector has come to He is a professional accountant and a in South Africa. He investigates what led compliment Somali state institutions and certified information systems auditor with to the rebellious discursive involvement social structures. This thesis illustrates experience in IT Governance. Before of #feesmustfall proponents over the how ICTs act as a primary steering media joining the Department of Information social media platform Twitter™. He that has made it possible for Somalia to Systems at UCT in 2017, he worked in ascertains the trade-off of empowerment function despite conditions of failure and the Banking industry. and precariousness engendered by their how Somali social systems have enabled Alexander Asmah’s thesis use of the technology. A trade-off tributary a thriving ICT sector. focuses on the development of an IT to the existence of a communication space auditing tool to guide the audit of IT of autonomous resistance emerging from Supervisor: Professor O Ngwenyama Governance Practices in the Ghanaian previous social interactions knitted by the (Information Systems) Financial Sector. He investigates how social media platform allowed the acts of auditors can use the tool to make resistance of one individual to be carried recommendations that will improve by a plethora of acquiescing weak ties In Organisational Psychology: the IT Governance maturity of their in re-tweets, pledges or hours of chats Yolandi Eloise Janse Van Rensburg organisations. In the analysis, he adopts on more private platforms. He attributes Thesis Title: Development and validation the gestalt approach to provide a holistic the emergence of that social practice to a of an implicit test of the HEXACO understanding of governance practices and local socio-cultural momentum resulting honesty-humility scale IT Governance effectiveness. The study from the combination of post- apartheid employs design science research which disenchantment and the bolstering Yolandi-Eloise Janse van Rensburg deploys a qualitative approach and adopts opportune contingencies of international holds a BMil and MCom degree in a quantitative approach in the evaluation liberalism and ever-growing technological Industrial Psychology from Stellenbosch of the tool. He finds that organisations that capabilities. University. She joined the UCT School of used the tool saw significant improvement Management Studies and the Department in the maturity of several governance Supervisors: Emeritus A/Professor K of Personnel Management, Work and practices. He finds that for governance Johnston (Information Systems) Organizational Psychology at Ghent practices to create value, they should be Co-supervisor: A/Professor P Weimann University (Belgium) in 2014 for her joint implemented coherently to complement (Information Systems) PhD study. each other. The research produces an Yolandi-Eloise Janse van artefact that helps to reduce the detection Rensburg’s thesis focuses on novel risks of auditors by providing and audit Mohamed Abokor Elmi approaches to measure personality traits scope for IT Governance audits. Thesis Title: ICT, the Somali diaspora relevant in the work context. In particular, and the stabilization of a failed state she developed an implicit association Supervisor: Professor M Kyobe test (IAT) to measure a person’s honesty- (Information Systems) Mohamed Elmi completed his BA(Hons) humility, which is a personality trait qualification at the University of New relevant to integrity-related behaviour. Brunswick (Canada), and his MA at Saint Compared to standard self-report Mary’s University (Canada), and began questionnaires, IATs tap into unconscious full-time study at UCT towards his PhD judgment processes and so are less in 2014. fakable and subject to distortion. She Mohamed Elmi’s thesis focuses conducts multiple validation studies (in
76 South Africa and Belgium) to evaluate the measurement and predictive properties of the IAT. This was done in comparison to a self-report measure of honesty-humility. Results showed the test measured honesty-humility as intended, but test scores did not predict student academic outcomes (including grade point average, counterproductive behavior, and cheating) better than a standard self-report inventory of honesty-humility. Her research is useful as it provides practitioners and academic researchers with an indirect measure of honesty-humility for use in future practice and research.
Supervisor: Professor F De Kock (Management Studies) Co-supervisor: Professor E Derous (Ghent University, Personnel Management, Work and Organizational Psychology)
77 FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (CEREMONY 2)
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
Academic Procession. (The congregation is requested to stand as the procession enters the hall)
The Presiding Officer will constitute the congregation.
The National Anthem.
The University Dedication will be read by a member of the SRC.
Musical Item.
Welcome by the Master of Ceremonies.
The graduands and diplomates will be presented to the Presiding Officer by the Dean of the faculty.
The Presiding Officer will congratulate the new graduates and diplomates.
The Master of Ceremonies will make closing announcements and invite the congregation to stand.
The Presiding Officer will dissolve the congregation.
The procession, including the new graduates and diplomates, will leave the hall. (The congregation is requested to remain standing until the procession has left the hall.)
