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In 1990, they organised a conference country life. 640 olive trees, OPPORTUNITIES prehensive history of the subject. D A = J D in Maputo to bring together public LOANS & FINANCE 200 sqm. Organic vegetable F E?O garden, sufficient water. Susser was born in on health experts from South Africa and FRANCHISE September 26 1921. His parents, im- E FIJ! the US and likely members of a future >ALA @ OPPORTUNITIES Checkout: migrants from Latvia, ran the Groen- =F=HJDAE@ ANC government to focus on the po- INSTANT CASH!! For R 195K you can have 5KJD Against all vehicles, facebook.com/ your own fully fitted fontein Hotel near Mokopane in tential impact of HIV on South Africa. gold, jewellery and suryavenuefarm Operational retail cellular Limpopo. His mother, Ida, who was not )BHE?= Their aim, principally, was to warn ?D = H= ? 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" Against your Fixed - DAINFERN - but broke off in 1940 to join the war. clinic in Alexandra township, Jo h a n - While there, he co-wrote an influ- approaching negotiations, their warn- BUSINESS The devastation sharpened his social nesburg. While there, he and Stein ential textbook, Sociology in Medicine, ings were all but ignored. VERNA Vels, who has died in Deposit. Gold Brand new apartment. Jewellery, Car, PROPERTY TO LET conscience and persuaded him to carried out one of the first studies ever demonstrating the influence of social Later, Susser and Stein, who was Johannesburg at the age of 81, was the R7 500pm. 2 bed ,1 bath, switch to medicine. made of community health in the de- environment on health, and became invited to join then-president Thabo creator of one of the most widely loved Truck, Boat, TV, open plan lounge, patio, ATT: Traders, small ’ clubhouse & pool area. 24hr Epidemiology was not yet even in veloping world, which was published recognised as a world leader in Mbeki s toothless Aids panel in 1999, characters in Afrikaans fiction. Laptop, Computer. manufacturers, travel the curriculum, but its principles were in the Lancet in 1955 as “Medical Care epidemiology. looked on in frustration and dismay as Her Liewe Heksie (Dear Little Anything of value. security. Available imm. agents & medical Call Rashini practitioners. being practised by Sidney Kark, who, in an African Township”. In 1965, he was asked to set up a the ANC government’s refusal to im- Witch) stories were first broadcast on CALL: 084 564 8028 OFFICE/ STORAGE with his wife, Emily, was establishing a They established close ties during chair of epidemiology at Columbia plement an effective Aids policy cost radio in 1961 and then published as (011) 422 6354/ SPACE FOR RENTAL network of primary health centres in this period with leaders in both the University in New York, despite the thousands of lives. books from 1965. Liewe Heksie (011) 493 1685/ IN FORDSBURG rural KwaZulu-Natal based on com- ANC and the South African Commu- In 1999, when they were both retired debuted on television in 1978 and ran (012) 320 4525 FLATS FOR SALE +- 130m2 @ R5000 pm excl prehensive community care and pre- nist Party such as , and approaching 80, they agreed to for 26 programmes. A second series Cell: 072 847 0978 lights and water, negotiable. ventive medicine. , , Bram return to South Africa as joint di- followed in 1981. Altogether, the dear For info email: Susser and Stein, whom he married Fischer and . rectors of the newly founded Africa little witch starred in 52 television pawn4cash.co.za [email protected] MARGATE in 1949, were deeply influenced by the They were regular visitors to the Centre for Health and Population programmes. Furnished 1 bedrm flat, combination of rigorous science and Sussers’ house. Susser also allowed a Studies in Hlabisa in KwaZulu-Natal. Vels wrote 10 Liewe Heksie books, HOUSE SITTING 77m2,o/p livingroom, kitchen, LEGALS social justice evident in the work being his clinic to be used for meetings of the They returned to the US after two produced eight Liewe Heksie records bath, balcony, near beach, done by the Karks, and this became a SAC P . years, but spent time at the centre and numerous CDs, videos and DVDs. PLETTENBERG BAY secure complex, sw pool, IN THE HIGH COURT hallmark of their own life. The chairman of the clinic’s board, fact that he had no formal training in every year thereafter until 2009. Her last book, Liewe Heksie en die 8 slpr, plus flatlet, pool, and no transfer duty OF ZIMBABWE Their driving motivation was to con- Judge Oliver Schreiner, who d e t e st e d the discipline. The Susser-Stein partnership was Rekenaar (Dear Little Witch and the R 440’000,00 awesome ocean views. Can CASE NO. HC 3279/14 tribute to the health and medical care apartheid and was enormously sym- He then produced perhaps his most one of the most productive in recent Computer), was published in 1999. be yours for Dec holidays. Call 082 411 5354 084 323 3456 HELD AT HARARE of blacks, which, in apartheid South pathetic to the anti-apartheid struggle, influential book, Causal Thinking in medical history. They quarrelled and She also wrote Liewe Heksie plays In the matter between:- Africa in the early 1950s, was virtually was afraid that the government would the Health Sciences: