THREE-SIXT-E | ALUMNI E-NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 14/SEPTEMBER 2015 ALUMNI E-NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 14/SEPTEMBER 2015 Contact the Alumni Relations Office: Tel: +27 21 959 2143 | Fax: 021 959 9791 | Email: [email protected] | www.uwc.ac.za/alumni http://twitter.com/UWConline | http://www.facebook.com/uwcalumni PAGE ONE Turning ash into cash In South Africa, coal-fueled power generation results in at least 36 million tonnes of solid waste called fly ash annually. Low-grade coal has up to 40% inorganic residue that turns into ash on combustion. Most fly ash is collected in huge dumps or ash dams. Older ash disposal sites are rehabilitated by covering the ash with soil and revegetating the sites. Fly ash contains many toxic metals and soluble salts which leach into the environment, polluting surface and ground water. The fine particles may harm humans if they are inhaled. Following extensive studies on fly ash disposal, management and re-use in South Africa, UWC researchers are developing ways to turn the huge dumps of fly ash at power stations into value-added products. “This has the twin benefits of creating new and useful products while also reducing its harmful environmental effects,” says Professor Leslie Petrik, leader of UWC’s Environmental and Nano Science Research Group, which conducted the study funded by Eskom and Sasol. “Fly ash can be used to neutralise and treat acid mine drainage from coal or gold mines, reducing major inorganic contaminants in the water to within water quality specifications,” Petrik explains. According to Petrik, fly ash treatment systems involve vigorously mixing the contaminated water with fly ash or allowing gravity flows of the polluted water to run through a bed of fly ash. Studies show that fly ash neutralises the acidity and improves the quality of acid mine drainage, “by removing almost all sulphate and toxic metals in a one-step process.” Petrik adds that because it consists mainly of silica and aluminium oxide, fly ash can be converted into zeolites, a stable and porous mineral solid that can be used in everyday products such as wash- ing powder, or for gas purification and separation. When converted into a geopolymer, it can be used as durable or lightweight con- crete replacement material in construction (fly ash is currently used as a cement extender in brick and concrete manufacture). “These scientific breakthroughs provide further proof that there are multiple uses for fly ash and that, in the medium to long-term, dis- carding this waste in ash dumps can be abandoned,” Petrik says. Professor Leslie Petrik leads UWC’s Environmental and Nano Science Research Group.
Turning ash into cash In South Africa, coal-fueled power generation results in at least 36 million tonnes of solid waste called fly ash annually. Low-grade coal has up to 40% inorganic residue that turns into ash on combustion.
Most fly ash is collected in huge dumps or ash dams. Older ash disposal sites are rehabilitated by covering the ash with soil and revegetating the sites. Fly ash contains many toxic metals and soluble salts which leach into the environment, polluting surface and ground water. The fine particles may harm humans if they are inhaled. Following extensive studies on fly ash disposal, management and re-use in South Africa, UWC researchers are developing ways to turn the huge dumps of fly ash at power stations into value-added products.
“This has the twin benefits of creating new and useful products while also reducing its harmful environmental effects,” says Professor Leslie Petrik, leader of UWC’s Environmental and Nano Science Research Group, which conducted the study funded by Eskom and Sasol. “Fly ash can be used to neutralise and treat acid
mine drainage from coal or gold mines, reducing major inorganic contaminants in the water to within water quality specifications,” Petrik explains. According to Petrik, fly ash treatment systems involve vigorously mixing the contaminated water with fly ash or allowing gravity flows of the polluted water to run through a bed of fly ash. Studies show that fly ash neutralises the acidity and improves the quality of acid mine drainage, “by removing almost all sulphate and toxic metals in a one-step process.”
Petrik adds that because it consists mainly of silica and aluminium oxide, fly ash can be converted into zeolites, a stable and porous mineral solid that can be used in everyday products such as wash-ing powder, or for gas purification and separation. When converted into a geopolymer, it can be used as durable or lightweight con-crete replacement material in construction (fly ash is currently used as a cement extender in brick and concrete manufacture).
“These scientific breakthroughs provide further proof that there are multiple uses for fly ash and that, in the medium to long-term, dis-carding this waste in ash dumps can be abandoned,” Petrik says.
Professor Leslie Petrik leads UWC’s Environmental and Nano Science Research Group.
