Making a Difference 2020 by University of the Western Cape

Making a Difference FROM HOPE TO ACTION THROUGH KNOWLEDGE

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A national university of high repute MESSAGE FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR

IT IS MY PRIVILEGE to lead the University of the Western Cape (UWC) alongside a strong and talented executive team as we enter our 60th year of existence. As one of the leading higher education institutions in South Africa and on the continent, we are very pleased with our growth over the past six decades.

As a research-intensive university, we are committed to being a vibrant intellectual space where we engage with matters of real signiﬁcance, constantly seeking new ways of improving what we offer our students. We do this while being mindful of the society in which we are located and the communities around us.

UWC, as an institution and a campus community, is strongly defined by the ethos that one’s origins do not define one’s destiny. We see this in the resilience of our students, many of whom will be the first in their families to gain a university education. It is also evident in the institution’s growth and development from an historically disadvantaged institution originally intended to only educate coloured students to a truly national university of high repute.

We are conﬁdent about our identity as an institution rooted in South Africa and the African continent and we believe we have much to offer to a vast array of local, continental and international partners – be they other educational institutions, the private sector, government or civil society.

We are proud of the fact that our doors of learning have long been open to academically deserving students, irrespective of race or socio-economic circumstances. Moreover, we are proud of the strides that we have made in providing young people with an education that places excellence in teaching, learning, research and innovation at its centre.

At UWC, we are enthusiastic about forging mutually beneﬁcial partnerships that will assist us to realise our vision of being a place of quality, and a place to grow from hope to action through knowledge.

PROFESSOR TYRONE PRETORIUS RECTOR AND VICE-CHANCELLOR

The Plan UWC’S INSTITUTIONAL OPERATING PLAN (IOP) 2016–2020

UWC’S IOP is framed as a broad and integrated strategic framework

for 2016–2020. It represents a strategic interpretation of UWC’s role as a public South African university. The IOP has ﬁve cross-cutting themes that intersect with eight goal areas

concerned with, among others, issues of national transformation and social justice, inclusiveness and diversity, sustainability and innovation, and the need for mutually beneﬁcial local and global partnerships.

THEMES

THE UNIVERSITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

INNOVATION

RESEARCHINTENSIVENESS

LEARNING AND TEACHING

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

INTERNATIONALISATION

THE 21ST CENTURY GRADUATE

GOAL AREAS

THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE

ENHANCING UWC’S STANDING AND PROFILE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAMPUS AND SURROUNDING AREAS

LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE

EXCELLENT TALENT

FINANCIAL VIABILITY

“UWC strives to be a signiﬁcant agent of transformation by playing a distinctive intellectual and academic role in building an equitable, just and dynamic South Africa.”

The Leadership Team UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

Professor Tyrone Pretorius RECTOR AND VICE-CHANCELLOR

Professor Vivienne Lawack

Professor JosÃ¨ Frantz

Professor Pamela Dube

DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR: ACADEMIC

DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR: RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR: STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT

Mr Meko Magida

Dr Nita Lawton-Misra

Mr Abduraghman Regal

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: HUMAN RESOURCES

REGISTRAR

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: FINANCE, INNOVATION, OPERATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

DEANS

Professor Monwabisi Knowledge Ralarala

Professor Anthea Rhoda

Professor Niel Myburgh

Professor Michelle Esau

Professor Vuyokazi Nomlomo

Professor Jacques de Ville

DEAN OF ARTS

DEAN OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES

DEAN OF DENTISTRY (ACTING)

DEAN OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

DEAN OF EDUCATION

DEAN OF LAW

Professor Michael DaviesColeman DEAN OF NATURAL SCIENCES

Academic Milestones UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE 2019-2020

12000

STUDENTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA and other

African countries have participated in the UWC School of Public Health’s Summer and Winter School programmes since they began in 1992.

UWC’S RANKING in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for quality education.

UWC ACADEMICS

received awards for excellence in teaching and learning from the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa.

124

PHDS WERE CONFERRED

by UWC in 2018 in several disciplines – from astrophysics to politics and zoology.

157

THE RANKING AWARDED IN 2019 by the URAP

World University Rankings to the Astronomy & Astrophysics disciplines taught at UWC, while Physical Science was ranked 470.

