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March 2006 - 2 Amptelike nuusblad van die personeel van die UV / Official newsletter of the staff of the UFS / Phatlalatso ya Semmuso ya ba Basebetsi ba Yunivesithi ya Freistata
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Die tyd is reg vir gehalteversekeringAlles aan die UV is in rep en roer vir die
eksterne gehalte-oudit wat later vanjaarplaasvind. Die topbestuur van die univer-
siteit het reeds twee jaar gelede ’n gehalte-ouditas strategiese projek van die UV geïdentifiseer.Met die eksterne gehalte-oudit verseker dieuniversiteit dat sy gehalteversekeringsmega-nismes en -prosesse wat in plek is, reg bestuurword en gehalte verseker word.
“Die proses bied aan die UV die geleentheidom weer sistematies oor sy bestaansdoel enintellektuele identiteit na te dink, debat te voeren standpunte te formuleer,” sê dr. Louis vander Westhuizen, Senior Navorser in die Kantoorvan die Registrateur: Strategiese Beplanning.
Die oudit word deur ’n nasionale liggaam,die Hoëronderwys-gehalteversekeringskomitee,wat deel is van die Raad op Hoër Onderwys, ’nstatutêre liggaam, gedoen.
Die doel van die oudit is om antwoorde teformuleer op vrae rondom die toepaslikheid vandie universiteit se selfverstaan, prioriteite endoelwitte. Wat sê ons oor onsself, hoe sien onsonsself en ons rol en wat wil ons doen? Die vol-gende vraag fokus op die wyse waarop die uni-versiteit aan hierdie aansprake gestalte gee.Doen ons dit wat ons sê: het ons navorsingspro-gramme en strukture om hulle te ondersteun?Dit fokus ook op getuienis. Hoe weet ons datons al die dinge doen wat ons sê en hoe weetons dat ons dit goed doen? Akkreditasie vanprogramme, evaluering van navorsers en navor-singsprogramme, en interne en eksterneeksaminering is alles getuienis van dieuniversiteit se gehalte.
Dr. Van der Westhuizen sê: “Dit is nie net be-langrik om die Raad op Hoër Onderwys tevrede
Die Hoofkampus van die UV ondergaan tans baie veranderinge met die ontwikkeling van dieverkeersnetwerk. Mnr. Thabo Teleka van Terreine by die Departement Fisiese Hulpbronne verf’n padverfmerk voor die Fakulteit Regsgeleerdheid. Dit is deel van die proses om diepadtekens op kampus meer sigbaar te maak. Lees meer oor parkering op kampus op bl.14Die tyd is reg... vervolg op bl.2
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UV en Griekwaleiers ontmoet
’n Historiese ontmoeting het op 8 Maart 2006 by die UV plaasgevind, waar die Opperhoof van dieGriekwavolk teenwoordig was. Van links is prof. Frederick Fourie, Rektor en Visekanselier van die UV,Hoofman Cecil le Fleur, voorsitter van die Hoofmansraad van die Griekwa Nasionale Konferensie,Opperhoof Alan Andrew le Fleur I, ds. Kiepie Jaftha, Hoofdirekteur: Samelewingsdiens, en prof. PietErasmus, Departement Antropologie aan die UV.
Die UV is besig om in samewer-king met die Griekwavolk aan ’ninisiatief te werk getiteld: Van
miskenning tot erkenning – die rol vandie Griekwas in Suider-Afrika – ’n ven-nootskapsinisiatief van die Griekwavolken die UV.
Die Griekwa Nasionale Konferen-sie (GNK) het versoek dat in vennoot-skap met die UV navorsing gedoenword oor verskeie aspekte rakende
te stel nie, maar om die verbetering vanonderrigleer, navorsing en samelewings-diens na te streef. Ons probeer hard om’n kultuur van gehalte by personeel teskep. Elke personeellid moetvoortdurend vra: Wat doen ek? Hoekomdoen ek dit? Is dit die beste manier?”
Die ouditproses werk soos volg:Eers moet personeel ’n indringendeselfevaluering aan die hand van ’n aan-tal kriteria doen. Dan, in die week van16-20 Oktober 2006 is daar ’n besoekvan die oudit-paneel waar onderhoudegevoer word met verskillende groepemense aan die UV, insluitende dosente,studente, bestuurslede, dekane,administratiewe personeel en andermense wat by die universiteit belanghet. Die persone wat betrokke sal weesby die onderhoude sal vooraf ingeligword oor wat van hul verwag word.
Na die ouditbesoek sal die ouditpa-neel ’n verslag by die Hoëronderwys-gehalteversekeringskomitee indien. Indie verslag sal die paneel uiteensit dít
die Griekwataal, -kultuur, -geskiede-nis, -leierskap, hul rol in die Suid-Afri-kaanse samelewing (verlede en hede)en die bewaring van hul kultuur-historiese erfenisse. Navorsers aandie UV sal op verskillende manierebetrokke kan wees by die vier moont-like fokusareas, naamlik ’n dokumen-têre film, die Adam Kok-huis, etno-historiese navorsing en leesmateriaalvir Griekwaleiers.
wat die UV goed doen in terme vangehalte en ook watter sake nog aandagmoet geniet. ’n Paar maande nadat dieuniversiteit die finale ouditverslag ont-vang het, sal ’n gehalte-ontwikkelings-plan by die Hoëronderwys-gehaltever-sekeringskomitee ingedien word waarinaangedui word hoe die sake wat deurdie paneel uitgewys is, aangespreekgaan word.
“Die oudit bied dus aan die univer-siteit die geleentheid om eerstehandseen ingeligte menings van deskundigesvan buite die universiteit te bekom endit te gebruik in die verdere ontwikke-ling van die gehalte van die universi-teit,” sê dr. Van der Westhuizen.
Die koördineringskomitee van diesuboudit bestaan uit prof. Magda Fourie,Viserektor: Akademiese Beplanning,mnr. Willem Malherbe, Registrateur:Strategiese Beplanning, prof. SakkieSteyn, Registrateur: Algemeen, en dr.Van der Westhuizen. Die span vergaderweekliks om die proses te monitor.
Dr. Van der Westhuizen sê: “Die heleinterne oudit word as ’n deelnemendeproses bedryf. Ons probeer om soveellynbestuurders as moontlik by die same-stellings van die selfevalueringsporte-feulje te betrek. Van Maart tot Junie van-jaar sal alle akademiese en ondersteun-ingspersoneel die geleentheid kry om opdie selfevalueringsverslag kommentaarte lewer. Buiten dit bied ons ook werks-winkels en inligtingsessies aan wat meerpersoneel die geleentheid gee om in tekoop in die proses. Op 18 April 2006 salnog ’n institusionele werkswinkel op dieHoofkampus gehou word, wat op 12 Mei2006 op die Qwaqwa-kampus herhaalsal word.
“ ’n Positiewe ouditverslag hou virelke personeellid die voordeel in dat ditin die openbaar bevestig dat ons aan ’ninstelling van hoë gehalte werk. Dieoudit kan verder daartoe bydra dat dieUV as universiteit van topgehalte erkenen respekteer word,” sê dr. Van derWesthuizen.
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Dates to diarise25 or 26 April 2006 - Wellnesstalk: The role of exercise inlifestyle illnesses, Dr MarleneOpperman. Contact Arina [email protected],x3325 or Suzelle Bester x3580.(Afrikaans session withtranslation to English)
17, 18 May 2006 - KovsieWellness days
25 May 2006 - MoshoeshoeMemorial Lecture. Interestedparties can phone Tumi @051- 4012828
Every Tuesday 16:45 -Wellness walks
19 April 2006 - Blooddonations on QwaqwaCampus, Senate Hall. ContactHelen Pienaar at 058-7185029.
KorreksieIn die laaste uitgawe van Dumelawas na I.P. November verwys asmeneer. Hy is dr. I.P. November.
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UFS improves the library servicesThe UFS Sasol Library is one of
the first five university libraries inSouth Africa to participate in the
LibQual Survey. “This survey is part ofthe university's 2006 strategic objectiveof quality and excellence,” said Prof.Magda Fourie, Vice-Rector: AcademicPlanning during the prize-giving whichwas held on 21 February 2006. Theother university libraries include that ofthe Northwest University, StellenboschUniversity, the University of Pretoria,and Rhodes University.
