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March 3 – 16, 2008 Volume 27#02 African dinosaurs emerge from the shadows Little is written about African dinosaurs in popular culture, which makes Prof Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan’s new book an important contribution to our heritage. It’s also a fi rst for the continent

Tunisia, Algeria, Libya and Niger. for a palaeontologist like Professor HELEN THÉRON Something else you probably Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, that’s not didn’t know: Africa is also home to good for science. uccessful machine that it is, the the fi rst stegosaur ever discovered, Her new children’s book, Famous SAmerican media may have given Paranthodon, which once lived just Dinosaurs of Africa, puts African di- T Rex its celebrity status as the most across the border in the Eastern Cape. nosaurs fi rmly on the world map - and fearsome meat-eating dinosaur to And more recently, Africa got its dispels some of those T Rex myths. have stomped the planet, but did you fi rst dinosaur name with an isiXhosa Not that she’s interested in one- know that the title actually belongs to click, Nqwebasaurus thwazi. upmanship. North Africa’s Carcharodontosaurus Nqwebasaurus is the earliest- She wants to introduce Afri- (put your teeth in for that one)? known coelurosaur from Gondwana, can children to their own heritage. This six-tonner makes Tyranno- a small species unearthed in the Though African dinosaurs are impor- saurus, which roamed North America, Kirkwood Formation (Nqweba is tant to palaeontology, they’re often look like a wimp on the prehistoric the isiXhosa name for the Kirkwood omitted from books. beastie scale. region) in the Algoa Basin in 1995. “I believe that dinosaurs can be a Dubbed the shark-toothed lizard Information like this seldom kind of stepping stone into the world (Below, left) Heterodontosaurus or of the Sahara, Carcharodontosaurus reaches the public of science.” “Different-toothed lizard”, one of the is the biggest known predator of all and A global expert on the micro- more famous South African dino- time. A product of the Late Creta- scopic structure of fossil bones, saurs. This is one of Luis V Rey’s ceous era (97-90 million years ago) Chinsamy-Turan recently (2005) pub- illustrations from Prof Anusuya Chi- this whopper grew up to 13m long. lished an academic contribution to the namy-Turan’s new African dinosaur Its skull alone measures 1.6m, fi eld, The Microstructure of Dinosaur book for children. Featuring 26 of and its jaws are lined with Bone, which has received glowing the continent’s most famous dino- 15cm-long teeth. Remains reviews in several ISI-rated journals saurs, it is published by Struik and have been found in Egypt, – including Nature. will be launched at the SciFest in Morocco, Her children’s book is a fi rst for Grahamstown on 18 April. It is avail- Africa, completed during her six able in bookshops from 1 March. months’ sabbatical in Turkey, where she also penned fi ve scientifi c papers, saur bones were excavated from and a chapter for a book. the Tendaguru region, and they tell South Africa’s fi rst dinosaur a tale of the incredible diversity of bones were unearthed in the mid-19th dinosaurs that once lived in the region century, but because the country was about 150 million years ago.” a British colony they were shipped Subsequent fi nds in various parts back to the UK to be studied. These of Africa have allowed palaeontolo- bones were misidentifi ed, and it was gists to piece together the history of much later that they were recognised dinosaurs on the continent – and their as belonging to Paranthodon - the relationship with dinosaurs on other stegosaur mentioned above. continents. “In 1854 another South African The book is aimed at young read- discovery, Massospondylius, became ers, but has broad appeal for anyone the fi rst African dinosaur, and interested in Africa’s dinosaur heri- one of the fi rst few in the world, tage. For Chinsamy-Turan, getting the to be identifi ed and named,” book on the shelves for under R100 Chinsamy-Turan writes in her was important. introduction. It’s all about access to knowledge “Among the most remark- and to science. MP able 20th century palaeonto- logical expeditions undertaken in Africa were those to the Tenda- guru region of southwestern Tanzania, which took place in the early 1900s. Many signifi cant dinosaur discoveries were made here, fi rst by German palaeontologists, and later by the British. Illustration by Luis V Rey “More that 250 tons of dino- 2 Monday Paper NEWS March 3 – 16, 2008 Volume 27#02