78 DECLARATION FOR HEALTH SCIENCES GRADUANDS
AT THE TIME OF BEING ADMITTED AS A MEMBER OF THE HEALTH PROFESSION:
I solemnly pledge to serve humanity
My most important considerations will be the health of patients and the health of their communities
I will not permit considerations of age, gender, race, religion, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disease, disability or any other factor to adversely affect the care I give to patients
I will uphold human rights and civil liberties to advance health, even under threat
I will engage patients and colleagues as partners in healthcare
I will practise my profession with conscience and dignity
I will respect the confidentiality of patients, present or past, living or deceased
I will value research and will be guided in its conduct by the highest ethical standards
I commit myself to lifelong learning
I make these promises solemnly, freely and upon my honour.
79 NAMES OF Christinah Sam Lieketseng Victoria Sekoto GRADUANDS/DIPLOMATES Lindeka Shasha Zahra Vorajee Yonela Simama An asterisk * denotes that the degree or Esethu Lynette Sotu diploma will be awarded in the absence of Alicia Timm DEGREE OF BACHELOR the candidate. Nolitha Zatu OF SCIENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN Saarah Achmat FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES COSMETIC FORMULATION Thaakirah Adams SCIENCE Liam Kurt Arendse Interim Dean: Professor C Williamson Lauren Kate Askew *Hanneke Diedericks Ashleigh Jessica Biggar Before presenting the graduands, the Jodie Anne Heynes Romy Talia Bloch (with distinction) Interim Dean will invite all graduating Linda Kofi Kayla Campodonico students in the Faculty to stand and Mlungisi Mkhize Maureen Thokozani Chuma to make the Faculty Declaration. All Anele Mbali Ntuli (with distinction) Jessica Anne Clark members of the congregation who treat Mmapula Sharell Pale Craig Couert or will be treating patients are invited Jasantha Singh (with distinction) Waseema Davids to join in affirming or re-affirming their Iviwe Songo Venceto Cayne Dawson commitment to ethical patient care. *Mantombazane Xulu Lesanne Dorothea De Jager Jadene Andrea Du Preez Busisiwe Dyokwe HIGHER CERTIFICATE DEGREE OF BACHELOR Ashleigh Perlene Fagan IN DISABILITY PRACTICE OF SCIENCE IN AUDIOLOGY Apelele Fodo Fiona May Gie Sheyaam Abrahams Vuyo Tshawekazi Bangilizwe Siyamthanda Gqamana Nomandla Benyane Luschano Bester Suvana Harichand *Zandile Dukumbana Tersia Davids (with distinction) Pumezo Hlambelo Nozwelitsha Fokwana Kelly Deslynn De Freitas Jessica Deanne Holmes Neziswa Soneta Gongotha Kirsten Leigh De Freitas Imrah Isaacs Ntombesine Hati Amen Makabongwe Thokozani Sakhile Thaakirah Ismail Ntombovuyo Monica Kiyane Dhlamini Stacey Florence Jacobs *Tandolwethu Kotelo Yusrah Du Toit Sibanye Jali Nopasika Maqungo Nomathamsanqa Gajana Claire Louise Jenkins Hazel Rose Marco Mathilda Juliana Hayes Julie Anne Jones (with distinction) Palesa Matete Amohelang Justinah Lehloa Kamana Ariya Juganath Amanda Esethu Mazula Kutlwano Refentse Lekaowa Roxanne Kaitlyn Kruger Ntombokuzola Nokuzola Mcitakali *Londeka Mendy Luthuli (with Ntombizodwa Bridgette Lefatsa *Nomathamsanqa Mehana distinction) Ntwanano Givemore Mabasa Ntombifuthi Sylvia Mfazwe Keamogetswe Verona Maimele Siyamamkela Magadla Wendy Mfeketho Mpho Blessing Mamatsiari Uyanda Leanda Makhasi Aviwe Cynthia Mpepanduku Sandiswa Thozama Mashologu Kamogelo Tsholofelo Makhele Sinoyolo Mpinda Mikaeel Mathews Tebogo Makhubu *Johanna Sibongile Msimango Jamie Trudi Mc Mullan Aphiwe Masinyana Monica Mthabela Shanine Kercia Meyer Alexandra Kate McCann (with Sbongile Jacqueline Mtsi Khanyisa Vutomi Mhlongo distinction) Ongezwa Ondela Ndzuzo Lusanda Mongo Sphakahle Zinhle Mdletshe Afkkile Nogaya Sarvishka Naicker Jody Meiring Unathi Nogaya Thendo Faith Nefolovhodwe Beth Anne Mendelowitz Nombuyekezo Nqeketo Ndamulelo Netshiungani Nwabisa Mhlaba Namhla Ntshinga Kelly Leigh Newman Tamryn Morris (with distinction) *Nozipho Nyakatya Kateko Boitumelo Pule Phomelelo Frans Mothapo Glenes Nongati Nyangiwe Nabeelah Regal Chelsea Elizabeth Muir Merle Okorie Ilhaam Rejaldien Ntombikaye Felicia Myeni Nosisi Ntombethemba Peter Danelle Rensburg Hannah Mae Nassen Awethu Phaliso James Tjantje Seipei Tinhlalu Charmaine Nghulele Frieda Phillips Mokhantso Esther Sekhesa Sabom Baleka Nzenzo
