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In this issue Sine wins Emma Smith Award Art School of Reunion Island Visits DUT Another Feather in Mbele’s Cap Reddy’s Appointment to National Committee #StraightOuttaCityCampus
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Issue One 2016
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Awards & Honours Fine Art Masters’ Student Wins Emma Smith Award Another Feather in Mbele’s Cap
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Exhibition Celebrating Human Rights Month through Art and Poetry
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News Inspiring New Kinds of Research in the Arts Celebrating Mother Tongue Education Art School of Reunion Island visits DUT FoAD launches “Conversations on Student Centeredness” Reddy’s Appointment to National Committee
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Feature #StraightOuttaCityCampus
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Alumni Fezile Mdletshe: From Fashion Buyer to Lecturer
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Staff New Staff Members in the Faculty
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Editor’s Note Every time I prepare this magazine my heart fills with joy, not only because I love writing but because of the people who are featured in it. I am particularly inspired by the people who against all odds are succeeding and making the most of the opportunities afforded them. When I decided to be a journalist, it wasn’t just so that I can attend parties or receive free gifts, I somehow wanted to make a difference in someone’s life. The only way I could do this was by telling positive stories that inspire others to be the best they can be. In this issue you can read about Fezile Mdletshe who left a comfortable job as a Fashion Buyer and for a post as a TutorMentee, today she is a lecturer in the Fashion and Textiles Department. She took a brave step, and changed careers; a move she says she does not regret. You can also read about 2015 Emma Smith Art Scholarship Award winner Sinethemba Ngubane, a truly remarkable student who will go far in life. Her courage to challenge stereotypes is exemplary and should inspire us all. As the first year students gathered at the Arthur Smith Hall for the 2016 Orientation, I couldn’t help but remember my own orientation in 2009. I do not remember much about it but I do remember having a proud feeling that I had taken the first step towards achieving my dreams. Our cover celebrates Freedom Day. I hope it motivates you to reflect on what freedom means to you. We look forward to hearing your views on this magazine. If you have any stories you would like to share, contact me on andiled@dut.ac.za You can also like our facebook page by going to www.facebook.com/dutartsandesign. Use the hashtags #Softcopy and #loveArts&Design when commenting. Until next time, happy reading! Andile
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Dean’s Corner D
urban has secured the bid to host the 2018 International Symposium on Electronic Art. The Faculty of Arts and Design was part of the bid committee and is now part of both the Oversight and Core Committees of ISEA2018. This is a significant undertaking, requiring us all to move beyond our comfort zones and imagine a future where art, science and technology are interwoven - to serve a greater good. Our Arts and Design Digital Festival was purposively designed to move us closer to this end. The task this year is to raise the bar substantially, integrating digital and social innovation – our two faculty strategic focus areas. In the two years’ time #DUTDigifest will be integrated into the ISEA2018 programme as a local initiative, a legacy beyond the global intervention. Internationalisation is a critical part of the Faculty’s new strategic plan. Amongst others, over the past two years we have supported student exchanges to China, in partnership with our DUT Confucius Institute. More recently, the cast and Director of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ are off to the 2016 Shakespeare Festival at Folkwang University in Germany. Our students and staff who participate in these international exchanges represent themselves, their academic programmes, Departments, Faculty, University, and indeed the country.
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The Faculty now has signed MOU’s with our partners at FAFU in China, and with the Portuguese Camões Institute, who have facilitated the piloting of Portuguese language modules at DUT. We continue to work closely with our French partners, including Alliance Francaise on a range of projects. We have benefitted immensely from the French Jules Verne programme, which facilitated the piloting of the French language Gen Ed module, which lead to our newest partnership with the Art School of Reunion Island, école supérieure d’art La Réunion (ESA). I have had the benefit of traveling to Reunion Island, courtesy of the French Government and the Prefecture as part of a prospective project.