Welcome to the third instalment of Three-Sixt-e for 2015. We trust that the year has been prosperous and productive thus far.
In this issue, having just celebrated Women’s Month, we report the out-standing success and achievements of UWC women. We take a look at the ground-breaking results of a study led by Professor Leslie Petrik, leader of UWC’s Environmental and Nano Science Research Group, into new commercial uses for fly ash, a pollutant by-product of coal-fired pow-er stations. We also introduce Dr Than-di Mgwebi, UWC’s new Director for Research, and share the experiences of UWC alumna Sarah Bliss, who works in social development.
Other alumni profiled in this issue are Busisiwe Letompa, whose son Siphi-wo Letompa is also a UWC student; Dr Clever Chikwanda, a new appoin-tee at the Southern African Develop-ment Community (SADC); community activist Mlungisi Noludwe, our newly elected President of Convocation; and Malala Ndlazi, who is among a num-ber of alumni who recently joined our Alumni Association.
The growth of our Alumni Association has also been boosted by the launch of the Namibian alumni chapter which will be encouraging our more than four thousand Namibian alumni to rejoin the UWC community.
On the sports front, the Alumni Rela-tions Office recently hosted the sev-enth instalment of the Kings of UWC soccer tournament and the eleventh Johannesburg Golf Day, both fast becoming new UWC traditions for their loyal fans.
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Passing the baton to the next generation In alumna Busisiwe Letompa’s expe-rience, a UWC education guarantees a good chance of career success, so she is happy that her son Siphiwo (the elder of two children) is pursuing his education at her alma mater.
She also enjoys catching up on the latest developments at the University. “We chat about UWC often because the University has transformed a great deal since I gra-duated in 2002,”says Letompa.
Letompa obtained her BAdmin and mas-ter’s in public administration while work-ing for Sanlam, and later was appointed a senior manager for payments and con-tract management at the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) in the Western Cape.
Her occupation enables her to analyse the policies of SASSA, and assess whether they make a difference in people’s lives. “I deal with the most vulnerable people in
society. When people come to us you know that they don’t have food in their homes.” UWC lessons come in handy in her job, she says. “There is one thing that I took home from UWC: to be an indepen-dent person, to take responsibility for your life and to use whatever opportunity you get to the fullest. I can go on any platform with what I learnt from UWC and succeed.”
For Letompa, UWC was an institution of choice to further her studies as the Uni-versity stood out from the rest for the po-litical awareness it instilled in its stu-dents. “I became clearer about what was happening in my surroundings in terms of the rights of students and human rights in general.”
During her time the campus buzzed with activity. “And you could not separate your academic work from having fun. It was just fun to be a student at UWC, and I’m looking forward to coming back to UWC one day.”
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UWC is the institution of choice for Busisiwe Letompa (left) and her son Siphiwo.
The September 2015 Graduation will take place from Wednesday, 16 September to Friday, 18 September 2015 at the UWC Main Hall.
The UWC Rugby 50th Celebration will take place from Friday, 2 October 2015 to Sunday, 4 October 2015 at UWC.
The UWC Chancellor’s Dinner & Outstanding Alumni Awards will take place on Tuesday, 20 October 2015 at the UWC Main Hall.
Join us on the UWC Alumni Travel Tour to the United Arab Emirates from Monday, 7 December to Monday, 14 December 2015. For more information contact the UWC Alumni Relations Office at 021 959 2143.
From left to right: Prof Frans Swanepoel, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research & Innovation; Dr Bernard Bladergroen, Energy Storage Innovation Lab Director; Dr Bernd Oelerman, DTI Programme Manager: Special Economic Zones and Economic Transformation (SEZ&ET); Mr Barry MacColl, General Manager: Research, Testing and Development, Eskom Transmission & Sustainability Division; Dr Mmboneni Muofhe, DST Deputy Director-General: Technical Innovation; Prof Vladimir Linkov, Director of SAIAMC; Dr Doug Sanyahumbi, former Director of the UWC Technology Transfer Office; and Prof Mike Davies-Coleman, Dean of Natural Sciences.
After similar structures were laun-ched in the United Arab Emirates last year and in Gauteng, the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape earlier this year, UWC established its first African alumni chapter (outside South Africa) in August in Namibia.