80 Melissa Ashleigh Petersen Amit Maman Micaela Lauren Da Costa (with Asashanduki Ramukhithi Zimasa Mamani distinction) *Aimee Hilton Smale Olwethu Manyoni Iman Dalwai Caitlin Stott (with distinction) Chrystal Marais Gabriela Da Silva (with distinction) Sahaar Takay *Tlotlego Hunadi Mariri Victoria Jacqueline Grace (with Amy Clare Taylor Siyabonga Benedict Masemola distinction) Micaela Merle Tedder (with distinction) Success Simphiwe Masia Terri Greene Gaddaffi Belteshazzar Thobejane Siweziwe Masiza Saskia Nicole Hadskins Susanet Elslinde Tintinger (with Lee-Che Emily-Jean Adilene McCarthy Monique Celeste Hendricks distinction) Hlengiwe Mjezu Lisa Middleton Horn (with distinction) Godfrey Tshanda Nomfundo Zola Mkhize Nicole Elizabeth Husselmann Adande Nona Sibabalwe Tyokolwana Amy Louise Morris Jessica Mae Johnson Brittany Claire Watkins-Baker Kanya Mpelane Stefania Irene Kapoutsis Jessica Claire Wilson Sihle Mpeqeka Clarissa Kirstein (with distinction) Bulumko Woji Lunako Lutendo Munyai Emily Jane Koen Orisa Tristan Wymers Candace Nel Molemo Leseli Lichaba Mpilo Noxolo Zuke Livhuwani Nemakhavhani Bryn Macarthur Sinqobile Faith Zulu Sikhonangenkosi Thembalakhe Ngcobo Keamogetswe Lethiba Makena (with Noluthando Mbali Ngema distinction) Zukokazi Portia Nkxoyi Keotshephile Malathela (with DEGREE OF BACHELOR Sesetu Ntsinde distinction) OF SCIENCE IN PHYSIOTHERAPY Tabassum Peerbhai Laura Robyn Odell Zainab Peters Jodi Petersen Autumn Unine Abrahams Uzair Petersen Caitlyn Jessica Price (with distinction) Robyn-Lee Adams Pempho Lindokuhle Phiri Joanna Marie Reintges (with Razia Amien Tegan Holly Pitt distinction) Nabeela Arnold Senzekile Buliswa Qoma Zaahidah Samsodien Joshua John Bailey Jaime Leigh Reynard Kaylin Jordan-Leigh Smith Muhammed Rizaan Behardien Keegan Wayne Scoble Sarah Jessica Thatcher Brian Brümmer Pontsho Selengoane Eldi Van Wyk (with distinction) Reece Alexander Conrad *Khutso Tau Leeuens Setho *Courtney Alexandra Verwey Melisha Stephanie Damon Chelynn-Dee Shone-Palframan Nicole Zwarts Mishka Daniels Claire Louise Ter Morshuizen Aneeka Davids Tamara Tshungu Aqeela De Long Zander Willem Van Geems Mfundo Siyabonga Dlamini Usiphile Avela Vitshima Nabeela Docrat Megan Marie Wade Marisa Claire Du Preez Micaela Ennis Wedderburn (with Carla Erasmus distinction) Caitlin Davan Foley Sinead Manuela Wilhase Martin Freyer Joshua Martin Gaillard Mishkah Ragiema Gamieldien DEGREE OF BACHELOR Sinegugu Gonyela OF SCIENCE IN Catherine Elizabeth Grace (with SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY distinction) Amy Alison Hales (with distinction) Ammarah Agherdien Ricki-Lee Hamman Rasheekah Alexander Joshua Michael Harrison Sarah-Zey Ayse Asti Chandré Herman Zahraa Badat Michaela Johns Michaela Theresa Balie (with Siviwe Sibulele Nathina Joxo distinction) Sean William Julius Tayla Louise Barr (with distinction) Haanim Kader Tessa Pamela Botha (with distinction) Thato Koikoi Lindsay Alice Carden (with distinction) Zandile Kolisi (with distinction) Kelly Ann Clegg (with distinction) Lawrence Sonwabile Kwetana Georgia Cowling Limpho Liphapang Tamsin Creecy
81 THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN DONOR ROLL
The University of Cape Town gratefully acknowledges the sustained contributions of the following partners. Their generosity has assisted us toward our goals of improving student access to tertiary education and promoting curriculum, staff and student transformation; increasing our research capacity; and implementing programmes that promote social engagement and community upliftment.