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UWC ALUMNI have served as Rectors or Vice-Chancellors of South African universities.

UWC’S FACULTY OF DENTISTRY

is the leading dental school in Africa and produces 48% of South Africa’s dentists.

55% THE PERCENTAGE OF PERMANENT ACADEMIC STAFF

at UWC who hold PhDs.

THREE UNIVERSITIES–

UWC, the University of Cape Town and the University of Pretoria – have formed the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA), a ﬂagship project that responds to the big data challenge of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

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UWC WAS INCLUDED among the top 200

universities in emerging economies in the Times Higher Education 2019 rankings.

UWC STUDENTS have been

selected in as many years, to participate in the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings with Nobel laureates, students and researchers from more than 200 institutions.

UWC Facts and Figures OUR STATS AT A GLANCE

TOTAL STUDENTS 2019

ACHIEVEMENTS

FACULTIES

ARTS UWC’S HYDROGEN SYSTEMS SOUTH AFRICA (HYSA) introduced ﬁve prototype hydrogen fuel cell technology (HFCT) innovations: an HFCT-powered forklift and refuelling station, a tricycle, a backup power system and a generator.

24 223 Undergraduates

19 303

ECONOMIC AND

writing programme in South Africa operating across three languages (English, Afrikaans and isiXhosa) – encouraging creative and social dialogue across languages, cultures and ethnicities.

Postgraduates

4 920 First-time Entering Undergraduates

5 099

HEALTH SCIENCES

DENTISTRY

UWC CREATES is the ﬁrst (and only) creative

BREAKDOWN

COMMUNITY AND

UWC HAS THRICE BEEN

MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

EDUCATION

LAW

DECLARED AFRICA’S GREENEST CAMPUS – a shining example of how sustainable thinking and environmentalism can be promoted at universities.

NATURAL SCIENCES

Growing our Research Capacity PRODUCING RESEARCH WITH IMPACT

Research Output

AS A RESEARCH-LED UNIVERSITY, UWC constantly strives to

demonstrate the purpose and benefits of our research. Our research in all disciplines – from synthetic fuel processes to understanding how the universe was formed – is focused on producing research with impact. The University has made significant gains in the production and transfer of cutting-edge knowledge in key fields nationally, regionally and internationally.

The total weighted research output is an important indicator of progress for any university. UWC has shown signiﬁcant growth in this area. Publication units (journal articles, book chapters, books and published proceedings) have continued to grow over the years and we are conﬁdent that we will maintain our position as a research-led institution among the top universities in South Africa.

2500

NUMBER OF STAFF

2000

1500

1000

500

242

267

365

406

483

RESEARCH MASTER'S

116

221

254

267

DOCTORAL

111

484

667

PUBLICATION UNITS

WEIGHTED TOTAL *2018 FIGURES ARE UNAUDITED.

2008 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 485

507

483 498*

255

275

215

296

104

100

122

844 1 006 1 050 1 060

995

971 1 160

Research Facts

152 Recent Achievements in Research Researchers from UWC’s Astrophysics Group contributed to the ﬁrst research publication to emerge, in 2018, from the largest science experiment ever embarked on in the southern hemisphere, the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope. The University hosts the UNESCO Chair in Hydrogeology based at the Institute of Water Studies. The Chair was created in 2001 to focus on water resource management in Africa. Professor Yongxin Xu is the inaugural incumbent. Professor Julian May is the UNESCO Chair in African Food Systems. The Chair focuses on current research and training in building a sustainable food system in Africa which provides adequate, nutritious and safe food for poor and vulnerable communities.

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NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

(NRF)-rated

researchers are based at UWC.

UWC RESEARCHERS

have achieved National Research Foundation A-ratings, recognising them as leading international researchers.

DSI-NRF NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN FOOD SECURITY is jointly hosted by UWC and the University of Pretoria.

SOUTH AFRICAN RESEARCH CHAIRS INITIATIVE (SARCHI) CHAIRS are hosted at UWC. Established by the Department of Science and Innovation (formerly DST) and the National Research Foundation, the objectives of the Chairs are to attract and retain excellence in research and innovation at South African public universities.

