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Major capital projects in pipeline for UFS

The Council of the UFS has ap-proved capital projects to thevalue of several millions of rand

on the UFS Main Campus, including aR40 million building project.

This project, the upgrading and en-largement of the Chemistry Building,will address training and research de-mands as well as safety and healthrisks that were identified long ago. Thisis also proof of the UFS’s investment innot only its infrastructure but also itsacademical facilities.

The project, which should be com-pleted by the middle of 2008, will bedealt with in four phases in order to en-sure that parts of the building can re-main in continuous operation. A teamconsisting of experienced architects,engineers and quantity surveyors is in-volved in this extremely complex pro-ject and over the last few months, thestaff members of the Department ofChemistry also contributed very inten-sively to the assessment of needs andthe planning process.

Other capital projects that wereapproved include:• Better access to DF Malherbe Ave-

nue, the establishment of block par-king, the erection of a securityguard post at the so called Agricul-ture Gate and the erection of ashelter at the taxi rank.

• The establishment of a place of re-creation and rag for students.

• The construction of a purpose-made building for computer

Die gewoel en gewerkskaf aan die hek by die kruising van Wynand Mouton- en D.F. Malherbe-rylaan hetvrugte afgewerp. Dit is op 10 Julie 2006 in gebruik geneem. Mnr. Willie Frankim, Bestuurder: Beskermings-dienste, sê daar het in die eerste maand 127 000 motors deur die ingang beweeg. Die ingang, saam metdie nuwe parkering in die gebied, is deel van ’n projek van Departement Fisiese Hulpbronne om dieverkeers- en parkeringsprobleme op kampus aan te spreek.

laboratories that will accommodateapproximately 1000 workstations.

• The furnishing of venues for testsand examinations to make qualityassessment possible and to accom-modate major examination opportu-nities.

• The upgrading and maintenance ofthe air conditioning system of theUFS-Sasol Library.“The capital projects that were

approved include the building of new

structures as well as the upgrading ofexisting structures. It is necessary thatoutdated and inefficient facilities beupgraded properly in order to enablestaff and departments to functionoptimally,” said Prof. Frederick Fourie,Rector and Vice-Chancellor of theUFS.

According to Prof. Fourie this is partof the continuous drive of the UFS tobe a university with outstandingacademic facilities and infrastructure.

August 2006 - 5 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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Sesde kunstefees weer ’n groot sukses

Die sesde Volksblad-kunstefees, waarvan die UV ’n feesvennoot is, het weer vanjaar op die universiteits-kampus plaasgevind. ’n Projek van die Departement Drama aan die UV, Underground Cast, was ook bydie fees te sien.

Public Management speaks at IASIA

Six members of the Faculty ofEconomic and ManagementSciences’ Department of Public

Management at the UFS attended theconference of the International Associa-tion of Schools and Institutions of Ad-ministration (IASIA) in Warsaw, Poland.The theme of the conference was Insearch of the best: Attracting, deve-loping and retaining for the public ser-vice. The delegates also met the SouthAfrican ambassador in Poland, Ms

Honoured for best paper. At the award ceremony were, from the left: Proff. Moses Sindane, Turgay Ergun,President of IASIA, and Hendri Kroukamp, Programme Director: Public Sector Management at the UFSand member of the management of IASIA.

Febe Potgieter-Gqubele. During thisconference Prof. Moses Sindane, De-partmental Chairperson of the Depart-ment of Public Management at theUFS, received the Pierre de Cellesaward for the best paper delivered atthe IASIA’s conference that was held inMiami in the USA in September 2003.The title of the paper was Public admin-istration versus public management:Parallels, divergences, convergencesand who benefits?

Een van die koshuise op dieHoofkampus van die UV inBloemfontein gaan voortaan

bekendstaan as Armentum. Dienuwe naam, Armentum, vir die stu-dentekoshuis Huis Hendrik Ver-woerd is deur die huidige inwonersself gekies.

Dié naamverandering van HuisHendrik Verwoerd na Armentum isdeel van die UV se transformasie-proses om die kampus ’n meer in-sluitende en verdraagsame plek temaak waar alle Suid-Afrikaners tuiskan voel.

Naamveranderingnog ’n stap in trans-formasie aan die UV

The UFS has decided to act pro-actively in addressing unethicalbehaviour, theft, fraud or related

activity and has joined forces withKPMG to fight such practices.

The UFS Hotline, operated byKPMG, has been established to en-hance an honest work ethic and si-multaneously provide employees andstudents with a mechanism to bringany unethical business practices tothe attention of management.

All information will be treated con-fidentially and the anonymity of cal-lers protected. The hotline will operate24 hours a day for 365 days a year.

The university will receive a regu-lar analysis of the calls. Investigationswill be launched where necessary.

To use the UFS Hotline:• Dial 0800 20 50 38 toll-free from

any telephone.• You may remain anonymous. Pro-

vide full details in respect of thefraudulent, corrupt or unethicalpractice to the call operator.

• You will be given a referencenumber. Keep this confidential forfollow-up calls or when feedbackis required.Use this opportunity to report any

unethical behaviour, theft, fraud orrelated activity within the university.

UFS installs hotline

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Law experts publish unique translation

The Centre for Business Law at theUFS has translated a unique, long-neglected Roman-Dutch source of

partnership law, dating back to 1666,from Latin into English.

This source is called Tractatus deSocietate (A Treatise on the Law of Part-nership), by Felicius and Boxelius. This isthe first translation of this Roman-Dutchsource into English and comprises of acomprehensive discussion of the SouthAfrican common law of partnerships.

“Apart from various brief provisionsdealing on a piecemeal and an ad hocbasis with diverse matters such as insol-vency, there is no comprehensive Part-nership Act in South Africa. Partnershiplaw in South Africa consists of SouthAfrican common-law, which is mainlyderived from Roman-Dutch law,” saidProf. Johan Henning, Dean of theFaculty of Law at the UFS. Prof. Henningis also the leading author and initiator ofthis comprehensive publication.

The translation of the treatise fromcorrupted medieval lawyer Latin intoEnglish was done by Prof. BoelieWessels, well-known expert on RomanLaw and senior lecturer at the UFS Fa-culty of Law. Prof. Wessels, who has 15degrees, spent almost ten years trans-lating the treatise. The proofreading andediting of the translation was done byProf. Henning and Adv. Jaco de Bruin, a

senior lecturer at the UFS Faculty ofLaw.

“We want the South African courts touse Volume 40 in the research seriesMededelings van die Sentrum vir Onder-nemingsreg/Transactions of the Centrefor Business Law as the primary sourceof reference when cases where Roman-Dutch partnership law principles are

involved, are ruled on,” said Prof.Henning.

“The intention is to follow this up withthe publication of a very limited edition ofa complete translation of the work,” saidProf. Henning.

A total of 400 copies of the publica-tion will be distributed to all courts, theAppeal Court and the Supreme Court.

Attending the launch of a publication on Partnership Law were, from the left: Proff. Boelie Wessels, seniorlecturer at the Faculty of Law, Frederick Fourie, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Johan Henning, Dean: Facultyof Law, and Adv. Jaco de Bruin, senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law. Prof. Wessels translated the treatisefrom corrupted medieval lawyer Latin into English, Prof. Henning is the leading author and initiator of thepublication and Adv. de Bruin assisted with the proofreading and editing.

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Qwaqwa Campus

Astaff member of the Depart-ment of Business Manage-ment at the UFS Qwaqwa

Campus, Ms Ekaete Samson-Akpan, won an award for the bestpaper with practical applications onAfrica at the seventh InternationalAcademy of African Business andDevelopment (IAABD) conferenceheld in Accra, Ghana. The confer-ence was hosted by the GhanaInstitute of Management and PublicAdministration (GIMPA). MsSamson-Akpan also won theaward for best session presenter inthe session on ecological, environ-mental and agricultural issues.

Ms Samson-Akpan excels at Ghana conference

Ms Samson-Akpan receives the award forBest Paper with Practical Applications onAfrica from the president of the IAABD, Prof.Gerry Muuka.

Drs Khazamula Milondzo andDipane Hlalele from the Schoolof Education on the Qwaqwa

Campus presented papers at theAthens Institute for Education and Re-search (Atiner) conference held at theUniversity of Athens in Greece, re-cently. Drs Hlalele and Milondzo’spapers shed light on The Effects of ter-mination of pregnancy (TOP) onschoolgirls in the Eastern Free Stateand The principal’s role in staff develop-ment programmes respectively.

