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UCT GETS A NEW TAKING ACTION INSPIRING A NEW CHANCELLOR AGAINST GENDER- GENERATION OF BASED VIOLENCE AFRICAN LEADERS MISSION TABLE OF CONTENTS

UCT aspires to become a premier academic meeting point between South Africa, the rest of Africa and the world. 1 Vice chancellor’s foreword 47 Raising funds to reduce student hunger Taking advantage of expanding global networks and our distinct vantage point in Africa, we are committed, on campus From the executive director of the Development through innovative research and scholarship, to grapple with the key issues of our natural and social worlds. We 3 and Alumni Department The Distinguishing UCT endowment campaign aim to produce graduates whose qualifications are internationally recognised and locally applicable, underpinned 49 draws to a close by values of engaged citizenship and social justice. UCT will promote diversity and transformation within our 5 New chancellor continues legacy of women’s institution and beyond, including growing the next generation of academics. leadership at UCT 53 Leaving a legacy of leadership in Africa 9 Sipho Pityana reflects on his time as Chair of the 55 UCT alumni pedal from Cairo to Cape Town UCT Council 57 Summer School joins the Development and UCT STRATEGIC PLAN 11 UCT leaps up in world rankings Alumni Department 13 Taking action against gender-based violence 58 New book describes UCT during the apartheid era 2020 VISION A NEW, INCLUSIVE IDENTITY FOR UCT 17 New appointments 59 Alumnus dances down memory lane Our vision for UCT is to be an inclusive, engaged We want a student and staff body that is more and research-intensive African university. UCT will representative of the country and the continent, 21 First Khoekhoegowab language course cohort 61 Emeritus professor of Applied Mathematics inspire creativity through outstanding achievements in and for students and staff to see themselves – their honoured awarded renowned international prize discovery and innovation. It will be celebrated for the cultures, values, heritage and knowledge systems – 22 Mpumelelo Mhlongo makes history for UCT sport 63 Honorary doctorates for five luminaries quality of its learning and contribution to citizenship. reflected at the university. We will enhance the lives of students and staff and will 23 Rethinking art at UCT 67 Paying tribute to the late Oliver Anthony Kuys advance a more equitable and sustainable social order. GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH A 25 UCT student entrepreneurs named top in 69 Lifetime achievement award for efforts to We aspire to be a leader in the global Higher Education DISTINCTIVE AFRICAN LENS South Africa eliminate malaria landscape. We want to advance the status and distinctiveness of 27 Inspiring and connecting a new generation of 70 UCT bids farewell to research stalwart, scholarship in Africa, and attract and connect people African leaders Dr Marilet Sienaert OUR STATEMENT OF VALUES from all over the world, by promoting a vibrant and 29 Shifting the narrative on African migration 71 A tribute to Professor Hugh Corder for three • We embrace our African identity. supportive intellectual environment at UCT. decades of dedicated service Celebrating 50 years of biomedical engineering • We widen educational and social opportunities. 31 72 Elaine and David Potter awarded VC medals • We enhance the lives of individuals and 33 Using a multi-scale approach to better understand communities. A RESEARCH-INTENSIVE UNIVERSITY Cape Town’s water issues 73 Remembering Pauline Goldberg We want UCT researchers to continue making a • We build an equitable social order based on respect 35 How likely is it for plastic to become pollution? 75 Reflections from the Alumni Advisory Board for human rights. distinctive contribution to local and global knowledge and to produce new solutions to challenges facing the 37 What will it take to establish life on Mars? 77 Alumni events • We advance the public good by teaching, generating African continent and the world. knowledge and actively engaging with the key 39 UCT team and technology help to photograph a 81 News from international chapters black hole challenges facing our society. 83 Fundraising events INNOVATION IN TEACHING 40 UCT’s Global Citizenship Programme AND LEARNING 87 In memoriam CREATING A UNIVERSITY 41 Massive funding boost for School of We want to improve students’ success rates, broaden 88 Donations from foundations, trusts CULTURE THAT IS Design Thinking their academic perspectives, stimulate their social and corporations • Creative consciousness and cultivate more critical citizens by 43 Multimillion Rand injection for Africa 92 Donations from individuals • Research-Informed renewing our approach to teaching and learning, and medicines research • Accountable pioneering new methods. 96 Contacts and chapters • Responsible 45 Graduate School of Business launches state-of- • Respectful the-art conference centre • Rigorous SOCIAL IMPACT THROUGH ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP • Nurturing 2019 • Excellent We want to enhance UCT’s engaged scholarship to Editor Elske Joubert Tao Farren-Hefer Produced by the • Open address critical development and social justice issues, ALUMNIALUM NEWS Dr Tali Hofman Nadia Krige Michael Hammond UCT Development and Sarah Middleton Daniel Craig Johnson Alumni Department • Open-Minded including the expansion of community and external Writers Ambre Nicolson Candice Lowin • Curious partnerships. Claire Austin Yusuf Omar Lerato Maduna UCT Alumni news is the Carla Bernardo Helen Swingler Je’nine May annual magazine for UCT • Honest Lisa Boonzaier Roger Sedres Alumni. It is also available • Collegial Brendon Bosworth Photographers online at http://www. Kim Cloete Caroline Bull Design and Layout alumni.uct.ac.za/news/ • Inclusive Niémah Davids Kim Cloete Banss Design Lab ourpublications Frank Einhorn Frank Einhorn Dr Tali Hofman Brenton Geach UCT GETS A NEW TAKING ACTION INSPIRING A NEW CHANCELLOR AGAINST GENDER- GENERATION OF BASED VIOLENCE AFRICAN LEADERS UCT ALUMNI NEWS 2019

FROM THE VICE CHANCELLOR OF UCT

The last time I wrote to you we your support, engagement and were living in a different world, and generosity we will not only emerge I doubt very much that the world as a different university, but as a we eventually return to will ever be better and a stronger one. the same again. Like you, I am living through one of the most epochal As a country we have triumphed events in my lifetime. COVID-19 over many adversities in our has not only graphically shown the past. Now is the time once again interconnectedness of the world to exhibit that bravery, courage, in which we live but, tragically, has compassion and boldness of exposed the extreme fragility of our imagination that brought into societies, particularly among the existence our democracy that is the most vulnerable in our communities. envy of the world.

A few weeks ago some of you Sadly, I also need to say fond might have joined me in the live farewells to people who have made conversation with our global alumni. profound contributions to UCT over In it you would have learned how the recent years. After two decades your alma mater is marshalling its of dedicated service our esteemed considerable intellectual resources chancellor, Mama Graça Machel, to fight this coronavirus, particularly has had to step down. Her role was in the area of vaccine development, critical to UCT transitioning from where UCT is part of a global effort a university that was mainly for a to find an antidote for the virus. You small minority of our country, to the would have also been reassured leading university on the continent by the concerted efforts that the for all of our people. We will miss university is making to ensure that her guiding hand and unique the academic year is completed wisdom. But we are fortunate to successfully, especially the support have found an exceptional new that is being provided for students chancellor in Dr Precious Moloi- from disadvantaged backgrounds. Motsepe, who will bring her own You would have been very proud to integrity, compassion and acumen hear of the work being undertaken to the role. to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on our poor, exemplified Mr Sipho Pityana was the by SHAWCO’s selfless volunteering chairperson of our council in vulnerable communities. for the past five years. His leadership skills were absolutely This virus has the potential to indispensable in steering the ravage our communities. It has university through the tumultuous already done incalculable harm to period it recently underwent. We our economy, and has disrupted will miss his steady hand, sage our societies in profound and counsel and principled guidance. far-reaching ways. But it has also provided opportunities for On your behalf I want to thank both us to show our global solidarity, of them for their exceptional service display our common humanity and and unwavering loyalty to your alma reimagine the kind of world we mater, and to warmly welcome want to live in when we emerge on those who will be taking their places the other side of this crisis. as we enter this changed world with its new challenges. The tunnel might still seem long, and the light might still be dim, but I have every confidence that with Mamokgethi Phakeng

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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI DEPARTMENT

These are extraordinary times. We are still reeling as a community When we were putting together from the brutal and senseless this latest edition of UCT Alumni murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana. News we could not imagine that Lockdowns, quarantines and we would be sending it out to you curfews will inevitably intensify under these circumstances. But it tensions and exacerbate the is a testament to the intellectual dangers to which the most depth at UCT that, even under vulnerable amongst us are these unprecedented conditions, subjected. You can read about the content of this edition not only how the university is empowering remains relevant but also resonates people to respond to such threats. with the challenges that COVID-19 Ultimately we can only address the presents to us. many ills we encounter through building a more inclusive, just, and UCT’s standing as Africa’s leading fair society. There are many articles university has put it in prime place that focus on what the university is to collaborate with the rest of the doing to reverse inequality, injustice world to develop a vaccine for this and poverty that will make you coronavirus. As if to presage this proud of your alma mater. role, you can read about the path- breaking research that Professor My hope is that you will find much Kelly Chibale and his team at the in this edition of UCT Alumni News university’s Drug Discovery and that is inspirational, insightful and Development Centre (H3D) are uplifting during these dark times. doing to find new treatments for It needs pointing out, however, infectious diseases and train a new that very little that the university generation of African scientists has been able to achieve would with the pharmaceutical expertise have been possible without your to uncover effective medicines. support, goodwill and generosity. Crises like the one we are presently My hope is that you remain going through invariably expose engaged to ensure the continued the faultlines in society. One of success of this incredible institution. these most glaring in our society is gender-based violence. Russell Ally

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NEW CHANCELLOR CONTINUES LEGACY OF WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP AT UCT As 2019 drew to a close, so did the 20-year era of Mrs Graça Machel as UCT chancellor. In January 2020, the baton was handed to Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe.

The new decade dawned with the With a particular concern for appointment of Dr Precious Moloi- empowering African women to Motsepe as UCT’s new chancellor. A break ground – in business and in philanthropist and businesswoman life – Moloi-Motsepe is set to be an with a passion for empowering ambassador for gender equality in Africa’s women, Moloi-Motsepe is a the academic world. fitting successor to Mrs Graça Machel, Throughout her 20-year tenure, who stepped down from her position Machel’s legacy: taking local Chancellor in December last year, ending her and global concerns to heart Graça Machel memorable 20-year tenure. advocated for After serving two consecutive numerous issues By joining Vice-Chancellor terms as chancellor, Machel will of local, regional, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng be remembered for her integrity and global at the helm of the university in importance, and a type of leadership that serving as 2020, Moloi-Motsepe continues is needed on the global stage, a strong and strengthens a trajectory especially in the divisive times ambassador for of change, which Machel set in that characterise world politics. the university’s motion in 1999. At that time, core values. Machel joined then Vice-Chancellor “We see many examples of loud Machel stood with UCT during Michelle Bachelet to speak out Mamphela Ramphela to spearhead leadership, of the old boys club “By joining Vice-Chancellor Professor times of sorrow – most recently against gender-based violence – an the university’s process of and the glass ceiling. Mrs Machel in 2019 when the UCT community issue she continued to rally against Mamokgethi Phakeng at the helm of the transformation in the wake of the has shown us that we don’t need mourned the loss of murdered first- in South Africa, asking all South fall of apartheid. to be cowed by the loud voices, university in 2020, Chancellor Precious year student Uyinene Mrwetyana Africans to take responsibility for or held back by any ceilings. We With Machel and Ramphela in – and during times of celebration, making society safer for women Moloi-Motsepe continues and strengthens only need to listen to and act on office at the turn of the century, particularly the many graduation and children. our conscience, and keep moving a trajectory of change, which Chancellor UCT became the first tertiary ceremonies over which she forward to accomplish our goals She also spoke out against institution in the country, and on presided, Pityana noted. Graça Machel set in motion in 1999.” xenophobia with a reminder that the continent, to be led by two with integrity,” said Pityana. there are four million people in black women. Machel was the first Throughout her tenure, Machel “Mrs Machel embodies in so many South Africa from African countries woman to be appointed chancellor advocated for numerous issues important changes taking place At the same time, she was also ways the vision of UCT: not to deny without effective democracies of UCT and the first black person to of local, regional, and global at UCT in line with the country’s proud of the diversity in gender, our past, or the evils of the present and economies, some of whom assume this role. importance, serving as a strong socio-economic transformation. background, and age of students day, but to remember and elevate are persecuted in their countries ambassador for the university’s that she saw at UCT when officiating the symbols of beauty that helped of origin, as South Africans were “This is not a distinction to be taken core values. Reflecting on her time as final graduation ceremonies. lightly,” reflected Mr Sipho Pityana, us to change history,” he said. during apartheid. chancellor, she noted that Chair of UCT Council, in his farewell “Most critically, she has called on us In 2004, for example, she called on transformation remains challenging “This morning I was sitting here and letter to Machel. “The academic to take a stand against the global members of UCT to raise Transformation: complex and multifaceted but that the looking at the faces of those people sector around the world still proves trends that threaten to divide us. R175 million to put needy students and ongoing institution is making strides in who graduated in health sciences. to be difficult ground for women to She has built her life into a lasting through university. In 2014, she During her 20-year commitment addressing this issue with more I could see the transformation we break, especially African women.” legacy to help us shape our future.” united with Chilean president to the university, Machel saw work to be done. achieved,” she said in reference to

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the final graduation ceremony she Moloi-Motsepe also outlined UCT’s Moloi-Motsepe is a well-known presided over in December 2019. role in addressing the Sustainable fashion icon, lauded for her efforts Development Goals (SDG), the promoting African designers and In her farewell letter to the UCT 17 goals that guide global efforts brands on the international stage. community, Machel said that to end poverty, achieve gender In 2007, she founded African her time as chancellor was “a equality, take action on climate Fashion International with a mission deeply gratifying and enriching change, and address other pressing to consolidate the continent’s experience.” developmental challenges by 2030. fragmented fashion and clothing industry to make it sustainable “I am proud of the many contributions “UCT enables people in the global and commercially viable. In 2017, we, as Africans, have given to the south, and Africa in particular, she received the inaugural Franca global academic fraternity and to share their own experiences, Sozzani Award from Fashion 4 the influential role we play on the knowledge and thought leadership Development, an international continent and in South Africa as a to find solutions to these private sector platform that leading university,” she said. challenges,” she said. “With just “activates partnerships that one decade left to achieve [these] However, she said she wished promote the fashion and textile ambitious SDGs, and the low level more progress had been made on industry, advance economic and of progress around the world on “tackling this horrific cancer of social development, preserve some of the goals, it is clear there’s gender-based violence.” culture and empower women, a need for urgent change in our according to its website. Moloi-Motsepe: driving approaches.” inclusive and sustainable She is the author of ‘The Precious change Empowering Africa to Little Black Book’ (2017). This guide change the world Moloi-Motsepe plans to further for South African women informs drive transformation at UCT. Moloi-Motsepe has a diverse readers about women’s health, With a background in medicine, professional background with rights, economic empowerment, business, and development, she an eye for innovation and and legal and social issues. She is a celebrated humanitarian with entrepreneurship. She holds an has also produced the Gender a track-record of promoting the MBChB and a diploma in child Responsive Budgeting Initiative, empowerment of women. health from the University of which aims to strengthen the the Witwatersrand, as well as a gender-related dimensions of Speaking at her first official UCT diploma in women’s health from provincial plans and budgets. engagement, the annual Heads Stellenbosch University. She has of Mission breakfast in February worked in hospitals in South Africa Her professional associations 2020, Moloi-Motsepe emphasised as well as at the Medical College of include the Harvard Kennedy the need to invest in UCT’s Virginia in the USA. School’s Centre for Public young leaders, innovators, and Leadership Council and Women’s In 1999, she and her husband, entrepreneurs through an inclusive Leadership Board, the World Patrice Motsepe, co-founded the approach. Economic Forum Global Agenda Motsepe Foundation. Underpinned Council, and the Cancer Association “To bring about equality we have by the concept of ubuntu – of South Africa (past president). to investigate the root causes caring for one’s neighbours and and invest in a pipeline of diverse, community – the Foundation Taking on her new role at UCT, young leaders in areas where their works with 26 development fora Moloi-Motsepe made clear that she perspective has been lacking,” she across South Africa to reduce will continue to push for innovation said. poverty through initiatives that on the continent. promote education, job creation, To foster this type of inclusive and address inequality, especially “The role of Africa in the global development, UCT has rolled out in marginalised communities. The landscape is changing. We continue initiatives like the ‘Vice-Chancellor’s foundation has a focus on women’s to have many needs but we’re advancing womxn awards.’ First empowerment. It promotes also eager to create African-based awarded in 2019, these are a set education for girls and women solutions to our local problems,” of grants worth R22.5 million over in STEM (Science, Technology, she said at the annual Heads of five years, aimed at women and Education, and Mathematics) Mission breakfast. “By helping to transgender researchers with a in order to broaden career empower UCT, we empower Africa, focus on building capacity among opportunities in these fields for and we provide opportunities to black South African women. South Africa’s women. change the world.” In January 2020, Precious Moloi-Mostepe took over the reins as the Chancellor of UCT.

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SIPHO PITYANA REFLECTS ON HIS TIME AS CHAIR OF THE UCT COUNCIL In June 2020, Sipho Pityana’s tenure as UCT Council chair comes to an end. In an interview with Alumni News, Pityana reflected on some of the complex issues that the institution has faced over the past four years.

The list includes powerful student “If we are not that, then who are While acknowledging the protests, horrific instances of we at UCT?” he said. “So when the challenges of transformation, and gender-based violence, critical university removes paintings, and the work that still needs to be questions of how to transform the changes names of buildings, what done, Pityana also celebrated what institution and who should lead, do we replace them with?” UCT does have, speaking of the all the while pursuing academic institute’s academic excellence, Pityana added that the protests excellence and maintaining at UCT had national significance: applauding the relevance of UCT’s academic freedom. they raised “questions beyond the work to development challenges, and describing institutional leaders Pityana described how the council rhetoric of rainbowism, because had to figure out how to get the symbols that the movement who care as deeply about the through these tumultuous times was rejecting are abundant all over students they mentor as they in a united, open-minded and South Africa.” do about the professional and constructive way. But above all, institutional targets that they need he expressed the need for UCT to What does this mean for to meet. better understand, articulate and transformation at UCT? embrace a new identity. Pityana described how dealing ‘Unfnished business’ with questions of transformation With his tenure coming to an Learning from Rhodes Must in the moment was only half the end in a few months’ time, Fall and Fees Must Fall challenge: implementing changes Pityana expressed regret that he The Rhodes Must Fall and Fees that truly alter the status quo is would not be directly working to a much more formidable task for Must Fall student movements transform UCT. were “quite defining in terms of the council specifically and the the politics of transformation, institution generally. But he advises the next UCT council and its new chairperson to focus on not just for the institution but for By way of example, he posed these truly understanding and articulating the country,” Pityana explained. questions: “Is the university, in UCT’s identity, by asking questions “Looking at it from the outside driving the agenda for racial and in, it was a moment that really gender diversification, prepared like: What does our identity mean brought to bear the politics of race for what follows? It’s one thing to for the values we hold, the way we and class.” improve access, but it’s quite another engage with one another, and the to change the culture of the place work we do as an institution? How These movements strongly and develop and support social can our efforts to transform UCT condemned the continuation relations that embrace diversity.” focus not only on names, numbers of an oppressive, colonial past, and curricula, but on our culture he added. “There was a lot that He explained how making actual and humanness? was oppositional, and [this set] changes to UCT culture could drive an agenda that began to raise transformation. With his new appointment as questions of identity, about who we co-chair of the World Economic “I imagined, when I came to UCT, are as a university in a free South Forum’s prestigious new Africa that it’s a cutting-edge institution Africa.” Regional Stewardship Boardtask, that everybody wants to come to. along with his ongoing private and The UCT council focused on But I’ve since spoken to people understanding and interrogating who feel that UCT is not the place public sector work, Pityana plans to what these questions mean for the for them. So, perceived or real, UCT continue to challenge, champion, university going forward. has a lot of selling to do.” and drive positive change. Mr Sipho Pityana, speaking here at a graduation ceremony, was the chair of the UCT council from 2016-2020.

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UCT’s citations score, which measures the number of times a piece of research is cited, also improved, with the university moving up 35 places to rank 121st globally.