UWC’s Research Repository consists of close to 3 000 papers authored by UWC researchers – all of which are freely accessible online to the public. The UWC Gender Equity Unit was awarded the Association of Commonwealth Universities’ Gender Grant in 2019. It was awarded to Dr Mary Hames, Director of the GEU, by the patron of the ACU, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle. The grant will be used to research existing institutional policies to ensure and promote gender equity.

Leading the Way UWC continues to prove itself as a world-class hub of science, technology and community engagement. UWC is instrumental in the development of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) international project that is building the most powerful and advanced radio telescope in the world. The telescope will enable astronomers to ‘see’ the universe in unprecedented detail. The NRF awarded a R35 million grant for Phase 2 of the Hydrogen and Real-time eXperiment (HIRAX). The project, which involves six South African institutions, is a planned radio telescope to be installed alongside the SKA in the Karoo that will map the southern sky. The SA National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI) at UWC conducts bioinformatics and computational biology research relevant to South African, African and global populations. In 2019, SANBI formed part of an international group of experts exploring global efforts through the establishment of the Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology (PHA4GE) to bring bioinformatics closer to Public Health. PHA4GE has already begun to take some critical formative steps with the establishment of technical resources, an organisational charter, a code of conduct and domain-focused technical and data sharing working groups. UWC has produced revolutionary programmes that keep apace with the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a technological revolution that is changing the way we work, socialise and learn. To equip students with the skills required in a changing economy, UWC is offering Africa’s first Postgraduate Diploma in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence, a master’s programme in Data Science and its first online Management Development Programme. UWC has also launched South Africa’s first Postgraduate Diploma in Immersive Technologies in AR/VR.

Nurturing the Next Generation of Leaders MAKING THEIR MARK ON THE WORLD

UWC IS PRODUCING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS who will

make their mark on the world through a variety of programmes, including:

Developing the Research Scholar Beyond the skills that academics attain in teaching and learning, there is a need for early career academics to obtain specialist skills to develop their identity as scholars. The three-year programme involves, among others, creating a proﬁle as an academic, networking, coaching, marketing, CV writing and public speaking. The programme was developed by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Innovation, Professor Josè Frantz.

Student Leadership Academy There are three key initiatives within the academy – the Emerging Leaders Programme, the Advanced Leaders Programme and the Pathway for Life Programme. The programmes are based on general leadership, self-development, building sustainable support networks and practical project skills. This academy prepares students to develop their leadership capacity to serve as citizen leaders in a global community. The academy operates under the broad directorship of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Student Development and Support, Professor Pamela Dube.

Programme for Academic and Professional Leaders (P4APL) The programme aims to enable UWC’s future leaders to adapt to a rapidly changing higher education environment. Participants from all faculties are taught a variety of skills, including how to implement leadership strategies and understanding UWC internal structures and processes. This programme is facilitated by the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic, Professor Vivienne Lawack.

Innovation to Improve Lives BRINGING POSITIVE CHANGE TO COMMUNITIES

UWC is pioneering technological innovations that bring positive change to communities. This drive is supported by UWC’s Technology Transfer Office (TTO), which promotes the development and protection of intellectual property produced by the University’s research community, staff and students. HYSA SYSTEMS CENTRE OF COMPETENCE: Hydrogen is one of the most promising alternate fuels available: when hydrogen fuel cells are used, the only waste product is water. UWC’s HySA Systems Centre of Competence and its national and international partners have introduced several hydrogen fuel cell technology innovations.

A collaboration with the South African Post Office will see the establishment of a small ﬂeet of hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric delivery scooters.

UNIQTYPER® FORENSIC DNA KIT: A rapid, highly discriminatory and

more affordable DNA proﬁling kit for the African market, the UNIQTYPER® Forensic DNA Kit could prove invaluable in many investigations. Launched in late 2018 as an alpha-prototype, the kit targets DNA on the Y chromosome only carried by men. It will give law enforcement agencies across the continent the ability to uniquely identify the perpetrators of crimes such as rape. The kit will also assist in familial studies and paternal lineage kinship analysis. SIGNSUPPORT: The mobile assistive app uses pre-recorded videos

in South African Sign Language to help the deaf understand instructions from pharmacists who can hear but cannot sign. The videos, which cater for a range of medical needs, are loaded onto cellphones and can be accessed via the app, which was designed with the assistance of the deaf. The app suite includes an authoring tool to create additional scenarios and a mobile video relay.

