Earth Summit 2012 will be the fourth Summit of its kind and represents a milestone in ongoing international efforts to accelerate progress towards achieving sustainable development globally.

2041, a company dedicated to the preservation of the Antarctic was founded by Robert Charles Swan, OBE, FRGS – the first person to walk to both Poles.

In 2002, at the 2nd World Summit on sustainability held in Johannesburg, World Leaders gave Robert Swan a global 10 year mission: to inspire young people, industry, and business on the issues of energy conservation, renewable energy, and to promote the positive roles individuals and business can play in the road to world sustainability. Robert will report back at the June 2012 World Summit in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Yacht ’2041? and the Voyage for Cleaner Energy were born from this mission to inspire people throughout the world.

The Voyage for Cleaner Energy yacht relies on a bank of eight solar panels, two wind vanes, a biodiesel fueled engine and alcohol stove to run all the electronics, fridge, freezer and leisure items onboard. At scheduled stops the Voyage for Cleaner Energy yacht takes school and other interest groups onboard for a short sail and point out the energy saving measures onboard that allow them to live off grid.

The yacht is en-route from her last unscheduled port of call, Port Elizabeth, where Skipper Conor Fogerty and crew were royally treated and picked up additional sponsorship to help them with their mission. Let’s hope that Cape Town can do the same or better.

Swan wrote the book – The Earth’s Last Wilderness – A Quest to Save Antarctica.

Voyage For Cleaner Energy 2041 leaves Port Elizabeth for Cape Town

“On arrival on-scene our NSRI mobile units searched for the vessel from the shore-line in thick fog but the fog was too thick to see anything and only when we could hear the motors of the vessel did we get an indication that the incident was happening off First Beach Clifton,” said Paula Leech, NSRI Table Bay station commander.

“NSRI Table Bay launched their sea rescue craft Spirit of Vodacom and Rotary Endeavor and NSRI Bakoven launched our sea rescue craft Spirit of Rotary – Table Bay and on arrival on-scene we found the Eihatsu Maru, a 50 meter Japanese registered fishing trawler, 50 meters off-shore, in the wave-line, with 28 Taiwanese fishermen and the Captains dog, a cross border collie named Alley, on-board with the generators of the vessel still running and all crew onboard safe and we monitored the vessel gradually being swept, in an incoming tide, gently closer to land until she came to rest, comfortably, on a sand bank about 35 meters from the beach line,” said Bruce Davidson, NSRI Bakoven station commander.

Western Cape Government EMS rescue crews, the SA Police Force, Disaster Management, Law Enforcement, Metro Police, a Police Dive Unit, members of the SA Navy, members of the Cape Town City Department of Environment and Cape Town Traffic Services joined the rescue operation maintaining safety of the scene and preparing to assist the NSRI if any of the crew had decided to abandon ship but as the morning progressed it became evident that the vessel was hard aground at a slight list and there was minimal risk of any injury occurring to any of the crew on-board.

NSRI Commanders instructed the Captain of the ship not to let any of his crew abandon ship while the situation was being assessed based on the evidence that the vessel was comfortably hard aground showing no risk of capsizing and appearing not to be damaged.

SAMSA (The South African Maritime Safety Authority) arrived on-scene to assess damage to the vessel and to assess options to get the vessel back out to sea. A tug boat is en-route to the scene from Simonstown and efforts to tow the vessel out to sea may be made at around 21h00 today at high tide.

Two NSRI rescue swimmers were placed onboard the vessel and Taiwanese Consulate staff and the ships agent assisted the NSRI with language interpretations between the casualty vessel crew and NSRI rescuers.

NSRI rescue craft on the scene then successfully evacuated 19 of the fishermen off the casualty vessel, bringing them safely to Table Bay harbour aboard the NSRI rescue craft, and the remaining 9 crew remain onboard their vessel (as a skeleton crew) and the Captain has insisted that his dog stays with him onboard. They are all safe and not in any harms way.

A salvage company have made a damage assessment on behalf of SAMSA and it appears that the integrity of the hull has not been compromised and authorities are cautiously optimistic that the vessel will be able to be towed out to sea tonight.

The Department of Environment and Disaster Management will maintain a presence at the scene to evaluate any environmental risk, (there is reportedly 90 tons of fuel onboard and there is reportedly also ammonia on-board – used in the refrigeration) and they will continue to monitor the situation while SAMSA, the Salvers, the ships agent, the ships captain and the ships owners negotiate salvage options and prepare their efforts to try to tow the vessel out to sea tonight.