FOUNDATIONS, TRUSTS, AND CORPORATES
Platinum Circle Andreas and Susan Struengmann Foundation Bronze Circle Foundations, Trusts, and Corporates that gGmbH Foundations, Trusts and Corporates that have made donations to UCT totaling Aspen Pharmacare Ltd have made donations to UCT totaling R50 million and above (alphabetically) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd between R1 million and R10 million Australian High Commission (alphabetically) The Andrew W Mellon Foundation The Atlantic Philanthropies (SA) (Pty) Ltd The Atlantic Philanthropies (Bermuda) Ltd Autism South Africa The A & M Pevsner Charitable Trust The Bertha Foundation AXA Research Fund The Aaron Beare Foundation Carnegie Corporation of New York Bank Sector Training and Education Abax Foundation Claude Leon Foundation Authority Abe Bailey Trust The ELMA Philanthropies Services Inc Boehringer Ingelheim (Pty) Ltd The Ackerman Family Educational Trust The Ford Foundation The David and Elaine Potter Charitable Actuarial Society Development Trust The Harry Crossley Foundation Foundation AECI Ltd Hasso Plattner Stiftung De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd The African Development Bank Group The MasterCard Foundation Discovery Foundation Afrisam (Pty) Ltd The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation Discovery Fund Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Minerals Education Trust Fund Donald Gordon Foundation Alliance for Open Society International The Rockefeller Foundation Doris Duke Charitable Foundation American Council of Learned Societies Embassy of the People’s Republic of China Anglo American Platinum Ltd Eskom Holdings Ltd Anglo America SA Gold Circle The Frank Robb Charitable Trust AngloGold Ashanti Ltd Foundations, Trusts, and Corporates that Garfield Weston Foundation Arab Bank for Economic Development have made donations to UCT totaling GetSmarter in Africa between R25 million and R50 million Government of Flanders The Atlantic Philanthropies (Ireland) (alphabetically) International Development Research Centre Limited John and Margaret Overbeek Trust Attorneys Fidelity Fund Cancer Research Trust Kaplan Kushlick Educational Foundation Aurecon South Africa (Pty) Ltd The Albert Wessels Trust The Kresge Foundation Aurum Charitable Trust Anglo American Chairman’s Fund Liberty Holdings Ltd The Beit Trust Cancer Research Trust The Mauerberger Foundation Fund BHP Billiton Development Trust First Rand Group National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund BirdLife South Africa Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies The Nellie Atkinson Trust The Boston Consulting Group (Pty) Ltd Contribution Fund Open Society Foundation for South Africa The Breadsticks Foundation Moshal Scholarship Program The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust The Bright Future Foundation Novartis Research Foundation The Raymond Ackerman Foundation British American Tobacco South Africa The DG Murray Trust Rustenburg Platinum Mines Ltd The Calleva Foundation The Raith Foundation Sigrid Rausing Trust Cape Gate (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The South African National Roads Cape Gate (Pty) Ltd, Vanderbijlpark The Wolfson Foundation Agency Ltd Capebridge Trust Company (Pty) Ltd The Spencer Foundation The Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundation Silver Circle Standard Bank Group Ltd Chan Zuckerberg Foundation Initiative Foundations, Trusts, and Corporates that Thuthuka Education Upliftment Fund Charles Stewart Mott Foundation have made donations to UCT totaling Tshemba Charitable Foundation NPC The Children’s Hospital Trust between R10 million and R25 million Tullow Oil South Africa (Pty) Ltd Unilever CHK Charities Ltd (alphabetically) South Africa Home and Personal Care The Chris Barnard Trust Fund (Pty) Ltd Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc ABSA Bank Limited WK Kellogg Foundation, USA COC Netherlands Actuarial Society of South Africa