Findings in the former study suggestthat, beside psychological and emo-tional pain and affliction, legal termina-tions of pregnancy present little or noserious health risks and are thereforegenerally safe. However, a decline inacademic achievement, certain adjust-ment and relationship problems amonglearners who procured TOP were ob-served. Withdrawal, absenteeism, drop-ping out of school and a lowered self-esteem also occurred.

Furthermore, there is an indicationthat educators are not adequately pre-pared to assist these learners in dealingwith pre- and post -TOP issues; hencethe need for appropriate training. The

Education academics deliver papers at Atiner conference

Drs. Khazamula Milondzo and Dipane Hlalele from the School of Education on the Qwaqwa Campus at-tended the Athens Institute for Education and Research conference at the University of Athens in Greece.

study also recommends the implemen-tation of pregnancy prevention pro-grammes, relevant counselling and theestablishment of an inter-institutionalforum for TOP as ameliorative meas-ures.

The conference drew internationalscholars and researchers from theUSA, UK, Canada, Finland, Germany,Australia, India, Sweden, France, Italy,Turkey, Romania, Israel and SouthAfrica.

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Qwaqwa Campus

The UFS Qwaqwa Campus hasappointed Mrs MathapeloMoloi, a professional nurse, to

take care of the health needs of staffand students. The clinic is situatedin the Library Building and it catersfor the entire campus community.

When asked how she felt aboutthe establishment of this new officeMrs Moloi said: “I am very pleasedto be given this opportunity to be incharge of the clinic on campus. Theclinic will also provide counsellingand testing for HIV/AIDS. Our aim isto make primary health-care ser-vices easily accessible.” Ms LulekaKhanyile, a first year B.Sc. studentsaid: “We are excited to have theclinic on campus because we usedto travel to Phuthaditjhaba to gethealth services and sometimes wedon’t have money.”

New clinic opens on campus

Mrs Mathapelo Moloi.

UFS lecturer makes new discoveries in veterinary parasitology

Sibusiso Mtshali, a lecturer and re-search scientist in the Parasito-logy Research Programme at the

UFS Qwaqwa Campus, made severalimportant breakthroughs in the veteri-nary parasitology field during his twomonth research visit to the OklahomaState University in the United States(US).

With his presentation Molecular Epi-demiology of Bovine Anaplasmosis inthe Free State Province Mr Mtshali gavethe audience an account of importanttick species and tick-borne diseases inSouthern Africa. Mr Mtshali also talkedabout bovine anaplasmosis in the FreeState. Anaplasmosis or gall sickness is atick-transmitted disease in cattle.

In the USA Mr Mtshali studied hiscollected samples and discovered 29new strains of Anaplasma marginale thatoccur in South Africa. This is the firstreport of its kind in Africa. The seq-uences of the 29 strains revealed consi-derable genetic diversity providing 14new repeat sequences in the world.However, 42% of these sequences werenot unique to this region. These resultsindicated the presence of commongenotypes between South African,American and European strains.

Mr Sibusiso Mtshali.

Mr Mtshali also isolated one speciesof anaplasmosis in field cattle, a worldfirst. This species has been previouslyreported to occur in sheep. Theseresults will help South Africa to designnew control strategies for anaplasmosis.It will also provide opportunities to studyand design alternative vaccines for the

control of anaplasmosis and to increaselivestock production.

His research results have been sub-mitted as three articles for publication ininternational journals. Discovered se-quences were also submitted to theGeneBank. His discoveries will also bepresented at international conferences.

CorrectionThe caption of a photograph on p. 6of the June issue of Dumela mustread Dr Hennie Claassen, super-visor to Mr Tjatja Mosia.

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Qwaqwa Campus

AISEC conference held on Qwaqwa Campus

AISEC seeks to learn from different opinions represented in a multicultural environment and it respects andactively encourage the contribution of every individual. “We therefore strive to develop dynamic, enthu-siastic individuals,” said Mr Elias Monareng, AISEC President on the Qwaqwa Campus. Attending theAISEC conference that was held on the Qwaqwa Campus were from the left, front: Ms Marie Grace,Canadian student, and Mr Abey Tau, National President of AISEC and former UFS Qwaqwa Campusstudent; back: Ms Josien Kox and Ms Barbara van Teeffelem, both from the Maastricht University in theNetherlands.

Mong. Gert van den Berg, Motsa-maisi, Bohlahlobi ba ka hareYunivesithing ya Freistata a re

ho bohlokwa hore basebetsi ba ikama-hanye le leano la tsa ditjhelete mabapi leditjeho tsa maeto esitana le ditshen-yehelo tse ding tsa kgwebo.O fana kalenane la dipotso leo basebetsi batshwanetseng ho le kopa ka bobona hotiisa hore ba ikamahanya le ditlhokeholeanong la tsa ditjhelete le ditsamaiso,melawana ya ho etsa mosebetsi o saamaneng le Yunivesithi, leano bakeng saditokelo tsa ho saena tseo ho fanwengka tsona le molao wa tsamaiso.• Na ditshenyehelo tsa maeto, bodulo

le boithabiso di tsamaisang le leanole ditsamaiso tsa Yunivesithi yaFreistata?

• Na sepheo sa ditshenyehelo tsena kebakeng sa kgwebo na?

• Na tokomane ya semmuso eo hofanweng ka yona e tlatitswe ka

botlalo sepheo e le maikemisetso aditshenyehelo le mabitso a batho baitseng mme le hore na ho ngome-letswe ditlankane (dirasiti) moo na?

• Na batho ba amohelang ditshenyehe-lo tsena ba tseba leano la Yunivesithiya Freistata mabapi le ditshenyehelotsa maeto, bodulo le boithabiso na?

• Na o ikamahanngwa le leano laYunivesithi ya Freistata mabapi ledikarete ta kgwebo na?

• Na maeto ohle a amohetswe, kemotho ya fuweng matla a jwalo peleho leeto na?

• Na batho ban ka maeto bakeng saho fola molemo hahol mme naditlhophisetso tsa maeto tsohle dietswa ke mekgatlo ya tsa maeto eamohetsweng (dumeletsweng)keYunivesithi ya Freistata.

• Na ditshenyehelo tsa boithabiso diamohetswe (dumeletswe) ke mothoya kgethetsweng boikarabelo boo na?

Hape Yunivesithi ena e na le molaowa tsamaiso ho Intranet. Ditho tsaBasebetsi ba tiise hore dithahasello tsabona ha di thulane le boikarabelo babona Yunivesithing bakeng sa ha reteha ka mohlala, diphapanyetsanopakeng tsa yunivesithi le setho sa dithotsa basebetsi eo e leng ba madi. Dithotsa basebetsi di k eke tsa kopa dimphokapa melemo. Dimpho tse sebediswangke motho ya fanang ka dimpho bakengsa papatso, di ka amohelwa mme dingolwe metsotsong bukeng ya dimpho.

Tshebediso ya disebediswa tsaYunivesithi, disebediswa le menyetla eetsang tjhelete e tla ba molemong waditho tsa basebetwi e thibelwa ka matlahaeba ho se na tumello ya lengolo hotswa boemong bo nepahetseng babotsamaisi. Tshebediso ya dithuso tsaditjhelete tsa Yunivesithi bakeng saboithuiso ba motho, ka mabaka amatshwepenene le a mabe le yona ethibelwa ka matla.

Ikamahanye le ditlhokeho tsa Yunivesithi

Ikamahanye le... tswela pele leqepheng la 7

Dr Elias Malete was appointedas the Campus Principal ofthe Qwaqwa Campus. He be-

lieves that the campus should play ameaningful role in the socio-econo-mic development of its community.He said: “Apart from the positive de-velopments that are visible aroundthe campus the main challenge re-mains the academic relevance of ourcampus to the immediate communityand its capacity to attract qualitystudents.”

The Qwaqwa campus will soongo through an institutional audit. Thisis one of the challenges that thecampus are facing. However, he ap-preciates the support they receivefrom the Main Campus and he willensure that participants treat this pro-cess with the seriousness that it de-serves.

Dr Malete is satisfied with the de-dication and support he receivesfrom his management team. He isassisted by Prof. Willie van Zyl andMr Teboho Manchu on academic andadministrative support servicesrespectively.

Academic relevanceimportant to Dr Malete

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Qwaqwa Campus

The Centre for Accounting on theUFS Qwaqwa Campus launcheda community service learning

module in functional bookkeeping andaccounts for small-scale entrepreneursin partnership with the Free State De-velopment Corporation (FDC). Throughthe module a sense of social responsi-bility will be instilled in the second-yearFinancial Accounting students who willconduct the module.