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This scenario and long-term planning engagement has given rise to immediate opportunities. The project made it possible for me to visit the ESA, where engagements with the Director, Patricia de Bollivier and the International Relations Manager, Dr Marcus Arnold, led to us formalising a project conceptualised by our French Gen Ed Lecturer, Dr Delphine Colin. The exchange has commenced with a group of French students participating in a range of artistic projects for a two-month period. The Design and Fine Art Lecturers, Noémie Brion and Cristof Denmont presented as part of our regular Research Seminar series. The success of this project is dependent on all of us. It is likely to lead to a team from the Faculty visiting Reunion Island. The Reunion Island experience will not doubt infuse new ideas and inspire us to find each other in all our diversity. This year promises to be another productive and inspired year. It will no doubt afford many new opportunities, evident to all those who are able to take a step back from the business of everyday life, to deliberately and consciously observe developments around us. We exist in a rapidly changing world of massive technological innovation and an increasing demand for mindfulness. If we don’t make the time to breathe, to assess and to re-think, we run the risk of navel-gazing. Being conscious and present in the moment leads to more meaningful engagements; it also helps to catalyse ideas, creativity and innovation. Softcopy is a direct response to needs identified during our faculty strategic planning process. Improving communication, marketing and staff/student recognition were identified as key objectives. This publication communicates stories about staff and student achievement. In so doing it helps to market both the Faculty and University. ‘You said: We did’. René
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Awards & Honours
Fine Art Masters’ wins Emma Smith Award ANDILE DUBE AND NOXOLO MEMELA
2015 Emma Smith Art Scholarship Award winner, Sinethemba Ngubane with FoAD Exacutive Dean, Dr René Smith.
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Opening the year on a high note, Fine Art Master’s student Sinethemba Ngubane walked away with a R50 000 prize after being announced the winner of the 2015 Emma Smith Art Scholarship Award recently held at the University’s Arthur Smith Hall, City Campus. The 2015 selection criteria focused on work that aimed or addressed a very important issue in contemporary South African society. Ngubane’s work focused on the issue of gender and body politics. It (Ngubane’s work) spoke about the diversity of gender dynamics in society and addressed issues of gender inequality and what is considered ‘normal’ or ‘abnormal’ in today’s society. In 2015, Ngubane was also awarded the Top Fine Art Student 2015 Award.
“My artwork focused on the current understanding of gender diversity. We all have a different understanding of what we think is normal and what is not and that can influence our thinking. However, what is more important is being able to understand and accept one another regardless of our gender differences,” said Ngubane, who said the Emma Smith Art Scholarship Award has given him confidence going forward on work. The Emma Smith Art Scholarship was incepted in 1920 by KwaZulu-Natal sugar industry magnate Sir Charles Smith. Smith’s endowment, named in memory of his mother, was made in appreciation of the work of visionary Art School Head John Adams.
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Another Feather in Mbele’s Cap ANDILE DUBE
Ndalo Coffee table by Siyanda Mbele, winner of the Product Designer of the year 2015 at the Nestlings Awards.
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Last year, the 24-year-old was named South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) Design institute’s Design Candidate. He was also one of the artists that exhibited at the 100% Design South Africa which took place at the Gallagher Convention Centre in August last year. Moreover, Mbele was awarded a scholarship by the Southern Guild Design Foundation and he was named as House and Leisure magazine’s 100 rising stars 2015. As a child he wanted to make cars but while studying Mechanical Engineering in high school, he realised he liked Graphic Design but ended up choosing Interior Design.
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Interior Design graduate and part-time Lecturer, Siyanda Mbele, was recently named Product Designer of the year 2015 at the Nestlings Awards. The Nestling Awards are a celebration of hard-working young African creatives in 15 categories that are publicly voted for online. Mbele is the owner of Pinda, which designs and manufactures hand-painted furniture inspired by the uniqueness of South African cultures. His designs provide an unexpectedly modern variation of African furniture and incorporate South African cultural references. He uses Ndebele, Venda and Zulu patterns in the products, which are interpreted into a novel aesthetic that also influences the shape of the products’ legs.
