Developing a Future Desired State for Community Victory

1. Volume 4 Number 1 June 2011
Message from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor
and Head of the College
This is the second and last
College Newsletter for 2011. It
therefore comes at that time
of the year when we are taking
stock of our achievements during
the year and also planning for the
year ahead. Indeed we have just
held our annual College Strategic
Planning Workshop at which we
interrogated the progress made
towards realizing the strategic
goals we set ourselves at the
beginning of the year. We have
also set ourselves new goals and
milestones for 2012.
In terms of realizing our goals
for 2011, some of the stories
contained in this newsletter are
testimony to our achievements.
The milestones that stand out
include the hosting of four
internationalconferencesandthe
attendance and presentation of
research papers by our academics
at conferences abroad. The
international conferences held in
the College this year include the
41st
Conference of the Southern
African Computer Lecturers’
Association hosted by the
School of Information Systems &
Technology, the 23rd
Conference
of the Southern Africa Institute
for Management Scientists hosted
by the School of Management,
the 2nd
International Business
Management Conference hosted
by the Faculty of Management
Studies and the 2nd
International
Conference on Human Rights
Education hosted by the
Faculty of Law. The benefits of
hosting and presenting papers
at conferences cannot be
overemphasised. Suffice to say
that it is intended to improve
our research output thereby
contributing to the realization
of the College’s vision of being
“the leading College in the
University in terms of the quality
and quantity of research output,
renowned for excellence in
teaching and learning, within
the context of the University’s
mission of seeking to be the
premier university of African
Scholarship”.
In so far as planning for 2012
is concerned, we have every
reason to be excited. The
College reconfiguration process
that is now coming to an end
has given us an opportunity to
reorganize ourselves in more
synergistic and innovative ways.
There is no doubt that the newly
created College structures will
enhance functional efficiencies,
streamline governance and
decision-making and improve
competencies and academic
service delivery. It is in
that context that I wish to
congratulate and welcome all
those that have been newly
appointed to leadership and
administrative positions in the
College and to wish them well. I
also wish to thank everyone for
their patience and cooperation.
Together we can look forward to
an exciting 2012 with renewed
vigor and enthusiasm as we
continue to strive to achieve
our vision and mission. In the
meantime, I wish everyone a
peaceful, restful and enjoyable
festive season.
John Mubangizi
Professor John Mubangizi – Deputy
Vice-Chancellor and Head of the
College.
Volume 4 Number 2 December 2011

2. 2
International human rights education issues
scrutinised in Durban
International Human Rights Activists,
Education Experts and Practitioners
from across the globe convened at
the 2nd
International Conference on
Human Rights Education (IHRE) to
scrutinise international human rights
education issues. The conference was
hosted by the University of KwaZulu-
Natal’s (UKZN) Faculty of Law from
14 to 16 November 2011 at the Royal
Hotel, Durban.
“Celebrating Diversity and Achieving
Social Justice through Human Rights
Education,” was the theme of the
2nd
IHRE Conference. The 1st
IHRE
conference was hosted by the
University of Western Sydney in 2010.
The hosting of the conference
had a special significance to the
Faculty and the College of Law and
Management Studies as it enabled
the University to play a leading role
in the creation of awareness of human
rights. The Dean of the Faculty of
Law, Professor Managay Reddi said:
‘South Africa’s constitution is globally
acknowledged as an exemplar of
respect for the fundamental rights
and freedoms of all human beings.
However, even in South Africa, there
exists a disconnection between the
constitutionally guaranteed rights and
the actual enjoyment of these rights
by legions of her people.
‘The situation is far worse in countries
where there is no constitutional pro-
tection of fundamental human rights.
Widespread human rights education is
critical in all instances in order to pro-
mote awareness of human rights issues
and assist civil society initiatives to
strengthen human rights protection.’
Officials and experts from governments
and international/regional institutions
with a focus on human rights, as well
as judges, scholars, lawyers, students
and human rights activists were
amongst the delegates that attended
the conference.
The main aims of the Conference were
to support and promote the United Na-
tions (UN) objectives on Human Rights
Education (HRE) which include: the
promotion of the role of HRE in the
advancement of good governance; to
foster HRE across the African conti-
nent and to build networks amongst
stakeholders; the exploration of the
role of HRE in advancement of the
rights of vulnerable groups; and the
interrogation of the role of HRE in pro-
moting cultural diversity and accom-
modating traditional value systems.
“Human Rights Education from a
Multi-disciplinary Perspective,” was
the title of a thought provoking
keynote address delivered by Professor
Frans Viljoen, Director of the Centre
for Human Rights at the University
of Pretoria. Viljoen has published
extensively on human rights issues and
he is the editor of the African Human
Rights Law Reports and the African
Human Rights Law Journal.
Professor Malcolm Langford, Director
of the Socio-Economic Rights
Programme at the Norwegian Centre
for Human Rights at the University of
Oslo delivered the second keynote
address titled: “Educating Everyone?
Prejudice, Terror and the Reservoirs
of Hate”. Langford has many years
of experience working on human
rights issues in various capacities in
different parts of the world, including
for international non-governmental
Members of the conference organising committee, from left: Ms Melissa Lewis, Ms
Marelie Maritz, Ms Franaaz Khan, Ms Clydenia Stevens, Mr Shaun Kruger and Mr
Tebello Thabane.
Delegates of the International Human Rights Education Conference.
Attending the conference dinner, are from left: Professor Penny Andrews, Professor
David McQuoid-Mason, Professor Managay Reddi and Advocate Devina Perumal.
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3. 3
The Faculty of Management Studies
hosted the second International
Business Management Conference
(BMC) at the Westville campus which
brought together a number of multi-
disciplinary experts to discuss business
and management related challenges in
Africa and beyond.
The conference themed: “Business
Management Challenges in the Decade
Ahead”, provided an opportunity for
delegates to discuss, network and
learn from each other. Discussions
for the duration of the conference
were divided into a number of plenary
sessions each with a discipline in
various break-away venues.
UKZN’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor and
Head of the College of Law and
Management Studies, Professor
John Mubangizi, said hosting the
Conference was strategic to the
University and the College. ‘Through
research conferences such as the BMC,
the University is able to realise its
third strategic goal which promotes
pre-eminence in research.
‘The hosting of the BMC is one of the
strategic steps adopted by the College
in order to contribute to the realisation
of the University’s strategic goals.
Hosting international conferences
and engaging in inter-disciplinary and
multi-disciplinary research are part of
many initiatives we have committed
ourselves to,’ said Mubangizi.
Five keynote speakers presented on
both days on different issues. In his
keynote address, Mr Russell Loubser,
Chief Executive Officer responsible
for the strategic repositioning of the
Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE),
said many countries had serious and
complex economic problems. Loubser
identified integrity, focus, hard work,
no compromise of ethics and having
people who want to be at their jobs as
ingredients for a successful economy.
Dr Kupukile Mlambo, Advisor to
the Chief Economist at the African
Development Bank, delivered a
keynote address titled: “A Perspective
on the Future of Africa Beyond
2015”. Mlambo highlighted that
although Africa was now one of the
world’s fastest growing regions the
unemployment rate on the continent
was high, especially among graduates.
Another keynote speaker, UKZN senior
Professor and Advocate of the High
Court of SouthAfrica, Professor Walter
Geach, discussed the New Companies
Act of 2008; while Professor Wilfred
Ukpere, Associate Professor in the
Department of Industrial Psychology
and People Management at the
University of Johannesburg, spoke on
how Africa has been left behind and
marginalised by the current capitalist
global system.
UKZN Professor of Economics, Geoff
Harris, who spoke on: “Income
Equality: Why it is a major issue for
South Africa,” said the richest 10
percent of households in South Africa
received 40 times more than the poor
50 percent. He added that most of
the violence was committed by poor
people against other poor people.
In the Public Administration parallel
session, papers examined good govern-
ance and public finance, promoting
inter-governmental relations and
looking at issues of service delivery.
The management parallel session
looked at: An investigation of
consumers’ perceptions of In-house
brands in Durban’s major food
retailers.
The conference ended successfully
with a gala dinner.
Sithembile Shabangu
Business Management Conference
organisations, national human rights
institutions, UN agencies and local
community organisations. He is a
seasoned publisher on human rights
issues, particularly in the context of
poverty and development.
UKZN Law academics and students
also contributed meaningfully to
the conference proceedings through
the presentation of research papers.
Some of the papers were delivered by
Mr Shaun Kruger who presented on:
“Gay and Lesbian Rights under the
African Charter of Human and Peoples
Rights – combating ignorance through
Human Rights Education”; “Effective
Human Rights education depends
on proper language education: A
Case for development of mother-
tongue in schools”, was the title of a
research paper which was presented
by Mr Michael Buthelezi; and Ms Meda
Couzens delivered a paper titled:
“The role of the SAHRC in promoting
and protecting the rights of children”.
The conference also included an
insightful discussion by panel of
human rights education experts
and UKZN Law students were given
an opportunity to provide their
perspective on the issue of human
rights education.
Hazel Langa and Sithembile Shabangu
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Networking: Professor Shahida Cassim
with Dr Kupukile Mlambo.
Attending the conference cocktail
function, from left: Ms Lindiwe Kunene,
Professor Wilfred Ukpere, Ms Tina
Obermeit and Ms Nomalizo Dyili.
Professor Dev Tewari with Professor
Terry Contogiannis.