UWC ENVIRONMENTAL AND NANOSCIENCES GROUP: The group is

investigating the use of fly ash to treat contaminated water resulting from mining. Usually, expensive chemicals are used for this process. However, the group has been able to synthesise zeolites from fly ash, a waste product of coal-burning power stations. The non-toxic zeolites can be used to absorb toxic impurities in the mines’ waste water, producing water safe for agricultural and industrial re-use. IBATECH NATURAL BIOFERTILISER: A biofertiliser has been developed by UWC’s Indigenous Botanical Adjuvant Technology (iBATECH) from kraalbos, an indigenous plant. It contains valuable bioflavonoids, bio-surfactants, organic acids and antioxidants. These components display antimicrobial properties and can increase the polyphenolic and sugar content of plants, thereby improving overall plant health and yield.

NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE (NIC) – BIOLABELS NODE: The unit uses nanoparticles combined with metals such as gold and silver to target diseased cells in the body. The NIC has already patented a testing kit for HIV which is cheaper and more consistent than existing ones because it uses a peptide that can be made in a laboratory. Other research which could be patented in the future includes a metred dose inhaler (like an asthma pump) that could help cure TB, tests for diabetes and Ebola, a gel that uses nanomaterials to encapsulate HIV prevention drugs and a way to target fat cells that could help cure obesity. MARINE BIODISCOVERY PROGRAMME: UWC academics are conducting research on South African sea sponges. The toxins produced by the sponges could have anti-cancer, anti-malarial and anti-microbial properties. They are trying to ﬁnd a way to use the nanoparticles to create a pharmaceutical use for the sponges.

BAOBAB LIMS: An African-led, affordable sample and laboratory management tool for biobanking, SANBI’s Baobab LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) can be implemented in low and middle-income countries which previously were rarely able to implement an LIMS. Designed for the collection, processing and storage of human biospecimens, Baobab LIMS is free and open source and can be customised to the speciﬁc needs of any laboratory.

Historic Milestones UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE 1960–2020

1960: The University College of the Western Cape opens its doors. 1970: The institution gains independent university status and is allowed to award its own degrees and diplomas. 1975: Prof Richard van der Ross is appointed as UWC’s first black Rector. 1978: UWC’s Cape Flats Nature Reserve is declared a National Monument (now known as a provincial heritage site). 1987: New Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Jakes Gerwel, declares UWC as the ‘university of the left’. The University deracialises and opens its doors to African students. UWC inaugurates its longest-serving Chancellor, Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who would serve for more than 25 years. 1990: UWC becomes the first university to award the late President Mandela an honorary doctorate upon his release from prison. 1994: Many academics from UWC join President Mandela’s government and are appointed to ministerial and advisory positions, including its Rector, Prof Gerwel, who became the Director-General in the Presidency. UWC’s leadership takes part in writing the higher education policy for the incoming government. The South African interim Constitution and final Constitution are drafted at UWC.

1995: UWC launches its first website – joining the internet age before other universities in the Mother City. UWC launches the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) to engage in research, training, policy development and advocacy in relation to land reform, rural governance and natural resource management. 2002: Under the leadership of Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Brian O’Connell, UWC successfully resists being merged. Instead, its Dentistry Faculty is merged with that of the University of Stellenbosch, making UWC the only dentistry faculty in the Western Cape. 2003: UWC acquires the first protein X-ray crystallography facility in South Africa (thanks to funding from the Carnegie Foundation), a major boost to research capacity development in biotechnology. 2008: The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship is introduced to UWC, promoting an international postgraduate education experience. The first cohort of Fellows is accepted in 2009. 2009: South African writer Meg Vandermerwe initiates UWC Creates, the only creative writing programme in South Africa operating across three languages (English, Afrikaans and isiXhosa).