One hundred and fi fty not out LETTER he publication of the 150th edi- Filling this gap, well over 3 000 Ttion of the high school magazine articles have appeared in the 150 n his/her letter to the Monday of the total number of criteria. Even Mathematical Digest was celebrated editions of Mathematical Digest IPaper (18 February) Aggrieved if Aggrieved Goose does outstand- in the Department of Mathematics last since 1971. They include readable Goose claims that “there is no in- ing research, but does not reach week. Founded by Emeritus Profes- articles on mathematics just outside centive (for individuals at UCT) for the same level of excellence in the sor John Webb in 1971, the magazine the school curriculum, anecdotes (writing) high-level publications”. category, say, of social responsive- has appeared quarterly without a of famous mathematicians from In her reply the Dean of Science ar- ness, the rigid numeric formula break ever since. Pythagoras to Stephen Hawking, gues instead that: “The value placed being used may well block any ac- Way back then, Webb noticed that news of mathematical Olympiads, by the university on these outputs is cess to an ad hominem promotion or there was little on mathematics for puzzles and problems, with Sharp evident in our ad hominem promo- academic excellence notch to which children to read at school other than calculators offered as prizes. tion process, including excellence he or she might aspire. textbooks. Today, one copy of every edi- level payments”. This statement In theory then, an academic at “It is strange because in other ar- tion of Mathematical Digest is sent is relevant to the complaint by UCT who wins the Nobel Prize for eas of schoolwork, you watch movies free to 2 000 high schools across Aggrieved Goose and the ensuing their research, but does not reach a on history, you read poetry and nov- South Africa, with support from debate, but otherwise may be quite high numeric score in the category els, you learn your language at home, the Old Mutual Foundation. With misleading. of management and administration, you experience music and drama and further support from the Western Ad hominem promotions and would not be judged as being meri- art outside the school curriculum Cape Department of Education, all academic excellence are judged by torious by UCT. Personally I fail to – but the learning of mathematics Dinaledi schools in the Western Not out: Emer Prof John Webb has a considerable number of criteria see how this policy fi ts the claim is entirely concentrated within the Cape receive ten copies of every produced the 150th edition of his at UCT. These include teaching, that we are a “research-driven” school curriculum,” he says. edition. MP Mathematical Digest magazine. learning, leadership, management, university. administration, social responsive- ness and research. Research is Professor Johann Lutjeharms therefore only a small component Department of Oceanography Ndebele to be honoured by Michigan South Africa as he University of Michigan increasing the number of research T(U-M) in the US earlier this doctoral students at UCT; and for a laboratory for month announced that they will award positioning the challenge of HIV/ an honorary Doctor of Laws degree AIDS centrally at UCT – in terms to Professor Njabulo S Ndebele, UCT of both services to affected students understanding global vice-chancellor and principal. and efforts to address the growing Ndebele will receive the award pandemic. at a graduation ceremony at U-M in “I feel honoured,” said Ndebele. health challenges April. “The University of Michigan has a The US university stated that rich history of academic excellence CHRIS MCEVOY cited exponential population growth the award acknowledges Ndebe- and leadership in tertiary education. It and consumption of the Earth’s le’s achievements as a writer, his will be a privilege to join their list of n his valedictory lecture at UCT’s resources, among others factors, as contributions as a leader in higher honorary graduates.” Imedical school on 13 February, affecting population health in com- education in South Africa and Africa, Ndebele also holds honorary Professor Solomon Benatar of the ing decades. as well as his role as UCT vice-chan- doctorates from the University of Department of Medicine in the Fac- “Understanding the need to shift cellor. Denver (US), Wesleyan University ulty of Health Sciences stated that the away from the 20th century notion The institution also noted that the (US), Soka University (Japan), Vrije health of whole populations - in South of continuous economic growth award recognises Ndebele’s particular Universiteit (the Netherlands), Chi- Africa and globally - is the major and consumption towards solidarity contribution to creating a diverse, cago State University (US), Univer- crisis and challenge for humanity in within a fairer and more sustainable Honoured: VC and principal, Prof multiracial institution; for expanding sity of Natal (now the University of the 21st century. conception of development is the Njabulo S Ndebele, will receive the institution’s research mission by KwaZulu-Natal), University College In his lecture, titled South Africa fi rst step towards reversing this now an honorary doctorate from the encouraging new partnerships within London (UK) and Cambridge Univer- as a Laboratory for Understanding almost inevitable global process,” he University of Michigan in April. the country and internationally; for sity (UK). MP Challenges to Global Health, Benatar said. MP Students shaved and sprayed

Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health

Groote Schuur Hospital Observatory, 7925 South Africa Telephone: (021) 404-2164 Fax No: (021) 448-8158 E-mail: [email protected] Professor and Head of Department: Dan J. Stein

The Brain and Behaviour Initiative (BBI) is a cross-faculty, multi-disciplinary collaborative initiative aimed at promoting research in the cognitive and affective neurosciences. The BBI is one of UCT's “Signature Themes”, and seeks to bring together expertise on phenotyping, genotyping, cognotyping, imaging, and molecular signatures in achieving this goal. These methods will be applied to areas of particular relevance to the developing world and South Africa, with an initial focus on trauma and resilience.

Available fellowships: Post-doctoral Fellowship in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Requirements: Applicants for the post-doctoral fellowship, which will focus on the molecular neurobiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, must have completed a PhD degree in research relevant to this work. This includes research in molecular genetics, microbiology, human genetics/association and gene-silencing based studies (possibly involving DNA/RNA work), as well as previous experience in designing and working with shRNA and miRNA , PCR, sequencing, Western blotting, cloning, expression studies using a luciferase assay and tissue culture work (including the use of a confocal microscopy). Applicants must provide proof that they have completed the PhD degree. All gone: Kopano Residence held a Shavathon to raise money for cancer research. Scott Havemann and Murray Tenure of Fellowship: 1 year, with renewal subject to available funds and satisfactory Beaumont admire the close crop they gave Kath Fennemore. academic progress.

