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Personeel en studente gevra om kommentaar te lewer oor Transformasieverslag

Die Rektor en Visekanselier, prof.Frederick Fourie, het ’n beroep oppersoneel, studente en ander be-

langhebbendes gedoen om kommentaarte lewer oor die verslag van die Transfor-masieplantaakspan (TPTS) wat amptelikaan die Uitvoerende Bestuur oorhandigis.

Tydens die oorhandiging van die ver-slag aan die UB het prof. Fourie die taak-span bedank vir hul harde werk in diebestuur van ’n komplekse en tydrowendeproses van beraadslaging en debat.

Volgens prof. Fourie is die werk vandie taakspan nou voltooi en sal die Be-stuur die proses verder voer na meer ge-detailleerde planne en implementering,nadat belanghebbendes nog ’n geleent-heid gegee is om hul menings te opper.

In ’n toespraak tydens die oorhandig-ingseremonie by die UB-vergadering, hetdr. Ezekiël Moraka, Viserektor: Studente-sake en een van die medevoorsitters vandie TPTS, lede van die taakspan bedankvir hul moeite en opoffering wat meege-bring het dat daar vordering was.

Hy het gesê dat die taakspan wydmet interne en eksterne belanghebben-des beraadslaag het en dat die verslagdaardie kritiese areas aandui wat aandagbenodig indien die UV wil voortgaan metsy volgende fase van transformasie.

Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Viserektor:Akademiese Bedryf en die ander mede-voorsitter van die TPTS, het aan die UBgesê die verslag lê die grondslag vir ver-

dere bespreking en werk en moet as ’nvertrekpunt beskou word.

Hy het gesê die feit dat die TPTShierdie verslag voltooi het, op die verbin-tenis van die taakspanlede tot transfor-masie dui en die verbintenis van die in-stelling as ’n geheel tot die proses.

Die tweede gedeelte van die verslagbestaan uit ’n voorgestelde plan om hier-die proses vorentoe te neem. Die plan isop daardie kritiese areas gebaseer wat

aandag benodig en opper ’n paar voorlo-pige voorstelle oor hoe hierdie areasaangespreek moet word. Hierdie voor-stelle sal so gou as moontlik deur dieBestuur oorweeg word om ’n reaksie teformuleer en om die voorstelle verder teneem in ’n beplande proses wat taak-spanne en bestaande komitees betrek. ’nAantal werkswinkels en dinkskrums kanook gereël word om verdere insette vanpersoneel, studente en belangstellendepartye te bekom.

December 2006 - 8 Amptelike nuusblad van die personeel van die UV / Official newsletter of the staff of the UFS / Phatlalatso ya Semmuso ya ba Basebetsi ba Yunivesithi ya Freistata

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Being empowered: Mr Vuyo Jack, Executive Chairman of BEE ratings agency Empowerdex, and Prof.Frederick Fourie, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS. Empowerdex and the UFS signed an agreementto train practitioners that will implement BEE across all sectors of the economy. Read article on p. 13.

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Culture of research strong focus at workshop

The Centre for Higher Education Studies and Development (CHESD) at the UFS presented a workshop onresearch leadership and how to build a culture of research and publishing in an academic department onthe Main Campus in Bloemfontein. Here are, from the left: Ms Yolandé Goosen, Research Assistant at theDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Ms Yu-Fang Wen, Lecturer at the UFS Department of Mercan-tile Law, Prof. Jonathan Jansen, Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria and pre-senter of the workshop, and Ms Annette Prins, organiser from the Division of Performance Managementand Staff Development at the CHESD.

Harmony learns more about UFS

Agroup from Harmony visited theMain Campus to explorepossible partnerships with the

university and to introduce the univer-sity and its activities to Harmony.Health, corporate social responsibility,

At the visit were, from the left, front: Prof. Letticia Moja, Dean: Health Sciences, Prof. Frederick Fourie, Rectorand Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Helena van Zyl, Director: School of Management, Dr Ezekiël Moraka, Vice-Rector:Student Affairs, Dr Zandile Mokgatle, Group medical officer, Harmony; back: Mr Bernard Swanepoel, ChiefExecutive Officer of Harmony, Prof. André Roodt, Department of Chemistry, Mr Peter Steenkamp, Chief Oper-ating Officer on the Executive Committee, Harmony, Mr Jackie Mathebula, Executive: Corporate Affairs, Har-mony, and Mr Jaco Boshoff, Ore Resources Executive and Competent Person, Harmony.

sports, arts and culture, geology, eco-nomics and management were some ofthe activities introduced to Harmony.This initiative forms part of the univer-sity’s outreach to the businesscommunity.

Die TPTS se verslag is ook bydie Senaatsvergadering voorgelê,waar daar konsensus was oor diebehoefte om aan alle belangheb-bendes en spesialiste in spesifiekeareas die geleentheid te gee ominsette te lewer betreffende verdereberaadslaging oor transformasie bydie UV.

Van die beskouings geopperdeur die Senaatslede, is diebehoefte aan ’n inklusiewe debatoor, onder meer, die konsep vantransformasie, die behoefte omstrenger en meer konsekwent tewees oor wat met die idee van dieAfrika-konteks en Afrika-oriënteringbedoel word; die behoefte om teverseker dat gehalte en uitnemend-heid prominent na vore kom in dietransformasiedebat; en die behoefteom persepsies aan te spreekomtrent die wyse waaropparallelmediumtaalonderrig werklikgeïmplementeer word.

’n Eerste ronde van besprekingvan die TPTS-verslag deur die Uit-voerende Bestuur sal by die UB-be-raad in Januarie 2007 plaasvind. Tervoorbereiding hiervan word perso-neel, studente en ander belangheb-bendes uitgenooi om hul opinies telug. Kommentaar kan via e-pos ge-stuur word aan:transform@uovs.ac.za tot en met 5Januarie 2007.

Die verslag is in Afrikaans by dievolgende skakel beskikbaar:http://www.uovs.ac.za/faculties/documents/Z4/Transformation/TPTT_September_2006_Afr.pdf

Die verslag is in Engels by dievolgende skakel beskikbaar:

http://www.uovs.ac.za/faculties/documents/Z4/Transformation/TPTT_September_2006_eng.pdf

Die Transformasieplan is inAfrikaans beskikbaar by:http://www.uovs.ac.za/faculties/documents/Z4/Transformation/TPTT_Operational_Plan_16_Oct_1_Afrikaans.pdf

Die Transformasieplan is inEngels beskikbaar by:

http://www.uovs.ac.za/faculties/documents/Z4/Transformation/TPTT_Operational_Plan_16_Oct_1Engels_geredigeer.pdf

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Ooreenkoms met universiteit inNederland voordelig vir UV

Die Bestuurskool aan die UV indie Fakulteit: Ekonomiese enBestuurswetenskappe het ’n for-

mele samewerkingsooreenkoms metdie De Haagse Hogeschool (universi-teit) in Den Haag, Nederland. Onlangshet die Bestuurskool besoek ontvangvan mnr. Frank Termes en mnr. FransDijkstra, onderskeidelik direkteur en be-stuurder aan die De HaagseHogeschool.

In meer as een opsig beteken diéooreenkoms baie vir die Bestuurskool.Een van die uitvloeisels van die same-werkingsooreenkoms is ’n studente-uitruilingsprogram. Geselekteerdederdejaar-B.Com.-studente in dieFakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurs-wetenskappe aan die UV voltooi ’nsemesterkursus by die De HaagseHogeschool. ’n Verdere voordeel vandie ooreenkoms tussen die tweeinstansies is die wedersydse uitruil vanonderrigpersoneel. Die ooreenkomsgee ook aan die fakulteit die geleent-heid om buitelandse moderatore in tebring vir nagraadse modules en kur-susse, wat nuwe betekenis aan diebegrip “benchmarking” gee.

Volgens prof. Tienie Crous, Dekaanvan die Fakulteit: Ekonomiese en

By die besoek was, van links: mnr. Frans Dijkstra, Bestuurder aan die Den Haagse Hogeschool, me. Erikadu Preez, Fakulteitsbestuurder aan die Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, mnr. FrankTermes, Direkteur aan die Den Haagse Hogeschool, prof. Helena van Zyl, Direkteur: Bestuurskool, en prof.Tienie Crous, Dekaan: Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe.