4. 4
Research students distinguish themselves
School of Public Administration and
Development Research students
distinguished themselves by generating
rigorous intellectual debate at
the second Business Management
Conference which was hosted by the
Faculty of Management Studies in
September.
Presentations from the students
spanned the public governance
gamut from the relationship between
good governance and public finance
to intergovernmental relations
embedded in a case study of the
KWANALOGA games to the role of
information management in KwaZulu-
Natal’s Emergency Medical Rescue
Services of the Department of Health.
Service delivery research projects
revolved around the impact of the
Expanded Public Works Programme in
the Inanda, Ntuzuma, KwaMashu (INK)
area and also heightened prospects
for monitoring and evaluation in local
government. Of the five scholarly
presentations, four comprised
supervisor-student teams.
Head of School, Professor Yogi
Penceliah, said: ‘Presentation of
research that flows from supervisor-
student relationships is particularly
inspiring for students. It builds
confidence and serves as a platform
from which students will move to
present at other conferences whether
they are practitioners or seeking to
become an academic.
‘All of our academic staff provided
feedback on the research presentations
which supports our school philosophy
of playing an instrumental role in
sharing knowledge, contributing to
theory development, invigorating
debate and creating and applying new
knowledge,’ said Penciliah. ‘In brief,
SPADM alumus Mr Tsoabisi’s finance
research provided a conceptual
analysis and theoretical framework
for good governance through an
analysis of the 1999 Public Finance
Management Act.’
Doctoral student Mrs Zandile
Nhlabathi and Professor Betty
Mubangizi found that lessons from
successful collaboration among the
three spheres of government for
implementation of the KwaZulu-Natal
Local Government Association could
also guide governmental participants
to align their objectives, processes
and resources for provision of housing,
water, safety, security and other
crucial aspects of development.
Regarding local government
intervention into the INK community
through the Expanded Public Works
Programme, extensive interviews
of residents by Masters student Mrs
Thandeka Sithole and Dr Thokozani
Nzimakwe revealed that while
the impact of the programme was
positive and beneficiaries gained
knowledge and skills, job creation
remained a major challenge when
addressing poverty alleviation. For
doctoral student Mr Ivan Govender and
Penceliah, performance management
was constitutionally and legally
mandated and against that background
they explored the role of Monitoring
and Evaluation Systems to enhance
local government service delivery.
Finally, Mr Kumarasen Thumbiran
and Dr Mogie Subban empirically
investigated information management
culture of the Emergency Medical
Rescue Service and ultimately
provided recommendations for
changing information culture towards
optimal health status for all persons.
In the words of retiring public
administration stalwart, Professor
Danny Sing: ‘The exchange of
supervisor-student teams and
between these teams and the larger
academic staff is necessary to
challenge existing paradigms and
move forward on the theory and
practice of public administration.’
The panel was chaired by Dr Fayth
Ruffin who presented a paper entitled:
Central city business improvement
districts in the globalizing metropolis:
Localised neoliberalism in Cape Town,
eThekwini and Johannesburg?
Fayth Ruffin
Professor Betty Mubangizi, (front,and from left) Professor Yogi Penceliah, Dr
Thokozani Nzimakwe, Mrs T Sithole and Dr Fayth Ruffin; and (back, from left) Dr
Mogie Subban, Mr Kumarasen Thumbiran and Mr Ivan Govender.

5. 5
Baie groot sukses (a very big success)
is how the Chairperson of the Southern
Africa Institute for Management
Scientists’ (SAIMS) Board of Directors,
Professor Elmarie Venter, described
the outcome of the 23rd
SAIMS
Conference hosted by UKZN’s School
of Management in Durban.
Finding a Silver Lining for Business
in Global Economic and Political
Dark Clouds, was the theme of the
conference at which about 120
management scientists gathered to
discuss possible solutions to address
complex business challenges.
Dr Namane Magau, Chief Executive of
B&D Solutions, delivered a thought-
provoking keynote address titled:
Innovation and Leadership.
To address dynamic business and social
challenges, Magau recommended a
multidisciplinary approach involv-
ing a strong partnership between
government,industry,highereducation,
communities and universities. She
believes that powerful new insights can
be realised through these partnerships.
Magau’s topic also highlighted com-
munity engagements as an essential
part of the existence of any university.
She encouraged management scientists
to view communities as a source
of innovation saying they should
value the indigenous knowledge and
uniqueness the communities have and
use them to solve complex societal
and business challenges.
Delegates were also addressed by
Mr Henry Pretorius, Senior Executive
Advisor to the CEO of Toyota SA.
South Africa: A Competitive Supplier
of Automotive Products was the title
of Pretorius’ address which gave the
delegates a good perspective on the
performance and prospects of the
automotive industry. He demonstrated
the importance of the industry
in addressing complex economic
challenges such as unemployment,
skills shortage, investment challenges
and others.
Pretorius pointed out that the auto-
motive industry was the largest
manufacturing sector in the South
African economy having contributed
5,9% and 6,5% of the gross domestic
product in 2009 and in 2010 respec-
tively. He said while the industry also
contributed immensely to the local
economy through the export of cars
and components, in order for it to
remain sustainable it was imperative
for government to maintain policy
certainty and predictability with
appropriate levels of support and
investment incentives.
Pretoriusmade a numberofrecommen-
dations including the improvement and
alignment of supplier competitiveness
with average South East Asian costs;
a focused industrialisation strategy
to broaden the SA supplier chain
and increase manufacturing depth;
improving productivity from 17 cars
to 30 cars per employee per annum;
industry and government to invest in
training and skills development; and
a substantial improvement in logistics
competitiveness and infrastructure
costs.
In his welcome address, Professor John
Mubangizi, Deputy Vice-Chancellor
and Head of the College of Law and
Management Studies, encouraged
management scientists to use the
conference as a platform to create
sustainable research networks.
Mubangizi said the hosting of the
SAIMS Conference by the School
of Management was a strategic
initiative aimed at improving research
productivity in the College. The College
has put in place a research support
system that will convert conference
presentations to publishable research
work.
Hazel Langa
Management scientists devise solutions to
complex business challenges
Keynote speakers with College Management, from left: Mr Henry Pretorius of
Toyota, Professor Lesley Stainbank of UKZN, Dr Namane Magau of B&D Solutions
and Professor John Mubangizi of UKZN.
From left: Dr Maxwell Phiri of UKZN,
Professor Shahida Cassim of UKZN, Dr
Namane Magau of B&D Solutions and Ms
Ashika Maharaj of UKZN.
Staff from Juta and Company attended
the SAIMS Gala Dinner, from left: Mr
Pieter Smith, Ms Yvette Plumridge and
Mr Gladman Buthelezi.
At the SAIMS Gala Dinner were, from left:
Mr Cecil Arnold, Ms Marianne Doubell and
Professor Elmarie Venter, Chairperson of
SAIMS Board of Directors.

6. 6
ICT teaching and learning under the microscope
The art of teaching and learning
computer science and information
systems was scrutinised at the 41st
Conference of the Southern African
Computer Lecturers’ Association
(SACLA) hosted by UKZN’s School of
Information Systems & Technology
(IS&T) under the theme: Innovate —
Educate.
Conference Chairperson, Professor
Manoj Maharaj, said the aim of
the conference was to explore
innovative ways of using technology
in teaching and learning computer
science and information systems. He
acknowledged that students were
always using new technology and that
academics needed to adapt to these
changes to keep up with them.
A wide range of papers, discussing
various aspects of computing edu-
cation, were presented. Overall,
56 abstracts were submitted, with
41 being accepted as full papers
and these were reviewed by 32
reviewers. Twenty seven of the 29
papers presented underwent a double
blind peer review.
Eight academics from the School
of IS&T contributed meaningfully
towards the conference proceedings
through the presentation of research
papers and chairing of sessions.
The impact of instant messaging tools
on language development in KwaZulu-
Natal, was the title of a paper co-
authored by Ms Zahra Bulbulia and
Maharaj and an ex-honours student
Mr Shanil Narayan.
Professor Brian McArthur of the
Pietermaritzburg campus presented a
paper titled: Challenges of publishing
an Honours Research paper: E-book
usage by students at UKZN. The paper
was co-authored with his student, Ms
Amanda Ngidi.
UKZN third year IS software develop-
ment teams: Looking back in order to
look forward, was the title of a paper
co-authored by Westville campus
academics, Ms Rosemary Quilling, Ms
Sue Price and Mr Craig Blewett.
Mr Bret van Niekerk and Maharaj co-
authored a paper titled: Infrastructure
vulnerability analysis from an
information warfare perspective.
A highlight of the Conference was a
keynote address titled: King 3 and IT
Governance, presented by Mr Binesh
Rajkaran of Price Waterhouse Coopers.
His talk highlighted the need for good
IT governance in organisations.
Another feature was a multi-
institution panel discussion by local
and international ICT academics
titled: Graduateness of Computing
Students in South Africa. During the
discussion panellists raised various
concerns including the alignment of
the programmes with international
standards; the introduction of more
practical work rather than focusing
only on theory; the production of
well-rounded students who not only
know about the subject but received
a wider education, and a strong focus
on using multimedia.
Panellist Professor Jan Kroeze of the
University of South Africa (UNISA)
added: ‘This includes how we
teach and the use of technology to
communicate with students, and how
education has become blended and
we [lecturers] are moving into each
other’s areas.’
Other panellists were Dr Paul Prinsloo
from UNISA, Professor Philip Pretorius
from the North West University and Ms
Shana Ponelis from the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
A challenge posed to academics by
Kroeze at the end of the discussion
was to find a way forward on the
concerns that were raised.
The SACLA Conference was well
received by academics who view it
as a supportive structure enhancing
teaching methodologies and the
production of relevant quality
graduates for the dynamic and
evolving ICT industry.
The 2012 SACLA Conference will
be hosted by the Department of
Computer Science and Informatics at
the University of the Free State.
Hazel Langa, Sithembile Shabangu
and Sue Price
Academics at the 41st
SACLA Conference.

7. 7
Successful Research Fair
Research taking place at various
Schools and Centres by staff and
students was showcased at a Research
Fair organised by the Faculty of
Management Studies in the GSB
Auditorium in September.
The fair was attended by academic
staff and postgraduate students from
the various Management Studies
disciplines.
Dean of the Faculty of Management
Studies, Professor Lesley Stainbank,
said: ‘I attended on two separate
occasions and I thought it was
really nice to see the across-school
discussions taking place. I was also
very impressed with the standard of
the posters and the effort taken to set
up power-point presentations. There
was a real atmosphere of collegiality.’
Professor Anesh Singh, who welcomed
the gathering on behalf of the Deputy
Dean, Professor Krishna Govender,
noted that the Fair attracted far more
participants than the annual Faculty
Research Day, even though it had been
scheduled so close to the Faculty’s
Business Management Conference. He
commented that this augured well for
future such events.
Kriben Pillay
Presenting research posters are, from left, Ms Colette Muller and Ms Cecile Gerwel
from the Faculty of Management Studies.
Attitudes to UKZN’s language policy highlighted
at US conference
Attitudes of UKZN staff and students
to the University’s bi/multilingualism
policy for education was the focus of a
presentation at a forum in the United
States by Dr Dianna Moodley, lecturer
in the Faculty of Management Studies,
Education Unit.
Moodley was participating in the 14th
Annual Conference of the National
Council of Less Commonly Taught
Languages (NCOLCTL) in Wisconsin.
The Conference focused on building
language capacity and exploring
and discovering how innovative and
collaborative efforts can strengthen
and equip academics to better
empower their communities in the
learning and cultural awareness of less
commonly taught languages.
Moodley’s presentation provided
an overview of the attitudes of
UKZN students and staff towards
the University’s bi/multilingualism
policy for education. She argued that
attitudes towards language were the
key factor in determining the success
of any language policy.
Moodley is supportive of the policy and
reminded the audience that the issue
of language use in education in South
Africa is directly tied to our history.
She said transformation was closely
linked to language use and the
development of indigenous languages
for a variety of purposes. However,
enforced implementation of a policy
which did not have the support and
understanding of the constituents was
futile and potentially dangerous.
Moodley’s presentation ended
with a strong call for interventions
which could address the disjuncture
between policy and practice in South
African Higher Education. The Faculty
has recently nominated Moodley as
project leader to spearhead UKZN’s
language policy implementation plan.
Dianna Moodley
Dr Dianna Moodley at the conference
with former UKZN academics Professor
Audrey Mbeje (left), Director of African
Language Programme, University of
Pennsylvania and Ms Tholani Hlongwa
from the Centre of African Studies,
University of Illinois.