The purpose of this service-learningmodule is to establish a strong functio-nal foundation for the businesses ofsmall-scale entrepreneurs in andaround Qwaqwa. This module will equipthem with the skills and knowledge foreffective financial management andhelp them to improve and expand theirbusinesses with the necessary skills tocreate more employment opportunitiesin the community.

Mrs Busiswa Tshabalala, Director ofthe Free State Education Departmentand member of the UFS Council,welcomed the initiative. She said: “Thislaunch comes at a time when wewitness an era of hope for our people.Through their small enterprises peoplehope to break the shackles of povertyand build a better life. The programmewill give light to those smallentrepreneurs whose businesses maycollapse if financial management skillsare not transferred to them. May itreally liberate those who fall prey toignorance and end up in great debtsthat could have been avoided had theybeen capacitated on how to effectivelyrun their businesses. This is a projectthat will greatly benefit the community

Accounting launches partnership with FDC

and promote self-reliance andeconomic growth.”

Mr Andrew Mohan from the Account-ing Department on the Qwaqwa Cam-pus, also the driver of this project, re-quested the partners’ support and co-operation to make the project a success.

Nelly Mokoena, Accounting studentand SRC member on the QwaqwaCampus, also stated her appreciationfor the project. “I have learnt that it isnever too late to be what you want tobe and I have no doubt that all thepeople who will be involved in this pro-

At the launch of the course on functional bookkeeping and accounts for small-scale entrepreneurs were,from the left: Dr Elias Malete, Campus Principal, Ms Maleshoane Makakane, Free State DevelopmentCorporation (FDC), Mr Gordon Tshainca, Regional Manager: FDC, Mr Andrew Mohan, Centre forAccounting, and Mrs Ntahli Poki, FDC.

ject have the ability to succeed and tomake a difference. Being a student atthis university has given me the oppor-tunity to be what I would like to be. Bynot closing its doors to people who can-not afford to be where we are today, ithas taught me that education is for all,”Ms Mokoena said.

Dr Mabel Erasmus of the ChiefDirectorate: Community Service com-mended the Centre for Accounting andthe FDC for embarking on this excitingpartnership – an important step towardsbuilding a better future for the region.

Ditho tsa basebetsi ba sebetsanangle tsa ditjhelete kapa diphetisetso tsaka dikomporo di tlamehile ho tlama kaboitshwaro bo nepahetseng. Ditjheletetse ke keng tsa kenngwa bankengtsatsi le leng le le leng di bolokwe katshireletso.

Tjhelete yohle e kenang e ent-sweng ke Yunivesithi le ditshenyehelotsohle bakeng sa ditshebeletso lethepa di ngolwe metsotsongmekgweng ya ditjhelete ya Yunivesithi

ya Freistata. Ho se ke ha kenwa kamokgwa o fosahetseng kapa tse sanepahalang rekotong ya tsa akhaontesiya Yunivesithi. Dihlooho tsa mola diikarabella ntshetsong pele lephethahatsong ya ditsela tsa taolo hongotla monyetla wa bomenemene.

Mong. Van den Berg o re: “Tumelloya tshaeno ho tswa bathing ditokoma-neng e nkuwe e le ya nnete hobanetshaeno eo e bontsha dintlha tse mmal-wa. Motho a tiise ka boyena ka tlhahiso-

leseding le tse ka hare tsa diteng tsaditokomane tsena, le hore ditokomanetsohle tsa tshehetso di ngomeletswe lehore ka tshaeno ya hae ho tiiswatumellano e entswe ka nepo le hore ona le boikarabelo bakeng sa ditshen-yehelo le nepahalo ya tsona.

Mohala oo ho letsetswang ho wonabakeng sa ho tlaleha bomenemene wadihora tse 24 o tla ba teng haufinyana,moo basebetsi ba ka behang bome-nemene teng. bomenemene.

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Prof. ‘Mabokang Mapeselafrom the Centre for HigherEducation Studies and De-

velopment, described by her col-leagues as a very active, produc-tive, enthusiastic and hardworkingperson, visited the Seton Hall Uni-versity in New Jersey after being in-vited by Prof. Joe Stetar from theCollege of Education and HumanServices at Seton Hall. She con-ducted lectures at the ExecutiveEd.D. Programme for School ad-ministrators (principals and super-intendents). Later in July she paid avisit to the American Council onEducation and the offices of theCouncil for Higher Education Accre-ditation in Washington DC to gatherinsights on the effects of institutionalaccreditation on academic staff.Prof. ‘Mabokang describes her visitas a lifetime opportunity in one’sacademic career which shouldbecome available to many more.

Exposure to domestic violence is a form of child abuse

From the left, Prof. Susan Kreston, a visiting Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, and Adv. BeatriKruger, lecturer in the Department of Criminal and Medical Law of the Faculty of Law, made a joint presen-tation at the seventh annual conference of the South African Professional Society on the Abuse ofChildren. The presentation entitled, “Caught in the cross-fire: Helping children who witness domesticviolence” was attended by a multi-disciplinary audience of the criminal justice community, magistrates anddefense counsel. The focus of the talk was on existing legislation protecting children and how this might beenhanced by recognising that exposing a child to domestic violence is a form of child abuse.

Prof. Mabokang visitsthe US to do research

Derdejaarstudente van Plant- en Dierkunde bestudeer die ongerepte natuur tydens hulle uitstappie na dieDe Hoop-natuurreservaat.

Die jaarlikse ekologiese biodiver-siteitsuitstappie vir derde-jaarstudente in Plant- en Dier-

kunde het tydens die vakansie plaasge-vind en 50 studente van beide dieHoof- en Qwaqwa-kampusse kon teore-tiese kennis in praktiese ondervindingomskakel. Die De Hoop-natuurreser-

Studente leer en werk in natuurreservaat

vaat naby Bredasdorp is ideaal vir hier-die doel. Die kuslyn, veral die intergety-gebied, is ongeskonde en die reservaatvorm deel van die unieke Kaapse fyn-bosplantegroei. Dit is een van die mingebiede aan die Suid-Afrikaanse kuswaar die mens se invloed nog beperkis.

Ntsikane acquiresskills in theNetherlands

Ntsikane Maine, from the De-partment of Agricultural Eco-nomics participated in the core

team capacity building phase of thetailor-made Training Programme forAgricultural Research for Develop-ment in South Africa, which was fun-ded by the Netherlands Programmefor Institutional Strengthening (NPT).She completed this phase of the pro-gramme with a final grade of 90%.

The training included 13 weeks inthe Netherlands, acquiring knowledgeand skills in rural innovation approa-ches and institutional change, inclu-ding reflection on their relevance andapplication to South Africa. She alsospent nine weeks in South Africa, ap-plying the knowledge and skills in aninter-institutional field study and de-veloping an action plan to contributetowards institutionalising agriculturalresearch for development in post-secondary education and training.

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Koppie koffie met ...

“It’s good to be home,” sê ’n inwonervan Welwitschia-koshuis met haarterugkoms na die Junie-vakansie.

Elize Rall, koshuisbestuurder vanWelwitschia doen meer as om net diépos te vul. Sy glo daaraan om betrokkete wees by haar studente. “Hulle is ’ngroot verantwoordelikheid. Daar is baieom vir hulle te leer. Dit is ’n belangriketaak, want werk jy met jong mense, werkjy met die toekoms,” sê sy.

“Ek wil vir hierdie studente iets gee,”sê Elize. Die ywer waarmee sy projekteaanpak tot voordeel van die koshuisstu-dente, is ’n sprekende voorbeeld hiervan.Een van die projekte op haar lysie is ’naktiwiteit vir senior studente. “In hulleeerste jaar is studente by alle aktiwiteiteop kampus betrokke en skielik in hultweede jaar voel hul nie meer verplig omal die aktiwiteite by te woon nie. Hulle hetdan tyd om bietjie aandag aan hulself tegee. Ek is bereid en baie opgewonde oordie idee om een keer per maand ’npraatjie te hou oor ’n onderwerp waarbydie studente kan baat vind, soos byvoor-beeld klereklasbeplanning, die belangrik-heid van oefening en so meer. As diekoshuis ’n afrondingskool is waar hulleiets kan leer, sal dit ’n droom wees watwaar word,” sê sy.

