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T h e T e l k o m Fo u n d a t i o n An n u a l R e p o r t 2007 /8

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T h e T e l k o m Fo u n d a t i o n CONNECT Ma g a z i n e 2009

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i t o i T e c h n o l o g i e s

At the end of January i to i technologies had to say farewell to Wayne Jaggard - the man that has man-aged senior portfolios in fi nance and operations for the past fi ve and a half years.

i to i will be losing a gifted, fun-loving, extremely committed and loyal friend. This was the sentiment which surfaced from all at the company after hearing his fi nal decision.

Juan du Toit, Marketing Manager, said that Wayne would be missed, but management is satisfi ed that he has found a place to put all the experience gained at i to i to excellent use.

Wayne Jaggard began his career heading up the fi -nancial affairs of the International Intervid Group in September 2002. After the merger, which saw Intervid become a part of i to i technologies, he then took over the role of Executive in Operations for a period – and later went on to become Chief Financial Offi cer.

Present at i to i’s signifi cant changes, Wayne said that it was a diffi cult decision to leave.

“The decision to leave the company that has afford-ed me so much experience and great times over the past few years was not an easy one; I had to weigh up my options and decide what was best for me and my career,” he explained.

Wayne was offered an exciting opportunity to join the Trellicor Security Group who wanted to list on the JSE.

“I was thrilled at the prospect of becoming a part of this company and ultimately made my decision based on two things. The fi rst was that in this position I was going to be working as part of an Executive who would be focussing on expanding the business – something that I saw as being very benefi cial to me. The second was that Trellicor was looking for someone who had

Durban University of Technology (DUT) is undergoing a major revamp to its campus security. With the help of i to i technolo-gies this renowned tertiary institution will soon boast a security system that will help protect staff and students, lower the risk of vandalism on campus and ward off other dangers such as theft and violent attacks.

Jason Pretorius of the Corporate Sales Division at i to i (KZN) says that this con-tract is so huge that work on it is most likely to span two to three years.

Jason, who started his career at i to i as a technician, moved on to a Project Man-ager position and in October 2006 became a big part of the sales team for KZN.

“I believe that my knowledge of the tech-nicalities of the job helps when I’m pitch-ing a solution to a client. When I tell them about the solutions we can offer, clients usually trust that I know what I’m talking about due to my background,” says Jason.

So what does the DUT security solution entail? With such a vast area to secure, Jason says it fi rst and foremost requires complicated strategic planning.

“The applications used are CCTV cam-eras placed in strategic positions so as to capture any out of the ordinary occurrenc-es as well as carefully planned-out access points with turnstiles and booms.

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[ PROFILE: WAYNE JAGGARD ]

experience in taking companies through the process of getting listed on the JSE. This was something I felt confi dent about since I had the experience and felt that Trellicor could make use of my skills,” he commented.

Wayne attributes being able to move into a position such as this directly to i to i and says he still has a lot of vested interest in the company.

“I believe i to i is a dynamic company fi lled with a host of interesting, highly skilled people. In the past year there has been substantial groundwork laid for huge growth and all the hard work is already proving to be paying off. I truly believe in the future of i to i and in fact have recently invested my personal funds into the company.”

i to i has yet to appoint his successor, but Wayne says whoever they choose will certainly benefi t from a good support base and says that i to i’s fi nancial structure is set and ready to be taken to the next level in terms of investment.

“I wish whoever is chosen, all the best, and my message to the rest of the i to i staff is a simple one: you belong to a company that has worked hard at fi nding its place in the market. At this point the future looks tremendously bright and everyone should be proud to be a part of this. I have made many friends and look forward to continue to hear about the achievements of the company in the future.”

CFO accepts new challenge[ REGIONAL FOCUS: KWAZULU NATAL ]

points. All recorders and access points are linked back to the control room via a 1GB IP backbone installed for this purpose. Us-ing VGA servers and alarm gateways, the control room operators are working in real-time situations,” explains Jason.

The team at KZN has managed to im-press Reverend Cele who is the Protection Services Manager of the DUT. Rave reviews circled the i to i offi ces.

“I believe the i to i teams’ profes-sionalism and hard work on this con-tract was what facilitated such excel-lent reviews, as well as the fact that we played quite a big role in helping Durban University of Technology put together the strategic details of their tender document,” says Jason.

As a result of this good work, i to i has also been verbally contracted to man-age the monitoring of the system and Ja-son comments that there might be great things to come in the future in terms of technology on this contract.

“There is defi nitely no shortage of technology that can be used for the DUT solution and I predict that in the future systems such as voice evacuation, guard tracking, asset RF-ID tracking and building management will be on the cards.”

Jason says that DUT is proud of the way

[ NEW DEALS ] CLIENT: Greenpoint Stadiumi to i has been awarded the high-profi le contract of securing the Greenpoint Sta-dium currently under construction for the 2010 Fifa World Cup. i to i is now a part-ner of Dimension Data in a contract worth R80million. Johan Viljoen, Account Man-ager, says i to i will get about R8million for providing an IP-based CCTV system, access control as well as building management for the stadium. “Construction is now well under way and an architectural engineer from i to i will be working with Di Data throughout the process. i to i has been awarded the contract for the 2010 sta-dium being built in Port Elizabeth, should Dimension Data win the bid,” says Johan.

CLIENT: Holiday Inn Expressi to i recently secured a contract worth R20 million with Holiday Inn Express, part of hotel giant Holiday Inn. Johan Viljoen, the Account Manager, says it entails pro-viding a communications, safety and secu-rity solution for 11 hotels in South Africa. “The system includes CCTV camera sys-tems, speaker phones, access control for all entrance and exit points, fi re detec-tion and an evaluation system with voice warnings,” explains Johan. i to i will also supply the hotel rooms with DSTV satel-lite systems and internet access.

MINING INDABA: i to i once again had a huge presence at Africa’s most important mining event that took place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on the 4th – 7th of February. The event hosted over 3,000 delegates from 60 countries, and exhibitors covering every aspect of the global mining value chain.

RETAIL RISK CONFERENCE: Delegates will be informed on how to safeguard their retail business and customers at the conference on the 26th February in Cape Town, 28th February in Durban and on the 4th March in Johanessburg.

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this contract is being managed and at-tributes the success i to i has achieved to the Project Manager, Robin Bailey. Robin, his team of sub-contactors (Vikela, Pro Au-dio and TC Electrical) and Rasendra Naidoo (assistant PM on this job) have done ex-ceptionally well to keep the project ahead of schedule and on budget.

“Robin has gone beyond his job de-scription to ensure excellent customer relations. Projects can fail due to lack of communication with the client but he has proved that this is defi nitely not going to happen here,” he says.

With footprints across South Africa and Africa, i to i’s vision is maintained. So says Darryl Nortje – Regional Manager for the Eastern Cape and recently ap-pointed Regional Manager for KZN.

“My vision for the region is to modify the business focus from being a CCTV surveillance provider to a solution pro-vider focused around risk analysis. I’m happy to report the team have begun to put that into practise,” he adds.

Numerous training sessions are planned for 2008 which will assist the sales team in handling future change.