Only one slight injury, a minor laceration to the hand of one of the crewmen, was sustained during the incident.

It is still not known what caused the vessel to run aground and the engines remain in working order and the generators continue to work and while it is suspected that the thick fog may have played a role a formal investigation will be conducted by SAMSA to try to determine the cause and the sequence of events that led to the grounding of the Eihatsu Maru on Clifton’s First Beach today.

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Shona received a Dell computer as her award for being rated one of the top NC(V) tourism student across all six FET Colleges in the Western Cape. She received the award during an award ceremony that was held at False Bay College in April 2012.

Says Dalene Broeze, H.O.D: NC(V) tourism at Northlink College; “We are very proud of Shona and know that this award is just another indication of the quality that Northlink College produces in our Tourism course.”

The evening saw, amongst others, Donald Grant, MEC: Education, make a keynote address at the event. During his speech he added: “Our FET Colleges provide a valuable service in developing the vocational skills that are specific to the economy of the Western Cape.”

These awards will only add positivity to the NC(V) fields of study but will help build the image of the NC(V) curriculum and will motivate the NC(V) students to do beter in order to achieve such recognition. This will also motivate the current NC(V) students to do more and achieve more in order to accomplish such awards.

Shona is currently busy with her National Diploma in tourism at the Northlink Tygerberg Campus and looks to finish this too with flying colours.

Shona Dent

Ivan Swart

“I wanted to do something that would bring the message of rhino poaching to a younger audience,” says Fellowes.

The 23 page, beautifully illustrated book revolves around two-ton heroine, iThemba, and her game-ranger friend Joe, who embark on a mission to save her skin (and her horn) when poachers come calling.

“Kids will love how iThemba and Joe foiled the wicked horn hunters in an exciting tale which is loosely based on the real-life arrest of poachers in the Kruger Park,” says Fellowes.

Proceeds from the 200 donated books sold at R100 each will go towards the Wilderness Foundation’s Forever Wild Rhino Protection Initiative.

The campaign was launched in May 2011 and aims to gather support from the public and various stakeholders to help fight against rhino poaching in South Africa and save the rhino from extinction.

“It is only through a global campaign and political will that we can save this remnant of the dinosaur age – the rhino,” says founder of the Wilderness Foundation, environmentalist and conservationist, Dr Ian Player.

The Wilderness Foundation‘s Forever Wild campaign aims to maintain populations of free ranging rhino within state and privately managed conservation areas by helping conservation agencies and organized private game reserves protect their rhino populations as part of functioning natural ecosystems.

The campaign also aspires to focus the attention of politicians and decision makers to encourage them to apply pressure both nationally and abroad to address the issue of illegal trade in rhino horn and other wildlife products.

“We are extremely grateful for the support of the public, and people like Linda Fellowes who donated her time and creativity to helping to raise awareness of this global crisis,” says Wilderness Foundation director, Andrew Muir. “Without the support and outcry from the public, South Africa will no longer be known internationally as the country that successfully hosted the 2010 Soccer World Cup, but the country that allowed its rhinos to become extinct.”

The book can be purchased directly from the Wilderness Foundation: 11 Newington Street, Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth. For orders, please call Christine: 041 373 0293. The cost of the book is R100 which does not include postage if books are ordered from outside Port Elizabeth.

Wilderness Foundation's Experiential Education Manager, Lihle Mbokazi reads the story of iThemba to Tristan Collett and Kamva Kondlo.

The yacht, originally reportedly heading to Cape Town from last Port of call Chile, South America, had suffered a broken boom and then suffered engine failure, but the crew had managed to continue sailing towards Cape Town under foresails,” said Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simonstown station commander.

NSRI Simonstown volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched the sea rescue craft Spirit of Safmarine III and rendezvoused with the yacht 5 nautical miles South of Cape Point

“On arrival on-scene we found the yacht making good progress under sail and we escorted them into False Bay and then took them under tow and brought them into Simonstown harbour where they will effect repairs before continuing,” said Darren.

By pure coincidence, NSRI Simonstown crewman Gerry Norris, duty navigator onboard the NSRI Simonstown sea rescue craft Spirit of Safmarine III, during todays rescue operation of the Chinese Yacht O-Feeling, speaks Chinese fluently.