LibQual is a trade name designedby the Library Association in the UnitedStates of America (USA) for the librarysurvey.
“The aim of the survey was to col-lect information about the library users'opinions of the quality of service offeredby the library,” said Ms HuibréLombard, Deputy Director at the UFSSasol Library and Information Services.
More than 780 people participatedin this competition, including studentsand personnel from the Main Campusin Bloemfontein, Vista Campus andQwaqwa Campus. From participants ahundred finalists were randomly select-ed by a computer and Prof. FrederickFourie, Rector and Vice-Chancellor ofthe UFS, drew the nine winners.
Mr Clemence Namponya, Directorof the Library and Information Services
Seen here with Prof. Magda Fourie, Vice-Rector: Academic Planning are the winners of the library surveycompetition. From the left, back: Mr Pieter Verster, Lecturer: Missiology in the Faculty of Theology, MsPrehana Singh, B. Accounting student, Ms Suleen Joubert, B.A. General student, Ms Anna-Marie Viljoen,Van Schaik, Prof. Magda Fourie, Mr Leon Fourie, B.Com. Actuarial Science student, Ms Nikiwe Matebula,M. Language Management student, Mr Adriaan van Zwijndrecht, General Manager: Xerox; front: Mr HanroJordaan, LL.B. student, Ms Aobakwe Machogo, B.Com. Accounting student and Ms Lucia Motaung, also aB.Com. Accounting student.
at the UFS, said: “We thank all thepeople who participated in thiscompetition and survey; your input willhelp us better our UFS Sasol Libraryservices. It will also help us develop a
more comprehensive strategicdocument for 2006.”
This competition was sponsored byXEROX, CompTech, Mast Publications,Van Schaik and Swets.
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Cooperation withNIHE sealed
At the signing of the agreement were, from the left,front: Prof. Magda Fourie, Vice-Rector: AcademicPlanning, and Dr Pearl Nkosi, Head: AcademicPlanning at the NIHE; back: Dr Kopano Taole, act-ing head of the NIHE, and Mr Vernon Collett,Registrar: Academic Student Services at the UFS.
Aformal memorandum of under-standing was signed betweenthe UFS and the National Insti-
tute for Higher Education in the North-ern Cape (NIHE) to give both institu-tions a clear understanding of the wayin which collaborative programmesshould be implemented.
“Although the UFS has been pre-senting bachelors degree courses inB.Soc.Sc. in Human and Societal Dy-namics and B.Com. in General Man-agement and the Career PreparationProgramme at the NIHE since 2003,the cooperative agreement was neverformalised,” said Prof. Magda Fourie,Vice-Rector: Academic Planning at theUFS, at the signing ceremony.
These academic programmes, pre-sented by facilitators living in Kimber-ley and lecturers from the UFS, serve270 students and the entry require-ments of the programmes are deter-mined by the UFS.
Dr Kopano Taole, Acting Head ofthe NIHE, said: “The memorandum isthe culmination of many years of hardwork and of helping the people of theregion. The continued input and guid-ance of the UFS is of tremendous helpto us and through this we gained agreater sense of what the NIHE cangrow to be.
Internationalisation now a priority
The recently approved Internatio-nalisation Policy re-establishedthe international profile of the
university. “We are very optimisticabout the professionalising ofinternationalisation activities. It's longbeen overdue,” said Prof. FransSwanepoel, Director: ResearchDevelopment.
“Internationalisation is importantbecause it strengthens research andthat makes a university internationallycomparable,” he said. It is important tobe globally positioned in terms ofresearch.
As result the InternationalisationPolicy was developed. The policywhich focuses on internationalisationdevelopment at a strategic level will beintegrated as one of the university'smain functions.
To realise all the strategies and ob-jectives in the policy the directorate de-veloped an internationalisationbusiness plan. The business plan wasalso developed to suggest amanagement model for theinternationalisation office. The officewill facilitate and coordinate all inter-nationalisation activities and providesupport to faculties.
Around 10% of the UFS's studentcorps is from other countries. Althoughthe Department of Educationprescribes that the Southern AfricanDevelopment Community (SADC)represents five percent of a university'sstudent corps the university alreadyaccommodates seven percent. Thesestudents need more assistance andattention. The internationalisation officecoordinates welcoming and orientationprogrammes for these students, liaiseswith faculties on behalf of the studentsand provides assistance with visas,accommodation, etc. The office alsoprovides assistance to guest lecturers.
Students and staff who want tostudy abroad are also assisted by theinternationalisation office. The officeidentifies existing opportunities thatstudents can use. The UFS have longstanding partnerships with a number ofuniversities, including the New MexicoTech, the Catholic University of Leuvenand Cornell University.
The directorate adds more value toresearch development by mobilisingfunding, expanding and maintainingagreements with developed anddeveloping countries and by promotingthe UFS internationally.
Kovsie Alumni honours former students
Kovsie Alumni awarded its top honors during a Gala Banquet ceremony. From the left was Mr Harold Verster,president of the Free State Rugby Union who was awarded with the Cum Laude Award for the role he playedin the inclusion of the Vodacom Cheetahs as Super 14 rugby team, Mr Naka Drotské, who was awarded asKovsie Alumnus of the Year 2005 for the professional way in which he led the Cheetah Rugby Team, and Prof.Johan Henning, Dean: Faculty of Law at the UFS, who was awarded with the Kovsie Alumni NationalManagement Award for Exceptional Service. He received this award for his role in the expansion anddevelopment of the Faculty of Law as academic, centre head, department head and, especially, as dean.
Die UV het ’n ooreenkoms metCipal, ’n Belgiese sagtewareont-wikkelingsmaatskappy, onderte-
ken om as agent vir Cipal in SuidelikeAfrika op te tree.
Die UV gebruik reeds vanaf 3Augustus 2004 die Parnassus-sagtewa-re van Cipal onder lisensie vir die elek-troniese bestuur van die vergaderingsvan die Dagbestuur van die UitvoerendeBestuur van die UV. Dié sagteware wordonder meer aangewend vir vergade-rings, die universiteit se jaarverslag aandie Minister van Onderwys en die institu-sionele jaarkalender. Die gebruik vanCipal-produkte het ook al na vier van diefakulteite aan die UV uitgebrei.
Die universiteit sal ook dié produkteaan ander universiteite bemark as ’n en-trepreneuriese projek om vir die universi-teit derdegeldstroom-inkomste te ver-dien. Prof. Sakkie Steyn, Registrateur:Algemeen, sê: “Ons kon dit net nie virons self hou nie. Die universiteit transfor-meer op meer as een gebied. In dié ge-val is dit stelsels wat transformeer omdie bestuur van die UV te optimaliseer.
Ooreenkoms onderteken met sagteware-ontwikkelaars
By die ondertekening van ’n ooreenkoms met Cipal, ’n Belgiese sagteware-ontwikkelingsmaatskappy, isvan links prof. Sakkie Steyn, Registrateur: Algemeen van die UV, prof. Frederick Fourie, Rektor enVisekanselier van die UV, mnr. Leo Stevens, voorsitter van die Cipal Raad van Bestuur en Direksie, enmnr. Arthur Phillips, Direkteur-Generaal en HUB van Cipal.
Met die gebruik van die stelsel spaarons tyd en geld en is bestuur meer ef-fektief. Ons bemark meer effektiewe be-stuur deur e-bestuur.”
Die stelsel vereenvoudig omslagtigetake en stel die Bestuurskomitee in staatom beter te funksioneer. Tyd word noumeer betekenisvol aangewend.
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Hoewel daar algemene belas-tingverligting is, is daar tweewysigings in belastingwetge-
wing vanaf 1 Maart 2006, wat per-soneel kan raak,” sê mnr. ChrisLiebenberg, Direkteur: Finansies.
Die volgende wysigings hetplaasgevind in terme van maatskap-pymotors op die UV-motorskema:• Die belasbare byvoordeel word
vanaf 1,8% na 2,5% van die“vasgestelde waarde” van uvoertuig verhoog.