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Celebrating Human Rights Month Through Art and Poetry
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Art of Human Rights exhibition at the KZNSA gallery
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In celebration of Human Rights month and International Women’s Day, Art for Humanity (AFH) launched the Art of Human Rights exhibition at the KZNSA gallery. The exhibition which was open to the public featured three AFH portfolios. The 2015 Art of Human Rights (AOHR), 2006 Women for Children (W4C) and the 1999 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) print portfolios, as well as artworks from AFH’s Art and Human Rights school workshop programme. Speaking at the opening, AFH Chairperson Tony Starkey spoke of the relevance of the portfolios and the relationship between the AOHR and the UDHR: “The AOHR print portfolio is the sixth and latest initiative of AFH which engages, reflects and celebrates 21 years of democracy, it further speaks to the UDHR print portfolio which was initiated in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the UDHR.” The UDHR features participants from the international community
while the W4C features female artists and the AOHR features local artists and poets looking at 27 articles from the South African Bill of Rights. All three portfolios have been endorsed by well renowned activists, intellectuals and artists including Albie Sachs, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama and features artists and poets such as Lebo Mashile, Virginia Mckenny, Zanele Muholi, Busiswa Gqulu and Kobus Moolman. The Art and Human Rights school workshop programme is an AFH initiative which aims to promote moral and ethical values in the learners by visualising the values as they appear in the art and poetry displayed in the banners installed in participating schools. The values AFH aspires to inspire are those of pride, dignity, freedom of expression and cultural heritage.
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More than 20 postgraduate students from the Durban University of Technology (DUT), University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), National University of Lesotho (NUL) and Midlands State University of Zimbabwe (MSU) recently took part in the first annual DUT Faculty of Arts and Design Postgraduate Conference recently held in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. “This conference is not about demonstrating your presentation skills but about the ability to communicate clearly to an audience of your research interest your research process, findings and implications of your
Prof Labby Ramrathan, Mala Govender, Nirvana Singh, Dr Maleshoane Rapeane-Mathonsi and Dr Sandiso Ngcobo.
findings,” said Professor Labby Ramrathan, Associate Professor at UKZN’s School of Education while speaking at the two-day conference, adding that one of the concerns of postgraduate research is that only a small number of research papers are published in accredited journals or books. “Much of the research emanated from postgraduate studies ends up as dissertations filed in library shelves,” he said. In his presentation titled: Postgraduate Education: what is it and what does it entail? Prof Ramrathan spoke about the insight into the terrain of postgraduate
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education in South Africa, the expectations of postgraduate studies and his experience as a research supervisor. Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design at DUT, Dr René Smith said the Faculty wants to grow its postgraduate offering. “We have a growing cohort of experienced supervisors and support for staff and students. We are committed to attracting students not only from South Africa, but from SADC and abroad as well,” said Dr Smith.
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Celebrating Mother Tongue Education NOMTSIKELELO MBATHA
The Faculty of Arts and Design‘s Research Office, recently hosted a seminar to highlight the importance of indigenous African languages in higher education institutions in driving the transformation agenda. Statistics have shown that many students drop out within their first year of study and those who remain are not able to finish their studies in minimum time due to socioeconomical issues; the language barrier also being a prevalent obstacle.
yield positive outcomes given the higher percentage of African students who could be mother tongue speakers of these languages. “The transformation process involves readdressing the inequalities of the past and erasing all forms of discriminations. For us to see change in our education system, we need to accommodate African indigenous languages from the early stages of childhood development,” added second speaker Dr Hloniphani Ndebele.
Professor Nobuhle Hlongwa, Dean of Teaching and Learning at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s College of Humanities said: “The failure to develop indigenous languages for the purpose of scientific and scholarly discourse means that universities in Africa are not well equipped to harness indigenous or local knowledge which is deeply embedded in communities, values, ethics, philosophies and ways of life in general.” Speakers at the event argued that students are able to express themselves better in their mother and gain full confidence, therefore, the promotion of indigenous African languages as languages teaching and learning alongside English would Prof Nobuhle Hlongwa, Dean of Teaching and Learning at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s College of Humanities.
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Art School of Reunion Island visits DUT ANDILE DUBE AND DR DELPHINE COLIN
Art School of Reunion Island lecturers and students with FoAD staff members at the Alliance Française de Durban.
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the Jewellery Design and Fashion Departments. During their stay in Durban, the group toured the city, visiting Phansi Museum, African Art Centre, Umcebo Designs, KZNSA gallery, and a special tour of the infamous English Market. The Reunionese lecturers held a seminar organised by the Faculty’s research office. Dènmont presented and discussed a selection of paintings. Arnold talked about his current research on Mauritian cinema and the controversial use of the slave memory in comics, while Brion discussed selected pieces of her work as a graphic designer and illustrator. French lecturer and organiser of the Durban trip, Dr Delphine Colin said: “These various times of meetings were really rich and interesting to build the present exchange and to prepare for the next step.” Later this year plans are underway for a FoAD team to travel to Reunion Island.