Gerry spent a number of years working and living in China and three generations of his family have lived and worked in China, the most recent, his son, who returned from China two weeks ago after assisting on an Americas Cup yacht building job.

“We were informed when we embarked on the rescue operation that the yachtsmen we were going to assist were Chinese and Gerry mentioned to me, as we left Simonstown harbour, that if there were any communication barriers he spoke Chinese fluently,” said Darren.

“When we rendezvoused with the yacht we were struggling a bit to make sense of each other, attempting to explain to the yachtsmen how the tow operation would work, how to get the towing bridle across, etcetera,” said Darren, but with Gerry onboard, speaking to the Chinese in their home language, everything went pretty smoothly.”

“One can appreciate, to all of our surprise, I’m sure more to the Chinese sailors but no less to Gerry’s fellow NSRI crewmen, when Gerry, our duty Navigator, took the radio handset and began speaking to the Chinese sailors in their home language.”

The yachtsmen, on an around-the-world cruise, departed from Xiamen, on the East coast of China on November third, their first port of call being Manila, Philippines islands in the Pacific Ocean. They then headed for Palau, Papua New Guinea, and then onto Brisbane and then Sydney, Australia. They then sailed to Wellington, New Zealand and then to Chile in South America. The yachtsmen then sailed around the notorious Cape Horn and prepared themselves for the long-haul across the Atlantic towards the Cape. It was while crossing the Atlantic that difficulties arose onboard O-Feeling with gear failure involving the standing rigging and engine.

The next step for the crew will be to undertake repairs before heading west to Madagascar in the Indian Ocean and then to complete their circumnavigation by heading back to China. Two of the crew of five – a Mr Yang and the other sailor who goes under the English name of Shark – speak some English and they expressed their gratitude to NSRI for the assistance in enabling them to make a safe landfall at the False Bay Yacht Club, Simonstown.

“The fishing boat Nommer Sewe was towing their fellow fishing boat Joanne towards Simonstown when the nylon tow-rope snapped and recoiled and during the recoil 28 year old fisherman Siphelele Matomela, from Saldanha Bay, was reportedly hit on the head by the rope.

“Our NSRI volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched our sea rescue craft Spirit of Safmarine III accompanied by CMR (Cape Medical Response) paramedics and we rendezvoused with the casualty 8 nautical miles South of Simonstown.

“Myself and a CMR paramedic were put aboard Nommer Sewe and we stabilized the patient, who had suffered fractured facial bones, and we immobilized the patient’s cervical spine as a precaution.

“The decision was taken to keep the patient onboard Nommer Sewe rather than risk transferring the patient onto our sea rescue craft in the 2.5 meter swell and strong Westerly winds and our sea rescue craft then took over the tow of the fishing boat Joanne and all vessels headed to Simonstown.

“Once in the harbour the patient was transferred into a CMR ambulance and transported to hospital in a stable condition.”

NSRI Mykonos volunteer sea rescue duty crew towed their sea rescue craft to Elands Bay which was launched and a search commenced and Police joined in the search.

Cell-phone contact was maintained with the two Elands Bay fishermen but as darkness had already set the two men had no idea where they were nor if they were North or South of Elands Bay and uncertain of in which direction they were drifting.

A search continued until 3 a.m. on Friday 20 April, when NSRI craft was withdrawn from the water to refuel and to refresh crew and the search commenced again once light (Friday, 20th April) and two Police boats and an SA Air Force 35 Squadron Dakota aircraft joined NSRI’s rescue craft in a search.

By midday Friday thick fog engulfed the search area and the SA Airforce 35 Squadron Aircraft withdrew from the search.

A search South of Elands Bay had been exhausted with no sign of the two fishermen who at last communications thought they could see St Helena Bay harbour but the search has now concentrated North of Elands Bay by late afternoon as it is suspected that they had drifted far North and may be seeing land further North of Elands Bay.

A thick fog hampered the search operation.

NSRI Mykonos recovered their sea rescue craft to be refueled late on Friday afternoon and the search, including a rotation of sea rescue volunteer crew, was due to relaunch from Lamberts Bay on Friday night to continue the ongoing search.

An SA Air Force 35 squadron Dakota aircraft remained on stand-by to join in the search once the fog lifted and MRCC (The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) were assisting with search patterns.

Both men reported that they were safe onboard their vessel but drifting.