• Die belasbare byvoordeel van2,5% word verminder met 0,22%vir brandstof en 0,18% vir onder-houd. Hierdie verminderings hetongelukkig onveranderd gebly.Die belasbare byvoordeel vanvoertuie op die UV-skema saldus nou teen 2,1% van die “vas-gestelde waarde” van dievoertuig bereken word.
Tot 28 Februarie 2006 was diebelastingvrye gedeelte van die werk-gewerbydrae vir medies beperk tot 2/3van die totale premie. Slegs die werk-gewerbydrae meer as 2/3 was belas-baar. Hierdie bepaling het nou verval enword deur die volgende vervang: Diebelastingvrye gedeelte word nou be-perk tot ’n bedrag per afhanklike. Hier-die bedrag word bereken as R500,00per afhanklike (hooflid ingesluit) vir dieeerste twee en R300,00 per afhanklikevir daaropvolgende afhanklikes.
Die volgende inligting sal op ubetaalstaat verskyn:
In die kolom vir verdienste:• die belasbare byvoordeel met
betrekking tot u skemavoertuig.• die belasbare byvoordeel met
betrekking tot die bedrag waarmeeu werkgewerbydrae tot u mediese-fondspremie die belastingvrye
gedeelte, soos hierbo bereken,oorskry.
In die kolom vir statistiesegegewens:• Raadsbydrae tot u mediese-
fondspremie.• Totale mediese-fondspremie.• Mediese bo-perk, dit wil sê die
belastingvrye gedeelte berekenvolgens die aantal afhanklikes.
• Medies (4025). Dit verteen-woordig die bedrag waarmee ubelasbare inkomste verminderis in die geval waar uwerkgewerbydrae minder is asdie belastingvrye gedeelte sooshierbo bereken.
• Pakketwaarde. Die bedrag hier-teenoor aangedui is die maan-delikse waarde van u totalevergoedingspakket.
Vir navrae kan met salaris-personeel geskakel word.
Wysigings in belastingwetgewing raak jou so
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Qwaqwa Campus
Ke nako bakeng sa tiisetso ya boleng
Kopanong ya tshebetso (workshop) ya Yunivesithi e neng e tshwaretswe lekaleng la Yunivesithi yaFreistata la Qwa Qwa e bile ho tloha ho le letshehadi: Moprof. Peter Mbati, Hlooho ya Lekalal laYunivesithi ya Freistata la Qwa Qwa, Moprof. Magda Fourie, motlatsa-moreketoro: Tsa Moralo wa Dithutotse Phahameng le Ngaka Louis vander Westhuizen, Mmatlisisi ya ka Sehloohong kantorong ya tsaBoingodisi: Moralo wa Maano.
Dintho tsohle mona Yunivesithingya Freistata di dutse di le malala-a-laotswe bakeng sa tlhatlhobo
ya boleng e etsahalang hona selemongsena. Dilemong tse ka bang pedi tsefetileng botsamaisi ba yunivesithi enabo ile ba hlwaya tlhatlhobo ya boleng ele leano la pele la Yunivesithi yaFreistata. Ka bohlahlobi bo tswang kantle ho Yunivesithi, Yunivesithi ena efana ka tiiseto hore ditsela tsa tiisetsoya boleng le mesebetsi tse teng, ditsamaiswa hantle esitana le ho tiisetsaboleng.
“Mosebetsi wona o fana ka monyetlaho Yunivesithi ya Freistata ho boela enahana ka sepheo sa yna le tsa dithuto,ho hlahisa puisano le ho hlomadintlhakemo,” ho realo monghadi Louisvan der Westhuizen, eo e lengMmatlisisi ya ka Sehloohong Kantorongya Boingodisetso: Moralo wa Maano.
Monghadi van der Westhuizen a re:“Ha ho bohlokwa feela ho kgotsofatsaLekgotla ho tsa thuto e phahameng,empa ho ntlafatswe tsa ho rutwa, tsadipatlisiso le ho hahamallaphedisanommoho. Re leka ka matla hohlahisa mokgwa wa boleng hara
basebetsi. Setho se seng le se seng sabasebetsi se lokela ho botsa potso enadi sa tloha: “Ke etsa eng?,” Hobanengke tlamehile ho etsa hona”,, le hore “Nake mokgwa o nepahetseng na?”
Mosebetsi wona wa tlhatlhobo olokiseditswe ketelo ya lekgotla labaahlodi ba tlhatlhobo ena. Pele hoketelo ena ya lekgotla lena la bohlahlobibona ho tshwanetse pele ho etsweboitlhatlhobo bo tebileng ho ya kamekgwa e mengata e entsweng.Bekengya la 16-20 Mphalane 2006 ho tlatshwarwa dipuisano le batho badihlopha tse fapaneng Yunivesithing yaFreistata, ho kenyeletswa le barupedi,baithuti, ditho tsa botsamaisi, baetapeleba mafapha, le basebetsi ba botsamaisiesita le batho ba bang ba nang lethahasello Yunivesithing ena. Batho batlang ho kena mosebetsing wona wadipuisano ba tla fahlollwa nako e sa leteng hore na ho lebeletsweng ho tswaho bona.
Ka mora ketelo eo ya tlhatlhobo enabaahlodi ba bohlahlobi bona ba tla fanaka pehelo ho Komiti ya tsa Thuto ePhahameng ya Boleng. Pehelong eobaahlodi ba tla bontsha tse ntle tsweo
Reading helpsstudents to
discover theirstrengths
“Students at tertiary levelare required to haveacademic skills to make
a success of their studies. TheReading Development Courseallows students to discover theiracademic strengths and assiststhem in the development of im-portant academic skills. Well-developed reading skills supportstudying on all educational levels,therefore a tremendous amount ofreading must be completed forcourses, projects, papers andassignments,” said Mrs HelenPienaar, Student Councilor at theQwaqwa Campus and presenter ofthe Reading Development Course.
The course which is presentedover six weeks consists of sixtheoretical sessions and six prac-tical sessions. The theoreticalsession consists of the theory ofreading, whereas the practicalsession is a computer based appli-cation of the theory that was dis-cussed in the theoretical session.The course, which is presented inEnglish, is free of charge. Stu-dents receive a certificate aftersuccessful completion of thecourse.
Students are showing keen in-terest and are already registeringfor the course. The course will bepresented in the recently equippedreading laboratory in the Adminis-tration Building on the QwaqwaCampus. Eleven computers wereinstalled during November 2005for this purpose. Mrs Pienaar willbe assisted by two student assis-tants, Mr Jerry Mahamotse and MrJackie Dhlamini, in presenting thecourse. Mrs Pienaar, MrMahamotse and Mr Dhlaminireceived training to enable them topresent the course.
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Qwaqwa Campus
Linku says his say on transformation
Linku Masithela, a third year-student on the Qwaqwa Campus, receiving a voucher from Prof. PeterMbati, Campus Principal of the Qwaqwa Campus. Linku received the third prize in the TransformationCompetition. The competition was organised by the university to encourage staff, students andstakeholders to have a say in the transformation plans of the UFS. “I am very happy that I havecontributed in making a change in the transformation process of the UFS,” said Linku.
The group of new staff members who received information and advice during an orientation session on therespective departments on the Qwaqwa Campus.
Yunivesithi e di etsang ha ho buuwa kaboleng esita le hore na ke mafaphengafe moo e tlamehileng ho hlomamohopolo wa yona bakeng sa ntlafatso.
“Ka hona he, bohlahlobi bona bofana ka monyetla ho Yunivesithibohlokwa ba pele ba barutehi bahlahang ka ntle ho Yunivesithi le ho bosebedisa ntshetsongpele ya boleng baYunivesithi ena.,” ha realo monghadivan der Westhuizen.
Komiti ya e Nyenyane ya Bohlahlobiya Kgokahano e eme ka ditho tsena tselatelang: Moprof. Magda Fourie,Motlatsa moreketoro; Moralo wa tsaThuto e Phahameng, monghadi WillemMalherbe, Lefapha la Boingodisetso:Moralo wa Maano: Moprof. SakkieSteyn, Lefapha la Boingodisetso:Kakaretso le monghadi van derWesthuizen.