2010: Ten SARChI chairs awarded to UWC, the highest number awarded to any university in SA that year (as of 2019, UWC hosts 18 SARChI Chairs). 2012: UWC launches its Technology Transfer Office to help promote the development and protection of the intellectual property of the University’s research community, staff and students. UWC is declared Africa’s Greenest Campus in the inaugural African Green Campus Initiative Challenge. 2013: UWC signs the Berlin Declaration on Open Access in the Sciences and Humanities, joining hundreds of institutions around the world dedicated to supporting the principles of open access and working to achieve openness in publicly funded projects. 2014: For the ﬁrst time, UWC awards over 100 PhDs and over 4 000 degrees in one year. UWC is recognised as a top-tier university by the Department of Higher Education and Training. UWC graduates its ﬁrst master’s students as a hub of the National Nanosciences and Technologies Platform.

2016: UWC’s Centre for Humanities Research is awarded the Flagship on Critical Thought in African Humanities by the NRF. UWC is ranked number 1 in Physical Science – not just in South Africa, but for Africa as a whole – in the 2016 Nature Index. 2017: A group of UWC students, led by Professor Nico Orce, conduct the second major African-led experiment at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland. UWC’s former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Brian O’Connell, receives the National Research Foundation’s highest honour, the NRF Lifetime Achievement Award. 2018: UWC’s Faculty of Dentistry – Africa’s leading and largest dental school – launches a new state-of-the-art video conferencing system that will allow students to watch live surgeries in class or at home – a ﬁrst for South Africa. 2019: UWC Rugby makes its debut in the Varsity Cup. The team makes history by becoming the ﬁrst historically disadvantaged institution to qualify for the premier university rugby competition. 2020: UWC celebrates its 60th anniversary.

UWC in the Global Landscape BROADENING OUR HORIZONS

Collaborations on the Continent UWC HAS FOSTERED long-standing research, teaching and learning as well as community engagement collaborations with institutions in Africa.

• Ardhi University, Tanzania • Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania

• University of Science and Technology - Omdurman, Sudan • Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Kenya • University of Nairobi, Kenya • University of Eldoret, Kenya • Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique

• National Centre for Petroleum Research and Development, Nigeria • Frantz Fanon University, Somalia • Ministry of Health, Mozambique • University of Namibia, Namibia • National University of Rwanda, Rwanda • Woldia University, Ethiopia

Global Collaborations UWC HAS ENTERED INTO research

South America

collaborations, service learning agreements, scholarships, mobility scholarships and research agreements with higher educations around the world.

Brazil EST Colleges State University of Feira de Santana Federal University of Espírito Santo University of São Paulo, Faculty of Humanities Chile University of Chile

North America Canada Ottawa University University of Toronto - Jackman Humanities Institute United States of America Albany State University University of North Georgia Emory University Howard University, Washington, DC Columbia University University of Illinois – The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) Indiana University University of Virginia University of Kentucky, Kentucky Marquette University, Wisconsin Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Massachusetts University of Missouri System, Columbia, Kansas City, Rolla, St. Louis University of Minnesota Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Global Change University of Wisconsin-Madison Winston-Salem State University Northwestern University West Virginia University

Europe Belgium University of Antwerp Ghent University Howest University Vrije Universiteit Brussel France National Institute for Demographic Studies University of Paris-Seine Germany Humboldt University of Berlin Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences Ruhr University Bochum Norway University of Bergen Norwegian School of Sports Sciences University of Oslo University of South-Eastern Norway VID Specialized University Romania West University of Timişoara The Netherlands Leiden University Utrecht University Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

United Kingdom Coventry University University of Leeds Ireland Trinity College Dublin Italy Naples Eastern University (Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale) Cyprus University of Cyprus Denmark Copenhagen University Finland Jyväskylä University Switzerland University of Basel University of Bern Portugal University of Madeira Russia Moscow State University

Asia China Zhejiang Normal University Japan SYLFF (Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund) Malaysia University of Malaya India Christ University Indonesia Ahmad Dahlan University Iran Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute

Community Engagement CREATING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

Elite Capture in Land Redistribution in South Africa Funded by the Millennium Trust, the Social Justice Initiative and the Claude Leon Foundation. This project focuses on the question of who is beneﬁting from South Africa’s land reform programme and investigates the phenomenon of elite capture in land reform. The project explores policy options for fostering an inclusive and pro-poor land reform programme in South Africa. This project is led by Dr Farai Mtero from the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS).