At 17h40 the 3 men (originally rescuers were told there were only two onboard) are reported to have been found at Dorings Baai (2 hours by road North of Saldanha Bay) after drifting into shallower water and reportedly managing to row ashore. Police were en route to rendezvous with the men and to confirm that they are in as good health as they report to be.

All 3 men were transported to hospital for a check-up.

NSRI Gordon’s Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched sea rescue craft, the SA Police Force, the Skymed rescue helicopter and WC Government Health: EMS responded to the scene.

On arrival on-scene the body of a 20 year old Camps Bay man was found on rocks on the shore and the body has been recovered by NSRI rescue volunteers and EMS rescue personnel and handed into the care of the Forensic Pathology Services.

The deceased man sustained complete amputation of his right leg, below the hip, while body boarding with his brother and friends (it is believed 4 people were in the water at the time) and he was rescued from the water by his brother, friends and bystanders.

There are no other bite marks or lacerations on the deceased mans body – only the complete amputation of the right leg and the leg has not been recovered.

The deceased mans father arrived on-scene and Police Trauma Counsellors are assisting the family.

Eye-witnesses have told NSRI that a single 4 to 5 meter (believed to be) White shark was involved in this incident.

Eye-witnesses claim that following the incident (up to) 6 sharks were counted in the area (following the incident).

Police will only release the deceased mans name once absolutely certain that all family are informed.

During the 13 days of the project, scientists will visit several reserves in the Western Cape to collect specimens from a broad range of invasive and native species and to produce DNA barcode records for all of them.

Successful invasive management requires early detection of alien invasive species and a rapid response to eradicate them. However, the most cost-effective strategy is to identify potential invasives before they spread.

As such the specimens collected during the Toyota Enviro Outreach project and their DNA barcodes will be available on the Barcode of Life Data Base (BOLD) and enable rapid identification of invasive species in South Africa. In addition, border cross-checks will be provided with molecular tools to identify invasive plants and animals at our borders.

Currently there is an alarming uncertainty regarding the future of the world’s richest biodiversity hotspots, given that all climate change scenarios predict an increase in species invasiveness. South Africa is currently facing one of the largest problems with invasive plant species in the world, with the Fynbos Biome being a particularly vulnerable vegetation type in South Africa.

In South Africa more than 550 alien plant species have become established in natural areas and many are known to be contributing to the widespread transformation of once pristine habitats Animal species have also established feral populations in the country and have a negative impact on native species.

The most drastic impact of invasive animal species have been recorded in South African rivers, where alien fish such as carp and bass have altered habitats and successfully out-competed native fauna.

Today at least 60% of South Africa’s endemic freshwater fish are threatened. Thirteen snail species have established invasive populations in South Africa and forty of the 42 major invertebrate crop pests are not native to South Africa. This raises serious concerns about the future of our agriculture and ecosystem-related services.

For example, in South Africa, invasions have reduced the value of fynbos ecosystems by over R120 billion, the total cost of lost water resources due to invasion is estimated to be about R35 billion on the Agulhas Plain alone and the net present cost of invasion by black wattles amounts to R17 billion with the cost to clear alien plant invasions around R720 million per year.

These alarming figures of impact have led the South African Government to establish the ‘Working for Water’ programme with the specific objective of managing invasive alien plants to protect water resources and ensuring the security of water supply.

The Toyota Enviro Outreach project, which aims to safeguard our natural wealth and reduce biodiversity loss, is part of the international Barcode of Life (IBOL) project, the biggest biodiversity genomics initiative ever undertaken and led is a team of Canadian scientists.

Accurate identification of invasive alien species is essential to facilitate planning of eradication, containment and management efforts. It is believed that the most cost-effective approach is to identify and manage potential invasive species before they spread.

This project, which aims to safeguard our natural wealth and reduce biodiversity loss, is part of a campaign called the International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project, the biggest biodiversity genomics initiative ever undertaken and led by a team of Canadian scientists.

The specimens collected by the Enviro Outreach team and their DNA barcodes will be available on the Barcode of Life Data Base (BOLD) and enable rapid identification of invasive species in South Africa. In the future border checks may be provided with molecular tools to identify invasive plants and animals enabling prevention of prohibited species entering South Africa.

The 2012 Toyota Enviro Outreach project, which started earlier this week at the Klipbokkop Mountain Reserve in the Western Cape and runs until April 27, will this year address one of the biggest ecological challenges in Africa and globally: the invasion and spread of alien species.