As koshuisbestuurder vul Elize ookonder meer die rol van ma, raadgewer,speurder en boekhoudster. Buiten haarvoltydse pos by dié koshuis is sy ookeen van die hooforganiseerders van dieVolksblad-kunstefees. Die sesde Volks-blad-kunstefees, wat weer op die kam-pus van die Universiteit van die Vrystaatgehou is, was weer ’n reuse-sukses. Vol-

gens mnr. Willie Frankim, Bestuurder:Beskermingsdienste het daar van ’n dagvoor die fees tot met die laaste dag vandie fees ongeveer 140 000 motors diegronde van die UV binnegery. BekendeAfrikaanse sanger, Anton Goosen, hetook, volgens die Volksblad, gesê dat ditdié beste fees in die land is. VolgensElize het me. Doks Briers van Volksbladse samestelling van die program enkunstenaars hiertoe bygedra. “Ons poogook om elke jaar die gehalte van produk-te wat by die stalletjies verkoop word teverbeter,” sê sy.

“Ons doel is ook om elke jaar diefees te verbeter. Soos vanjaar sal ek metdie hulp van mnr. Lukas Swart en me.Lettie de Klerk weer ’n kunstefees reël.Die fees het te veel gegroei om alleen tebehartig,” sê Elize.

Elize is al vir 22 jaar by die UV werk-saam. Voor haar pos as koshuisbestuur-der by Welwitschia het sy in 1986 byKongresdienste begin werk en is toe la-ter Skakelburo toe, wat UV-Bemarkinggeword het. Hier was sy betrokke by diereël en koördineer van funksies, ondermeer die Eeufeesvieringe in 2004.

Sy vertel dat sy nog altyd baie so-siaal bedrywig was. Selfs op skool inBrandfort waar sy grootgeword het enlater gematrikuleer het, was sy die Kin-derkranssekretaresse in St. 5. Sy het ooklater in haar skoolloopbaan ’n sangver-eniging begin en kan met trots sê dat dievereniging vandag nog na 40 jaar be-staan en floreer! Met haar passie vir singen musiek het sy ook eens op ’n tyd indie tweede en derde Vrystaatse Jeug-koor gesing asook in die destydseSUKOVS-operakoor. Later in verskeieander kore.

Buiten haar passie vir musiek is syook baie lief vir mense. Haar werk as ko-ördineerder van een van Suid-Afrika sebeste feeste en haar pos as koshuismais die ideale geleenthede om dié passiesuit te leef.

Me. Elize Rall.

Many attend road running seminar at UFS

About 80 people attended the road running seminar of the Sport Medicine Clinic at the UFS that waspresented on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. The guest speaker was Nick Bester, former winnerof the Comrades Marathon and Iron Man Competition. Attending the seminar were, from the left: MsArina Otto, UFS Sport Medicine Clinic and organiser of the seminar, Dr Surita Viljoen, M.A. student inSport Medicine, Nick Bester and Dr Nicolas Theron, Clinisport and speaker at the seminar.

‘Mense en musiek is my passie’

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Motorkapings, verkragting, roofen geweld is aan die orde vandie dag. In ’n poging om op te

tree teen geweld het personeel van dieSentrum vir Rekeningkunde (SVR) be-sluit om ’n kursus in selfverdediging aante bied. Prof. Dave Lubbe van die SVR,wat ’n swart gordel in karate het, het ’nselfverdedigingskursus ontwikkel wat uitvyf modules van ongeveer een en ’nhalf uur elk bestaan. Hy en sy seun,Dave Lubbe junior, ’n student aan dieSVR, het saam die kursus aangebied.

Met die kursus word daar klem gelêop die praktiese inoefen van tegniekewat gebruik kan word om verkragting enaanvalle, af te weer. Kursusgangers kryook die notas van dit wat behandel iswat hulle op hulle eie kan inoefen.

Prof. Lubbe en Dave junior is bereidom die kursus ook vir ander belangstel-lendes aan die UV aan te bied. Hy kanper e-pos gekontak word bylubbeds.ekw@mail.uovs.ac.za of by4012287.

Lubbes deel karatevaardighede met personeel

Personeel van die Sentrum vir Rekeningkunde wat van die eerste selfverdedigingsklasse, wat deur prof.Dave Lubbe en sy seun Dave Lubbe junior aangebied is, bygewoon het. Regs voor is prof. Ronell Britz,voorsitter van die SVR. Sy sê: “Die kurses het my oë oopgemaak vir alle daagse dinge wat gebruik kanword om myself te verdedig.”

The UFS Department of Physicsis involved with a project thatcould make life easier in the

townships through the use of artificiallight.

Prof. Hendrik Swart, Departmen-tal Chairperson of the Department ofPhysics, said: “The project is basedon the use of sunlight to activate na-no material in, for example, cementor paint during the day. At night thecement or paint can radiate light.

“Nano phosphors are luminescentpowders that can provide light whenthey are illuminated with sunlight. Theamount of time these particles canprovide light, is determined by the im-purities in the material.”

Further applications of nano ma-terials are unlimited. “Children whoseparents cannot afford electricity canfor instance leave any object such asa lamp, that is covered with thesephosphor particles, in the sun duringthe day and use it at night as a lightfor study purposes,” said Prof. Swart.

Nano materials couldlight up townships

RSG-stasiebestuurder gee prys aan UV-student

Me. Magdaleen Kruger, stasiebestuurder van Radio Sonder Grense, het die RSG-prys in kopieskryfaan Nadia Fourie, 2005 finalejaarstudent in Geïntegreerde Bemarkingskommunikasie, oorhandiging.Van links was, voor: dr. Angelique van Niekerk, dosent by die Departement Afrikaans en Nederlands,Duits en Frans en me. Magdaleen Kruger; agter: Nadia Fourie, pryswenner, me. Lacea Loader,mediawoordvoerder van die UV, en me. Dalmé Mulder, dosent aan die UV se DepartementKommunikasie en Inligtingstudie. RSG is sedert 2005 een van die buitevennote betrokke by diékopieskryfkursus en hy tree ook op as beoordelaars van die Afrikaanse radio-advertensies wat in diekursus gemaak word.

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Prof. Theo du Plessis, Direkteurvan die Eenheid vir Taalbestuur(ETB) aan die UV, prof. Johan

Lubbe en dr. Elbie Truter, navorsings-genote van die ETB, het die tiende in-ternasionale kongres van die Interna-tional Academy of Linguistic Law aandie Universiteit van Galway, Ierlandbygewoon.

Die kongres het gehandel oor Lan-guage Law and Language Rights: TheChallenges of Enactment and Imple-mentation. Die groep van die UV isalmal lede van die InternationalAcademy of Linguistic Law en het refe-rate gelewer wat perspektiewe bied optaalregulering binne die Suid-Afrikaansekonteks.

Die ETB se deelname aan die kon-gres spruit uit ’n navorsingsprojek, dieSuid-Afrikaanse Taalregte Monitor, watdrie jaar gelede in vennootskap met diePan Suid-Afrikaanse Taalraad(PanSAT) op die been gebring is enook deur hom gefinansier word.

UV praat by taalregtekongres in Ierland

Prof. Theo du Plessis, Direkteur van die UV seEenheid vir Taalbestuur, wat die tiende Internasio-nale Kongres van die International Academy ofLinguistic Law aan die Universiteit van Galway,Ierland, bygewoon het.

Die Departement Menslike Voe-ding aan die UV het ’n seminaaraangebied wat aan kundiges in

die veld van voeding die geleentheidgebied het vir voortgesette onderrig.Daar is veral klem gelê op spesialevaardighede in voedingvoorligting. Die

seminaar is deur meer as 130 kundigesvan regoor Suid-Afrika bygewoon. ’n Sosiale funksie is aangebied waareen van die vierdejaarstudente in dieet-kunde, Tumi Letsoara, vanjaar se Kov-sie-idol, die gaste met haar sangtalentvermaak het.

Menslike Voeding lê klem op voorligting

By die seminaar was, van links drr. Louise van den Berg en Corinna Walsh, senior lektore in die Depar-tement Menslike Voeding, me. Elmine du Toit, lektor by die Departement Menslike Voeding, dr. TheunsKellerman, Departement Huisartskunde, mev. Ronette Lategan, lektor by die Departement MenslikeVoeding, en prof. Marthinette Stretch, voorheen verbonde aan die Departement Menslike Voeding.

“Hartvatsiektes is die grootsteoorsaak van sterftes ondermans sowel as vrouens ter

wêreld, ten spyte van die MIV/vigs-virus,” sê prof. Danie Marx van dieDepartement Kardiologie aan die UV.Alhoewel daar op ’n jonger ouderdommeer mans as vroue aan hartsiektesdoodgaan, is dit belangrik dat vrouedie nodige aandag skenk om hul hartgesond te hou.