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It was a busy week when Art School of Reunion Island lecturers, Cristof Dénmont, Markus Arnold and Noémie Brion visited the faculty of Arts and Design last month. The three lecturers were accompanying 10 of their arts students who are involved in the exchange between DUT and the Art School of Reunion Island. The exchange programme forms part of the international development of DUT with the promotion of a productive collaboration between the two institutions, for students, lecturers and research. It improves connection with Reunion Island, and strengthen the cooperation between the Twin cities of Le Port and Durban. Made possible by FoAD Executive Dean, Dr René Smith, and Patricia de Bollivier, Director of the Art School of Reunion Island the programme is based on an artistic, cultural and linguistic approach. The Reunionese students will spend two months with the Faculty, attending classes with the Graphic Design, Fine arts, and Drama Departments. They also developed a specific artistic project with
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Archie Gumede’s life celebrated at DUT ANDILE DUBE AND NOXOLO MEMELA
ANC Treasurer-General Dr Zweli Mkhize with eThekwini Councillor, General Sam Kikine.
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The life of Archie Gumede, the late anti-apartheid activist, was celebrated at DUT recently, during which Dr Zweli Mkhize, ANC Treasurer-General strongly condemned acts of violence during public protests. Before Mkhize took to the podium to address the crowd, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design, Dr René Smith delivered the welcome address on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Ahmed Bawa. Smith said while preparing for the address she was struck by two thoughts and a few lessons, saying her first take-away from Archie Gumede’s history is the value of education, discipline and the rule of the law. “My second thought was of the United Democratic Front and the Mass Democratic Movement. The image of a diverse group of people united with a common goal and purpose reminds me of unity in diversity.
She said her second take-away from Gumede’s history is about the collective and the lesson that we are strong when we united. Mkhize raised his concerns about acts of violence during strikes. “Comrade Archie Gumede served the people selflessly. Although he believed in the voice of students and the people, he was against violence. He dedicated his life to liberate those he served and the country. Comrade Gumede would not be pleased with the way young leaders and other leaders choose to liberate the people. Violence is not the solution when raising issues regardless of what the issue is,” he said. Gumede, a lawyer by training, played a key role in ANC campaigns against bantu education. He participated in the formation of an Education Action Committee to deal with problems at African Schools. In the aftermath of the Soweto Uprising, he became active in the Parents’ Committee established in the Durban area.
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FoAD launches ‘Conversations on Student Centeredness’ ANDILE DUBE
Associate Professor and e-Learning Coordinator, Prof Graham Stewart and FoAD Executive Dean, Dr René Smith.
didn’t want to do is bring you to a long day of presentations by experts on studentcentredness. We have to figure this out for ourselves as a faculty. What we will do is for every engagement we will bring on board somebody who does have knowledge to share with us on what student-centredness means.” The faculty’s two Academic Development Practitioners, Mala Govender and Hajira Vahed-Greer were requested to drive this process. The launch was attended by HoDs, lecturers, admin staff and students. Associate Professor and e-Learning Coordinator, Graham Stewart and Quality Promotion Officer, Odwa Mntonintshi both gave presentations and congratulating the faculty on the project.
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Steward said the notion of student centredness is that DUT exists to provide its students with the kind of learning environment that helps them grow intellectually, socially and emotionally. “Student-centredness is predicated on the University’s understanding of its students and what they bring with them to this place of learning so that it designs its programmes, its interaction and social interfaces, its physical spaces and its technological capacities to impact maximally on their growth as rounded, productive, responsible human beings”, Steward said. Mntonintshi spoke about both staff and student centredness- the importance of transformation, equality and opportunity for success.