UWC Law Clinic The clinic enjoys a reputation as the leading clinic in the Western Cape and one of the best in South Africa for its provision of quality legal services. Since inception, the clinic has served the dual role of offering quality legal services to indigent communities while providing clinical legal education and training to students. The clinic operates as a law practice under the supervision of a director and experienced attorneys. It provides free legal services in the Cape Metro, Boland and West Coast areas of the Western Cape.

Mobile Dental Clinic

120 000+ PATIENTS

treated per year

31 6 16

YEARS OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH DENTISTRY

• Outreach dental services include fillings, extractions, fissure sealant, scaling and polishing, and fluoride varnishing

THE FACULTY OF DENTISTRY HAS SIX CLINICAL PLATFORMS

– Tygerberg Hospital Oral Health Centre, Mitchell’s Plain Oral Health Centre, Red Cross Children’s Memorial Hospital, Groote Schuur Hospital, Gugulethu Community Clinic and the UWC Main Campus

PROFESSOR ANTJIE KROG

UWC’S PROFESSOR WILLIAM (BILL) TUCKER AND CARLOS REY-MORENO

Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research South African poet, writer and academic, Professor Antjie Krog, initiated a project at the centre to translate novels and poetry written in indigenous languages into English. Some of the books are more than 100 years old.

PROFESSOR FANELWA AJAYI

communications technology and digital data access (R10 per month uncapped) in the rural Mankosi area in the Eastern Cape. This unique community-owned and operated network serves 4 000 cellphones and other devices and is being expanded to neighbouring Zithulele with support from the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA).

AmaQawe ngeMfundo The Zenzeleni Project A community-based project led by Professor Bill Tucker from the Department of Computer Science, Zenzeleni is an ICT4D (Information and Communications Technologies for Development) project that aims to bridge the digital divide and aid economic development by ensuring equitable access to modern communications. The Zenzeleni Project has installed ultra-low cost

Professor Fanelwa Ajayi, from the Department of Chemistry, founded and coordinates the AmaQawe ngeMfundo (Heroes through Education), a non-proﬁt organisation that focuses on giving Grade 9–12 learners at three high schools in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, the skills, knowledge and conﬁdence to become future science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) leaders.

Equipping and Empowering the Student PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE

Zone Learning

UWC WearSA Incubator store

The zone learning model of experiential learning prepares students for the 21st-century workplace. This initiative is part of the DVC: Academic’s project on entrepreneurship and is offered at UWC in partnership with Ryerson University, Toronto. Zone learning enables students to apply their formal learning to develop business ideas, start-ups, companies or projects by developing their entrepreneurial skills and mind-sets through workshops and boot-camps.

The UWC-WearSA campaign launched an incubator store at UWC’s Faculty of Community and Health Sciences building in the Bellville CBD. The store provides 18 students with work experience and experiential training in all facets of the industry, including garment design, manufacturing, buying, retail and marketing. The store showcases the South African fashion and textile industry to encourage people to buy locally manufactured fashion to foster economic growth.

Work Readiness Programme The programme educates students about professional behaviour, dress etiquette and ethics, developing their soft skills and workplace knowledge alongside the University’s curricula. Students who complete the course are registered on a database to ﬁnd short-term employment in their respective disciplines. Service Learning in Pharmacy Programme (SLiP): SliP aims to ensure that School of Pharmacy graduates have the knowledge and skills to be socially responsible, patient-centred pharmacists and are committed to addressing South Africa’s pressing primary healthcare needs. The programme gives students the opportunity to deliver valuable primary health care advice in surrounding communities.

UWC Careers Service The Careers Service organises and hosts career opportunities for students, including: • Company presentations, showcases and promotions; • Careers Xpo – to interact and network with leading South African recruiters and UWC alumni; • Job search skills workshops, personal branding assistance andmock interviews.

Future Leaders Entrepreneurship Programme The 10-month Future Leaders Entrepreneurship Programme, initiated by UWC’s School of Business and Finance, helps reduce youth unemployment and empower a new generation of entrepreneurs, especially in rural communities.

Future-Innovation Lab Following the launch of its Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP) in May 2019, Samsung South Africa announced the next phase of its Research and Development (R&D) Academy Project in partnership with UWC. The EEIP R&D Academy, through its Future-Innovation Lab, aims to assist deserving previously disadvantaged youth (18–35) to gain skills in software development and digital social innovation.