Dit is nie slegs vroue wat met ’nwanpersepsie leef oor die gevaar vanhoë cholesterolvlakke nie. Meer swartSuid-Afrikaners word die slagoffersvan gevreesde siektes waarvan onge-sonde cholesterolvlakke die oorsaakis.

In die groter prentjie kom onge-veer 60% van alle sterftes as gevolgvan hartsiektes in die ontwikkelendelande soos China, Brasilië, Indië enSuid Afrika voor. Sterftes aan hartvat-siektes neem wel af in Westerse lan-de as gevolg van opvoeding en ookdie behandeling van risikofaktoresoos cholesterol, sê prof. Marx.

Hoë bloeddruk en suikersiektemoet goed behandel word terwyl rooken swak eetgewoontes vermy moetword omdat dit groot gesondheidsrisi-ko’s inhou vir veral persone met hoëcholesterolvlakke. Gereelde oefeningword verder sterk aanbeveel. ’nPersoon met hoë cholesterolvlakkewat raad soos dié ignoreer, staan ’ngoeie kans om die slagoffer van vas-kulêre siektes te word omdat choles-terol een van die hoofrisikofaktore virkardiovaskulêre siektes is. Dié siektemanifesteer in beroertes, aneurismesen hartaanvalle. As mense hul cho-lesterolvlakke verlaag, sal pasiënt-sterftes afneem, sê prof. Marx.

Al gehoor van LDL, HDL, totalecholesterol, genetiese cholesterol? ’nHele mondvol, maar tog belangrik omte verstaan. Die cholesterol om veraldop te hou, is lae-digtheidslipopro-teïen (LDL). As te veel van die LDL injou bloed sirkuleer, kan dit begin aan-pak in die are wat die brein en hartvoed en ’n hartaanval of beroerte ver-oorsaak. Die hoëdigtheidslipoproteïen(HDL) is die “goeie” cholesterol omdatdit help om LDL-cholesterol uit jou

Cholesterol, die mitesen die feite

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5Minute’n Boom vól uile!

Dumela! Dagsê! Good day!

Bultjie sien vanmôre dat ons sowraggies ’n salarisverhoging kry– nou nie juis so dat jy dit gaan

agterkom met 0,5 nie, maar die bonuskan seker ’n truitjie of twee vir diewinter koop! Lekker gebibber nê! Ekhet julle mos gewaarsku die weer bydie Kunstefees oor die laaste paar jaarwas net te-te lekker!

Nogal vir my ’n mooi uitdrukking –die te-te! Kyk as ’n dame te-te mooi isdan is sy gevaarlik of as ’n man te-tebelangrik raak dan is die val naby! Sowas Hansie Oelofse die laaste aand bydie fees weer vreeslik te-te vrymoedigna te-te veel versnappering met ’n te-teaanskoulike sangeressie wat haarheupies net te-te-te pragtig geswaai hetvir sy te-te swak manlike gestel! Noukyk Hansie het nie ’n kwaai vrou nie,maar jy moet haar net nie te-te vêr dryfnie.

Toe Hansie nou vir die sangeressiebegin vertel dat sy so te-te talentvol isdat hy haar in sagte merinowolletjies ofkatoenwattetjies wil toedraai en in sysysak sit om haar vir sy boerematersop Douglas te gaan wys, toe voel ek syou duifie, Marietha, se skop onder dietafel na sy maermerrie. Dit was ’nraakskoot! Te-te sien!

Hansie kyk so so half verbaas na syliewe vroutjie en sê: “Haai, my ou Pop?En nou die?” Met dié kry sy so ’nsadistiese glimlaggie op haar gesig enantwoord hom met ’n stroopsoetstemmetjie: “Skuus, my ou Hartjie. Ekhelp jou maar net dat jy nie só te-teslim raak soos ’n boom vól uile nie!”Mooi gesê nê!

A tree full of owls! That’s what we allmust be for all these new programmeimprovement plans for the audit! Mycollegues say if only they had moretime to think out new plans to improvethe academic standard of programmes,it could be wonderful! But it’sassessment courses, gathering ofevidence and all kinds of administrativewhat-not’s that take up such a lot ofenergy and time that they really worry

about the standard of their lectures!Where are the days when one couldprepare lectures in time and with a lotof research to be spot on if cleverstudents asked silly questions?Nowadays we know exactely what wedidn’t know in the past aboutassessment etc. etc. and we feel moredumb than the students! Luckily somestudents can show us how the WebCTworks!

No, Bultjie is only joking! It’s exitingto go on these courses! They all havebudgets for tea and cookies and youmeet clever fellow lecturers that youcan learn from and some lecturers thatyou can learn absolutely nothing from!And the latter group makes you feel atease! There is nothing more satisfyingthan to know that you are not the onlystupid lecturer on campus! So you takecare not to look to stupid or intelligent,but just vaguely interested. Now andthen, especially when you don’t under-stand a thing, you look a bit worriedand say: “Uh…huh?” using a ques-tioning upward inflection. Immediatelythey will all start explaining their viewand Voila! you click! Easy! Slaptjips enasyn!

Sit net daar en luister tot jy gemaklikis met woorde en opdragte wat die vol-gende uitdaging aan jou stel. OPDRAG1: Gebruik asb. en wend die volgendeaan in ’n praktiese sessie: Alternatieweassessering, outentiewe massering (ofso het dit vir my geklink?), lewensge-troue rolaanwendings wat kulmineer indie sintese van goeters metvlakbeskrywers in globale terme metdie doel om holistiese bepunting toe tepas op modelle met oop eindes in eenof ander portefeulje! En dan praatBultjie nie van ’n blind date nie! Diewysheid van ’n boom vól uile,Hansman! Dis wat ons kort! ’n Boomvól uile!

“Hoe-hoe…!” Van boom tot boom!

Bultjie

Dr Aldo Stroebel, senior researcher at theUFS Research Development Directorate, hasbeen appointed as Vice-President of researchof the Southern African Research and Innova-tion Management Association (SARIMA). Withthe appointment, a mandate was given to DrStroebel to professionalise research and in-novation management, and to facilitate inter-national partnerships and strategic allianceswithin the higher education sector.

Dr Stroebel Vice-President of SARIMA

Prof. Magda Fourie, Vice-Rector: Acade-mic Planning at the UFS, has been ap-pointed by the Minister of Education, Ms

Naledi Pandor, to serve on the Council onHigher Education and as member of theUmalusi board for general and further educa-tion and training quality assurance. Both ap-pointments are for a period of four years.

Prof. Magda to serve on CHE

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Voldoen só aan vereistes van die universiteit

Mnr. Gert van den Berg, Direk-teur: Interne Oudit aan dieUniversiteit van die Vrystaat,

sê dit is belangrik dat personeel diefinansiële beleid in terme van reis-koste en ander besigheidsuitgawesnakom. Hy gee ’n lys van vrae watpersoneel hulself moet afvra om teverseker dat hulle voldoen aan dievereistes in die finansiële beleid enprosedures, die reglement vir buite-universitêre werk, die beleid rakendegedelegeerde tekenmagte en diegedragskode.

Kortkursus in bevolking, omgewing en ontwikkeling beoog

By die werkswinkel waar die kortkursus in Bevolking, Ontwikkeling en Omgewing bespreek is, was vanlinks mnr. Jacques van Zuydam, Hoofdirekteur: Bevolking en Ontwikkeling, Nasionale Departement vanSosiale Ontwikkeling, prof. Sosten Chiotha, Universiteit van Malawi en verteenwoordiger van Leadershipfor Environment and Development: Southern and Eastern Africa (LEAD-SA), prof. André Pelser, Depar-tement Sosiologie aan die UV en PED-kursuskoördineerder, me. Nola Redelinghuys, Departement Sosio-logie en PED-kursusfasiliteerder, en mnr. George Nsiah, verteenwoordiger van die Verenigde NasiesBevolkingsfonds (UNFPA).

Prof. André Pelser van die Depar-tement Sosiologie aan die UV isbetrokke by ’n gesamentlike projek

van die nasionale Departement van So-siale Ontwikkeling se hoofdirektoraat:Bevolking en Ontwikkeling en die Ver-enigde Nasies se Bevolkingsfonds(UNFPA). Deur middel van finansiële entegniese hulp in die vorm van CountryProgrammes help UNFPA die Departe-ment van Sosiale Ontwikkeling om dieSuid-Afrikaanse Bevolkingsbeleid (1998)te implementeer.

