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Graduation Ceremonies:June 2010

CONTENTS

The Ceremonies:

Afternoon Ceremony – 3 June 2010 at 15h00 ………………………………………………................................................................. 6Faculties of Commerce, Science and Law

Morning Ceremony – 4 June 2010 at 10h00 ……………………………………………….................................................................. 21Faculties of Humanities, Health Sciences and Engineering & the Built Environment

Afternoon Ceremony - 4 June 2010 at 15h00 ………………………………………………............................................................... 44Faculty of Commerce – The Graduate School of Business

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FACULTIES OF COMMERCE, LAWAND SCIENCE

ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS

Academic Procession.(The congregation is requested to stand as the procession enters the hall and

is invited to participate in the singing of Gaudeamus)

The Vice-Chancellor will constitute the congregation.

The National Anthem.

The University Statement of Dedication will be read by a representative of the SRC.

Musical Item.

Welcome by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor T Nhlapo.

The honorary graduand will be presented to the Vice-Chancellor by the University orator, Professor A Lewis.

The graduands and diplomates will be presented to the Vice-Chancellorby the Deans of the Faculties of Commerce, Law and Science.

The Vice-Chancellor will congratulate the new graduates and diplomates.

Professor Nhlapo will make closing announcements and invite the congregation to stand.

The Vice-Chancellor will dissolve the congregation.

The procession, including the new graduates and diplomates, will leave the hall.(The congregation is requested to remain standing

until the procession has left the hall).

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HONORARYDEGREETito Mboweni

Doctor of Economic Sciences

Tito Mboweni stepped down after ten years as Governor of the Reserve Bank at the age of 50 in 2009.He has served South Africa and has made significant contributions to our democracy.

The youngest of three children, Tito Mboweni grew up in Tzaneen. After two years at theUniversity of the North (1979 and 1980) he left South Africa. While in exile in Lesotho, he joinedthe African National Congress. After a BA in economics and political science from the NationalUniversity of Lesotho he took an MA in development economics from the University of East Anglia.He was Minister of Labour from May 1994 to July 1998. Prior to this he was Deputy Head of theDepartment of Economic Policy in the ANC. Throughout his career to date and during his term asthe eighth Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (August 1999 to November 2009) TitoMboweni has been consistent in his support of key pillars of democracy: a strong and independentjudiciary, a strong and independent central Reserve Bank and an independent but fair media.

An ANC activist and leader, Mr Mboweni served as the Deputy Head of the Department of EconomicPolicy in the ANC. As Minister of Labour he oversaw radical reforms to labour legislation.He served as Chairperson of the National Executive Committee’s Economic TransformationCommittee which coordinated the development of the ANC’s economic policies. In 1997,Mr Mboweni was appointed as Head of the ANC’s Policy Department which was responsible formanaging ANC policy processes. Upon joining the South African Reserve Bank as Advisor to theGovernor in 1998, he resigned all of his elected and appointed positions.

NAMES OFGRADUANDS/DIPLOMATES

An asterisk* denotes that the degree ofdiploma will be awarded in the absenceof the candidate.

1. FACULTYOF COMMERCE

Dean: Professor D Ross

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAIN ACCOUNTING

*Melissa Kim AckersImraan AdamsMelissa Adams

*Muhammad Taariq Ahmed*Aisha AllieByron Arendse

*Jeff Douglas BaguleyChad BarkerPippa Lee Beaumont

*Yusuf Begg*Anis Beheshty*David Paul Blandin de ChalainNicole BlowsGershwin BrownGugu Precious Buthelezi

*Arshaad DalvieEben DanielsPavitraj Sohanlal Dass

*Aneesa Davids*Andries Odendaal de NeckerAkua Djan

*David Christopher Guinness du ToitVictoria Elizabeth DyneCraig John EllisNicholas Englebrecht

*Stuart ForbesConstantine Nicholas GhioulesNatasha GildJustin Shaun Goldman

*Saul Ryan Gordon*Jonathan Frank GrayCalli Maureen HagemannDavid Leslie Hendricks

*Philip Martin HigginsMvikeli Delano Hlophe

*Moma Christelle Ilunga*Andrea Marion Julies*Minoka KalpeeAlice Nantumbwe Sanyu Kayongo

*Patrick Kew*Ntsako Zamana Khoza*Ross David Krige*Tristan Joseph LoryTavonga Colette Makarudze

*Nicole Marinus

*Michael John Townsend Martin*Muluko Joe MatsheteTarryn Jade MentoorJason Duke Metcalf