Value of Fellowship: R130,000 per annum. Application for tax exemption will be CHRIS MCEVOY heads shaved and spray-painted. Kath Fennemore. made by the University on behalf of the successful candidate. All funds were donated to the All eight members of the Applicants should send a copy of their CV, as well as a one-page outline of potential tudents at Kopano Residence Cancer Association of South Africa Kopano house committee had their research directions, to Erica Nielsen at [email protected]. Successful applicants lined up on Friday, 15 Febru- (CANSA). heads shaved and painted, and will be required to comply with the University’s approved policies, procedures and S practices. Other positions in the BBI and CUBBI come up from time to time - please see ary to have their heads shaved and Students were unfazed at the scores of students supported the our website for details (www.psychiatry.uct.ac.za/cubbi). spray-painted to raise funds for cancer prospect of spending the next few charity drive. Deadline for applications: March 18, 2008. research. months with a full head of stubble. “It costs about R50 for a shave The Shavathon, organised “It’s for charity and it will at a barber’s shop,” said house by the Kopano house committee, grow back,” quipped second-year committee member Scott Havemann, “OUR MISSION is to be an outstanding teaching and research university, charged students R20 to have their physiotherapy student “so this is a bargain.”MP educating for life and addressing the challenges facing our society.” March 3 – 16, 2008 Volume 27#02 NEWS Monday Paper 3 NRF grant for modifi ed gravity research

HELEN THÉRON Constant or exotic scalar fi elds. “It’s just possible that some of our rofessor Peter Dunsby and several most cherished ideas simply break Pmembers of UCT’s Cosmology down on these scales,” says Dunsby. and Gravity Group (Department of “There’s a long way to go,” he Mathematics and Applied Mathemat- concedes. ics) recently received two grants There is a lot of money being amounting to R1m from the National poured into observational facili- Research Foundation for the second ties such as the South African Large three-year phase of a project to solve Telescope, and South Africa stands a the dark energy conundrum. chance to win the Square Kilometre The project results from a bilateral Array. Both these facilities will con- agreement between South Africa and tribute to determining the cosmologi- Italy. Dunsby has been collaborating cal parameters to very high acuracy. with professors Salvatore Capozziello The challenge is to fi nd a theoretical and Claudio Rubano of Naples Uni- explanation that fi ts all the data. versity, and a number of postdoctoral While many theoretical physics re- researchers (Sante Carloni, Kishore Spotlight on dark energy: (Front, from left): Prof Peter Dunsby, and Profs Salvatore Capozziello and Claudio Ru- search groups in the UK and US have Ananda, Naureen Goheer, Rituparno bano, both of Naples University. (Back, from left) Julian Larena, Jannie Leach, Naureen Goheer, Kishore Ananda, suffered funding cuts, South Africa is Goswami and Julian Larena) to throw Naureen Goheer, Sante Carloni, Mohamed Elshazli Sirelakhatim Abdelwahab. (Absent: Rituparno Goswami.) ploughing resources into astronomy, new light on dark energy by modifying excellent news for local research, Einstein’s theory of general relativity. fundamental science questions for the galaxies and stars. cosmology, dark energy accounts for Dunsby believes. Capozziello and Rubano were new century. Dark energy is a hypothetical form almost 70% of the total mass-energy The South Africa/Italy collabora- recent guests of the university. Dark energy is not be confused of energy that fi lls space and acts in a of the universe. tion has also been instrumental in Dark energy is one of the big with dark matter. Dark matter com- way that increases the rate of expan- Dunsby and his collaborators training up young theoretical physi- questions perplexing cosmologists. prises about 25% of the matter of sion of the universe. Cosmologists use want to explain the elusive dark cists. Two students, Jannie Leach The millennium reviews of the US the universe. It doesn’t emit or refl ect the existence of dark energy to explain energy problem and cosmic accelera- (PhD) and Mohamed Elshazli Sire- National Research Councils and the enough electromagnetic radiation to be recent observations that the universe tion by modifying Einstein’s theory lakhatim Abdelwahab (MSc), will be UK’s PPARC both ranked dark energy directly observed, though its presence appears to be expanding at an accel- of relativity on cosmological scales submitting their theses in this area in and dark matter top of their list of is felt by its gravitational effects on erating rate. In the standard model of rather than invoking a Cosmological the next couple of weeks. MP It’s not a bird, it’s a frog Farewell to Naicker HELEN THÉRON Kirkman, Newi Makhado and Mdu Seakamela are registered with the he Avian Demography Unit ADU doing PhDs exclusively on seals T(ADU) has morphed into the Ani- while Mariëtte Wheeler’s PhD has mal Demography Unit and has moved both seal and seabird components. from the Department of Statistical Sci- Darren Houniet recently completed an ences to the Department of Zoology. MSc on dwarf chameleons. The physical move to the John All students will now register in Day Building will take place later this zoology and not statistical science, all year. except one “genuine statistician”. “Avian Demography Unit has long “Although the academic world been a misnomer,” said ADU director thrives on these kinds of delightful Professor Les Underhill. anomalies, there is no need to perpetu- The unit started out in 1992, and ate them forever,” Underhill said. ever since they initiated the frog atlas This did not mean a reduction of project in 1997, questions have been bird research. asked about their name. “It simply recognises the fact In addition, they have several that, as the ADU has developed, it has postgraduate students doing animal grown beyond birds.” studies: Dr Silvia Mecenero com- Underhill will continue to lecture in pleted a PhD on seals in 2005, Steve the statistical sciences department. MP