“i to i has come a long way in secur-ing its place in the market and we need all regions to continue to build and se-cure this company,” says Darryl.

new vision for KZN

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The KZN branch has struck multi-million rand deals in the last few years: in the Education Sector, they secured the Durban University of Technology contract worth R4.5 million; an ongoing contract with Grindrod, the ship-ping, freight logistics company, for R4 million and in the Estates sector have secured Blair Athol for an estimated R8 million.

Darryl Nortjie, Regional Manager for KZN and Eastern Cape, says that KZN is also turning their sights to secure Public Sector contracts like soccer stadiums and public buildings.

“We are keen to bring our services to the Public Sector. High-tech security is becoming more and more sought after and we’d like to have i to i featured across all major sectors of business and the public domain in the years to come,” he says.

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A l l i a n c e f o r Ch i l d r e n s E n t i t l e m e n t t o So c i a l Se c u r i t y

2Hellos and goodbyes3ACESS's strategic framework 2007-20084Project 1 update 7-17Project 2 update10-13Provincial Review and Strategy Workshops18-20Project 3 update21-23Project 4 update 24-26Project 5 update 21ACESS goes to court to fight for children27News and comments from our members

ACESS NEWSAlliance for Children’s Entitlement to Social Security

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2007 was an exciting and challenging year for ACESS. Important ACESS activi-ties started in 2005 were concluded, such as the Provincial Review and Strategy Workshops and follow-up meetings in all nine provinces. This was a significant process for ACESS and provided the national staff with the opportunity to reconnect with our members in the different provinces. The workshops and follow up meetings served as a platform for members to engage with the decision makers in the prov-ince and to highlight the gaps in the delivery of services to children. Government officials and participants together agreed on provincially specific solutions and recommendations to see a real improvement in the lives of children. We urge all our members to continue this critical work in your respective provinces. ACESS national staff continued to promote the all important comprehensive package made up of grants, services and benefits for all children up to the age of 18 at various local, provincial, national and even international workshops, meetings and confer-ences. ACESS continued its efforts to see the Child Support Grant extended to 18 and is confident that the extension is imminent. Work continues around ensuring that children living in the context of poverty and HIV are appropriately assisted both financially and psychosocially beyond the Foster Care Grant, without placing further burden on the child protective system as put forward in the ACESS alternate model

for orphans and vulnerable children. The battle to ensure that all children and their caregivers obtain the neces-sary documentation to make applica-tions for grants has not yet been won, but ACESS has seen some progress in relation to the court case which will be heard early next year. ACESS has also seen advancement in relation to the Home Affairs campaign and the campaign to improve the lives of young children and children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

At a policy level we are one step closer to seeing children’s rights being com-prehensively addressed, like for exam-ple through the Children’s Act, the National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS (2008-2011), school fee exemptions and fee free policies and various other policies. However, there is still a long road ahead in terms of ensuring that all these policies that will have an impact on children are implemented. ACESS staff and members have continued to show a great deal of commitment to realising children’s socio-economic rights and should be commended for all their hard work throughout the year as evidenced by the year’s activities and achievements.

One Step Closer but Still a Long Road Ahead Karen Allan

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Editorial Team: Karen Allan and Patricia Martin(ACESS), Contributors Karen Allan (ACESS), Sharon September (ACESS), Laura Markovitz, Eamon Allan, Kagontle Child Centre, Engcobo Community Advice Centre.Design and Layout Rothko (Cape Town) 021 465 9642.

2 Hallo en totsiens3 ACESS se strategiese raamwerk vir 2007-20084 Projek 1: Jongste nuus7-17 Projek 2: Jongste nuus10-13 Provinsiale Oorsig- en Strategiewerkwinkels18-20 Projek 3: Jongste nuus21-23 Projek 4: Jongste nuus24-26 Projek 5: Jongste nuus21 ACESS gaan hof toe om vir kinders te veg27 Nuus en kommentaar van ons lede

ACESS NUUSAlliansie vir Kinders se Geregtigheid op Maatskaplike Sekerheid

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2007 was ‘n opwindende en uitdagende jaar vir ACESS. Belangrike ACESS-akti-witeite wat in 2005 ‘n aanvang geneem het, is afgehandel, soos die provinsiale oor-sig- en strategiewerkwinkels en opvolgvergaderings in al nege provinsies. Dit was ‘n belangrike proses vir ACESS en het die geleentheid aan nasionale personeellede gebied om weer met ons lede in die verskillende provinsies kontak te maak. Die werk-winkels en opvolgvergaderings het as platform vir lede gedien om met die besluitne-mers indie provinsie in gesprek te tree en die gapings in dienslewering aan kinders uit te lig. Regeringsamptenare en deelnemers het saam oor provinsie-eie oplossings en aanbevelings ooreengekom om ‘n werklike verbetering in kinders se lewens te sien. Ons moedig al ons lede aan om hierdie kritieke werk in julle onderskeie provin-sies voort te sit. ACESS se landswye personeel het voortgegaan met die bevorder-ing van die uiters belangrike omvattende pakket, bestaande uit toelaes, dienste en voordele vir alle kinders tot die ouderdom van 18, by verskeie plaaslike, provinsiale, landswye en selfs internasionale werkwinkels, vergaderings en konferensies. ACESS het sy werk voortgesit om toe te sien dat die Kinderonderhoudstoelae tot 18 uitge-brei word en is vol vertroue dat die uitbreiding eersdaags sal plaasvind. Daar word steeds daaraan gewerk om te verseker dat kinders wat in die konteks van armoede en MIV leef, op toepaslike wyse finansieel sowel as psigo-maatskaplik bygestaan word buite die bestek van die Pleegsorgtoelae, sonder om ‘n verdere las te plaas op die kinderbeskermingstelsel, soos in ACESS se alternatiewe model vir wees-

kinders en kwesbare kinders voorg-estel word. Die stryd om te verseker dat alle kinders en hul versorgers die nodige dokumentasie kry om vir toelaes aansoek te doen, is nog nie gewen nie, maar daar was wel vorder-ing wat betref die hofsaak wat vroeg volgende jaar aangehoor sal word. ACESS het ook gevorder met betrek-king tot die Binnelandse Sake-veldtog en die veldtog om die lewens van jong kinders en kinders wat deur MIV/Vigs geïnfekteer is en beïnvloed word, te verbeter. Op beleidsvlak is ons ‘n stappie nader daaraan dat kinders se regte omvattend aangespreek word, soos byvoorbeeld deur die Kinderwet, die Nasionale Strategiese Plan vir MIV/Vigs (2008/2011), skoolgeldvrys-telling en geldevrye beleide, en ver-skeie ander beleide. Daar lê egter steeds ‘n lang pad voor wat betref die versekering dat al hierdie beleide wat ‘n impak op kinders sal hê, geïmple-menteer word. ACESS se personeel en lede het steeds matelose ywer in die realisering van kinders se sosio-ekonomiese regte getoon en moet aangeprys word vir al hul harde werk deur die jaar, soos uit die jaar se akti-witeite en prestasies blyk.