*Bambanani MketsuMegan Rose MorreiraMatthew Grant MorrisYaseen MoydienLetsoalelo Mphahlele

*Mary Joseline Mujika*Noveshen Munsamy*Mweemba Valerie MwingaSarah Kwekwe MzunguOnke Ngwane

*Ntsabelo Ntsaluba*Sasha Ann Page*Priya Vinod Patel*Blake Michael Pengelly*Mxolisi Phaliso*Nkathazo Johannes Radebe*Fulufhedzani Harriet RaveleAeysha Samsodien

*Fatima Samsodien*Stacy-Lee Slaai*Paul SmitShouneez SurveAndre van Niekerk

*Elena VenkovaViradh VithalNicole Anne Whitfield

*Nomonde Phumelele Xulu

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAIN MANAGEMENT

In Accounting Conversion:Christian George BeggRoy Zimondi

In Actuarial Science Conversion:*Pinkie Keneilwe Modise

In Distributed CommercialInformation Systems:*Clinton Wayne Dustan*Indren GovenderSigmund Ludwig Lombard

*Kevin Pakiry

In Enterprise Management:*James Storm Hugo Hedley*Ian Grant MathewLeigh-Anne NorthwoodJeremy Ryan Sayer

*Peter Jonathan Weakley

In Marketing:Marie-Ange Kaddy Akaga AssonuetRomy JanariZiyongama Yanela LusuThandeka Siphokazi Maria Mali

*Joel David MosesThaheer MullinsOlivia Jessica Raper

*Lwazi SiyakaZamile Zungu

In Tourism:Lorato Stacy Maitumelo Motsisi

2. FACULTYOF LAW

Dean: Professor PJ Schwikkard

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN LAW

In Commercial LawMark Raymond Makepeace

In Employment Law:(With distinction) Emma Mary LevyKeith John MagillJan Harm Venter

In Tax Law:*Catherina Getruida Gericke*Mary-Anne Dimakatso Musekiwa*Tasneem Parkar*Vanessa Anne Rheeder

Shaheeda Solomon*(With distinction) Emma Jane Stansfield*Juliet Ann Woods

3. FACULTYOF SCIENCE

Dean: Professor K Driver

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

In Actuarial Science:Dieter Lance Hendriks

In Biology, Earth andEnvironmental Sciences:Tendai ChikonodangaMuofhe MaiwasheMatseleng Sally MbengoLynessa MoodleyThandeka Vivienne Mpati

*Masala Godfrey NelufuleAa-ishah Ashaakierah PetersenShane Barry Woldendorg

In Chemical, Molecular andCellular Sciences:*Niita Nelago Tangi AmaamboMelissa Jane Cochrane8

Ryno Charles LawsonAllistair Frans MokoenaBotlhale Nonoh Tebogo MonametsiRofhiwa NesamariTebogo Eunice RaphalaneAlicia Rhena Ursula Trentham

In Information Technology:*Hudson Mduduzi Falala

Gregory Gilbert*Christopher Basil Laidler

In Mathematical, Physical andStatistical Sciences:*Faith Farisai ChazaNeil Anand GanasenDieter Lance HendricksTsiamo MojahiRofhiwa RazwiedaniTianlin Zhang

4. FACULTYOF LAW


DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS

Mzimkhulu Solomon CekoPatrick James FitzgeraldYonta Faith Leburu

*Tabitha Paine*Jeanne Gerrida Pauw*Guido Heinz PenzhornSara Elisabeth Rex ReithAmy Lauren Stein



DEGREE OF BACHELOROF COMMERCE

In Accounting:Taufeeq AjamLoyiso Litha DakaPrecious Zinhle DlaminiNqabomzi GausheLinda KaomaNomkhosi Pearl KhwelaMokgadi Antonette MasekelaThato Obakeng Kgositsile MasiteModireleng Itumeleng MoatsheMubeen MohamedEdzani Elspeth MuediNajma MukadamMeshack Nelwamondo

Kwezi NgwevuThato Stephen NtseareNtwanano Sally NukeriZola Nontutuzelo Rala

*Kyle Mark Rorich*Lauren Leigh SassmanArthur David Seale

In Actuarial Science:Chia-Hsiang Chu

*Sheila Waititu Kirika

In Economics and Finance:Sisekelo Phakama DlaminiYi Jun DongAndrew Harvey Dowse

*Ruan Zondagh du Toit*Mzulindile Dyolisi*Kudzai Joseph Gatsi*Grant Hendry HoganJesse LangeNozuko Cynthia MabasoMelody MarumePaige Tawapo MasalilaSaad Iqbal Mohy-ud-dinSheetal PatelLineshen Reddy