ormer executive director of Information and Communication Technology Services (ICTS) Prags Naicker was Fgiven a fond farewell at a function on 26 February. During his 16 years at UCT, Naiker has been involved in several major projects, the fi rst overhauling of UCT’s administrative computing systems, the PRISM project team that implemented SAPR/3 and later took the reins as the IT stream leader on the university’s Audit and Integra- tion of Management Systems, aka AIMS, project. He also spearheaded the supaTsela project, which aims to drive renewal of information and communication technology in the university. Naicker started as CEO of the National Student Financial Aid System on 1 March. MP eblockwatch blocking criminals

y just pressing a button, UCT to UCT’s Campus Protection Service, the country at the touch of a button.” Bstudents in trouble can get quick family, friends and, if need be, to the John Tunstall, risk services assistance - free of charge. closest eblockwatch members. manager at UCT, said armed response This year will see Student Buddy, The student button is connected companies have also agreed to assist powered by a company called eblock- to eblockwatch, which connects and the importance of the initiative is watch in conjunction with the Campus their cellphone to a national grid of that it provides reassurance. Protection Society of South Africa, community security networks. There “It gives parents a lot of confi - being tried and tested at UCT. are 56 000 South Africans registered dence about the safety of students on Student Buddy allows students to eblockwatch “and collectively we campus,” he said, encouraging students who fi nd themselves in any trouble look after each other,” says Andre to register. anywhere in the country, to simply Snyman, founder of eblockwatch. A number of students have already press an emergency button on their “This means that collectively we can joined. Those interested can sms UCT cellphones. That triggers a ripple effect call on fellow South Africans to assist to 33930 and follow sms prompts. Cost within seconds as emergency calls out UCT students just about anywhere in of SMS R3. MP 4 Monday Paper GOVERNANCE March 3 – 16, 2008 Volume 27#02 Institutional culture bedevilled by fi ssures, says report

UCT remains a divided community, seen in several intersecting fault lines: by race and gender, by academic rank and pay class, and between academic and professional and administrative (PASS) staff

his is one of the fi ndings of atmosphere of co-operation exists at Similarly for gender; 43% of all Tthe 2007 Institutional Climate UCT, 29% felt that it did while 37% respondents saw discrimination on Survey, presented at a colloquium felt that it did not. A majority does not the basis of gender as a problem, and led by vice-chancellor and principal, believe that there is mutual respect 29% of all respondents saw sexual Professor Njabulo S Ndebele, on 22 between PASS staff and academic harassment as a problem. February. This report is a follow-up to staff. One comment read: “I think this the 2003 Institutional Climate Survey. The overall indication is that survey is merely a public relations In his introduction the vice-chan- about half of all staff are broadly hap- exercise aimed at creating the impres- cellor said the survey provided impor- py, and the other half are not. Thus sion that we are transforming, but tant indicators of additional areas in 52% agreed that, overall, they are nothing will be done with the fi ndings which the protection of individual satisfi ed with their jobs. Forty-seven of this survey, as was the case with rights in the workplace requires at- percent agreed that they experienced the previous survey. This survey will tention. a sense of value and respect as UCT not tell us anything new.” Referring to the end of his second employees and 56% felt that the “The charge that nothing was term at the end of June, when Dr Max work environment at UCT is welcom- done to follow up on the 2003 survey Price takes the reins, he said: “We ing to them as individuals. Forty-four can be countered by the Khuluma have a refl ective space in front of us. percent agreed that they feel a strong project, which was developed in We need to understand where we’ve sense of belonging at UCT. response to indications of extensive Nevertheless, it is clearly important initiatives, and staff development been, where we are and where we Race and gender continue to domi- concerns about racism,” said deputy that there is a directed and focused programmes. For academic staff, might be going.” nate in individual experiences of uni- vice-chancellor Professor Martin action plan to take the outcomes of notable initiatives included the Other survey fi ndings indicate versity culture. Some 50% of white Hall. the 2007 survey forward.” Emerging Researchers Programme. that a minority – 38% of all staff males and 52% of white females “It is perhaps the largest interven- The survey indicated that a (Both the 2003 and 2007 – believe that the university treats agreed that they have not been treated tion of its kind at a South African number of interventions are regarded reports are available in full on the its staff fairly. Forty-four percent of differently because of their race and university and has enrolled more as successful. For PASS staff, these UCT transformation web page staff feel that workload is unfairly gender. However, all categories of than 650 participants to date, with included the work of transforma- and at http://www.hall.uct.ac.za/ distributed and, asked whether an black staff had the inverse response. overwhelmingly positive responses. tion committees, employment equity links/.). MP