‘n Stappie nader, maar ‘n lang pad lê nog voorKaren Allan

Tel. 021 761 0117Faks 021 761 4938Kantoor 1, Suite 1, 1ste Verdieping, Gabriel-oord, h/v Gabriel- en Hoofweg, Plumstead, 7800PostNet Suite #78, Privaatsak X3, Plumstead, 7801, Suid-AfrikaE-pos [email protected] www.acess.org.za

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Redaksie: Karen Allen en Patricia Martin (ACESS), Medewerkers: Karen Allen (ACESS), Sharon September (ACESS), Laura Markovitz, Eamon Allan, Kagontle Child Centre, Engcobo Community Advice Centre.Ontwerp en Uitleg: Rothko (Kaapstad) 021 465 9642

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TB vaccine studiesDo you know about SATVI’s TB vaccine trials? Dr Michele Tameris and Sister Linda Van der Merwe and their team are responsible for doing the TB vac-cine clinical trials at the site in Worcester. TB vaccine clinical trials are when TB vaccines are tested on peo-ple. Clinical trials are conducted according to strict safety standards. This is monitired by international

and national legal authorities. SATVI is testing 3 new vaccines against TB. We started in Au-gust 2005. We are mainly testing these new vaccines for safety at this stage.

Why the world needs new TB Vaccines The only registered TB vaccine, BCG, was developed 86 years ago. The BCG vaccine is not always effective in preventing lung TB. A more effective vaccine is needed.

South Africa needs a cure for TB South Africa has one of the highest levels of TB infections in the world. We have seen an increase in the number of TB patients for whom some or all of the TB drugs are not working any longer and who may be infecting others unknowingly. The rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in our country has resulted in more deaths due to TB amongst HIV/AIDS patients. We also need new drugs and better ways to detect the disease.

Why the delay? Some believe that because TB is a disease that affects mainly the poor, most scientists and researchers in rich countries have not shown too much interest in developing vaccines or drugs that work better. Governments and scientists need to be more involved in TB research to deal with the high TB infection levels in poor countries. SATVI works with many partners from overseas and locally who want to develop vaccines that work in a developing country like South Africa.

Vaccine trials could lead to a new effective vaccine by 2015 Vaccine trials could lead to a new effective vaccine by 2015. SATVI is the only research institute in South Africa that is concentrating on the development of a new vaccine that gives better protection against TB. This ground breaking research is happening right here in your com-munity, in the Boland-Overberg District. We hope to have a new TB vaccine in a few years. SATVI is committed to making such a vaccine affordable and easily available to the poorest communities.

satvi leads new TB vaccine development in worcesterSATVI IS In die jaar 2000 gestig. Die pro-jekkantoor by Brewelskloof Hospitaal in Worcester is in dieselfde jaar geopen. Vanaf Brewelskloof Hospitaal, en met die samewerk-ing van klinieke, skole en die gemeenskap, is navorsing in die areas van Worcester, Ceres, Robertson, De Doorns, Rawsonville en om-gewing begin. Tot dusver is verskeie studies onder babas, tienderjariges en volwassenes uitgevoer.

Die navorsingspan by SATVI Navorsers by SATVI is besig met studies om te probeer verstaan hoe TB as ’n siekte ontstaan, en hoe dit byvoorbeeld met die VIGS-virus reageer. SATVI se toegewyde span onder leiding van Prof. Greg Hussey werk nou ono-phoudelik om meer omtrent die siekte te wete te kom. Die SATVI-span bestaan uit mense wat in Worcester die veldwerk hanteer, asook diegene wat die werk in die laboratorium by die Universiteit van Kaapstad verrig. Dit sluit wetenskaplikes, verpleegkundiges, dokters,

tegnici, kliniese navorsingswerkers, data-in-voerders en algemene werkers in. Kliniese leiding word verskaf deur Dr. Hassan Maho-med, wat twee maal ’n week van Kaapsad na Worcester toe reis om die studies te lei en die span bymekaar te hou. SATVI se laboratorium by die mediese skool van die Universiteit van Kaapstad beskik oor die heel nuutste toerust-ing en wye kennis. Hierdie laboratorium word deur Prof. Willem Hanekom bestuur. Op Worcester lei mevrou Elmarie Simon die koördinasie van die projek, in samewerking met die onderbestuurder, mevrou Veronica Dirks. Hulle span hoogs gekwalifiseerde per-soneel het die verantwoordelikheid om te sorg dat die veldwerk gekoördineer en voltooi word.

Samewerking met gesondheidsdiensteDie klinieke en ander gesondheidsfasiliteite in die gebied speel ’n belangrike rol in kliniese studies, en is besonder behulpsaam met die inskrywing en inenting van babas vir die studie.

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SuSTer FAzlIn KAFAAr en haar span is verantwoordelik vir hierdie studie, wat omtrent vier jaar sal duur. Daar is tans ’n toename in TB onder tienderjariges. Die studie beoog om uit te vind of die TB-vaksien in kinders tussen 12-18 jaar oud beproef kan word. Die studie wil ook uitvind wat die omvang van TB-voorvalle in hierdie ouderdomsgroep is. Die navorsing onder tienderjariges is ’n studie wat by 11 hoërskole in Worcester en omgeving uitgevoer word. Ongeveer 6,359 tieners is reeds by die studie ingeskryf. Die gemeenskap is geraadpleeg. Alvo-rens daar met die studie begin is, het SATVI tydens vergade-rings en besoeke aan ouers en die onderwysdepartement die

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i am stopping TB . World TB Day . 24 march 2008

indima yabahlali kumsebenzi we-satvi/die rol van die gemeenskap in satvi’s se werkukuthatha inxaxheba koluntu ngokuzi-tahndela ngokusekelwe kwimvume enol-waziUkuthatha inxaxheba nakoluphi na uphndo kukuzithandela. Akukho mntu unokunyan-zelwa ukuba athathe inxaxheba kupahndo engafuni. Phambi kokuba naluphi na up-hando luqale, abantu banikwa ulwazi oluph-eleleyo olubenza bakwazi ukwenza izigqibo malunga nokuba bayanqwenela kusini na ukuthatha inxaxheba.

uluntu/Abahlali banendima ebaluleke ka-khulu kuphando lwemfuna-lwazi Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, amalungu aliqela

abantu base-Worcester, De Doorns, Ceres, Robertson nemimandla ephahlileyo bathe bathatha inxaxheba kuphando lwezonyango olwaluqalwe yi-SATVI. Ngaphandle kwent-sebenziswano yabahlali, iSATVI ayinako uku-qhuba uphando. I-SATVI ngoko ke, ithanda ukubulela bonke abantu abathe bathatha in-xaxheba kolu phando ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Abahlali ne-SATVI ngabalingane kwimfuna-lwazi yothintelo olusebenza ngcono lwe-TB. I-SATVI ikwenza konke okusemandleni ukwazi-sa abahlali malunga nomsebenzi owenziwayo e-Worcestor. I-SATVI incede ukwakha iBhun-ga leNgcebiso yaBahlali. Umhlali-ngaphambili weBhunga leNgcebiso yaBahlali nguMama

uZenith Williams.

Ilungelo labahlali lokufumana ulwazi Phambi kokuba nawuphi na umntu avume ukuthatha inxaxheba kuphando lwezonyango, kufanele abe nolwazi olwaneleyo. Kubalule-kile ukuqonda kakuhle ukuba yintoni injongo yophando, ukuba luya kubandakanya ntoni na uphando, nokuba ingaba imigangatho yokhuselo eyimfuneko igciniwe kusini na. I-SATVI ikholelwa ukuba abantu kufanele babe nolwazi olwaneleyo malunganalo naluphi na uphando olwenziwayo ekuhlaleni. Ngaphan-dle kwentsebenziswano yabahlali, iSATVI ayinako ukwenza uphando lwemfuna-lwazi.

singaliphumelela idabi esililwa NE-TB staan saam - maak TB iets van die verlede

Abahlali bayinxalenye yobu bulingane boku-fumana ugonyo olutsha.