Co-curricular Record: Recognising All Achievements UWC’s Co-curricular Record allows for a more holistic record of students’ development by recognising students’ contributions and leadership experiences outside of the lecture rooms, whether in academic support, entrepreneurship, sports achievements or community engagement. Graduating students are able to add their co-curricular record to their resumés to aid job-seeking.

Street Law Programme The Law Faculty’s Street Law Programme concerns refugee rights, gender and domestic violence, children and juvenile justice, education and access to information. Students are required to do outreach programmes, either conducting information workshops or advice desks in disadvantaged communities, at sites such as the Saartjie Baartman Centre (a protected centre for women and children), Huis Vredelus (a juvenile detention centre for minor girls), and Eben Dönges High School.

Celebrating UWC Sport A HEALTHY DIVERSITY

UWC SPORT offers exciting programmes at competitive and

Thembi Kgatlana UWC alumna and 2018 African Woman Footballer of the Year, Thembi Kgatlana, has been signed by European club giant Benﬁca in Portugal. She has been a key member of the senior women’s national team and scored the only goal for South Africa at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. UWC contributed ﬁve players to the 26-member Banyana Banyana squad.

COMPETITIVE

recreational levels and produces athletes who compete nationally and internationally in a variety of sporting codes.

Boxing Chess Dance Sport Hockey Rowing Swimming Table Tennis Volleyball

THEMBI KGATLANA

HIGH PERFORMANCE

Athletics Basketball Cricket Football Netball Rugby

Credit: SA Rugby

HERSCHEL JANTJIES

Herschel Jantjies UWC alumnus, Herschel Jantjies, was a member of the Springbok team which clinched the Rugby World Cup in 2019. Herschel played in the UWC Rugby team that won the FNB Varsity Shield title and won promotion to the Varsity Cup. The University became the ﬁrst previously disadvantaged institution to qualify for the prestigious Cup competition. Credit: gettyimages/FIFA.com

Babalwa Latsha

Kurt-Lee Arendse

Babalwa, who graduated with her LLB degree in 2019, is the captain of the Springbok women’s rugby team. In 2020, she became the ﬁrst South African woman rugby player to turn professional. She signed with Spanish rugby club SD Eibar Femenino.

The BA student made his debut in the Blitzbok Sevens side in 2019, playing for the team in Canada in the Vancouver leg of the HSBC 7s tournament. He returned with a gold medal. The young man from Paarl played for the Boland Under-18 and Western Province Under-19 teams before joining UWC in 2017.

RECREATIONAL

Rogail Joseph

Cheerleading Hiking Karate Squash Supa-Pool Tennis

The young sprinter from Worcester is studying economic development. In 2019, she won the Under-20 400m hurdles at the South African Championships and won the 100m hurdles and the 400m hurdles at the African Junior Championships in Côte d’Ivoire. ZUBAYR HAMZA

Credit: SA Rugby

BABALWA LATSHA

Zubayr Hamza UWC cricket star Zubayr Hamza was selected to the senior national cricket team and made his Test debut for the Standard Bank Proteas in the third match of the series against Pakistan on 11 January 2019 at the Wanderers. The Protea, the 100th Test player selected since readmission, recently completed his BCom Accounting degree at UWC. He is still affiliated to the UWC Cricket Club. Credit: Backpagepix

Long-term Sustainability CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE (UWC) faces a challenge born of its own success – the need to sustain the long-term viability of the Institution while developing the infrastructure to keep up with the growing numbers and needs of its students and researchers. UWC is developing the existing campuses into more vibrant spaces that are urban in design, scale and density. We have called on new and existing partners, alumni and donors to join the University in implementing vital campus improvement projects that will enrich our students’ experiences and contribute to academic excellence. With support from our donors, UWC will remain an academic leader and university of choice, not only in South Africa but on the African continent.

Faculty of Community and Health Sciences The University’s newly renovated Faculty of Community and Health Sciences (CHS) building in the Bellville CBD signals a new phase in our expansion of healthcare education and training in South Africa. Four CHS departments – Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Natural Medicine – are housed in the new building, offering potential partners exciting opportunities to contribute to healthcare education, including through funding simulation laboratories, a video conferencing centre, teaching and learning laboratories and research facilities.