Bohlahlobi ba Yunivesithi yohle botsamaiswa e le morero oo bohle batlamehileng ho ikakgela ka setotswana.Ka ntle ho moo re bitsa dikopano tsathuto le dikopano tsa ho fahlollana tsenehang basebetsi monyetla ho kenamosebetsing wona. Ka la 18 Mmesa2006 ho tla boela ho tshwarwa kopanoya thuto mona Yunivesithing ena, etlang ho boela e phetwa hape lekalengla Qwa Qwa la Yunivesithi ena yaFreistata ka la 12 Motsheanong 2006.
New staff welcomed on Qwaqwa Campus
It is a practice on the Qwaqwa Campusto officially welcome all new staff mem-bers and to provide the essential infor-
mation they will need to comfortably settleinto their new posts.
Ten new staff members attended theorientation session. Prof. Peter Mbati,Campus Principal, officially welcomed thenew members and highlighted some chal-lenges facing the campus as well as suc-cesses achieved so far. He wished them ahappy and long stay at the campus.
Officials from Academic Services, Stu-dent Academic Administration, the Exami-nation Section, Finance, Human Resour-ces, Library and Information Services, Stu-dent Affairs, Computer Services, CHESDand Strategic Communication gave briefpresentations on what they do.
New colleagues were encouraged tocontact these departments when theyneed information and assistance on therespective services they provide.
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Decision made on phasing out of Vista students
The Executive Management hasapproved a procedure to phaseout students on the Vista Cam-
pus. “According to the incorporationagreement, pipeline students would beallowed to continue attending lecturesat the Vista Campus until 2008 takinginto account that no students were al-lowed to register after incorporation in2004,” said Prof. Engela Pretorius, co-chairperson of the Joint Vista TaskTeam.
This year (2006) is the final year forpresenting first-year courses, next yearwill be the final year for presenting se-cond-year courses and 2008 will be thefinal year for presenting third-year cour-ses. The following compulsory servicecourses – often first-year modules –could be presented until 2008:SSO553, SSO554, EUC501, CIT501,
Prof. Engela Pretorius, co-chairperson of the JointVista Task Team.
CIT502, CIT503 and CIT504.“Equivalents should be considered inthe event of Vista students whoswitched to UFS programmes.
“At the end of 2006 faculties shouldadvise all remaining students in termsof curriculum planning with a view tocompleting their qualifications on out-standing modules, equivalent coursesand whether and how to 'migrate'. Thisshould be done on an individual basisat faculty level. This exercise should berepeated at the end of 2007.
“In 2008 relatively few studentsshould remain. In cases of students re-peating a module, it was proposed thatspecial measures be taken to makesuitable arrangements for such stu-dents in order that they are not com-promised in any way,” she said.
Dean visits Qwaqwa Campus
Prof. Tienie Crous, Dean: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, visited students in the computerlab at the Qwaqwa Campus. He visited the campus to meet with officials in the Faculty of Economic andManagement Sciences.
Career exhibitionsa huge
accomplishment
The marketing department ofUFS Qwaqwa Campus in al-liance with the Free State De-
partment of Education held their an-nual career exhibition from 5-10March 2006 on the Qwaqwa Cam-pus.
Fifty schools from the EasternFree State were invited to have alook at the variety of courses offeredby exhibitors from different institu-tions of Higher Learning including theUFS Qwaqwa Campus.
During his welcome speech theAssistant to the Campus Principal:Academic, Dr Elias Malete, said: “Itis important to bring the local lear-ners to the campus. The university iscommitted to excellence and qualitylearning. As part of the university'sendeavor to deliver excellence, it willcontinue to host this event,” he said.
“We are very obliged to the De-partment of Education and the UFSQwaqwa Campus for this kind ofevent. I will use the advice I wasgiven when I make decisions aboutmy future career path,” said MsNelisiwe Kubheka, a grade-12 leanerfrom Kgolathutho.
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US Consul visits Qwaqwa Campus
Mr Steven Coffman, US Con-sulate General in Johannes-burg, visited the UFS Qwaqwa
Campus to develop a relationship withthe university. He donated a collectionof books to the Diphakweng PrimarySchool as well as to the Hlajoane HighSchool. The donation to the high schoolincluded 85 books on American Historyand US culture and values.
The primary school also receivedthe African-American Collection, con-sisting of 135 books. These booksfocus on the African-American expe-rience and selected biographies.
“Through this donation we hope tocontribute to the enhancement of areading culture,” said Mr StevenCoffman. He was accompanied by MsMary Jeffers, Public Affairs Officer ofthe Public Affairs section, Ms SelaeloRamoleta, IRC Director and Ms TebogoSepeng, Media Liaison Officer.
The Qwaqwa Campus Library received a contribution from the US Consulate General during his visit to thecampus. From the left are Ms Selaelo Ramoleta, Director of the Information Resource Centre from the USConsulate General in Johannesburg, Ms Mary Jeffers, Public Affairs Officer accompanying Mr Coffman, MrPitso Nooe, the Office of the Premier, Mr Tebogo Manchu, assitant to the Campus Principal (Administrationand Support Services) and Deputy Director: Student Affairs, Mr Stoffel Kok, Senior Librarian at the QwaqwaCampus, Mr Steven Coffman, US Consulate General, Mr James Kunene, Department Education and Dr EliasMalete, assitant to the Campus Principal (Academic Affairs) and Senior Lecturer in the Department AfricanLanguages on the Qwaqwa Campus.
Qwaqwa Maintenance Division plans ahead
Prof. Peter Mbati, Campus Principalof the Qwaqwa Campus, faci-litated a planning workshop with
the gardening and workshop personnelto develop a firm understanding of theircore responsibilities and to collectivelydevelop a functional strategy that willallow full participation of personnel in theexecution of their work.
The vision of the division is to pro-vide an excellent cleaning, gardeningand workshop-related service to theQwaqwa Campus community withinreasonable turnaround times, and toproactively create and maintain afriendly external and internal workenvironment conducive to the corebusiness of the university.
To facilitate better delivery of service,new gardening tools will be purchased tosupplement those currently in store.Prof. Mbati also undertook to upgradethe changing rooms for the gardenersand to install cabinets where they canstore their tools and other belongings.
The members of the gardening staffwere enthusiastic about many of thenew arrangements tabled during theworkshop, which included a proposal toassign specific individual work arrange-ments to the various staff members anda new work schedule. It was generally
The garden in front of the Administration Building on the Qwaqwa Campus.
agreed that this would not only instil asense of ownership of work done, butthat it would encourage everybody torise to the challenge of meeting the newvision of the division.
Prof. Mbati accepted a request bystaff to give them some sort of
recognition when they excel in theirwork. The supervisor of the gardeningand workshop division, Mr MoferefereMoeketsi, expressed optimism that theplanning workshop would have a posi-tive impact not only on the morale, butalso on the output of his staff.
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Navorsingsassistente in Sielkunde presteer
Kerkvereniging en die herinstellingvan die doodstraf is albei kontro-versiële onderwerpe wat me.
Petro Jonck en me. Célia Ambrosio,beide navorsingsassistente van prof.Anda le Roux in die Departement Siel-kunde, se belangstelling geprikkel het toehul ’n onderwerp vir hul meesters-graadstudies moes kies.
Hul passie en belangstelling in hulonderskeie ondersoeke was só groot datbeide Petro en Célia onderskeidingsbehaal het.
Die onderwerp wat Petro vir haarmeestersgraadstudie gekies het, is Lid-mate van die NG-Kerkfamilie se houdingteenoor kerkvereniging. Sy sê: “Gods-diens en morele waardes is aktueleonderwerpe en ek hou daarvan om uit tevind hoe mense oor die kerk voel. Diekerk is die samelewing se steunpilaar.Sonder dit is daar nie veel oor nie.” Haarbevinding is dat lidmate van die NG Kerkkruiskultureel positief is oorkerkvereniging. Dit beteken dat lede vandie NG Kerk, die Verenigende Ge-reformeerde Kerk en die NG Kerk almalpositief is oor die vooruitsig van eengesamentlike kerkverband.
Uitblinker-meestersgraadstudente aan die Departement Sielkunde, me. Célia Ambrosio en me. Petro Jonck.