UCT’s strongest performance remains in the industry income category, in which it ranked 78th despite dropping 18 places. This reflects the large contribution of the university’s research to industry.

200 most international universities UCT has also been ranked 39th – tied with the California Institute of Technology – in the recently- released THE list of the 200 most international universities. These institutions are distinguished in that they collaborate on research across the world, have a strong reputation globally and have a high proportion of international students and staff.

The 10 most international universities – led by City University of Hong Kong (1st) and University of Hong Kong (2nd) – all came from four countries: Hong Kong, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

“UCT strives to foster international collaboration across Africa and the rest of the world. Although our primary mission is always to serve our country and local UCT has jumped up 20 places to 136th position in the latest 2020 Times context first, we cannot achieve Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. our ambitious research objectives UCT LEAPS UP IN and solve the continent’s complex our teaching and learning and “UCT remains in problems without extensive global our research are of the highest collaboration and cross-pollination.” WORLD RANKINGS standards.” the lead for Africa says Deputy Vice-Chancellor for UCT has jumped up 20 places to 136th position in the latest 2020 Published once a year, the THE in the fve major Research and Internationalisation, Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, putting World University Rankings world university Professor Sue Harrison. assess almost 1,400 institutions These rankings mean that UCT UCT in the top spot in the country, as well as in Africa. worldwide using 13 performance rankings.” remains in the lead for Africa in indicators that are grouped “It is encouraging to see UCT terms of declining national funding universities that exist in a range the five major world university into five areas: teaching (30%), In the research category, UCT demonstrate such excellence of contexts – cultural, financial, th rankings: THE 2020, Academic and the imperative to transform our research (30%), citations (30%), ranked 177 globally, and its in international rankings,” said historical, social and political. Ranking of World Universities institution.” international outlook (7.5%) and research reputation survey score, UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Rankings are inherently imperfect, industry income (2.5%). which is part of this category, 2019, Quacquarelli Symonds 2020, Mamokgethi Phakeng, “particularly Phakeng added that “as a particularly when it comes to increased once again. This is US News Best Global Universities given the incredibly competitive, university, we continue to view developing countries. Despite In the area of teaching, UCT scores clear evidence of UCT’s growing 2020, Center for World University global arena we operate in and the university rankings with caution. this, UCT’s performance helps increased, with the university reputation among leading Rankings 2019-2020, and Academic enormous challenges we face in Because they attempt to compare to reinforce the message that moving up 35 places. international academics. Ranking of World Universities 2019.

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She added that the protest aimed to reclaim GBV survivors’ freedom, and said she hoped it would build a new culture at the university and in the country; a culture that fosters respect, trust and love.

“We want to build a culture where our bodies, our sexualities and our identities are respected, a culture where we don’t have to be afraid to walk where we want to walk and to wear what we want to wear.”

After Phakeng’s address, and in an act of solidarity with survivors of sexual violence and all those suffering in silence, protesters taped their mouths shut and marched silently in a circular route around campus. The symbolic gesture demonstrated abhorrence of GBV, and the silence was a form of civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance.

When the protestors returned to the steps below Sarah Baartman Hall, they participated in a ‘die-in’ – another form of protest where 1 participants lie down and simulate death. This act commemorated those who have lost their lives through sexual violence. Thereafter, they removed the tape from their mouths and broke the silence, TAKING ACTION AGAINST crying out in unity.

Mourning Uyinene GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE Mrwetyana During the latter half of 2019, UCT ran a campus-wide #JustNo It was later that same month that 2 3 Uyinene ‘Nene’ Mrwetyana, a first- campaign to raise awareness about gender-based violence (GBV), year UCT student, was brutally rape and other violent sexual crimes that continue to plague UCT, raped and murdered at a Cape Town post office. A mass outcry South Africa and the world at large. It was during this time that against the normative violence the violent rape and murder of UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana perpetrated against women ignited anger across the country, and further united the UCT brought communities out in force in the days that followed, and over community in outrage. a week of mourning UCT held night vigils, prayer services and a Silent protest memorial. The #JustNo campaign started with a silent protest on Addressing a packed Sarah Baartman Hall before the During the memorial service on the 2nd of August 2019 during which students and staff protest, Phakeng said: “We are gathered here for a the 4th of September, joined by – led by Vice-Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng and tragic reason. A reason that should not exist, not at Nene’s family and many dignitaries, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for transformation Professor the University of Cape Town, not in South Africa, not thousands of UCT students and Loretta Feris – showed solidarity with victims of GBV in anywhere in the world. Gender-based violence and staff gathered on the steps and order to help break the cycle of sexual violence and to rape culture do not belong here.” plaza below Sarah Baartman Hall to communicate a single message: “Enough is enough”. 4 pay a sombre farewell to Nene.

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Speaking to the mourners, momentum to extinguish GBV 1. As part of UCT’s #JustNO Chancellor Graça Machel, said: and the patriarchal systems that campaign in August 2019, “South Africa is a wounded nation, enable it.” protestors participated in a and its people carry with them ‘die-in’ – a form of protest deep pain and extreme anger. We can all be part of the where participants lie down Something is deeply wrong with solution and simulate death. our society, and we need to get to The #JustNo campaign 2. Protesters taped their the root cause of how and why we culminated in 16 Days of Activism mouths shut to symbolise got to where we are today.” for No Violence Against Women the silence around the and Children in late 2019, during Machel called on UCT’s academics scourge of gender-based which Phakeng urged UCT violence. to join hands with those from students and staff to take action other institutions to interrogate against all forms of GBV. 3-4: Hundreds of UCT staff the causes of the GBV scourge, and students, led by Vice- and find a way to end it. Chancellor Mamokgethi “As our Chancellor, Graça Phakeng and Deputy Vice- Machel, reminded us, outrage Chancellor (Transformation) March to Parliament is not enough: we need to take Loretta Feris, carried the Following the memorial, outraged constructive action...every day,” message that UCT will not and devastated staff and students, Phakeng said. tolerate gender-based along with members of the public, violence and rape culture. marched to Parliament to call for She challenged men in particular 5 6 an end to sexual and GBV. to commit to changes in behaviour 5. In September 2019, the and attitudes that contribute violent rape and murder Addressing the crowd at the to GBV. Citing a 2017 report of UCT student Uyinene picket, Phakeng said: “The passing jointly produced by UCT’s Safety ‘Nene’ Mrwetyana ignited of Nene has reminded us of how anger across the country, and Violence Initiative (SaVI) and further united the UCT unsafe our streets are ... We want and the Department of Social community in outrage. UCT you to stand with us and join us in Development, she encouraged men will honour Nene through a saying, ‘Enough is enough!’ We do and older boys to become actively scholarship in her name. not want to bury more women.” involved in advocating for gender equality and preventing GBV 6-9. Thousands of UCT She added: “In 1994, when we through participation in projects students and staff, along voted, we thought we were voting such as the One Man Can initiative, with family members and for our liberation. It seems like 7 and in online knowledge sharing dignitaries, gathered on we went into another form of and networking portals, such as the steps and plaza below bondage. We do not want that. We Sarah Baartman Hall to pay Safer Spaces. want our freedom back. And we a sombre farewell to the want our politicians to hear us.” 19-year old film and media Phakeng also encouraged all studies student. individuaIs to initiate change 8 Scholarship for Nene against GBV in any way that is 10-11. Following the memorial UCT will continue to honour positive and builds community, for service for Uyinene Nene through a scholarship in her instance by seeking counselling, Mrwetyana, outraged reporting incidences of GBV and devastated staff and name. Speaking at Nene’s funeral, – even those that happened students, led by Vice- Phakeng announced the new Chancellor Mamogkethi Uyinene Mrwetyana Scholarship long ago, or helping to organise 9 Phakeng and joined by for Womxn in the Humanities. campaigns to confront patterns of members of the public, The scholarship will fully fund a male behaviour that can lead to marched to Parliament to student from their first year of GBV. call for an end to sexual and study through to graduation. gender-based violence. “GBV is a crisis that calls on each “Uyinene’s academic aspirations of us to respond, to bring change were cruelly ended,” said Dr into our communities, our society Russell Ally, executive director and the way we relate to each of the Development and Alumni other in personal relationships. Department. “Through this I believe in the power of UCT scholarship, we want to keep students and staff members to 10 11 her memory alive and retain the bring this kind of change.”

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NEW APPOINTMENTS DEAN OF LAW: PROFESSOR DANWOOD MZIKENGE CHIRWA

Professor Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa was appointed as Dean of UCT’s Faculty of Law in January 2019. Over the last 14 years, Chirwa has taught Administrative Law, International Human Rights, Children’s Rights, and Constitutional Law. He has played a key role in curriculum development and the administration of the human rights postgraduate programmes and has gained considerable experience as a postgraduate supervisor at both the LLM and doctoral levels.

Rated by the National Research Foundation as an internationally acclaimed researcher (B3), Chirwa’s research has largely focused on normative frameworks and institutional mechanisms for the protection of the rights of vulnerable groups such as the poor and children. Chirwa has served the faculty and university in various capacities including as Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law, and Head of the Department of Public Law. He holds a PhD from the University of the Western Cape, an LLM from the University of Pretoria, and an LLB (Hons) from the University of Malawi..

DEAN OF HEALTH SCIENCES: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LIONEL GREEN-THOMPSON

Associate Professor Lionel Green-Thompson became the new Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences in March 2020. He was previously Dean at the School of Medicine at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in Gauteng, and held multiple roles at the University DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR FOR of the Witwatersrand, including Assistant Dean for RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONALISATION: Teaching, Learning and Undergraduate Affairs in the PROFESSOR SUE HARRISON Harrison was awarded the SARChI chair and Faculty of Health Sciences, and clinical coordinator for established the globally-recognised Centre for the MBBCh degree in the Centre for Health Science Professor Sue Harrison became the Deputy Vice- Bioprocessing Engineering Research in 2001. Ten years Education. He also engaged in numerous student Chancellor for Research and Internationalisation in later she was appointed as deputy dean of research development initiatives, including the supervision of August 2019. Her appointment into this position is and postgraduate studies in the Faculty of Engineering MMed (Anaesthesia) students. significant for UCT as it means that all four executive and the Built Environment, and focused on establishing leaders of the academic enterprise at UCT are now interdisciplinary research entities at UCT, including the Green-Thompson is a Fellow of the College of women. Future Water Institute. Anaesthetists of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. He is a member of the Research Committee of Harrison has worked within the bioprocess engineering She received the Department of Science and the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) sub-discipline of chemical engineering for about 30 Technology’s national award as Distinguished Woman and the current chair of their grant network for Medical years. After obtaining her PhD in the field of chemical Scientist in 2007 and the National Science and Education in Resource Constrained Situations (MERCS), engineering at Cambridge University in 1990, she Technology Forum’s NSTF-South32 accolade for is on the board of directors of The Network - Towards moved through the early phases of academia to research and engineering capacity development in Unity for Health. He has published both nationally and become a head of department and professor at a 2016. She is a fellow of UCT and the South African internationally and reviews for academic journals. young age. Academy of Engineering.

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DEAN OF HUMANITIES: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SHOSE KESSI

Associate Professor Shose Kessi was appointed as the dean of Humanities in November 2019, bringing with her a wealth of institutional knowledge and experience. Since joining UCT in 2011 in the Department of Psychology, she has been appointed chair of the Humanities Transformation Committee in 2016 and DIRECTOR OF THE NELSON deputy dean for Transformation in the faculty in 2018. MANDELA SCHOOL OF She was appointed to the Special Executive Task Team PUBLIC GOVERNANCE: in 2016 and the University Strategy Forum a year later. PROFESSOR FAIZEL ISMAIL She is also the founder and first chairperson of the UCT Black Academic Caucus. The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance appointed Kessi’s research centres on political psychology, Professor Faizel Ismail as new decoloniality, community-based empowerment and director designate of the school social change. She explores issues of identity, such in July 2019. Ismail is a respected as race, class and gender, and how these impact on academic and experienced people – individually and collectively – as change international trade negotiator. agents in transformation efforts. She is the co- He completed a BA and an LLB founder and co-director of the Hub for Decolonial degree from the University of Feminist Psychologies in Africa, an emerging Kwa-Zulu Natal, an MPhil degree research grouping that is gaining traction within in Development Studies from the and outside the university. Before joining UCT, she Institute of Development Studies worked in the development sector in the area of at Sussex University, and a PhD reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, development finance, in Politics from the University of and programme evaluation. Manchester. He is a professor in the UCT School of Economics, and in the Faculty of Law. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LIBRARIES: Ismail is a global expert on UJALA SATGOOR development issues, having Ujala Satgoor became the new executive director of published several books on trade Libraries in January 2019, bringing years of experience and development, and having in the higher education environment. She was negotiated major agreements, previously the director of library services at Rhodes including the Southern African University, and the deputy director of library services at Customs Union and the Trade and the University of Pretoria. She holds a master’s degree Development Agreement with the in information technology, and a postgraduate diploma European Union. He has been South in library and information science. Africa’s Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation for 10 years, Satgoor’s leadership ability makes her ideal for this and senior adviser to the Minister role. She is currently the chair of the Committee of of Trade and Industry. He served as Higher Education Libraries of South Africa (CHELSA), the chairperson of the International deputy chair of the South African National Library and Trade and Administration Information Consortium (SANLiC), chair of the Library Commission (ITAC) from 2015 to and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) 2018 and has been re-appointed for Professional Body Advisory Committee, and a member a five-year term (2018-2023). Ismail of the Council on Higher Education Reference Group: is committed to making his future Library and Information Science. She is also the former contributions at UCT. president of LIASA (2012–14).

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MPUMELELO MHLONGO MAKES HISTORY FOR UCT SPORT In November 2019 UCT star sprinter Mpumelelo Mhlongo broke his Khoe activist Bradley van own world record at the World Para Athletics Championships in Sitters performs a cleansing Dubai, coming second in the 100m combined T64 and T44 class ceremony before final, with a time of 11.09 seconds. the start of UCT’s inaugural “I am extremely grateful to be the face of a Khoekhoegowab whole team’s efforts and constant dedication to language short course in June performance,” enthused Mhlongo, who was born 2019. with amniotic band syndrome that resulted in club foot and his right leg being shorter than his FIRST KHOEKHOEGOWAB LANGUAGE left. “This achievement is for the approximately 80 million people living with a disability in Africa. COURSE COHORT HONOURED To know that your past does not dictate your It was a time of In November 2019, 77 course Critical Humanities and Decolonial future is a powerful tool when it’s matched with participants comprising staff and Studies, as well as the directorship hard work and consistency.” celebration as UCT students at UCT and members of of the School of African and He added, “I am [most] grateful for being able to the West Coast community, took Gender Studies, Anthropology drew the curtain perform and, in doing so, pave the way forward to the podium to receive their and Linguistics in UCT’s Faculty of for those coming after me. The support from back on its maiden certificates of participation in the Humanities, described the occasion home and around the world [was] overwhelming.” Khoekhoegowab indigenous Khoe language short as historic. course – a first of its kind for a Mhlongo’s coach, Jason Sewanyana, said he is language short He said the short course forms a South African university. incredibly privileged to be able to work with such broader part of the university’s course. The a talented athlete. project goes down The 12-week courses, held four times transformation agenda and during the year, were co-convened demonstrates its continued “He broke his own world record three times in in history as a by the /Xarra Restorative Justice commitment to driving inclusivity, 2019 and still keeps working hard to take the successful attempt Forum in UCT’s Centre for African diversity and transformation on record into realms unheard of for T44 athletes. Studies, and the Centre for Extra- campus. His achievements and accolades are well by the institution to Mural Studies. The programme has deserved because he is dedicated to his craft.” correct some of the received the full support of the “We are restoring some of the university’s Multilingual Education injustices of the past,” Vawda said. Mhlongo, who excels in 100m, 200m and long injustices of the past. jump events, was named 2019 Sportsperson of Project (MEP), with funding coming UCT cannot change that the the Year in October 2019, at UCT’s annual sports from the Mauerberger Foundation institution was built on land awards dinner. He is the first student to win this Fund and the Vice-Chancellor’s previously inhabited by the coveted award for the fifth consecutive year. Strategic Fund. indigenous Khoe people. But The only other person to win the Jamison Cup in thousands of years later, by With only 167,000 speakers consecutive years is rugby great HO de Villiers, introducing this short course, and remaining, Khoekhoegowab who took top honours in 1966 and 1967. is considered to be one of the educating participants on the continent’s many endangered language of the Khoe people, the Accepting his award, PhD candidate Mhlongo indigenous languages. Spoken by institution can begin to correct a thanked the team around him, the university the Nama, Damara and Haillom past wrong. and his sporting peers. He said it was an honour to stand next to Hayley Preen, Nepo Serage, ethnic groups, who live mainly in The culmination of the course was Nicholas Papas and Liam Neill, all finalists in the the Northern Cape and Namibia, a fitting end to the United Nations the language was decimated by Sportsperson of the Year category. Mpumelelo Mhlongo has been named UCT Sportsperson of the year (UN) Year of Indigenous Languages. for five consecutive years. years of colonialism. The UN dedicated 2019 to raising “I feel pretty inspired by what everyone is doing,” awareness on the fragility of many he said. Historic chapter languages and to establish parallels Professor Shahid Vawda, who between language, development, Mhlongo is currently training for the World holds the Archie Mafeje Chair in peace and reconciliation. Championships and 2020 Paralympic Games.

21 22 UCT ALUMNI NEWS 2019 RETHINKING ART AT UCT The Molly Blackburn Hall exhibition The event served several purposes, said committee chairperson space reopened in September 2019 with Associate Professor Jay Pather. a programme of performances and talks This included the re-opening of the exhibition space, showcasing called “Rethinking Art at UCT”, hosted by the exquisite work done by UCT’s Works of Art Committee (WOAC). students and introducing the UCT community to the new works that the university had acquired. Referring to the discourse around art on campus in recent years, Pather said that the WOAC was working to balance and find new ways to curate artworks to make the university space a public space.

Many of the complaints around art at the university coalesce around issues of racial representation in art, and the perceived need for transformation in UCT’s curatorial UCT students policies. The university received added to the occasion with further criticism for allowing the a celebration removal or concealment of certain of performance artworks. “Balancing the collection art in the Sarah Baartman Hall.

Celebratory is indeed not just recognition [of the affective element of public performances the artists] but understanding what spaces. “In that curatorial policy we marked the the rest of the world is seeing, in began to think about strategies of reopening of the terms of black artists and especially reshaping the spaces collectively,” Molly Blackburn exhibition space black women artists.” said Pather. said Makhubu. on campus. The WOAC, he explained, had “In many cases, wherever we been “trying to find a connection have a re-curation, there is a lot of that adequately reflects what consultation and talking with the is happening in our country people who will use those spaces. and meeting the changing And this, of course, has been very demographics of our university effective in creating the kinds of community.” He added, “what spaces that make us all feel at home.” we have done as a committee is develop strong student and staff The exhibition space was opened representation.” with a cleansing ritual curated by Mandla Mbothwe. Various dance Chairperson of the WOAC Dr pieces followed, by Nasfa Ncanywa, Nomusa Makhubu said: “When the Xolani Maxwell Rani, Sonwabile WOAC was constituted in 2016, we Qamoyi, Ngobunono Mtshabe and realised that the artworks that we Miliswa Mbandazayo. see around us are not just there. The spaces that we use, we don’t The university’s new acquisitions Live performances transform and bring to life old spaces. just use them to learn … we also include works by artists including feel them. It’s ... a particular kind of Colbert Mashile, Sethembile public space.” Msezane, Aida Muluneh, Quaid Henneke, Nobukho Nqaba, Adolf Blackburn’s daughter Gillian Cox, The WOAC has thus been Tega, Goldendean, Banele Khoza, who attended the event, presented responding to the need for a Buhlebezwe Siwani, Yonela Makoba a tribute to her mother and her curatorial policy that reflects and Thania Petersen. legacy as an anti-apartheid activist.