UCT talks to community about Rustenberg Progress on leadership MEGAN MORRIS

ver recent weeks, deputy vice-chancellor Professor he UCT 2008/9 executive tran- Part of our plan is also to deal OMartin Hall has hosted two public consultations on Tsition plan – developed over with the impact of the other upcom- UCT’s proposed development near the Rustenberg burial months last year – is already paying ing executive changes in my offi ce site on middle campus. dividends and I am confi dent of a – namely the retirement of Prof The site is the fi nal resting place of slaves who worked smooth process as we enter my last Martin West, Prof. Martin Hall’s the farms along the Liesbeeck River in the 17th and 18th months in offi ce and welcome Dr move to the Graduate School of centuries. The land UCT now occupies was once the Price into the fi rst six months of his Business, and the resignation of Prof Rustenberg farm, and stretched from the present Main tenure. Cheryl de la Rey. There is conse- Connecting with the past: Prof Martin Hall and commu- Road to the Summer House beneath the freeway. As you will know my last day quently an urgent need to make nity members gather next to All Africa House on the site Today, the site lies immediately next to and partially in offi ce will be on 30 June 2008. interim appointments as well as to that was once the burial ground of slaves who worked underneath All Africa House, built in 1996, before the Dr Max Price will begin his time as fi ll the vacancies substantively. on the Rustenberg farm. burial ground was identifi ed as such. It’s thought that the Vice-Chancellor of UCT on 1 July Following consultation, a pro- human remains have long since been removed, but there pus in Rondebosch and Mowbray and the slave plantations 2008. We are working closely with posal will be made to Council on 5th are no records that can shed any light on when or where to. of the 17th and 18th centuries remains largely unacknowl- the purpose of ensuring an effi cient March on interim appointments for As required by the South African Heritage Resources edged,” he said. operational changeover. We are the rest of this year. I feel confi dent Act, UCT has over the past two weekends sought com- Among those with strong ideas at the most recent constantly sharing information and that our proposal is solid and that we ments from interested individuals and groups on the two meeting was Chief Joseph Marks, who represents the Ou- challenges and beginning to set a have tapped into the best possible new buildings that it hopes to put up in the area near the teniqua Royal House. Marks is adamant that the site must cooperative pattern. As part of this, expertise. We will communicate the burial site. This was also part of a wider consultation on be memorialised out of respect for both the dead and the Dr Price and I – in an introduc- details after Council approval. the impact of the new buildings on the community. modern descendants of those slaves. tory meeting – met the Minister of In addition, the university is looking for proposals on “My father used to say that the slaves were violated Education, Mrs Naledi Pandor, on 19 Professor Njabulo S Ndebele how to memorialise the site, Hall emphasised. twice – once when they were alive, and once when they February 2008. Vice-Chancellor and Principal “The line of connection between UCT’s middle cam- were dead.” MP

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Report from Council Martin Hall’s resignation as DVC with effect UCT/Province partnership UCT Foundation The Executive Committee of the University from 31 August 2008, and Proferssor Martin The challenges facing the university/province The University of Cape Town Foundation Council met in February 2008 for the fi rst West’s retirement from his appointment as a partnership in the operation of the Faculty is an independent registered trust. It holds meeting of the year, and dealt with a wide DVC on 30 June 2008. of Health Sciences and the teaching hospi- the university’s permanent endowment. range of matters. tals have been a key concern of Council for The trustees’ report was before the Exco Load shedding the past two years. Exco has reviewed the for information, together with details of the Transition Keeping the core work of the university going province’s adjustment to the 2007/2008 health income distributed for designated endow- Executive leadership and transition was a in the context of load shedding was a concern budget, and has noted the province’s com- ment. The value of the permanent endow- key issue. Exco noted with regret the resig- at the meeting. Exco reviewed what is already mitment to confi dential consultations on the ment as at 30 September 2007 was R1.15 nation of Professor Cheryl de la Rey. Dr De in place (UPS system and generators) to sup- 2008/09 budget. billion. la Rey has accepted appointment as CEO of port teaching and research, and gave in-prin- the Council on Higher Education. Exco has ciple approval to proposals for what is not yet UCT policies Finances noted that the Vice-Chancellor, Professor covered. UCT has sexual harassment and sexual of- Financial questions enjoy priority attention Njabulo S Ndebele, in consultation with the fences policies that date from the 1980s. These by Exco, so Exco was pleased to note that the Vice-Chancellor Designate, Dr Max Price, Council’s term have been reviewed during the past year by a cash fl ow position at year-end was better than will be bringing proposals to the March The Council’s term of offi ce ends in June reference group. The reference group’s propos- budgeted, and that less than 2% of tuition and Council meeting for advertising DVC vacan- 2008, and Council reviewed the steps under- als, which were submitted to Council in De- residence fees for 2007 (over R600 million) cies and for making interim appointments. way to constitute the new Council. Nomina- cember 2007, have been revised by an ad hoc remained unpaid at year-end. Exco underlined the importance of this tions for the Convocation-elected six members Council committee in consultation with the given Dr De la Rey’s resignation, Professor close on 14 March 2008. reference group, and were supported by Exco. Notes by Registrar Hugh Amoore March 3 – 16, 2008 Volume 27#02 RESEARCH Monday Paper 5 Obsessive-compulsive disorder growing among children

It’s Brain Awareness Week from 10-16 March, and in this article we highlight a growing problem among South African children