Petro, wat haar meestersgraadstu-dies suksesvol voltooi het en reeds besigis met haar doktorsgraad, beplan ’nloopbaan in navorsing.
Célia wat in die algemeen geïnteres-seerd is in aspekte rondom geweld, hetdie onderwerp Houdings teenoor die
doodstraf vir haar M-studie gekies. Syhet ’n kruiskulturele ondersoek in Bloem-fontein uitgevoer. Haar studie het getoondat meeste mense positief voel oor dieherinstelling van die doodstraf. Die meer-derheid blanke mans was ten gunste vandie herinstelling van die doodstraf.
The high level of economic growth in the building industry is causing a shortage of registered quantitysurveyors. This was discussed during the recent visit of the Association of South African QuantitySurveyors to the UFS. From the left were Mr Egon Wortmann, Director: ASAQS, Prof. Basie Verster,representative of the Free State on the ASAQS and head of the Department of Quantity Surveying andConstruction Management at the UFS, Mr Greyling Venter, Chairperson: Free State branch of the ASAQS,Prof. D.G. Brümmer, Vice-President: ASAQS and Mr Patrick Waterson, President: ASAQS.
Shortage of quantity surveyors discussed at UFS
“The South African building indus-try is experiencing a high levelof economic growth, causing a
shortage of registered quantity sur-veyors,” said Mr Egon Wortmann, Direc-tor of the Association of South AfricanQuantity Surveyors (ASAQS).
“This shortage is noticeable in localand national governments where un-qualified and inexperienced staff is nowappointed. The authorities that haveadopted this approach are not incompliance with the legal and statutoryrequirements in South Africa,” he said.
“Universities offering programmes inquantity surveying and construction man-agement are also negatively affected.The ability of the tertiary institutions toattract young academics, to train themand to keep them in the longer term, isalmost impossible,” said Prof. BasieVerster, Head of the Department of Quan-tity Surveying and Construction Ma-nagement at the UFS and representativeof the Free State on the ASAQS.
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time out with...
Elizabeth Nchapi, Assistant Director:Finance, Qwaqwa Campus. Thenameplate on her door could just
as well have read, Elizabeth Nchapi, dili-gent, punctual and friendly.
Surely these qualities must haveplayed a role when Elizabeth was ap-pointed Assistant Director: Finance onthe Qwaqwa Campus in June 2005.“This was the highlight of my career,” shesays.
Elizabeth started working at the uni-versity in 1994. Before that, she success-fully completed first her B.Com. degreeand later her B.Com. Honours at theQwaqwa Campus, after which sheworked for the government and the FreeState Development Corporation.
She started her career at the univer-sity in the Finance Division on the Qwa-qwa Campus where she respectivelydealt with student enquiries, worked ascashier and later in the debt collectionunit. In 2001 the head of the Finance Di-vision resigned, giving only 24 hours'notice, and she was asked to act in thisposition. “It was not an easy task. I indi-cated that I needed support and some-one was sent from the Finance Depart-ment at the Main Campus to assist me.
“The position as head of the FinanceDepartment came with responsibilitiesand challenges. I told myself that therewas someone at Main Campus who hadconfidence in me and that I must not dis-appoint that person. I needed to deliverresults and to achieve,” Elizabeth said.
It is also important to Elizabeth tomaintain good relationships with herpeers at the Main Campus. “People's
attitudes have changed since the incorp-oration. We started to build relationshipswith the personnel at the Main Campus.After three years, it is no longer a strangeworld to me. During the registrationperiod the support we received from theMain Campus was excellent. One wouldcall and they were immediately availableto assist us,” she said. Not only is she
passionate about her work, but the futureof the Qwaqwa Campus lies close to herheart. She said: “It is encouraging; morestudents showed interest and registeredthis year. We received a 1 000 first-yearapplications compared to the hundred wereceived last year and we gave financialaid to about 800 students through theNational Financial Aid Scheme.”
Elizabeth, who was born and atten-ded school in Mount Fletcher in theEastern Cape, is married with threechildren, one daughter, Palesa, and twosons, Motebang and Molapo. Her hus-band, Ntiti, is Chief Planner at theDepartment of Land Affairs and Palesastudies at the Central University ofTechnology in Bloemfontein. In her sparetime she enjoys reading motivationalbooks written by Christian writers. Shealso does community work in church-based hospices.
She concluded: “After the incorpora-tion we became a new institution with anew culture. This campus now has morepower, and power comes with accounta-bility and responsibility. The challengenow is to deal with people's mindsets.”
Elizabeth Nchapi, Assistant Director: Finance.
Political Science attends opening ofFree State Legislature
Staff members from the Department of Political Science were invited by Premier BeatriceMaasdorp to attend the official opening of the Free State Legislature. From the left are, back: MrNico Combrink, Senior Lecturer; Mr Tom Ferreira, Lecturer; Ms Angelique Harsant, Lecturer, Prof.Constanze Bauer, Associate Professor, front: Mrs Paulinah Choane, Lecturer, Mr Joseph Smiles,Lecturer, and Prof. Heidi Hudson, Acting Departmental Chairperson: Political Science. Prof. Bauerand Ms Harsant were also commissioned by the Electoral Institute of South Africa to cover thelocal government elections in the Northern Cape and to produce reports on the pre-election,election and post-election phases.
‘Powers come withresponsibilities’
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5MinuteKragonderbrekings, car thieves and a lêkka vibe!
Dumela! Dagsê! Morning! Yes, yes,my Bra! And my Bralina! Bultjie isso bly ons bly nie in die Kaap nie!
Kragonderbrekings! Hulle kan glad niewerk nie. Hul rekenaars is permanent af.Die sekretaresses bring blykbaar noumaar ’n pak kaarte werk toe om te kanPatience speel. En die manlike personeelloop nou glo tussen etenstye kafee toevir ’n pot pinball!
Not that our Cape Town colleaguesreally get upset easily. However, my UCTcolleague did sound a bit gatvol lastweek: “Please fax me the report! I got tothe office at 11 o'clock. It's now almostfour and still no power on my PC! I'vebeen sitting here waiting like a duck inthe Groot Karoo for ANY kind of action!Does ESKOM know what the traffic islike between 4 and 5?”
I didn't say anything. I just wonderedif they have to switch off engines withevery exit at a Varsity gate. Quite fru-strating but apparently it works very wellif it's your own car and you have the key.One of my students' cars got stolen twoweeks ago and the thief didn't experien-ce any problems at the gate. He justdidn't switch off the stolen car, but waitedpatiently at the stop and waited until thegate and the road ahead was clear. Asthe security guard impatiently urged himon to drive closer, the thief just gentlydrove straight past him and out of theuniversity grounds! “No problem, myBra!” Needless to say the car is still miss-ing. Poor child! I know the feeling. I'velost two cars in two years. But as thegreat Anton Rupert told his daughter: “Ifyou only had one dress, you wouldn'tnag about which dress to wear to theparty!” Problem is this student is now sit-ting with “no dress”. Gooi ’n langtoonklas toe, Sussie!
Maar allakragtie, o wragtie sowaar!As iemand darem Bultjie se selfoon agtersy rug van sy lessenaar af steel terwyl hyeen meter daarvandaan sit en werk opsy rekenaar, dan besef ’n mens geleerdemense (studente?) is nog skelmer as jougemiddelde kardief. Nou stop jy die kaarten blok die telefoon en daar sit die diefmet ’n nuttelose stuk apparaat wat al jou
316 noodsaaklike kontaknommers op heten jy sit met niks nie!
As jy nou nog so deur die wind soosek is, ken jy nie eers jou huis of kindersse nommers uit jou kop nie. Veral nie jouvrou se nommer nie. Sy is mos maar netaltyd dáár as jy haar nodig het – soos jouselfoon! Sy kos jou ook geld en pla jouop ongemaklike tye. Herinner jou totvervelens toe om nie dít of dát te vergeetnie. Maak jou wakker wanneer jy nie wilwakker word nie. Laat jou wip van dieskrik met ’n luide geneul oor onnodigewerklikhede. Jy weet wat nóú gedoenmoet word, net op die oomblik wat jydiep filosofiese gedagtes oor jou uiters
Translation Studies celebrates 30 years
Bultjie
Thirty years of teaching transla-tion studies at the UFS were ce-lebrated on the Main Campus in
Bloemfontein. A symposium with thetheme One profession – multiple appli-cations was presented to celebrate theoccasion, as well as the fiftieth anni-versary of the South African
Translators' Institute (SATI). “This is aprofession whose time has come. In-terpreters' function has become moreimportant, especially in handling situa-tions arising from our becoming a newsociety,” said Prof. Frederick Fourie,Rector and Vice-Chancellor of theUFS.