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UCT STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS NAMED TOP IN SOUTH AFRICA UCT was named the Mvelo Hlophe and Denislav Nadia Waggie, head of operations Marinov emerged top of their for UCT’s Careers Service and winning university respective categories while Tamir the university’s Entrepreneurship in the 2019 Shklaz received a runner-up Intervarsity liaison officer, said the award in his category. The judges runner-up award was decided on Entrepreneurship also named Hlophe as the overall the night of the finals “because the Intervarsity, thanks winner of the competition. judges simply could not ignore how brilliant Shklaz’s pitch was”. largely to three UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor innovative students Mamokgethi Phakeng, who attended “Careers Service is proud to be able whose out-of- the event, congratulated the students to assist the studentrepreneurs on on a “great job” and on making the their entrepreneurial journey. We the-box business campus community proud. look forward to continuing this ideas bowled over A total of 26 universities and 1155 journey with our students,” she said. the competition’s “studentrepreneurs” from across The intervarsity is an initiative of the country participated in the judges. the Entrepreneurship Development regional rounds of the competition in Higher Education (EDHE) ahead of the final round which took programme in the Department of place in Johannesburg. Finalists Higher Education and Training, and were given just three minutes to Universities South Africa, and is pitch their business ideas to a panel supported by the Allan Gray Orbis of judges. Foundation, University Capacity The competition aims to identify Development Programme and SAB the top student entrepreneurs Foundation. The Western Cape at each of South Africa’s public regional rounds were hosted by universities, to recognise and UCT Careers Service. showcase their businesses, and to attract investment into their Linda Dhladhla, youth and enterprises. It also provides a communication liaison for EDHE, chance for aspiring entrepreneurs described Marinov and Hlophe to pitch their business concepts. as an inspiration to aspiring entrepreneurs in the UCT Marinov topped the Existing Business: community, and South Africa Tech category with his business, as a whole. “They put hours of DMV Designs, that proposes using hard work into preparing for this 3D educational printers to provide an competition and an equal amount integrated, problem-solving approach of hard work into establishing their to teaching. businesses. We are very proud of them for making it this far”. Their Hlope’s initiative, called Zaio at the category prize was R10,000 each, time, topped the Existing Business: and the funds will be pumped Social Impact category. Hlope’s idea is to develop a gamified back into their businesses. Since Mvelo Hlophe, whose platform that offers open-access Hlope also won the overall title, he initiative Zaio won him received an additional R50,000. the overall prize, presents learning journeys to students details of the gamified wanting to become upper-end “We’re hoping that this win will platform during one of the software developers. provide them with the stepping regional rounds at UCT earlier in 2019. Shklaz received the runner-up stone they need to grow and prize in the Existing Business: Tech develop their businesses,” said category, for his digital one-stop- Dhladhla. “And most importantly, shop, Quillo, that allows students to we really want them to continue buy and sell old textbooks online at inspiring other students to pursue an affordable price. entrepreneurship.”

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A leadership boost Policy and Practice, and one receiving a postgraduate INSPIRING AND The leadership of the Mandela School has also been diploma. For the first time, the school also held a full- bolstered. In July 2019, Professor Faizel Ismail was time master’s semester course – the Practice of Policy appointed the new director, and later in the year Dr Shanil Making and Implementation – which brought together CONNECTING A NEW Haricharan was appointed as the new academic director. international students from politics, economics, Advocate Vusi Pikoli and Dr Ian Goldman joined the environmental humanities, philosophy, and sociology. GENERATION OF AFRICAN school as adjunct professors, and Dr Maria Phalime and These achievements help to underscore why Vice- David Schmidt as adjunct senior lecturers. The School Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng, speaking at the also welcomed Dr Carlos Lopes, the former executive school’s launch in 2018, said: LEADERS secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and one of the continent’s leading development “It’s a flagship centre. Not just for scholarship, but in how UCT’s Nelson Mandela Memorial and School of Public Governance economists, as an honorary professor. scholarship can shape what the continent becomes”. is a multi-disciplinary centre that conducts teaching and research Professor Alan Hirsch, the school’s founding director, was also invited into the Presidential Economic on inclusive accountable governance and development. In 2019, Advisory Council (PEAC). Announced during President the school took great strides forward in terms of growing its Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2018 State of the Nation Address, leadership, expanding its network of partners, and training the next the PEAC aims to generate new ideas for economic growth, job creation and addressing poverty. On the generation of African leaders. establishment of this unit, President Ramaphosa said: “It will draw on the expertise and capabilities that reside in labour, business, civil society and academia.”

Professor Hirsch will serve on the PEAC alongside Nelson Mandela preferred that his memory be honored Professor Haroon Bhorat, professor of Economics in not with statues or monuments, but with living UCT’s School of Economics, and director of UCT’s institutions that represent and reproduce the values for Development Policy Research Unit. which he stood. The Mandela School’s Professor Alison Gillwald was As a Living Memorial to Mandela, the Mandela School also named as the first African executive member and – which is an expansion of the Graduate School deputy president of the Global Internet Governance of Development Policy and Practice – focuses on Academic Network (GigaNet). developing strategic public leadership, placing a strong emphasis on public sector reform, accountability, As part of the School’s commitment to knowledge and trust in governance. It provides professional and sharing, 2019 saw the development of partnerships academic training, and discussion fora for senior public with various organisations, such as the Kofi Annan officials and those engaged in public policy in South Foundation, United Nations Conference on Trade Africa, Africa and globally. and Development (UNCTAD), African Union’s African Peer Review Mechanism Secretariat (APRM), and the Building Bridges Auditor General - South Africa.

One of the Mandela School’s core activities is bringing Finally, in 2019 the school celebrated its largest together policy makers, experts and other leaders in graduate cohort, with 14 students receiving their society around key policy issues. The centrepiece of Dr Carlos Lopes, the former executive secretary of the United Masters in Development Policy and Practice, 11 Nations Economic Commission for Africa and one of the this effort is the Building Bridges programme which receiving Masters of Philosophy in Development continent’s leading development economists. brings together established and rising leaders from all over Africa to engage with intractable problems with the view to establishing new networks of expertise and In order to operate at full capacity, the Mandela support. However, a shortfall of US$8 million trust. In 2019, Building Bridges celebrated its first 100+ School requires a building to house the school, remains. Should you wish to support the school, fellows of the ‘Leading in Public Life: Emerging African a centre of memory for Nelson Mandela, and please send your donations to: Leaders Programme’. a 250-seat conference centre. The school has been working with the Development and Alumni Bank: Standard Bank Building Bridges also hosted the ‘Leading in Public Department at UCT to raise the US$35 million it Account name: UCT Donations Life: Women, Influence, and Power Programme’, needs to fund this construction, and to date has Account Number: 071522387 with 20 women leaders from six African countries. secured nearly US$27 million towards this goal – Account Type: Business Current Account Aimed at mid-career African women working in primarily through a sizeable grant from Atlantic Branch: Rondebosch, 025009 the legal sector, the programme strives to promote Philanthropies (for the sum of US$21.5 million), Swift Address: SBZA ZA JJ The newly appointed Mandela School Academic Director, the inclusion of women with legal training in public as well as through significant donor and alumni Reference (very important): Donor name & NMS Dr Shanil Haricharan. leadership positions.

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“I am excited to be able to engage with my mind my most rewarding role and another piece of good fortune what I consider to be an essential part of was to work as political director to Kofi Annan, who was my mentor the development future for the continent, and also my friend.”

and to do it from a school such as the Lopes describes his time working Mandela School which is truly inclusive with Annan as akin to returning to university. “He was a remarkable and pan-African.” man. His level of tact and diplomacy, his ability to arouse empathy and his keen emotional intelligence was astounding,” “That is particularly true with Mário encouraged Lopes to read explains Lopes. “If I had learned a Europe,” he said. Yet, contrary widely about Africa, and led to continental perspective from Mário to popular belief, the African him developing his pan-Africanist de Andrade, from Kofi Annan I continent, excluding Egypt, is perspectives. Eventually, thanks learned to see on a global scale.” not the geographical area that to Andrade’s network, Lopes won produces the highest number of a fellowship to study abroad, first Mandela School migrants moving in the direction economics in Geneva and later to Lopes is proud to expand his focus of Europe. China, a country with complete a PhD in history at Paris- on African migration through his a population size equivalent to Sorbonne University. honorary professorship at UCT. Africa’s, is thought to produce twice the number of migrants A rock star of diplomacy “I am excited to be able to engage heading in the same direction. Over the next three decades Lopes with what I consider to be an essential part of the development “Nobody mentions this,” Lopes worked his way up the ladder of the United Nations. future for the continent, and to explained. “It’s also not stressed do it from a school such as the A panel of academic experts discuss African integration and the free movement of people during the UCT Africa Day Symposium enough that only 6% of Africans “I led a great many institutions Mandela School which is truly in May 2019, hosted by the University of Cape Town in collaboration with the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). who migrate to Europe go there during my time at the UN, but to inclusive and pan-African.” illegally; 94% go there legally”.

Lopes explained the importance of SHIFTING THE NARRATIVE ON changing these perceptions: “There are a number of phenomena that will increase mobility and provoke AFRICAN MIGRATION emigration from Africa in the near future, such as mass urbanisation Dr Carlos Lopes, former executive secretary of the United Nations and youthful populations. If we Economic Commission for Africa and one of the continent’s leading don’t correct perspectives about African migration, it will only development economists, is now also an honorary professor at the aggravate the misunderstandings.” Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at UCT. An activist father and a pan- “What is the fxation on Africa?” focus on the place of African migration in Africanist intellectual When Lopes joined the Mandela School, narratives about the continent. Lopes was born in Canchungo, a small town in north-western Guinea Professor Alan Hirsch, founding director, Speaking at UCT’s Africa Day Symposium Bissau. His father was imprisoned welcomed him by saying, “Dr Lopes in May 2019, Lopes cut through the bias for his role in the liberation has helped to turn around the negative around migrant statistics to show that Africa struggle, and Lopes was inspired perceptions of African prospects which produces only 14% of the world’s migrants, th by his idealism. By the time he have prevailed since the 16 Century, while compared to Europe’s 24% and Asia’s 41%. retaining a deep understanding of the was 17 years old he was working challenges which face us.” He said that erroneous perceptions about as an aide to a man who was to African migration may well be linked to the change his life: Mário de Andrade, Lopes’ work with Hirsch on the role of strong global focus on the youth bulge in the first president of the Angolan narratives in Africa, and the research he Africa. The adaptability and ambition of this MPLA (People’s Movement for the completed for his newest book, Africa in cohort is seen as threatening, and can cause Liberation of Angola) who had Dr Carlos Lopes, previous political director to Kofi Annan and a staunch pan- Transformation: Economic Development in countries to disallow Africans from migrating become a dissident living in Bissau Africanist, is now an honorary professor at UCT’s Nelson Mandela School of Public the Age of Doubt, have led him to his current through their borders. at the time. Governance.

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mitigate some of the damaging CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF effects on the growing fetus. Division alumni Gokul Nair and BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Giancarlo Beukes, founders of Impulse Biomedical, have also In 1969, UCT opened a centre dedicated to biomedical engineering developed two low-cost solutions that help people administer in response to the increasing importance of this field to medical medication more easily. The first research and health care. Fifty years later, the division is being is the ZiBiPen, the world’s only celebrated for its academic achievements, cross-disciplinary scope, reloadable adrenaline auto-injector pen that treats life-threatening low-cost solutions to African challenges, and ongoing commitment severe allergic reactions at a fraction to the health and wellbeing of all South Africans. of the cost of the dominant device on the market. The second is the Easy Squeezy, an attachment sleeve that fits over a standard asthma inhaler, and helps those who can’t apply the force needed to activate a regular inhaler, like elderly and young asthma sufferers.

Capacity building and education The division also runs world-class postgraduate programmes, and offers unique curricula in biomedical engineering, health innovation, and reScribe is a robotic hand exoskeleton The Easy Squeezy is an attachment sleeve healthcare technology management that serves as a rehabilitation tool for that fits over a standard asthma inhaler, that they continually update to meet stroke patients to improve their fine and helps those who can’t apply the force the changing needs of society. motor skills through task-oriented needed to activate a regular inhaler, like The Division of Biomedical on computerised tomography (CT “The cross-disciplinary nature of handwriting therapy. elderly and young asthma sufferers. Engineering, hosted by UCT’s scans). the division is something many The 100+ postgraduates and Department of Human Biology, aspire to and don’t achieve,” said postdoctoral researchers who make This cutting-edge work has conducts basic and translational Professor Carolyn Williamson, up the student body exude a clear continued over the decades, and research in biomedical engineering, interim dean of the Faculty of passion for this field. medical imaging, biomechanics, the division is now led by a team Health Sciences, speaking at mechanobiology, health innovation of enthusiastic and visionary the division’s 50th anniversary “I have always wanted to make a strong impact on people’s lives and I and healthcare technology. researchers who hold South celebrations. have aimed to do this with the use of All research is focused on the African research chairs in Brain technology,” said Safa Nagari, a 2016 prevention, diagnosis, treatment Imaging, Biomedical Engineering In their work on Magnetic Master’s student. and management of diseases and and Innovation, sit on ministerial Resonance Imaging (MRI), the advisory committees, and run team has made great strides in A ptosis crutch can be placed along the healthcare problems, including The staff and students are also world-class medical research developing technologies that can inside of an eyewire frame to support trauma, cancer, tuberculosis, committed to building human and facilities. greatly improve the ability to scan drooping eyelids. cardiovascular diseases, brain and institutional capacity in biomedical neuromuscular disorders, acquired the bodies of young and restless engineering across Africa. They They will expand their work on immune deficiency syndrome Finding innovative solutions subjects. They have also been do this through extensive image processing, and virtual (AIDS), and alcohol abuse. In all of their work, the team instrumental in establishing the collaborations with other African and augmented reality to provide members strive to address South Cape Universities Body Imaging universities, and by producing For five decades the division Centre (CUBIC), the first research- advanced clinical support, and to African and African problems, accessible resources like their new has built on the scholarship and dedicated MRI facility in Africa. help understand what people living and work in transdisciplinary book, Biomedical Engineering for work of notable academics, Africa, which has contributions with diseases are experiencing. collaborations, including with Much of the division’s work has the innovators and influencers. The from 75 African authors. medical practitioners, to develop They will also continue to provide most celebrated of these is UCT potential to significantly impact innovative medical devices with public health. For example, their work shadowing opportunities physicist and Nobel laureate Dr Looking ahead The ZiBiPen is the world’s only applications covering everything research on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum and participate in learner career Allan MacLeod Cormack who, In the coming years the team reloadable adrenaline auto-injector pen from stroke rehabilitation and Disorders has shown that giving days and orientation programmes, that treats life-threatening severe allergic along with Godfrey Hounsfield, will continue working to develop and will seek out new avenues for reactions at a fraction of the cost of the won the 1979 Nobel Prize in asthma therapy to childhood choline supplements to heavy- African-focused health technology. outreach and engaged scholarship. dominant device on the market. Physiology or Medicine for his work medicine and joint surgery. drinking pregnant women may

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Cape Town’s once-in-a-century drought gave residents USING A a new appreciation of the importance of water. MULTI-SCALE APPROACH

The Day Zero Book, written by Associate Professor Gina TO BETTER Ziervogel and science writer Leonie Joubert, was launched at UNDERSTAND UCT in July 2019. CAPE TOWN’S WATER ISSUES Following Cape Town’s record- breaking drought, geographer and climate change adaptation expert, Associate Professor Gina Ziervogel, has been examining the city’s water issues at municipal and local levels to better understand the governance of drought and water stress in cities, and how collaborative responses might be developed. From 2015-2018 Cape Town experienced its worst – those of the water manager, politician, researcher, This question prompted Ziervogel to shift her attention “Often, people simply wanted drought in record-keeping history. It was a frenzied spokesperson and knowledge broker – to answer the to the community level. In the second half of 2019 she time for residents and city managers alike as people question: what can we learn from the way Cape Town worked on The Community Resilience in Cape Town to have someone hear them tell scrambled to use less, save more, and plan for ‘Day responded to the water crisis? (CoReCT) project in collaboration with Stellenbosch their story.” University, the Environmental Monitoring Group, Zero’ – the day when the taps would run dry. appointed by the Water Caucus interviewed 314 “Certain common themes emerged around and the Western Cape Water Caucus – a community people from their own communities. At the time, Ziervogel, from UCT’s African Climate the complexity of the crisis and the need for organisation working in Cape Town’s informal and Development Initiative, was part of the City of collaboration,” explained Ziervogel. “The drought settlements and townships. “This process balanced the academic and community Cape Town’s Water Resilience Advisory Committee, taught us that in a time of crisis, we need specialists expertise needed,” said Ziervogel. The project focused on people living in Mitchells Plain, a group of water technicians, environmental experts and experts who have a deep technical understanding. Du Noon, Makhaza, Joe Slovo, Green Park and other and academics who worked with public officials to However, these experts need to work collaboratively The study’s findings can help guide actions and low-income areas, where water and sanitation issues advise the City Council on their management of the and quickly to be effective, and often the mechanisms interventions for improved water services in low- continue to frustrate residents. The team wanted to income settlements, especially in historically- water crisis. As the drought curtailed, Ziervogel began for doing so aren’t in place.” understand what people do in response to their daily disadvantaged communities, and can directly inform researching how the City’s government had responded water-related problems, the list of which typically the Cape Town Water Strategy. in order to offer key lessons for other cities. Other urgent issues emerged from the crisis, highlighting questions such as: What might a more includes issues with bills and pricing, faulty water “Often, people simply wanted to have someone After doing the initial research Ziervogel said, “I felt effective relationship between national and local management devices, and leakages. hear them tell their story” said Johan Enqvist, UCT that the citizens of Cape Town deserved to have more government look like? How can cities finance water Central to the approach was the co-design of a data postdoctoral researcher and CoReCT’s project insight into what had happened behind the scenes”. and electricity more sustainably? And how can cities collection tool, facilitated by the researchers, but coordinator. He added: “It’s almost therapeutic. If So she partnered with science writer Leonie Joubert listen to marginalised groups to address inequality? actively shaped by the Western Cape Water Caucus the City can start building a reputation for listening to write Day Zero: One city’s response to a record- “A city’s resilience relies on relationships outside of members. Over a four-day workshop the team to its citizens, that could make a big difference for breaking drought. Launched in July 2019, the book the city’s government, so how do we better listen to debated over what questions to ask and how to ask the backlog of complaints and general distrust that examines the water crisis from five key perspectives multiple voices?”, Ziervogel asks. them. Then, over three months, 12 story collectors impedes water service delivery and urban planning”.

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HOW LIKELY IS IT FOR PLASTIC TO BECOME POLLUTION?

Takunda Chitaka, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has been assiduously combing five Cape Town beaches for litter. Her goal: to better understand the likelihood of plastic goods becoming pollution.