Namibian Ombudsman, Advocate John Walters, was nominated unopposed as the chairperson of the Namibia Alumni Chapter, with Wilhencia Uiras (deputy chairperson), Regto David (secretary), Neliswa Tjahikika (deputy secretary) and Peter Carlson (treasurer) elected to the alumni chapter committee.
Emphasising the need to mobilise UWC alumni to help Namibian students and to be involved in social responsibility cam-paigns, Advocate Walters said after his nomination: “We are the veterans of UWC, and we need to look at how we can plough back into the community.”
In his keynote address at the event, UWC Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tyrone Pretorius, described the current state of the University, including the new
executive, and the University’s latest achievements, projects and rankings.
He said the alumni community had an important role to play and encouraged the former students to contribute to the development of UWC and society.
“We were connected in our joint strug-gle against oppression, and I think we must remain connected in our joint struggle to tackle the challenges of our time. Our University alumni, working together with the University, can be-come significant catalysts for change.”
Since 1961, UWC has registered ap-proximately 4 441 students from Na-mibia, with 127 Namibian students currently registered.
UWC launches Alumni Chapter in Namibia
UWC Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Tyrone Pretorius, congratulates the new chairperson of the Namibia Alumni Chapter, Advocate John Walters.
The University of the Western Cape launched a new laboratory in May ded-icated to the development, validation and localisation of reliable and cost-effective advanced energy storage systems for South African industry and communities.
The new Energy Storage Innovation Lab (ESIL) is the culmination of years of re-search, development and innovation at the South African Institute for Advanced Materials Chemistry at UWC, especially in the field of Lithium-ion and Sodium-Halide batteries, battery modules and integrated energy storage systems.
Dr Phil Mjwara, Director-General in the Department of Science and Technology, said that ESIL’s technological innova-tions have a vital role to play in South Africa’s future. “It is important for us to find these technologies in the market-place in the future,” he said. “They need to be commercialised and we will help with finding funding for these projects. It is very important to ensure the public will have their hands on them in the fu-ture as well.”
Energy storage can mitigate the negative effects of power outages, assist in im-proving national grid stability, and enable South Africa to tap into its vast renewable
able for solar and wind energy storage applications, the lab also develops low-cost thermal cells for grid scale stabi-lisation and energy storage. Professor Bernard Bladergroen, the head of ESIL, noted that, with the current strain on the electricity grid in South Africa, and grow-ing deployment of renewable energy, there is a clear need for reliable and cost-effective energy storage solutions.
“Now is the right time for customers, in-novators, researchers and entrepre-neurs in the energy storage arena to get together and work towards sustainable energy solutions,” he said.
energy potential, specifically from wind and solar sources. ESIL boasts high-tech battery integration and production facilities, and an extensive network of energy storage developers, and manu-facturing and system integrators from South Africa, China, India, the United States, Germany and other countries. ESIL’s modular battery system has been used in a range of applications, including golf carts and other electric vehicles, backup power solutions, off-grid power systems and grid-connected storage.
Aside from the production of pouch (15-20 Ah) and cylindrical cells (2 Ah) suit-
While Sarah Bliss was doing her honours degree in social develop-ment at the University’s Institute of Social Development, a professor told her that she was ‘a born researcher’. Bliss went on to work as a researcher for a number of organisations in South Africa and other African countries and is now based in the United States.
“I’ve worked on assignments for govern-ment, non-government, private sector and international funding agencies which have taken me on adventures to places like Malawi, Tanzania, Egypt, Ethiopia and all corners of South Africa,” Bliss says.
“I am now based part-time in the USA managing a research unit at Boston Chil-dren’s Hospital focusing on adolescent
substance abuse, and the rest of the time in Addis Ababa on a land policy project for the United Nations Econom-ic Commission for Africa, using the same set of skills I learned at UWC.” In her experience, people and organisa-tions are the same everywhere, and the context doesn’t really matter when the aim of the programme is social up-liftment and behaviour change.
“All organisations, from the United Nations to the local ECD efforts of gogos (elderly women) in the townships of Cape Town, face the same chall-enges when it comes to programme design and implementation, group dyn-amics, need for clarity and consensus and motivation.” Bliss has been pass-ing on some of the skills and resources she got from UWC to others through training, supervising and mentoring younger colleagues. “This has probably been the most personally rewarding aspect of my career.”