Bestuurswetenskappe aan die UV, isdie doel van die besoek om onderrig enleer aan beide instellings deuronderlinge samewerking te bevorder,tot voordeel van sowel

onderrigpersoneel as studente.“Navorsingsbevordering insamewerking met hierdie internasionalevennoot word ook nagestreef,” sê prof.Crous.

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Qwaqwa Campus

UFS implements B.Ed. degreeon Qwaqwa Campus

The UFS has taken a step toaddress the shortage of teachersin the country by offering a B.Ed.

degree in the further education andtraining (FET) phase at its QwaqwaCampus as from January 2007.“The accredited B.Ed. qualification pro-vides an opportunity to students to em-power themselves to become profes-sional teachers in secondary schools. Itis also suitable for the training of expertsin education-related careers such asinstructors and trainers,” said Dr EliasMalete, acting principal of the UFSQwaqwa Campus.According to Dr Malete, education inSouth Africa is heading for a disasterowing to the large-scale exodus ofteachers combined with the low enrol-ment figures of prospective teachers.“Approximately 19 000 teachers leavethe teaching profession annually, whileall the training institutions in the countryonly manage to produce 4 800 new en-trants to the profession,” he said.“Indications are that a considerable num-ber of students, especially from

KwaZulu-Natal, want to study educationat the Qwaqwa Campus. The imple-mentation of the course will also addressthe need for qualified teachers in thecountry and contribute to the sustain-ability of the campus,” said Dr Malete.“The B.Ed. is a four-year course.Prospective students who do not meetthe admission requirements may enrollfor a one-year career preparation pro-gramme and successful completion willprovide them with admission to thedegree the following year. Prospectivestudents with an M score of 24-27 mayenroll for an extended B.Ed. programmeover a period of five years,” said DrMalete. Other education programmes that areoffered at the Qwaqwa Campus includea B.Ed. Honours degree in CurriculumStudies, a B.Ed. Honours degree inEducation Management and Leadershipand a Postgraduate Certificate inEducation (PGCE).

Prospective students may call 058718-5000 or visit the UFS web site atwww.uovs.ac.za for more information.

O ka thusa Yunivesithiya Freistata ho lwantshabobodu le boqhekanyetsi

Letsetsa Mohala wa Potlako waBoqhekanyetsi YunivesithingMohala wa Potlako wa Boqhe-

kanyetsi o sebetsa tjena:Khato ya pele: Letsetsa mohala ho0800 20 50 38 nomorong e sa lefell-weng. Nomoro e ka sebediswa dihoratse 24 ka letsatsi, matsatsi a supilengka beke.Khato ya bobeli: Ha ho hlokahalehore o fane ka lebitso la hao, empa oka fana ka tlhahisoleseding le dintlhaka botlalo ho motho ya tla arabamohala.Khato ya boraro: O tla fuwa nomoroya tshupiso – boloka nomoro ena e lelekunutu la hao hobane o tla e hlokanako e tlang ha o letsetsa Mohala waPotlako ka taba eo o e tlalehilengpejana.

Ba Mohala wa Boitshwaro waKPGM ba araba Mohala wa Potlako.Mehala e arajwa ke motho ya sa se-betseng Yunivesithing ho nnetefatsahore lesedi leo o faneng ka lona kelekunutu. Le ha o ka etsa qeto ya hofana ka lebitso la hao, tlhahisolese-ding le boitsebiso ba hao, tsena tsoh-le di tla dula e le lekunutu. Sebedisamonyetla ona ho thibela boshodu leboqhekanyetsi yunivesithing.

Qwaqwa librarian nominatedfor prestigious award

Mr Stoffel Kok Senior Librarianon the Qwaqwa Campus hasbeen nominated for the Free

State’s Bookdata/SAPnet PresidentAward for Deserving LIASA (Libraryand Information Association of SouthAfrica) members. Mr Kok has been anactive member of LIASA since thefoundation of the association and hewas one of the founders of the EasternFree State sub branch of LIASA.

The library’s book collection hasgrown from 15 000 to 60 000 and acomputer laboratory has beenestablished in the library as well. MrKok has also initiated a project forupcoming authors. This project makesan important contribution to the culturaldevelopment of the Eastern Free State. Mr Stoffel Kok.

Computer Services nowrender after-sales service

on Dell equipment

Agroup of 15 staff membersfrom Computer Servicescompleted the Dell Certified

System Engineer course. Theuniversity is in the process ofimplementing Dell on campus.

Skills learnt during this coursewill enable Computer Services todeliver an after-sales service oncampus. Mr Allen Bligh, instructorfrom Chisa Technologies inJohannesburg and Dell servicepartner, conducted the training.

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Qwaqwa & Vista Campuses

Almost 80 law students from the UFS Vista Campus have laid down the Ethical Code of the Faculty ofLaw. During the ceremony were, from the left, front: Dimakatsho Molefe, Prof. Johan Henning, Deanof the Faculty of Law, Gerson Bouwer and Elias Mantso; middle: Thabo Mphore, Thabang Kompi, MsShirley Hyland, lecturer at the Department of Mercantile Law, and Dineo Qheku, back: TebohoNtshewana, Kitso Mokhotsi and Patrick Maxaka. The students are members of the Juridical Society ofthe Vista Campus.

Vista students lay down Ethical Code

Moreketoro le Motlatsa-Mokanse-liri, Moprof. Frederick Fourie, oipiletsa ho basebetsi, baithuti le

bohle ba amehang ho bua ka pehelo yaSehlopha sa Tshebetso sa Leano laDiphetoho eo ho nehelanweng ka yonaho ba Botsamaisi ba Phethahatso.

Nakong eo ho neng ho nehelanwa kapehelo ena ho ba Botsamasi baPhethahatso, Moprof. Fourie o ile aleboha sehlopha sena sa tshebetso kamosebetsi o boima ho kgona mosebetsiwa dikopano le dipuisano tse neng tsethata ebile di nkile nako e ngata.

Ho ya Morof. Fourie, mosebetsi wasehlopha sa tshebetso o phethilwe mmejwale ho matsohong a Botsamaisi hontshetsa tshebetso ena pele malebana lemeralo e nang le motheo esitana lephethahatso ya wona, ka mora horebohle ba amehang ba newe monyetla hohlahisa maikutlo a bona.

Motlatsa-Moreketoro, Ngaka EzekielMoraka, ha a ne a bua nakong yamokete wa ho nehelanwa ka pehelo enaKomiting ya Botsamaisi ba Phethahatsoo ile a re: Ditaba tse mabapi le baithutiesita le tsa bodulasetulo bo kopanet-sweng ba Sehlopha sa Tshebetso saMoralo wa Diphetoho, o lebohile ditho tsasehlopha sena sa tshebetso kaboikgathatso ba bona le boitelo botiisitseng hore e be ho bile le katleho.

O boletse hore sehlopha sena satshebetso se ile sa ikopanya le ba ame-hang ka hare le ka ntle ka bophara mmepehelo ena e bontshitse dintlheng tsethata tse hlokang ho tadingwa haebaYunivesithi ena ya Freistata e tlamehileho tswela pele ka boemo bo latelang badiphetoho.

Moprof. Teuns Verschoor, Motlatsa-Moreketoro: Botsamaising ba tsa Thuto ePhahameng, le motlatsa-modulasetulo emong wa kopanelo wa Sehlopha saTshebetso sa Leano la Diphetoho, o bo-leletse ba Botsamaisi ba Phethahatsohore pehelo ena e hlomme motheo ba-keng sa dipuisano tse ding le mosebetsio mong mme e tadingwe e le tshimolohoya tsohle.

Karolo ya bobedi ya pehelo ena e nale moralo wa ho tswela pele ka tshebetso

Ho ipiletswa ho basebetsi ho bua ka pehelo ya diphetoho

ena. Moralo ona o theilwe hodima dintlhatseo tse thata tse hlokang ho tadingwa leho etsa ditlhahiso pele hore na buisanwejwang ka dibaka tsena. Tsena di tlatadingwa ke ba Botsamaisi hangfeela hofana ka karabelo le ho ntshetsa ditlhahi-so tsena pele tshebetsong e radilweng ekenyeletsang dihlopha tsa tshebetso esi-tana le dikomiti tseo di ntseng di le teng.Dikopano tsa dikopano tsa dithuto le tsaho hlalefisana le tsona di ka hlophiswaho boela ho eketswa hape diphehiso tsabasebetsi, baithuti le bohle ba nang lethahasello.