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The importance of student centredness was highlighted at the FoAD ‘Conversations on Student Centredness’ which was launched at City Campus last month. Speaking at the launch, FoAD Executive Dean, Dr René Smith said there were a number of reasons which led to the faculty starting the conversations. “Just before the last Faculty Board meeting I had spent a morning with students in one of our departments, and the four reps that I spoke to made me realise that a conversation about studentcentredness was long overdue. We need to have a conversation about our collective responsibilities as staff and students at a student-centred university,” Smith said. Smith continued by saying: “What we
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Reddy’s appointment to national committee ANDILE DUBE AND SINEGUGU NDLOVU
FoAD’s Pragasen Reddy
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Arts and Design Faculty Officer, Pragasen Reddy was recently one of the eight representatives from universities across the country that were invited to form part of a small working group that would review the ‘Best Practice’ for Faculty Administration in Higher Education Institutions’ document. The working group comprises of representatives from universities such as UKZN, VUT, UJ and UFS. The group was formed as part of the Higher Education Faculty Administrators Forum’s (HEFAF) decision for the current published
Best Practice document to be revisited. Their role was to review the existing “best practice” document in its entirety, interrogating its content, editing, addition and deletion of information. The first draft will be circulated to this working group for further input and comments and should be finalised within a month or two. “The draft will be tabled at the HEFAF AGM/ conference. The conference is scheduled to take place from 19 to 20 May 2016 in Cape Town. Once approved, it will be printed
and circulated to all parties concerned,” Reddy explained. When asked what his appointment means for DUT and the Faculty, Reddy said it means the university, amongst other established educational institutions, is being recognised for good practices in administering. “It also provided me with an opportunity to see where DUT and my Faculty stand with other institutions administratively,” he said. Reddy who has close to 24 years experience in the specialised areas of student administration such as admissions, registration, examinations and graduation thanked FoAD Executive Dean, Dr René Smith and staff in the faculty office for support. “Also, the assistance from the DUT Registrar’s Office, ITSS and fellow Faculty officers is acknowledged. In my opinion, DUT and my faculty is administratively sound, albeit certain areas which need improvement,” he concluded. www.facebook.com/dutartsanddesign
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#StraightOuttaCityCampus ANDILE DUBE
René Smith welcomed the students to the faculty and spoke briefly about the faculty’s vision, mission and values, which have just recently been approved. “This is one of the most beautiful campuses and this hall is spectacular. On days when I am feeling a little down, I deliberately walk through the courtyard area so I can see students, so I can see the graffiti and the painting, because that is what inspires me. So I hope during your time here, even if you are not from City Campus, if your classes are not here, I hope you make the time to walk through the courtyard, sit under the tree and realise that this really is something special that we have here.” Smith said it is important to have events such as faculty orientations so that new
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students could meet everyone else in the faculty. “As first years what you need to know is that some of your colleagues are based on other campuses, because departments in the faculty are spread across the university. That is why this session is important because the friends you make at university, often become your friends for life, because you make them at a time when you are changing, when you are developing, you are deciding what interests you and they are going through the same process.” This year’s welcome pack included a meal voucher, 2016 calendar from the faculty’s newsletter, and a #StraightOuttaCityCampus T-shirt.
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More than 400 first year students gathered at City Campus’ Arthur Smith Hall for the annual Faculty of Arts and Design Orientation Day which took place last month. Students marvelled at the hall’s exquisite interior with its two majestic chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. The theme for this year’s orientation was to inspire students to reach their full potential while at DUT and also encourage them to take advantage of the opportunities afforded during their studying. Guest speakers included Lecturer and Jewellery maker, Songezo Baleni, Interior Design Masters student, Megan Parker and Fashion Lecturer, Fezile Mdletshe. The visibly enthusiastic Executive Dean, Dr
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From Fashion Buyer to Lecturer ANDILE DUBE
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Filled with the desire to do something more fulfilling with her life, fashion buyer turned lecturer, Fezile Mdletshe left the fashion industry to become a part-time lecturer in the Fashion and Textiles Department. Since taking that leap of faith, Mdletshe has developed in the field of academia, and is now pioneering the use of technology by exploring e-learning to teach students. Speaking to Softcopy the forever stylish 32-year-old said: “I had never envisioned myself as an educator, however I think it’s the path God wanted me to take, so I took it. When I got into academia I loved it so much and suddenly wanted to further progress in the field.”
Last year she joined the Dean’s Pilot Mentorship Programme with the aim of growing herself as an academic. Also in the same year she was accepted in the Department of Higher Education’s New Academic Programme which was focused on grooming and mentoring the next generation of academics. Mdletshe, a former graduate of the Fashion and Textiles’ Department says as a New Generation Academic Lecturer, it is imperative that her teaching techniques are constantly in line with the Higher Education Policy. “In this regard it is to explore technologically, digitally enhanced teaching and learning methods in the classroom to create student engagement. Currently she is exploring Blackboard alongside other digitally improved tools such as smart board and video camera tool, as a method of enhancing learning for students. Aside from lecturing, Mdletshe mentors young designers around the province. Some of her mentees have gone on to showcase at prestigious events such as SA Fashion Week.