Prof. Pelser is een van die tegnieseadviseurs vir die UNFPA wat betrokkewas by die evaluering van die eersteCountry Programme in 2001 en later ookby die uitrol van die tweede Country Pro-gramme in 2002/2003. As ’n komponentvan die volgende Country Programme isdaar ondersoek ingestel na die ontwikke-ling van ’n kortkursus in Bevolking, Om-gewing en Ontwikkeling (Population, En-vironment and Development (PED)). “So’n kursus moet dien as oriënteringsraam-werk en vaardigheidsoordragmedium virbesluitnemers en beplanners in diestaatsdiens van Suider-Afrikaanse state,munisipale amptenare en ander belang-hebbendes,” sê prof. Pelser.

Die UV is genooi om as een van vierbasisstasies te dien vir die implemente-ring van ’n kortkursus in PED. Die anderuniversiteite is die Universiteit van Kaap-stad, die Universiteit van KwaZulu-Natalen die Nelson Mandela Metropolitaanse

Universiteit. Die kursus wat in die Sen-trum vir Ontwikkelingsteun aangebied salword, sal twee weke duur, op ’n jaarbasisaan die UV aangebied word, multidissipli-nêr van aard wees, en aan deelnemersdie nodige krediete verleen wat as erken-ning vir voortgesette studies in ’n meergeformaliseerde program sal dien.

• Is die reis-, verblyf-en onthaalkostein ooreenstemming met UV-beleiden prosedures?

• Is die doel van hierdie tipe uitgawesbesigheidgerig?

• Word die voorgeskrewe amptelikedokumentasie volledig ingevul metdie doel van die uitgawe, asookname van die individue, en wordoorspronklike strokies aangeheg?

• Ken die persone wat sulke uitgawesgoedkeur die UV se beleid rakendereis-, verblyf- en onthaalkoste?

Die kortkursus hou groot voordele virdie UV in in terme van internasionaleskakeling. Prof. Pelser sê: “Hierdie sal ’ninternasionale samewerkingsooreenkomswees wat potensieel kruisbestuiwend salkan inwerk op vele fasette vansamelewingsdiens, navorsing enonderrig.”

• Word die beleid van die UV ra-kende besigheidskaarte nage-kom?

• Word alle reise vooraf deur diebehoorlik gedelegeerde persoon,binne raadsbeleid, gemagtig?

• Word daar op voordeligste wysegereis en word alle reisreëlingsdeur die reisagente wat deur dieUV goedgekeur is, gedoen?

• Word onthaalkoste deur die ver-antwoordelik gedelegeerde per-soon goedgekeur?

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Die universiteit het ook ’n ge-dragskode op die intranet.Personeellede moet seker maakdat hulle persoonlike belange niedaadwerklik met hulle univer-siteitspligte en -verantwoorde-likhede bots nie, byvoorbeeldtransaksies tussen die universiteiten die personeellid self of sy/haaronmiddellike familie. Personeelledemag nie vra vir geskenke, ofvoordele nie. Geskenke wat deurdie skenker vir advertensiedoel-eindes gebruik word, mag aanvaarword, en moet in die gesken-keregister aangeteken word.

Die gebruik van die universiteitse toerusting, voorrade en fasiliteiteom inkomste, wat personeelledebevoordeel, te genereer, wordstreng verbied indien daar nie voor-af geskrewe goedkeuring deur dieregte bestuursvlak verkry is nie.Die gebruik van universiteitsfondsevir persoonlike, onwettige of onbe-hoorlike gebruik, word ook verbied.

Alle inkomste wat deur die uni-versiteit gegenereer word en alleuitgawes vir goedere en dienstemoet ook in die finansiële stelselsvan die UV te boek gestel word.Geen vervalste of ongeldige inskry-wings mag in die rekeningkundigerekords van die universiteit gemaakword nie. Lynhoofde is verantwoor-delik daarvoor om kontroles te ont-wikkel en te implementeer om diegeleentheid vir bedrog te beperk.

Mnr. Van Den Berg sê: “Diegoedkeuringshandtekening vanpersone op dokumente moet baieernstig opgeneem word aangesiendie persoon wat ’n dokument mag-tig moet besef dat die handteke-ning verskeie faktore impliseer. Diepersoon moet homself vergewisvan die inligting en inhoud rakendedie besonderhede op die dokumen-te, dat alle stawende dokumentasieaangeheg is, dat deur sy/haarhandtekening die geldigheid vandie transaksie bevestig word en dathy/sy verantwoordelik en rekenplig-tig gehou sal word vir die uitgaween die korrektheid daarvan.

Binnekort sal die 24-uur be-drognoodlyn beskikbaar wees waarvermoede dat bedog gepleeg word,anoniem aangemeld kan word.

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A group of business people from Gauteng visited the Main Campus of the University of the Free State inAugust. They also met with the Unit for Students with Disabilities. From the left are, standing: Ms RonelleCeronio, co-ordinator in the Unit for Students with Disabilities, Mr Ndaba Ntsele, Chief Executive Officer:Pamodzi, Mr Stranger Kgamphe, Secretary-General: Unesco, and Mr Sandile Zungu, Managing Director:African Vanguard; front: Mr David Mkwenkwezi, computer trainer and orientation and mobility instructor inthe Unit for Students with Disabilities.

Top business people visit campus

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Thirty staff members attended a lunch-hour session arranged by the Wellness Committee on campus on“How to stimulate your young child”. At the session were, from the left, front: Ms Naomi Leeuw and MsIngrid Herbst, child development psychologist and presenter of the session; back: Ms Naomi Mokolokoloand Ms Melita Ntechane.

Staff attend talk on child stimulation

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Prof. Heidemanreceives Fulbright

Fellowship

Prof. Neil Heideman, Vice-Deanof the Faculty of Natural andAgricultural Sciences at the

UFS, was awarded the Fulbright Se-nior Researcher Fellowship to visit thelaboratory of Prof. Jack Sites, a fellowherpetologist at Brigham Young Uni-versity, Utah, in the United States,from October 2006 - January 2007.

The Fulbright programme is aflagship programme of the US gov-ernment which focuses on the ex-change of international experts in avariety of educational activities.

Prof. Heideman will use the op-portunity to develop an understandingof the application of micro satellites topopulation genetics questions. Prof.Sites has extensive experience in theapplication of the technique and istherefore an ideal candidate to spendtime with. Although not new to SouthAfrica, the country’s capacity in theuse of micro satellites is still very limi-ted, and essentially non-existentamong herpetologists.

UFS to discontinue master’s degree in education

As from next year, the UFS will nolonger offer one of its specialistmaster’s degrees in education –

the M.Ed. in Education Management.The other six M.Ed. programmes thatare currently being offered at the UFSwill continue as normal.

The decision to discontinue one ofthe M.Ed. programmes follows a na-tional review of M.Ed. programmes inEducational Management and Leader-ship by the Higher Education QualityCommittee (HEQC) of the Council onHigher Education (CHE).

Of the 23 tertiary institutions whoseM.Ed. programmes in Educational Man-agement and Leadership were reviewedby the HEQC, only 7 received fullaccreditation.

“The findings of the HEQC affectonly one of our M.Ed. degree progamm-es, namely the M.Ed. in EducationalManagement. We will be paying full at-

tention to the findings of the HEQC witha view to correcting some of the short-comings that have been identified bythe HEQC and will consider submittinga reviewed proposal for such a quali-fication in two years time,” said Prof.Magda Fourie, Vice-Rector: AcademicPlanning at the UFS.

The programme has 30 students en-rolled. “These students – spread acrosstheir first and second years of the de-gree programme – will be allowed tocomplete their studies with the full sup-port of the UFS and the School of Edu-cation.

“The qualification that has beenawarded to students who have alreadycompleted their studies for this specificM.Ed. in Education Management pro-gramme remains a valid qualificationand is not affected by the HEQC review.

“One of the primary problem areasin the M.Ed. in Educational Manage-

ment identified by the HEQC, was thatthe programme is too practice orient-ated and must be more theoretical tocomply with the academic requirementsof a master’s degree. This orientationwas a result of the fact that the pro-gramme was initially compiled in consul-tation with principals and the provincialDepartment of Education to addresstheir needs,” said Prof. Fourie.

“The UFS will in the mean time offeran advanced certificate in EducationalManagement and Leadership from nextyear. This is a new course that willstretch over a period of two years andwill ensure that we can still address theneeds of teachers and principals,” saidProf. Fourie.

“The UFS remains committed to pro-viding top quality degree programmes inall its six faculties and will continue towork with the HEQC in ensuring thatthis actually happens,” she said.