82 FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATES AND TRUSTS CONTINUED THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN DONOR ROLL Daimler Fonds - Deutsches Stiftungs- Humanist Institute for Development Medical Education for South African Blacks Zentrum Cooperation Medicor Foundation Dr Vasan Govind Legacy Foundation Trust IBA Human Rights Institute Trust Medtronic Africa (Pty) Ltd The Davis Foundation The Indigo Trust Medtronic Foundation De Beers Fund Educational Trust The Institute of International Education Inc The Merck Company Foundation De Beers Marine (Pty) Ltd Insurance Sector Education and Training Millennium Trust Department for International Development Authority Misys Charitable Foundation (DFID), Southern Africa International Bank for Reconstruction and Mota Engil Construction South Africa Department of Economic Development and Development (Pty) Ltd Tourism The International Foundation for Arts and MTU South Africa FOUNDATIONS, TRUSTS, AND CORPORATES Department of Health (Western Cape) Culture The Myra Chapman Educational Trust Desmond Tutu HIV/AIDS Foundation Investec Limited Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Die Rupert-Musiekstigting The Jaks Trust Centre The Doris Crossley Foundation Janssen Pharmaceutica (Pty) Ltd National Arts Council of South Africa Dow Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd Joan St Leger Lindbergh Charitable Trust National Bioproducts Institute Dr Stanley Batchelor Bursary Trust The John D & Catherine T MacArthur Nedbank Foundation Dr. Leopold und Carmen Ellinger Stiftung Foundation Nedgroup Trust Ltd Edgars Consolidated Stores Ltd The John Davidson Educational Trust Nestlé (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd Education Training and Development The John Ellerman Foundation Network of African Science Academies Practices Sectoral Education The Jonathan and Jennifer Oppenheimer New Settlers Foundation Training Authority Foundation Nigel & Judith Weiss Educational Trust Edwards Lifesciences (Pty) Ltd Johnson & Johnson (USA) NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd EJ Lombardi Family Charitable Trust Johnson & Johnson Services Inc Norwegian Agency for Development Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung Johnson Matthey plc Cooperation Elsevier Foundation Joy Global South African Foundation Novo Nordisk (Pty) Ltd Environment for Development Secretariat JPMorgan Chase South African Trust The Nuffield Foundation Eranda Foundation Foundation OAK Foundation Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation JRS Biodiversity Foundation Oasis Crescent Fund Trust Ernest E and Brendalyn Stempel Foundation Julian Baring Scholarship Fund Old Mutual Emerging Markets Limited Fetzer Institute The Justin and Elsa Schaffer Family UCT Old Mutual Foundation (South Africa) Food & Beverages Sector Training and Scholarship Trust Old Mutual South Africa Education Authority Kangra Group (Pty) Ltd Open Philanthropy Project Fund The Foschini Group Karl Storz GmbH & Co KG Open Society Foundations The Gallagher Foundation Keerweder (Franschoek) (Pty) Ltd The Ove Arup Foundation Garden Cities Inc Komatsu Foundation Trust PA Don Scholarship Trust The Gatsby Charitable Foundation KPMG, Johannesburg Pearson Plc General Council of the Bar of South Africa KSB Pumps and Valves (Pty) Ltd Percy Fox Foundation General Electric South Africa (Pty) Ltd Legal Practice Council PF Charitable Trust GlaxoSmithKline plc LEGO Foundation Pfizer (Pty)Ltd GlaxoSmithKline SA (Pty) Ltd The Leverhulme Trust The Philip Schock Charitable & Educational Global Integrity The Lewis Foundation Foundation Goldman Sachs Charitable Fund Life Healthcare Foundation Picasso Headline (Pty) Ltd Goldman Sachs Foundation Lily & Ernst Hausmann Research Trust Primedia Government Technical Advisory Centre Linbury Trust Professional Provident Society Insurance Green Leaves Ausbildungs-Stiftung Link-SA Fund Co Ltd Griffith University The Little Tew Charitable Trust PM Anderson Educational Trust Guy Elliott Medical Fellowship Fund Lonmin Management Services Rapcan Haematological Research Trust Lorenzo and Stella Chiappini Charitable and Rand Merchant Bank Harvard Graduate School of Education Cultural Trust Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Haw & Inglis (Pty) Ltd The MAC AIDS Fund Limited HBD Business Holdings Macsteel Service Centres SA (Pty) Ltd Rangoonwala Foundation HCI Foundation Mai Family Foundation Retina South Africa Health and Welfare Sector Education and The Maitri Trust Rheinmetall Denell Munition (Pty) Ltd Training Authority The Maize Trust Rio Tinto Plc Heinrich Böll Stiftung Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Robert Bosch Stiftung The Hermann Ohlthaver Trust Services Sector Education and Roche Products (Pty) Ltd Hillensberg Trust Bursary Training Authority Roche Products (Pty) Ltd - Diagnostics Hope for Depression Research Foundation MariaMarina Foundation Roche Products Limited, UK HR Hill Residuary Trust Mary Oppenheimer & Daughters Rockefeller Brothers Fund HSBC Africa Foundation The Rolf-Stephan Nussbaum Foundation The Maurice Hatter Foundation