Pehelo ena ya Sehlopha sa Tshebet-so sa Leano la Diphetoho e ile ya boelaya hlahiswa kopanong ya Senate, mooho bileng teng ditumellano tlhokong yaho fana ka monyetla ho bohle ba ame-hang le ditsebi dintlheng itseng ho fanaka diphehiso mabapi le dipuisano hapeka diphetoho tsa Yunivesithi ya Freistata.

Hara maikutlo a hlahisitsweng keditho tsa Senate ke: tlhoko ya puisano e

akaretsang bohle, hara tse ding, lentswelena la diphetoho, tlhoko ya ho tiisa kapaho tiya le ho dula re le motjheng hore naho bolelwa eng ka menahano ya bo-Afrika le thuto ya boAfrika; tlhoko ya hotiisa hore ho ba teng boleng lebokgabane ka dinako tsohle ditabeng tsadiphetoho; le tlhoko ya ho buisana kamehopolo eo ka yona thupelo ya dipuotse pedi tse sebediswang ha mmoho ephethahatswang ka yona.

Dipuisano tsa pele tsa pehelo yaSehlopha sa Tshebetso sa Leano laDiphetoho e tlang ka Botsamaisi baPhethehatso e tla ba teng kopanong ekgolo ya Botsamaisi ba Phethahatso kaPherekgong 2007.

Le ha ho le jwalo, boitokisetso bayona, basebetsi, baithuti, le ba bang baamehang ba mengwa ho ntsha maikutloa bona. Diuo di ka lebiswa ho:transform@uovs.ac.za ka lengolo le tlangho fihla ho rona ka la 5 Pherekgong2007.

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Temming ontvang Steyn-toekenning

By die oorhandiging van die Helgaard Steyn-toekenning was, van links: prof. Hennie van Coller, Depar-tement Afrikaans en Nederlands, Duits en Frans aan die UV, mnr. Noel Stockton, Departement Musiek aandie UV en beoordelaar, prof. Roelof Temming, wenner van die Helgaard Steyn-toekenning, prof. BertaSpies, Noordwes-Universiteit en beoordelaar, en mnr. Johan Swanepoel, Streeksbestuurder by Absa Trust.

“Sonder die estetiese is diemensdom armer,” het prof.Hennie van Coller van die

Departement Afrikaans en Nederlands,Duits en Frans aan die UV aan die kleingeselskap wat die jaarlikse HelgaardSteyn-toekenning bygewoon het, gesê.Dié toekenning word jaarliks afwissel-end aan ’n komponis, ’n skilder, ’n Afri-kaanse skrywer, of ’n beeldhouer toe-geken. Vanjaar is die toekenning aanprof. Roelof Temming, baie bekendekomponis, oorhandig vir sy Kantoriumvir soliste, koor en orkes. Dit was ’nwerk in opdrag vir die Lutherse Kerk inDuitsland vir sy feesvieringe in 2004.

Kunstenaars in Suid-Afrika kon hulwerk inskryf, waarna ’n komitee be-staande uit mnr. Noel Stockton aan dieUV en prof. Berta Spies van dieNoordwes-Universiteit die genomineer-de werke beoordeel het. Mnr. JohanSwanepoel, Streeksbestuurder vanAbsa Trust het die Helgaard Steyn-toe-kenning aan prof. Temming oorhandig.Die R120 000 is tans die grootste prysvir die kunste in Suid-Afrika.

Prof. Pieter Blignaut of the UFS’s Department of Computer Science and Informatics, delivered his inaugurallecture on the value of eye tracking in the quest for usable interfaces. Attending the lecture were, from the left:Prof. Theo McDonald, lecturer at the UFS Department of Computer Science and Informatics and mentor ofProf. Blignaut, Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Vice-Rector: Academic Operations, Prof. Blignaut and Prof. Herman vanSchalkwyk, Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.

Value of eye tracking focus at inaugural lecture

UFS team most profitable at JSE

Four students from the Department ofEconomics at the UFS won the JSE/LibertyLife University Investment Challenge. Theteam, who beat more than a hundred teamsfrom other universities by managing themost profitable portfolio of shares on theJSE Securities Exchange, were, from theleft: Qing Qing Zhang, Chen Shen, and XiChu. Haipeng Mu was also part of the team,but absent when the photo was taken. Thecompetition ran for a six-month period (fromMarch to September) and teams had totrade on the JSE by making use of asimulated trading programme. The teamwon R25 000.

Motorskema wordweer ingestel

Die UB het goedgekeur dat ’n mo-torskema vir personeel heringe-stel word. Die skema is in

November 2006 geïmplementeer. Vol-gens mnr. Chris Liebenberg, Direkteur:Finansies, sal die struktuur van diemotorskema waar die totale jaarliksekoste van die voertuig tot 25% van dietotale vergoedingspakket van die perso-neellid beperk word, in wese dieselfdebly, met ’n paar veranderinge.

’n Salarisprysgawe sal vir die kostevan die voertuig gedoen word met diegepaardgaande belastingvoordeel. Diesalarisprysgawe vir die koste van dievoertuig sal egter uitgebrei word om diekoste van kapitaal, asook die totaleloopkoste bv. brandstof, onderhoud,versekering en lisensies, in te sluit.“Aangesien hierdie koste uit voorbelas-te inkomste verhaal word, bring dit ’nverdere belastingvoordeel mee,” sêmnr. Liebenberg. Die voertuig salsteeds deel van die korttermynverseke-ringsportefeulje van die universiteit uit-maak. Personeel bly ook steeds verant-woordelik vir die betaling van boetes.

“Nadat ’n deposito betaal is en dieprys verminder is, sal die waarde vandie voertuig vasgestel word,” sê mnr.Liebenberg. Die skema maak voorsien-ing vir ’n reswaarde gebaseer op ’nbillike markwaarde van die voertuig.

Nog goeie nuus vir personeel wat indie skema belangstel, maar ook hul be-groting dophou, is dat rente teen ’n laerkoers, dit is prima min 2,25%, berekenword (voorheen prima minus 1%) ensal bereken word op die kapitaal voorBTW. Voertuie sal teen supervlootafslagaangekoop word, wat ’n verdere bespa-ring teweeg kan bring. Indien ’n perso-neellid ’n nuwe voertuig teen ’n laerprys kan aankoop, sal dievoertuig teen die vermin-derde prys aangekoopword. Die termynkan oor enige tyd-perk gestruk-tureer word omdus meer by dieindividuele be-hoeftes vanpersoneellede aante pas.Tweedehandsevoertuie wat aan sekerevereistes wat ouderdom en

afstand afgelê voldoen, mag steedsaangekoop word.

Avis is aangestel om die motorske-ma namens die universiteit te bedryf.Personeellede sal van ’n vlootkaartvoorsien word wat vir alle instandhou-ding en brandstof gebruik moet word.Instandhouding word teen supervloot-pryse gedoen en personeellede het ’nkeuse hoe hul instandhouding wil struk-tureer. ’n Motorsorg-insentief mag aanpersoneel betaal word as motivering virverantwoordelike sorg van die voertuig.Indien die werklike koste van alle in-standhouding minder is as die geallo-keerde bedrag vir instandhouding, word’n gedeelte van hierdie verskil aan dieUV terugbetaal. Hierdie bedrag sal aanpersoneel betaal word as ’n belasbarebonus drie maande na verstryking vandie termyn. Voertuie moet deur ’n goed-gekeurde handelaar vir die fabrikaat on-derhou word. Probleme wat met dievoertuig of instandhouding van die voer-tuig ondervind word, kan in same-werking met Avis hanteer word.

Personeel is nie verantwoordelik virtekorte wat mag ontstaan wanneer dievoertuig verkoop word nie, maar salsteeds verantwoordelik wees vir diekoste wat nie deel van normale slytasieof gebruik, soos deur die South AfricanVehicle Rental and Leasing Associationaangedui, uitmaak nie.

Die skema is goedgekeur op diebeginsel dat dit nie addisionele kostevir die universiteit tot gevolg sal hê nie.“Personeellede wat reeds van diebestaande skema gebruik maak, sal dieopsie gebied word om in die gewysigdeskema geïnkorporeer te word, alhoeweldit nie verpligtend is nie,” sê mnr.

Liebenberg.

Mnr. Albert van Eck.