8. 8
New ideas for teaching and learning debated
Staff from the Faculty of Management Studies sharing ideas for teaching and learning.
Staff from a variety of Schools shared
aspects of their teaching practice and
research into teaching and learning
issues at a Faculty of Management
Studies’ Teaching Day.
The programme began with a fascinat-
ing insight from the Centre for Leader-
ship’s Professor Kriben Pillay into his
development as a university lecturer.
Pillay, who received a Distinguished
Teacher Award in 2009, quoted from
the epilogue of a book he will soon
publish and this set the tone and pro-
vided a stimulus for some exciting dis-
cussions around teaching and learning.
In her presentation titled “eLearning:
Positioning yourself as a lecturer”,
Ms Rose Quilling from the School of
Information Systems and Technology
(IS&T), illustrated how technology
could be seen as having both a positive
and a negative impact on teaching
and teachers. Academics from the
Faculty listened to Pink Floyd’s 1979
hit Another Brick in the Wall as
they were challenged to realise that
what teachers do when they teach
can itself be seen as potentially
positive or negative. The conclusion
was that care needed to be taken
about demonising or over-celebrating
technology in teaching. The question
was rather: What does the teacher
want the teaching to be and how can
technology help? (The slideshow can
be viewed at http://www.slideshare.
net/RQuilling/quilling-91-utlo2011).
Mr Craig Blewett from IS&T spoke on:
“AFacebook Learning Space: The Final
Frontier?” He challenged lecturers to
move out of their comfort zones into
the students’ comfort space as part of
exploring new frontiers for learning.
He argued that social networks were
the biggest phenomenon of the
age and that rather than ignoring
their educational potential and
impact, efforts should be made to
explore ways of better engagement
with students in these spaces. (The
slideshow can be viewed at http://
www.facebook.com/Learning2.0/
posts/185334104884260).
Ms Caryn Maitland from the School
of Accounting shared her innovative
use of assessment-driven teaching
methods where students have an
opportunity to create their own
assessments and mock exams, giving
the students the understanding of the
examiners’ mindset in an assessment
paper. This project will form the basis
of her Masters’ thesis.
Two postgraduate students who are
also working asAcademic Development
Officers (ADOs) presented research
which shared important insights
gained from the students at the chalk
face. Ms Shannon Railton of the School
of Economics and Finance presented
a paper on: “The link between
perceptions and performance: a study
of first year economics students.” Her
research found that students seemed
to enjoy economics as a subject but
to dislike the traditional lecture
setting and the way the course was
assessed. Mr Nurudin Ajayi, an ADO
from the School of IS&T, spoke on
the challenge of diversity facing
South Africa’s Higher Education, with
language, socio-economic and cultural
backgrounds being some of the factors
that affected student performance. He
explained how cultural differences in
a classroom could hinder participation
and debate in the classroom.
A number of interdisciplinary doctoral
research projects are being undertaken
by academics in the Faculty, two of
whom shared their proposed research
with the interested audience.
Professor Brian McArthur from
IS&T is researching the reasons
why Information Systems Research
Methodology modules are designed
and implemented the way they are.
Official curricula as described in
handbooks and templates, lecturers’
claimed curricula and the actual
implemented curricula will serve as
data for the study, which will use
virtual focus groups and interviews
as data generation methods. All
universities offering IS at postgraduate
level will be invited to participate.
Professor Nicholas Wood from the
School of Accounting also presented
his PhD proposal on exploring the
teaching practices in Management
Accounting and Finance at UKZN.
In the final session of the day, a
fascinating discussion was initiated by
Dr Pamela Nichols of Wits, around the
use of writing to stimulate thinking
and assist learning. Writing forces
people to articulate their thoughts
and provides a valuable starting
point for discussion. Simply getting
students, midway through a lecture,
to write down a paragraph summary,
for instance, will provide a powerful
learning opportunity and a spark for
in-class discussion.
Stimulated by all the insights presented
during the day, an idea was developed
by the academics present around the
concept of introducing “Blue Flag”
courses.These are courses where
the lecturers aspire to demonstrate
excellence and innovation in teaching
and share this with the faculty and
university at large. Some exciting
plans for broadening the discussion
of this idea and of other topics from
the Teaching Day in the future were
also mooted.
Caroline Goodier

9. 9
UKZN law academics have been
instrumental in the co-ordination and
delivery of a highly specialised two-
week certificate course in Intellectual
Property and Access to Medicines
(IPATM).
Professor Yousuf Vawda and Ms
Malebakeng Forere of the Faculty of
Law, in partnership with Professor
Brook Baker of the Northeastern
University School of Law and Honorary
Research Fellow at UKZN, delivered
the course.
The IPATM Course is hosted annually by
the Faculty of Law in conjunction with
the Open Society Institute. It is open
to East and Southern African residents
working in the area of health, access
to medicines, trade and development
and human rights, including NGOs and
Government agencies, as well as health
professionals, legal practitioners and
academics.
The aim of this intensive course is to
equip participants with the knowledge
and skills required to understand
international, regional and national
intellectual property regimes and
flexibilities and to advocate effectively
to enhance access to medicines.
The course covers a wide range of
relevant topics including: an overview
of a medicine — from inspiration to
end-use; an outline of the history and
development of intellectual property
law; how patent rights affect the price
of medicines; the right to health,
public health ethics, and clinical trials;
women’s health rights; provisions
of the WTO’s TRIPS Agreement,
and the flexibilities available under
TRIPS and the Doha Declaration on
Public Health to enhance access;
the economics of the innovator and
generic pharmaceutical industries;
competition law, industrial policy and
local production of medicines; regional
and international co-operation in
access to medicines campaigns
(including pooled procurement
and other mechanisms); the drug
regulatory process; rational drug use
and the registration of medicines.
More than 50 academics, professionals,
NGOs and activists from various
African countries have been trained
over the past four years. The 2011
class was attended by participants
from Cameroon, Lesotho, Malawi,
South Africa and Zambia.
Vawda said: ‘An important outcome
of the course requires participants
to devise campaigns and programme.
The focus for 2011 was on advocating
for reform of patent laws in the
various countries represented in the
training, to commemorate the 10th
anniversary of the Doha Declaration
on 14 November 2011.’
The Dean of the Faculty of Law,
Professor Managay Reddi, welcomed
participants saying the Faculty was
delighted to host them for the two
weeks of the course. She assured them
that the course was both challenging
and excellent and that the University
was thrilled to be able to make a
contribution to the development of
the African continent through this
offering.
Yousuf Vawda
Law academics at the helm of specialised course
Participants in the 2011 IPATM course (from left) Lloyd Lotz (SA), Professor Yousuf Vawda, Lynette Mabote (SA), Kuenaesele
Ramabele (Lesotho), Gugu Mthiyane (SA), Professor Brook Baker, Catherine Tomlinson (SA), Joelle Dountio (Cameroon),
Phume Ngcobo (SA), Chikosa Banda (Malawi), Dimuna Phiri (Zambia), Carol Nyirenda (Zambia), Ms Malebakeng Forere and
Wilson Zulu (Zambia).

10. 10
Best Paper Award for management academic
Managerial Issues Associated with
Service Quality — The Case of the
University of KwaZulu-Natal, was
the title of a presentation which won
Ms Vannie Naidoo from the School of
Management the Best Paper Award for
a management academic.
Naidoo attended and presented
the paper at the 2011 International
Conference on Business and Economic
Research (ICBER) in Cairo, Egypt,
in October. The conference was
hosted by the International Economics
Development and Research Centre
(IEDRC), an independent, non-
profit research and development
organisation.
Her paper focused on the importance
of quality within universities. It also
highlighted key managerial issues
associated with quality at UKZN,
namely: developing a culture of
service quality, ethics, identifying and
building stakeholder relationships and
developing a customer relationship
management system.
Finally, it identified how having
high levels of service quality can
be used by management as a
competitive advantage to increase
student patronage at a campus. ‘This
is important as many universities
compete for students locally and
internationally and service quality
can be a major competitive advantage
tool in the tertiary education service
industry,’ said Naidoo.
Naidoo has produced four research
papers which she presented at local
and international conferences this
year. ‘I feel that all my hard work
has paid off… I’m now motivated to
complete my PhD since my paper was
so well received in the international
community. This award has made me
aware of my potential to do research,’
she said.
More than 110 academic papers from
countries including India, Mexico,
Norway, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Iran,
Pakistan and Thailand were presented
at the Cairo conference. The aim of
the conference was to bring together
researchers, scientists, engineers,
and scholar students to exchange
and share their experiences, new
ideas, and research results about all
aspects of Business and Economic
Research, and discuss practical
challenges encountered and the
solutions adopted.
Vannie Naidoo
Ms Vannie Naidoo with Professor Cesar
Correa Arias from the University of
Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico.
International conference debut for management academic
A young academic from the School of
Management, Ms Lindiwe Kunene, has
made her inaugural presentation at
an international conference — and is
over the moon about the experience.
Kunene participated in the Inter-
national Conference for Academic
Disciplines hosted by the International
Journal of Arts and Science in France
at the end of July. It was the first time
she had presented her research at an
international conference.
The title of Kunene’s paper was:
From Hardcopy News to Online News:
A Study of the eThekwini Youths
(20-35 year olds) News Reading
Patterns, which she co-authored
with her former Honours student,
Ms Nokubanga Gumbi. The paper
identified patterns and trends that
impact and affect the news reading
patterns of Durban’s youth.
‘This is an experience I will cherish
forever and I believe it will only add
and yield positive results for both
my students and my research. To be
exposed to that many academics from
completely different backgrounds is
priceless,’ said Kunene.
As an Internationalisation Programme
Coordinator in the Faculty of
Management Studies, Kunene strongly
believes the University should make it
a priority to expose young academics to
the international world of academia.
She said: ‘It makes no sense that there
are junior academics who are trapped
in the junior academic realm teaching
students, yet they themselves have
never been exposed to the general
and academic world about which they
teach.’
In consultation with the UKZN
International Relations Office, Kunene
is exploring ways of achieving this.
Kunene was encouraged to participate
in the Conference by a fellow academic
from the School of Economics and
Finance, Mr Gerry Bokana, who also
presented at the conference. His paper
was titled: Swaying from Perfunctory
Agriculture to Agriculture-based
Development: What are the Incentives
for Africa?
Kunene is grateful to the Faculty of
Management Studies (especially the
office of the Dean, the Conference
Committee in the School of Manage-
ment) and Corporate Relations for
making this experience possible for
her.
Hazel Langa
Ms Lindiwe Kunene in France.