Concepts and fought over their research, which he that were staged at theatres around ignored in medical curriculums. close the clinic if it found out about this Strategies of Epidemiology, which said helped them to learn more and South Africa, including in the former ANDREW MICHAEL “ WEBSTER Our medical curriculum addressed and so he asked Susser to leave. grew out of a series of lectures he gave achieve better results. He said the Nico Malan in Cape Town and the Plaintiff the conditions apparent in the seg- Susser struggled for six months to at the university. sense of intellectual equality and free State Theatre in Pretoria, and at arts and regated white fraction of the popu- find work. He believed his political Susser founded the Sergievsky exchange of ideas that characterised festivals such as the Klein Karoo ANNE LOUISE SMIT ” Defendant l at i o n , said Susser in an interview activism was the problem, decided he Centre at , which their collaboration was critical to its Nasionale Kunstefees. with the journal Epidemiology in 2003. had no future in apartheid South explores genetic, environmental and su c c e s s . She got the idea for Heksie while NOTICE TO PLEAD AND “What happened in the black ma- Africa and, in 1955, took his wife and social factors of disease. He led it until Susser is survived by Stein, 92, and watching the Walt Disney movie Snow INTENTION TO BAR jority of the population was foreign three children to England. 1990. their three children. — Chris Barron White and the Seven Dwarfs, in TAKE NOTICE that the particular the scenes in which the Defendant is hereby required nasty witch intimidated Snow White. to file her plea or other an- Many years later, she thought it swer to the Plaintiff’s claim would be a good idea to write about a within (5) five days of the date of delivery of this no- little witch who was rather slow and tice, and in default it is the University of South Africa forgetful and altogether more loveable Plaintiff’s intention to file a than the Disney version. copy of this Notice with the Registrar of High Court as a Blommeland, where Liewe Heksie Bar. lived with her friends the elves, was inspired by the Richard Strauss opera DATED at MUTARE this INVITATION Der Rosenkavalier. day of AUGUST 2014. “ She described Liewe Heksie as a HENNING LOCK witch who was a little bit stupid”,   Plaintiff’s Legal Practitioners Applications for Postdoctoral Fellowships created to make children laugh, rather Emperors Palace 13 Sep '14 C/o Coghlan, Welsh and “ Guest than frighten them. Heksie was really Topics Include: incorporating Stumbles and not written to educate children but to ”  Pricing and B-BBEE Rowe make them laugh, she said. Cecil House Vels was born in Reitz in the Free  Tender scope in R.S.A 2 Central Avenue HARARE (03/W317/001) State on June 13 1933. She attended the  Difference between Private University of Pretoria, where she did a and Public sector Tenders TO: BA degree in Afrikaans and Dutch,  THE REGISTRAR English and art history. Tender Documentation HIGH COURT OF Unisa is a reputable, comprehensive, • College of Human Sciences (CHS)  Practical completion of tenders ZIMBABWE Her first job was as a radio HARARE flexible and accessible open distance • College of Economic & presenter at the SABC in Durban, and  80/20 and 90/10 scoring model learning institution with a 140-year Management Sciences (CEMS) she remained with the corporation for R2 850 p/p inclusive of refreshments, AND TO: ANNE LOUISE SMIT history of shaping futures. We offer • College of Law (CLAW) the rest of her working life. buffet lunch and a How2tender Manual Defendant In 1963, she was transferred to Email: [email protected] 1446 Starkey Lane Waverly internationally accredited qualifications • College of Science, Engineering & Johannesburg and put in charge of the Pretoria SA B C ’s women’s, children’s and art Contact: 082 710 2049 or 073 160 0049 SOUTH AFRICA and have world-class resources. Our Technology (CSET) programming. In 1968, she worked in vision “towards the African university • College of Agriculture & the Netherlands for Radio South in the service of humanity” drives us to Environmental Sciences (CAES) Africa’s foreign service. She became a find answers to Africa’s educational and • College of Graduate Studies (CGS) senior part of the team involved in the NOTICE OF THE TRANSFER OF THE BUSINESS • production and planning of local developmental problems. College of Education (CEDU) programmes in 1974 and involved in OF COVISION LIFE LIMITED TO HOLLARD LIFE • College of Accounting Sciences (CAS) the purchase of foreign programmes To this end, the university’s • Graduate School of Business for the introduction of television two ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED IN TERMS OF years later. Postdoctoral Fellowships are geared Leadership (GSBL) She oversaw the creation of SECTION 38(1) OF THE LONG-TERM INSURANCE to hone recent doctoral graduates’ • Thabo Mbeki African Leadership programmes such as Kraaines and research skills and to develop them Institute (TMALI) Wi e l i e - Wa l i e , which were to become ACT, 52 OF 1998 hugely popular on the small screen. further for an academic career. Hers was the voice of another famously loved