Personeel van Rekenaardien-ste op die hoof kampus hetin drie maande ’n superna-

vorsingsrekenaar gebou waarbyenige departement aan die universi-teit kan baat vind as hulle simula-sies met parallelle verwerkingsnodig het. Die rekenaar bestaan uit62 gewone rekenaars wat aan ’nnetwerk gekoppel is om parallelleverwerkings te doen. In ongeveervier minute kan dié rekenaarvergroot word, deur nog ’n node(rekenaar) by te voeg.

Volgens mnr. Albert van Eck,stelselprogrammeerder by Reke-naardienste, kan dosente van dieDepartemente Mediese Fisika, Mi-krobiologie en Biochemie en Che-mie die rekenaar gebruik om ver-skillende simulasies gelyktydig tedoen.

Die grootste voordeel van dierekenaar is die tyd wat dit spaar. ’nAksie wat gewoonlik tien dae souneem, word nou in 24 minutegedoen.

Supernavorsingsrekenaars isalgemeen by ander universiteite enin die bedryf. Met ondersteuningvan sy kollegas in Rekenaardienstehet mnr. Van Eck besluit om ook so’n rekenaar te bou. “Ons gaan egterook personeel van Rekenaarweten-skappe nader vir nuwe idees envaardighede,” sê hy.

Mnr. van Eck nooi alle perso-neel wat belang stel om hullesagteware op die supernavorsings-rekenaar te toets om hom te kontakby vanecka.rd@mail.uovs.ac.za.

UV bou superrekenaar

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Staff to get minimumof 5,4 percent salary increase

The UFS management andtrade unions have agreedon a salary increase that

can vary between 5,4 and 7,0percent, depending on the subsidyreceived from government. Aonce-off non-pensionable bonusof R2000 will be paid in December2006. The agreement was signedby representatives of the UFSmanagement and the tradeunions, UVPERSU and NEHAWU.

“As the state subsidy level isunfortunately not yet known,remuneration could vary severalpercentage points between awindow of 5,4 and 7 percent,” saidProf. Niel Viljoen, Chief Director:Operations at the UFS andchairperson of the UFS Council’snegotiating team.

The bonus will be paid inDecember 2006 to staff memberswho were in the employ of theUFS on UFS conditions of serviceon 15 November 2006 and whoassumed duties before 1 October2006.

The agreement also providesfor the implementation of an auto-matic annual salary notch adjust-ment for service workers in thelowest category. All new appoint-ments in this category will be ap-pointed at the new entry level(which was previously a fixednotch). An additional R500 000will also be allocated toacccelerate the rate of phasing inthe medical fund allowances.

The implementation date forthe salary adjustments is 1January 2007, but could possiblybe implemented only at a laterstage due to logistical reasons.The adjustment will be calculatedon the total remunerationpackage.

The agreement also applies toall staff members of the Vista andQwaqwa Campuses whose condi-tions of employment have alreadybeen aligned with those of theMain Campus.

Health audit in the pipeline for next year

This year the Wellness Committeeaccommodated service workers,top management as well as

pensioners in its activities to promotewellness on campus and to assist staffmembers to manage their health.Approximately 1200 staff membersattended the sessions that werepresented by the committee on the MainCampus. The Qwaqwa Campus alsopresented a number of informationsessions as well as some wellnessactivities such as lunch hour walks.

Ms Annette Prins, from the Centrefor Higher Education Studies andDevelopment (CHESD) and also thenewly elected chairperson of theWellness Committee, said: “Next yearthe overall focus will be on taking healthto the people in their place of work. Anumber of interventions are lined up toachieve this goal. In our planning we aremaking provision for bigger projectssuch as a health audit, health riskassessment screenings, staff

development in an organisationalcontext (e.g. teambuilding, conflictresolution) as well as smaller projectssuch as social events after staff mem-bers expressed the need to interact in asocial context. We will also include somedeeper discussions in next year’sprogramme that will add value to thelives of our staff members.

“The Wellness referral office, in theBenito Khotseng Building on the MainCampus, will continue to exist in 2007and staff members are welcome to makeuse of this service. This year we helpedpeople who were traumatised, who wereunder-achieving at work, and with stressrelated problems. These staff memberswere mostly referred by forum membersand their line managers.

“Dr. Louis Holtzhausen, who was thechairperson of the Wellness Committee,stepped down from his position inOctober 2006. We thank him for all hisinput and commitment to wellness,” saidMs Prins.

Prof. Niel Viljoen, Chief Director: Operations, handed certificates to Wellness Forum Members toacknowledge their contributions to wellness on campus. From the left are, front: Ms Anita Lombard,UVPERSU, Dr Rika van Schoor, CHESD; back: Prof. Viljoen and Mr Pieter Fourie, Computer Services.

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Twee van Strategiese Beplanning wen pretstap

Die UV se Welstandskomitee het vir personeel ’n pretstap op kampus aangebied. Die wenners van diepretgeleentheid was prof. Johnny Hay, in die kantoor van die Registrateur: Strategiese Beplanning, en me.Wilma Steinmann van dieselfde kantoor. Die wendepartement was die Departement Openbare Bestuur indie Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe. Hulle het ’n ontbyt gewen, geborg deur die Compassgroep. Hulle het die hoogste persentasie stappers gehad wat deelgeneem het en volgens ’n kort mediesevraelys was hulle die gesondste departement.

More buy in to Economicstraining in schools

Departments of Education of five more provinces in South Africa have bought in to the outreach programmeof the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) in the United States (US) that aims to improve thequality of the training in Economics of teachers and lecturers across the world. At a recent workshop whereheads of the various Departments of Education were present and received information on this project,were, from the left: Dr Radhika Bridgemohan, Department of Education: KwaZulu-Natal, Dr Patricia Elder,NCEE Vice-President in Washington DC, Dr Thula Mbatha, Chief Director in the Department of Educationin KwaZulu-Natal, Dr Frank Peters, Director: Curriculums in the Department of Education in the EasternCape; back: Prof. Klopper Oosthuizen, Department Agricultural Economics at the UFS and initiator and co-ordinator of the project.

Ons hoor graag van u We would like to hear from you1. In watter departement of afdeling werk u?/ In which department or division are youworking?………………………………………………....…

2. Dui aan u huistaal: / Indicate your homelanguage:AfrikaansEngels / EnglishAnder / Other ………………………….............

3. In watter ouderdomskategorieë val u? / In which age category are you?Jonger as 25 / Younger than 2526-3536-4546-5556-65Ouer as 65 / Older than 65

4. Dui u geslag aan: / Indicate your gender:Manlik / MaleVroulik / Female

5. Bevolkingsgroep? / Population group?Wit / WhiteSwart / BlackKleurling / ColouredIndiër / Indian

6. Hoe gereeld lees u Dumela? / How often do you read Dumela?Altyd / AlwaysSoms / SometimesNooit / Never

7. Wat lees u eerste in Dumela? / What doyou read first in Dumela?……………………………………………………………..............................................................……………………………………………………………..............................................................

8. Waaroor wil u graag lees? / What wouldyou like to read? …………………………………………………………….............................................................…………………………………………………………….............................................................

9. Sal u bereid wees om in Dumela teadverteer? / Would you be prepared toadvertise in Dumela?Ja / Yes Nee / No

10. Enige kommentaar wat u wil lewer. / Anycomments you would like to make.…………………………………………………………………………………................................……………………………………………………

11. Besonderhede van respondent (Nie ver-pligtend) / Details of respondent (Notcompulsory)

……………………………………………………………............................................................

Stuur die antwoorde na: / Send your answersto:

L. BolleursKamer 49, Hoofgebou Room 49, Main BuildingUV UFSPosbus 2319 P O Box 2319Bloemfontein 9300 Bloemfontein 9300

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Sekretaresses leer meer oor protokol

’nGroep sekretaresses op kampushet onlangs ’n aanbieding oorprotokol bygewoon wat aange-

bied was deur Helena Burger en Venno-te. Volgens me. Burger is dié amptelikevorm van doen nie net belangrik omverleentheid te voorkom nie , maar kangeld en tyd ook gespaar word.

Deur bewus te wees van die regteprotokol kan sosiale etiket en kultureleen godsdienstige reëls waargeneemword en taboes vermy word om sodoen-de kommunikasie te verbeter. ’n Paarinteressante wenke wat sy gedeel het is:• Tydens ’n funksie moet die persoon

wat die mense uitnooi, optree asgasheer en die gaste ontvang. Diereaksie sal baie positiewer wees aswat iemand anders gaste ontvang.