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Academics in the College of Law and
Management Studies are continuing
to use their expertise to contribute
and play a significant role in society.
Professor of Management, Bonke
Dumisa of the Faculty of Management
Studies and Professor of Law, Tanya
Woker of the Faculty of Law, were
re-appointed by President Zuma to
the National Consumer Tribunal. Both
academics are Admitted Advocates of
the High Court of South Africa.
Commenting on his re-appointment
Dumisa said: ‘It is very encouraging
to operate within the national
government structures, where the
efforts of suitably qualified people are
appreciated, and effectively used in
the best interests of the country. I am
looking forward to serving my country
to the best of my ability, in making
sure there is justice in the credit
industry and in consumer protection.’
Woker also feels extremely honoured
to have been re-appointed to the
Tribunal, she said: ‘The Consumer
Protection Act recently came into
operation and the Tribunal is expecting
to deal with matters in terms of that
Act in the near future. The work of
the Tribunal has until now been to
deal with matters under the National
Credit Act and now our work is to be
significantly expanded. This will be an
exciting time for consumer protection
as we will be called upon to deal with
many different and varied matters.’
Woker added that she is looking
forward to making a contribution to
the development of a jurisprudence
dealing with consumer protection in
South Africa.
The Tribunal is an independent
adjudicative entity, deriving its
mandate from the National Credit
Act (NCA). A decision by the Tribunal
has the same status as one made by
the High Court of South Africa. The
services of the Tribunal can be used
by the National Credit Regulator,
consumers, credit providers, debt
counsellors and credit bureaus.
Both academics have been members of
the Consumer Affairs Committee since
2000 and were first appointed to the
National Consumer Tribunal in 2006.
The participation of academics in
various boards is commended in the
College of Law and Management
Studies as it benefits the students
when academics combine their wealth
of practical knowledge with theory in
formulating their lectures.
Other Law and Management academics
have served on international and
national professional boards such
as the South African Human Rights
Commission; the Commission for
Conciliation, Mediation and
Arbitration; the South African Law
Reform Commission; the Presidency
of the Commonwealth Legal Education
Association; the Competition Tribunal
of South Africa, and the United
Nations Human Rights Council.
Hazel Langa
Law and Management academics re-appointed to the
National Consumer Tribunal
Professor Bonke Dumisa. Professor Tanya Woker.
“HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their
hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.”
Princess Diana

12. 12
Professor Kriben Pillay.
Professor Kriben Pillay, Associate
Professor and Research Co-ordinator
at UKZN’s Leadership Centre, has
been elected to the editorial board of
the ISI accredited African Journal of
Business Management (AJBM).
The AJBM is an open access journal
that publishes research analysis and
inquiry into issues of importance
to the business community. Its goal
is to broaden the knowledge of
business professionals and academics
by promoting free access and provide
valuable insight to business-related
information, research and ideas.
The AJBM is a monthly publication and
all articles are peer-reviewed.
Pillay is looking forward to contributing
towards the continued success of
the publication. He said: ‘I see my
contribution to the AJBM as two-
pronged: Providing a service in terms
of reviewing articles for the journal,
and by so doing helping to maintain
a high standard of criticality; and
secondly, by providing a presence
on the board for the discipline of
leadership, so that it begins to feature
more prominently in future editions of
the journal.’
In confirming the election, the Board
stated that Pillay was elected on the
basis of an impressive curriculum vitae
with relevant areas of expertise which
include leadership, organisational
learning and social models of
transformation. The Editorial Board
added they believed Pillay would be
a great addition.
Kriben Pillay
Kriben Pillay strengthens leadership focus of African Journal
Young management academic to serve on various boards
Budding School of Management
academic, Ms Lindiwe Kunene,
understands the importance of
critically engaging with the community
which is one of the three key pillars
of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Kunene has made herself available
to serve on the Board of Trustees of
the Planning, Education, Agriculture,
Cooperatives and Environment (PEACE)
Foundation Trust as a representative
of the beneficiaries in mostly KwaZulu-
Natal and the Limpopo province.
Through this participation, she has also
been nominated and selected to serve
as a non-executive board member of
the JHI Property Management Group.
According to Kunene, the PEACE
Foundation Trust, which is an NGO, has
decided to create a sustainable model
of raising funds for rural development
by buying into existing for profit
organizations. An example of this is
the Trust’s relationship with the JHI
Property Management Group which
has four PEACE Foundation members
represented on its board.
The main aim of the Trust is to provide
disadvantaged communities with
the necessary tools and information
for their own development, and
in so doing, improve educational
and economic standards in their
communities.
Kunene is pleased about the
appointments which will enable her to
use her expertise to benefit the poor
communities. ‘These appointments
will make it possible for me to
become part of the implementation
of one of the best rural development,
sustainable models this country has
ever seen, ensuring that the rural
development programmes we have
implemented do not cease to exist
once the funding has run out.
‘My role with both these organisations
is one that has added tremendous
value to my career, personal growth
and academia in general,’ she added.
Kunene also serves on the University
of KwaZulu-Natal’s International
Relations Consultative Forum,
representing the Faculty of
Management Studies. She encourages
other young academics to participate
in various professional organisations
as this would expose them to new
developments in various fields and
enrich their teaching.
Hazel Langa
Ms Lindiwe Kunene.

13. 13
Together at the consultative forum are, from left, Professor Moses Sindane, Dr Solosh
Pillay, Minister Richard Baloyi, Ms Parina Naidoo and Professor Purshottama Reddy.
My Public Servant, My Future consultative forum
Professor Purshottama Reddy and
Dr Solosh Pillay, academics at the
School of Public Administration and
Development Management, were
guests at a consultative forum on the
ongoing transformation of the public
service.
The forum, titled: “My Public Servant,
My Future”, was hosted by the
Minister of the Public Service and
Administration, Mr Richard Baloyi, and
attended by senior academics from
South Africa and senior public servants
from the Public Administration and
Leadership Academy (PALAMA) and
the Department of Public Service and
Administration.
The main objective of the forum was
for all stakeholders to engage with
each other, and possibly contribute
to finding solutions that constitutional
wisdom, systems and practices are not
providing.
According to Reddy the discussions
were very frank and the academics
highlighted some of the factors
impacting on poor service delivery,
namely cadre deployment; poor
quality and weak political and
executive leadership; party political
turf battles, and political and
executive regime changes involving
competition between political parties,
and in some cases, different factions
of the same party.
In addition, there were added
problems of poor co-ordination of
integrated service delivery and limited
monitoring and evaluation of service
delivery in public institutions.
The delegates were addressed by
the Director General of PALAMA,
Professor Lekoa Mollo and the Director
General of the Public Service and
Administration, Mr Kenny Govender.
Purshottama Reddy
Supervisor and masters student working together
Dr Mihalis Chasomeris and Mr Sanele
Gumede presented papers at the
Economic Society of South Africa
(ESSA) Conference held in Stellenbosch
recently.
Gumede, who is studying a Master
of Commerce in Maritime Studies,
said: ‘I felt honoured to be a part
of the delegation representing the
University. The conference was
attended by a wide range of delegates
including academics, independent
researchers, and public sector and
private sector representatives.
Besides the opportunity to present my
research paper, the ESSA Conference
gave me an invaluable opportunity to
interact with eminent economists and
industry representatives from around
the world.’
Chasomeris, a lecturer at the Graduate
School of Business, and Gumede’s
Masters supervisor, presented a paper
titled: “Port Pricing in South Africa”.
Gumede presented a paper, co-
authored with Chasomeris, titled:
“Port Governance in South Africa”.
The paper examines the literature and
gathers industry perspectives on the
historical evolution of South African
port governance structures. ‘The
presentation of the paper was well
received and I was given constructive
criticism and comments. These
comments, I believe, will help me in
completing my Masters in Maritime
Studies,’ said Gumede.
Gumede strongly encouraged other
students studying economics and
maritime studies to participate in such
conferences, he said: ‘This experience
has improved my knowledge on writing
academic papers for conferences and
I know that my research abilities have
improved greatly. Dr Chasomeris and I
are still looking to publish this paper
as a journal article which will then
encourage me to do further research.’
Chasomeris said: ‘I enjoyed the
opportunity to work with Sanele
on this research project and it was
encouraging to see him successfully
present our paper. I feel that the
mentoring relationship that we have
developed contributed to this success.
We often worked side-by-side in my
office on this research and were able
to make steady progress.’
Debbie Chasomeris
Mr Sanele Gumede and Dr Mihalis
Chasomeris.

14. 14
Senior lecturer at the Leadership
Centre, Mr Stan Hardman, recently
made a presentation to Nelson
Mandela Bay’s Business Chamber in
Port Elizabeth aimed at helping the
Chamber assess its policy on Corporate
Social Investment (CSI) and to get
networking started.
Sponsored by ABSA, the talk focused
on how corporates should view their
CSI spending in the light of the current
financial climate in South Africa.
The question posed was about
how business could partner with
government and civil society in areas
of mutual concern. Hardman said:
‘The key danger is that business must
not take over the responsibilities of
government or civil society but rather
partner with them to develop their
own competencies in relation to the
inter-sectoral social contract.’
The function was attended by
delegates from the business sector,
NGOs and local government.
Stan Hardman
CSI presentation by Leadership Centre academic
At the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber function are, from left, Mr Andy de la
Mare, Chair of the Chamber’s fledgling CSI Task Team, Mr Stan Hardman from UKZN
and Mr Kevin Hustler, Chamber CEO.
Dean of Management Studies at UN conference
Dean of the Faculty of Management
Studies, Professor Lesley Stainbank,
was a participant at the 28th
session
of the United Nations Conference of
Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
in Geneva recently where more
than 200 government authorities,
regulators, standard-setters and
academic representatives met to
discuss the latest developments in the
corporate reporting field.
The session was hosted by the Inter-
Governmental Working Group of
Experts on International Standards of
Accounting and Reporting (ISAR).
With research interests in accounting
education, differential reporting,
employee reporting and professional
accounting education programmes,
Stainbank has undertaken work for
UNCTAD in the field of capacity building
for high quality corporate reporting.
The session she attended took into
account various challenges including:
the growing globalisation of the
world economy which has prompted
a proliferation of global standards
and codes in the area of corporate
reporting; less developed countries
struggling to comply with international
requirements in order to attain
corporate transparency which is key
for strengthening investor confidence
and promoting flows of financial
resources, and capacity-building
activities as essential components
in improving countries’ positions in
international markets and helping
them to attract investors.
During the session, UNCTAD presented
a practical quantitative guidance
tool to assist developing countries
identify gaps in their accounting and
reporting systems and priority areas
for capacity-building and technical
assistance in this area.
According to Stainbank, the UNCTAD
tool covers financial and non-financial
aspects of corporate reporting,
including environmental issues,
corporate social responsibility and
corporate governance disclosure.
Stainbank was instrumental in
the development of the UNCTAD
tool. She piloted the questionnaire
and facilitated a roundtable in
Johannesburg on measuring human
capacity, later addressing the meeting
on the results from that gathering.
The UNCTAD tool benefitted from
findings and lessons learned from
roundtables in a number of countries
where it has been discussed with a
wide range of stakeholders.
The task at hand was not an easy
one, Stainbank commented: ‘It
is challenging to build a common
international denominator that en-
compasses the variety and complexity
of corporate-reporting national
systems. It is also challenging to
benchmark and measure progress
towards harmonisation over time.’
Lesley Stainbank
Professor Lesley Stainbank (right) with
Professor Gert Karreman of Leiden
University.