The following are some statements from leading scientists and role players on the Toyota Enviro Outreach:

Philip Ivey, National Co-ordinator, Early Detection and Rapid Response Programme, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI),  Programme sponsored by Working for Water (WfW)

“The collaboration between Toyota Enviro Outreach and the African Centre for DNA Barcoding with additional funds from Natural Resource Management of the Department of Environmental Affairs facilitated by SANBI will greatly assist South Africa to reduce the threat of invasive alien species. DNA barcoding of species, that could invade and damage South Africa’s rich biodiversity, will facilitate; accurate, rapid and cost effective identification of species that are sometimes difficult to identify. Accurate identification is essential for planning and enforcement of laws to manage particular species.”

Jesse Ausubel, Chairperson of the International Barcode of Life (iBOL) Board

“Southern Africa combines unique ecology, outstanding scientists, and world-class institutions such as the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens. Prof  van der Bank and her colleagues are sure to make discoveries in the Toyota Enviro Outreach important for the Cape region and for the world. I am delighted this cutting-edge research is part of the International Barcode of Life initiative.”

Rocky Skeef, Deputy Chairperson of the iBOL board

“It is impressive to see the sort of academia-industry-government three-way cooperation that is evident in the Toyota Enviro Outreach. I believe this initiative will go a long way to exciting young scientists/people on the value of barcoding, and serve as an inspiration for many to pursue the related fields of study. Such partnerships need to be replicated and strengthened. The developing world, including South Africa, being the bearer of a large portion of the world’s biodiversity, would do well to ramp up capacity to ensure that it plays a central role in protecting its native species from invasive ones, through this technique that is high tech, futuristic and efficient.”

Greg Singer, Project Manager, iBOL

“The early identification of invasive species is key to their management, and there’s no doubt that DNA barcoding will play a key role in mitigating this risk in the future. This is just one of the many reasons that the International Barcode of Life Project is attempting to create a reference database of DNA barcodes for a large fraction of Earth’s species. Invasives are estimated to have an economic impact measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars per year, so if the Toyota Enviro Outreach programme leads to the prevention of even a single invasive it will have paid for itself many times over. I believe this programme will serve as a model that will be replicated in other countries around the globe.”

“Our NSRI Bakoven volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched our sea rescue craft SPIRIT OF ROTARY – TABLE BAY and The WC Government Health EMS and the SA Police Services responded.

“On arrival on-scene a search commenced for a 32 year old man, reportedly from Kwa-Zulu Natal, believed to be on contract building work at a Bantry Bay building site who had gone swimming and disappeared.

“His clothing and builders helmet were left on the shore but there was no sign of the man and eye-witnesses reported seeing him disappear in the surf while swimming.

“NSRI Table Bay launched their sea rescue craft ROTARY ENDEAVOR to join NSRI Bakoven and Metro Rescue on the scene and despite an extensive sea and shore search no sign of the man has been found and he is feared to have drowned.

“A police dive team will continue with an ongoing search operation.

“Police have not released the man’s name pending his family being informed.

“Police have opened an inquest docket.”

“Our NSRI Simonstown volunteer sea rescue duty crew and Police responded and the body of a 79 year old local man, who lives on his yacht in the harbour, was recovered from the water, near to his own boat, and confirmed deceased by paramedics and handed into the care of the Forensic Pathology Services

“While it is suspected that the man may have fallen into the water the previous evening, while returning to his yacht from the False Bay Yacht Club, Police have opened an inquest docket for investigation.”

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This will be the third time they have worked together with the focus on cleaning up rubbish and foreign objects from the Elsieskraal River Canal and storm water system.

In addition to staff and management from GrandWest, City departments involved in the clean up include the Parow Sub Council, the Solid Waste Public Awareness and Educational Communication and the Environmental Recourse Management departments.

Joining them on the day will be 35 learners from De Waveren Primary School and residents living adjacent to the Elsies River Canal who will work under the guidance of eight ‘River Wardens’ trained by the City’s Environmental Recourse Management.

A further objective of the cleanup campaign is to create awareness around the Elsieskraal River, its history and the negative effect dumping and subsequent blockages have had on the quality of the river and environment.

Unlike many cleanup initiatives, the project is not a one-off or a quick fix and will continue long after the cleanup is over.  To this end, the City will commit to employing 40 permanent ‘river wardens’.  The wardens will be chosen from the Parow Sub Council’s job seeker’s data bank to ensure unemployed people from the community benefit.