*Tshepiso RegoengMonica SeshiaAnton Jacques SnymanJemy StephenMark John SymingtonBrett Vincent ThompsonKeleigh Thomson

In Economics and Law:Portia Mbabazi Karegeya

In Economics and Statistics:Thobeka BhenguLufuno Filistus MoleaLwazi Siduna

In Financial Accounting:Le-Zaria Adams

*Matthew Bradley AtkinsonGill BalieSimphiwe Given BalitafaLameez BuffkinsAfia Serwa Boachie-Yiadom

*Enock Rutendo ChivauraCaryn CoulinDavid DanielImran DanielsKurt Evan DariesKhalid GamieldienMatthew James GianiNicholas Anthony Vincent GrahamRory Brian Gilbert HolmesJared HooverMeng HuZaheer Kagee

Nkosinathi KhozaVivienne Dorothy Zawedde LutwamaSiyabulela Mabusela

* Batsirai Alistair Maigurira* Sizwe Sixolile Makhanya

Anthony Maina MamboSenzosenkosi Sakhile Bongumenzi

ManziniYael MarxMulalo Peaceman MashambaLufuno Mukumela Masutha

*Zubenathi MbunyeNkedi Moses MofokengMonkgahli Seshele MogudiMikhail Cassiem MotalaFareeaa NagiaKoshantini NaidooNdahambelela Mwakondjelandje

NdoromaZanele Patience NgcoboZiyanda Abongile Sivuyisiwe

Ngqangweni*Matshidiso Pespa Nkotsoe

Nkululeko Johannes NkuthaVictor Mnqobi NzamaIrfaan Ally PathanCallen PetersenBoota PitsoFazlin RassFaiza Abdus Samad Rawoot

*Carsten RolandNicole SeptemberLetshego Beatrice TlhakungPieter Van Den BergCaryn VisserMichael John Witter

*Simangaliso Velenkosini Zikhali

In Information Systems:Levy Mathiba MaineLisema Tumisang MasheaneDavid Keith Bourke McLennan(with distinction in Information Systems)

*Adick Karl Renner

In Philosophy, Politics and Economics:Nicholas William SmitKyle Mark Witten

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OFBUSINESS SCIENCE

In Actuarial Science;*Takalani Sikhavhakhavha

In Management Studies:Kishan Amtha

* Kate Emily Bosman* Catherine Louise Brazier

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Shaun Richard John CollierJonathan CrotzMark Clive DutlowLoren Jean Du Preez

* Emma DuringCamilla Leigh Eades

* Justin Dirk ErasmusNicole GedyeNkanyiso Alvin Hlongwa

* Renier Theuns Wynand HorneSimon David Bradfield KeevyGhalib Mohamed KhanTerri Lee LadbrookeMundheera LalbahadurDenis Kawagga LugoloobiNigel Tafadzwa MatupireJarrod Joseph PageKyle David Paulsen

*Wendy Bo PengThirushen PillayScott David SchroennLisa-Ann SmithAndrew Peter Van Haght

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OFCOMMERCE (HONOURS)

In Accounting:*Chandra Claire Rabeling

In Economics:* Mashekwa Maboshe

In Financial Analysis andPortfolio Management:

David Makotoko Aphane* Ntombikayise Banda

Erin Elizabeth BennettWillem Morkel De Kock

* Mark Everard Doherty* Elizabeth Hoki Hayuma* Birungi Alexander Kiremire

Tinashe Michael KunakaMonique MaraisRyan Cecil Mcfarlane

* Thandiwe Moyo* Juliet Namatovu Mulindwa* Sivuziwe Mangaliso Mzamo

Hitekani Faith NkanyaniCiarran Shannon PalmKgaugelo Zacharia Selepe

* Haifeng Sha* Ritta Sabbas Shine* Michael Roux Van Zyl

Caryn Wendy WepenerAndiswa Zothe

In Information Systems:Mogamad Faaiq DavidsMohamed Shafi GhansarLovell Petersen

In Statistics:* Ntaote Ntaote



DEGREE OF BACHELOROF SCIENCE (HONOURS)

In Disaster Risk Science:Phindile Tiyiselani Zanele Sabela

DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE

In Applied Marine Science:Daniel Farrell

*Izwandy Idris*(With distinction) Brandon Oliver

Wolding

In Archaeology:*(With distinction) Jenna Catherine Lavin

In Bioinformatics:Sachin Jugdhaser Somers

In Botany:Fiona BallantyneRoland Hunter

*Pravin Mark Maistry*Kishan Sankar

In Chemistry:(With distinction) David KuterCecilia Rutendo MadzivirePumeza Portia MelaneMamohale Molingoana Mohajane