Vrywillige gemeenskapsdeelname is geba-seer op ingeligte instemming Deelname in enige studie is vrywillig. Geen persoon mag teen sy of haar wil gedwing word om aan ’n studie deel te neem nie. Voordat enige studie begin, word mense van volledige inligting voorsien wat hulle in staat stel om te besluit of hulle wil deel neem of nie.

Die gemeenskap speel ’n belangrike rol in navorsing Tot dusver het baie lede van die gemeenskap

in Worcester, De Doorns, Ceres, Robertson en omgewing deelgeneem aan kliniese studies wat SATVI begin het. Sonder die gemeenskap se samewerking, kan SATVI nie die studies doen nie. SATVI bedank dus die mense wat tot dusver aan die studies deel geneem het. Die gemeenskap en SATVI is vennote in die soektog na meer doeltreffende TB voorkom-ing. SATVI doen ook alles in hulle vermoë om die gemeenskap op die hoogte te hou van die werk wat hier op Worcester gedoen word. SATVI het gehelp om die Gemeenskap-sadviesraad op die been te bring.

Young BABIeS AnD children can get severe TB. They can become paralysed, get brain damage, or die. That is why it is important that they get their BCG vaccination at birth or soon after birth. For the past few years, SATVI has been doing important studies in your community to understand why children get TB so severely, even when they have been vac-cinated. One of these studies looked at what the best method is for vaccinating children. It involved 11 600 newborns in the Boland-Overberg area. Many mothers reading this news-letter today enrolled their babies on it. The results of this study were significant, and SATVI has become known throughout the world for it. The results are important for testing new TB vaccines on children, not only here, but elsewhere in the world.

What happens at the SATVI Case Verification Ward at Brewelskloof Hospital?

SATVI has its own ward at the Brewelskloof Hospital. This ward is for children who are part of the SATVI studies, whom SATVI staff want to send for further investigation for TB. Sometimes the mothers are also worried that their children may have TB or may be at risk of getting TB, then they take them to the clinic. The children may then be admitted to the SATVI ward with their mothers. During the 3 days that they spend there, they are observed while blood, skin and sputum tests are done. Depending on the results, the children are dis-charged on treatment or sent home to be followed up by clinical research workers of SATVI.

I-TB naphi na yi-tb ndaw

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belanghebbendes omtrent die doel en metodes van die studie ingelig. Voordat enige toetse gedoen word, word onderhoude uitgevoer om inligting in verband met ’n persoon se gesond-heidstoestand en geskiedenis in te win. Bloed word getrek, spoeg word getoets en die TB-veltoets word voltooi. Adoless-ente word verdeel in twee groepe, naamlik ’n groep wat aktief opgevolg word (die aktiewe groep) en ’n groep wat nie aktief opgevolg word nie (die passiewe groep). Diegene wat in die aktiewe opvolg groep val, sal elke drie maande vir ’n tydperk van 2 jaar besoek word. Die betrokke toetse word elke ses maande herhaal.

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Die gemeenskap se reg tot inligting Voordat enige persoon instem om aan ’n kliniese studie deel te neem, moet hy/sy oor voldoende inligting beskik. Dit is belangrik om te verstaan wat die doel van die studie is, wat die studie behels, en of die nodige veiligheidstandaarde handhaaf word. SATVI glo dat mense oor genoeg inligting omtrent enige navorsing in hul gemeenskap moet beskik. Sonder die samewerking van die gemeenskap kan SATVI nie kliniese na-vorsing doen nie. Die gemeenskap is ’n deel van hierdie venootskap om ’n nuwe entstof te vind.

die werk van satvi in die boland-overbergPersone wat tot dusver aan SATVI se studies deelg-

eneem het, voel almal dat hulle iets vir hulle gemeen-

skap kan teruggee en ’n bydrae kan lewer deur te

help om middels teen die TB-epidemie te vind.

Schomuree and Schomune Pietersen (bo regs), die 15-jarige tweelinge in Graad 10, het

by die tienerjarige studie aangesluit toe hulle in Graad 8 was. Die een suster sê: “TB is ’n

ernstige probleem. Ek het vriende wat TB het en miskien kan ek help om die probleem op

te los.” Sy sê ook, “TB is glad nie ’n skande nie! As mense net die pille drink, kan hulle TB

behandel word.” Schomuree voel dat die SATVI-verpleegsters goeie werk doen en dat sy

dus graag self ’n dokter wil word.

Ferdinand Conradie sê dat dit die tweede keer is wat hy aan ’n studie deelneem. Die eerste

keer was in 2001. Hy sê dat hy baie gemaklik gevoel het, omdat die verpleegsters deurten-

tyd kom seker maak het dat dit met hom goed gaan.

Rose Ockhuis is ’n werknemer by SATVI wat ook ’n deelnemer in die studie is, en sê “Hulle

het my onder waarneming gehou, my koors geneem, uriene getoets en bloed getrek.”

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the JAILhOUSeGSB newSletter_ june 2009_

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june 2009_GSB newsletter_ _GSB newsletter_june 2009

Awesome Autumn activities_

CareerS in FinanCe and the Arts are most often viewed as being like chalk and cheddar, but the Finance Department’s contribution to the Values Art Series has illustrated that number-crunchers can do more than simply paint-by-numbers. In fact, they can create something special when they set down their calculators for colour pots.

Ok, most would agree that ‘Two Ts’ is not the most aesthetically accomplished work in the series; however, it is imbued with meaning and metaphor as only true artists can achieve. It is a powerful illustration of the importance of the economy and money

in today’s capitalistic world; essentially, it shows that capital underlies all growth and development.

The first clue to this message is the sun drawn in the top left corner and the currency symbols at the bottom where one would expect to see the earth or soil – the style being a reworking of the classic children’s drawing. Having currency depicted where there should be earth illustrates how money is today one of the most crucial elements of growth.

Not surprisingly, this was the key concept underscoring the creative process, according to Marlene Dumas – Finance Coordinator at the School and spokesperson for the group.

“We wanted to convey the centrality of the Finance Department to everything that the GSB does,” said Marlene.

“The Finance Department provides a service to all the other GSB departments and we interact with them all, while many other departments work more on a stand-alone basis,” she added.

In addition to Marlene, the other creative talents to put their brushes to work on this painting included Michael Mbata, Lydia Adams, Charlene Paris, Nazlie Fakier, Portia Simon and Finance Manager Rayner Canning – who was quick to absolve himself of any responsibility where the

work’s outcome is concerned.“I wasn’t actually there for half

the time!” comments Rayner when quizzed over his team’s efforts. “I was busy trying to get a handle on financial year-end procedures.”

That said, there is no doubting that the artists fully achieved what they originally set out to do. They even went a step further by conveying the centrality of finance in a world context – not just within the walls of the old jail block.