implicated the specifi c genetics adolescents with OCD. factors and orbitofrontal-limbic-basal Thus far her fi ndings indicate that ganglia circuits in OCD. parents believe their children’s OCD- In South Africa, Stellenbosch related problems affect them mainly University’s Dr Christine Lochner at school. But the children say their and UCT’s Professor Dan Stein are OCD “outfall” extends into both the CUBBI (Cross-University Brain school and social domains. Behaviour Initiative) researchers The study also shows that parents exploring these aspects in OCD. and children differ when it comes to Their cutting-edge OCD genetics rating the most signifi cant individual and brain-imaging study, which will functional problems. yield novel insights into the brain The fi ndings differ from those of functioning of those with OCD, has North American and European stud- started screening its fi rst participants. ies, providing the rationale for further The study is another venture of CUB- research into the effect of culture on BI and the MRC Unit on Anxiety childhood OCD-related functional and Stress Disorders (Stellenbosch impairment. University). It uses novel techniques This work will have important and facilities such as the new 3T implications for the diagnosis and MRI scanner at the Cape Universities treatment of children with OCD in Brain Imaging Centre (CUBIC) to South Africa. extend previous research on OCD. (If you would like to participate This study suggests that the onset in the study or to fi nd out more about of OCD is linked to certain activation it, please contact these researchers in patterns within specifi c brain struc- the Department of Psychology: Dr tures, in addition to certain genetic Kevin Thomas on tel 021-650-4608, Looking out: Lara Hoppe’s reseach will shed light on the growing incidence of obsessive compulsive desorder components. or Lara Hoppe on 0845010385, or among children. Hoppe’s research provides a dif- email [email protected].). MP ferent angle, looking at the phenom- bsessive-compulsive disorder experience obsessions such as velop OCD during their lifetime. It is enology of OCD and how the symp- O(OCD) is a common psychiatric repetitive thoughts or images that are equally common in men and women, toms affect children and adolescents problem. It affl icted Dr Samuel John- intrusive and inappropriate, leading and occurs at similar rates throughout on a daily basis. son, David Beckham is rumoured to to increased levels of anxiety and/or the world, normally beginning in ado- Hoppe says there is a paucity of have OCD and there have been hints compulsions to counter the obsessions lescence or young adulthood. It can literature in this area. Nevertheless, that Florence Nightingale was an and reduce anxiety. sometimes be diagnosed during child- evidence suggests that impairment obsessive compulsive. It’s consid- Howard Hughes, for example, hood, especially in boys. In children caused by OCD is signifi cant in a ered one of the most disabling of all was obsessive about germs, pro- and teenagers OCD affects concentra- number of domains, and that OCD- medical disorders, says psychology ducing compulsive behaviour. The tion in class, impairing schoolwork. related functional impairment in master’s student Lara Hoppe, whose symptoms of OCD are distressing, Advances in neuro-imaging tech- childhood or adolescence may differ new study on OCD among children time-consuming and associated with niques have provided more sophisti- across cultures. shows that it’s growing within this functional impairment and reduced cated explanations of the genetics and It is hoped that her study will group in South Africa. quality of life. functional neuroanatomy underpin- inform the future diagnosis and treat- In a nutshell, people with OCD Around 2-3% of people will de- ning OCD. Numerous studies have ment of South African children and

Anti-HIV microbicide is safe but not effective

CHRIS MCEVOY dunsa campus and the Isipingo from. Carraguard proved to be safe Clinic, through the Medical Research and extremely stable, and it lends r Smruti Patel and Alana de Council of South Africa. These sites itself well to combinations with DKock of UCT’s Infectious are located in areas where the HIV other products.” Disease Epidemiology Unit, situ- epidemic is acute. De Kock, who describes HIV ated in the School of Public Health Over 6 000 volunteers took part as “the cleverest virus we’ve ever and Family Medicine, were part of a in the trial. The women were divided come across”, already has her sights team of international researchers in into two groups: one group was given on the next challenge. She explains a groundbreaking clinical trial to test Carraguard, the other a placebo. They that the Population Council is look- the safety and effi cacy of a micro- also received condoms, HIV educa- ing into combining Carraguard with bicide gel, developed to prevent the tion, gynaecological exams, risk- an antiretroviral drug, and hopes spread of HIV. reduction and safer-sex counselling, the centre will be part of the second The university’s Empilisweni and testing and treatment for curable trial. Centre for Wellness Studies in Gugu- sexually transmitted infections. “The trial had a positive ef- lethu was used as one of three sites in Although the gel was found to be fect on the community,” she says. the country conducting a randomised, safe, the trial showed it to be ineffec- “Thousands of women came to double-blind trial on the US-based tive in preventing HIV infection. A know their HIV status and many Population Council’s candidate mi- total of 285 women became infected used the information they received crobicide, Carraguard. Made from the with HIV during the trial: 134 in the to become educators themselves.” seaweed derivative, carrageenan, Car- Carraguard group and 151 in the pla- De Kock also notes that during raguard was developed as a vaginal cebo group. Researchers concluded the course of the trial, condom use gel to be applied by women before that the difference was statistically among the participants doubled, sex to prevent HIV infection from insignifi cant. from 33% to 66%. their partner. But De Kock doesn’t see this as The trial was funded by the US The other two sites were the a failure. Agency for International Devel- Setshaba Research Centre, through “This is just the fi rst step, and opment (USAID) and the Bill & the University of Limpopo/Me- we now have a safe platform to work Melinda Gates Foundation. MP First Step: Alana de Kock of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit is part of a trial to test a microbicide gel. 6 Monday Paper NEWS & ARTS March 3 – 16, 2008 Volume 27#02