In Computer Science:*(With distinction) Paolo Pietro PileggiOrejuela Gustavo Adolfo Salazar

In Conservation Biology:*Nathan Wambugu Gichohi*Yvonne Wambui Githiora*Ben Cooper Heermans

Ian Kissoon*Deo Kujirakwinja

Michael John Marais(With distinction) Christina Theresa

Moseley*Allison Mae Skidmore*Deogratias Tuyisingize

Gwyneth Kay Wilson

In Environmental andGeographical Science:*(With distinction) Kathryn Jessica Vickery

In Geochemistry:Catherine Grace Curtis

In Geology:Katherine Laurie NaudeFelix Oghenekohwo

In Information Technology:*Wickus Martin

Anthony Kasaija Mwebaze

In Mathematics:Audry Fafa AyivorHuygens Christian Ravelomanana

In Mathematics of Finance:Mamello Gladys Chopho(With distinction) Samantha Jones

*Farhan Hoosain Mohidin Kalsheker*Christopher Stanley Linley

In Molecular and Cell Biology:*Anna Tina SalimoSarah Adeline Meriton Goodier

In Operational Research in Development:Allister Edward Handsley Mowbray

In Physics:John Edward FearonNtombizodwa Ruth Mathe

In Theoretical Physics:*Christopher Beresford Powell*Yingwen Zhang

In Zoology:*Musawenkosi Clive Mlambo

Katherine Rose PotgieterRobyn Jacqueline ScottCaitlin Amy Smith

DEGREE OF MASTER OFPHILOSOPHY

In Environmental Management:*Sophia Jaumain

In Information Technology:*Bojelo Esther Mooketsi

Suhendran Pather

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7. FACULTYOF LAW


DEGREE OF MASTER OF LAWS

Biotechnology, Ethics and Law:Shihaam DonnellyJulia Klocke

*Oliver Roschauer

In Commercial Law:Cleo Roxanne Zsa-zsa BeckerMary Reba Chabeda

*Ebrahiem HendricksJackie JoossenNatalie Delphine JosephEtienne De Villiers LouwGaedupe Makgato

*Catherine Wanjala KituriAziza Khauhelo Mwanahawa MdeeFlorence Nyakabau

* Dominik Eric Reis*Thorsten Resch* Morgan Leigh Smith

Ian Graeme Teague* Auxillia Wadzanayi Zimunhu

In Criminal Justice:* Sharon Lisa Choritz* (With distinction) Caroline Charlotte

Laura Daniels* Myriam Gahongayire* Mackline Ingabire* Pierre Celestin Sibomana

In Environmental Law:(With distinction) Louise Du Toit

In Human Rights Law:Jill Alise Adkins

* Doris Ingabire Galliker* Sambwa Simbyakula

Kepaletswe Chikhwa Somolekae

In International Law:* Seraphina Msengi Bakta* Alison Elizabeth Gill* Jean De Dieu Sikulibo

In International Property Law:Natacha Ariane Rey

In Marine Law:Humphrey Fombang Fombang

In Marine and Environmental Law:Laura Anne Guy(With distinction) Irekpitan Okukpon

In Shipping Law:* Diane-Maree D'aguiar* Martin Malinowski

Sibulelo Seti

In Tax Law:Clare Anna EmslieAlex Farai Majachani

*Hanneri FerreiraRetha MaraisNevashnee Nair


In Criminal Justice:*Annette Michaela HubschleCraig Michael Traub

In Tax Law:Lisa Claire Beattie

In Environmental Law:Sakhile Koketso

In Human Rights Law:* Emerald Berg

In Social Justice:Taru Maria Anne Jarosynznski



DEGREE OF MASTER OF COMMERCE

In Applied Economics:*(With distinction) Andre Konrad

FrauenknechtNatasha Mayet

In Economics:*Ivo Silverio Lourenco Jr*Joseph Simumba

In Financial Accounting:*Willem Adriaan Lotter

In Financial Management:Abdul Cader AbdullaLindiwe Evarista Bakoro(With distinction) Yvonne BredenhannMogamad Zahir Israel

*Carlise Kruger*Johan Walter Rauch

Carla Marie SchneiderSello Ishmael SetaiPauline Laura Fransisca Treffers de Wildt

In Information Systems:Mervyn Christoffels(Dissertation with distinction) Olivia

Tendo Kirabira(With distinction) Rangarirai Matavire

In Organisational Psychology:Carren Gail DuffyRene Jackson-PooleBuhle MakamanziSostina ShiriRachael Tembo