Contractors start with hockey astros

Contractors have commenced with the cleaning and digging process to prepare for the laying of thefirst of two hockey astros on the western side of the UFS Main Campus next to Shimla Park. Accordingto Mr James Letuka, Director: KovsieSport, this project will go a long way towards attracting goodhockey players and some of the best hockey coaches to the university. “For a very long time the UFSlost too many good hockey-playing students due to the absence of an astro. We shall now also stand agood chance of competing as equals with our counterparts elsewhere in the country,” he said.

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Fisika-student slaan vierde dan los

Liza Coetsee, M.Sc. Fisika-studentby die UV, was by ’n geslote mees-tersgradering in Randfontein die

jongste van vyf studente wat deelge-neem het aan hierdie gradering. Dit wasonder leiding van grootmeester EddieJacobsen, sewende dan, president vanMartial Arts Authority of South Africa enhoofinstrukteur van International UnitedCombat Tang Soo Do Federation in Suid-Afrika.

So ’n meestergradering behels nienet die fisiese uitvoer van tegnieke nie,maar sluit ook in karaktereienskappe,toewyding, lojaliteit en respek teenoor dievereniging sowel as afrigting en hante-

ring van ’n eie oefenskool. Liza is ook dieinstruktrise van ’n klub in Bloemfonteinen tien van haar studente, waarvan tweein 2005 wêreldkampioene was, is verkiestot die Suid-Afrikaanse oefenspan watvolgende jaar in Holland aan die wêreld-kampioenskappe gaan deelneem. Sy selfis die huidige senior vrouewêreldkampi-oen asook die SA vrouekampioen vir2006.

Liza is egter nie net ’n vegter vanformaat nie, maar ook ’n slimkop wat opdie 51ste jaarlikse konferensie van dieSuid-Afrikaanse Instituut van Fisika inKaapstad, die prys vir die beste M.Sc.-plakkaat in Vastetoestandfisika gekry het.

By die meestersgraderingseremonie was van links meester Awie Davis, me. Liza Coetsee, M.Sc. Fisika-student by die UV, en meester Godfrey Jacobsen. Beide meesters Davis en Jacobsen is voltyds betrokkeby die gevegskuns.

are te verwyder sodat dit uit geskeikan word deur jou lewer. Dit isvoordelig om hoë HDL-vlakke te hê,want dit help om hartaanvalle te voor-kom. Gereelde oefening en matigegebruik van alkohol sal help om HDL-vlakke te verhoog, sê prof. Marx.

Cholesterol kan opgeneem worddeur die kos wat jy eet en dit wordook deur jou lewer geproduseer. Joulewer produseer ongeveer ’n 1 000mg cholesterol per dag. Dit is al diecholesterol wat jou liggaam nodig het.Die regte hoeveelhede van cho-lesterol is belangrik vir jou liggaam,want dit word as ’n belangrike bou-

steen vir selmembrane vervaardig.Maar wat is ’n gesonde cholesterol-vlak? “ ’n Persoon se totale choles-terolvlak moet onder 5 mmol/l weesmet LDL onder 3 mmol/l en HDL meeras 1 mmol/l. Hoe hoër jou HDL, hoebeter,” sê prof. Marx.

Alhoewel hoë cholesterolvlakkebaie sleg is vir ’n persoon se gesond-heid is daar behandeling daarvoor.Daar is middels op die mark wat dieproduksie van cholesterol verlaag enook ’n middel wat die absorpsie vancholesterol verminder, maar ’n geson-de dieet bly steeds die beginpunt vancholesterolbehandeling.

AanstellingsMnr. P.A. Schoeman, as waarne-mende vakhoof, Departement Poli-tieke Wetenskap op die Qwaqwa-kampusProf. R. Venter, as medeprofessoren departementshoof, DepartementDogmatologieDr. D. Jayasuriya, as besoekendeprofessor, Departement HandelsregDr. J. Marais, as Senior Lektor,Departement Afro-Asiatiese Studie,Gebaretaal en Taalpraktyk

BevorderingsProf. J. Rossouw, na medeprofes-sor by die Sentrum vir Rekening-kunde

In memoriamProf. Dirk Groenewald, Depart-ment of Sociology, passed away on29 June 2006.Prof. Theo Arndt, Head of theDepartment of Urology has passedaway in Bloemfontein after a longillness on 22 June 2006.

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Research in controlled circumstances at theUFS was boosted with the inauguration of fourmodernised controlled environment cabinets ofthe Department of Soil, Crop and ClimateSciences. In a controlled environment cabinetwere at the back from the left: Mr AdriaanHugo, head of the UFS Electronics andMechanisation Division, Prof. Herman vanSchalkwyk, Dean: Faculty of Natural andAgricultural Sciences at the UFS, and Prof.Koos Terblans, lecturer at the UFS Departmentof Physics; front: Mr Koos Uys, engineeringconsultant from Experto Designa who helpedwith the cooling systems of the cabinets.

New look for controlledenvironment cabinets

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Fakulteit Teologie verwelkom dosent uit Zambië

Prof. Hermie van Zyl, Dekaan: Fakulteit Teologie, verwelkom prof. Rian Venter, in die DepartementDogmatologie.

Prof. Rian Venter, voorheen van dieJusto Mwale Teologiese Kollege inZambië, is aangestel in die Depar-

tement Dogmatologie. Prof. Venter, watsy voorgraadse studies aan die UV vol-tooi het en sy nagraadse studies aan dieUniversiteit van Pretoria voltooi het, is nadie voltooiing van sy studies as dosentna die kollege in Zambië beroep. Hy was18 jaar verbonde aan dié kollege. Prof.Venter is in die plek van prof. Sybrand

Strauss in die Departement Dogmatolo-gie aangestel en sy navorsingsfokus isdie drie-eenheidsleer. Weens sy onder-vinding aan ’n Afrika-kollege meen hy dathy ’n spesifieke Afrika-dimensie aan dieFakulteit Teologie kan toevoeg. Hy wilgraag klem lê op ’n openheid vir Afrika.Volgens hom is dit belangrik om dieGereformeerde teologie relevant te maakvir Afrika en dan spesifiek vir Suider-Afrika.

Briewe • Letters

Still no satisfaction overparkingProf. Peter Holmes, Department ofGeography writes:

Ms Edma Pelzer’s response tomy letter (Dumela: Klippies in myskoen, June 2006) misses my point.The parking outside Geography isalso reserved (that is what the signsays!) but students simply ignorethis. If I follow Ms Pelzer’s adviceand park in the area protected by theboom then, effectively, those stu-dents have won a victory: I am nowfurther inconvenienced, while the(illegally parked) students roll out oftheir cars and into the lecture rooms!

Two points: Has Ms Pelzer consi-dered what would happen if all “yel-low disc” staff in the central campusarea sought refuge behind theboom? There is simply insufficientparking to accommodate them all!Finally, is it a coincidence that theparking area used by those who nowwork in the old Main Building wasthe first to be upgraded andprotected by a boom? I think not.With apologies to George Orwell:“when it comes to parking on theUFS campus, all staff are equal, butsome are more equal than others”.

Help om chemieprojek ongelukvry te maak

In middel-Augustus het konstruksie-werk aan die Chemie-gebou begin.Me. Edma Pelzer, Direkteur: Fisie-

se Hulpbronne en Spesiale Projektesê: “Die terrein is reeds aan die kon-trakteur oorhandig om voorberei-dingswerk te doen. Die kontrak be-hoort teen middel 2008 afgehandel tewees.

“Hierdie projek, soos alle konstruk-sieprojekte, sal ongerief meebring virdie persone in die onmiddellike omge-wing. ’n Besige stuk van die voet-gangersroete moet noodwendig vir

die duur van die projek afgesper word.Daar sal noodwendig lawaai, stof enontwrigtende konstruksieverkeer wees.Die kontrakteur, en alle ander partyehet regtig simpatie met veral persone indie Suidblok en Wesblok en natuurlikpersoneel en studente van die Departe-ment Chemie wat baie direk geraakword. Almal is bedag daarop om dieongerief tot die minimum te beperk,” sême. Pelzer.

“Ons doen ’n vriendelike beroep opstudente en personeel om verdraag-saam te wees. Die projek koppel direk

met die UV se strewe na akademiesevoortreflikheid en hierdie is maar eenprojek binne ’n groter plan om uitein-delik vir elke personeellid en student’n optimale werk-/studeeromgewing teskep.

