Ball wizard: Adam Merzougie of Team Pelé dribbles past members of Team Mandela during an exhibition match at UCT. Team Pelé won 8-1. Great goals and nimble soccer tricks marked an entertaining football clash that capped a long programme to spread word of the true essence of the great Brazilian legend Pelé among rural and township South African youngsters. The six-a-side exhibition game on UCT's FIFA-accredited artificial soccer turf on 6 July pitted teams representing … [Read more...]

The writing's on the board: South Africa's growing energy needs has triggered a greater need for alternative-energy resources, said Eskom's Kannan Lakmeeharan. The Department of Electrical Engineering hosted a seminar titled Renewable Energy in South Africa: Initiatives, Opportunities, Challenges and Innovation on 24 June, where participants looked at the need for a diversity of electricity-generation technologies in South Africa. The recent energy crisis and ESKOM's difficulties to secure … [Read more...]

Collaborating: Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi (seated) and Prof Juan J Ceballos, acting chancellor of University of Villa Clara in Cuba, at a graduation of medical students at UCT. Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has urged medical graduates to be the "agents of change" and uphold a high moral and caring ethos to help South Africa turn around the ailing health care system. At a graduation, at UCT on 7 July, of 40 medical students who were part of the South Africa-Cuba Health … [Read more...]

Hydrotv037: Football fuel: Nabeel Hussain and Marc Wüst made sure soccer fans in the Department of Chemical Engineering didn't miss a moment of the World Cup matches. When a mid-game power outage recently had soccer fans around the Cape pulling out their hair in frustration, World Cup supporters in the Department of Engineering were watching the match without missing a single beat. That's because fans there had the good fortune to watch the game on a high-definition TV screen powered by a … [Read more...]

Debating the deadlock: Attending the Centre for Contemporary Islam's workshop were (from left) Moulana Abdul Khaliq Allie of the Muslim Judicial Council, PhD researcher Dawood Terreblanche, and Nabowayah Kafaar of the CCI. The perceived deadlock on the proposed Bill to recognise Muslim marriages conducted according to Muslim rites came under the spotlight at a workshop hosted by UCT's Centre for Contemporary Islam (CCI) on 22 May. Guest speaker Rosiedah Shaboddien argued that Islamic Shariah … [Read more...]

Temp service: Attending the HR event were (from left) Ilse van Vuuren of Shamrock Recruiting; Athena Wilson of the Kelly Group; Samantha Prinsloo of the Tower Group; Pruniel Thornes of Ayanda Mbanga Communications; and Katerina Wright of Corporate Placements. UCT's Human Resources (HR) Department hosted a presentation on 28 June to introduce the employment agencies that were recently selected as preferred providers of temporary staff for the university. After a formal tender process, a … [Read more...]

Rock the boat: Dr Kevin Winter paddled the Peninsula to raise environmental concerns about the Cape's waterways. When it comes to research, Dr Kevin Winter, of UCT's Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, believes in the hands-on approach. So much so that he recently paddled the length (if not the breadth) of the Peninsula's labyrinth of canals, vleis and rivers, all in a bid to raise awareness to the environmental conditions of these important waterways. According to Winter, … [Read more...]

Football family: Students have played a key role in making visitors feel at home at UCT during the World Cup. UCT's Campus Accommodation 2010 initiative for the World Cup has turned out to be a great experience for visitors, and has also served UCT students well. Central to the success of the project is the improved and affordable on-campus accommodation, friendly and polite staff, as well as a viewing area at Graça Machel residence, where a giant screen and several smaller flat-screen … [Read more...]