The cold blue palate that dominates the painting translates as a representation of money as cold and heartless, while the bright orange sun illustrates that human energy can put money to work and turn hard cash into meaningful results. The growth/money connection is perhaps a little more obviously depicted in the money tree motif on the left side of the canvas.

Further, the various national currency symbols seem to comment on the global financial system today – and that all economies are ultimately linked to one another in the globalised world.

In essence, Two Ts is a no-fuss depiction of the well-known adage, “Money makes the world go round”. The burning sun and the profile portraits of Tito Mboweni and Trevor Manuel, however, bring the cold message back down to earth and show that money only has value when paired with human spirit and endeavour.

the Good Food and wine Show: 29 – 31 May at the CtiCCContact: 021 797 4500 or [email protected]

We all seem to pack on the pounds during winter – and who can blame us? There’s something comforting about having a warm, happy belly when it’s cold outside. If you’re a food fanatic or a lover of good wines, make a beeline to Cape Town’s Good Food and Wine Show this May where the latest global trends in taste will be on show. If you’re handy in the kitchen and love to prepare food as well as eat it, you can enjoy live demonstrations by celebrity chefs in one of four kitchen theatres at the event.

The expo forms part of the Cape Gourmet Festival.

reStaurant week 2009:15 – 29 MaySee website for more: www.gourmetsa.com

Restaurant Week, which runs in conjunction with the Cape Good Food and Wine Show, sees some of Cape Town’s best restaurants putting their finest food on the table at great prices. The idea is that all participating restaurants serve a specially designed two-course gourmet lunch and/or three-course dinner during the week, each with carefully selected wine, at bargain basement prices. This is fabulously popular and early booking is a must.

Is the GSB going to the dogs?linda ronnie’s new assistant is a hugely popular Jailhouse Rocker, with staff and students alike falling prey to her charms since her unexpected arrival earlier this year.

Isabella Ronnie, for those who haven’t had the pleasure, is a three and a half month old German Shorthaired Pointer, originally thought by some to be Frank’s new replacement.

Boss Linda says her new PA has settled right in to her home away from home.

“She started off her first week at the School being the typical student – well-behaved, always prepared and with excellent eating habits.

“During the second week we noticed a change come over her. She started getting slightly edgy and more demanding. Her eating habits extended

to gnawing on tables and chairs and she often left her toys lying around. She demanded regular breaks and became increasing social with other students and members of staff,” says Linda.

Now, fully settled and loving the grassy patches outside, Linda says Isabella is taking to her duties very nicely indeed.

“During her brief time at the GSB, she has ‘interviewed’ 18 AIM and three PDBA students and found them to be most charming and friendly. Applicants were accepted into programmes on the basis of their interaction with her!” says Linda.

Although clearly suited for work in the Post Room and Admissions, Isabella has decided that both IT and Marketing hold great appeal and is looking for any openings.

if just the thought of winter makes you grumpy, you might be surprised to learn that life doesn’t need to stop just because the sun isn’t shining (and it’s cold and windy and wet…). Cape town has lots of fantastic things to do that will warm your spirit from May to September – here are two great events you don’t want to miss out on!

Un i v e r s i t y o f C a p e T o w n , G r a d u a t e Sch o o l o f B u s i n e s s : T h e J a i l h o u s e Ro ck s 2008 /2009newsletters...

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U n i v e r s i t y o f C a p e T o w n : G r a d u a t e Sch o o l o f B u s i n e s s / I n s t i t u t e o f M i n d f u l n e s s & T h e Ce n t r e f o r A f r i c a n St u d i e s

UNCONFESSEDUNCONFESSEDTHE CENTRE FOR AFRICAN STUDIES (CAS) INVITES YOU TO CELEBRATE THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1807 SLAVE TRADE ACT. TO MARK THIS OCCASION THE CAS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UCT RESPECT CAMPAIGN PRESENTS A SPECIAL LUNCHTIME EVENT

WITH A READING BY THE DEBUT NOVELIST: YVETTE CHRISTIANSË.

WHERE: CENTRE FOR AFRICAN STUDIES GALLERY (HARRY OPPENHEIMER INSTITUTE BUILDING)

TIME: @ 1 PMDATE: FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2007

“How we see and hold the full range of our experiences in our minds and in our hearts makes an enormous difference in the quality of this journey we are on, and what it means to us. It can influence where we go, what happens, what we learn, and how we feel along the way”. Jon Kabat-Zinn

jon kabat-zinn 2008 sa tour

Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn, internationally renowned for his work as a scientist, researcher, writer and medita-tion teacher engaged in bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of medicine and society, will tour South Africa for the first time in May 2008. Hosted by the Institute for Mindfulness SA and the UCT Graduate School of Business, Dr Kabat-Zinn’s tour will feature public lectures and seminars as well as retreats designed for health professionals/coaches and business/thought leaders in South Africa.

www.mindfulness.org.za

Information: Karin Diederichs 083 270 9219 [email protected]

Bookings: [email protected] | Full event details & Online registrations: www.mindfulness.org.za

For more information or to book for the UCT GSB Retreat, please contact: Junita Abrahams, (021) 406 1323, [email protected]

Online bookings and information: www.gsb.uct.ac.za/retreat

mindfulness

Three-day reTreaT for healTh Professionals, CoaChes and eduCaTors

: Worcester 1 May to 4 May | PubliC leCTure and book signing : Cape Town

8 May & Johannesburg 13 May | full day PubliC seminar : Cape Town 9 May

& Johannesburg 14 May | Two-day uCT gsb reTreaT for business and

ThoughT leaders : Cape Town 10 May & 11 May

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The community should be empowered with information during re-

search trials and has a right to information about the research

and to active engagement with SATVI on the research process.

Role of the community in research

Community support is essential to successful research. The com-

munity must be active in ensuring safety standards are main-

tained in research.

A Community Advisory Board is:• a forum of community stakeholders who advise a group conducting clinical research on their research in the community.• a space for stakeholders to share community insights, opinions, and feelings on the research that will take place in their community.• made up of people whom the community trusts and can go to for opinions on issues they are not certain about.

What is Clinical Research?

Clinical research involves the study of drugs or medical treatments

on people (humans) to make sure they are safe and effective. When

studies are conducted on humans, these drugs have already been

successfully and extensively tested on animals (non-human testing). Ini-

tially, studies are started on very small groups of volunteers to make sure

that the drugs are safe. If proven to be safe, testing of these drugs is

eventually rolled out into studies on larger groups of people.

Rights of the community in research

The rights and involvement of the community involved in this clinical

research are very important.

There are very strict policies and rules which researchers must follow

when doing clinical research. These were designed to protect the

rights and safety of participants. All participants that are involved in

studies are volunteers, have the right to information about the study and

are allowed to withdraw at any stage of the study.

TB is a major health problem in the Boland region. This region has one of the highest incidences of TB infection in the world. We need a

new and more effective TB vaccine. The South African TB Vaccine Initiative (SATVI), of the University of Cape Town (UCT), has been conducting

clinical research in the Boland area since 2000 to test new TB vaccines. We have a highly skilled team of approximately 150 scientists, medical

doctors, professional nurses and clinical research workers working on our many studies. Most of these employees are residents of the Boland

area, and are based at the Brewelskoof TB Hospital. The remainder of the staff are based at UCT, where SATVI has state of the art laboratory

facilities. It is here where our tests are processed and analysed. We have successfully conducted studies on adults, adolescents and children

in this community. This has helped us gain more insight into how the human body responds to new TB vaccines. The SATVI Worcester site is re-

garded as the most advanced TB Vaccine clinical research site in the world. We work closely, and have a good relationship with, the Regional

Department of Health, including local clinic staff.