• By ’n funksie, hou jou servet, bordjieen glas in die linkerhand, sodat jy ’nhand oop het om mense te groet.

• Wanneer uitnodigings uitgestuurword, moet die persoon aan wie ditgerig is, se naam in swart geskryfword op die uitnodiging.

• Laat 10 minute toe vir laatkommersby ’n funksie.

Vanjaar het daar in totaal 144 aka-demiese personeellede in dieFakulteit Geesteswetenskappe

personeelontwikkelingsgeleenthedebygewoon. “Ons is baie trots op diepersoneel se entoesiasme entoewyding om hul onderriggehalte teverbeter,” sê dr. HannemarieBezuidenhout van die Dekaanskantoor:Fakulteit Geesteswetenskappe wat op-leidingsgeleenthede in dié fakulteitkoördineer.

Prof. Gerhardt de Klerk, Dekaanvan die Fakulteit Geesteswetenskappesê: “Ons moet besef dat ons verskillen-de studente van verskillende kulture on-derrig. Dié studente leer op verskillendewyses. Ons moet ’n mengsel vanonderrigmetodes aanwend om almal teakkommodeer, daarom is dit belangrikom die personeelontwikkelingsgeleent-hede by te woon.”

Prof. de Klerk het ’n funksie gehouwaar hy aan die personeel wat die ont-wikkelingsgeleenthede bygewoon het,erkenning gegee het.

Personeel ernstig oor hul werk

By die funksie was, van links: prof. Okkie Combrinck, Hoof: Tegnologiese Opvoedkunde, prof. MagdaFourie, Viserektor: Akademiese Beplanning, prof. Gerhardt de Klerk, Dekaan: Fakulteit Geestesweten-skappe, dr. Hannemarie Bezuidenhout, Bestuurder: Onderrig en Leer in die dekaanskantoor, en mnr. BrianNaidoo, dosent van die Departement Engels en Klassieke Tale.

By die protokolwerkswinkel was, van links: me. Suzelle Bester van die Sentrum vir Hoëronderwysstudiesen Ontwikkeling en koordineerder van die werkswinkel, mnr. Fred Kruger, UV-Bemarking, me. HelenaBurger van Helena Burger en Vennote en aanbieder van die werkswinkel, en me. Ouma Losabe,sekretaresse.

• Wanneer ’n persoon drie keer nee sêwanneer genooi vir ’n funksie, kan jyhom van jou uitnodigingslys afhaal.

• Die mees belangrikste persoon praataltyd laaste, behalwe by ’n grade-plegtigheid.

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Time out with ...

Dr Bukirwa Irene Kamara.

‘Make a positivedifference’

Dr Irene Kamara, Senior Lecturerat the Department of Chemistrystarted working at the UFS in

2001. Prior to that she worked as med-ical technologist at the Moroka hospitalin Thaba ’Nchu after she and her hus-band and their son left Uganda.

Fourteen years after completing herHonours degree in Uganda, Dr Kamaradecided to resume with her studies.She completed her Masters in Organicchemistry, natural products and syn-thesis in 1997 and her in Ph.D. on thesame topic, focusing on honey bushtea in 1999.

Her research on honey bush teacontributed to the development ofhoney bush tea as an industry. Shefound that honey bush tea has stronganti-oxidant properties and can beused to relieve hypertension, flu andmenopausal symptoms. “It curbs hotflushes,” she said.

Honey bush tea, originally from theWestern Cape’s fynbos area, is nowcultivated on farms elsewhere in SouthAfrica. “The tea is produced and expor-ted to countries such as Japan andGermany,” she says.

From a more general point of view,Dr Kamara is researching natural pro-ducts with a focus on plants with me-dicinal properties as well as herbalteas. In her latest research she isfocusing on Walnuts Juglans regia L.“These nuts have properties which canrelieve metabolic syndromes such ashypertension, blood sugar anddiabetes.

Whilst completing her Masters de-gree Dr Kamara also successfully com-pleted her Higher Education Diplomaon a part time basis through UNISA.The knowledge and skills served herwell because she won the excellentlecturer’s award in the Faculty of Agri-cultural and Natural Sciences. “Stu-dents from the Afrikaans class

attended my class and enjoy it.” saidDr. Kamara.

Although she made South Africaher home, Dr Kamara still misses herfamily in Uganda. She came to SouthAfrica with her husband and one son.Today she has four children, three boysand a girl. Just like their mother theyalso believe in the value of educationand are respectively studyingArchitecture, B.Comm. Marketing,Electromechanical Engineering andElectrical Engineering.

When not in the lab Dr Kamaraenjoys sewing, gardening and reading.She can practically sew anything to-gether. “I used to run my own businessin sewing,” she said. She reads che-mistry books and motivational books,so much so that she plans to one daywrite her own motivational book.

“I believe that one should make apositive difference in the lives of otherpeople,” Dr Kamara said. With thisview she already has a theme forchapter one of her book…

The Executive Management of the UFS approved the appointment of Dr Mathews Phosa, formerpremier and now businessman, to the UFS for a period of three years. Dr Phosa will be involved withthe training of the UFS School of Management’s MBA students. Here is Prof. Helena van Zyl,Director of the UFS School of Management with Dr Phosa.

Dr Phosa to teach MBA students

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The team responsible for co-ordinating these sessions are, from the left: Dr Renalde Huysamen, Head:Performance Manager and Staff, Ms Suzelle Bester, Ms Karen Cronje, Mr Frans Masisi, Ms ClideanSwiegelaar and Ms Annette Prins.

CHESD trains many staffThe Division Staff Development at

the Centre for Higher EducationStudies and Development

(CHESD) at the UFS successfully co-ordinated 26 short courses and work-shops for academic and support staffduring 2006. Nine hundred and forty staffmembers attended and completed thesecareer-development opportunities.

Highlights that were covered includeenhancement of generic skills focusingon orientation of new staff members, fin-ancial management, computer skills, cus-tomer service, language skills and HIV/Aids training. The division also co-ordinated training on research skills.

On the Qwaqwa Campus, nine work-shops were offered to 107 staff mem-bers. A well equipped staff developmentvenue was also established.

Ms Annette Prins from CHESD said:“This year, the Grow Our Own Timberprogramme opened up training oppor-tunities for all young academics andother interested academic staff forpurposes of cross pollination.” Mentorand mentee workshops to start building acohort of mentors were also conducted.

“As for next year, the focus will fall onthe systematic training of staff in thematicclusters including capacity building forperformance management, research,

leadership, teaching and learning andgeneral skills such as customer care,telephone etiquette, and businessEnglish and Afrikaans,” Ms Prins said.

UFS in joint venture with Empowerdex

The UFS became the first tertiary in-stitution in the country to sign ajoint venture agreement with Em-

powerdex, South Africa’s foremost blackeconomic empowerment (BEE) ratingsagency, to train BEE practitioners whowill implement BEE across all sectors ofthe economy. The agreement was signedby Mr Vuyo Jack, Executive Chairman ofEmpowerdex, and Prof. Frederick Fourie,Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS.

Mr Jack and Mr Chia-Chao Wu,Managing Director of Empowerdex, willbe appointed as visiting professors in theUFS School of Management as part ofthe joint venture. “The joint venture en-tails the establishment of a transfor-mation office within the Centre for Busi-ness Dynamics at the UFS which will ad-minister training programmes and con-duct contract research on BEE as well asthe establishment of a verification agencywithin the UFS School of Management.The verification agency will be able toverify the BEE compliance of businessesin the Free State and Northern Cape,”said Mr Danie Jacobs, Head of the

Centre for Business Dynamics at theUFS.

According to Mr Jacobs, the ventureoriginates from the Department of Tradeand Industry’s (DTI) directive to draftcodes of good practice for businesses asstated in the Broad Based Black Em-powerment Act 53 of 2003. “The UFS isthe only tertiary institution in the countrywhich offers a formal certificate wherebyBEE practitioners can be trained in orderto ensure that they are competent tomeasure BEE,” said Mr Jacobs.

“Being able to utilise the UFS’ ex-perience and expertise in the field oftransformation is of great benefit to us,”said Mr Jack.

The training programmes that will beoffered by the transformation office withinthe UFS Centre for Business Dynamicsare the Management DevelopmentProgramme for BEE and Transformation,the Executive Credit Bearing ShortLearning Programme and an online Non-Credit Bearing Short Learning Pro-gramme for BEE Specialists.