15. 15
Dr Mogie Subban on the conference circuit
Dr Mogie Subban of the School of Public
Administration and Development
Management has presented and
co-presented papers at a variety of
recent conferences.
At the Association of Southern African
Schools and Departments of Public
Administration and Management
(ASSADPAM ) Conference hosted by
the Cape Peninsula University of
Technology in Cape Town, Subban’s
paper was titled: “Global warming,
climate change and greening
education: Concerns for environmental
public management”.
Subban then presented papers and
chaired a session at the 5th
Annual
Teaching and Learning Conference
at UKZN.
Herfirstpaperwastitled:“Anempirical
study profiling students’experiences in
public sector budgeting: A simulation
technique, explored teaching public
financial management at honours and
masters levels”.
“Developing Interactive Facilitation
towards Student-Centred Learning
using Web-based facilities: A case
study at a postgraduate level” was
the title of her second paper which
she presented jointly with Mr Deepak
Singh, a lecturer from the Durban
University of Technology. Their paper
argued the benefits of using Web-based
teaching for student-centred learning
as an action research approach.
At the 2nd
Business Management
Conference which was hosted by
the Faculty of Management Studies,
Subban co-presented a paper with Dr
Anthony Edward Rippon of Mancosa
on: “Developing a future desired
state for community victory” which
examined a strategic management
model for community development
placing communities’ interests at the
epicentre of the strategy.
In the cause of mentoring and
encouraging her students, Subban
co-presented a subsequent paper
with her student, Mr Kumarasen
Thumbiran — a paramedic officer from
Emergency Medical Rescue Services
in the eThekwini Municipality, who
graduated in April this year with
his Masters in Public Administration
Degree under her supervision. Their
paper was titled: “Information culture
at Emergency Medical Rescue Services
in the eThekwini Municipality”.
Subban also presented two papers
and chaired a session at the 2nd
International Conference on Local
Government hosted by the University
of the Free State, the Walter Sisulu
University and the Tshwane University
of Technology.
The first paper was entitled:
“Challenges in municipal service
delivery: A supply chain management
perspective”. A subsequent paper
was co-presented with her student,
Mr Manie Pakkiri- an Administrative
Officer from the Dept of Health in
KZN who graduated with his Masters
in Public Administration degree
under her supervision. Their paper
was titled: “The Role of organized
labour in dispute resolution in Local
Government:Acase study at eThekwini
Municipality”.
A further paper was co-presented with
another Masters student Mr Lawrence
Chetty — a Training Manager from the
Institute of Internal Auditors South
Africa — who graduated in April 2011.
The paper, presented in Gauteng at a
Human Resource Development Indaba
focusing on the learnership of the
Institute of Internal Auditors South
Africa, was titled: “The state of skills
development in South Africa, focusing
on Learnerships”.
Mogie Subban
Dr Mogie Subban.

16. 16
Champion of human rights honoured
The legacy of the late Professor Tony
Mathews lives on in the pages of a
book: Law, Order and Liberty: Essays
in Honour of Tony Mathews, launched
by UKZN’s Faculty of Law.
Fine scholar and champion of
human rights, Mathews contributed
significantly to the University. During
his long academic career he wrote
on subjects including criminal law,
constitutional law and the law of
property.
Mathews was a founding member of
the South African Journal on Human
Rights and established the Centre
for Criminal Justice (CCJ) in 1989
together with Professor John Milton.
The Centre was formed in response
to the failure of the system to deal
effectively with the political violence
in the greater Pietermaritzburg area.
UKZN Law academics Professor Marita
Carnelley and Professor Shannon
Hoctor are the editors of the book
published by UKZN Press which contains
contributions from a number of authors
including local and international law
academics and members of the legal
profession Professor George Devenish,
Professor John Dugard, Professor
Cora Hoexter, Professor Michael
Kidd, Professor David McQuoid-
Mason, Professor Pamela Schwikkard,
Professor Avrom Sherr, Professor Hugh
Corder, Professor Marinus Wiechers,
Professor Jan Froestad, Professor
Catherine Mathews; Mr Justice Plasket
and Mr Justice Davis; Dr Ann Skelton;
Ms Winnie Kubayi; and Mr Clifford
Shearing.
The editors describe the book as
follows in their preface: ‘Tony
Mathews’ principled and powerful
critique of the apartheid laws that
negated human rights and eviscerated
the legitimacy of the South African
legal system remains as a monument
to both his moral courage and his legal
brilliance. His compelling defence of
the Rule of Law and his unremitting
championing of the cause of human
rights inspired a generation of law
students and practitioners in the
darkest days of apartheid.’
Speaking at the launch, Professor
Hoctor related how Mathews’
teachings, lectures and writings
resonate today. ‘I was very impressed
by the calibre of people influenced by
him and the essays they wrote based
on his principles. They have taken his
writings and linked them to current
debates and contemporary issues
that are still relevant. It is important
to remember him because his work
helped to provide the context and
framing of the Constitution. The
debates he raised back then are still
ongoing in our democracy and still
need to be addressed,’ explained
Hoctor.
For Professor Carnelley, it was
about remembering what Mathews
represented and honouring his
memory. ‘The aim of the book is to
look back in history and see where we
come from so that we can see when
those problems might reappear again.
Tony had courageous scholarship and
a great intellect coupled with true
passion, and we all ought to aspire to
that. If he were here today he would
be distraught at the possible threats
to the Rule of Law,’ said Carnelley.
Guest speaker Professor Cora Hoexter,
who teaches in the School of Law at
the University of Witwatersrand in
Johannesburg, took as her topic the
ascendancy of the Rule of Law.
‘It is an appropriate topic because
Tony Mathews spent much of his
working life exploring the content of
the Rule of Law and its possibilities,
including the ways in which it could be
made to counter oppressive legislative
and executive action and strengthen
the response of the courts. Although
he did not live to see South Africa’s
constitutional democracy, his work on
the Rule of Law and related aspects
of constitutionalism truly made him
one of the architects of South Africa’s
democracy,’ said Hoexter.
‘That is a point made by Marinus
Wiechers in his personal tribute to
Tony Mathews in this book, as well as
by several other contributors. Tony
Mathews criticised what he knew to be
wrong and stood up for what he knew
to be right. We are called upon to do
the same, and we can do no better
than to take him as our example.’
Law, Order and Liberty: Essays in Honour
of Tony Mathews.
From left: Guest speaker Professor Cora Hoexter, Mr Justice Koen, Professor Warren
Freedman from UKZN and Professor Michael Lupton from Bond University, Australia.
Continued on page 17 ...

17. 17
UKZN Law professor co-authors two
Medical Law books
The CCJ continues to serve the
community today and adhere to the
teachings of Mathews. The Centre
is committed to the furthering of
human rights through the law, and
directing its skills in the area of
criminal and social justice towards
the understanding and the solution of
local community problems, focusing
on challenges within the justice
system.
The Centre’s Director and contributor
to the book, Ms Winnie Kubayi, was
taught by Mathews but never imagined
she would be walking in the footsteps
of that giant.
‘It is an honour to follow in his
footsteps. He lectured me in Property
Law, but at that time I did not know
that he would bequeath me his legacy.
That is why 21 years on the Centre is
still going strong. The Centre not only
benefits the Faculty of Law but the
community and rural areas as well,’
said Kubayi.
‘We have 15 centres which are run by
paralegals where people can vindicate
their rights and hold public figures
accountable. Tony was very passionate
about training people and sharing
skills. He created a network where
people would be trained and could
go back to the community and share
what they had learnt. As a leader, I am
trying to carry on what he started,’
said Kubayi.
Thandi Mthethwa
Attending the launch are, from left, Dr Ann Skelton, Ms Tarryn Winchester and
Professor Marita Carnelley.
Professor David McQuoid-Mason,
Senior Research Associate and Acting
Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal
Studies, has co-authored two medical
books so far this year, both published
by Juta & Co. Ltd.
The first book Ethics, Human Rights
and Health Law: Principles and
Practice (2011) was co-authored with
Professor Ames Dhai and published in
January. Professor Dhai is Director of
the Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics at
Wits and a former student of McQuoid-
Mason’s.
Their book provides healthcare and
legal practitioners with the theory
and practical application necessary
to understand and apply bioethics,
human rights and health law to their
present and future work. It will also
be useful for healthcare and law
students. The book was reviewed in
the SA Medical Journal where the
reviewer stated ‘my recommendation
would be that all practitioners hold
this excellent book in their personal
libraries for easy reference whenever
faced, as we all are from time to time,
with an ethical dilemma’.
The second book, A-Z of Medical
Law (2011), was co-authored with Dr
Mahomed Dada, the former head of
the Department of Forensic Medicine
at the Nelson R Mandela School of
Medicine.
Published in May, the book is designed
to assist medical practitioners to
deal with legal issues they face in
daily practice and covers topics
from ‘Abandonment of a patient’
to ‘Zulu law’. The book will also be
useful as a resource for lawyers and
undergraduate and post-graduate
medical and law students. Each of
the 650 topics in the book includes
a definition, the applicable law,
implications for doctors, cautions and
other relevant law.
David McQuoid-Mason
Professor David McQuoid-Mason.
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18. 18
SA Environmental law landscape examined
UKZN Professor of Environmental Law Michael Kidd has once again contributed to
knowledge development with the publication of the second edition of his book titled:
Environmental Law published by Juta Law.
According to Juta Law this book provides a comprehensive and succinct examination
of the entire environmental law landscape in South Africa. It includes a new chapter
on climate change, and also examines the following recent developments: the new
environmental impact assessment (EIA) regime (2010 regulations); several amendments
to the National Environmental Management Act and other environmental legislation; the
new National Environmental Management: Waste Act ; the new National Environmental
Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act; several important developments in
delegated legislation; and numerous new cases, including the far-reaching Fuel Retailers
decision in the Con-stitutional Court.
Kidd is a seasoned researcher and author in environmental law and administrative law.
He is the principal editor of the South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy
and the representative member for Africa on the Governing Council of the International Union for the Conservation
of Nature Academy of Environmental Law.
Michael Kidd
Environmental Law, 2e.
Leadership Fellow’s book accepted for publication
Can universities be Trusted? Academic
Capitalism in the Age of Uncertainty,
is the title of Professor Garth Allen’s
latest book which has been accepted
by UNISA for publication.
Allen is an Honorary Research Fellow
in the Leadership Centre at the
University of KwaZulu-Natal. His
book is a collection of essays which
explore the contribution that recent
developments in economic theory
can make to our understanding of the
nature and significance of the modern
university.
The book uses the triumvirate of
TRU — trust, risk, and uncertainty,
to explore selected features of the
lives of the professors and students as
they interact within the organisation,
and also reports on studies of the
economic contribution of universites
to their localities and to national
economic agendas.
According to Allen the book aims to
warm people up to the contribution
which economics can make to our
understanding of these important
institutions. The planned publication
date is late 2012.
Kriben Pillay
Professor Garth Allen.
“History will judge us on how we respond to the AIDS emergency in
Africa....whether we stood around with watering cans and watched
while a whole continent burst into flames...or not.”
Bono