83 FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATES AND TRUSTS CONTINUED
Ruth and Anita Wise Charitable and Swiss-South African Co-Operation Initiative Xstrata South Africa (Pty) Ltd Educational Trust TB/HIV Care Foundation The Zamani African Cultural Heritage Sites Sanlam Ltd Thabo Mbeki Education Trust and Landscapes Foundation SAP South Africa (Pty) Ltd Tides Foundation The Zenex Foundation The Sasol Social and Community Trust Trencor Services (Pty) Ltd Pearson Plc The Saville Foundation UCT Fund Inc (New York) Percy Fox Foundation The Schroder Foundation UCT Trust (UK) PF Charitable Trust SCHWAB Foundation for Social United Therapeutics Corporation Pfizer Entrepreneurship University of Oxford The Philip Schock Charitable & SIEMENS Stiftung Upstream Training Trust Educational Foundation Simons Foundation Victor Glasstone Will Trust Picasso Headline (Pty) Ltd The Silibona Educational Trust Vodacom (Pty) Ltd Primedia The Skye Foundation Trust The Vodafone Group Foundation PM Anderson Educational Trust Social Science Research Council Wallace Global Fund Rapcan South African Institute of Chartered The Waterloo Foundation Rand Merchant Bank Accountants Wellspring Advisors, LLC Rangoonwala Foundation South African Norway Tertiary Education Welton Foundation Development Programme Wenner-Gren Foundation for South African Penguins Anthropological Research Inc Friends of UCT South African Responsible Gambling Western Platinum Ltd Organisations that have made gifts to UCT, Foundation The Wholesale & Retail Sector Education totaling under R1 million Southern African Music Rights Organisation and Training Authority The Starr Foundation The Wilfred Cooper Trust 2816 organisations who have generously Stella and Paul Loewenstein Foundation The Wilhelm Frank Trust shown their support by making a gift to the Stevenson Family Charitable Trust Wine Industry Network of Expertise and University of Cape Town. Students for a Better Future Technology Susan Thompson Buffet Foundation Wyeth SA (Pty) Ltd
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Chancellor’s Circle Ricky Dippenaar Kenneth Downton Jones Individuals whose gifts to UCT over a Judith Dlamini Alasdair & Eve Kemsley-Pein five year period have amounted to over Linda Dobbs Paul Kumleben R500,000 Robert and Liesel Dower Brett and Jo Lankester Marlene Dumas Gary Lubner Bruce and Serena Ackerman Colin Dutkiewicz Vincent Mai Oludolapo Akinkugbe CON Robby & Georgina Enthoven Malcolm McCallum Antony and Colette Ball Ian and Gillian Falconer Charles McGregor Justin Baring Jill Farrant Noel McIntosh and family David and Ursel Barnes Meyer Feldberg Jim and Marilynn McNamara Klaus-Jürgen Bathe John and Anne Field William Michell Lee and Brenda Baumann Bill Frankel OBE Trevor Norwitz Sean Baumann Richard and Kara Gnodde Jonathan and Jennifer Oppenheimer Helen Beach John Graham Nicholas Oppenheimer Sir Frank Berman John Grieve Kate Owen Tony Bloom Pauline Groves Simon Palley Johan and Monika Brink Selwyn Haas Shafik Parker Charles Edward Carter Raymond Haas David and Elaine Potter CBE The Cockwell Family Michael Hayden Max Price and Deborah Posel Peter and Christine Cooper Charlotte Heber-Percy Patrick & Jane Quirk Nick and Martine Criticos Michael Jurgen Alexander Ihlenfeldt Derek and Inks Raphael Theophilus Danjuma GCON Neville Isdell Trevor & Sandy Reid Sir Mick and Lady Barbara Davis Elizabeth and Roderick Jack Mary May Robertson Keertan Dheda William and Yvonne Jacobson Simon Robertson Kevin Dillon Christopher and Jeanne Jennings Patrik Sandin
84 FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATES AND TRUSTS CONTINUED INDIVIDUAL DONORS CONTINUED