Academic focuses onhealth systems

Prof. Frikkie Booysen, from the Department ofEconomics in the Faculty Economic andManagement Sciences, delivered his inaugurallecture on the topic “Butterflies and tornados’: Asystems approach to health systems researchand development”. His subject area is healtheconomics, development studies and researchmethodology. His research focuses on keyhealth issues, links between health and pover-ty, and the role of migration in development.

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UV se Sportman en –vrou word aangewys

Tydens die jaarlikse sportdinee aan die UV is Chris Dednam aangewys as die UV se sportman enCarlene Hertzog as sportvrou. Chris en Charlene is onderskeidelik uitblinkers in pluimbal en netbal.

‘People live in own little prisons’

Showing how townhouses are built with little regard for public space.

Prof. Das Steÿn, head of the De-partment of Urban and RegionalPlanning together with Mr Danie

Schoeman, lecturer from this departmentand old Kovsie, conducted a case studyin Langenhoven Park in Bloemfontein, onthe role of public space in determiningthe quality of housing.

According to Prof. Steÿn it is impor-tant to connect public spaces and privatespaces in community building. In creatinga successful and sustainable neighbour-hood it is necessary to have a centre,shops and offices to supply the weeklyneeds of a household, schools, church-es, clinics, and a network of roads andwalkways within a maximum of tenminutes walk to the centre. In the initialphases of Langenhoven Park, provisionwas made for the development of acentre with a series of open spaces andfacilities. However, it never fullydeveloped into a neighbourhood. Morethan twenty years later LangenhovenPark does not have a school, neither apublic transport system, while its accessroads cannot bear the peak hour-traffic.

Prof. Steÿn said: “The developers oflater developments were only interestedin developing their piece of land,irrespective of the holistic picture. Whenapplying at the authorities to develop,developers create a misperception andreceive permission to develop. Theymake ad hoc decisions which ignorepolicy as implemented by the TownCouncil and their plans are not beneficialto the community. The lack of accessroutes to and from townhouse complexesis an example of such a practice. In thecase of a crisis, occupants of thesecomplexes would not be able to exit thearea. Developers were also permitted todevelop in the buffer zone next to the N1and on the outskirts of LangenhovenPark, which is far from the centre.

“Safety lies in a community that mustprotect each other and streets must bevisible and accessible. Currently peoplecannot feel safe in the streets. In mostcomplexes occupants of townhousescannot see what is going on in thestreets (public areas) and will not be ableto help if someone in the street needshelp. Designs have to fall back on highwalls and security fences to providesecurity.”

Prof. Steÿn and Mr Schoeman stu-died six complexes within Langenhoven

Park, focusing on the public spaces inbetween the units, the quality of thesespaces and the effect of development onthese spaces. In most cases they foundthat the areas between units are pavedto reduce maintenance, however pavingenhances heat in summer. They alsofound that the public areas between unitsare very antisocial. “The high wall does

not permit neighbours to make contact.Everybody lives in his own little prison.The ideal is to have complexes with com-munal spaces to enable more frequentcontact between occupants,” Prof. Steÿnsaid.

After conducting the case study Prof.Steÿn said: “Urban design guidelines asa tool to control the quality of the building

public spaces.. continue on p.17

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Departement hou 35ste verjaarsdag

Met die Departement Kommuni-kasie en Inligtingstudie se35ste verjaarsdag waar baie

van die oud-personeellede teenwoordigwas, het prof. Johann de Wet, Voorsit-ter van die Departement Kommunikasieen Inligtingstudie, gesê: “Die “groot-word”-proses was opwindend en uitda-gend. Die geskiedenis van die departe-ment het in 1971 begin met die tot-standkoming van die DepartementPerswetenskap aan die ou Universiteitvan die Oranje-Vrystaat. Twee jaarlater, in 1973, is hierdie departement sefokus verbreed en is sy naam veranderna die Departement Kommunikasiekun-de.

In die jaar 2000, met die toevoegingvan die vak Inligtingkunde by die Kom-munikasiekunde, is die departementherdoop tot die Departement Kommuni-kasie en Inligtingstudie.

“Soos met die lewe wanneer ’nmens 35 jaar oud word, lê talle uitda-gings vir die departement voor. Internwil die departement, met ’n personeelwat uiteenlopende deskundigheid enervaring deur die jare opgebou het,meer publiseer en op vindingryke ma-niere al ons studente stimuleer om hul-

le studies met die grootste ywer tebenader. Ekstern wil ons die beeld vandie Departement verder uitbou tot eenwat nie slegs nasionaal en in Afrika

gereken word nie, maar ook op inter-nasionale terreine,” sê prof. De Wet.

“Ons moet groot dink, want ons isnou groot,” sê hy.

By die 35ste herdenking van die Departement Kommunikasie en Inligtingstudie was, van links, agter: dr.André van Deventer, mnre. Rhyno Kriek en Coenie de Villiers; middel: prof. Johann de Wet, huidigeDepartementshoof, mev. Zarine Roodt, prof. Terry Terblanche, voormalige departementshoof, mev. Elsabévan Aswegen, prof. Anské Grobler en dr. Gustav Puth; voor: mnr. GP van Rheede van Oudtshoorn.

Tydens ’n langdienstoekenningsgeleentheid is daar vanjaar 10 personeellede vereer vir 35 jaar diens aandie universiteit en 39 personeellede vir 25 jaar diens aan die UV.

Personeel word vereer vir langdiens aan die UV

The Centre for DevelopmentSupport (CDS) presented aworkshop on community-ba-

sed worker systems on the MainCampus in Bloemfontein. Partnersfrom Kenya, Lesotho, Uganda andSouth Africa are working together tosee how these systems can be usedto widen access to services and em-power communities in the process.

The aim of the workshop was tobring pilot partners and practitionersinvolved in community-based workersystems together with national, pro-vincial and local government and toexplore the implications for main-streaming these systems in SouthAfrica. The CDS at the UFS recentlyconducted an evaluation of com-munity-based worker systems inSouth Africa, of which the findingswere also discussed.

UFS presents workshopon community-based

worker systems

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Jong navorsers leer by mentorskapprogram

Met ’n inisiatief van die Fakulteit Geesteswetenskappe se Mentorskapprogram en die DirektoraatNavorsing is ’n navorsingsdag vir jong navorsers gehou waar hulle die geleentheid gekry het om hulreferate te lewer in ’n veilige omgewing, om te leer en om gedagtes te wissel. By die navorsingsdag was,van links: me. Steffie Cawood, Program vir Afrikastudies in die Departement Afro-Asiatiese Studies,Gebaretaal en Taalpraktyk, prof. Engela Pretorius, Vise-dekaan: Fakulteit Geesteswetenskappe en ookmentor, me. Maryna de Wet, Departement Sosiologie, me. Nadine Lake, Genderstudieprogram, en me.Katherine Geldenhuys, Departement Engels en Klassieke Tale.

In die vorige Dumela het mnr. Gertvan den Berg, Direkteur: Interne Ouditaan die UV, ’n paar aspekte van

sekere misdrywe, soos korrupsie enbedrog uitgelig. Enige vorm van misdryfbehoort beveg en uitgeroei te word.

Hy bespreek ander misdrywe, soosvervalsing, diefstal, afpersing, nepotismeen verduistering wat in die werksplekvoorkom. Vervalsing, volgens mnr. Vanden Berg word gepleeg indien iemandwederregtelik ’n valse dokument opstelmet die opset om te bedrieg en hierdieoptrede aanleiding gee tot werklike ofpotensiële nadeel vir iemand anders.

Hy sê: “Diefstal is weer die weder-regtelike en opsetlike toe-eiening van ’nroerende saak wat aan iemand andersbehoort.

“Mens hoor dikwels iemand beweerdat hy/sy afgepers word. Afpersing is diewederregtelike en opsetlike verkrygingvan ’n voordeel van iemand anders deurdruk op laasgenoemde uit te oefen wathom beweeg tot afgifte van die voordeel.Wanneer ’n senior personeellid dreig omdie ander party se loopbaan te vernietigindien die ander party sekere gunsiessou weier, is ’n voorbeeld van afpersing.

“Botsing van belange en nepotismeis besluite wat ’n personeellid neem

waarin hulleself een of ander belang inhet, byvoorbeeld deur aankope te laatdoen by ’n verskaffer wat deur die be-trokke amptenaar, sy vriende of familiebesit word.