Some of the guests who attended the symposium were, from the left, Dr Anna-Marie Beukes, chair-person of SATI and lecturer at the University of Johannesburg, Prof. Engela Pretorius, Vice-Dean:Faculty of Humanities at the UFS, Prof. Philip Nel, Director: African Studies at the UFS, and Prof.Jackie Naudé, Chairperson: Department of Afro-Asiatic Studies, Sign Language, and Language Prac-tice at the UFS and Director: Programme for Language Practice.
belangrike werk koester en hoe onmis-baar jy eintlik vir die “Varsity” is en dathulle jou nog eendag gaan beloon met ’nspesiale medalje by aftrede! O, en hoegaan hulle jou mis! Jy word mos niewaardeer nie!
Intussen pomp jou ou gesteelde tjorse enjin darem dalk nog water iewers inZimbabwe vir ’n paar dorstige donkies.Miskien is kardiewe tog slimmer! Tsotsihet dit bewys!
Lêkka vibe van huis tot huis!
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Pressing parking problems addressed
Aplan to alleviate the pressing park-ing problems as quickly aspossible was approved by the
Executive Management (Exco). “Morethan 500 additional parking bays havebeen created since 2002. However,complaints are streaming in about park-ing on campus, mainly because of a lackof appropriate management systems,”says Ms Edma Pelzer, Director: PhysicalSupport Services and Special Projects.
Several problems were identified interms of parking. While both staff andstudents experience a shortage of openand covered parking bays, there areunderutilised parking bays within walk-ing distance of the campus core. Theseproblems often lead to conflict betweenstaff and students. Parking bays ear-marked for staff are used illegally bystudents and covered parking baysallocated to staff members are usedillegally by other staff members.
On campus there is not adequateprovision for special needs in terms ofparking. This includes allowable routes,stopping places and unloading points forbusses and large delivery vehicles. Largevehicles and unscheduled busses enterthe campus illegally and disrupt trafficflow and parking. This sometimes resultsin delivery vehicles parking on pedestrianwalkways and other non-drivable pavedareas. This causes damage andinconvenience to pedestrians.
Problems are also experienced re-garding effective law enforcement. Aneasily accessible system of traffic andparking rules for staff and studentsdoes not exist. Road paint marks toindicate restrictions are not alwaysclear and signposts are not alwayseasily understandable.
Ms Pelzer says: “There are plans tocreate more parking bays annually.However, budget and space constraintsin relation to the increasing demand forparking imply that we will never be ableto create high-quality parking near themain areas on campus such as work-places and classes for everybody fastenough.
“Great expectations exist amongusers of cars on campus regarding theavailability of enough parking close toall campus destinations. In earlieryears, when the university was smalleverybody could park near their work-
Under cover parking bays at the Faculty of Health Sciences is part of the plans for the traffic network on campus.
places and lecture halls. Staff and stu-dents still expect this, in spite of the factthat there are more students. In otherurban areas a greater tolerance inrespect of traffic realities exists.”
To manage parking on the MainCampus, the guidelines approved byExco will serve as a basis for furtherplanning and policy development.• Decisions about parking mustpromote the UFS's strategic objectives.• Everybody does not automaticallyhave the right to bring a vehicle to thecampus. The university maygrant/refuse permits.• The university has no obligation toprovide a formal parking bay neareveryone's workplace, but will attemptto deliver quality services in terms ofparking for everybody within budgetlimitations. • The university has made a choice tobe pedestrian-friendly. Much hasalready been spent on this with goodresults. Provision has therefore beenmade for people to reach campusdestinations conveniently, quickly andsafely on foot rather than by car.• Conflict must be avoided as far aspossible when parking areas areplanned and managed. The possibilityof conflict between staff, students andvisitors, between car users and law
enforcers and between car users andpedestrians must be eliminated. Thisimplies that areas reserved for a certainpurpose, an individual or groups, mustbe closed off electronically to limit theopportunity and temptation to trespass.• It was recommended that provisionbe made for car users' willingness topay. This implies that fenced-in,guarded and paved areas may becreated for students who are willing topay more.• The use of private cars must bediscouraged and public transportsystems promoted.• An attempt must be made to createparking areas within five minutes(300m) from destinations.• Maintain existing approvedprivileges that are currently enjoyed bya specific individual or group, andcreate acceptable alternatives if newmeasures influence them negatively.• Car access and traffic in the centralpart of the campus must be restricted.This area will be earmarked for staffand visitors.
One of the recommendations was totighten discipline and law-enforcementmeasures with regard to all vehicleusers. Good systems and good facilitiescan only function well if people aredisciplined to act within the rules.
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Big developments on Main Campus in the pipeline
Aplan for the development of a partof the “west campus” of the MainCampus in Bloemfontein was
approved by Council. “There is greatinternal and external interest in the WestCampus. It is one of the few large opentracts of land in this part of Bloemfontein.Enquiries and proposals by developersare received almost weekly,” said MsEdma Pelzer, Director: Physical SupportServices and Special Projects.
The plan was developed by BannieBritz Architect and Urban Designer andThe Roodt Partnership (architects andplanners). It is a detail plan for a specificprecinct based on the Structural Plan forthe UFS which was approved in 1999.
The plan indicates how facilities forthe academic, accommodation servicesand sport will be zoned. A concentricapproach with the Library as academiccore was proposed. This means that amirror image of the current academiccore, which is at the eastern side of theLibrary, would be created in a newhorseshoe form on the western part ofthe campus.
The big distance between the sportsgrounds and the central campus willeffectively be reduced by lengthening theKampuslaan-noord pedestrian route tothe west to a portal from which differentsports facilities could easily be reached.
A graphical representation of planned developments on the West Campus.
This sports portal will provide facilities toserve spectators to major sport activities,maybe also for rag activities to promoteinteraction between students fromdifferent cultural groups during rag.
The plans also indicate the positionfor the new astro hockey fields and asoccer stadium and the linking of thesewith existing sport facilities. The planindicates an extension of FürstenburgRoad to connect to Wynand MoutonAvenue. This will form a boundary
between academic university activities inthe east and the sport activities in thewest. Immediately east of FürstenburgRoad a green area, possible a botanicalgarden, will be created. A small sectioneast of Fürstenburg Road is set aside forcommercialisation purposes to generateincome to help finance the newdevelopments on the west campus.
These plans will be phased in over aperiod of time as money becomesavailable.
During the recent meeting ofthe Board of Directors ofthe International Institute for
Development and Ethics (IIDE),office bearers were elected andapproval was granted for itsconversion into a Section 21company.
The IIDE specialises in thestudying and research of generalquestions of developmental theoryand practices and providesservices and support in education,strategic planning, policy formula-tion, advocacy and capacitybuilding of development agencies.The office of the IIDE in Africa issituated on the Main Campus ofthe UFS in Bloemfontein. The UFSis a funder of the IIDE togetherwith the Paul Foundation andprivate sponsors from theNetherlands.
African branch of institute elects office bearers
The IIDE in Africa's Board of Directors are from the left: Mr Willem Ellis, newly elected executive officer of theIIDE, and Prof. Annette Combrink, Deputy Chairperson of the IIDE in Africa and Rector of the North-WestUniversity's campus in Potchefstroom; back: Prof. Lucius Botes, Director: Centre for Development Support atthe UFS, Rev. Kiepie Jaftha, Chairperson of the IIDE in Africa and Chief Director: Community Service at theUFS, Prof. Sytse Strijbos, IIDE Europe and affiliated to the University of Amsterdam, Dr Amon Kasambala,Director: Focus on the Family, Africa, and Rev. Tshililo Liphadzi, Reformed Church Chiawelo in Soweto.