Duncan Saville Robin Barnett-Harris David JP Meachin Justin Schaffer Peter Beighton Ron Merkel Guy Shutt Bob Bishop Malcom Andrew Miller Mark Shuttleworth R David Bloomberg Jan Minners Georgina Stevens Martin Botha Michael Erwin Richard Mittermaier Zoe Stevens Henry and Marcia Blumberg Mutle Mogase Sir Hugh & Lady Stevenson Marcus Bowman Elsie Muller Alan Stewart Paul Boynton Craig Mullett and family Grant and Sarah Jane Stubbs Neil Braude Thabo Ntseare Ben Surdut Stanley Braude Gerald Norman Nurick Sibylla and Bruce Tindale Walter Braude Helena Okreglicki Blaine John Tomlinson Malcolm Brown Santilal Parbhoo Johannes van Zyl Donald Jamieson Buchanan Mamokgethi Phakeng Tiger Wessels Geoff Budlender Gabby Parker Stephen and Chantry Westwell Geoff Burton Meryl Pick Christo and Caro Wiese Gregory Calligaro Zena Potash Russel Zimmerman Francois Cilliers Liam and Penny Ratcliffe John Clark Delise Reich Vice-Chancellor’s Circle The late Beric Croome Hannah-Reeve Sanders Individuals whose gifts to UCT over a five Michael Darlison John Stuart Saunders year period have amounted to between Kenneth Davidian Steve Schach R250,000 and R500,000 Jim Davidson Christoph and Renate Schmocker Jeanelle Louise De Gruchy Douglas Scott Helmut Amos Louise De Waal Shirley and Hymie Shwiel Leslie Bergman William Denney Mark Shuttleworth Robert Berman Nigel Desebrock Mugsy Spiegel Anette Campbell-White Harry and Dixon Crain Soudien Stewart Cohen Marion Dixon Sara Spiegel Rodney Dawson Prashila Dullabh Margaret Stanford Angela Frater Alan Drabkin Curtis Stewart Isabel Goodman Peter Dryburgh Gregory John Symons INDIVIDUAL DONORS The late John Gurney Vincent Falck Roman Szymonowics Sir Chips Keswick Ian Farlam Judy Thönell Alistair Mackay Brian Field Leslie Tupchong Irene Menell Arthur Forman Jean-Paul Van Belle Dikgang Moseneke Robert Forman Karen Van Heerden Nicolene Nel Jeremy Franklin David Watson Matthew Nurick Michael Freund Anthony Westwood Keith Oates Anthony Stephen Fricke Giles White Bruce Royan Lauren Friedman Magdelena White Alistair Ruiters Christoph Fröhlich Jacob Daniel Wiese Kier Schuringa Gregory Fury Peter George Abner Wrighton Gregory Symons Fabbienne Gregoire Derek Yach Colin Tebbutt Robert Gould Ian Yudelman Les Underhill Mary Ethel Harrisson Paul Wilcox Vivien Hodgson Michael Westwood Craig Howie Ruth Horner-Mibashan Dean’s Circle Andrew James Jaffray Individuals whose gifts to UCT over a five Megan Ruth Jobson year period have amounted to between Geoffrey Kaye R100,000 and R250,000 William J Kentridge Michael Levy Jeffrey Anziska Hugh Livingstone Bruce Keith Adams Roger MacFarlane Beverley Adriaans Peter Maggs Mark and Lynette Alexander Paul Malherbe Hugh Amoore Timothy Mathews Brian Anziska Clive McIntyre Ivor Bailey James Mc Millan
85 FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
Individuals whose gifts to UCT over the last five years have amounted to less than R100,000. 2636 individuals who have generously shown their support by making a gift to the University of Cape Town.
Bequests
Individuals who have bequeathed a legacy Derek Stuart Franklin RM Moss gift to UCT in their wills. Sybil Elizabeth Laura Gauntlett Margaret Alice Nash Pamela Marcia Glass Hawa Patel Niel Ackerman Victor Glasstone Will Trust Elizabeth Ethel Barbara Parker PA Ackerman Will Trust BA Goldman HFB Paulsen Harry Allschwang BJN Greig RC Pead Enid Atkinson JM Griffiths AH Peires Linda Doreen Beckett JS Griffiths Will Trust Edward Petrie JFW Bell RB Grosse Harry Phillips TS Berwitz Will Trust GN Hayward Esme Wedderburn Quilley Anne Alida Bomford Alfred Harold Honikman Jacob Wolf Rabkin Trust Simon Bor ML Hutt BM Raff Will Trust CLF Borckenhagen Carolina Rebeca Iljon Martha Reed AM Botha Vera Jaffe Patricia Roche Arthur Bridgman Colin Kaplan Kathe Rocher Jack Broadley The Leanore Zara Kaplan Will Trust Kevin Rochford Sandra Burman John E. Karlin Anita Saunders Edward Carter Miriam Kluk CCG Steytler CH Charlewood LB Knoll Hajee Sulaiman ShahMahomed DI Chilton ESE Kramer Will Trust BG Shapiro Phillip Alexander Clancey Ann Kreitzer Will Trust James Sivewright Scratchley Will Trust RJHH Colback Natale Antonio Diodato Mussolini Labia Aline Smit David Graham Cunningham Eduard Louis Ladan Will Trust Ian Trevor Berry Smith Joyce Irene Ivy Cupido NH Lerner Rolf Richard Spiegel Ilse Margaret Dall Elias Bertrand Levenstein PWL Stanton EIGT Danziger Leah Levy RM Stegen GSD Davis Myer Levy AM Stephen Pauline de la Motte Hall Henri Marais George Strates MBM Denny IN Marks Clifford Herbert Stroude Trust Lilian Dubb Dorothea McDonald Abraham Swersky Seymour Dubb J Melrose Peter Theron HS Dyer Will Trust EOWH Middelmann Sarah Turoff CW Eglin Walter Middelmann Rosalie van der Gucht Will Trust GJA Eibenberger Valerie Moodie Oscar van Oordt M Eilenberg Trust IM Monk LM van der Spy Elsabe Carmen Einhorn Audrey Moriarty Cederic James Vos Barbara Finberg John Frank Morris Laurence Gregory Wells Azriel Fine P Moss Will Trust JF Viljoen