“Verduistering behels weer die dief-stal van hulpbronne (kontant of bates)deur persone aan wie die kontrole enbewaring daarvan toevertrou is, byvoor-beeld ’n personeellid wat die instelling segeld gebruik om sy kind se vlugkaartjiete betaal vir ’n persoonlike vakansie.

“Dit is belangrik dat personeel deeg-lik kennis neem van korrupsie en korrup-te bedrywighede en bedrog en saam-werk om dit te beveg,” sê mnr. Van denBerg.• Mnr. Van den Berg sê: “ ’n Woord

van dank aan die Bestuur en elkepersoneellid vir u ondersteuning engeduld met Interne Oudit gedurende2006. Saam help ons die universiteitom sy doelwitte te bereik deur ’n sis-tematiese en gedissiplineerde be-nadering daar te stel om die effek-tiwiteit van risikobestuur, kontrole enbestuursprosesse te evalueer en teverbeter. Die Interne Ouditspan wenselkeen ’n geseënde kersfees en ’nwonderlike en voorspoedige 2007toe.”

Help beveg bedrog en korrupsieBeveg korrupsie

stap vir stapStap 1: Skakel 0800 20 50 38 tol-vry vanaf enige telefoon. Die nom-mer kan 24 uur per dag geskakelword, elke dag van die week.Stap 2: Jy kan anoniem skakel,maar maak seker dat jy alle inlig-ting aan die persoon verskaf watdie telefoon beantwoord.Stap 3: Jy sal ’n verwysingsnom-mer ontvang. Hou die nommervertroulik aangesien jy dit salbenodig indien jy ’n opvolgoproepwil maak.

KPMG Ethics Line bedryf dienoodlyn. Alle oproepe word deuronafhanklike persone beantwoordwat nie in diens van die universi-teit is nie om te alle tye vertroulik-heid te verseker. Selfs indien jyjou naam verskaf sal jou identiteiten die inligting vertroulik gehouword. Gebruik die geleentheid omte help om bedrog en korrupsie terapporteer en te voorkom deur dienoodlyn te skakel.

Prof. Danie Strauss in diedekaanskantoor van dieFakulteit Geesteswetenskap-

pe, het as eksterne eksaminator enjurielid opgetree vir Karin Vereslt,Ph.D.-kandiaat aan die Vrije Uni-versiteit van Brussel (VUB), toe syhaar proefskrif oor die tema: “DeOntologie van den Paradox” ver-dedig het.

Prof. Strauss het sy bydrae niein Engels nie, maar in Nederlandsgelewer. “Dit het dit maklikergemaak vir die Belgiese gehoor omte verstaan,” sê hy. Hy het in 1973in Nederland aan die VrijeUniversiteit van Amsterdam inNederlands gepromoveer.

Akademikus praatNederlands

in België

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Perdry baat menigte gestremdes

Toe Madeline Steenkamp enMarinda Nagel, twee Sielkunde-honneursstudente met die aanvang

van die jaar kon kies watter gemeen-skapstaak hul vir die jaar wou doen, hetperdryterapie na ’n groot uitdaging gelyk.Hulle het egter glad nie ’n idee gehadwat dit behels of hoe lonend dit vir hulleen die kinders sou wees nie.

Met geen ondervinding om met ge-stremde kinders te werk nie, het hulle be-gin om verstandelik gestremde kindersby te staan, terwyl hulle hul spiere ont-wikkel op ’n perd. Volgens Madeline enMarinda het hulle al met die eerste ses-sie besef dat die kinders al dieselfdespeletjies geniet as ander kinders - alvoordeel is dat hierdie speletjies wat an-der kinders doen vir pret, vir hierdie kin-ders soveel meer beteken.

Perdry werk baie goed op die kindersse motoriese funksies. Maak nie saakwat hulle gestremdheid is nie - die perdry

baat absoluut elke kind. Madeline enMarinda vertel dit is egter ’n hele proses.“Aan die begin van die jaar was die fokusalleenlik daarop om die kind op die perdte hou en om hul die nodige selfvertrouete leer. Soos die tyd aangestap het, isdaar elke week take bygevoeg om diekinders meer uit te daag. Ons konletterlik sien hoe elke kind hier verbeterhet gedurende die jaar. Nomonde, ’nverstandelik gestremde 8-jarige meisie,was aanvanklik baie bang en is nou eenvan die beter ruiters. ’n Mens kan sienhaar emosies het ook baie verander. Syis baie meer gelukkig as wat sy aan diebegin van die jaar was en glad nie meerso skrikkerig nie.

“Dit is moeilik om in woorde te skryfwat hierdie jaar vir ons beteken het.Hierdie kinders het ons geleer wat dit isom regtig te veg vir iets. Die kinders wasvoorwaar ’n inspirasie,” volgens Madelineen Marinda.

Sielkunde-honneursstudente wat betrokke was by perdryterapie vir gestremde kinders.

environment are necessary.” TheInstitute of Urban Studies and Architec-ture in New York has developed a listof guidelines for the evaluation of hous-ing projects. This includes the promo-tion of social interaction, visual and oralcontact with play areas and easy ac-cess to these areas (for child supervi-sion), minimising unseen non-activeareas, promoting recognition of neigh-bours and defining public spaces andproviding direct individual access.” Headded: “The local municipality, that is

responsible for looking after the well-being of its citizens, should set guide-lines to prevent further deterioration ofthe public realm. They must ensure thatthe planning is integrated and also thatquality houses are built which are userfriendly to the community.”

“We shared our research findings atthe South African Planning Institution’scongress and the Housing Congress,both in Cape Town this year. This wasan opportunity for the authorities totake note,” Prof. Steÿn said.

public spaces... from p.14 The Department of Quantity Surveying andConstruction Management launched apublication in celebration of its 50 years ofexistence at the UFS. Here are, from the left:Ms Benita Kotzé, Department of QuantitySurveying and Construction Management,Prof. Basie Verster, Head of the Department ofQuantity Surveying and ConstructionManagement, and Ms Alna Beukes, also fromthe Department of Quantity Surveying andConstruction Management and co-ordinator ofthe publication. During the ceremony the goldmedal of the Society of South African QuantitySurveyors for exceptional achievement by afinal-year B.Sc. Quantity Surveying student in2005 in South Africa was awarded to MsHelena Jordaan, a student from the UFS.

Quantity Surveying andConstruction Management

celebrates 50 years

Daar bestaan soms verwarringoor E-Leer en E Degree. E-Leer is ’n inisiatief van die

UV, terwyl E Degree deur ’nJohannesburgse ondernemingaangebied word. E Degree was indie verlede veral betrokke by kursus-se van die Fakulteit Ekonomiese enBestuurswetenskappe en die Fakul-teit Regsgeleerdheid.Dr. Herbert Thomas, hoof van E-leer,sê E-leer is ’n afdeling van die Sen-trum vir Hoëronderwysstudies en -ontwikkeling (SHOSO). Meer as 13000 studente word bereik deur dieUV se E-leer-program. Van die stu-dente is van sover as Londen,Kenia, Swaziland en Namibië. Som-mige kursusse is volledig aanlyn,terwyl dele van die tradisionelekursusse ook aanlyn deur studenteop kampus gedoen moet word.

E-leer is nie EDegree nie

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• ’n Ondersteuningsgroep. Inhierdie groep het persone die

geleentheid om openbaar te maakdat hy of sy geïnfekteer is met dieMIV/Vigsvirus. Die stap help baieom te ontlaai. Huidiglik gebruik 27mense in totaal dieondersteuningsgroep. Persone watgeaffekteer word deur die siekte kryook die geleentheid om vrae te vra.

• Verspreiding van kondome op kam-pus na al die geboue met kondoom-houers. Alhoewel dr. Basson tengunste is van onthouding, maak dieVigssentrum met die hulp van dieDepartement Fisiese Hulpbronnewel voorsiening vir mense watseksueel-aktief is. Daar is ookpersoneel wat die kondome gebruikvir gesinsbeplanning.

• Inligtingsessies oor MIV/Vigs virpersoneel. Omdat dit moeilik is ompersoneel by die inligtingsessies tebetrek, is ons bereid ominligtingsessies aan te bied oorverwante onderwerpe soos deurpersoneel en studente versoek, bv.hoe hanteer ek iemand wat vir/saammet my werk wat MIV-positief is,sielkundige aspekte van MIV-infektering, wat oor MIV moet ekmet my kinders bespreek, is vroue

Onbekend maak onbemin. Alhoe-wel die samelewing al vigs-ver-moeid is met al die inligting om-

trent MIV/Vigs wat na hul skree, drahulle ’n beperkte kennis van die siekte.Sonder kennis veroordeel mense maklik.