Community Advisory Board - your voice in TB vaccine research

You do have a say in research

Contact usSATVI Project Office (Worcester): Elmarie Simon 023 3477424 elmarie.simon.@ uct.ac.za

SATVI Communications Manager: Linda Rhoda 021 4066697 linda.rhoda@ uct.ac.za

The Boland - SATVI Community Advisory Board (CAB):

• is the link between the community and SATVI.

• facilitates two-way information flow between SATVI and the

community.

Join our Community Advisory Board and represent the community’s interests in the

South African TB Vaccine Initiative’s work.

• is the community’s voice on clinical research matters, advising

SATVI on community interests, expectations and concerns.

• advises SATVI on community matters that impact on its

clinical research.

Individuals and organisations in the Boland area can join our Community Advisory Board on TB vaccine clinical research.

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Saam, maak ons ’n einde aan TB.

U baba kan by die studie aansluit as hy of sy:

• minder as een jaar oud is, • gesond, en• ‘n BCG-inspuiting ontvang het.

Wanneer u baba by die studie aansluit, sal hy/sy:

• die nuwe TB-inspuiting ontvang, en• 5 keer gedurende die studie deur ons mediese span gesien word.

Onthou, u het die reg om:

• inligting oor die studie te ontvang, en• u baba te enige tyd uit die studie te ontrek.

Waarom ‘n nuwe vaksien teen TB?

• Miljoene mense in die wêreld het infeksie met TB. TB is een van die grootste oorsake van sterfte in hierdie area. Alle babas word kort na ge boorte met BCG ingeënt om hulle teen TB te beskerm.

• Die Suid-Afrikaanse TB-vaksien-inisiatief (SATVI) is besig om, hier in Worcester, ’n nuwe TB-vaksien te beproef wat mag help om die BCG-vaksien beter te laat werk. Indien ons suksesvol is, kan miljoene lewens gered word.

• SATVI se hoogs bedrewe span doen reeds vir die afgelope 3 jaar al toetse op hierdie vaksien. Nou beproef ons dit op babas in Worcester!

Gesels met ons Susters by die Suid-Afrikaanse TB-vaksien-inisiatief, T: 023 342 0004

MVA 014 Study, Pamphlet, Version. 1.1, 3 September 2008, Afrikaans

Abantwana bethu bayancedisa ukulwa isifo se-TBNowakho umntwana angazimanya nolu phando logonyo olutsha lwe-TB!

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U n i v e r s i t y o f C a p e T o w n , G r a d u a t e Sch o o l o f B u s i n e s s : G l o b a l E n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p Mo n i t o r : So u t h A f r i c a n Re p o r t 2007

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The UCT Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurshipt: +27 (0)21 406 1470 | f: +27 (0)21 406 1456 e: [email protected] | www.gsb.uct.ac.za/cie

Copyright 2007. All rights reserved Gideon Maas, Mike Herrington for the UCT Graduate School of Business.

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U n i v e r s i t y o f C a p e T o w n , F a c u l t y o f La w

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Law REVIEW 1

REVIEW September 2008

PJ SCHWIKKARD will take over as Dean from January 1st, 2009. A Professor of Criminal Justice, PJ’s academic focus area is the Law of Evidence. Asked to comment on her focus for the Faculty, PJ said, ‘For me the challenge of the deanship accommodates my passion for so-cial justice and appreciation of the privilege of working in an academic environment.

‘As a consequence of the excellent leadership provided by past deans such as Hugh Corder, Danie Visser and Dirk Van Zyl Smit the Faculty is a strong one which makes a sig-nificant contribution to legal educa-tion and intellectual discourse both nationally and internationally. It is also a faculty that is committed to meeting the needs of a transform-ing society. It is from this vantage point that a new Dean must craft a strategic vision that builds on past achievements and enhances the tra-jectory towards excellence and equity.

‘The University mission statement and the faculty’s statement of vision and goals clearly strive for excellence and equity in the African and inter-national academic communities. As a law faculty we recognise the role law played in creating an oppres-sive and divided society and commit ourselves to ‘teaching and research which is of the highest quality; devel-oping all staff and students to their fullest potential; promoting an insti-tutional culture founded on mutual tolerance, respect, understanding integrity and openness, one which values our common humanity and which celebrates and promotes diver-sity. In the pursuit of all these goals we hope to contribute to redressing the inequality and disparity that continues to exist within South Afri-can society.’ (Extract from Faculty’s Statement of Vision and Goals)

‘For me there is a direct link be-tween diversity and excellence. It is not sufficient for scholarship to sim-

ply be reproduced, it needs to be de-veloped. Diversity is an essential tool in optimising this capacity to devel-op. Diversity allows us to broaden our vision of possibilities and ques-tion our claimed ‘truths’. The way in which we interpret things is con-textually contingent, on past, imme-diate and imagined future contexts. The interactions of diverse histories and traditions gives rise to multiple questions which allow us to expand the boundaries of our own and com-munal knowledge and in doing so reconstruct our institution. In order to do this we need to take measures to ensure diversity in both the stu-dent and staff body.

‘If we are serious about address-ing historical inequalities we should acknowledge that hierarchy is em-bedded in social structure and re-produced in the law faculty. Sim-ply put – the lower down on the socio-economic ladder a student is the less likely they are to have

access to good schooling or a home environment that is conducive to developing advanced reading, writ-ing and cognitive skills. If we simply take a student from a disadvantage background and place them in the Faculty it is far more difficult for them to succeed than a student com-ing from a middle class background. In order to successfully change the demographics of the student body in the law faculty we cannot simply lower entrance points. Cont. on p.2

LawNEWS IN BRIEF

Three A-rated research-ers: The Faculty now boasts three A, three B and three C-rated researchers, includ-ing (in Professor Cornell) the first A-rated female re-searcher at UCT. The other two A-rated researchers are Professor Clifford Shearing and Professor Danie Visser. For a full report on research read p.4.

UCT on Law Commis-sion: Professors Judge Den-nis Davis and PJ Schwikk-ard are two of seven legal professionals to have been appointed to the SA Law Reform Commision, the body that is mandated to review aspects of law with a view to their updating and improving.

2008 Frantz Fanon Prize: Drucilla Cornell’s latest book Moral Images of Free-dom - A Future for Critical Theory, has been awarded the 2008 Frantz Fanon prize by the Carribean Philosophical Association. The award annually recog-nises groundbreaking work in postcolonial and critical theory.

Accolade for refugee law-yer: Fatima Khan was Le-galbriefs lawyer of the month in May for the person who has made a difference. This is a wonderful tribute to her work over several years, to her staff at the Law Clin-ic, and to their collective and individual responses at enormous cost over the past three months in particular. More on p.2.

International Award: The LLB course on Internation-al Law Inkundla yeHlabathi (World Forum) has won the inaugural Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award, sponsored by IBM. Known locally as Vula, Sakai is an online learning portal de-veloped by a consortium of leading universities includ-ing UCT, Cambridge and MIT.