Acknowledging UWC’s role in her success, she says, “None of this would have happened without my practical and theoretical training at UWC, where the rubber meets the road.”
Alumna works for social change
It all started in 1967 when a group of alumni decided to express their loyalty to UWC by giving back. Since their first meetings took place in room 99 of a UWC hostel, they named their group ‘Club 99’.
Club 99 has since grown into a form-idable structure that exists for a good cause. Since 2005 the club has hosted regular events to raise funds for an alumni bursary fund for disadvantaged students who would otherwise not have the opportunity to further their studies. To date more than 60 students have benefitted from the initiative.
“After their initial fundraising event, they went from strength to strength fundraising in different ways, but especially through what has become an annual langarm dance,” explained Patricia Lawrence, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Institutional Advancement.
Welcoming guests at the tenth Langarm Dance, alumnus Neil Jacobs noted that age was catching up with some of the
members. “But I’m glad to see that Club 99 and the Alumni Association’s efforts are being supported by both old and young members of the University alumni community. There are children of Club 99 members who came to support the function, some for the first time, and it is a new experience for them as they have never been to a langarm dance before.”
Ms Lawrence congratulated the club members on their efforts. “To all Club 99 members, you are truly what I consider outstanding alumni, making a difference in a very significant way. Please continue to support Club 99 in whatever way you can. Your contributions go a long way to helping the University, to support students in need.”
Half a century of giving back
UWC alumna Sarah Bliss launched her prospering career on campus.
The Langarm Dance is one of the most popular fundraising events of Club 99.
Working for peace Conflict is one of the many problems facing the southern Africa region, and UWC alumnus Dr Clever Chikwanda is hoping to make his mark on efforts to address the issue.
In April Dr Chikwanda, who obtained his PhD in Sport, Development and Peace in 2014, was appointed as the Mediation Officer-Operations for the Southern Afri-can Development Community (SADC). He is based in the Regional Political Cooperation Programme of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Coope-ration at the SADC Secretariat in Gabo-rone, Botswana. “I feel highly honoured to be serving this regional organisation as it has always been my dream to contribute towards the achievement of durable peace at that level,” Chikwanda comm-ents. “I am extremely passionate about partaking in any work that seeks to promote the achievement of sustainable peace in our region and on the continent.”
As Mediation Officer-Operations, Zim-babwe-born Dr Chikwanda conducts research and carries out all expected work from the secretariat on issues pertaining to the implementation of the SADC Mediation, Conflict Prevention and Preventative Diplomacy mandate.
“My studies helped to inculcate in me a deepened appreciation of the compli-catedness and complexity of conflicts at community, at intra and at inter-state levels. It also broadened my under-standing of the mediation field whose body of knowledge is fast increasing, with the dynamics on the ground rapidly changing. This knowledge is very useful as it enhances my skills of conflict analy-sis as a mechanism for understanding their respective contexts and characters.”
Community activist Mlungisi No-ludwe, who graduated with a BA degree from UWC in 1998, has been elected as the new president of UWC’s Convocation.
Noludwe has been an active member of the Convocation Executive for some time and is responsible for the comm-unity support programmes through which the Convocation motivates grad-uates to work in marginalised and vulne-rable communities.
Professionally, he is employed at the City of Cape Town where he facilitates processes to provide access to decent housing for vulnerable and poor com-munities. “This is a form of profession-al peace work where I have to function as a mediator between opposing views and groups,” Noludwe explains.
Born in the Eastern Cape and living in Crossroads, Noludwe says he wants to continue the work of the Convoca-tion leadership in bringing the Univer-sity closer to the community. “Indeed, I’m proud to say that many Convoca-tion members are really doing a lot to promote UWC in the surrounding poor communities.”
Noludwe pledges Convocation’s sup-port to the new University executive. “As the Convocation we want them to
succeed in making UWC a really great University. We must get more donors to support UWC and also to see how this University, through its Convoca-tion, is helping to support people at risk in communities.”
In his address at the UWC Convoca-tion AGM, Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof Pretorius explained UWC’s plans for the future, as well as the develop-ment of a new Institutional Operating Plan (2015–2019).
Prof Pretorius stressed UWC’s role as one of the anchor institutions to improve society in all spheres, and the need for a sense of community connectedness and strategic focus.
“We have to connect better locally to earn the respect as a reliable player in the Western Cape region’s social and economic life.