For GrandWest, the project is a continuation of the annual river clean up first initiated in 2009, with the full support of the City. For the City, the initiative forms part of the integrated catchment management project which honours the late professor Kader Asmal.

In phase one and two of the project, dense invasive and alien vegetation will be removed along with litter, while phase three will be ongoing maintenance.  The wardens will patrol the rivers regularly to deal with problems as they occur.

The City of Cape Town applauds Grand West’s ongoing and active commitment to looking after the environment.

Recently Longridge also lent its support to the internationally-based Spiering Foundation and their Give a Child a Future initiative. This programme selects fifty gifted, but disadvantaged high school learners in and around Cape Town and provides them with the necessary social, scholastic and financial support. Aptly called the 50 Cape Einsteins, these youngsters also receive mentoring from the organisation’s Cape Support Team consisting of school principals, guardian teachers and foundation officials.

Longridge recently sponsored wines for the Certificate of Merit awards evening to show their encouragement for this initiative. According to Longridge’s Jasper Raats, this cause was definitely close to their hearts and corporate philosophy. “We firmly believe that our children are our future and we were very keen to support this organisation in fulfilling their amazing objectives. The Spierings have been regular visitors to the farm and our restaurant, so it is really great to be able to assist them in awarding their support team. The foundation is definitely creating a new future for these children and should be commended on their great work,” mentioned Raats.

For more information and to support this initiative, visit www.longridge.co.za or www.giveachildafuture.com.

Jasper Raats of Longridge hosted Paul and Butzi Spiering of The Spierings Foundation at the farm recently.

Walkers can choose either the family-friendly 2km meander through the low lying vineyards or the longer 4km route, which is ideal for fitter walkers and dogs, who will be treated to breathtaking views of Table Mountain and Robben Island along the walk.  Afterwards, walkers and their dogs can relax and picnic under umbrellas on the banks of the estate’s dam.

Entry forms are available at selected Pick n Pay stores in the Northern suburbs, local veterinarians, from the Cape of Good Hope SPCA in Grassy Park and SPCA Vet Shop in Plumstead.

Entrants who pre-register at www.spca-ct.co.za will qualify for a discounted entry fee of R35 per person and R25 per dog. Registration on the day of the event will open at 7:00am at a cost of R40 per person an R30 per dog (with children in prams free).

For further details visit www.spca-ct.co.za and to pre-book picnic baskets email info@cassiarestaurant.co.za.

NSRI Melkbosstrand volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched a sea rescue craft and responded to the scene but on arrival rescuers were met by the stench of a large, approximately 8 meter, decomposing whale carcass floating on its back with the underbelly giving the distinct impression of the underside of a boat.

Maritime Radio Services confirmed that this carcass may be the same as one reported earlier in the week floating near Robben Island and there are concerns that the wind direction will drive the carcass ashore.

Maritime navigational warnings are being posted by Maritime Radio Services and boaters in the area are urged to be cautious.

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“Sedick Isaacs was a prisoner of conscience on Robben
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This is another perspective of another section of the prison
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“Sedick Isaacs was a prisoner of conscience on Robben
Island where Nelson Mandela spent m18 years.

This is another perspective of another section of the prison
through the eyes of a scientist.”

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Rozanne, ex-Northlink College Hospitality Student, who finished at the College in November 2010, started singing from the age of 11. She has been fortunate to be a part of some of the most well-known singing and talent show competitions including South African Idol where she qualified to reach the top 100 singers in the country. She has had the opportunity to work with other international artists, including Askil Holm from Norway.

“This is a truly a great honour for me and I am very excited about the experience that, I think, will be unforgettable,” says Rozanne.

The MOT celebrations will include looking back to where it all started in 1997 and keynote addresses by some of the fathers of MOT – Johann Olav Koss (Norwegian Olympic gold medallist), Atle Vårvik (Norwegian speed skater) and other Norwegian businessmen that are changing their country and impacting others with the help of MOT.

Says Trish van der Merwe, Deputy CEO of Northlink College and MOT South Africa Board member: “We are proud to have Rozanne not only represent Northlink College and the FET Colleges in the Western Cape but represent the student population of South Africa.”

Rozanne will return to the College in July 2012 and carry on with studies in the Financial Management field.

Rozanne Waldeck

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