Chitaka has made it her academic mission to unpack At each beach, during one field season in 2017, and the plastic pollution problem by taking a detailed another in 2018/19, she picked up all the litter – not just look at the types of litter that tend to accumulate the plastic – from the same 100-metre stretch for 5-10 on beaches. Using beach surveys, she has been consecutive days. At the end of each collection day, estimating the amount of litter that flows into the she transported the litter back to the laboratory at UCT marine environment and figuring out where the litter where she cleaned, counted and weighed each item. originates from. She was then able to estimate the daily plastic wash-up She argues that if we want to deal with plastic rate for each beach, and ultimately, to determine how pollution successfully, we need to move away from quickly litter flows into the sea. generalisations and commit to specifics. During her first study season, Chitaka collected more “One of the things you notice about the available lists than 36,000 items, weighing a whopping of the most common forms of plastic pollution out 53 kg all together. She divided these items into 372 there is that they aren’t detailed,” Chitaka says. “They types, of 10 different materials – one of which was might list plastic bottles. But what types of plastic plastic – and 19 uses, including food packaging, bottles? What purpose did they serve? You need household, medical and toys. to identify their function to understand why they’re Unsurprisingly, plastic was the dominant material she contributing to the problem.” collected, accounting for up to 98% of all the items and Using the example of a margarine tub, Chitaka raises a up to 83% of the overall weight. few poignant questions. The rates of plastic litter accumulation different “Where do you use a margarine tub? At home. Do you dramatically across the beaches with Muizenberg at throw it away afterwards? No, it would probably be the lowest end yielding an average of 36 pieces per reused a couple of times. What, then, are the chances day, and Paarden Eiland at the highest end yielding of it ending up in the ocean? Close to zero. Especially close to 3,000 plastic pieces daily. if your household is served by a decent waste Among the plastic litter, food and drinks items were collection and disposal scheme. So, would changing the most prevalent, with the top 10 being packaging PhD candidate Takunda Chitaka investigated what is washing up on Cape Town’s beaches, from straws and sweet wrappers to the packaging for margarine to something other than for foodstuff commonly consumed on the go, including bottle lids and cotton bud sticks. plastic make sense? Probably not.” (listed alphabetically): Interestingly, Chitaka found very few locally-recyclable “It’s a quantification thing,” Chitaka says. “Let’s put Grounded approach • Beverage bottle lids items, such as glass and plastic bottles, which may point numbers behind this conversation, so that when we’re to the benefit of recycling initiatives in South Africa. Chitaka focused her research on five beaches in and • Biscuit wrappers making decisions, we’re not vilifying all plastic.” around Cape Town: Hout Bay, Milnerton, Muizenberg, • Cotton bud sticks “South Africa has great recycling infrastructure and Chitaka was recently celebrated for her work and Paarden Island and Wolfgat Nature Reserve. • Lollipop sticks we’re going from strength to strength – we’re looking chosen as one of 10 emerging scientists to receive • Lollipop wrappers at 63% [PET] bottle recycling,” Chitaka points out. the Blue Charter fellowship from The Association of • Polystyrene clamshells (of the sort you might be “Let’s put numbers behind this Commonwealth Universities. She also became the first served a take-away burger in) Litter in lifecycle management conversation, so that when • Polystyrene cups recipient of the Excellence in Academia PETCO Award, we’re making decisions, we’re • Single sweet wrappers By unpacking litter rates and quantifying its flow, which recognises the need for peer-reviewed research • Snack packets Chitaka’s study could indeed become a valuable resource to underpin strategic interventions in recycling, not vilifying all plastic.” • Straws for the future of packaging design in South Africa. minimising waste and sustainability.

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aim of a community thriving off-grid. Last year in December WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO Marais visited White Desert, one of Antarctica’s only private camps, on ESTABLISH LIFE ON MARS? a location scout. The harsh Antarctic winter offers Imagine spending nine months living through an Antarctic winter. a unique research opportunity to That’s around 270 dark days with temperatures dropping to test life-support technologies – -50 °C as winds blow at 250 km per hour. Then, imagine leaving in areas from renewable energy, water management and precision Antarctica and spending another long spell in a dry, desolate farming, to the Internet of Things, desert, and in the dark depths of the ocean. This is what aspiring blockchain, edge computing, communication networks and 3D astronaut Dr Adriana Marais plans to do to prepare for life on Mars. printing.

Marais, a quantum biologist, is the Founder But the focus is not only on of #ProudlyHuman, a movement established technology. The #ProudlyHuman to pioneer new frontiers in research and team will also investigate the social technology for a sustainable future on Earth, dynamics of a community living in above and beyond. these challenging conditions.

“It is no secret that we are currently living Marais is currently pursuing a in an unprecedented era of development in second PhD in team dynamics at science and technology, and the expansion of UCT’s Graduate School of Business, our society beyond this planet is within reach,” and believes that the mission’s explains Marais. She adds: “At the same time, success will depend on the ability the industry required for this development of the team to live and work as an is having an impact on our planet’s climate, empathic, trusting and considerate and unprecedented and extreme weather community. conditions are predicted to increase. The Mars (source NASA/JPL/USGS) future survival of humanity, whether living off- Following the Antarctica world or battling the elements on Earth, will experiment, the team will use “The future survival of humanity, whether depend on technology. But most importantly, similar experiments in the desert survival will depend on society itself, and and under the sea to continue living off-world or battling the elements on how successful communities are at working their data collection and research Earth, will depend on technology. But most together in extreme and resource-constrained on life support systems, water importantly, survival will depend on society environments.” management, food growth and the establishment of critical itself, and how successful communities are at Off-world settlement simulation communications systems. working together in extreme and resource- experiments “Once we have done all of these constrained environments.” While Elon Musk’s team at SpaceX is building experiments, we will be ready to the Starship transport system to get the with the team via live video and Education, a member of the South advise on the settlements on the first humans to Mars within the next decade, social media, and also to visit the African government advisory task Moon, Mars and beyond,” said Marais. #ProudlyHuman is working on the challenge habitat itself. team on the 4th Industrial Revolution, of what happens once we arrive. The Off-World Project will launch and an astronaut candidate with the in Cape Town later this year, with Extra-terrestrial ambitions Mars One Project. To demonstrate technology-enabled a select team of South African sustainable community living in extreme In addition to founding Speaking of her extra-terrestrial students and young entrepreneurs and isolated environments, #ProudlyHuman #ProudlyHuman, Marais is the ambitions, Marais said: spending time inside a fully is conducting off-world settlement simulation Director at the Foundation for sustainable Off-World habitat experiments here on Earth. Space Development, an initiative “I’m inspired as a human, to do placed in a public area of the aiming to inspire the youth of what we have always done – ‘Off-World: Antarctica’ will see a carefully city. Within the habitat, the team developing nations, particularly observe, dream, and expand our selected crew spend nine winter months members will manage their in Africa, to “Reach for the Stars” horizons through the realisation on Earth’s most extreme and isolated renewable power, water, food through education and science. She of these dreams. I want to make environment. The crew will build a functional production and communication is also an internationally-renowned the best contribution of which and sustainable layer of technology systems, while also working on their speaker on exploration-driven I am capable to this grand that is independent of currently existing own research projects. The public innovation, faculty at Singularity and improbable era of human Dr Adriana Marais is researching what it will take to establish human infrastructure, and can achieve the ultimate will have the opportunity to interact University and Duke Corporate information creation.” settlements on Mars.

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UCT TEAM AND TECHNOLOGY HELP TO PHOTOGRAPH A BLACK HOLE UCT alumnus and South African astrophysicist Roger Deane is part of an international team of scientists that captured the first image of a black hole, released to the world in April 2019. Remote sensing technology developed at UCT also played a role in the historic achievement.

Deane is a member of the team on the Event Horizon US dollars was required to capture the image of the Telescope, which captured the image. black hole. To “see the unseeable” and produce the image, the project harnessed eight radio telescopes on The supermassive black hole, Messier 87 in the Virgo Antarctica, Greenland, South America, North America, Galaxy, is 55 million light years from Earth and has a Hawaii and Europe, all pointing their dishes at the black mass 6.5 billion times that of the Sun. Scientists have hole and creating a virtual giant parabolic dish. To take long theorised that black holes exist (neither light nor the pictures, the teams relied on good weather at all data escapes from a black hole). The discovery is an eight telescopes on the same days in April 2017. Founding director of UCT’s Global Citizenship Programme, Associate Professor Janice McMillan important step towards confirming Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. The project took two years to complete because the data files from each telescope were so enormous they The image showed the edges of the black hole, or were too large to transfer digitally. “event horizon”, for the first time. Scientists estimate UCT’S GLOBAL that the event horizon is about the breadth of our solar Space science programme system. Deane completed both his undergraduate degree CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMME According to reports, the black hole is also active, and a master’s in astrophysics and space science at Since its launch in 2010, UCT’s Global Citizenship Programme converting nearby gas and matter into energy 100 UCT. After completing his PhD at the University of times more efficiently than the nuclear fusion that Oxford, he returned to UCT for three years on a Square has been inspiring a new generation of socially-responsive young powers the stars. Kilometre Array-supported postdoctoral fellowship. Deane has already been the lead author of a Nature leaders, and providing students with the skills needed to tackle Large-scale international cooperation between 20 paper, titled: “A close-pair binary in a distant triple development challenges as they intensify across the world. countries and 200 scientists at a cost of millions of supermassive black hole system”. UCT is acutely aware of the need and opinionated scholars and considerations from the outset to produce graduates who are able citizens who are keen to learn, think and uses this lens to think about and inclined to use their knowledge about, critique and respond to key whether and how we might be for the benefit of society at large. contemporary issues. responsive to, and responsible To guide this cohort of socially- for, the world in which we live,” For example, in the short course, responsive young leaders, UCT’s explains McMillan. Service, Citizenship & Social Centre for Higher Education Justice, students reflect on issues Development (CHED) launched the Senzo Hlophe, a GC alumnus, said Global Citizenship Programme (GC) such as power, privilege, agency the programme was instrumental in 2010. Open to students from all and possible differences between in instilling a habit of “reflective faculties, GC offers short courses that charity and service. This, with the learning” that he implemented in his immerse students in critical thinking, aim of equipping themselves to academic and professional careers. have them grapple with real-world serve marginalised communities “The thing about GC is that it is a problems, and induct them into the without inadvertently reproducing value-add to a group of students world of community engagement. the very inequalities their outreach work aims to combat. who are already in the social “It’s not a conventional academic development space. I think the big project”, explains founding Social justice is a key underpinning takeaway for me was reflective director Associate Professor Janice value in the programme. “Given our learning and constantly asking McMillan. The programme takes African context, the programme questions and trying to improve brings social justice into the Scientists have photographed a massive black hole, Messier 87 in the Virgo Galaxy, 55 million light years from Earth, with a learning beyond the classroom, and whatever social project you are mass 6.5 billion times that of the Sun. (Source: Event Horizon Telescope collaboration et al). engages students as thoughtful framing of our questions and implementing.”

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MASSIVE FUNDING BOOST FOR SCHOOL OF DESIGN THINKING In 2015, UCT received seed funding from the Hasso Plattner Foundation to start a design thinking school at UCT. After a successful start-up period, the Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking – or d-school as it is commonly known – has now received further funding from the foundation to construct a dedicated facility focused on the teaching, practise and research of design thinking.

This additional funding will enable be found in Potsdam, Germany and the development of a new home Stanford, USA. for the d-school at the intersection of Woolsack Drive and Cross- “Design thinking is characterised by Campus Road, a hub of activity a solution-orientated methodology between UCT’s upper, middle and and its hallmark is empathy with lower campuses. The new building those for whom the solutions are will be green-star rated and will be being designed,” Ally said. donated to UCT. “It is a singular honour for UCT The d-school currently operates to be included with these other from the Graduate School of prestigious institutions to pioneer Business’s Breakwater Campus at design thinking on the African the V&A Waterfront, and a more continent, and we are deeply central location will hopefully appreciative of the confidence enable better integration into the that Hasso Plattner has shown in broader UCT environment. us by making such a significant donation.” The d-school offers programmes, focused on developing skills such Richard Perez, founding director as complex problem solving, of the d-school at UCT, said the critical thinking and creativity, as school’s “overall objective is to well as emphasising collaboration promote design thinking as an within diverse multidisciplinary enabler of innovation and new teams. Through its workshops outcomes that can meet the needs and programmes, the d-school of users in complex socio-political is helping students unlock their and economic contexts”. creative confidence as they prepare “It is a way of thinking that provides for their careers in an ever- changing world. students with tools, a process, and ultimately a mindset that equips Dr Russell Ally, executive director them to work together to create of UCT’s Development and Alumni solutions to real-world challenges,” Department, explains that this the he said, adding that design thinking Richard Perez, third d-school to be funded by skills are considered a competitive founding director of the d-school. Hasso Plattner. The other two can advantage in the job market.

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in drug responses across African populations, which is MULTIMILLION RAND INJECTION mostly driven by genetic differences in the expression and activity of drug-metabolising enzymes.

FOR AFRICA MEDICINES RESEARCH Prioritising drug candidates Chibale said the aim of the project is to develop and validate a preclinical discovery tool that can be used to prioritise drug candidates during their chemical lead optimisation phase based on the predicted pharmacological profile in African patients.

He explained: “In addition to providing useful data for targeted clinical trial design, and eventually for the establishment of better directed drug dosage and dosage intervals, the African Liver Project will also make H3D a unique centre of excellence where scientists from the global north and Africa will work hand in hand to better understand genetic variability in diverse African populations.”

H3D already has a potential anti-malaria drug undergoing human trials. In a single dose, this clinical development candidate has the potential to cure, block transmission, and protect.

H3D was launched eight years ago and has grown from a staff of four scientists to the current 60. “Should H3D continue to be successful, it could result in the beginning of a home-grown pharmaceutical R&D industry that would focus on the unmet medical needs of African populations and create high-skilled jobs for African scientists,” said Chibale.

In 2018, Chibale was named as one of Fortune magazine’s “50 World’s Greatest Leaders” for his pivotal work. He was also included in the magazine’s Professor Kelly Chibale, holder of the Neville Isdell Chair and director of H3D. annual list of “influential figures we admire most”, and was featured prominently in the Financial Times twice UCT alumnus and former chairman and chief executive of Coca- within the first quarter of 2019. He is a South African Cola, Neville Isdell, has donated US$1,242,160 (approximately National Research Foundation A-rated scientist. R18 million) towards research into the discovery of new medicines About the funder for infectious diseases at the university’s Drug Discovery and Isdell was born in Ireland and raised in Zambia, Neville Isdell has donated US$1,242,160 (approximately Development Centre (H3D). Chibale’s home country. He pursued a BSocSc degree R18 million) towards research into the discovery of new at UCT before joining Coca-Cola in Zambia in 1966. medicines for infectious diseases at the university’s Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D). The generous donation will be used to challenges on the continent and across the He worked for the company in 11 countries across establish an initial five-year Neville Isdell world. I hope this support will help Professor the globe before rising to become chairman and Chair in African-centric Drug Discovery and Chibale to drive and lead innovative research chief executive. He has served on the boards of big Development at H3D. H3D’s director and and development (R&D) of new malaria corporations, including General Motors, as well as non- “H3D could result in the founder, Professor Kelly Chibale will hold the medicines, as well as new tuberculosis and profits such as the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) USA beginning of a home-grown chair, which includes the directorship of H3D. antimicrobial resistance treatments, and train and the Peace Parks Foundation. a new generation of African scientists with pharmaceutical R&D industry Through the donation, Isdell, who took the key modern pharmaceutical skills required to In 2019 he was named president of the 137-year-old that would focus on the world’s largest beverage company to new discover modern medicines,” Isdell said. UCT Rugby Football Club. A talented rugby player in heights during his tenure, will support solution- his youth, Isdell donated US$1 million to the club in unmet medical needs of orientated research to create life-saving health The donation will be used partly to lead 2011, which was used to fund the UCT Neville Isdell African populations and create innovations. efforts in establishing the H3D African Drug Rugby Centre. This is in addition to his funding of the Metabolism and Disposition Project, also Smuts Hall Neville Isdell Leadership Camp over the high-skilled jobs for African “I am excited about playing a part in helping known as the H3D “African Liver Project”. This past few years, a commitment he has recently renewed to achieve African solutions to public health will focus on addressing the issue of variability for another five years. scientists”

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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS LAUNCHES STATE-OF- THE-ART CONFERENCE CENTRE

UCT’s R100 million, state-of- the-art, “green” academic conference centre at its Graduate School of Business (GSB) is a meeting place for thought leadership to address society’s critical issues.

The new conference centre is located on the GSB’s historic, 100-year-old campus, a former slave prison, at the V&A Waterfront. It fills the growing need for a large venue to accommodate local and international The state-of-the-art, “green” GSB conference centre is a blend of old and new. events focused on research and academic themes. With space at a premium, the centre is located to the for its culture of thought leadership, saying that new Africa, a requirement for all UCT Properties & Services To make way for the conference centre the old stables north of the GSB’s present home, between two stone ideas, coupled with action, are vital to address society’s new building projects. building was demolished, following a Section 34 buildings – the Moorings – which date from the 1880s. complex issues. “This campus took over a former application to Heritage Western Cape. But some of “The rating system assesses buildings according to The multifunctional, four-level building offers flexible slave prison and renewed the space from a place of the original materials were salvaged and refurbished, a range of environmental impact categories,” said spaces and facilities and is able to host up to 900 oppression to one of freedom, including freedom of such as the 130-year-old steel trusses, which form an Ann-Mari Malan, technical coordinator of the Green people. It also has a 250-seater auditorium and a Green thought and a place of connecting and pioneering. In outdoor breakout space with low stone pitched walls Building Council. Green Star categories provide the Star 4-star rating. our rapidly advancing world we need spaces where we using stone sourced from the site to “acknowledge the benchmarks: management, indoor environment quality, can steer that world to address the frightening growth footprint of the demolished building”. energy, transport, water, materials, land use and The launch of the conference centre include a naming of populism, poverty and inequality.” ceremony, which honoured one of the school’s own. ecology, emissions and innovation. “The external architectural treatment of the new Speaking at the event, the then GSB acting director “I ask that all of us use this space specifically to address conference centre continues to reflect the existing Sustainability features include the installation of a Associate Professor Kosheek Sewchurran announced how South Africans can benefit from the Fourth conditions on the campus; extremely simple wall- building management system to actively control that the auditorium had been named after the late Kate Industrial revolution, how we can reduce the inequality based architecture with recessed punctured the effectiveness of building services, LED lighting, Jowell, the GSB’s sixth director (1992 to 1998) and the gap to address the need for jobs, new business and metered taps, waterless urinals, grey water treatment, openings,” said Scott. only woman to lead the school. Described as “brilliant technology sectors to harness the energy of our motion-sensor activated lighting and the supply of Scott added: “With both stone cottages now standing and pioneering”, Jowell established a vital platform talented youth. This is a place where future leaders can quality external air. for the developing field of labour law and industrial come together in a comfortable space to discuss ways free, acting as bookends to the new building and relations. She died in 2013. we can create the world we want to live in.” Architect Lisa Scott said: “This was the site of the old bound together by the encircling heritage stone wall, a stables building which was later the hostel kitchen, clear and powerful statement is made about how new In her keynote address at the ceremony, Vice- UCT is particularly proud of the building’s Green Star linked to the original convict station, dating to the 1860s, and old can coexist to form a serene and harmonious Chancellor Mamogkheti Phakeng praised the GSB 4-star rating by the Green Building Council of South which predates the industrial Breakwater Prison.” group of buildings.”

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RAISING FUNDS TO REDUCE STUDENT HUNGER ON CAMPUS The UCT Food Security Programme works to address student hunger on campus and remove the indignity that may be associated with food insecurity. During the 2019 phonathon alumni pledged more than R700,000 towards this core university initiative.

Each year UCT holds a phonathon to give alumni an opportunity to contribute funds for various on- campus initiatives, and to give current students the opportunity to connect with alumni. Organised by UCT’s Development and Alumni Department (DAD), in partnership with Information Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Loretta Feris visited the phonathon call room to lend her support to student callers. and Communication Technology Services (ICTS), the 2019 phonathon focused on raising funds for the UCT Food Security Programme, a special initiative launched during the November 2018 exam season to address the issue of student hunger on campus.

Student hunger is a growing national challenge. In 2018 the National Research Foundation reported that more than 30% of South African students are food insecure, compared with 26% of the population. Campus food insecurity remains high at institutions across the country, including UCT.

The UCT Food Programme is a collaborative initiative involving several departments, as well as student and staff volunteers from across the university, under the leadership of Professor Loretta vouchers rather than pre-packed In 2019 the cost of a single daily As the university continues to Feris, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: meals gives them a wider choice, and voucher was R32. With 600 develop a sustainable food Transformation. The programme removes the indignity that may be students being part of the current programme, it will explore various options for food security and feeds 600 students every weekday associated with food insecurity. programme – and the number of harness the spirit of volunteerism on campus, with each one receiving affected students expected to “Student hunger is hidden and that has already rallied UCT and the vouchers that are redeemable at increase – a total amount of R1.5 stigmatised. Our response aims to broader community. Food Connect outlets on campus. million is projected to be needed to eliminate that stigma, and instead fund the programme in 2020. For further information, or to promote students’ dignity. The Edwina Brooks, director of the volunteer for or donate to the Food ability to broaden their minds The 2019 phonathon helped to raise Student Development Cluster in The 2019 UCT phonathon focused on raising funds for the UCT Food Security Security Programme, please contact the Department of Student Affairs Programme, a special initiative launched during the November 2018 exam season to without fretting about their next more than R700,000 towards this Edwina Brooks (Edwina.Brooks@ explains that providing students with address the issue of student hunger on campus. meal,” Brooks said. target. uct.ac.za).