New Education Precinct UWC’s Faculty of Education produces many of the teachers working in the basic education sector in schools and early learning centres in the Western Cape and nationally. The Faculty is keenly aware of society’s urgent need for knowledgeable and technically competent educators who have the vision, insight and commitment to help turn around South African public education. The Faculty is committed to maximising the University’s ability to efficiently produce educators of such calibre and, to facilitate this, the University has embarked on a bold project to consolidate the education facilities and resources in one precinct on the main campus, through the repurposing, customisation and modernisation of space vacated by a number of departments in the Faculty of Natural Sciences.

Greatmore Street Project The Greatmore Street Project is an exciting new arts education initiative near the former District Six area of Cape Town. The Project will house the much-respected UWC Centre for Humanities Research (CHR), the ﬂagship initiative that brings together scholars and students from South African universities, public institutions, and national and international research bodies, in initiatives and collaborations that respond to the demands of building the post-apartheid South Africa. The Greatmore facility is conceptually part of the return of people and culture to the city after decades of social engineering rendered it a sterile place virtually devoid of art-making and cultural celebration. The University has commissioned and received a substantial part of the feasibility, technical preparation and design work required to determine the cost and scope of work of transforming the historic Greatmore Street site and is engaging with prospective funders about funding partnerships.

UWC Sports Precinct UWC has a long history of contributing to development initiatives in sport in the historically disadvantaged communities of Cape Town. Thanks to our co-curricular approach, the training we provide our students and the experiences they gain as competitors and administrators, along with our academic offerings in physical education and sports science, have ensured that our inﬂuence and intervention in sports development have had a national impact. Our engagement with provincial sports bodies, administrators and local community organisations has inspired us to seek to provide a high-standard sports precinct that will not only serve the University and its sports codes but also, as a locus of development in sports science and training, will stimulate the provision of adequately serviced sports facilities in the wider surrounding communities. UWC has developed a plan to upgrade and expand its existing sports facilities into this multi-purpose sports precinct and seeks funding partners that share our vision of upliftment through sport.

Access to Success: The Jakes Gerwel Education, Endowment and Development Fund The primary aim of the Jakes Gerwel Education, Endowment and Development Fund is to provide comprehensive bursaries to academically deserving students from disadvantaged backgrounds that enable them to study at UWC. The Fund was established in 2012 in memory of the late Professor Jakes Gerwel who, during his term as Rector of the University of the Western Cape, consistently championed access to higher education for disadvantaged students and broadened access to UWC. The Fund regularly receives donations from friends and alumni of the University and also hosts annual UWC Golf Days in Johannesburg and Cape Town with the speciﬁc aim of raising contributions in support of the Fund’s objectives.

Make a Donation TO THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

The University recognises and appreciates the generosity of individuals, businesses and organisations that invest in our students, programmes and services to help the University fulﬁl its ethos and mission. Many innovative sponsorship options are available to donors, including public-private partnerships in the development of University infrastructure and sustainability, research collaboration, training and development, capacity building and skills development. Prospective donors wishing to ﬁnd out more about the above projects are invited to contact the University of the Western Cape’s Donor Relations Office at: Tel: +27 21 959 3904 +27 21 959 2627 or Ms Patricia Lawrence, Director for the Department of Institutional Advancement Tel: +27 21 959 3905 E-mail: plawrence@uwc.ac.za All donations to UWC are tax deductible in accordance with Section 18A of the Income Tax Act, Act 58 of 1962.

Credit Card Payments: If you’d like to support UWC by making an online donation, please visit our website: http://uwc.devman.co.za/Devman/web/giving

Donation Via EFT: Account Name: University of the Western Cape Name of Bank: ABSA Bank Branch Code: 560810 Account No: 4050893930 Reference: Name of Donor Branch: Epping Swift Code: ABSAZAJJ

Please email proof of payment to esadien@uwc.ac.za. Should you have any questions or queries regarding donation options, please contact Mr Essa Sadien at Tel: +27 21 959 3141 or email esadien@uwc.ac.za.

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