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The National Department of Science and Technology handed over a cheque for R2,3 million to the UFS'sFaculty of Natural and Agriculture Science for a Disaster Management Learnership Programme - the first ofits kind in South Africa. From the left are: Mr Jerry Madiba, Senior Manager: Human Capital PortfolioDepartment of Science and Technology, Dr Martie van Deventer, Project Manager: CSIR Learning, De-velopment and Information Services, and Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Vice-Rector: Academic Operations, UFS.
The UFS became the first tertiaryinstitution in the country to imple-ment a learnership programme on
Disaster Management with a grant ofR2,3 million from the National Depart-ment of Science and Technology (DST).
The grant will be used by the Disas-ter Risk Management Training and Edu-cation Centre for Africa (DiMTEC) at theUFS over a period of three years to train15 students in its Master’s Programme inDisaster Management.
“Fifteen learnership candidates (in-cluding seven unemployed graduatesand eight currently employed but withouta formal masters level qualification) havebeen accepted into the Masters Pro-gramme,” said Mr Andries Jordaan, Dir-ector of DiMTEC at the UFS.
“The programme also includes anexperiential learning component whereinthe learnership students will be placed atthe Council for Scientific and IndustrialResearch (CSIR), the Department of Pro-vincial and Local Government (DPLG)and other government departments. Thiswill enhance the experience and employ-
Disaster Management learnership programme gets grant
ability of participating students,” said MrJordaan.
“With this initiative the Faculty of Nat-ural and Agricultural Sciences of the UFSonce again demonstrate it's commitment
to build capacity and provide leadershipwhere it is most needed for instance atlocal level,” said Prof. Herman vanSchalkwyk, Dean of the Faculty of Nat-ural and Agricultural Sciences.
Community learns to build with earth bricksAbout 3 200 learners and members of thecommunity attended a play at schools inBotshabelo and Thaba ’Nchu. The play,performed to teach communities how tobuild houses using earth bricks, wasdeveloped by the UFS's Departments ofArchitecture and Urban and Regional Plan-ning. These departments have beenresearching the use of earth bricks asbuilding material for the past two years.The project is conducted in co-operationwith the Technical University of Eindhovenand funded by the South African-Netherlands Research Programme onAlternatives in Development (SANPAD).The play was also performed at schools inthe Northern Cape. The play, written by MrDavid Brink from Stage Alive, wasperformed in Sesotho and Setswana bytwo students – Galie Malebo and GodfreyManenye – of the UFS. Here the play isperformed at the Dibeng-Sa Tsebo School.
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Bedryfsielkunde-boek maak dit makliker
Twee dosente aan die UV is mede-outeurs van ’n nuwe handboek in Bedryfsielkunde. Van links is mnr. LyleMarkham, dosent by Departement Bedryfsielkunde, prof. Ebben van Zyl, Departementshoof: DepartementBedryfsielkunde, en me. Ronel Kleynhans, ook ’n dosent by die Departement Bedryfsielkunde.
Mnr. Lyle Markham en me.Ronel Kleynhans, beide do-sente van die Departement
Bedryfsielkunde aan die UV, is mede-outeurs van die boek Human Resour-ce Management: Fresh Perspectives.
Pearson Education het me.Kleynhans en mnr. Markham genaderom die boek saam te stel. “Dié hand-boek is in ’n meer eenvoudige Engelsgeskryf om dit makliker te maak virstudente wat nie Engels as eerste taalhet nie,” sê me. Kleynhans. Mnr.Markham sê die boek is ook in ’nSuid-Afrikaanse konteks geskryf enSuid-Afrikaanse voorbeelde wordgebruik. Dit maak die boek meerprakties.
Die boek, wat reeds deur eerste-jaarstudente by die Universiteit vanWes-Kaap gebruik word, sal vanaf dietweede semester deur eerstejaarstu-dente aan die UV gebruik word.
Legality of abortion again in the spotlight
The Department of Constitutional Law and Philosophy of Law at the UFS presented a colloquium on legal ethics. The topic was “The churches and the legality ofabortion in South Africa”. Some of the speakers at the colloquium were from the left, front: Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, Head: Roman Catholic Church in South Africa, MrJeffery Ventrella Esq, guest speaker and Deputy Director, Alliance Defense Fund, United States of America, and Mrs Miranda Pillay, representative of the AnglicanChurch of South Africa and from the Faculty of Theology at the University of the Western Cape; middle: Dr Michiel du Rand, General Surgeon, School of Medicine,University of Pretoria, Ms Jeanine McGill, Abortion Activist and Secretary of the ACDP, Western Cape, Prof. Etienne de Villiers, representative of the Dutch ReformedChurch and from the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria, and Prof. Jakobus Vorster, Dean: Faculty of Theology, University of the North West; back: MrShaun de Freitas, organiser of the colloquium and senior lecturer at the UFS Department of Constitutional Law and Philosophy of Law and Mr John Smyth QC, legalrepresentative of Doctors for Life, South Africa.
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Homoseksualisme onder loep geneem
Homoseksualisme was die fokus-punt op die jaarlikse Teologiesedag van die Fakulteit Teologie
aan die UV. Prof. Ettienne de Villiersvan die Universiteit van Pretoria (UP)het gepraat oor Gee die Bybel nog van-dag aan ons morele leiding oor kwes-sies soos homoseksualiteit? Met diebesprekings is verskeie sake aange-raak soos die kwessie van ’n homosek-suele lewensverbintenis, die verant-woordelikheid van die Christen om homdeur die Bybel te laat lei in sy gedragteenoor alle mense, en ’n waarskuwing
Persone wat opgetree het by die jaarlikse Teologiese Dag in Bloemfontein was van links proff. FrancoisTolmie, Departement Nuwe Testament, Hermie van Zyl, Dekaan: Fakulteit Teologie, dr. Fanus Erasmus,Voorsitter: Kuratorium, N.G. Kerk, Vrystaat, prof. Ettienne de Villiers, Departement Dogmatiek enChristelike Etiek, UP, en dr. Marius Terblanche, Departement Ou Testament.
om nie teologiese kortpaaie te kies indie hantering van die saak nie.
Volgens prof. De Villiers staan diehuwelik as ’n intieme lewenslange ver-bintenis tussen ’n man en vrou in diekern van die Christelike geloofstradisie.Dit is die taak van die kerk om dit tebevorder en te beskerm. Die kwessievan sogenaamde “kernhomoseksuelepersone”, wat nie kan verander nie,bring ’n mens egter voor ’n morele di-lemma te staan. Kan so ’n persoonaangespreek word oor sy/haar lewen-styl, vra prof. De Villiers.
Tegnologie maak vergaderings makliker
Tegnologie maak vergaderings by die Fakulteit Natuur- en Landbouwetenskappe makliker. ’nElektroniese sakelys word nou vir vergaderings gebruik.
BevorderingsDr. J.F. van der Merwe, na Senior Lektor,
Departement Ortopediese ChirurgieDr. W.J. Steinberg, na Senior Lektor,
Departement HuisartskundeDr. G. Lamacraft, na Medeprofessor,
Departement Anestesiologie en Hoof van diePynbeheereenheid
Dr. B.B. Marivate, na Senior Lektor,Departement Psigiatrie.
Dr. S.C. Brown, na Medeprofessor,Departement Pediatrie en Kindergesondheid
Prof. F.L.E.R. Booysen, na Professor,Departement Ekonomie
Prof. E.S. van Zyl, na Professor, DepartementBedryfsielkunde
AanstellingsProgramdirekteure:Prof. M.J. Dednam, LL.B-programProf. E. Snyman-Van Deventer, LL.M-
programProf. J.J. Henning, LL.D-programProf. J.V. du Plessis, Kort- en sertifikaatkursusAdv. W. Oosthuizen, Diplomas – Sentrum vir
Finansiële Beplanningsreg Mev. A.J. Ellis, Diplomas – Voorgraadse
Programme – insluitend LL.BAdv. J.H. de Bruin, E-degree
Dr. M. Cunningham, as Senior Lektor,Departement Dierkunde en Entomologie opdie Qwaqwa-kampus.