“We also have to be connected na-tionally to earn our rightful position as a research-led university, and we have to raise our international con-nectedness, visibility and stature to improve our chances to participate meaningfully in the global knowledge economy. We also have to improve our digital connectedness and build an ethical community around the seri-ousness of our intellectual projects.”
New Convocation president champions community support
Mlungisi Noludwe (right) was elected as the new President of the University Convocation.
Dr Clever Chikwanda has been appointed as the Mediation Officer-Operations for the Southern African Development Community.
The seventh anniversary of the Kings of UWC Football Tournament was cel-ebrated in style this year. For the first time the event was hosted on a week-end, on Sunday 2 August, enabling families and supporters to join the footballing spectacle.
With Old Mutual and Score sponsoring the event, 16 teams battled it out on the
field of play at the Liberty Sports Fields for the R5 000 prize money and trophy. The standard of play was noticeably high with some teams boasting among the finest footballers to have attended the University, including a few who have or still are plying their trade at profes-sional and semi-professional levels. In the end, three-time champions Love and Peace were unceremoniously dethroned
as S Squad defeated the Home Boys by three goals to two in a thrilling final to claim the first prize. UWC Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tyrone Preto-rius, thanked the organisers, players, fans and sponsors for taking part in the event: “This is a good day for the Univer-sity, staff, students and our alumni – even for the members of the community who can join us at UWC on a day like this. In sport there have to be winners and los-ers, but all of us are winners today.”
Patricia Lawrence, Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Department of Institutional Advancement, reminded guests that the tournament had started informally with students playing for nothing but bragging rights. “The idea of Kings of UWC was created when two groups of students decided to challenge each other to a game to decide who was the best at soccer. However, the bonds formed in this tournament lasted for years after graduating and the tournament grew from there with more and more alumni inspired to form or re-form teams.
“This event also serves as an opportu-nity for our alumni to stay connected and engaged to the University, but it also gives you an opportunity to give back in whichever way you can, both fi-nancially and of your time to UWC,” Ms Lawrence added.
Team S Squad were crowned as the new champions of the Kings of UWC Tournament.
New Kings of UWC crowned
Alumnus ploughs back Malala Ndlazi came to UWC in 1995 with only R500 in his pocket, but left six years later with a BA, BA honours and master’s in psychology, valued friends and a life partner.
“I met my fiancee Khethiwe Zondo at UWC, so the University not only gave me degrees, but a future wife as well,” Ndlazi jokes.
Ndlazi, who hails from Mamelodi in Pretoria, is now the KwaZulu-Natal Regional Sales Manager for Assupol Life Insurance company.
“I have gone on to have a great career, and although this is not psychology-related, I still apply the skills I learned from Udubs,” he says. Ndlazi was quite involved in student politics and
was the chairperson of Azasco, an expe-rience that helped instil a sense of volun-tarism in him. He is the deputy chairperson of Child Survivors of Crime, an organi-sation working with young victims of violent crime.
He is also an active member of the alumni group of his former high school, Vlakfontein High School, which raises funds for the school. Ndlazi believed that it is important for university alumni to be involved with their alma mater as well and says, “Imagine if 10 000 UWC alumni were to contribute R50 a month each. We would raise R500 000 a month and the difference that this would to make to the Institution in terms of research and funding for students would be huge. Great universities all over the world rely on their alumni for fundraising.” Malala Ndlazi is a member of the UWC Alumni Association.
UWC has appointed seasoned resear-cher Dr Thandi Mgwebi as its Director for Research.
The appointment will strengthen UWC’s position as the university with the steepest growth of research output in South Africa and, according to Professor Frans Swane-poel, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, will further strengthen capacity within the research, postgraduate study and innovation portfolio as UWC continues to grow its research profile.
“She will play an important role in opera-tionalising the UWC research strategy [currently under development] in colla-boration with faculties across campus,” Swanepoel adds. Dr Mgwebi was the Executive Director – Research Chairs and Centres of Excellence at the National Research Foundation (NRF). She has also served the NRF as Executive Director – Institutional Engagement and Partnership Development, Acting Exec-utive Director – Human and Institutional Capacity Development, and Director – Human Capacity Development.