19. 19
Student Chapters encourage lifetime
links with UKZN
The College of Law and Management
in partnership with UKZN’s Alumni
Relations Office launched four Student
Chapters for third and final year
accounting and law students on
the Howard College, Westville and
Pietermaritzburg campuses in August.
The rationale behind the establish-
ment of Student Chapters is to provide
students with networking opportu-
nities; skills development; career
prospects; a forum for discussion with
UKZN graduates from the accounting
and legal professions; a channel to
express concerns about issues pertain-
ing to their future plans; as well as to
encourage them upon graduation to
maintain close links with the Univer-
sity and their Faculty.
The establishment of the Student
Chapters is also seen by the College
as a great opportunity to harness an
interest in postgraduate studies in
order to improve its research profile.
Director of University Relations and
Marketing Support at Corporate
Relations, Mr Len Mzimela, unpacked
the benefits of the student chapters
and stressed that the success of the
chapters was solely dependent on
student participation. Students are
now expected to approach the Alumni
Relations Office with requests to address
any specific needs they may have.
Law students were addressed by the
Dean of Law, Professor Managay Reddi,
and the Deputy Dean, Shannon Hoctor,
as well as law graduates and members
of Convocation, Mr Sibusiso Mncwabe
and Advocate Reshwant Brijraj.
ActingHeadoftheSchoolofAccounting,
Professor Phillip Stegen, and Acting
Deputy Head, Ms Patricia Shewell,
motivated accounting students to take
advantage of the benefits provided
by Student Chapters. Members of
the Accounting profession, Mr Thami
Zondi and Dr Pravin Thakur, spoke to
students about various projects they
could deliver in an effort to assist
students gain insight into the practical
aspects of the various spheres of the
profession.
Zondi also motivated students to take
part in other leadership activities
operating in the University and
mentioned organisations such as the
Student Representative Committee,
Students in Free Enterprise and
Student Chapters. He emphasized
that these activities contributed to
the development of a well-rounded
student.
Hazel Langa & Sithembile Shabangu
At the launch of the Accounting Student Chapter in Pietermaritzburg are, from left,
Professor Phillip Stegen, Mr Thami Zondi and Professor Krishna Govender.
Students enjoying lunch after the launch of the Law Student Chapter in Pietermaritzburg.

20. 20
Public Service Commission builds relationships with UKZN
In an effort to foster relationships
between government departments
and the University, the KwaZulu-
Natal (KZN) Provincial Administration
resident Commissioner and Deputy
Chairperson of the South African
Public Service Commission (PSC), Ms
Phelele Tengeni, addressed Masters’
students in the School of Public
Administration at a guest lecture.
Tengeni, a UKZN alumnus, encouraged
students to enjoy their academic
independence, saying she was
heartened to see the young group of
students as it ‘represents the hope of
a better Public Service’.
One of the Masters students, Ms Thabi
Mfeka, who spoke on behalf of the
group, said they were privileged to
have Tengeni spend time with them.
The lecture focused on ethical
foundations in the Public Service.
Tengeni said South Africa should not
experience ethical problems as it had
an excellent ethics infrastructure,
however, government departments
did not have whistle blowing policies
in place and people who reported
corruption were afraid of being
victimised.
Tengeni said investigations were
underway to root out government
employees abusing public resources
and the commission had just finalised
cases of financial misconduct which
had cost government about R3 million.
She said the Commission had started
doing unannounced visits to check on
the backlog of cases in the courts.
ThePSCisanindependentandimpartial
body created by the Constitution
to enhance good governance within
the Public Service by promoting a
professional and ethical environment
and adding value to a public
administration that is accountable,
equitable, efficient, effective,
corruption-free and responsive to the
needs of the people of South Africa.
The PSC and the Public Protector
have a Memorandum of Understanding
with the PSC handling cases which
relate to public servants while the
Public Protector investigates anybody
including politicians.
Sithembile Shabangu
Masters student with guest speaker (third from left) Ms Phelele Tengeni, KwaZulu-
Natal Provincial Administration resident Commissioner and Deputy Chairperson of
the South African Public Service Commission.
Security Officer Mr Mjatshulelwa
Mntambo successfully completed the
Business Development Programme
(BDP) offered by UKZN’s Graduate
School of Business (GSB).
Mntambo, employed by Enforce
Security, was one of 48 students
awarded certificates at a ceremony
hosted by the GSB in November.
According to the Head of the GSB,
Professor Anesh Singh, the Programme
is a joint venture between the GSB
and Business Partners which ensures
that the participants receive both
a sound theoretical knowledge and
practical skills to develop effective
business plans.
Working towards achieving his long-
term goal and passion of operating
his own livestock business, Mntambo
enrolled himself in the programme
after reading an information brochure
promoting it. ‘Every accomplishment
begins with a will to try,’ he said.
Mntambo admitted the first few
weeks of attending the 13-week-long
programme had been challenging
but the informative lectures from
the GSB and business experts from
Business Partners made attending and
completing the course a pleasant and
rewarding experience.
For Mntambo attending the course
provided an opportunity to network
with people already in business.
Thina Ngubane
Business Development Programme empowers security officer
Colleagues congratulating Mr Mjatshulelwa Mntambo (third from left), from left, Mr
Steven Msomi, Ms Nontuthuzelo Sogoni and Professor John Mubangizi.

21. 21
Two members of the Trade and
Investment Promotion Section of the
Polish Embassy addressed the Faculty
of Management Studies at a lecture on
the Pietermaritzburg campus.
The lecture titled: “Poland’s Leverage
for Solving African Development
Problems: Central Europe’s Unused
Potential for Co-operation,” looked
at ways in which relationships could
be fostered between Poland and South
Africa.
In his welcome address, Deputy
Head of the School of Economics and
Finance, Professor Darma Mahadea,
said the guest speakers were highly
eminent and unusual presenters.
Guest speakers Mr Ryszard Nowosielski,
Commercial Counsellor, and Mr
Slawomir Sonarski, First Secretary at
the Embassy’s Trade and Investment
Promotion Section, discussed ways in
which Poland and South Africa could
work together without relying on
developed nations.
Nowosielski said Poland was a
‘fantastic substitute for your (South
Africa’s) trade with other countries
in the developed Europe’.
Nowosielski compared the two
countries and said: ‘Both countries
have highly developed markets,
agriculture, financial institutions
and industry. RSA is rich in mineral
resources, Poland in highly qualified
people.’ He added that the two
countries were strategically positioned
as gateways to neighbouring countries
and that they were very active
in international politics. He said,
however, the two underestimated
the potential and advantages of co-
operation with each other.
South Africa’s vast size of irrigated
arable land was seen by Poland as a
great opportunity for the export of
fresh produce and the state-of-the-
art ports and airports infrastructure
as vital to international trade.
The commitment to South Africa can
be seen in an investment in more
than 1 000 projects which have been
initiated by the Polish government that
are aimed at promoting investments
from Poland to South Africa in order
to ensure the creation of employment
and training. Nowosielski added that
investment in health services and
education was a critical factor in
solving many societal challenges in
South Africa and that lessons could be
learned from Poland.
Sonarski suggested that the growth
of SMMEs in South Africa should be
supported to enable them to compete
with bigger companies. He added that
small and medium companies were
doing well in Poland and there were
chances for South African companies
to do the same.
Both speakers agreed that a number
of complementary opportunities and
synergies existed between the two
countries and the advantages should
be exploited.
The public lecture was well received
by Economics and Finance staff and
students who later engaged with the
two speakers.
Hazel Langa & Sithembile Shabangu
Polish Embassy members address
gathering at UKZN
Mr Sławomir Sonarski.
“No war on the face of the Earth is more destructive than the AIDS
pandemic.”
Colin Powell

22. 22
Rape survivor encourages UKZN community
to make a difference
In South Africa, one in two women
will be raped; a woman born in this
country has a greater chance of being
raped than learning how to read
or write; 40 percent of men have
admitted to being raped and one in
four admitted raping women.
These disturbing statistics were cited
by rape survivor, Ms Jessica Foord,
during a talk — hosted by the Faculty
of Law on the Pietermaritzburg
campus — in which she shared her
rape ordeal which took place in March
2008.
Foord was gang raped by four men
while her father, who was tied to a
tree, watched helplessly.
Founder of the Jes Foord Foundation,
she said the incident changed her life
forever, but it also set her on a mission.
In her inspirational and emotional talk
themed: Rising Above Adversity, she
encouraged the audience to take
ownership of their lives.
Foord added that most people
continued with their lives ‘brushing
things under the carpet’ and becoming
used to stepping over their problems,
instead of talking about them. ‘One
day you will trip over your carpet and
land flat on your face,’ she added.
Foord, now married, encouraged
people to deal with their problems
as they happen. She stressed the
importance of getting counselling
after a trauma. ‘You cannot get help
unless you ask for it.’
The Jes Foord Foundation established
in 2009, educates people, raises
community awareness and lobbies
around issues about rape. It also
assists, supports and empowers rape
survivors, their families and friends.
Foord said trauma should be treated as
poison that eats away a person slowly.
‘Every time you talk about it, you are
spitting out that poison,’ she added.
She gave people an exercise to write
down every single detail about a
trauma including their feelings, the
sounds and any emotion that they
could remember about the day. She
added that they should write until
they cannot write anymore, and then
burn the piece of paper.
‘Remember when people say be
strong, get your own meaning of the
word,’ she said. She added that she
chose to say ‘be strong enough to cry
and tell someone’ which is exactly
what she did.
According to a recent study, police
estimate that only one in 36 rape
cases is reported and of those only 15
percent result in a conviction. Foord
encouraged Law students to focus on
their studies and help in getting the
rapists convicted once they are in
practice. ‘If you are not doing it for
yourself, do it for the next person,’
she added.
She admitted though that she was also
still working through her fear but said
that she had learnt to separate herself
from the situation.
Professor Shannon Hoctor from the
Law Faculty pledged their support and
presented a cheque to the Jes Foord
Foundation.
Ms Ashika Singh from the Firm Siva
Chetty & Co. in Pietermaritzburg, who
also pledged support and presented a
cheque, thanked Foord for turning her
negativity into a Foundation.
Sithembile Shabangu
Ms Jessica Foord.