Note: As of January 2015, the levels of individual donors’ giving circles have changed as follows:
• Chancellor’s circle: formerly R250 000+, now R500 000+; • Vice-Chancellor’s Circle: formerly R100 000 – R250 000, now R250 000 – R500 000; • Dean’s circle: formerly R60 000 – R100 000, now R100 000 – R250 000; • Friends of UCT: formerly Please note that these changes only affect donations received after 1 January 2015. All donors who were members of particular circles prior to January 2015, will continue to be recognised in their original circles, until the rolling five-year giving period has elapsed. We apologize for any omissions or errors. If you would like to query your donations totals, circle membership, or any other matter related to your gifts to UCT, please email [email protected]. A full list of UCT donors is also available at www.uct.ac.za/main/donating-to-uct/donor-recognition. 86 FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY Chancellor Graça Simbine Machel, BA Lisbon LLD(hc) UWC DU(hc) Essex PhD(hc) Cape Town DLitt et Phil(hc) RAU DHL(hc) Massachusetts Vice-Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng, BSc North West MSc PhD Witwatersrand DSc(hc) Bristol Chair of Council Sipho Mila Pityana, BA Essex MSc London DTech(hc) VUT President of Convocation Edward Tshidiso Maloka, BA Rhodes MA Lausanne BA(Hons) PhD Cape Town Deputy Vice-Chancellors Loretta Annelise Feris, BA LLB LLD Stellenbosch LLM Georgetown Susan Therese Largier Harrison, BSc(Hons) Cape Town PhD Cantab MSAIChE SASM FSAIMM FSAAE ASSAf FWISA Maria Lis Lange, BA(Hons) Buenos Aires MA Colegio de Mexico PhD Witwatersrand Registrar Royston Nathan Pillay, BA HDE BEd MBA (Executive Programme) Cape Town Chief Operating Officer Reno Lance Morar, MBChB Natal DHMEF MMed Cape Town FCPHM SA Deans of Faculties Commerce: Linda Cynthia Ronnie, Adv Dip in Adult Ed MEd Sheffield PhD Cape Town Engineering & the Built Environment: Alison Emslie Lewis, PrEng BSc(Eng)Chem MSc(Eng) PhD Cape Town FSAIChE FSAIMM MASSAf FSAAE FIChemE Health Sciences: Carolyn Williamson (Interim), BSc(Hons) PhD Cape Town MASSAf FRSSAf Humanities: Shose Kessi, PDBA Witwatersrand BA(Hons) London MSc PhD LSE Law: Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa, LLB(Hons) Malawi LLM Pret PhD UWC Practitioner of the High Court of Malawi Science: Maano Freddy Ramutsindela, MA UNIN PhD London FSSAG Dean of Higher Education Development Alan Frank Cliff (Interim), HDE BA MEd Cape Town PhD Auckland Director of the Graduate School of Business Kosheek Sewchurran (Acting), BSc Unisa BSc(Hons) MSc UKZN PhD Cape Town 87 VISION AND MISSION UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN Vision An inclusive and engaged research-intensive African university that inspires creativity through outstanding achievements in learning, discovery and citizenship; enhancing the lives of its students and staff, advancing a more equitable and sustainable social order and influencing the global higher education landscape. Mission UCT is committed to engaging with the key issues of our natural and social worlds through outstanding teaching, research and scholarship. We seek to advance the status and distinctiveness of scholarship in Africa through building strategic partnerships across the continent, the global south and the rest of 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. Welcome, Wamkelekile, Welkom – today is not the end of your relationship with the university but the beginning of a new phase in your continuing relationship with UCT, one that you share with the UCT community of over 100 000 alumni. Diverse as this community is, the shared experiences of a critical academic ethos and a spectacular campus make for a strong network that has a wide footprint, not only in South Africa, but across the continent and the globe. We set a great store by our links with our alumni, and indeed the links alumni have with each other. We promise that we will be in touch, and ask you in turn to let us know not only your current contact details but also, from time to time, something of your lives and where you are in your careers. Updates can be done on the web – http://www.uct.ac.za/dad/alumni/update/ - or by writing to the Alumni Office, UCT, PB X3 Rondebosch 7701 or by contacting us on (27) (21) 650 3746. Your alma mater looks forward to welcoming you back, whether to a public lecture, a leadership forum, your class reunion, or just an informal call! 88