Going into 2009

In Retrospect

AS my deanship draws to a close, I hope you will indulge me as I take stock and cast my mind, our minds, back to 1999.

‘The first three years were domi-nated by the move to the Kramer building, with 18 months of prepa-ration and then eighteen months to ‘bed things down’, as it were. It was time-consuming but absolutely necessary, and it culminated in our having the Tambo family with us to open the Oliver Tambo Moot Court, a magnificent facility that had been made possible by the fund-raising ef-forts of John Hare.

‘There were also the hugely diffi-cult and stressful months of adapt-ing to Mamphela Ramphele’s leader-ship, and of being part of the Deans’ fight for the recognition of their roles even as we adopted, and adapt-ed to, the new devolution model. A

mistake I made was to take advice given from above and to try to run the Faculty with lower level adminis-trative staff.

I have spent the last nine years paying for it, but happily I leave PJ with a strengthened Finance Office and Faculty Office.

‘I did however make two sound decisions early on in a bid to meet the challenges of limited financial resources. One was to start the Pro-fessional Education Project, now the Professional Development Project, and the other was to appoint a De-velopment and Marketing Manager. Established by Susan McElvaine and ably developed by Irena Wasserfall, the PDP gives the Faculty a satisfac-tory ‘third stream income.’

‘Without Pauline Alexander, the Faculty would not have been able to do the full development programme that it has over the last six years, from publishing A History to this annual publication, Reunion weekends, the Ben Beinart Memorial lecture series, innumerable public events and in-deed the Law 150 celebration itself.

‘The staff development programme from 1998-2004 can also be counted as one of the successes of the Fac-ulty, enormous as the management content of that initiative was. On the Research side, there were the initiatve of appointing a Director of Research and of enhancing that with the effective administration of CLEAR by Sue Wright. Recognition in the form of two research chairs

and one, possibly two, funded chairs has been most gratifying.

‘Despite some differences, there has been no major blow up with the students over the past ten years. This very sound staff-student relationship is extremely gratifying, and due both to good student leadership as well as much hard work.

‘I do believe that we have achieved a sense of community, a sense of common values, and this was never more palpable than the extraordi-nary outpouring of grief over the death of colleagues in service over the last few years. I think of Mike Blackman, Ventia Lorenzo, Mike Larkin and Leslie Alexander.

‘The Student Seminar for Law & Social Justice (SSLSJ) has just held its second three- day event, this time with seven universities participating. This initiative enjoys our financial and moral support which has been more than vindicated. Similarly gratifying has been the alacrity with which students took to the sixty hours of unpaid community service as a curricular requirement for the award of the LLB, introduced in 2005.

‘Low points have been the re-peated and increasing demands to account for, and report to, Govern-ment. Quality Assurance procedures for example, while necessary, are an absolute drain, and strain, on academics’ time. Telling people that they haven’t got the job or haven’t got the promotion, have also been

a hard part of the job for me even though I know it goes with the ter-ritory. ‘Transformation’ in all its forms remains an elusive ideal.

‘The good part of the job is of course being able to give accolades, and I have had the privilege of giving many. Some of them have been men-tioned, but I want to add two more: the expanded work of the Law Clinic, and the establishment and now firm foundation of the Academic Devel-opment Programme.

‘In the wider sphere, following on from a need to talk about the four year LLB, I wrote to my counterparts and since that meeting in the OT Moot Court in 2001, the SA Law Deans’ Association has met twice yearly and is now a recognised body, with its own Constitution.

‘As to the future, I will spend a year trying to recoup for lost time in the academic sense, mostly by reading but also by some dedicated research. I will return to the Chair of Public Law in January 2010 and will hope-fully continue to be involved on an ad hoc basis in wider issues within the university and within the whole area of constitutional governance.

‘PJ takes over with my good wish-es and full support. She inherits a strong Faculty and a strong alumni base, and I would like to thank you all, both the internal and my exter-nal community, for the support and contributions that have been so much a part of these ten very good years.’

by Hugh Corder

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Law REVIEW 1

REVIEW September 2007

OF THE honorary degrees which UCT has conferred in the last hun-dred years, many have been awarded to lawyers. Yet more LLDs (Honoris causa) have been conferred on those who have played a valuable role in society, often through participation in politics of all kinds.

In December 2006, UCT was proud to honour four distinguished lawyers, all of whom have used the law both to emphasize its intimate relationship with justice and its capacity to bring people together through critical engagement with each other.

‘Two of the honorary graduands, Justice Albie Sachs & Judge Dennis Davis, are alumni of the Faculty and very much household names in South Africa,’ comments Professor Hugh Corder, Dean of Law. ‘Justice Sachs suffered greatly from the ef-fects of a car bomb placed by apart-heid operatives in Maputo in 1988, but recovered sufficiently to play a leading role in the constitutional ne-gotiations which led to the birth of a democratic South Africa in the early 1990s. He is renowned as a commit-ted, creative, courageous and outspo-ken man of the law and the arts, as well as for being one of the first peo-ple appointed to the Constitutional Court in 1994.’

‘Outstanding lecturer, researcher and commentator (writing a regular column in the Cape Times, with Ger-ald Gordon QC, during the states of emergency of the late 1980s), Davis writes prolifically across a broad spectrum of the law. As a judge he has delivered a number of ground-breaking judgments, while at the same time continuing to teach at both LLB and LLM levels at UCT,

always after hours and without ma-terial reward. He is probably best known, however, to the general pub-lic for his pioneering use of televi-sion to bring the critical issues of law and justice into homes across the country.’

‘Sir Bob Hepple QC is the honor-ary graduand with the least strong connection to UCT: indeed, he is a graduate of Wits! Bob Hepple, like Albie Sachs, went to the Bar after graduation, and took cases which placed him firmly on the left of the political spectrum. He went into ex-ile in 1963, as a consequence of the Rivonia Trial, and followed an aca-demic career in England. Since his unbanning in 1990, Hepple has had

strong links with the faculty and his contributions have enriched the study of labour law not only at UCT but more broadly in South Africa’.

‘The fourth honorary graduand is Reinhard Zimmermann who was appointed at the remarkably young age of 29 to succeed the legendary Professors Ben Beinart and JC de Wet as the W P Schreiner Professor of Roman and Comparative law. He left for Regensburg in 1988 but did not lose either his interest in South African law or his contacts with its lawyers, however, and has played host to successive generations of bright young graduates and estab-lished legal academics in pursuit of his passion, the harmonisation of

the two great legal systems of the developed world, the civil law and the common law. The Law of Obliga-tions: Roman Foundations of the Civil-ian Tradition, led to UCT conferring on him the LLD for distinguished published work.’

‘It is entirely fitting that UCT should have honoured these four lawyers who have in common, not only their status at some time as an Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Law, but also distinguished careers in the pursuit of justice through the law,’ said Corder.

The oration at the ceremony was given by Emeritus Professor Francis Wilson and is reproduced in full on page 6.

LawNEWS IN BRIEF

SALRC: P J Schwikkard and Dennis Davis have been ap-pointed to the SA Law Reform Commission. There are only seven members of the SALRC which plays an important role in revising and updating the law.

Merit award: Jonathan Bur-chell has been given a Merito-rious Publication Award (the runner-up to the UCT Book Award) for the third edition of his Principles of Criminal Law.