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THE DISTINGUISHING UCT ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN TOTAL DONATIONS BY CATEGORY DRAWS TO A CLOSE From 2015 to 2019, UCT ran one of the most important fundraising campaigns it has ever undertaken. The Distinguishing UCT (DUCT) campaign, run by the Individuals Individuals Individuals Development and Alumni Department, aimed to Alumni Alumni (Non- Individuals Organisational International strengthen UCT’s unrestricted (‘free’) endowment (Convocation) convocation) Friends contacts Corporates fund – an important source of additional funding in R47,919,041 R65,768 R2,059,425 R14,950 R4,456,502 an environment of state budget cuts and declining student-fee income.

Specifically, the DUCT campaign aimed to grow the unrestricted endowment fund from R500,000 to R1 billion, while raising additional funding for priority UCT projects. In the process the campaign worked to profile UCT as the leading university on the African continent with a global presence, and to coordinate sustained fundraising efforts across the university. International International National Two milestones in the university’s history formed the background to this campaign. The first International Foundations NGO/Aid National National Foundations was the 2018 celebration of UCT’s centenary as a dedicated degree-issuing university. The Estates Late and trusts Agencies Corporates Estates Late and trusts second was the marking, in 2019, of the institution’s 190th birthday since its founding as the R81,365 R8,755,573 R96,648 R1,503,397 R6,008,728 R27,423,138 South African College.

By the end of the campaign, 1,246 donors had given their support, a total of 10,187 individual donation transactions had been administered, and R98.3 million had been receipted directly TABLE 1: DONORS AND DONATIONS BY CATEGORY into the unrestricted endowment fund, thereby increasing its overall value from R500 million in 2015 to R676 million in 2019 (see Table 1). RECEIVED FROM AMOUNT (ZAR) NUMBER OF NUMBER OF DONATIONS DONORS The most significant donations to the unrestricted endowment fund came from the United Kingdom where 181 donors contributed R53 million, and from South Africa where 736 donors Individuals - Alumni (Convocation) 47 919 041 7038 954 contributed R40 million (see Table 2). Individuals - Alumni (Non-convocation) 65 768 260 8 Under the DUCT campaign banner an additional R140 million was raised from various Individuals - Friends 2 059 425 2592 168 individuals, corporations and trusts for important capital and infrastructure projects at UCT. Individuals - Organisational contacts 14 950 85 6 Most notably, this included building projects for a new Clinical Neuroscience’s Centre and for the Nelson Mandela School of Governance, and brought the collective amount raised by the International - Corporates 4 456 502 10 7 DUCT campaign to R238 million. International - Estates Late 81 365 1 1 While we are therefore disappointed that we were not able to add a further R500,000 to International - Foundations and trusts 8 755 573 31 16 the endowment to reach our R1 billion target, we are exceedingly grateful to our alumni and broader donor community for their most generous contributions to the campaign. These cash International - NGO/Aid Agencies 96 648 4 3 reserves will allow us to support a critical range of areas at the university, such as bursaries National - Corporates 1 503 397 42 21 and scholarships, student health, financial aid, infrastructure and strategic projects. National - Estates Late 6 008 728 26 24 National - Foundations and trusts 27 423 138 93 33 With appreciation, Other 4 497 5 5 Sidney van Heerden Total ZAR 98 389 032 10 187 1 246

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TOTAL DONATIONS BY COUNTRY TABLE 2: DONORS AND DONATIONS BY COUNTRY

DENMARK RECEIVED FROM AMOUNT (ZAR) NUMBER OF DONATIONS NUMBER OF DONORS R3,400 Australia 359 547 215 26 GERMANY R83,057 Barbados 75 320 1 1 UNITED FRANCE Canada 296 815 128 92 KINDOM R11,500 R53,586,788 Denmark 3 400 28 2 CANADA NETHERLANDS R296,815 R149,440 JAPAN France 11 500 3 2 R300 NORWAY R973 Germany 83 057 6 6 Hong Kong 469 565 5 3

LITHUANIA Japan 300 1 1 R200 Israel 1 754 20 5 SPAIN Lithuania 200 1 1 R1,400 Malawi 500 10 1 ISRAEL Mauritius 50 000 1 1 BARBADOS HONG KONG R1,745 R469,545 R75,320 Namibia 99 440 14 8 USA Netherlands 149 440 2 2 R359,547 QATAR R1,000 New Zealand 9 000 4 3 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Norway 973 1 1 MALAWI R2,303 R500 Qatar 1 000 1 1

NAMIBIA South Africa 40 057 328 8853 736 R99,440 MAURITIUS R50,000 Spain 1 400 2 2 United Kingdom 53 586 788 508 181 SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA R40,057,328 R359,547 United Arab Emirates 2 303 2 2 USA 359 547 215 25

NEW ZEALAND Other 2 769 855 166 144 R9,000 Total ZAR 98 389 032 10 187 1 246

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In 2019 the KJB Leadership Programme celebrated its 50th graduate. KJB Leadership Programme founder, Professor KJB Leadership Scholars. Klaus-Jürgen Bathe (left) and director, Professor Alphose Zingoni (right). “The programme completely changed the Nelisa Khwela, a 2018 KJB scholar, LEAVING A LEGACY OF said that she felt that the boot way I viewed my skills, talents and the camps helped to nurture her LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA opportunities which were made available leadership abilities, and inspired her to embrace becoming an For five years the Klaus-Jürgen Bathe (KJB) Leadership to me.” African leader.

Programme has been working to produce graduates with “Being part of this scholarship development initiatives in Africa Speaking of his internships meant far more than removing my outstanding leadership qualities and a strong sense of social and globally and the engagement at Oxford University and the financial burden,” added Keabetswe with this matter from a gendered South African Radio Astronomy justice. The hope is that these graduates will go on to play leading Bonolo Skee, a 2017 KJB Scholar. perspective has had a profound Observatory, 2018 KJB Scholar and significant roles in business, government, industry and civil “It completely changed the way I impact on how I now understand Denislav Marinov explained how viewed my skills, talents and the society in South Africa and beyond. In 2019, the programme the world around me.” the experiences heightened his opportunities which were made th global awareness and fostered celebrated the significant milestone of supporting its 50 student. She added that she now has a available to me.” within him a culture of global renewed desire to be meaningfully The Leadership Programme was “To ensure a prosperous and at UCT. Each selected student citizenship. “[They] reminded me To date, the programme has involved in inclusive and sustainable founded by UCT alumnus Professsor peaceful future for all its citizens, is granted two-year, full-cost of the importance of international supported 60 students who have development in Africa. Klaus-Jürgen Bathe, a world- the countries in Africa, as all scholarships at the undergraduate collaboration and its role in been wholly funded by Professor renowned professor of mechanical nations worldwide, need excellent level, and given further collectively advancing humanity,” Bathe. The vision going forward Internships engineering at the Massachusetts leaders. With good leadership, the opportunities to develop their he said. is for the programme to secure Institute of Technology and founder dream of prosperity and peace leadership skills and knowledge. In their second scholarship year enough additional sponsorship of ADINA R&D. for everyone will be realised,” said KJB Scholars spend up to six Programme support from governments, national Professor Bathe. “South Africa is a Additional electives weeks attached to an approved agencies, industry and the business Having received a scholarship to organisation in South Africa or Each year KJB Scholars attend country with many resources, but KJB Leadership Scholars are sector, to create an endowment study at UCT in the late 1960s, internationally, such as a government boot camps where they explore tremendous challenges ahead for required to take two elective fund of R120 million that can Prof Bathe has always been deeply department, a national agency, a who they are as leaders, and its young democracy. I would like to courses that are not part of their support 30 students at any given committed to “paying it forward” workshop what leadership might help in developing the country to public institution or a large company. time in perpetuity. normal degree programs. look like in the future. Through to his alma mater, and has offered be able to provide well for all of its This gives them the opportunity these sessions, and other informal scholarships in engineering for citizens.” Micaella Rogers, a 2019 KJB to interact with leaders in various In so doing, the programme aims over 20 years. Through the KJB Scholar, explains how she was spheres (not necessarily in the same activities, the scholars soon feel to ensure that the economies Leadership Programme he wanted Directed by Professor Alphose encouraged to take an elective field as their degree studies), and part of a community where they of Africa have a continuous to deepen his commitment to Zingoni, the programme works to course that she would never have to experience firsthand how sound can gain support from one another, supply of excellent young leaders UCT and help to build a legacy of find, nurture and support talented considered before. “The course had leadership is pivotal to the successful as well as guidance and mentorship committed to making a difference leadership in Africa. undergraduates from all faculties a strong and often critical focus on running of institutions. from the programme facilitators. to their countries.

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UCT ALUMNI PEDAL FROM question: What do we want our African future to look like?

CAIRO TO CAPE TOWN To try to answer this question they specifically took time to Inspired by their academic and social experiences at UCT, a young stop and listen to voices that they team of graduates spent a year cycling from the top of Africa to its felt are typically excluded from conversations about development. tip, exploring the continent from a developmental perspective. What they found left them with great hope for Africa’s future. The six cyclists in the OurAfricaPolePole “In sharing this story, we know that people (pole pole means “slowly, slowly” in removed from Africa’s reality will begin to “The most powerful development Swahili) team were Suzanne Lambert see our continent in her true light – rich in projects that we encountered were (civil engineering), Michelle Rorich community and creativity, with a deep desire born in their locality, creating context- (economic development), Robbie Rorich to live in harmony and willingness to work for specific solutions,” said Michelle. (electromechanical engineering), Jess a future that includes all Africans.” She described how a Kenyan McCormack (landscape architecture) named Philip Munyasia was and Angus Teeton (African music and Reframing Africa creating a micro revolution towards technology). Also travelling with them was Despite family and friends being concerned One of the countless examples of sustainable living in his hometown Shanga Balendran, a Norwegian medical about the safety and security of the cyclists, the families that helped the cyclists, by inspiring young people to student. took them in, treated them with the group never felt unsafe throughout grow plants using a combination their journey. This, even though they were warm generosity and welcomed Michelle explained why the team them into their families (Source: of traditional and non-traditional travelling through Khartoum, Sudan during documented their journey on social media OurAfricaPolePole). practices. In Tanzania they met a and their blog. times of protest, and through areas of unrest man named Moleck who started a in Ethiopia. WhatsApp group with the friends “You’re out there in the open from his village who have moved and you always need locals’ elsewhere for work; together they help with water, food, a place to raise funds for projects to improve sleep or bicycle problems. These the lives of people back home. In preconceptions fall by the wayside. Malawi the team learnt of a vibrant And this is where the magic WhatsApp group being used to happens. We received generosity share information and practices for and kindness everywhere. People sustainable agriculture. In Zambia, with nothing shared what they had, they encountered an organisation opened their doors, let us camp called ZayoHub that, by setting up on their land and engaged with us Michelle Rorich in the Egyptian desert hubs of connectivity, power and enthusiastically. I cannot recall a (Source: OurAfricaPolePole). microloans in remote, rural villages, time I felt unsafe or fearful.” is supporting local businesses, and In fact the team described In Sudan, the team was invited providing textbook-scarce schools Khartoum as having an atmosphere to be guests in numerous homes, with digital and gamified curricula. of expectant positive change rather and offered food and places to than one of fear. sleep every night. In the drought- Real connections ridden Turkana Region of Kenya, Michelle said that she wishes that “In sharing this story, we know Suzanne Lambert described how communities shared their precious every African student studying she noticed that the stories we hear that people removed from water reserves with the cyclists development could have the through the media can distance us despite their severe water shortages. OurAfricaPolePole experience and Africa’s reality will begin to from one another. stressed the importance of “travelling “They have so little materially, but see our continent in her true the continent to learn about each “Fear of the ‘other’ is a story we they welcomed us warmly and other’s contexts and contributions to light – rich in community and are force-fed, especially in a South invited us to stay and eat with African development”. African context”, she said, adding them”, added Michelle. creativity, with a deep desire to that we are told: “Africa is a big, The team hopes that their journey live in harmony and willingness dark, scary place; be careful.” Context-specifc can inspire others to believe that to work for a future that Suzanne described how, rather development and innovation they can be change makers, and includes all Africans.” than being frightening, the The team described ‘Our Africa that their experiences and insights vulnerability of being on a bicycle Pole-Pole’ as a passion project, can help to reframe the way we see was actually wonderful. with the aim of answering one big development in Africa. The team’s first ‘wild camp’ in Egypt, in a river bed near the Red Nile (Source: OurAfricaPolePole). 55 56 UCT ALUMNI NEWS 2019

NEW BOOK DESCRIBES UCT DURING THE APARTHEID ERA The latest book by UCT academic and author, Emeritus Professor Howard Phillips, was launched in February 2020. The book, titled UCT Under Apartheid: From Onset to Sit-in 1948 - 1968, is a richly-illustrated volume that draws on an extensive array of written, oral and visual sources to provide a rounded social, intellectual, educational, cultural and political history of UCT during the first phase of apartheid.

In his book Philllips details the university’s chequered relationship with the apartheid state, which ranged from willing collaboration, to ambivalence, formal opposition, protest action and the growing defiance of students that culminated in the sit-in of 1968. SUMMER SCHOOL JOINS The book focuses on many other dimensions of UCT’s heterogeneous history too, including its leaders, THE DEVELOPMENT AND lecturers, learners, as well as teaching, research, social, cultural and sporting life. It weaves these stories into an elegant, accessible and nuanced account of UCT in ALUMNI DEPARTMENT this era.

The Centre for Extra-Mural Studies (EMS) A graduate of UCT, Phillips taught in the Department of which runs UCT’s popular Summer School, Historical Studies and the Department of Public Health at UCT from 1974 to 2014. He specialises in the history found a new home in 2019 when it joined of disease, medicine, health, and higher education and the university’s Development and Alumni has written several books in these fields. Department (DAD). He explained that this book, like others of its kind, uses an introduction and conclusion to paint a clear picture EMS was previously a part of alumni, with many travelling from participants can flit from a science of the university at the start of 1948 and then again the Centre for Higher Education across the world to sample the seminar to a writing course, from a Emeritus Professor Howard Phillips’s new book provides at the end of 1968. The chapters in between cover the readers with an accessible and nuanced take on the institution Development. The 2020 iteration January smorgasbord. language class to a talk about the UCT administration, construction and buildings, and at the start of apartheid. of the annual Summer School was Fourth Industrial Revolution. It’s the a series of chapters on the academic project, which “Some of UCT’s donors are also the first to be held under the DAD university in a nutshell, and Rall is include teaching and learning and research. umbrella. regulars at Summer School,” adds itching for it to grow. Rall. “We’ve been averaging more “I also tried to weave in students’ experiences and their The annual three-week public than 2000 people coming every “We want more and more young perspectives of what it was like to be taught,” he said. education programme, open to year, and they arrive from across people to sign up for the courses everyone, irrespective of formal Africa and across the world.” and lectures, and we’ve added To gather the information for the book, Phillips and his qualifications, offers a variety of many items to the roster that we research assistants conducted almost 200 interviews short courses – from arts to history Dr Russell Ally, executive director think will appeal to a range of with former UCT staff and students, examined 25 years and science. of DAD, agrees: “DAD is in many curiosities,” says Rall. of editions of the student newspaper, Varsity, roughly senses a natural home for Summer 50,000 photographs and cartoons, and letters and The absence of entry requirements School, as so many of our alumni EMS hosts a year-round Summer correspondence by individuals linked to the institution allows Summer School to realise School extension programme, with at the time. its goal of serving as a public use it as one of the primary lecturers presenting occasional education programme, explains interfaces with their alma mater,” talks to those who couldn’t make “This book doesn’t survey just one angle, instead it’s director Dr Medee Rall. It’s an annual says Ally. the January slots, or who simply a perspective from 360 degrees,” he said. “[It] allows opportunity for the public to benefit The Summer School offering has couldn’t get enough. EMS also for the present and its historical baggage to be better from the wealth of knowledge understood, and for the future to be better mapped evolved over the years to meet occasionally arranges a Winter concentrated at the university. out.” changing societal needs and School, which runs along similar Moreover, it’s a chance for the audience preferences. The offerings themes during UCT’s mid-year The 1968 student sit-in at the Bremner Building to protest UCT Council’s decision to withdraw black academic Archie Mafeje’s The book is published by Jacana Media and is available university to stay in touch with its span the university’s faculties, and vacation. appointment as a senior lecturer. at bookstores nationwide.

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“One day, a woman came up to it was okay for him to pursue a School. His multiple outstanding me and said: ‘Oh, you are such career as a ballet dancer. After a performances led to him being ALUMNUS DANCES a beautiful dancer.’ She was the sterling performance one evening, appointed as an official dancer of same woman who produced the Mosaval’s act made the front page the Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company DOWN MEMORY LANE pantomime I was dancing in at of a weekly magazine with a short in 1952. the time.” caption about the “very talented Johaar Mosaval”. It so happened Ultimately, Mosaval’s exceptional There is no doubt about the enormous contribution made by Dr Johaar Her name was Rose Ulrich and she that his two sheikhs at the Azzavia talent saw him become the first was a good friend of Dulcie Howes Mosaval to ballet and to community empowerment. Highly respected Masjid in Walmer Estate read the black South African to achieve the – considered the prima ballerina magazine that day and he was status of senior principal dancer at within the dance performance community locally and internationally, assoluta of South African ballet summoned to the mosque. the Royal Ballet, a position he held at the time, and a teacher and the Mosaval has performed at the highest levels of professionalism, both at for more than two decades. home and abroad, contributed fresh perspectives to the medium, and director of UCT’s Ballet School. “They asked me: ‘Show us what Ulrich arranged for Howes to watch ballet is all about’. Lucky for me, Over the course of his career, broke colossal social barriers along the way. Mosaval’s dancing and offered to that morning I was working on my Mosaval received many awards, train him at UCT. agility exercises and I showed them. including the Winston Churchill From the stage, Johaar Mosaval They were stunned,” he laughs. “My Award (1975), Queen Elizabeth II remembers seeing diamonds While this was a blessing for Mosaval, attending class and sheikhs ... told my mom and dad that Gold Jubilee Medal (1977), glittering on the tiaras of the if there was an opportunity for me to Western Cape Arts, Culture and elegant audience. It was the refining his art as an aspiring train abroad, they should let me go.” Heritage Award (1999), Western celebration of the coronation of dancer at the university felt more like a curse. His classmates did very Cape Premier’s Commendation Elizabeth II and her honoured When two internationally acclaimed little to make him feel welcome. Certificate (2003), Cape guests at the Royal Opera House in dancers, Anton Dolin and Alicia Tercentenary Foundation Molteno London included an elite collection Markova, visited Cape Town, they “I didn’t enjoy it. I got awful looks Gold Medal (2005), and the of the world’s royalty, heads of wanted to see Mosaval perform on from the other students in the class, Arts and Culture Trust Lifetime state and prominent individuals. stage. He made such an impression like I didn’t belong there. I couldn’t Achievement Award for Dance cross a particular line and always that they helped set the wheels in The occasion was especially (2016). In 2019, he was presented had to stand right at the back. I was motion for his training in London. significant for Mosaval, a ballet with The Order of Ikhamanga always on my own. But I told myself dancer from the dusty streets of Mosavel loved everything about in Gold by President Cyril to press on regardless.” District Six in Cape Town, having being in London, and loved Ramaphosa, and during 2020, travelled thousands of kilometres He also had to convince his parents, learning the ins and outs of ballet he will be awarded an honorary from apartheid South Africa to who were devout Muslims, that at the then Sadler’s Wells Ballet doctorate by UCT. chase his dream of a career as a As a black dance student at UCT, Mosaval’s journey was tough, but his perseverance ballet dancer in London. was rewarded with a glittering career.

Mosaval’s performance made history that evening in 1953. When he took to the stage, at what was one of the most prestigious events of the 20th Century, he dazzled the audience. Few would have believed this was his first solo performance for the Sadler’s Wells Ballet (later the Royal Ballet), an internationally- renowned classical ballet company based in Covent Garden, London.

“Being chosen for this role was one of the most unexpected things to have ever happened to me,” said Mosaval.

As a teenage boy, he enjoyed gymnastics as an extramural activity at school. Because of his good coordination, he was the star of the class. Thinking back, he said that’s where his love for ballet dancing really began. Mosaval with UCT’s Professor Chris Barnard. One of Mosaval’s favourite memories is wowing Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.