A DAY IN THE LIFE... UCT Administrative Archives

every two years. Inventory of the MYOLISI GOPHE records must be kept in the original offi ce and copies should be sent What are the indicating the number of boxes, the Administrative Archives covering dates of fi les and contact and where are they? details of the sender. Once the Administrative Archives are the incoming consignment has reached source of UCT’s background infor- the Archives offi ces it is recorded mation. Situated in a hidden offi ce in the incoming register and is in the Jules Kramer Law School immediately available for use. Building in the middle campus, the section serves staff and others How long are the records interested in university affairs with kept? historical information, dating back Some information is kept for a many decades. Running the section specifi c period of time and destroyed are university archivist Lionel Smidt afterwards, while other items may and assistant archivist Stephen be stored permanently. For instance, Herandien. cheques are kept for fi ve years and credit notes for six years. Records When were they started are being kept for the minimum and what do they do? required period, in accordance with The section, which falls under the the retention schedule. Once that Offi ce of the Registrar, was started period is over, expired records are in 1977 when the need arose to identifi ed, removed from the shelves record UCT information safely. As and placed in recycling bags ready a primary function, Archives keep for collection. The amount of paper any information such as staff details, corrected is measured and recorded. correspondence and minutes of meetings. The earliest records in the Keeping tabs on UCT: Lionel Smidt and Stephen Herandien keep UCT’s administrative records on many, many fi les. What is special in their Archives can be traced to 1928, and collection? include Council and Senate Minutes. The graduation programmes from There is also secondary information How do the Archives What is the process? 1918 to 1979 have been scanned such as handbooks, the history of the work? Normally records are transferred and made available in electronic South African College from 1829 to According to Smidt, the information internal sorting will follow, in which from an offi ce to the archives format, and the three original 1918 written by Professor W Ritchie, goes through three phases. First, the contents of the fi le are examined after fi ve years, but those that are volumes have been sent to the and the formative years of 1918 to he and his colleague check if the if they do match the fi le name. And, consulted regularly may be kept restoration department. When 1948 by Howard Phillips. The Talbot records of the fi le belong to the lastly, the offi cials write their own in the original offi ce even after restored, they will be returned to the Map Collection is also housed in the same department, and arrange them list of fi les to make it easy to control that period. Smidt said they prefer Archives for permanent preserva- Archives. according to these groups. Then an the information. transfers to be done annually or tion. MP SACM Ikhwezi Theatre Festival turns 10 concert he highly popular and award- social programmes such as health, dolo, Andile Nebulane and Connie exciting and most encouraging,” says line up Twinning Ikhwezi Theatre Festival environment, education and human George. festival director Itumeleng Wa-Le- celebrates 10 years of development rights; using the arts to stimulate The festival, a Baxter Theatre hulere. “To have 20 plays platformed theatre in the Western Cape this year, community initiatives; developing Centre initiative, has been successful- in the festival with eight young direc- he South African College of Mu- with a record number of 20 exciting new playwrights in the Western ly staged since 1998 and was awarded tors from the rest of the country is Tsic (SACM) is hosting a series new plays from 1 to 20 March in the Cape; and exposing new and the highest honour at the 2004 Arts testament to the festival’s popularity.” of concerts in the next few weeks. Baxter Sanlam Studio. upcoming actors, writers and direc- and Culture Trust national awards The festival runs daily, Mondays On 4 March, International pianist This year the festival will see tors to mainstream theatre. when it came out tops in its category. to Saturdays, at 10h00, 12h00, 13h30, Kotaro Fukuma performs the work of plays from 12 young directors from Over the years the festival has More than 625 actors, writers and 15h00 and 19h00. All Tuesday night Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu. the Western Cape, four from Gauteng showcased over 150 new works, directors have attended workshops performances start at 18h30. Jazz und Electronik premieres new and one each from the Eastern Cape, and it has seen scores of young and participated in the festival, con- Ticket prices are R30 throughout, work for acoustic and electronic in- North West and Free State. performers move from amateur ducted under the guidance of highly with discounts for block or school struments on 11 March, and Kathleen The overall aims of the festival to professional actor status. This acclaimed local playwrights, directors bookings of 10 or more available Tagg and Friends on 12 March feature include developing critical think- includes 2007 Fleur du Cap nomi- and other theatre specialists. through Sandiswa on 021 680 3991. the works of Haydn, Klatzow and ing among audiences and theatre nees Chuma Sopotela and Thami “The expansion and growth of the Book through Computicket at Chopin. All concerts start at 20h15 at practitioners of the arts; popularising Mbongo, as well as Andrea Don- festival every year is certainly very 083 915 8000. MP the Baxter Concert Hall. MP