In Taxation:(With distinction) Nazreen Sulaiman

DEGREE OF MASTER OFBUSINESS SCIENCE

In Actuarial Science:(Dissertation with distinction) Shivani

Ranchod

In Organisational Psychology:*Bridgette Le Shauls

Clive Edwill Speelman


(With distinction) David Mark Strugnell

In Demography:*Vesper Hichilombwe ChisumpaWilliam Tinashe Msemburi(Dissertation with distinction) Reinier

Van Gijsen

In Mathematical Finance:Witness Batsirai Chani

*(With distinction) Tom Hugo Le Roux*Ciaran James MacDevette

(Dissertation with distinction) JaisonPedzisai Madume

Nomathibana Ziyanda MatshobaTerence John Seaward

* Zukisa Gqabi Xotyeni

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OFPHILOSOPHY

In Economics:Elvis MtongaThesis Title: Regime change and exchangerate dynamics: the rand

A Zambian national, Elvis Mtonga was bornat Mwachiyaka Village, in Lusaka’s ruraldistrict of Chongwe; where he attainedprimary and secondary education. He has aBA in Economics from the University ofZambia, Lusaka, a PG Diploma and MA inEconomics from the Victoria University ofManchester, England.

Elvis Mtonga’s PhD thesis uses the assetapproach to the analysis of exchange rates to,on the one hand, account for the long-runroller coaster ride of the rand and, on theother, its short-run bumpy ride. Historically,South Africa has devoted significantattention to stabilisation measures in thedomestic foreign exchange market through anumber of changes to its exchange rateregime. The introduction in February 2000of inflation-targeting is seen as a major steptowards a more liberalised domestic foreignexchange market even though the rand hasbecome more volatile.

The main finding is that the regimeswitch to inflation-targeting appears to haveenhanced the role of fundamentals indetermining the exchange rate of the rand.There is evidence of volatility clustering thatis asymmetrically distributed; periods of randdepreciation induce more volatility thanepisodes of rand appreciation.

The implication for future policy designis that this behaviour may be rooted more inthe psychology of financial marketsparticipants than can be uncovered bystandard methods of economic analysis.Thus, in the quest to better understand assetmovements over time, advances inbehavioural finance continue to hold strongpromise as the ideal complement to thepolicy maker’s toolkit.

Supervisor: Professor M Ayogu (Economics)

In Economics:Harold Phellix Emmanuel NgalawaThesis Title: Essays on the monetaryeconomics of low income countries

Harold Ngalawa is a lecturer of Economics atthe University of KwaZulu-Natal and agraduate with distinction from the Universityof Malawi. He was awarded the UCTResearch Associateship in 2009.

Harold Ngalawa’s PhD thesis analysesthe complexity of conducting monetarypolicy in countries where financial andbanking institutions are not fully developed.His thesis studies the monetary transmissionmechanism in Malawi; it develops aquantitative theoretical model to evaluate therelationship between formal and informalfinancial markets in low income countries; itexamines the relation between bankingregulation and banking crises in emergingcountries.

Supervisor: Professor N Viegi(Economics)In Economics:

Moses Ikechukwu ObinyeluakuThesis Title: Fiscal aspects ofmacroeconomic stability in Africa

Moses Obinyeluaku has a BCom andMCom from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has been studying at UCT in theEconomics Department since 2007 beforebeing appointed at the South AfricanNational Treasury where he now works.

Moses Obinyeluaku’s PhD thesisanalyses empirically the nature of fiscal andmonetary policy interdependence and fiscaldynamics in Africa. It also looks at thepossibility of implementing viable fiscalpolicy rules and institutions that areconsistent with economic and monetarystability and growth. The results show thatfiscal policy is dominating monetary policyin Africa and that a fiscal instability hasdominated regardless of the monetary policyinstitutions adopted. Moreover, contrary tothe prevailing literature, the results suggestthat introducing some element of flexibilityin the way fiscal expenditure is planned, withthe use of flexible fiscal policy rules, might,under realistic circumstances, increase therisk of unsustainable debt accumulationbecause it magnifies the effect of unexpectedrevenues’ reversal.

The thesis gives an original andimportant contribution to the analysis anddesign of economic policy institutions formacroeconomic stability, which is central inthe project of African Economic Integration.