Dr Mgwebi previously worked at the Medical Research Council, was appoint-ed by the Minister of Higher Education and Training as a member of the Minis-terial Task Team in Mathematics and Science, and serves on various comm-ittees and structures within the South African National System of Innovation.
She holds a PhD from the University of Cape Town and a Certificate in Higher Education Management from LH Martin Institute, Melbourne, Australia, and completed the Management Develop-ment Programme of the University of Stellenbosch Business School.
Dr Mgwebi assumes her new position at UWC in December.
New Director for Research appointed
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New Director for Research, Dr Thandi Mgwebi, will help grow UWC’s research profile.
Natasha Petersen passed away on 31 July after a short illness. At the time of her passing, Petersen was an adminis-tration officer at the Department of Stu-dent Administration at UWC.
She is survived by her husband Anslin Petersen and their three sons Jayden, Tyler and William.
Thabiso Williams passed away on 18 July 2015 after being involved in a car accident. At the time of his death, Williams worked in the Law Faculty as a Faculty Commu-nication and Liaison Officer. He obtained a degree in Liberal Arts from Hesston College in the United States and completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Labour Law at UWC which was to be conferred at the 2015 September graduation ceremony.
The University of the Western Cape mourns the passing of alumni, students and staff, including:
Lyle Arendse passed away on 30 March after a two-year struggle with lymphoma. Arendse completed his BSc and BSc Hons at UWC in 2010 and 2011, respec-tively. He ran his own events company called Promonova. Arendse was instru-mental in the founding of the Kings of UWC Football Tournament and was a regular player.
Professor Philip Black, a former part-time professor in the Department of Eco-nomics, passed away on 19 June. He taught various postgraduate courses for over a decade until 2011. He was the President of the Economic Society of South Africa in 2002–2003 and the chief editor of the South African Journal of Economics in the 2000s.
OBITUARIES“She will play an important role in operationalising the UWC research strategy [currently under development] in collaboration with faculties across campus.”
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Golfing to promote access
The University of the Western Cape hosted the five Cuban anti-terrorism heroes popularly known as the Cuban Five, on Monday 21 June 2015, as part of their country-wide tour of South Africa.
Did you know that UWC is ranked first in South Africa in interdisciplinary collaboration?
From left: Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof Tyrone Pretorius with the winners, Johan de Ru and Vermulen Pretorius from Standard Bank.
The annual UWC Johannesburg Golf Day fundraiser, which supports the bursary funding component of the Jakes Gerwel Education, Endowment and Development Fund, aims to de-velop relationships with business and alumni and to increase UWC’s profile in Johannesburg.
This year’s Golf Day, at the Wanderers Golf Club on 18 July 2015, hosted teams from various companies, with each team contributing a donation of up to R20 000.
At the end of a keenly contested but fun day, Johan de Ru and Vermeulen Preto-rius took first place, winning a Megamas-ter gas braai. In second place, Willem Klopper and Craig Lyons each took home a skottel braai set, while third-placed Paul Molefe won a golf bag sponsored by Ned-
bank Private Wealth. The Golf Day was preceded by an Access to Success me-dia campaign in partnership with SAfm, during which SAfm hosted conversations with alumni and partners of UWC every Wednesday during July and August.
The interviewees were Professor Tyrone Pretorius, Fred Robertson (Chairperson of the UWC Foundation and Executive Chairman of Brimstone), Roland Greaver (alumnus and CEO of Kagiso Asset Management), Dr Fanelwa Ngece-Ajayi (an alumna and Department of Chemistry lecturer at UWC), Professor Emeritus Shirley Walters (Director of the Division for Lifelong learning at UWC), Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu (CEO of the Leah and Desmond Tutu Foundation), and Prof-essor Lulama Makhubela (alumna and Deputy Vice-Chancellor – Research at Tshwane University of Technology).
During the eight-week campaign, the core message and conversation centred on the role the University played in developing the next cadre of thinkers, entrepreneurs and professionals, by ensuring that young South Africans were given equal oppor-tunities to gain access to tertiary education. SAfm’s contribution to the campaign had
an advertising equivalency value of appro-ximately R500 000. The Golf Day’s pre-mier partner, Kagiso Asset Management, donated an amount of R200 000 which was handed to Professor Pretorius at the Golf Day prize-giving gala dinner. The Golf Day raised an additional R400 000 for the Jakes Gerwel Education, Endow-ment and Development Fund.
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