Prof. H.J. Kroukamp, as Sekundus-dekaanvan die Fakulteit Ekonomiese enBestuurswetenskappe
Dr. L. Lues, as Senior Lektor, DepartementOpenbare Bestuur
Me. R. Seane, as Direkteur: KovsievoorligtingDr. J.F. Strydom, as Hoof/Direkteur: Studente-
ontwikkelingDr. F.A. Gebremariam, as Senior Lektor,
Departement Diagnostiese RadiologieDr. F.J. Burt, as Senior Lektor, Departement
Mediese MikrobiologieDr. J. Markram, as Senior Lektor, Departement
Obstetrie en GinekologieDr. M.C. Botha, as Senior Lektor, Departement
OnkoterapieDr. Z.B. Jansen, as Senior Lektor,
Departement OnkoterapieDr. L. Smith, as Senior Lektor, Departement
Obstetrie en GinekologieDr. M.E. Wessels, as Senior Lektor,
Departement Obstetrie en GinekologieDr. S. Otto, as Geaffilieerde Medeprofessor,
Departement ChemieProf. P.C.N. Groenewald, Geaffilieerde
Professor, DepartementStatistiek/Wiskundige Statistiek
RetirementsProf. S.J. Wessels, MUCPPMr J.H.G. Koelman, Student Academic
ServicesMr J.D.U.P. Oosthuizen, Department
Mathematics and Applied MathematicsMr H.C. Armer, Department MusicDr S.J.E. Jansen van Vuuren, Department
SociologyMs A.A. Sharp, Department Psychology
In MemoriamProf. J. Novello, former dean in the Faculty of
AgricultureMs W. Ras, Department Microbial, Biochemical
and Food Biotechnology
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UV stel nuwe SA Media bekend
SA Media, die Universiteit van die Vrystaat (UV) se koerant- en tydskrifknipseldiens, het ’n gerekenariseer-de databasis in gebruik geneem. Die diens is een van die meer omvattende media-inligtingstelsels inSuid-Afrika en bestaan uit meer as 3,25 miljoen koerant- en tydskrifknipsels. Ongeveer 60 koerante en tyd-skrifte word daagliks deur SA Media gemonitor. Die rekenariseringsproses is befonds deur die Free StateLibrary and Information Consortium (Frelico). Van die gaste wat die bekendstelling bygewoon het, was vanlinks mnr. Theo Venter, Spesiale Raadgewer in die kantoor van die visekanselier, Noordwes-Universiteit,me. Hester van der Berg, Bestuurder: SA Media, mnr. Dux van der Walt, voormalige projekkoördineerder,en mnr. Herman van Dyk, Adjunkdirekteur: Biblioteek- en Inligtingsdiens aan die UV.
Interne Oudit verseker beste manier
Interne Oudit aan die universiteit isontwerp om die operasionele aktiwi-teite van die UV te verbeter. “Ons
volg ’n sistematiese en gedissiplineerdebenadering om risikobestuur asook kon-trole en bestuursprosesse op kampus teevalueer en te verbeter,” sê mnr. Gertvan den Berg, Direkteur: Interne Oudit.
Personeel in dié departement sal allebestuursvlakke bystaan met inligting oordie daarstelling van beheer oor aktiwi-teite in hul werksomgewing om te ver-seker dat dié aktiwiteite op die bestemanier gedoen word.
Mnr. Van den Berg en sy span isdaarvoor verantwoordelik om risiko's uitte wys in beide akademiese en steun-diensdepartemente. Hulle monitor dieuniversiteit se aktiwiteite in terme vanrisikobestuur en doen aanbevelings aandie Rektor om die risiko's te verminderen uit te skakel. Die Rektor doen dan viadie Ouditkomitee verslag aan die Raad.
“Meeste mense dink ons monitor netfinansiële aktiwiteite. Dit is egter nie diegeval nie. Ons monitor ook nie-finansiëleaktiwiteite soos byvoorbeeld die sekuri-
teit rondom eksamens,” sê mnr. Vanden Berg.
Interne Oudit het reg op onbelem-merde toegang tot alle funksies, rekords,fisiese fasiliteite en personeel. Hulle kanbesluit watter tegnieke hulle gaan aan-wend om die doelwitte van die oudit tebereik. Dié departement is ook bevoegom enige personeellid in enige departe-ment aan die universiteit se samewerkingte verkry wanneer hulle ’n oudit uitvoeren hulle is by magte om rekords tekonfiskeer waar ’n personeellid van dieuniversiteit toegang daartoe weier.
Om ’n onafhanklike en objektieweouditverslag aan Bestuur en die Oudit-komitee voor te lê moet Interne Oudit sywerk vry en ongehinderd, sonder dieinmenging van universiteitspersoneeluitvoer.
Mnr. Van den Berg sê: “Nie alle per-soneel besef werklik wat Interne Ouditdoen nie.” Meeste personeellede seervaring is van mense wat baie doku-mente aanvra en ook baie vrae vra. Hyvertel kortliks wat hulle doen: “Onsevalueer die betroubaarheid en bruik-
baarheid van finansiële en nie-finansiëleinligting, die kontrolestelsels wat ver-seker dat beleid, planne, prosedures,wette en regulasies nagekom word as-ook die doeltreffendheid waarmee ad-ministratiewe prosedures uitgevoerword. Verder bepaal ons of die universi-teit se bates voldoende beveilig word enons verifieer of die bates wel bestaan.”
Volgens mnr. Van den Berg is Inter-ne Oudit ook gemagtig om spesiale enforensiese ondersoeke, uit te voer enkan ongerymdhede ook direk aan homdeurgegee word.
Wanneer daar wel ’n oudit gedoenword, versoek mnr. Van den Berg datdie bestuurder van die afdeling binne 30dae verduidelikings sal verstrek en kom-mentaar sal lewer op die verslag. Dieantwoord moet die spesifieke stappewat gedoen gaan word spesifiseer en ’ntydskedule vir die voltooiing van diebeplande stappe voorsien.
In die volgende uitgawe verskyn ’npaar van die voorbeelde wat InterneOudit gevind het met van hul ondersoeken ook wenke hoe om dit te vermy.
Staff enjoysDumela
Mr Zed Msimanga, Lecturer in the DepartmentEnglish and Classical Languages on theQwaqwa Campus is reading the Dumela. “Weare impressed in the way the news from allthe campuses was incorporated into the oneofficial newsletter from the university,” MrMsimanga said.
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Meat industry faces challenges
The Department of Agricultural Economics at the UFS presented a Meat Imbizo to discuss thechallenges facing the industry and identify possible areas of collaboration. Attending the Imbizo were,from the left, Mr Dave Ford, South African Feedlot Association, Mr Aggrey Mahanjana, NationalEmergent Red Meat Producer Organisation, Mr Mogala Mamabolo, Department of Agriculture inPretoria, Prof. André Jooste, Head: UFS Department of Agricultural Economics, and Mr HarryPrinsloo, National Wool Growers Association.
Adresplakker
http://www.uovs.ac.za/publicationshttp://www.uovs.ac.za/publikasies
PublikasiebesonderhedeDumela word saamgestel deur UV: Strategiese
Kommunikasie.Redakteur: Leonie Bolleurs
Uitleg: Chrysalis Advertising & PublishingDrukwerk: PrintAbility
Menings wat in Dumela gelug word, weerspieëlnie noodwendig die van die redakteur, Afdeling:
Strategiese Kommunikasie, of die UV nie.
UFS studentawarded medal for
best oral paper
Ms Kimberly Jennings (23),B.Sc. (Hons) student in theDepartment of Soil, Crop
and Climate Sciences at the UFS,was awarded the medal for the bestoral paper by an author under 30years old at the combinedconference of the Soil and CropScience Societies held at theHoward College Campus, Universityof KwaZulu-Natal.
The conference was attended by290 national and internationaldelegates who contributed 150papers on a wide range of subjects.Ms Jennings' paper discussed theredox behaviour of a Kroonstad soilform in the Weatherley catchment.The research was partly funded bythe Water Research Commission.
At the conference was, from the left, Mr GarryPatterson, President of the Soil and ScienceSociety of South Africa, Dr Cornie vanHuyssteen, senior lecturer at the UFS Depart-ment of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences andacting chair of the Awards Committee, and MsKimberly Jennings.
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