Othello for the Baxter Theatre Students make high school learning easy

HELEN THÊRON constructed works. There are no kings MYOLISI GOPHE literary works to learners across Small, the show opened on March in this play, which makes it unique the Cape Peninsula. 1 in the Little Theatre and will run he successful production of among his tragedies. igh school learners in Cape Kanna, hy kô hystoe is a Bre- from Mondays to Fridays until 14 TOthello, which was performed The title role of the Moor, Iago, is HTown are having their studies chtian Afrikaans play which brings March. at the Little Theatre in 2007, will be played by Vaneshran Arumugam, sup- eased as UCT students perform together the past and present in a Sandra Temmingh directs, with staged at the Baxter Theatre Centre ported by a cast of senior UCT drama Kanna, hy kô hystoe, a prescribed heart-wrenching manner. It takes lighting design done by Daniel this month. students that includes Charlie Keegan, work for both Grade 11 and Grade one back to a time of true char- Galloway, while costumes have It forms part of the UCT drama the 2007 winner of the prestigious Fleur 12 pupils. acters, dilemmas, hope and the been designed by Illka Louw and department’s commitment to staging du Cap Theatre Award for Best Student. Perfomed by second- and survival of a community waiting Leila Anderson. accessible and vital works for Grade Award winners include the direc- third-year drama students, the for deliverance and salvation from For inquiries and bookings con- 12 pupils in the Western Cape. tor, Geoffrey Hyland, and Illka Louw, show forms part of the School of their very own Kanna. tact Susan Cole on 021 480 7129 or Othello is one of William Shake- who designed the costumes. Daniel Drama’s ongoing quest to bring set Written by the famed Adam [email protected]. MP speare’s most intimate and tightly- Galloway designed the lighting. MP March 3 – 16, 2008 Volume 27#02 CLASSIFIED Monday Paper 77

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HELEN THÉRON them develop their skills locally,” said Pienaar, chair of the Varsity he Ikey Tigers blew away their Cup board. Topposition at UCT last Monday Last Monday night imposing night, running in eight tries against winger “Marvellous Marvin” Chris- a hapless-looking Tukkies (Univer- tians scored four times as varsity sity of Pretoria) in their second FNB were full of running, mixing it up Varsity Cup league match. and varying their play to keep Tuk- The fi nal score, 55-24, refl ected kies on the back foot. a signifi cant improvement on the fi rst Without the notorious South- week’s nervous start, when varsity easter to contend with, the Ikeys went down 17-23 to Pukke (North- added a strategic edge to their West University). game with some deft kicking. Alas, The FNB Varsity Cup is the they’re still missing too many pen- brainchild of Rugby World Cup ‘95 alties and conversions. icon Francois Pienaar. Targetting But that didn’t bother upbeat university players under 25, it bridges supporters. A good crowd turned the gap between the amateur and pro- up on a balmy late afternoon. Was fessional arenas. Games are played on it the rugby or the wafting aromas Monday nights, with some televised from the boerewors braai? A trio live by SuperSport. of cheerleaders introduced a new Endorsed by SARU and SASSU, brand of rugby haute couture at the eight university clubs are participat- match. ing. The concept was modelled on With the game wrapped and the successful college Monday Night sealed early in the second half, the Football league in the US. Ikeys got a little sloppy towards the “This competition should keep end, letting Tukkies in for a few the next echelon of rugby players easy last-gasp tries. who are not entirely ready for the big Perhaps they just couldn’t keep Ball brawl: UCT Ikeys captain JJ Gagiano, with Dylan Rogers in support, tries to go around Eben Joubert of scene yet, in the country, and help their eyes off that scoreboard. MP Tukkies.

Junior fencer a cut above Chess a family affair the rest for the Ellappens

Going places: Rowan Ellapen wants to get more people playing chess.

MYOLISI GOPHE the year in 2005. In 2000, Rowan was selected for hen Rowan Ellappen learnt the Western Province team and was Whow to play chess from his sis- part of the side that won the national ter Jenine, it was just for fun “because championships two years later. when you are young you want to play UCT recognised his potential and Touché: Astrophysics student Giselle Vicatos is off to Italy for the junior world fencing championships in April. any sport”. offered him a sports bursary. But the UCT fi rst-year business With this year being his last as a CHRIS MCEVOY self that anyone would be proud the exact number) is no mean science marketing student soon found junior player, he intends to challenge of. She earned her South African achievement. himself so consumed by the game for the tough senior championships. iselle Vicatos’ fascination colours in 2005, and is currently Now, enrolled as a first-year that he has been a regular player from More importantly, he wants to Gwith swords goes back ranked number one fencer in the astrophysics student at UCT, she a young age, winning critical tour- keep the ball rolling and has begun to when she was a mere four women’s under-20 category. plans to take her fencing a few naments at primary and high schools coaching youngsters at his former years old. She recalls visiting Vicatos has already attended steps further. - and he is still going strong. school, Rondebosch Boys’ High her grandfather, an admiral, two junior world championships: “I couldn’t do much fencing Two year ago he was part of a School. who owned a sword, which she in South Korea in 2006 and in last year because of matric,” she South African invitational side that “I got so much from chess that I thought was beautiful and pre- Turkey in 2007. explains. “But this year I plan played in Greece. would love to see the game improving cious. Years later, while watching “The standard of fencing to enter more tournaments – and “That was my fi rst overseas trip and more people getting involved,” a swordfight on television, her internationally is very high, so then there’s the world champion- and I really had a lot of fun,” he said. says Rowan. interest in fencing was piqued. I didn’t do very well,” she says ships in Italy in April.” Doing well in chess seems to His next target is to help UCT She began fencing when she modestly. Her ambition is to get into the be a family affair for the Ellappens. win the South African Student Sports was 12 years old, and now, at the But Vicatos’ pile of medals top 64. His father was a good chess player Union games. ripe old age of 18, Vicatos has speaks for itself – a neck-break- “I can do it,” she says, “but and taught Jenine, who went on to “The incentive is that if you do established a reputation for her- ing 70 or so (she can’t remember I’ll have to train a lot.” MP become a Woman International Chess well you will represent your country Master and UCT’s Sportsperson of abroad.” MP

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