“Net weer ’n vriendelike versoekdat niemand die bouterrein betree ofopdragte aan konstruksiewerkers geenie. In samewerking met die UV seafdeling vir beroepsveiligheid, wil onsverseker dat hierdie ’n totaal onge-luksvrye projek sal wees,” sê me.Pelzer.

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Klippies in my skoen‘Wanneer mag ons eet, en wanneer nie?’

Mnr. Louw Schoeman skryf:Daar bestaan geen twyfel dat In-

terne Oudit/Finansies een van dienoodsaaklikste funksies op kampusverrig nie. Ons het groot waarderingdaarvoor. Ongelukkig het personeeldikwels die persepsie dat Interne Ou-dit/Finansies nie altyd hulle belange opdie hart dra nie, maar eintlik daar is omdie hulle “uit te vang”. Die basis vanhierdie persepsie is onder meergebaseer op die UV se interpretasievan wat geëis mag word.

Hoe dit ook al sy, dit sal baie waar-deer word indien die beleid rakendedie probleme wat Interne Ouditondervind (Dumela, Junie 2006) (leesook hierdie uitgawe – Red. Sien bl.14)duidelik uitgespel word sodat perso-neel presies kan weet wat mag en watmag nie. Byvoorbeeld:1. Dit is onaanvaarbaar “indien ontbytnet ’n paar kilometer buite Bloemfon-tein” genuttig word. Aangesien sulkebesonderhede skynbaar baie belangrikis, presies hoe ver buite Bloemfonteinmag personeel ontbyt eet? Ewebelangrik: wat en hoeveel mag onseet? Mag ons sommer al hier by diePitstop begin eet as ons ons eiepadkos inpak? (Maar dan sal ons ditseker nie kan eis nie?)2. “Fooitjies by etes mag nie as ampte-like uitgawes geëis word nie.” Moetons glad nie fooitjies betaal nie en dit

aan die kelners oordra dat dit teen dieUV se beleid is? Moet die fooitjies uit onseie sakke kom wanneer ons byvoorbeeldgevra word om buitelandse gaste uit teneem vir ete? Sal daar begrip wees asons in die toekoms eerder verkies ommaar nie gaste uit te neem vir ete nie?Kollegiale optrede en Vrystaatse gasvry-heid stop immers by ons beursies. Ter-loops, navrae by die Ontvanger vanInkomste het bevestig dat fooitjies welvan belasting afgetrek kan word. Hoe-kom die verskil tussen die UV en dieOntvanger se beleid?3. Ons het werklik baie begrip vir die be-swaar dat privaatoproepe nie aan dieuniversiteit terugbetaal word nie. Maarhet die universiteit begrip vir ons situa-sie? Byvoorbeeld: Is daar kanale beskik-baar waar ons al die amptelike oproepewat ons tuis vanaf ons privaatfone maak,kan terugeis?

Wanneer presies is ’n oproep amp-telik en wanneer privaat? Baie personeelwat oortree, doen dit uit onkunde, terwylander weer onnodig vir sekere oproepebetaal. Daar moet duidelike voorskriftewees, anders kan mense nie blameerword nie.

’n Verwante saak is dat personeel ge-weldig baie tyd aan komiteewerk vir dieuniversiteit bestee. Hulle doen dit gratis,hoewel dit nie deel van hul werks-verpligtinge is nie. Dit is dan verstaan-

baar dat daar ’n krapperigheid salwees wanneer daar gemor word oorwaar en wanneer ontbyt geëet magword terwyl jy op pad is om (dikwelsmet opoffering) die universiteit te gaanverteenwoordig.4 Kan personeel asseblief ook verdereriglyne kry wát en wánnéér hulle kaneis? Byvoorbeeld, ons ry gereeld viramptelike doeleindes met ons eie ver-voer stad/Mangaung/ Vista/ens. toe.Kan ons daarvoor eis? Ook parkeer-geld? Of kan ons versoek dat die uni-versiteit ’n paar motors vir hierdie doelbeskikbaar stel? Of, indien ons in dieaand op versoek ’n amptelike vergade-ring moet bywoon (of selfs moet klas-gee) en ons noodgedwonge later bydie kafeteria moet eet, kan ons ditterugeis?

Ons dink dis net billik dat, terwyldaar op misstappe gewys word, daarook wenke en opleiding gegee moetword van maniere waarop personeelkan verhoed om onnodig en verkeer-delik uit hul eie sakke te betaal vir ietswat eintlik vir die rekening van die uni-versiteit of Belastinggaarder bedoel is.

Maar bowenal pleit ons vir ’n ge-sindheid en ingesteldheid wat primêrdaarop gerig is om kollegas te onder-steun en hul werksomgewing aange-namer te maak. Dit geld natuurlik viralbei kampe in hierdie saak.

Klippies.. vervolg op bl.20.

Gert van den Berg van die Depar-tement Interne Oudit reageer:Die funksies van Interne Oudit enFinansies verskil hemelsbreed vanmekaar. Die doel van Interne Oudit isom alle bestuursvlakke by te staanmet inligting aangaande die daarstel-ling en instandhouding van doeltref-fende interne beheer oor alle aktiwitei-te en om te verseker dat hierdie akti-witeite doeltreffend en effektief verrigword.

Interne Oudit dra juis die belangevan personeel en die UV op die hartdeur as waghond op te tree en nie omiemand “uit te vang” nie. Sou dit egterdie geval gewees het, moes Interne

Oudit elke liewe transaksie ondersoekhet en reaktief optree. Nee, deur internebeheer te ondersoek en aanbevelingster verbetering daarvan te maak, poogInterne Oudit om proaktief op te tree.

Ongelukkig het die drukkersduiwel indie Junie uitgawe van Dumela in dieartikel van Interne Oudit ingesluip enword verskoning daarvoor gevra.

Daar is onder meer gemeld dat“fooitjies by etes mag nie as amptelikeuitgawes geëis word nie” terwyl dit in diegeredigeerde weergawe aanbeveel worddat personeel teen die betaling van ab-normale hoë fooitjies by etes moet

waak. Abnormaal kan gesien word asfooitjies van meer as 10%. Tydensouditondersoeke is gevind dat fooitjiesvan meer as 15% en selfs so hoog as30% van die rekening betaal is.

Die finansiële beleid is in die pro-ses van hersiening. Ek onderneem omdie skrywer se bekommernisse onderdie Departement Finansies se aandagte bring sodat oorweging daaraan ge-skenk kan word om riglyne beter uit tespel.

Wat die terugbetaling van privateoproepe vanaf ’n amptelike selfoonbetref, moet die personeellid volgens

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Adresplakker

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http://www.uovs.ac.za/publicationshttp://www.uovs.ac.za/publikasies

PublikasiebesonderhedeDumela word saamgestel deur die Afdeling:

Strategiese Kommunikasie.Redakteur: Leonie Bolleurs

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Menings wat in Dumela gelug word, weerspieëlnie noodwendig die van die redakteur, Afdeling:

Strategiese Kommunikasie, of die UV nie.

Klippies.. vanaf bl.19 Funds available for Shimla’s medical centre

During KovsieSport's practice week, Anton Landman from Bestmed Free State addressed the ShimlaPlayers. Bestmed also availed funds for the medical centre at Shimla Park. From the left are ShaganWindvogel, Shimla rugby player, Ms Ansu Calditz, Sport officer: Rugby at KovsieSport, Mr Waksie Prinsloo,Head coach of the Shimlas and Mr Anton Landman, Bestmed, Free State.

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die telefoonbeleid op die intranet,self die private oproepe aan die UVterugbetaal. Daar is ook gedurende2006 ’n nuwe sellulêre beleid goed-gekeur. Daar is ook riglyne onder diefinansiële beleid op intranet (Tele-foonbeleid) wat gevolg moet word in-dien u vanaf u private telefoon amp-telike oproepe maak en die kosteswil terugeis. Die telefoonbestuurstel-sel se hoofdoel is om oproepkoste tebesnoei en daarom word van perso-neel verwag om tussen amptelike enprivate oproepe op die stelsel te on-derskei. Departementshoofde hetdus ’n middel om beter beheer oorgeskakelde oproepe te verkry.

Wat en wanneer geëis magword, behoort nie problematies tewees nie. Eis alle uitgawes wat viramptelike doeleindes aangegaan is,maar tree verantwoordelik met fond-se wat deur die UV geadministreerword op, sodat daar nooit twyfel oordie geldigheid van die uitgawes salbestaan nie.

Die Departement Finansies hetgedurende Junie met die eerstereeks opleidingsessies begin.