Supervisor: A/Professor N Viegi(Economics)

In Business Administration:Camaren PeterThesis Title: Bayesian participatory-baseddecision analysis: an evolutionary, adaptiveformalism for integrated analysis ofcomplex challenges to social-ecologicalsystems sustainability

Camaren Peter studied his first degree inmathematics, statistics and physics at theUniversity of Natal, graduating cum laudewith an honours degree in physics. He thendid a Masters degree in Astrophysics at UCT.

All this was preparation for his firstencounter with systems and complexitytheory, and questioning the philosophicalfoundations of science. He then worked withthe CSIR from 2001-2009, first for threeyears as systems engineer for a modellingand simulation team which focused onmodelling the virtual battlefield in order toassess the best command and controldoctrine options, and later moved on toworking with more complex social,economic and ecological systems, with anemphasis on environmental and economicsustainability.

He also developed an expertise inBayesian networks, and has worked withBayesian networks since 2001. CamarenPeter is passionate about realisingtransdisciplinary ways of understanding thevast and changing range of challenges facingthe sustainability of human endeavour in theface of ecological limitations.”

Supervisor: Professor K April (GraduateSchool of Business)

In Economics:Obert PimhidzaiThesis Title: Essays on the causes andconsequences of market distortions

Obert Pimhidzai has a BSc (Hons) and MScin Economics from the Universityof Zimbabwe. He lectured at the Universityof Zimbabwe before enrolling in UCT in2006 as part of the African EconomicResearch Consortium’s collaborative PhD.programme. Since handing in his thesis hehas been working in the World Bank’s EastAfrica office as a poverty economist.

Obert Pimhidzai’s PhD thesis examinesthe impact that deliberate distortion of themarket has on public welfare. In the firstsection, he engages with the literature whichargues that corruption may be beneficial if itallows productive enterprises to sidestepbureaucratic red tape. He shows thatbeneficial outcomes result only if the most12

productive enterprises also have the strongestincentive to bribe. He presents a case wherecorruption props up the least productivefirms in an economy. He then turns toexamine why such undesirable marketdistortions may be persistent despite theirnegative effects on an economy. He arguesthat the private benefits (e.g. fromcorruption) that policy makers derive fromsuch distortions may be a powerful factor inleading to their persistence. This will beespecially so if democratic institutions areweak. In line with his theory he shows thatundemocratic states in Africa have muchmore distorted exchange rates thandemocratic ones. Finally, he shows theimpact of distortions on human welfare in apowerful analysis of Zimbabwe. He arguesthat the extensive interventions in the marketpost 2000 exacerbated wealth inequalities,with the poorest and the lower middle classesleast able to protect themselves against theunavailability of consumer goods. This ledto a marked decrease in food consumption inthese groups and an increase in stunting.

Supervisor: A/Professor M Wittenberg(Economics)

In Economics:Anthony Musonda SimpasaThesis Title: Performance of Zambiancommercial banks in the Post-Liberalisation period: evidence on costefficiency, competition and market power

Anthony Simpasa, a Zambian national,obtained his BA from the University ofZambia in 1996 and an MA in Economicsfrom the University of Botswana in 1998.Upon completing his Masters’ degree, helectured briefly at UNZA and in 1999 hejoined the Bank of Zambia. In 2005 heenrolled for the African Economic ResearchConsortium (AERC) supportedCollaborative PhD Programme (CPP) forSub-Saharan Africa in the School ofEconomics. He has been involved in variousresearch activities and is a member of theGlobal Development Network (GDN) andthe AERC network of researchers.

Anthony Simpasa’s PhD thesisinvestigates three related aspects of thebanks’ performance in Zambia, namely costefficiency, competition and exercise ofmarket power during 1998-2006. Using thestochastic frontier estimation approach, heobserves that the average level of costinefficiency among Zambian banks was 8percent over the study period. The majorsources of inefficiency were impaired loans,

asset concentration and macroeconomicinstability. The results of a competitive testbased on the Panzar-Rosse methodologyshow that Zambian banks earned theirrevenue under conditions of monopolisticcompetition. This finding is buttressed by theestimate of a time varying Lerner Index, ameasure of market power. His findings showthat the Lerner Index, or relative mark-up ofprice over marginal cost, was more than 50percent, implying that banks exercisedgreater degree of market power in pricingtheir products and services. Marketconcentration, efficiency performance,diversity in revenue sources and regulatoryintensity accounted for much of the banks’exercise of market power. However, hisresults do not support the notion that highcredit risk exposure and inflation affect therelative mark-up of Zambian banks.