Volgens dr. Petro Basson, Hoof vandie Kovsie MIV/Vigssentrum op die kam-pus, maak stigmatisering dit moeilik omMIV-infektering te beheer. Sy sê: “Die

Kovsie MIV/Vigssentrum aktief besig op kampus

Die span by die Kovsie MIV/Vigssen-trum volg ’n multidissiplinêre span-benadering waar verskillende kundi-ges verskillende probleme hanteer.“Dit is ’n baie tydrowende proses,maar tog baie bevredigend,” sê sy.Dienste wat die Kovsie MIV/Vigssen-trum lewer:• Berading en toetsing van studen-

te en personeel op ’n vrywilligebasis. Ongeveer 20 persone,meestal studente, word per weekgetoets. Dit vergelyk baie goedmet ander universiteite soos dieUniversiteit van Pretoria, wat ookongeveer 20 persone per weektoets.

• Voortoetsberadingsessies waarbeide partye in die verhoudinggesien word. Persone kan ookvra vir een-tot-een sessies.

regtig veilig in ’n manswêreld,voeding en MIV, my kind/vriend isMIV positief, wat nou endestigmatisering. Praatjies wordaangepas om van toepassing tewees op die gehoor. Personeel iswelkom om dr. Basson te kontakby bassonpn.rd@mail.uovs.ac.zavir meer inligting in die verband.

• Die sentrum sluit ’n eweknie-opleidingskomponent in met dieleuse Rutanang. Rutanang is ’nSotho-woord wat beteken “leervan mekaar”. Dit is ’n groepstudente wat opgelei is in alleaspekte rondom MIV asook anderlewensvaardighede soosgesinsbeplanning. Die doel vandie program is om risikogedragvan studente te verminder. Diegroep het ’n baie sterk invloed opkampus. Die studente is self inkoshuise wat dit maklik maak omhul inligting oor MIV/Vigs metander studente te deel. ’nOndersteuningsgroep vir personewat vir drie maande of meerhulself van seks weerhou het ofwat nog nooit seksueel aktief wasnie, is in die pyplyn. Dié inisiatiefsal ’n uitvloeisel wees van dieeweknieopleiersprogram.

ideaal is dat personeel en studente meerontvanklik is vir persone met MIV/ Vigs.Mense wat geïnfekteer is met die MIV/Vigsvirus moet bereid kan wees om hulstatus bekend te maak. Die UV het ’nwonderlike beleid, maar die praktiesetoepassing daarvan is nie daar nie om-dat personeel en studente se houdingnie reg is nie.”

Die span by die Kovsie MIV/Vigssen-trum het ’n verskeidenheid inisiatieweom persone op kampus wat metMIV/Vigs geïnfekteer of geaffekteer is,

by te staan, ’n Uitvloeisel hiervan is in-ligtingsessies aan personeel sowel

as studente. Verskeie onderwerpewat verband hou met MIV/Vigsword tydens hierdieinligtingsessies bespreek. Dr.Basson fokus op dit watmense pla en waaroor hullegraag wil praat. Mense raakvigs-vermoeid as hulle elkekeer na dieselfde aanbieding

oor Vigs moet luister. Volgens dr.Basson is dit belangrik om oorverskillende aspekte van die siekte tepraat en nie net elke keer op diemediese aspekte te fokus nie.

Dr. Basson sê: “Onkunde lei egternie net tot stigmatisering nie, maar ooktot toenemende blootstelling aan dieMIV-virus. Daar is individue wat ontkendat hulle seksueel-aktief is, terwyl hullewel seksueel-aktief is omdat hulle nieweet wat seks is nie. Hulle dink dan datdit wat hulle doen nie gekoppel is aanrisikogedrag nie. Daar is gelukkig ookpersone wat hul twee keer per jaar laattoets, wat ’n goeie tendens is. Sodramense hulle gereeld laat toets, vermin-der hulle risikogedrag.”

Sou sy die minister van gesondheidwees, sal almal hulle elke ses maandemoet laat toets vir MIV/Vigs, sal mensewat positief toets gesteriliseer word ensal dié wat hulle nie laat toets nie, belas-ting verswaring kry…

Dr. Petro Basson.

Dienste wat Vigssentrum lewer

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Staff members ‘kuier’ at the coast

Agroup of staff members on cam-pus established a soccer club.Mr Philemon Tshehlo said: “We

do it mainly for stress relief and to en-hance social interaction among our-selves. We also play social matchesagainst other clubs in and aroundBloemfontein. Recently we also startedto play snooker.” A highlight for thisgroup is their weeklong tour to thecoast. In the last three years they

visited Cape Town, Durban and PortElizabeth. Their next destination isHenties Bay. The members savethroughout the year for this time ofrelaxation and fun. They bear all thecosts themselves.

At the end of the year the membersmeet for their annual year-end function.All prospective members are welcometo contact Mr Tshehlo at x2988.

Members of the soccer club on the Main Campus.

Parking blues. Vehicles belonging to the two most senior staff members in the Department of Geography,Proff. Peter Holmes and Gustav Visser, squeezed out by illegally parked cars. The sign in the backgroundreads: “Reserved parking 07:00 to 17:00”.

AanstellingsDr. P.B. Erasmus, as Senior

Lektor, Departement Ortopedie.Prof. P.J. Grobler, as Medepro-

fessor, Deparatement Plantweten-skappe.

Dr. A.A. Grobel, as Direkteur:EPOG, EPOG.

BevorderingsProf. F.W.C. Neser, na Profes-

sor, Departement Vee-, Wild- enWeidingkunde.

Dr. P.C. le Roux, na SeniorLektor, Departement Argitektuur.

Prof. G.E. Visser, na Medepro-fessor, Departement Geografie.

Mev. J.S. van Niekerk, na Se-nior Lektor, Departement Wiskundeen Toegepaste Wiskunde.

Prof. J. Albertyn, na Medepro-fessor, Departement Mikrobiese Bio-chemiese en Voedselbiotegnologie.

Dr. H.J. Bloemhoff, na Mede-professor, Departement MenslikeBewegingskunde.

Dr. H.J. Breytenbach, na Mede-professor, Departement Kommuni-kasie en Inligtingstudie.

Dr. J.S. du Toit, na Medeprofes-sor, Departement Afro-AsiatieseStudie, Gebaretaal en Taalpraktyk.

Dr. A. Lotriet, na Medeprofes-sor, Departement Afro-AsiatieseStudie, Gebaretaal en Taalpraktyk.

Dr. M. Viljoen, na Medeprofes-sor, Departement Musiek.

Dr. A.S. de Wet, na Senior Lek-tor, Departement Afrikaans enNederlands, Duits en Frans.

Dr. S.Z. Matabesi, na SeniorLektor, Departement Sosiologie.

Dr. S. Walker, na Senior Lektor,Departement Sielkunde.

Dr. J. Summerton, na SeniorLektor, Sentrum vir Gesondheidsis-teemnavorsing en Ontwikkeling.

Dr. J.W. Pienaar, na Senior Lek-tor, Departement Bedryfsielkunde.

Dr. K. Thomas, na Senior Lek-tor, Departement Ekonomie.

Mnr. S. Watson, na Senior Lek-tor, Departement Rekeningkunde.

Mnr. A.L. Badenhorst en mnr.N.T. Venter, na Adjunk-direkteur,Akademiese Studentedienste.

Dr. A. Joubert en dr. R.H. vanden Berg, na Medeprofessor,Departement Verpleegkunde.

Dr. A.M. Gerber, na SeniorLektor, Departement BasieseMediese Wetenskappe.

Senior staff battle for parking

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Kovsie culture acknowledges its best

Kovsie Culture acknowledged students who achieved in terms of culture the past year. At the functionwere, from the left: Itumeleng Letsoara, for being solo-winner of the Kovsie Talent Search 2006, Mr LouisBotha, UFS Culture Officer, Hanno van Heerden, honorary colours for Drama and Theatre Art and finalistin the ATKV Crescendo Kreatief Liedjieskryf competition, Thabo Hlongwane, for his achievement in singingon a national level in among others Huisgenoot Skouspel, and Hilletje Möller, honorary colours for Dramaand Theatre Art.

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