23. 23
Economics and Finance Awards
Hard work and dedication were
rewarded when the School of
Economics and Finance on the
Pietermaritzburg campus honoured
their top achieving students during
the Ian Muller Scholarship Awards
Ceremony.
The Scholarship was started by the
family of Mr Ian Muller, an outstanding
Economics undergraduate student,
who died after being bitten by a snake
while on holiday in the Drakensberg.
Deputy Head of the School, Professor
Darma Mahadea, said the awards were
held to honour students in Economics
and Finance, based on the results of
the first semester.
Awards were made for each module.
In the very large first-year class,
prizes were awarded to the top three
achievers while first and second prizes
were presented at second and third
year level and only first prizes at
Honours and Masters levels.
Masters student, Mr Emmanuel
Ndakaza, won first prize for
Environmental Economics. At
Honours level, Ms Chennel Jagesur
scooped first prize in the fields of
Maths for Economists, Intermediate
Econometrics and Microeconomics.
Ms Claire Ryley got first prize for both
Quantitative Methods in Finance and
Portfolio Management modules while
Ms Lee Symons walked away with the
top prize in Environmental Economics.
Mr Lovemore Mawere, Mr Jackson
Beau Tafara Pedzisai and Mr Simukai
Tapiwa Gwata received first, second
and third prizes respectively for the
Principles of Microeconomics module.
For the Intermediate Microeconomics
and Applications module, second
prize went to Mr Muhammed Essa
and Mr Vinolin Sivananda Naidoo took
the third prize. Top achiever in this
module, Mr Tatenda Trinity Mbofana,
also received first prize in the Finance
210 module with the second prize
going to Ms Stephanie Fryer.
The second prize for the third-year
Labour Economics module went to
Mr Yashveer Ramruthan while Ms
Mukashema Jeanine Rwishema took
first and second prize for Monetary
Economics and second prize for the
Capital Market Theory module. Mr
Pranil Bipath was first in the Capital
Market Theory module.
Mr Ugendran Nadasen Odayar won first
prize for both the Monetary Economics
and Quantitative Economics modules,
while the second prize for the latter
module went to Mancall Thabo Chamu.
In his welcome address, Head of the
School, Professor Trevor Jones, said
the awards were important as they
offered the School an opportunity to
acknowledge top performers within its
own principal disciplines of economics
and finance.
Guest speaker, Civil Engineer, Mr
Richard Kellend, who is associated
with the Pietermaritzburg Chamber of
Business and the Corridor development
of the N3, congratulated the students
on their achievements, saying they
had acquired the skills and now faced
the challenge of how to use them.
He encouraged students to start at
a local community level and then
move up. ‘Look at what you can get
involved in among the KwaZulu-Natal
and Pietermaritzburg communities,’
said Kellend.
Sithembile Shabangu
Masters Student Mr Jeremy Grey receiving his award from guest speaker, Mr Richard
Kellend.
Top achievers: School of Economics and Finance recipients of the Ian Muller
Scholarship Awards.

24. 24
Two second year BCom Accounting
students are among the top 25 entrants
in the SA Institute of Chartered
Accountants (SAICA) Student
Leadership Summit essay competition.
Ms Anela Ngoma and Ms Farnaaz
Shaikjee were chosen to attend
a w e e k e n d - l o n g s u m m i t i n
Johannesburg, where they had the
opportunity to interact with South
African Chartered Accountants and
senior business leaders who have
made their mark in the country.
The competition was aimed at
emphasising the flexibility, potential
and status of the South African
chartered accountancy qualification,
thereby inspiring students to persevere
with their studies and to complete
their official training requirement.
According to SAICA, the summit also
creates a platform for students to
network with one another and with
business leaders.
The competition required the students
to submit an essay in the form of a
letter based on three topics. The
first topic included writing a letter to
the South African government stating
whether the country should accept
or reject the invitation to join the
BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China)
economic grouping.
The second topic required entrants
to write a letter to their Grade
Eight son or daughter unsure of
what they wanted to do with their
life and considering selecting maths
literacy instead of mathematics.
The third topic used as background
a local financial magazine which had
published an article on how South
Africans (companies and individuals)
were applying ‘LeadSA’ (an initiative
to promote this country) to their own
work and daily lives. The students
were asked to write a letter to the
editor setting out their own ideas for
expanding the initiative.
Shaikjee cited several reasons for her
disagreement with the decision by
South Africa to join BRIC. One of her
concerns was the growing number of
Chinese companies operating in South
Africa.
She was excited about being chosen as
one of the top 25. ‘When I got the call,
I pinched myself,’ she said, adding
that the summit in Johannesburg
surpassed her expectations providing
her with ‘proper’ networking skills and
the realisation that her scope was not
limited.
Aspiring motivational speaker and
author, Ngoma wrote on the same
topic as Shaikjee but supported
South Africa’s decision to join BRIC.
Ngoma, who will soon publish her
first book: Rise above your story:
Reaching greater heights, has started
a mentorship programme with her
former high school.
Sithembile Shabangu
UKZN students shine in SAICA essay competition
Budding authors: Ms Anela Ngoma (left)
and Ms Farnaaz Shaikjee.
“We need bold initiatives to prevent new infections among
young people, and large-scale actions to prevent mother-to-child
transmission, ... In the face of the grave threat posed by HIV/AIDS,
we have to rise above our differences and combine our efforts to save
our people. History will judge us harshly if we fail to do so now, and
right now.”
Nelson Mandela

25. 25
UKZN student Mr Stuart Scott was the
winner in the LLB category of the 2010
Ismail Mahomed Law Reform Essay
Competition for 2010.
The results of the competition,
organised by the South African Law
Reform Commission (SALRC) and
sponsored by Juta Law Publishers,
were announced at the Constitutional
Court in Johannesburg.
Scott won in the LLB category with
his submission: Does copyright law
have a sense of humour? The need for
the introduction of a clear defence
to copyright infringement based on
parody and satire.
The guest of honour at the event was
former Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo.
Named in honour of the late Chief
Justice Mahomed, the competition
has attracted entries from universities
across SouthAfrica for the past decade
and seeks to encourage critical legal
writing by LLB and LLM students in
order to explore the links between
law reform, human rights and the
rule of law.
‘Juta Law Publishers believe that
acknowledging South Africa’s young
legal minds in this manner allows them
to engage with current issues and set
the standard for debate on matters
of law reform. Today’s students will
become the practitioners who will
help to create the just and equitable
society we aspire to in the future,’
says Ms Lynne du Toit, CEO of Juta
and Company.
Mr Timothy Fish-Hodgson from the
University of Cape Town was the
runner up in the LLB category with
an essay titled: Reasonableness as a
comparative heuristic, polycentricity,
separation of powers and socio-
economic rights jurisprudence.
Ms Sanita van Wyk from the University
of Stellenbosch won in the LLM
category with an essay titled: A
comparative study of crimes against
life in South Africa and Germany.
University of the Western Cape’s
student Mr Henri Nkuepo was the
runner up in this category with his
essay titled: Enhancing the capacity
of policy makers to mainstream
gender in trade policy and make trade
responsive to women’s needs: a South
African perspective.
Winners received prizes totalling
R35 000. The winning essays will be
published on Juta Law’s website and
submitted for publication in a suitable
academic journal.
Lynn Erasmus
UKZN student wins prize in law reform essay competition
From left: Ms Sanita van Wyk, Mr Henri Nkuepo, Mr Stuart Scott, former Chief
Justice Sandile Ngcobo, Mr Timothy Hodgson, and Justice Yvonne Mokgoro, SALRC
Chairperson.
“It’s really important for people who are HIV positive to reach out
to let other people know that they can be tested, they can find out
they can still live a life...a positive life, a happy life.”
Laura Bush

26. 26
Once again Law students impressed
Judges of the KZN High Court during the
finals of the Moot Court competition
which were hosted by the Faculty
of Law on the Pietermaritzburg and
Howard College campuses in August
and October respectively.
Mooting is an appellate advocacy
experience that gives final year
students the opportunity to exhibit
their practical legal skills, acquired
during their time at UKZN. It is seen
by the Faculty as a vital component
of teaching and learning that prepares
students for the legal profession
which requires students who are not
only armed with the academic theory
and substance, but who are also
adequately prepared and well versed
with the procedural aspects of the
profession.
All Moot Court programmes run by
the Faculty are aimed at familiarising
students with various aspects of
litigation and courtroom procedure.
Over the years senior members of the
legal profession including the former
Chief Justice of South Africa, Mr
Sandile Ngcobo have commended the
Faculty for its practical programme.
Dean of the Faculty of Law Professor
Managay Reddi said: ‘Mooting is
regarded by the Faculty as an
essential component of a well rounded
legal education and an important
stepping stone for entry into the legal
profession. This is why mooting is
compulsory for all final year students.’
The overall winner of the Annual Moot
Prize Final in Pietermaritzburg was Mr
Daniel van Zuydam. Mr Sboniso Cibane
was the overall winner of the Ellie
Newman Memorial Moot Court Final
Competition in Durban.
The four finalists from Pietermaritzburg
argued cases before Mr Justice Koen
and Mr Justice Seegobin.
The cases were: Julia Moelman v
Equality for Women, argued by Mr
Daniel van Zuydam, representing
the Appellant and Mr Stuart Tarr,
representing the Respondent; and
the State v Joe Jacobs, argued by
Ms Hlengiwe Mkhize, representing
the State and Ms Carmen Schoon,
representing the Accused.
The Durban finalists argued before the
Bench consisting of Mr Justice Koen,
Madam Justice Steyn and Mr Justice
Wallis.
The two cases in Durban were: Mr
Jerry Naidoo vs Minister of Justice
and Constitutional Development and
Speaker of the National Assembly,
which was argued by Mr Reuben
Cronje, representing the Appellant
and Ms Tatum Govender, representing
the Respondents; and Servaas van der
Berg and United Artists South Africa
vs Ethekwini Metropolitan Council,
which was argued by Mr Sihle Bulose,
representing the Appellants and Mr
Sboniso Cibane, representing the
Respondent.
All Judges said that they were
impressed by the quality of arguments
demonstrated by the students as
well as their ability to interact with
members of the Bench and well
thought out responses to questions.
‘The finalists will go on to become
successful members of the legal
profession,’ commented Mr Justice
Wallis.
Academics from the Faculty of
Law drafted the problems and also
assisted the students with additional
preparations for their court
presentations.
Gqwesa Nyakana & Hazel Langa
Law students impress judges at Moot Court final
Pietermaritzburg law students: Mr Daniel van Zuydam (left) and Mr Stuart Tarr.
Mr Sboniso Cibane receiving an award from Mr Justice Wallis in Durban.