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EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AWARDED RENOWNED INTERNATIONAL PRIZE In May 2019, Emeritus Professor George Ellis was awarded the Georges Lemaître International Prize in Belgium for his contributions in the fields of cosmology and complex dynamic systems.

Gravity and cosmology, complexity On his return to South Africa, and causation, and brain and Ellis established the Cosmology behaviour are three areas in which Research Group at UCT, with Ellis has focused his research. many of its students going on to From looking at diversity in the play important roles in the South different scales of the Universe, African science sector. Ellis is also a to studying the nature of primary founding member of the Academy In May 2019 emotional systems in the human of Science of South Africa, Emeritus brain, his work has opened new participated in the commission that Professor doors of knowledge. recommended the construction George Ellis was of the Southern African Large awarded the Ellis obtained his BSc Honours Georges Lemaître Telescope, and served as a member International degree in physics from UCT, a of the task group responsible for Prize, an accolade PhD in applied mathematics from drafting South Africa’s Green Paper presented every the University of Cambridge, on Science and Technology. two years to a and an additional BSc Honours scientist who has in business data processing at made a major A critic of apartheid contribution to UCT. He has worked at a variety Whilst Ellis was building the development of institutions including the momentum at the forefront of the and dissemination University of Cambridge, the of knowledge development of general relativity University of Texas, Queen Mary in the fields theory, he also established of astronomy, College (London), the University of himself as an unrelenting critic astrophysics, Alberta, Boston University, and the of the Nationalist government of geophysics or International School of Advanced South Africa and its brutal system space research. Studies (SISSA) in Trieste. He also of apartheid. spent time as a visiting professor something that Ellis now recalls that rationality and reason must Mandela, confounding the calculus the Royal Society of South Africa, In 1977, he and three colleagues at the Enrico Fermi Institute at with pride. Ironically, the book later be balanced with faith and hope in of rationality.” the Star of South Africa Medal wrote The Squatter Problem in the the University of Chicago and became a guide for a renewed order to accurately understand the (awarded by President Nelson Western Cape, a scathing review In May 2019 Ellis was awarded the at the Max Planck Institute for national housing policy. universe, Ellis cites South Africa’s Mandela), the Templeton Prize of the plight of homeless people Georges Lemaître International Astrophysics in Germany. turbulent history: (2004), the South African National Prize, an accolade presented every under the Nationalists. Two years Ellis’s experiences of growing up Science and Technology Forum His PhD work at Cambridge two years to a scientist who has later, he co-wrote Low Income in apartheid South Africa and “There were very many times in lifetime contribution award, the explored inhomogeneous and made a major contribution to the Housing Policy in South Africa, an later being a part of the country’s the past when it was rational to Academy of Science of South anisotropic cosmologies and development and dissemination analysis of how to transform the transformation to a multi-cultural give up all hope for the future – Africa Gold medal, and the Order singularities, culminating in the of knowledge in the fields desperate housing situation of democracy had an enormous to assume that the nation would of Mapungubwe (awarded by book of astronomy, astrophysics, The Large Scale Structure of oppressed people in Cape Town. impact on his academic work decay into a racial holocaust that President Thabo Mbeki). He has , which he co-authored geophysics or space research. Space-Time The book so enraged the apartheid and gave him insight that would never happened. It did not occur written or co-authored over 450 with with Stephen Hawking in regime that the government inform some of his most important because of the transformatory Ellis has won numerous such papers, authored and co-authored 1973, and that is now regarded as minister responsible for housing discoveries and writings. For actions of those marvelous awards for his work in the past, 16 books, and has over 36,000 a classic. policy denounced it at Parliament, example, when defending his notion leaders Desmond Tutu and Nelson including the Herschel Medal of citations with an H-index of 80.

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HONORARY DOCTORATES FOR FIVE LUMINARIES

MARLENE BELFORT Dr Marlene Belfort is an internationally acclaimed molecular geneticist. Her leading achievements include the self-splicing of introns in bacteriophage T4, and a detailed analysis of the splicing mechanism. Her research has stimulated debate over evolutionary origins. More recently Belfort’s 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.

Belfort graduated from UCT with a BSc in 1965, followed by doctoral and postdoctoral work at the University of California, Irvine, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She currently holds the position of distinguished professor of molecular genetics, biomedical sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany in New York. She is also a distinguished scientist at the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health. Belfort is the only SUNY Albany faculty member who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. UCT awarded her an honorary doctorate in December 2019.

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GEORGES BELFORT Dr Denis Goldberg was one of the central figures in administration (1969), a BA (1975) and a degree in Dr Georges Belfort is considered one of the world’s the liberation of our country, and is considered a moral library science (1981). He was finally released from leading biochemical engineers. Over the course of beacon for the new South Africa. In recognition of prison in 1985. a career spanning five decades, he has contributed his courageous and selfless role in the anti-apartheid to the advancement of science in three principal struggle, UCT awarded him an honorary doctorate in After his release, Goldberg served in the London ways: through his own groundbreaking research; as a July 2019. He passed away in April 2020, aged 87. Mission of the ANC as spokesperson until 1994. He teacher dedicated to sharing knowledge with the next returned to South Africa in 2002 and served as a Goldberg obtained his BSc in civil engineering from generation of biochemical engineers; and as an author, special advisor to two successive ministers of Water UCT in 1955. He was an anti-apartheid activist and a editor, consultant and board member of a range of Affairs. Despite the multiple influential positions member of the Modern Youth Society; he served the scientific organisations. Goldberg held in the state and party, he always Congress of Democrats as treasurer and chairperson retained the ability to be deeply critical of those Belfort graduated from UCT with a BSc in 1963, at various times; and he was active on an organising transgressing what he sees as the core values of the followed by master’s and doctoral degrees from the committee for the Congress of the People. His political ruling party. He was a fierce critic of “state capture” University of California, Irvine. His research work activism led to his dismissal from his job on the South by external forces, and of the degrading of the moral has been described as transformational. In 2016 the African Railways, and in 1960 he was detained for four stature of the party he joined as a young man – for American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) held months and declared a banned person. Three years which he said he was prepared to die. Throughout his a series of honorary lectures in recognition of his role later he joined Umkhonto weSizwe as a technical life he was fearless in speaking truth to power. as a global expert in bioseparations. He has also made officer and worked on the plan for Operation Mayibuye. significant contributions towards understanding the Later in the year he was arrested at Liliesleaf Farm in He made substantial contributions to civil society, process by which proteins misfold and lead to fibrils. Rivonia and, following the Rivonia Trial, was sentenced serving as director and honorary president of the Protein fibrils are common and cause problems with to four terms of life imprisonment in 1964. As the development organisation Community HEART (Health, storing and delivering insulin, and are most commonly only white person convicted, he was isolated from Education and Reconstruction Training) in London, and associated with Alzheimer’s disease. UCT awarded him his comrades and imprisoned in Pretoria. During his establishing the Denis Goldberg Legacy Foundation an honorary doctorate in December 2019. incarceration he obtained a degree in public Trust.

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JONATHAN DAVID JANSEN Professor Jonathan Jansen is an internationally-renowned scholar and expert in education. He is known for his bold and challenging views on education transformation, racial reconciliation and unity. Under his leadership as vice chancellor, and despite setbacks, the University of the Free State (UFS) has made great strides towards integration.

Janson achieved his first undergraduate degree at the University of the Western Cape (BSc), his teaching credentials at UNISA (BEd, HED), and his postgraduate education in the United States (MS, Cornell; PhD, Stanford). He was a Fulbright DAVID ROGER JONES OWEN Scholar at Stanford University (2007–2008), and served as a Professor David Owen is an international authority on Owen must also be noted for his equivalent skills as an fellow of the Center for Advanced finite element and discrete element techniques, and one entrepreneur. He founded a company, Rockfield Ltd, Study in the Behavioral Sciences at of the researchers responsible for building the field of which functions at the interface between research and Stanford in 2016 and 2017. computational mechanics from nascence to maturity. development in designing innovative computational This field sits at the intersection of applied mathematics, approaches to the solution of complex problems In recognition of his contribution computing and engineering. It enables so-called in in industry. Under his leadership, the company has to education, Jansen has received silico experimentation, in which material properties and twice received the Queen’s Award for Innovation, and honorary doctorates from the behaviour are tested using computer-based simulation. has allowed him to translate his significant research University of Edinburgh, the Owen is globally recognised as having pioneered novel contributions directly into practice, thus benefiting University of Vermont and techniques that have led to major shifts in approaches both industry and society. Cleveland State University. In to complex problems in mechanics. 2013 he was awarded the Lifetime Professor Owen has been associated with UCT for Achievement Award for Africa After undertaking his initial degrees at Swansea more than 35 years, through his interaction with the at the Education Africa Global University, he completed his PhD at Northwestern Centre for Research in Computational and Applied Awards in New York, as well as the University in the field of theoretical and applied Mechanics (CERECAM). He has been instrumental in University of California’s Spendlove mechanics. He is Professor of Civil Engineering at the growth of computational mechanics as an area of Prize for his contribution to Swansea University, Wales, and was recently elected research and postgraduate study at the university, that tolerance, democracy and human a member of the Civil Engineering Panel for the now enjoys a significant international profile. Further rights. He has published several UK Research Excellence Framework exercise to be collaboration at UCT and elsewhere in South Africa has books and is a columnist in leading undertaken in 2021. Owen’s achievements have been seen the launch and maintenance of regular conference newspapers in the country. UCT recognised through a number of awards and honours, series on computational mechanics, at national and awarded him an honorary doctorate including the Gauss-Newton Medal, which is the continental levels. UCT awarded him an honorary in July 2019. highest award in his discipline. doctorate in July 2019.

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(grade 6) this is the only institution of its kind in the Cape Peninsula. It PAYING TRIBUTE is estimated that there are about sixty thousand Africans in the Cape TO THE LATE OLIVER Peninsula, most of them illiterate, and having but a scant knowledge of English or Afrikaans. It is not ANTHONY KUYS surprising that the school draws its pupils from as far as Sea Point In the 1940s, while a young engineering graduate from UCT, the and Simonstown. Many of them pay late Oliver Anthony Kuys catalysed a movement of adult education as much as ten or fifteen shillings a month for their train fares, this in Cape Town. He later showed incredible generosity by donating out of an average wage of seven R2 million to the Schools Improvement Initiative and to SHAWCO pounds a month. th Education. Kuys died peacefully at home with his family in his 95 Attendance at the school is free, year on January 27, 2019. books and stationery included. Classes are held in two halls off Kuys was the founder of the Fifth Ave., Retreat, loaned by the Retreat African Adult Night Presbyterian Church. Six classes are School, a Cape Town based held in the large hall, and two in the education program initiated in small one. Desks and blackboards 1945 that offered evening classes installed in the day school are used to adult “Africans” deprived of by permission of the Education an education prior to and during Department.” apartheid. Inspired by his strong belief in the importance of From these small beginnings, a education, Kuys founded the night significant voluntary adult education school where he, along with other movement developed until, at the volunteers that he commandeered peak of its expansion, there were from UCT, offered literacy and night schools located at 14 different post-literacy evening classes for sites in the Cape Peninsula. African adults near the Blouvlei In 1948 Kuys left South Africa to informal settlement in Retreat. Montreal, eventually settling in In the first newsletter about the Vancouver in 1951. He was a great Retreat Night School issued in April businessman and entrepreneur and 1946 Kuys wrote: was known to always take the high road in his dealings with people, “Ten months ago the school started both personal and professional. with thirty African pupils and a This character trait was recognised handful of University students as by Rosemary Brown, the first black teachers. There were four classes, Canadian woman to be elected to held on two evenings every week. a Canadian provincial legislature Today we have over eighty pupils and the first black woman to run Oliver Kuys graduated from UCT with a BSc in engineering in the mid 1940s. on our register, the school is open for the leadership of a Canadian on four evenings a week, and there federal party. Brown and her husband due to Oliver Kuys was an are eight classes, going as far as racial considerations, he would In her earlier years in Canada, J.C. (grade 10). This advance has not sell their property to anyone. “unexpected act Brown, originally from Jamaica, not been easy. Money was needed The sellers consequently backed experienced racism when of wonder”. to obtain books and stationery, down and Brown and her husband attempting to purchase her first supplementary books had to be were able to settle in Vancouver. home in Vancouver. Kuys, a realtor Schools Improvement Initiative written to meet the particular needs Recounting this experience in at the time, explained to the and SHAWCO Education. UCT of adults, and the staff had to be her biography, Brown describes property sellers that he had left will always be grateful to him for considerably increased. her meeting of Oliver Kuys as an South Africa to escape racism “unexpected act of wonder”. this immense generosity, and will Apart from a Government Night and he would not tolerate it in always remember his incredible, Oliver Kuys donated over R2 million to UCT, for both the Schools Improvement Initiative and SHAWCO Education, and had an incredible, lifelong commitment to School at Langa location which Canada. He added that if the sellers In later life, Kuys donated over lifelong commitment to education education for all. only teaches as far as standard 4 would not sell their property to R2 million to UCT, for both the for all.

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UCT BIDS FAREWELL TO RESEARCH STALWART, DR MARILET SIENAERT Reflecting on two decades of service at UCT, Dr Marilet Sienaert, the executive director for Research, says the opportunity to build relationships with so many people is what made the experience so enjoyable over the years.

“I’ve encountered incredible and Vice-Chancellor Professor and Researcher Development, individuals from all sectors, from Mamokgethi Phakeng. “She’s and the Postgraduate Centre and the researchers, on the executive, shaken this place up in such a good Funding Office. She has managed Aaron Mabuza (second from right) with his Lifetime Achievement Award. He is seen here with (from left) executive secretary of in my own office, the security and way and re-energised us,” said large, multi-year donor projects, the African Leaders Malaria Alliance Joy Phumaphi, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, MRC president Prof Glenda Gray and Prof Tawana Kupe, vice chancellor of the University of Pretoria. cleaning staff. I’ve learned so much Sienaert of Phakeng. published on higher education from them in different ways and leadership and management, that I really value enormously.” The outgoing executive director received and accepted several LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT reserves her highest praise for professional advisory support and Sienaert retired at the end of the Research Office’s deputy broader research management 2019, having made a massive director, Christina Pather. “Truly, community invitations, and served AWARD FOR EFFORTS TO impact on maintaining and she is an amazing person … She’s on at least 11 local and international furthering UCT’s reputation as very grounded, with impeccable committees, fora and communities the top university in Africa and a integrity and just so good at what of practice. ELIMINATE MALARIA leader in the global south. she does, with a very generous spirit,” said Sienaert. “I think Sienaert’s contribution to the Aaron Mabuza of UCT’s Collaborating Centre for Optimising But for her, it’s all about the people. of everyone at UCT that I’ve research enterprise at UCT is Antimalarial Therapy (CCOAT) earned the 2019 Lifetime While there really are far too many encountered, she probably stands undeniable. Equally undeniable is to mention, she does acknowledge out most.” her appreciation of the importance Achievement Award from the South African Medical Research a few, particularly those who of research. According to Sienaert, Council’s (MRC) Office of Malaria Research for his extraordinary have influenced and mentored In her time as executive director, virtually all UCT’s research has contribution to efforts to eliminate malaria in South Africa. her. The first are the deputy vice Sienaert has, among her lengthy list impact locally, bettering the lives chancellors under whom she has of achievements and contributions, of South Africans whether in quick, served since September 2000 (Dr led the Research Office, the tangible ways, through problem- Mabuza, the CCOAT’s project In an extraordinary career was during this time that he also Sibusiso Sibisi, Professor Danie Office of Research Integrity, the solving interdisciplinary work, or at coordinator for malaria field studies that has spanned almost four completed matric. Visser, Professor Cheryl de la Rey), Directorate of Postgraduate Studies a policy-making level. and elimination activities, was decades, Mabuza has been a presented with the award by MRC keen collaborator with malaria In 1988 he became an president Professor Glenda Gray at programmes and researchers environmental health officer, a gala dinner in July 2019. across Africa, including in with his responsibilities including Mozambique, Comoros, Equatorial cholera monitoring and Mabuza is the former manager of Guinea, Ghana and Sierra Leone. investigation of typhoid cases. Mpumalanga’s malaria programme, This paved the way for his return where he not only improved Born in Mpumalanga, Mabuza to the Mpumalanga Provincial community protection against the grew up knowing about malaria Malaria Programme in 1991, where disease but also recognised the as a killer disease. He attended he rose steadily through the ranks need for – and contributed to – under-resourced rural schools, to become the provincial malaria research into developing better leaving school before he could control programme manager from methods for malaria parasite finish matric to help support his 2004 to 2014. and mosquito vector control. family. In 1977, he started work as a Post retirement he has continued health assistant in the Department Mabuza has often repeated working to further research of Health, working on tuberculosis that malaria control, let alone into parasite control with the control, immunisation and public elimination, cannot be achieved in southern Africa regional hub of the health education. He joined the isolation, a sentiment shared by Dr Marilet WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance malaria programme as a malaria CCOAT and WWARN, which have Sienaert reflects Network (WWARN) and CCOAT. control field officer in 1983, and it more than 280 partners globally. on two decades of service at UCT.

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he was subsequently appointed as a staff member. As an academic ELAINE AND DAVID during the 1970s, he taught at London University and the POTTER AWARDED University of California. In 1980 David Potter founded Psion, a company that became a leader in VC MEDALS software for home microcomputers, and pioneered the management of Each year the vice chancellor awards medals personal information by inventing to individuals who have made important ‘The Organiser’, the world’s first contributions to UCT. In 2019, Vice-Chancellor volume hand-held computers for personal use. Dr Potter was Phakeng awarded VC medals to Dr Elaine awarded the CBE, in 1997, for Potter and Dr David Potter. services to the manufacturing industry and in 2001 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineers. Dr Potter was awarded Professor Hugh an honorary doctorate from UCT Corder, UCT law in 2011, and also holds honorary student, professor, dean and fellow. degrees at other universities including Edinburgh, Sheffield and A TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR HUGH York. In 1999, the Potters founded The David and Elaine Potter Foundation CORDER FOR THREE DECADES OF to encourage a stronger, fairer society. Through the Foundation DEDICATED SERVICE they provide grants that promote reason, education, and human From being a law student in the 1970s, to becoming a professor rights, in the hope of improving mutual understanding, reinforcing of Public Law in 1987, dean of the Law Faculty in 1999, and being good governance, and encouraging named a fellow of the University in 2004, Professor Hugh Corder the growth and maintenance of a robust civil society, particularly in is truly committed to UCT. less developed countries. Dr Elaine Potter completed her Corder studied at UCT in the 1970s, leading several membership of the committee which drafted the D.Phil. at Nuffield College, Oxford, In their personal capacity and student organisations during this time. He completed first Bill of Rights, Corder participated in the 1993 where she studied the Political Role through the Foundation, the his LLB degree at Cambridge University in 1979, and negotiations that led to the establishment of a of the Press in South Africa. This Potter’s have raised and donated went on to Oxford University to earn his doctorate in constitutional democracy in South Africa. He was also research subsequently became her over R27 million to UCT. These 1982. He began his academic career in the Faculty of involved in several other initiatives in the reform of first published book. Thereafter, funds have sponsored postgraduate Law at Stellenbosch University in 1983, before returning Parliament in the 1990s. Potter wrote for the Sunday Times bursaries through The David to UCT as the professor of Public Law in 1987. Between and co-authored several Sunday and Elaine Potter Fellowships then and 2019, he served as dean of Law (1999 to Throughout his life, Corder has been incredibly Times books, including Suffer the Programme, as well as endowment 2008), as director of Postgraduate Studies across the active in civil society, pursuing social justice, legal Children: The Story of Thalidomide and community outreach initiatives. university (2012), and as acting deputy vice chancellor education, human rights protection, and the abolition and Destination Disaster: From The Potters have also been (2016 to 2017). He was elected as a fellow of the of capital punishment. He supports a number of the Tri-Motor to the DC10. She has UCT Chancellor’s Circle donors University in 2004. NGOs, journals and councils, and serves as a director edited the holocaust memoir A since 2014 and recipients of the at Freedom Under Law and at the Institute for Justice Jump for Life and collaborated on Chancellor’s Circle Gold Pin. Corders’ main teaching and research interests fall and Reconciliation; as a member of the executive The Murdoch Archipelago. within the field of constitutional and administrative law, committee of the Council for the Advancement of the They’ve used other initiatives to particularly judicial appointment and accountability, South African Constitution; as a trustee of the African Dr David Potter CBE completed invest further in South Africa, and mechanisms to improve administrative Scholars’ Fund; and on multiple editorial boards. In his his undergraduate degree at UCT including: amandla.mobi, Section27, accountability. position as emeritus professor, Corder is currently the in 1963 and thereafter studied Socio-Economic Rights Institute of interim director of the Graduate School of Business. natural sciences at Trinity College, SA, CHIVA Africa, Equal Education, He is a highly respected author, having written and Cambridge. He completed a FunDza Literacy Trust, Global edited many books, and published more than 100 The university would like to pay tribute to his 32 years doctorate in mathematical physics Teachers Institute, Ikamva Youth, chapters, articles and conference papers. Through of public and institutional service. at Imperial College London, where Numeric and Open University.