Fellowship: Cathy Powell has been accepted to the SJD pro-gramme at the University of Toronto, and been awarded a Fellowship for three years to allow her to do this fulltime.

Doctoral Students: Mpfa-riseni Budeli made history as the first black South African woman PhD in the Faculty of Law. She is pictured below with her supervisor and men-tor, commercial law professor, Evance Kalula. ‘A product of the University of Limpopo where she did her LLB, her LLM and was appointed as a lecturer, Ms Budeli is one of a growing number of doctoral students in the Faculty,’ said Professor Kalula. A total of 40 doctoral students, drawn from various countries in Af-rica, Europe and North Amer-ica is projected in 2008.‘It is also gratifying that an increasing number are women and law teachers.’ said Kalula.

Distinguished lawyers (from l-r): Justice Sachs, Judge Davis, Sir Bob Hepple and Prof Dr Zimmermann gather with the

Vice-Chancellor (centre) Professor Ndebele before the December graduation ceremony.

Professional Development ProjectUCT Law@Work

A celebration of the Law

IN JUST the first half of 2007, the Professional Education Project has reached over 450 people, in compari-son with the total of 609 delegates for the entire 2006 year. There was an excellent attendance at Companies Bill - taking stock. A day of lectures on the New Companies Bill and there is al-ready great interest in the Workshop on the Consumer Protection Bill sched-uled for the 28th of September.

‘It is clear that the Project deliv-ers a valuable service in keeping the wider “legal” community informed of developments in the legislative field, said Manager, Irena Wasserfall. In the spirit of ongoing professional development for the entire commu-nity in legal matters, it has been de-cided to change the Project’s name

to UCT Law@Work, the Professional Development Project.

2007 kicked off with a seminar on The Legal Aspects of Banking Supervi-sion by visiting German academic, Professor Christian Hafke; a 3-day course on Telecommunications Law, offered for the second time by Hud-son Janisch, followed. The 1-day workshop on the National Credit Act was such a success that a sec-ond workshop was run and a third is scheduled in September. A 3-day course on Understanding Contracts for Effective Control ran for the third time in August.

The following certificate courses were run from March through to June: Sports Law – for the 8th time;-

Compliance Management – run in

conjunction with the Compliance Institute of South Africa for the 6th time;

Sectional Titles Scheme Management in association with Paddocks learn-ing; this is the 3rd course run since January 2006 with another one cur-rently underway;

Securitisation – supported by the South African Securitisation Forum, for the 2nd time;

The Certificate in Legal Writing, an old favourite with the legal fraternity and corporates, is scheduled to take place in September. This certificate course is now in its 6th year and is presented by Professor Halton Chea-dle and renowned legislative drafter, Canadian Phil Knight.

‘Two new courses are being intro-

duced this year’, continued Wasserfall. ‘The first is the Certificate Course in International Tax law and the second is a 3–day course in Entertainment Law, presented by Debbie Lazaus, a UCT graduate who recently returned to South Africa after having worked at a top entertainment law firm in Los Angeles.’

Sports Law lecturer Rochelle le Roux with participant Molly Roberts.

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November 1� - November �5, �007 Volume �6#17 MONDAY PAPER 1

Decades of diamond mining along Namaqualand’s arid

coastline has turned large tracts into wasteland. Now a UCT-lead project, the Namaqualand Restoration Ini-tiative (NRI), is putting life back in the sand - and a little sparkle in the coastal towns.

With its sensitive ecosystem, Namaqualand falls within the Suc-culent Karoo, not a name you’d as-sociate with sparcity that lends the region its mystique. NRI director and ecologist Dr Peter Carrick (Plant Conservation Unit) will tell you that the Succulent Karoo is one of only two semi-arid ecosystems to make it among the world’s 34 biodiversity hotspots. It’s a special place.

But for years the long narrow strip down the coast, from north of Kleinzee to south of Hondeklipbaai, has been out of bounds to the public. Only now that the diamond mines are closing shop (the shelves are nearly bare) are we seeing the remains: mine dumps and denuded areas.

There had been ad hoc restora-tion activities of mined-out areas by mine operators and even farmers. But the co-ordinated, scientifi cally-based approach adopted by the NRI was lacking.

Formed with start-up capital provided by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund and further fund-ing provided by De Beers, the NRI is fostering links with mine opera-tors and harnessing the expertise of restoration practitioners and the use of scientifi cally based fi eld experi-ments to develop novel restoration

methods.“We realised we didn’t have to re-

invent the wheel,” adds Susan Botha (project liaison and ecologist).

“Many mine operators and farm-ers had been doing restoration for some time and we could learn from them.”

Botha pulled on her walking boots to interview many of them.

Near the Namaqua Sands mining operation near Lutzville a strange sight meets the eye. Rows and rows of shadecloth across spartan land.

Krüger explains that its there to keep the wind at bay. Wind is the enemy, ameliorating the soil already altered by mining and destroying the replanted vegetation.

The shadecloth lesson was gleaned from past experience of miners and locals who’d tried other methods to keep the wind at bay.

The team also undertook several fi eld experiments over the past three years to decipher the ecological re-quirements for the establishment of a diversity of perennial species on the mined areas.

Now, the NRI in partnership with De Beers has created a new restora-tion business, harnessing the local workforce: Namaqualanders from small coastal towns with evocative names like Spoegrivier, Soebatsfon-tein and Hondeklipbaai.

They will work for a new busi-ness, NM Restoration, fully owned by three Namaqualanders and this new venture will replace the dumps with the diversity of plants that lived there before, restoring more than 150

ha annually. To train a workforce for the new

business, the NRI recently ran a fi ve-day restoration training course that taught 47 local Namaqualanders (sifted from 150 applicants) the ins and outs of the restoration process: handling topsoil, identifying locals plants (by their scientifi c names), erecting nets, how to harvest and store viable seeds and how to plant these.

“They were fully involved throughout the course, despite the sometimes dense course material and long hours. It was really amazing,” said Susan Botha (project liaison and ecologist).

Field researcher and ecologist Raldo Krüger echoes this.

“The trainees were so interested in learning more about the plants and ecology of Namaqualand. Many thanked us for opening a whole new world to them.”

Of the course attendants, 15 have already been signed up for the new restoration business. More jobs will be available when NM Restoration expands.

It’s this that excites Carrick: “The joint opportunity to create employment and restore the envi-ronment has been seized by the eco-nomic and environmental role that NM restoration will fulfi l. It’s been my dream to empower local people from Namaqualand to become own-ers of fully functional businesses that provide much-needed services. Now it’s a landscape in waiting. Helen tHéron

ABOVE: Participants of the restoration course receives training on restoration packs that are used to re-introduce perennial plant species on newly restored areas

LEFT: Growing new plants.

BELOW: Rows and rows of erected shadecloth from the Namaqua Sands mining operation near Lutzville.

namaqualand From dumps to daisiesA project that harnesses expertise from the botany department will restore Namaqualand mine dumps, roping in local communities and creating sustainable employment

MONDAYpaperNewspaper of the University of Cape Town November 12 - November 25, 2007 Volume 26#17

Pg 4 distinguished teachers: meet the 2007 winners

PG 5 Research group targets environmental policy

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