27. 27
Recipients of the various EMS Awards ranging from awards of academic achievement
to leadership
Academic excellence recognised at EMS
awards ceremony
Recent international economic
events and their impact on Enriched
Management Studies (EMS) students
was the subject of a motivational talk
on the Howard College campus.
The presentation was made by EMS
alumnus and Director of Low Income
and Unsecured Lending Credit at
the Standard Bank of South Africa,
Mr Thabani Ndwandwe, at the 22nd
EMS Awards Ceremony hosted by the
EMS Programme of the Faculty of
Management Studies to celebrate the
academic excellence of its students.
Ndwandwe is a product of the
unique sponsor-driven programme
established 22 years ago as the
Faculty’s community outreach
initiative. Based on his excellent high
school academic record, he was paired
with Standard Bank of South Africa,
the organisation in which he has
developed his flourishing professional
career.
Among factors he highlighted in his
talk was the drop in the world’s
gross domestic product and a decline
of company values in global stock
exchanges which have led to the
retrenchment of a highly skilled
workforce around the globe. He
reminded students that about 50
percent of the SouthAfrican population
is unemployed and warned that unless
they focused on their studies the
future was not promising.
Ndwandwe shared with the students
the tools he believed would help
them succeed and stand out in the
cut-throat business arena such as
developing a unique skill, gaining
accurate knowledge, building a track
record of delivery and luck in the
form of making themselves available
to volunteer to work during vacation
periods.
He assured students that because of
the many extracurricular activities
it provided, the EMS Programme was
the key in sharpening their skills. As
commerce students he advised them
to start developing a good habit of
reading financial publications in order
to keep abreast of new developments
in business.
Mr Jabulani Zikhali, Director of the
EMS Programme, said he was proud
to be part of a Programme which
had produced quality graduates who
were industry captains and occupied
influential positions in the public and
private sectors.
Professor John Mubangizi, Deputy Vice-
Chancellor and Head of the College,
congratulated all the recipients of the
various awards and wished them the
best in their studies.
The event was attended by academic
staff, EMS sponsors and alumni
including Mr Sphesihle Moyo, a 2010
BCom graduate who is now employed
by Shell South Africa as a Support
Financial Analyst. Current EMS
students networked with alumni and
their swsors.
Hazel Langa & Thina Ngubane
“The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires
an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity –
between the healthy and the sick, between rich and poor, and above
all, between richer and poorer nations. We have 30 million orphans
already. How many more do we have to get, to wake up?”
Kofi Annan

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Winning Group Imbokodo and George with Financial Accounting lecturer, Mr Timothy Keit (third left) and Ernst &Young Senior
Manager, Chanelle Beukes (centre).
Accounting students receive recognition
UKZN’s ability to produce well-
educated, competent and sought-
after graduates was on display when
final year BCom Accounting students
presented their top research projects.
The presentations were in the form of
a competition in which the top three
student groups competed against each
other. The presentations were held at
the Graduate School of Business (GSB)
on the Westville campus and were
sponsored by auditing firm, Ernst and
Young.
Accounting 300 students on the
Westville and Pietermaritzburg
campuses initially presented their
research projects in July to supervisors,
lecturers, fellow students and
representatives from Ernst & Young.
Students compiled their research
throughout the midterm school break,
conducting primary and secondary
research using newspaper clippings,
literary and internet searches, annual
reports and interviews to gather
information.
The top three research presentations
were then chosen and given the
opportunity to present again for first
place and prizes from Ernst & Young.
These groups were Symanic, Protege,
and Imbokodo and George.
Imbokodo and George were awarded
first place for their presentation
on South African supermarket
chain, SPAR. Group member, Ms
Snenhlanhla Zikalala, believes the
strong teamwork and team spirit won
the group top honours. ‘This was a
wonderful opportunity to work with
other students and be committed to
achieving a common goal. We learnt
to communicate more effectively with
each other and handle everyone’s
weaknesses. The chance to actively
apply theory and pursue processes
that are critically engaged within the
corporate world, was indeed exciting
for us,’ she added.
Second-placed Protege, researched
the media giant, Naspers Limited.
Group member, Ms Shagufta Khan,
said: ‘The content of our presentation
was directly addressed to the company
and easily understandable for the
public. We worked really well as a
team and seeing everything come
together was a big highlight for us.’
Symanic analysed Vodacom Limited
as their case study, investigating
Vodacom’s competitive edge against
its mobile competitors Cell C, MTN,
and Telkom.
Ernst & Young representatives were
excited about the high levels of
professionalism in the research and
the way groups applied teamwork
and synergy in their presentations.
Human Resource Manager, Mr Jeremy
Beukes, was pleased with the research
presentations and previously stated
that the events provided recruitment
opportunities for the firm. ‘It is an
opportunity to experience first-hand
the knowledge and dedication UKZN
students have for the industry,’ he
said.
Financial Accounting Lecturer, Mr
Timothy Keit, said he was very
impressed with the quality of the
presentations.
The presentation competition was
followed by snacks and networking
opportunities between the students
and Ernst & Young representatives.
Phumelele Mavaneni

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Women’s Month celebrated in style!
About 60 women attached to the
Faculty of Management Studies were
pampered at a glamorous lunch
held at the Emakhosini Hotel in
Morningside, Durban, in celebration
of Women’s Day.
This event brought together for the
first time colleagues from the newly
reconfigured School of Management,
Information Systems & Technology and
Governance and provided an excellent
opportunity for social interaction and
inspiration among women from various
disciplines.
Programme director Dr Mogie Subban
of the School of Public Administration
and Development Management
entertained the audience with a lively
programme comprising lucky draws
and a top class fashion show featuring
local fashion designers who are the
participants in Business Management
and Entrepreneurship Programme
which is designed and delivered by
the UKZN Centre for Entrepreneurship
in partnership with the KZN Fashion
Council.
Dean of the Faculty of Law Professor
Managay Reddi delivered an
empowering keynote address titled:
“Women and the Law: Knowing your
Rights”. Reddi informed women of
their rights as individuals making it
clear they didn’t have to live in fear
of the future because of their past.
All guests were treated to beautiful
goodie bags. It was a memorable
event that radiated excitement and
provided loads of fun.
Mogie Subban
Ms Lizo Dyili (right) receives a prize from Ms Khanyi Mpisi of Vodacom.
Attending the event are, from left, Professor Kasturi Poovalingam, Ms Anisha Ramsaroop, Ms Hlengiwe Ngcobo, Ms Volente
Rushin-Govender, Dr Mogie Subban, Ms Hazel Langa and Professor Yogi Penceliah.

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Driving on SA roads
On a Lighter Note!
It’s me again! Firstly, thank you for all
the response I received following my
first column in the College eNewsletter.
I loved the fact I got people talking
about something common among
women of all races.
Women are also the focus of this
column which is a tribute to my mom
who passed away inAugust. My mother
enjoyed my open mindedness and I
want to remind all women out there:
you are the backbone of this country.
This brings me to the issues at hand:
Women drivers and road rage.
Yoh! Talk about driving, I remember
when I got my licence and thought:
‘Ja, now I can get behind that wheel
and drive off onto the sunset’ — I
won’t mention the type of wheels I
saw myself driving off in, ha!
Ah, dreams, but they don’t hurt neh!
As long as you wake up, afterwards.
Anyway, I live e-kasi (township)
and love it there — it’s free, loving
and always full of good vibes but
sometimes it can be a little too much.
Driving can be problematic in
townships such as Umlazi, KwaMashu,
Inanda and Chatsworth. Taxis teach
you things that your driving instructor
never will! I used to think I would
never drive past the main entrance of
Umlazi because taxi operators there
drive like there are no traffic lines,
like they are the only ones on the
road, not to mention a Quantum taxi
right up your boot, yebantu!
Now as a new driver — and a lady
nogal — how in the world does one
cope? I can assure you by the time
you reach your destination you are
either soaked from your own sweat or
literally wetting your pants.
I never knew three vehicles — two
taxis and a car — could fit into one
lane! Well, in the townships they do.
I have learnt though to stand my
ground as long as I know I am correct
in whatever I’m doing at that time,
not forgetting to be safe. I sometimes
wish I could be one of those cops you
see in the movies — daring and able to
sort out the law breakers on the road.
I’d be issuing tickets left, right and
centre, not to mention impounding
taxis and other vehicles. I’d be the
famous no-nonsense cop! But good
drivers, especially women, would be
safe.
I have learnt to be aggressive,
something I never thought I had in
me, and this I know leads to road
rage which I’ve seen a lot of. This is a
serious concern on our roads and one
sometimes needs counseling sessions
after driving — all because of bad
drivers.
Oh and how can I forget about flirting!
My goodness, what flirting I’ve seen
while I’m behind the wheel! Maybe
my eyes should really be on the road
ahead, neh! Don’t ask how I know, Lol!
Well, I salute women drivers and
encourage them to be strong and not
allow those law breakers on the road
to make their lives hell.
Busi Mbhele
Ms Busi Mbhele.
“History will surely judge us harshly if we do not respond with all the
energy and resources that we can bring to bear in the fight against
HIV/AIDS.”
Nelson Mandela