character, Bennie Notice is hereby given in terms of section 38(1)(a)(ii) of the Long-term Insurance Act, To support the development of highly Fellowships are valued at a non-taxable Boekwurm in Wi e l i e - Wa l i e . She was 52 of 1998 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”), that it is the intention of Covision Life also the voice artist for the characters competent and confident young R300 000 per annum and Limited (registration number 2006/034684/06) (“Covision”) and Hollard Life Assurance Blommie, Heksie and Kwa a i t j i e researchers who have solid research are renewable for one more year Kabouter in the Liewe Heksie Company Limited (registration number 1993/001405/06) (“Hollard”) to transfer its life plans, Unisa invites applications for based on performance. television shows. assurance business, which Covision carries on in the Republic of South Africa, to Hollard In 1983 she was appointed Postdoctoral Fellowship positions in: (“proposed transfer”). programme director for TV1 (Afrikaans), the highest position a The proposed transfer comprises only the in-force individual life and assistance woman had ever attained at the SABC. assurance policies underwritten by Covision as at 31 March 2013, and the assets and Requirements: Core functions: When she retired in 1993, Vels was the liabilities related to such policies, and excludes all other assets and liabilities of Covision. most senior female executive in the • A doctoral degree not older than • Conduct and publish local television industry. After If the proposed transfer is confirmed, Hollard shall be responsible for the fulfilment of all five years research results retiring, she worked twice a week as a the obligations of Covision insofar as the said obligations relate to the aforesaid policies. director on the set of the popular • Strong interest in further research • Provide postgraduate soapie 7de Laan. Details of the proposed transfer are contained in an agreement concluded between with one research output in an student supervision In 2012 Maroela Media nominated Covision and Hollard on 25 April 2014 (“Agreement”). The Agreement is subject to the accredited journal or conference • Promote research as a truly Liewe Heksie as the greatest fictional fulfilment of suspensive conditions, which includes, amongst others, that the proposed Afrikaner of all time. proceedings university-wide enterprise Vels never married, explaining that transfer is approved by the Registrar of Long-term Insurance in terms of part V of the Act. • Good written, oral and she was always having too much fun to A copy of the Agreement, together with a copy of the notification to the Registrar of presentation skills marry. She was always a very happy Long-term Insurance which includes particulars of the proposed transfer and any person. She lived alone with two dogs • Computer skills in a modest house in Brixton, travelled other documents required by the Registrar of Long-term Insurance, shall be available • Mentorship experience widely overseas for six weeks a year in for inspection during normal business hours for a period of at least 15 (fifteen) days most years and indulged her love of commencing on 1 September 2014 until 19 September 2014 at the head offices of op e r a . Vels died of cancer. — Chris Barron Covision in Johannesburg at 22 Oxford Road, Parktown and of Hollard in Johannesburg The appointment of Postdoctoral website) together with a copy of at Hollard at 22 Oxford Road, Parktown. Research Fellowships is dependent their most recent CV to In terms of section 38(1)(b) of the Act, any person who has an interest in this matter may, on the availability of a suitable Ms M Mafolo, [email protected] within 15 (fifteen) days of the publication of this notice in the Government Gazette on 29 August 2014, submit to the Registrar of Long-term Insurance such representations Unisa academic collaborator. concerning the transaction as are relevant to his, her or its interests. Applicants are required to submit For more information: 012 429 3817

Hollard and Covision to apply to the Registrar of Long-term Insurance on 3 October Chillibush1854Unisa their completed application form www.unisa.ac.za/research 2014 at Riverwalk Office Park, Block B, 41 Matroosberg Road (Corner Garsfontein and (obtainable from the University’s Matroosberg Roads), Ashlea Gardens x6, Pretoria at 10:00am, or as soon thereafter as the application may be heard, for approval by the Registrar of the Long-term Insurance. In terms of section 38(d) of the Act, any policyholder, shareholder or creditor of Holllard or Covision may file affidavits with the Registrar within the abovementioned 15 (fifteen) day Creating an enabling research and innovation environment period and shall be entitled to appear before the Registrar on the above-mentioned date. Please direct all queries to 0861 777 022 or send an email enquiry to clientcare@hollard. co.za for the attention of Patty Coetzee. Alternatively, please direct your queries to the Registrar of Long-term Insurance, Financial Services Board per email for the attention of Ms Lulama Mafunda, email: ([email protected]). university Learn without limits. of south africa *-916+01/ )EAMA 0AIEA ALAH B=E I J A?D=J ?DE @HA