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New Faces Ismail Farouk has joined the Fine Arts and Jewellery Design Department as a painting, sculpture and art theory lecturer. He is a multi-disciplinary artist, lecturer and PhD candidate registered at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art and a Master’s Degree in Geography from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Farouk’s work broadly deals with historical injustice, food oppression and the city, working through a radical black feminist intellectual and aesthetic archive. In his artistic practice his work deals with creative strategies for dealing with everyday social, racial, gender and economic forms of violence. His work has appeared in several exhibitions such as Afropolis (Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne, 2010); ZA: Young Art from South Africa (Palazzo delle Papesse, Sienna, Italy, 2008); Apartheid: The South African Mirror (CCCB, Barcelona, 2007). Farouk was the first recipient of the Sylt Quelle Cultural Award for Southern Africa (2008), presented by the Goethe Institute, South Africa.
Michaella Goss has joined the Fashion and Textiles Department. She will be teaching Pattern Technology and Computer Graphics and Kaledo (a specific fashion graphic software) to first years. She will also be supervising B.Tech students. Goss hold a Master’s Degree in Technology: Fashion from DUT. She has worked in the fashion industry for a number of years as a designer, mainly for children’s wear.
Nicolaas Human has joined the Graphic Design Department. He will be lecturing Design Techniques and Professional Design Practice. He has wide knowledge in design having worked as a designer and art director for companies such as Flow68 and Marriott Design. Human has a long relationship with DUT. He studied at Technikon Natal and last year he graduated with a Master’s Degree in Graphic Design from DUT.
Khaya Mchunu has joined the Fashion and Textiles Department. He will be lecturing garment technology to first years and will also be facilitating the department’s community engagement initiatives. He has worked both in public and private institutions around the country, namely University of Johannesburg and the Design School of Southern Africa. Among his many achievements, he holds a Master’s Degree in Technology: Fine Arts from the University of Johannesburg. For many years he has been engaged in community development projects having worked with community members from HaMakuya a rural chieftaincy in north-eastern Venda, Limpopo Province to develop a design social enterprise, to name a few.
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Fezile Mdletshe has joined the Fashion and Textiles Department. Mdletshe has a Degree of Bachelor of Technology in Fashion and is currently studying towards a Master’s Degree in Applied Arts: Fashion. She has worked in the fashion industry for many years as a fashion buyer and entrepreneur, running a successful online clothing boutique. She has conducted many design workshops for designers and is a mentor for the KZN Fashion Council.
Helen Smith has joined the Fashion and Textiles Department. She will be teaching Drawing and Illustration to first and second year students. She will also be teaching Creative Design to second years. Smith has a Degree of Bachelor of Technology in Fashion and is currently studying towards a Master’s Degree in Applied Arts: Fashion. Prior to joining DUT, she worked in the fashion industry and ran her own clothing brand.
Bianca Van Rooyen has joined the Fashion and Textiles Department. She will be lecturing Computer Graphics to second and third year students. Van Rooyen will also be teaching 2 and 3 Dimensional Design to second year students. She has a Degree of Bachelor of Technology in Fashion and is currently studying towards a Master’s Degree in Applied Arts: Fashion. Van Rooyen owned her own clothing label but closed it to focus on lecturing. She has won many fashion competitions in the past.
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Editor: Andile Dube 031 373 6455/ andiled@dut.ac.za Contributors: Noxolo Memela, Sinegugu Ndlovu and Nomtsikelelo Mthabela Layout and Design: Frank Kalala Proofreader: Prof Brian Pearce Images: Jimmy Reynolds, Nomtsikelelo Mthabela, Thobelani Dlamini, Gcina Mchunu and Sbonelo Mthethwa. Cover Art: Paula Louw (Supplied by: Art for Humanity) Publisher: Faculty of Arts and Design (FoAD) Editor-in-Chief: FoAD Executive Dean, Dr RenĂŠ Alicia Smith