Supervisor: Professor H Abraham(Economics)



DEGREE OF DOCTOROF PHILOSOPHY

In Molecular and Cell Biology:Nicolette AdamsThesis Title: Investigating the role of cyclicnucleotide gated channels in plant-pathogeninteractions

Nicolette Adams was born in Cape Town,South Africa on 26 October 1980. Shematriculated from Plumstead High School in1998 and enrolled at UCT in 1999 where sheobtained a BSc degree majoring inBiochemistry and Genetics & Developmentin 2001. She obtained her BSc (Hons) andMSc degrees in Molecular and Cell Biologyfrom UCT. In 2005, she enrolled for her PhDdegree at UCT but undertook some of herresearch in the United Kingdom at theUniversity of York and the University ofWarwick.

Nicolette Adam’s PhD project focusedon characterising members of an ion channelfamily, cyclic nucleotide gated channels(CNGCs), in the model plant Arabidopsisthaliana. Various molecular and biochemicaltechniques were used to understand the roleof these channels in both abiotic and bioticstress responses. A reverse genetics approachwas used to identify cyclic nucleotide gatedchannels needed for full resistance to the

necrotrophic pathogen, Botrytis cinerea, byperforming disease susceptibility assays onplants that was unable to express a specificCNGC. Her study revealed four memberswith altered defence phenotypes and one,CNGC19, was chosen for furthercharacterisation. Sub-cellular localisation ofa CNGC19:YFP fusion protein in onionepidermal cells indicated that CNGC19 wastargeted to the plasma membrane. Transientexpression of CNGC19 in yeast cellsexpressing the bioluminescent calciumreporter protein indicated that CNGC19 hadthe ability to transport calcium, an importantsecond messenger in defence signalling.

Analysis of defence gene expression,quantification of secondary metaboliteaccumulation and histochemical staining todetect spontaneous lesion formationindicated that CNGC19 may be involved ininitiating the induction of camalexin, aphytoalexin important for Botrytis cinereadefence.

Supervisor: Dr K Denby (Molecular andCell Biology)

In Zoology:Lara Jane AtkinsonThesis title: Ecosystem effects of demersaltrawl fisheries on benthic infaunal,epifaunal and fish communities of thesouthern Benguela system

Lara Jane Atkinson was born in SomersetWest in 1974 but her family moved toJohannesburg and she matriculated fromWest Ridge High School in Johannesburg in1992. Her BSc degree was completed at theUniversity of Port Elizabeth (now the NelsonMandela Metropolitan University). Larathen entered the BSc (Hons) programme inMarine Biology at the UCT, followed by aMasters degree in which she investigatedlarge- and small-scale movements of theWest Coast rock lobster, graduating in 2001.She spent the next five years employed in

marine environmental consulting and startedher PhD studies in 2006.

Lara Atkinson’s studies for the first timethe effects of bottom trawling on the animalsthat live above and in the sediments of thesea floor (including the fish communities) at300 – 600 m depth. The study tackles adifficult problem by comparing lightlytrawled areas with adjacent heavily trawledareas at four sites from Namibia to the CapePeninsula, since there are no completelyuntrawled areas of comparable sea floorhabitat in the rich Benguela ecosystem. Theresearch uses modern sophisticated 13

multivariate statistical techniques and findsthat there are changes in invertebrate and fishcommunities from north to south and thatthere are also differences between heavilyand lightly trawled areas. A complication isthat these differ at each of the four sites. Anew technique, biological traits analysis,reveals which life history characteristics andbody forms are most affected by trawling.The research also reveals changes in thebottom fish community through time, withpossible community-scale shifts in the early1990s and mid 2000s, which matchobservations in the open water, pelagicecosystem. A significant finding is that thelarger invertebrates caught incidentally intrawl nets used on scientific surveys arelikely to provide the most sensitive indicatorsof the effects of trawling on life on the seafloor. Such indicators are being furtherinvestigated for use in an ecosystemapproach to fisheries management.

Supervisors: Emeritus Professor JG Field(Oceanography)Co-supervisors: A/Professor A Jarre(Zoology)Dr LJ Shannon (Oceanography)Honorary Professor L Hutchings(Oceanography)

In Oceanography:Bjorn BackebergThesis Title: Modelling the mesoscalevariability in the greater Agulhas CurrentSystem using a Hybrid Coordinate OceanModel

Bjorn Backeberg entered the PhDprogramme in the Dept. of Oceanographyafter completing his MSc degree inOperational Oceanography at the Universityof Bergen with the Nansen Centre. Prior tothis, he had been an undergraduate andHonours student in Oceanography at UCT.His PhD was jointly funded by the NansenCentre and the NRF and he also received co-supervision from Bergen.