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Soon after setting up home, Pauline was approached REMEMBERING PAULINE GOLDBERG by a former school friend to join her as a volunteer teacher at Clairwood Coloured School, which she With her joie de vivre, her genuine interest in everyone she met, duly did. The beginning of a long association with the coloured community at many schools across Durban, her undiminished curiosity and her dedication to education, UCT it provided a learning curve for Pauline, who gained alumna Pauline Goldberg (née Hackner) was an inspiration to all insight into some of the degradations her colleagues she met. She died peacefully in her Durban home on 19 January faced daily. 2020, just months after reaching her 100th birthday. In this touching She also taught at a school for cerebral palsied children, read to youngsters at the Musgrave library and was a tribute, Suzanne Brenner, Goldberg’s daughter, tells the story of “granny teacher” at Berea Road School. her mother’s life. Pauline was a supportive doctor’s wife and a busy mother of four children. As a couple, the Goldbergs Pauline’s parents Sam and Rachel Hackner arrived in were community-conscious, charity-driven and active South Africa as Lithuanian immigrants after the First members of diverse societies. Pauline was chairwoman World War. The middle of three daughters, Pauline of the Durban branch of Magen David Adom (the Jewish attended Gordon Road Girls School and Durban Red Cross) and in 1976 she joined the educational group Girls College before heading to UCT. She chose UCT of Women for Peaceful Change Now. because of its speech and drama department and was an enthusiastic and active member of the UCT After her husband died in 1985, Pauline sought out new dramatic society. challenges. She took French lessons, played bridge and tennis, and joined the Shakespeare Society and the Her interest in drama had begun as a child when she Peripatetic Society, to name but some. was the first private pupil of Elizabeth Sneddon, who Pauline celebrating her 100th birthday with three of her four went on to become Professor of the Speech and Drama It was a tribute to Pauline that family and friends children, Elaine, Suzanne, and Melvin. department at the University of Natal, Durban. crowded into her flat in Durban to celebrate her 100th birthday last year and it was a great joy to her that she While studying at UCT, Pauline met and became was serenaded on the day by children from Gordon engaged to Allan Goldberg, a medical graduate of the Road Girls School and Durban Girls College. Until University of Witwatersrand. They married in 1941 and relatively recently, Pauline had continued to attend apart from a brief stint in Mpumalanga, where Allan events at her junior school, where she was something of Younger years: Pauline as a UCT student in the late 1930s. was a locum, Pauline lived all her life in Durban. an icon.

A lively and imaginative teacher, Pauline’s curiosity about life – and especially education – never abated. She was at home in the company of all age groups and, throughout their lives, she extracted “grains of knowledge” from her children’s friends.

Pauline was an inspiration not only to her family but to everyone with whom she came into contact. Comments about her joie de vivre, her genuine interest in everyone she met, her undiminished curiosity and her dedication to education were common responses to obituaries posted on social media.

Pauline leaves behind her children Melvin Goldberg, Elaine Potter, RoseLee Goldberg and Suzanne Brenner, their husbands David Potter, Dakota Jackson and Richard van der Westhuizen, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Indirectly part of Pauline’s legacy to UCT, her son Melvin Goldberg, now retired, was a lecturer in the UCT Sociology Department, while her daughter, Dr Elaine Potter, and Elaine’s husband Dr David Potter, are donors to the university through The David and Elaine Potter Charitable Foundation, and both recipients of Pauline and her husband, Allan Goldberg, in the 1940s. VC medals (see page 68). Pauline backstage at The Little Theatre, UCT, in the late 1930s.

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Some of the key alumni MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF engagement events that took place during 2019 include the following: THE ALUMNI ADVISORY BOARD • Events in support of the vice chancellor’s initiatives, including: During 2019, the Alumni Advisory Board (AAB) worked to actively the institutional “For Women by Women” campaign to celebrate engage with UCT’s alumni community. The concerted engagement National Women’s Month; the efforts were made possible by the inspiring, behind-the-scenes UCT Student Distress Fund; the Food Security Programme; and volunteer work done by AAB members, the committed service of the African Leaders’ Programme. the Alumni Relations team led by Libo Msengana-Bam, and the • Alumni dinners hosted abroad. passionate support of Vice-Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng and • Alumni lifestyle events ranging her leadership team. In this message, AAB Chairperson Dianna M. from cycling, marathons, golf, Yach, reflects on these engagements. jazz and cars.

We are fortunate to have close others and a commitment to to help the “other”, but with an • Alumni Speaker Series events to 170,000 alumni spread across making the world a better place. intention to work together for our and alumni book launches. over 121 countries globally, with common benefit. an increasing number of alumni in While the recipients of our money • Alumni milestone events other African countries. Our alumni do benefit from this assistance, The enterprise of alumni such as residence reunions, are diverse in terms of race, gender, this approach to social action and relations faculty reunions and Golden social justice – in which the one Graduations. age, ability, marital status, sexual Building on 2018’s theme of party gives and the other receives orientation, belief, culture, language “connecting, reconnecting and – may ultimately undermine our • Student facing events: and geography. But we are all united reaching out to our diverse alumni”, ability to achieve a more just Orientation, Semester Study in our passion for our alma mater. during 2019 the AAB and the world. The beneficiary-recipient Abroad cohorts, Faculty and SRC Alumni Relations office focused relationship can reinforce ingrained collaborations. Working together for our on strengthening relationships stereotypes of givers as experts common beneft with existing active alumni whilst • Support rendered to alumni and donors, and recipients as A majority of us alumni want to be also reaching out to disengaged, chapters and affinity groups. needy, passive and lacking agency of assistance to others. We want to predominantly black alumni, who over their own destiny. • Collaborative events staged with help the next generation of scholars in many instances had negative UCT department and units. and entrepreneurs, often because Perhaps it is time to redefine the experiences at UCT. we enjoy relative privilege and want standard call for altruism into a • Collaborative events staged The enterprise of alumni relations to share what we have with those demand for shared responsibility. with external partners (e.g., is much more than sending out who have less. We may also want Our personal wellbeing is linked Community Chest, Denis the odd email. It is about knowing to “give back” to society to express to the collective wellbeing of our Goldberg House of Hope). who our alumni are, where they our gratitude for the excellent communities. In approaching our are located, and what their areas education we received. This desire work to “give back”, perhaps we To end, I want to encourage alumni of expertise and interest are. It is often stems from a concern for should begin not with the intention to work together to help realize about forging relationships with the 2030 Vision of a transformed, them, finding out how they would sustainable university committed like to engage with UCT, and what to excellence. We need to support they would like to offer to UCT in the UCT priority project, initiate terms of time, expertise or money. It and/or join alumni chapters, and requires committed volunteers and participate in alumni events either staff, and appropriate investment in person or remotely. of resources to support the widest possible engagement with alumni. UCT belongs to all of us. We need to continue to work together to I want to acknowledge that many accelerate UCT’s efforts to become of our alumni engagements were an even more inclusive, excellent, made possible through the Alumni engaged and socially-responsive Relations team’s successful corporate institution. sponsorship work, and that and Three generations of UCT alumni at the Alumni Association AGM: Anja Ritchie; Gaby many of these engagements resulted Ritchie and Dr Joce Kane-Burman with Dianna Yach. in alumni giving. Dianna M. Yach Dianna M. Yach, chair of the Alumni Advisory Board.

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ALUMNI EVENTS

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9 10 5 6. Members of the UCT Cycling Team networked with alumni at the Alumni Relations hospitality marquee at the 2019 Cape Town Cycle Tour event. The UCT Cycling Team is sponsored by fellow UCT alumnus, Andrew Ratcliffe. 7. The UCT celebration of Africa 1-2. Parents and first year students visited the alumni relations stall at the Parent Orientation event held in January 2019 on Month featured a keynote speech delivered by renowned academic Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari. 8. Brenda Skelenga, UCT plaza. 3-4. Over 140 alumni attended the UCT Alumni Jazz Experience hosted by Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Khwezi Bonani and Lumka Daniel were among the guests at the UCT Alumni Jazz Experience hosted by Vice-Chancellor Phakeng. Proceeds from the live auction of sponsored prizes along with donations from guests went to the UCT Food Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng. 9. ‘On becoming a writer’ alumna, novelist and poet, Dr Finuala Dowling shared her inspirational Programme. 5. Golden Graduation 2019 attendees pictured here with executive director of the Development and Alumni journey to becoming a published author. 10. Alumni were invited to the launch of ‘Day Zero: one city’s response to a record- Department, Dr Russell Ally (front, centre) and UCT President of Convocation, Professor Eddy Maloka (front, far right). breaking drought’ authored by UCT academic and alumna, Associate Professor Gina Ziervogel and Leonie Joubert.

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19 14 15 16. Dean Hodgskiss, Dr Esau Muluh Ticha and Dr Peter Ma attended the Biomedical Engineering 50th anniversary celebration held in September 2019. 17. Chair of the UCT Alumni Advisory Board, Dianna Yach with fellow alumni Keith Gottschalk and Lillian 11-13. As part of the ‘For Womxn, By Womxn’ event series, alumni were invited to join the vice chancellor at a series of special Gordon pictured here at the Alumni Association AGM. 18. A screening of Dr Denis Goldberg’s documentary: ‘Life is Wonderful: Women’s Day drive experiences hosted in partnership with Nedbank Retail and Business Banking, SMG Jaguar Landrover Mandela’s Unsung Heroes’, held in partnership with the Denis Goldberg Legacy Foundation Trust and Snoekies Restuarant. Constantiaberg and Jaguar Landrover Experience Centre in Lonehill. 14. Dizu Plaatijies and Ibuyambo had the audience dancing Proceeds from the sale of tickets to alumni went to the Denis Goldberg House of Hope Arts and Education Centre in Hout Bay. at the UCT Africa Day Symposium dinner, held in May 2019. 15. UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted a 19. UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted a dinner with alumni in Dublin, Ireland. She was accompanied by networking dinner with alumni in Kigali, Rwanda where she shared her vision for the university. Deputy-Vice Chancellor Professor Sue Harrison.

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UPDATES FROM INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI CHAPTERS

UCT alumni chapters and associations play a critical students and graduates, and support the recruitment role in amplifying the work of the Development and of the next generation of top applicants in diverse LONDON CHAPTER Alumni Department. regions of the world.

The growing network of international groups helps Currently over 20 such international groups exist to broaden the reach of UCT’s fundraising initiatives, including those in South Africa (Cape Town, Durban, create institutional networks, and facilitate connections Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth), Botswana, Kenya, to new potential donors. The network also helps to Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, New Zealand create mentorship and employment opportunities for and Switzerland.

MAURITIAN CHAPTER

Members of the UK’s Young Alumni Network with Vice-Chancellor Mamogkethi Phakeng.

2019 saw the launch of the London connection platform launched by steadily. We stand to support Chapter. This chapter has a strong UCT in 2017. the VC’s vision of Excellence, focus on mentoring, and aims Transformation and Sustainability to connect alumni in the United In May 2019 UCT alumna Capucine through our collective actions Kingdom (UK) with current UCT Deroulede and UCT Trust’s Amelia and local partnerships in the UK. students who are considering Tindale. They describe the mission We invite all new UCT graduates relocating to the UK for studies, of YAN as follows: making their way to the UK to join in order to give them informal this network. We look forward to “The UCT YAN UK’s mission is to Mauritian alumni having their first committee elective meeting in February 2020. advice on postgraduate studies, giving you a warm South African nurture the growth of a young UCT accommodation, lifestyle, and welcome at one of our events!” During 2019 the Mauritian UCT alumni envisioned the committee was confirmed, and their roles Alumni community with the aim establishing a chapter, after 29 Mauritian alumni outlined. opportunities. of both empowering our members The London Chapter aims to expressed an interest in having one. as talented individuals and UCT as The chapter intends to organise three meetings and This chapter provides the hold one event every quarter, a leading African university. With In February 2020, the chapter held its first alumni two events per year, the list of which will include Young Alumni Network (YAN) in depending on available resources, elective meeting at the Flying Dodo Brewery networking opportunities for chapter members, particular a tangible way of giving around 500 Alumni under the and uses online surveys to get a Conference Room in Bagatelle. During the meeting, social and cultural evenings, fundraisers, professional back to UCT, and is active through age of 35 living in the UK from all sense of the kinds of events and which was chaired by Ms. Tashinga Matindike-Gondo, development opportunities, and internships. both LinkedIn, and through professional backgrounds, the UCT topics that interest the chapter UCT Alumni Connect - a digital YAN UK membership is growing alumni.

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FUNDRAISING EVENTS AMBASSADORS AND CONSUL CHANCELLOR DINNER - LONDON GENERALS BREAKFAST

Alumni guests. Dinner guests were entertained by opera school alumni, Cecilia Rangwanasha and Zwakele Mshengu.

Anti-apartheid activist Lord Peter Hain (middle) with Dr Russell Ally and alumna Anne Page. UCT annually hosts ambassadors and Consul Generals at a breakfast at the vice chancellor’s residence in order to update them on developments at the university and develop relationships that can garner support for projects on UCT Trust hosted a dinner for 80 alumni and friends at the South African High Commission in London to raise campus. These photographs were taken at the breakfast held in February 2019. funds for the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance.

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EVENTS IN THE USA LAW EVENTS

Several alumni events were held in the USA, including a reception with Vice-Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng in During 2019, UCT held a Law event at the ofces of Davis Polk & Wardwell in London, during which a canape March 2019, and a braai on the beach in Chicago in June 2019. reception followed a talk by Dean of Law, Professor Danwood Chirwa.

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FOUNDATIONS, TRUSTS, AND CORPORATES PLATINUM CIRCLE Foundations, Trusts, and Corporates that have made donations to UCT totalling R50 million and above (listed alphabetically) IN MEMORIAM • The Andrew W Mellon Foundation • The Harry Crossley Foundation • The Atlantic Philanthropies (Bermuda) Ltd • Hasso Plattner Stiftung • Carnegie Corporation of New York • The MasterCard Foundation The University of Cape Town extends its • Claude Leon Foundation • The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation condolences to the family, friends and loved • The ELMA Philanthropies Services Inc • Minerals Education Trust Fund ones of alumni who have passed away over • Ford Foundation USA • The Rockefeller Foundation the last year. GOLD CIRCLE Foundations, Trusts, and Corporates that have made donations to UCT Brass, Andrew (Mr) totalling between R25 million and R50 million (listed alphabetically) Brodie, Marguerita (Dr) • The Albert Wessels Trust • The Kresge Foundation • Anglo American Chairman’s Fund • The Mauerberger Foundation Fund Canto, Sonja (Ms) • The Bertha Foundation • Moshal Scholarship Program Croome, Beric (Dr) • Cancer Research Trust • Novartis Research Foundation • The DG Murray Trust • The Raith Foundation Goldberg, Denis (Dr) • Estate Late Elias Bertrand Levenstein • Thuthuka Education Upliftment Fund Goldberg, Pauline (Mrs) • The Gabriel Foundation • The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation • Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies • The Wolfson Foundation Grimwood, Sakina (Ms) Contribution Fund Gurney, John (Em Prof) SILVER CIRCLE Hartman, Sidwill (A/Prof) Foundations, Trusts, and Corporates that have made donations to UCT Hersov, Christopher (Mr) totalling between R10 million and R25 million (listed alphabetically) Kuys, Oliver (Mr) • ABSA Bank Limited • The Irwinton Foundation Inc Michaelides, Nicholas (Mr) • Actuarial Society of South Africa • James Sivewright Scratchley Will Trust Reynolds, Leonie (Mrs) • AXA Research Fund • John and Margaret Overbeek Trust • Bank Sector Training and Education Authority • Johnson & Johnson Services Inc Savage, Michael (Prof) • The Children’s Hospital Trust • Kaplan Kushlick Educational Foundation • Daphne Cockwell Family • Liberty Holdings Ltd Seymour, Michael (Dr) • The David and Elaine Potter Charitable Foundation • National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund Sher, Michael (Mr) • Discovery Foundation • The Nellie Atkinson Trust • Discovery Fund • Open Society Foundation for South Africa Woolf, Neville (Prof) • Donald Gordon Foundation • The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Yach, Estelle (Mrs) • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation • The Raymond Ackerman Foundation • Embassy of People’s Republic of China • Sigrid Rausing Trust Yach, Theodore (Mr) • Eskom Holdings Ltd • The South African National Roads Agency Ltd • FirstRand Bank Limited • Standard Bank Group Ltd Whilst every effort has been made to publish as complete and accurate a • FirstRand Empowerment Foundation • Tshemba Charitable Foundation NPC list as possible, it is possible that somea details may have been incorrectly • The FirstRand Foundation • Tullow Oil South Africa (Pty) Ltd captured, or some alumni omitted. We sincerely apologise for any errors • The Ford Foundation SA • Unilever South Africa Home and Personal Care or omissions. • The Frank Robb Charitable Trust (Pty) Ltd • Garfield Weston Foundation • GetSmarter • Government of Flanders • International Development Research Centre

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BRONZE CIRCLE • Hillensberg Trust Bursary • National Arts Council of South Africa • Hope for Depression Research Foundation • National Bioproducts Institute Foundations, Trusts, and Corporates that have made donations to UCT • HR Hill Residuary Trust • Nedbank Eyethu Community Trust totalling between R1 million and R10 million (listed alphabetically) • HSBC Africa • Nedbank Foundation • Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation • Nedgroup Trust Ltd • The A & M Pevsner Charitable Trust • Dr Stanley Batchelor Bursary Trust • IBA Human Rights Institute Trust • Nestlé South Africa (Pty) Ltd • Abax Foundation • Dr Vasan Govind Legacy Foundation Trust • The Indigo Trust • Network of African Science Academies • Abe Bailey Trust • Dr. Leopold und Carmen Ellinger Stiftung • The Institute of International Education Inc • New Settlers Foundation • Absa Group Limited • Education Training and Development Practices • Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority • Nigel & Judith Weiss Educational Trust • The Ackerman Family Educational Trust Sectoral Education Training Authority • International Bank for Reconstruction and • Novo Nordisk (Pty) Ltd • Actuarial Society Development Trust • EJ Lombardi Family Charitable Trust Development • The Nuffield Foundation • AECI Community Education and Development Trust • Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung • The International Foundation for Arts and Culture • OAK Foundation • AECI Ltd • Elsevier Foundation • Investec Limited • Oasis Crescent Fund Trust • The African Development Bank Group • Environment for Development Secretariat • The Jaks Trust • Old Mutual Emerging Markets Limited • AfriSam (Pty) Ltd • Eranda Foundation • Janssen Pharmaceutica (Pty) Ltd • Old Mutual Foundation (South Africa) • Alliance for Open Society International • Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation • Joan St Leger Lindbergh Charitable Trust • Open Philanthropy Project Fund • American Council of Learned Societies • Ernest E and Brendalyn Stempel Foundation • The John Davidson Educational Trust • Open Society Foundations • Anglo American Platinum Ltd • Estate Harry Allschwang • Johnson & Johnson (USA) • The Ove Arup Foundation • Anglo Operations Ltd - Anglo Corporate Division • Estate Late Anita Johanna Saunders • Jonathan and Jennifer Oppenheimer Foundation • PA Don Scholarship Trust • AngloGold Ashanti Ltd • Estate Late Clifford Herbert Stroude Trust • JPMorgan Chase South African Trust Foundation • Pearson Plc • Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa • Estate Late CW Eglin • Julian Baring Scholarship Fund • Percy Fox Foundation • Aspen Pharmacare Ltd • Estate Late GJA Eibenberger • The Justin and Elsa Schaffer Family UCT Scholarship • Pfizer Laboratories (Pty) Ltd • AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd • Estate Late Hajee Sulaiman ShahMahomed Trust • The Philip Schock Charitable & Educational • Attorneys Fidelity Fund • Estate Late Hawa Patel • Kangra Group (Pty) Ltd Foundation • Aurecon South Africa (Pty) Ltd • Estate Late IN Marks • Karl Storz GmbH & Co KG • Picasso Headline (Pty) Ltd • Aurum Charitable Trust • Estate Late JM Griffiths • Keerweder (Franschoek) (Pty) Ltd • PM Anderson Educational Trust • Australian High Commission • Estate Late RJHH Coldback • Komatsu Foundation Trust • Primedia Ltd • Autism South Africa • Estate Late RM Stegen • KPMG, Johannesburg • Professional Provident Society Insurance Co Ltd • Ball Family Foundation • Estate Late Sandra Burman • KSB Pumps and Valves (Pty) Ltd • The Rand Merchant Bank Fund • The Beit Trust • Estate Late Sarah Turoff • The Leanore Zara Kaplan Will Trust • Rand Merchant Bank, a Division of First Rand Bank • BirdLife South Africa • Fetzer Institute • Legal Practice Council Ltd • BM Raff Will Trust • Food & Beverages Sector Training and Education • LEGO Foundation • Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Limited • Boehringer Ingelheim (Pty) Ltd Authority • The Leverhulme Trust • RAPCAN • The Boston Consulting Group (Pty) Ltd • The Foschini Group Foundation • Life Healthcare Foundation • Retina South Africa • The Breadsticks Foundation • The Foschini Group Ltd • Lily & Ernst Hausmann Research Trust • Rheinmetall Denell Munition (Pty) Ltd • The Bright Future Foundation • Gallagher Foundation • Link-SA Fund • Rhubarb and Company (Pty) Ltd • British American Tobacco South Africa • Garden Cities Inc • The Little Tew Charitable Trust • Rio Tinto Plc • The Calleva Foundation • General Council of Bar of South Africa • Lonmin Management Services • Robert Bosch Stiftung • Cape Gate (Pty) Ltd, Vanderbijlpark • General Electric South Africa (Pty) Ltd • Lorenzo and Stella Chiappini Charitable and Cultural • Roche Products (Pty) Ltd • Capebridge Trust Company (Pty) Ltd • GlaxoSmithKline plc Trust • Roche Products (Pty) Ltd - Diagnostics • The Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundation • GlaxoSmithKline SA (Pty) Ltd • The MAC AIDS Fund • The Rolf-Stephan Nussbaum Foundation • Charles Stewart Mott Foundation • Global Change Institute - Wits University • Mai Family Foundation • Rosalie van der Gucht Will Trust • CHK Charities Ltd • Global Integrity • The Maitri Trust • Royal Norwegian Embassy • The Chris Barnard Trust Fund • Goldman Sachs Charitable Fund • Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services • Ruth and Anita Wise Charitable and Educational • Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc • Goldman Sachs Foundation Sector Education and Training Authority Trust • COC Netherlands • Government Technical Advisory Centre • MariaMarina Foundation • Sanlam Foundation • The Davis Foundation • Green Leaves Ausbildungs-Stiftung • Mary Oppenheimer & Daughters Foundation • Sanlam Ltd • De Beers Marine Pty Ltd • Griffith University • The Maurice Hatter Foundation • SAP South Africa (Pty) Ltd • Department for International Development (DFID), • Guy Elliott Medical Fellowship Fund • Mediclinic (Pty) Ltd • The Sasol Social and Community Trust Southern Africa • Haematological Research Trust No 3253/95 • Medicor Foundation • The Saville Foundation • Department of Economic Development and Tourism • Hanns Seidel Foundation South Africa • Medtronic Africa (Pty) Ltd • The Schroder Foundation • Department of Health (Western Cape) • Harvard Business School Alumni Africa Initiative • Medtronic Foundation • SCHWAB Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship • The Derek Raphael Charitable Trust • Haw & Inglis (Pty) Ltd • Millennium Trust • The Second Stella & Paul Loewenstein Educational • Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation • HCI Foundation • Misys Charitable Foundation and Charitable Trust • Die Rupert-Musiekstigting • Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training • Mota Engil Construction South Africa (Pty) Ltd • SIEMENS Stiftung • The Dora and William Oscar Heyne Charitable Trust Authority • MTU South Africa • The Silibona Educational Trust • The Doris Crossley Foundation • Heinrich Böll Stiftung • The Myra Chapman Educational Trust • Silicon Valley Community Foundation • Dow Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd • The Hermann Ohlthaver Trust • Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre • Simons Foundation

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• The Skye Foundation Trust • United Therapeutics Corporation • SleepNet • University of Oxford INDIVIDUAL DONORS • Social Science Research Council • Victor Glasstone Will Trust • South African Institute of Chartered Accountants • Wallace Global Fund CHANCELLOR’S CIRCLE • South African Norway Tertiary Education • The Waterloo Foundation Individuals whose gifts to UCT over a five-year period have Development Programme • Wellspring Advisors, LLC • South African Penguins • Welton Foundation totalled to R500,000 or above (listed alphabetically) • South African Responsible Gambling Foundation • Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological • Ackerman, Bruce Trevor (Mr) • Michell, William Lancelot (Prof) • Southern African Music Rights Organisation Research Inc • Akinkugbe CON, Oludolapo Ibukun (Chief) • Noakes, Timothy David (Prof) • The Stella & Paul Loewenstein Educational and • Western Platinum Ltd • Bathe, Klaus-Jürgen (Prof) • Norwitz, Trevor Saul (Mr) Charitable Trust • The Wholesale & Retail Sector Education and • Baumann, Thomas Lee (Dr) • Oppenheimer, Harry Frederick (Dr) • Stevenson Family Charitable Trust Training Authority (Cape Town) • Baumann, Sean Exner (Dr) • Oppenheimer, Nicholas Frank (Mr) • Students for a Better Future • The Wilfred Cooper Trust • Beach, Helen (Dr) • Palley, Simon (Mr) • Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation • The Wilhelm Frank Trust • Bloom, Anthony Herbert (Mr) • Parker, Shafik Ahmed (Dr) • Swiss-South African Co-Operation Initiative • Wine Industry Network of Expertise and Technology • Brink, Johan Givan (Prof) • Potter CBE, David Edwin (Dr) • TB/HIV Care Association • Xstrata South Africa (Pty) Ltd • Carter, Charles Edward (Dr) • Price, Max (Dr) • Tides Foundation • The Zamani African Cultural Heritage Sites and • Cohen, Vivien (Ms) • Quirk, Patrick (Mr) • Trencor Services (Pty) Ltd Landscapes Foundation • Cooper, Peter (Mr) • Reid, Trevor (Mr) • UCT Fund Inc (New York) • The Zenex Foundation • Criticos, Nick (Mr) • Robertson, Simon (Sir) • UCT Trust (UK) • Curry, Elgin John (Mr) • Robertson, Mary May (Prof) FRIENDS OF UCT • Danjuma, Theophilus Yakubu (General) • Sainsbury of Preston Candover, John Davan (Lord) • Dheda, Keertan (Prof) • Sandin, Hans Johan Patrik (Mr) Organisations that have made donations to UCT of up to R1 million • Dillon, Kevin Edward (Mr) • Shutt, Guy Richard (Mr) • Dippenaar, Ricky (Dr) • Shuttleworth, Mark (Mr) 634 organisations have generously shown their support through their donations to the university. • Dlamini, Nobuhle Judith (Dr) • Simmons, James Anthony (Mr) • Dobbs DBE, Linda (Hon Dame) • Stempel, Ernest Edward (Mr) • Domingo, Rashid (Mr) • Stevens, Zoe (Ms) • Dower, Robert William (Mr) • Stevens, Georgina Hamilton (Ms) • Dumas, Marlene (Ms) • Stewart, Alan James Harris (Mr) • Dutkiewicz, Colin Ryszard (Mr) • Stubbs, Grant John Fredrick (Mr) • Enthoven, Georgina Anne (Ms) • Surdut, Ben-Zion (Mr) • Falconer, Ian (Mr) • Tindale, Bruce Edgar (Mr) • Fargher, Michael Thomas (Mr) • Tomlinson, Blaine John (Mr) • Farrant, Jill M (Prof) • Van Zyl, Johannes Jacobus Marthinus (Mr) • Field, John Gerhardus (Em Prof) • Wessels, Matthys Johannes (Mr) • Gild, William Morris (Dr) • Westwell, Stephen (Mr) • Gnodde, Richard John (Mr) • Wulff, Marsha D (Ms) • Graham, John Malcolm (Dr) • Zimmerman, Maurice Russel (Mr) • Grieve, John AB (Mr) • Groves, Pauline Marguerite (Mrs) • Haas, Selwyn Philip (Mr) • Hayden, Michael Reuben (Dr) • Heber-Percy, Charlotte (Mrs) • Hill, Leslie Joseph (Mr) • Ihlenfeldt, Michael Jurgen Alexander (Dr) • Isdell, Edward Neville (Mr) • Jacobson, William Ralph (Mr) • Jennings, Christopher Mark Hubert (Dr) • Jones, Kenneth Downton (Mr) • Kemsley-Pein, Alasdair Jonathan (Mr) • Kumleben, Paul Etienne (Mr) • Kuys, Oliver Anthony (Mr) • Lubner, Gary (Mr) • Mai, Vincent Alexis (Mr) • McCallum, Malcolm (Em Prof) • McGregor, Charles Gavin (Mr) • McIntosh, Noel William Richard (Mr) • McIntosh, William (Mr)

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VICE-CHANCELLOR’S CIRCLE • De Gruchy, Jeanelle Louise (Dr) • Merkel, Ron (Mr) • De Waal, Louis (Mr) • Miller, Leonard Benjamin (Dr) Individuals whose gifts to UCT over a five-year period have • Deacon, Janette Clare Grace (Dr) • Minners, Jan Oliver (Dr) totalled between R250,000 and R500,000 (listed alphabetically) • Denney, William (Mr) • Mittermaier, Michael Erwin Richard (Dr) • Desebrock, Nigel Guy Grendon (Mr) • Mogase, Mutle Constantine (Mr) • Ball, Antony Charles (Mr) • Mackay, Alistair Charles (Mr) • Dixon, Harry Joseph (Mr) • Muller, Elsie Maria (Prof) • Bergman, Leslie Frank (Mr) • Matthey, J • Drabkin, Alan (Dr) • Mullett, Craig Robin (Mr) • Berman, Robert Charles (Mr) • McNamara, James Donald (Dr) • Dryburgh, Peter Robert David (Dr) • Naidoo, Kevin Jonathan (Prof) • Berman KCMG QC, Franklin Delow (Sir) • Menell, Irene (Mrs) • Dullabh, Prashila (Dr) • Nicks, Simon Cartwright (Mr) • Bock, Hans Dieter (Mr) • Miller, Malcom Andrew (Dr) • Epstein, Martin (Mr) • Ntseare, Thabo Molefi (Mr) • Botha, Roelof Frederik (Mr) • Moseneke, Dikgang (The Hon Justice) • Falck, Vincent George (Dr) • Nurick, Gerald Norman (Prof) • Boydell, John Nicholas (Mr) • Nel, Nicolene (Ms) • Farlam, Ian Gordon (The Hon Mr Justice) • Okreglicki, Helena (Mrs) • Bradshaw, Deirdre Jane (Em Prof) • Nurick, Matthew Stephen (Mr) • Field, Brian Evert Stanley (Mr) • Owen, Kenneth Frederick (Mr) • Budlender, Deborah Jean (Ms) • Oates, John Keith (Mr) • Forman, Arthur (Dr) • Parbhoo, Santilal Parag (Dr) • Campbell-White, Annette Jane (Ms) • Owen, Catherine Frances (Mrs) • Franklin, Jeremy Stuart (Mr) • Parker, Gabby (Mrs) • Chigutsa, Emmanuel (Dr) • Packer, Peter (Dr) • Freund, Michael Walter (Mr) • Phakeng, Mamokgethi (Prof) • Clark, John Austin (Mr) • Patel, Hawa (Dr) • Fricke, Anthony Stephen (Mr) • Pick, Meryl (Ms) • Cohen, Stewart Barnett (Mr) • Pedler, Flora Diana (Mrs) • Friedman, Lauren (Ms) • Pollock, Alan Victor (Dr) • Copelyn, John Anthony (Mr) • Phelps, Lyn (Mrs) • Fröhlich, Christoph (Dr) • Potash, Zena Cathryn (Dr) • Cullinan, Reina (Mrs) • Posel, Deborah (Prof) • Fury, Gregory William (Mr) • Pupkewitz, Harold (Mr) • Dawson, Rodney (Dr) • Potter, Elaine (Dr) • Gauntlett, Sybil Elizabeth Laura (Dr) • Ramphele, Mamphela Aletta (Dr) • Eglin, Colin Wells (Dr) • Rabinowitz, Benjamin Philip (Mr) • Gibson, David Andrew (Mr) • Raphaely, Mark Daniel (Mr) • Ellis, George Francis R (Em Prof) • Rademeyer, Anthony Francis (Mr) • Golding, Pamela (Mrs) • Ratcliffe, Liam Thomas (Dr) • Favish, Judith Shamith (Ms) • Raphaely, Adam (Mr) • Gould, Robert (Mr) • Reich, Delise Thea (Mrs) • Feldberg, Meyer (Prof) • Royan, Bruce (Dr) • Gregoire, Fabbienne (Ms) • Reynolds, Peter John (Mr) • Frankel OBE, William Henry (Mr) • Rüedy-Werren, Werner and Violanta (Mr & Mrs) • Gurney, John Joseph (Em Prof) • Robertson, Katharine Eleanor (Dr) • Frater, Angela (Mrs) • Ruiters, Alistair Paul (Dr) • Harris, Charles (Mr) • Rockefeller Jr., David (Mr) • Fullagar, Ernest Wanand (Dr) • Saville, Duncan Paul (Mr) • Harrisson, Mary Ethel (Dr) • Roditi, Spencer Nicholas (Mr) • Goodman, Isabel Alice (Adv) • Schuringa, Kier (Mr) • Hodgson, Vivien (Ms) • Saunders, John Stuart (Mr) • Gutsche, Philipp Hugo (Mr) • Symons, Gregory John (Dr) • Holder, Christopher A (Mr) • Schlettwein, Carl (Dr) • Haas, Raymond Colin (Mr) • Tebbutt, Colin Dean (Dr) • Hope, Peter John Ledger (Mr) • Schmocker, Christoph Manuel (Mr) • Helmut, Amos (Mr) • Underhill, Leslie Gordon (Em Prof) • Horner-Mibashan, Ruth (Dr) • Scott, Douglas Graham (The Hon Mr Justice) • Jordaan, Johannes Petrus (Mr) • Walter, Paula Constance (Dr) • Howie, Craig Telfer (The Hon Mr Justice) • Shwiel, Hyman (Mr) • Keswick, John Chippendale (Lindley) (Sir) • Westwood, Michael (Dr) • Huxley, Robert D (Mr) • Sitas, Aristides E (Prof) • Knutzen, Robert Jul (Mr) • Wiese, Christoffel Hendrik (Dr) • Ingle, Ronald Ferguson (Dr) • Soudien, Crain Arthur (Prof) • Kurz Family Foundation • Willcox, Paul (Prof) • Jaffray, Andrew James (Mr) • Spiegel, Andrew David (Assoc Prof) • Lankester, Brett William (Mr) • Jobson, Megan Ruth (Dr) • Stanford, Margaret Elspeth (Dr) • Kentridge, William J (Mr) • Stannard, Clare Elizabeth (Prof) • Levett, Michael John (Dr) • Stein, David M (Dr) DEAN’S CIRCLE • Raymond & Kathleen Levitt Family Foundation • Stewart, Curtis Mark (Mr) Individuals whose gifts to UCT over a five-year period have • Levy, Michael Jeremy (Dr) • Szymonowics, Roman (Mr) totalled between R100,000 and R250,000 (listed alphabetically) • Livingstone, Hugh Jonathan (Mr) • Thönell, Judy Elizabeth (Mrs) • Lutjeharms, Johann Reinder Erlers (Em Prof) • Tupchong, Leslie (Dr) • Adams, Bruce Keith (Dr) • Bowman, Marcus Robin (Mr) • MacFarlane, Roger Ian (Mr) • Van Belle, Jean-Paul (Prof) • Adriaans, Beverley Moira (Dr) • Boynton, Paul Norman (Mr) • Machel, Graça Simbine (Mrs) • Van Heerden, Karen (Dr) • Alexander, Simon (Mr) • Braude, Neil (Dr) • MacRobert, Donald Lindsay (Mr) • Watson, David Eric (Mr) • Antoniadis, John (Mr) • Braude, Walter Michael (Dr) • Madden, Patrick Lindsay (Mr) • Westwood, Anthony Thomas Read (Assoc Prof) • Anziska, Jeffrey Allan Brian (Dr) • Brown, Malcolm Edward Osborne (Mr) • Maggs, Peter Roderick (Dr) • White, Giles Lindsay (Mr) • Bailey, Ivor Ian (Mr) • Brownstone, Michael Reginald (Mr) • Malherbe, Paul (Dr) • White, Magdelena (Mrs) • Barnett-Harris, Robin Charles Andrew (Mr) • Buchanan, Donald Jamieson (Mr) • Mancherje, Noel (Dr) • Wiese, Jacob Daniel (Adv) • Barron, Peter Morris (Dr) • Budlender, Geoffrey Michael (Adv) • Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla (Dr) • Wrighton, Peter George Abner (Mr) • Beighton, Peter (Em Prof) • Burton, Geoffrey James Charles (Mr) • Mc Millan, James George (Mr) • Yudelman, Ian Mark (Dr) • Belluzo, Charlyn (Dr) • Calligaro, Gregory Louis (Dr) • McIntyre, Clive Neil (Mr) • Bishop, Bob (Mr) • Cilliers, Francois J (Assoc Prof) • Meachin, David JP (Mr) • Bloomberg, R David (Dr) • Cooper, Gesina (Mrs) • Blumberg, Henry Gerald (Mr) • Croome, Beric John (Dr) • Boshoff, Hendrina (Mrs) • Davidian, Kenneth John (Dr) • Botha, Martin John (Mr) • Davidson, Jim (Mr)

93 94 FRIENDS OF UCT Individuals whose gifts to UCT over a five-year period have CONTACTS amounted to R100,000 or less DEVELOPMENT AND Humanities: INTERNATIONAL OFFICES: 2,710 individuals have generously shown their support through their donations to the university ALUMNI DEPARTMENT: Yusuf Omar [email protected] UCT Australian Trust BEQUESTS Libo Msengana-Bam +27 21 650 4932 Ruth Thornton Individuals who have bequeathed a legacy gift to UCT in their wills. Senior Manager: Alumni Relations [email protected] [email protected] Health Sciences The Legacy Society has been steadily growing over the years, and in 2019 it grew by 22 members. +27 21 650 2641 Linda Rhoda UCT Regional Office: Canada [email protected] Di Stafford Lu Nteya +27 21 406 6686 [email protected] Alumni Relations Coordinator [email protected] Law: UCT Trust (UK) NOTE: +27 21 650 1201 Gabrielle Ritchie Angela Edwards As of January 2015, the levels of individual donors’ giving circles have changed as follows: [email protected] [email protected] Ibtisaam Mathews +27 21 650 5602 • Chancellor’s circle: formerly R250,000+, now R500,000+; Alumni Relations Events Coordinator • Vice-Chancellor’s Circle: formerly R100,000 – R250,000, now R250,000 – R500,000; [email protected] Science: • Dean’s circle: formerly R60,000 – R100,000, now R100,000 – R250,000; +27 21 650 3746 Katherine Wilson • Friends of UCT: formerly

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