Bjorn Backeberg’s PhD thesis involvesapplication of the Hybrid Coordinate OceanModel towards better understanding themesoscale variability of the greater AgulhasCurrent system. The first part of his thesisuses skewness analysis and other statisticaltechniques to study the meander and eddyproperties of this current system in both theobservations (using altimeter data) and themodel. An improved numerical advectionscheme is then incorporated into the modeland found to substantially improve therepresentation of several key features of the

Agulhas Current. Using this improvedmodel, the study then focuses on importantaspects of the regional oceanography at thenorthern and southern extremities of theAgulhas Current system. It was found thateddy formation in the Mozambique Channel,which can then go on to influence theAgulhas Current proper, is related to strongwestward pulses in the transport of the SouthEquatorial Current. This result suggests thatthe eddy formation may also be related tolarge-scale changes in the Indian Ocean suchas caused by ENSO or the Indian OceanDipole. About two thirds of the eddiesformed in the Mozambique Channel in themodel are shown to propagate into theAgulhas retroflection region where theycontribute to ring shedding processes there,and ultimately, to the transport of heat andsalt from the South Indian Ocean into theSouth Atlantic Ocean. Analyses from themodel suggest that about a quarter of thistransport into the South Atlantic comes fromthese Agulhas rings. Finally, the thesis showsthat the inter-ocean exchange south of SouthAfrica, and the shedding of rings from theAgulhas retroflection, is sensitive to thestrength of the Agulhas Current itself.

Supervisor: Professor CJC Reason(Oceanography)

In Zoology:Laura Kate BlameyThesis Title: Ecosystem effects of arock-lobster ‘invasion’: comparative andmodelling approaches

Laura Blamey grew up on a sugar-cane farmin KwaZulu-Natal, and fell in love with thesea at an early age. She has a BSc in Zoologyand a BSc (Hons) in Marine Biology. Shespent many years volunteering at the TwoOceans Aquarium and has been activelyinvolved with many diving-related projects.Since moving to the Cape she has developeda love for the West Coast and the winelands,but refuses to switch from Sharks toStormers!

Laura Blamey’s PhD thesis examines theeffects of an eastward shift in the West Coastrock lobster Jasus lalandii on the benthiccommunities East of Cape Hangklip, usingboth empirical and modelling approaches.Comparisons over time and space revealedthat benthic communities changed radicallyfollowing the lobster ‘invasion’, with (1) adecline in herbivores, incuding urchins, dueto lobster predation, (2) proliferation ofseaweeds due to the reduction of herbivores,(3) a diminshment of encrusting coralline

algae because of overgrowth by seaweeds,(4) a collapse of juvenile abalone because oftheir dependence on urchins and encrustingcorallines, and (5) increases of a rangeof sessile animals such as sponges.The transformation of the ecosystem hadprofound ecological and economicconsequences. She then developed anecosystem model for lobster-invaded andnon-invaded areas in which varioushypotheses were tested. The most excitingoutcome was the revelation that if linefishhad not been reduced by overfishing, thelobsters invasion could not have persisted.Her results highlight the complexity ofecosystem interactions and the need for anecosystem approach to fisheriesmanagement. Consequently, it adds to theunderstanding of the causes and implicationsof human- and environmentally-inducedshifts.

Supervisor: Professor GM Branch(Zoology)Co-Supervisor: Dr É Plagányi-Lloyd(CSIRO, Brisbane, Australia)

In Environmental andGeographical Science:Suzanne CarterThesis Title: Approaches to quantifying andreducing uncertainty in GCMs over southernAfrica

Suzanne Carter obtained her BSc and BSc(Hons) degrees from UCT. She thencommenced her postgraduate research, firstregistering for an MSc and then upgrading toa PhD.

Suzanne Carter has addressed in her PhDthesis one of the leading challenges facingclimate change science; that of assessing anddistilling the information on future climatederived from multi-model ensemblesimulations of the climate response toanthropogenic forcing. Recognizing thequasi chaotic nature of the climate system,coupled with imperfect climate models, thechallenge is to use the noisy data to identifythe underlying response signals of relevanceto society. Suzanne Carter applied aninnovative methodology based on SelfOrganizing Maps to weight the differentinformation sources according to thecredibility of the synoptic scale atmosphericcirculation. From this it was possible toderive composite response signals at regionalscales from the different model simulations,and provide an improved message about theprojected regional scale climate changes.

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challenges for nearly all sectors of society,and where response to climate changenecessitates a regional understanding, thiswork provides an exceptionally valuableadvance toward delivering robust messagesof change. The foundations presented by thiswork now afford opportunities to extend thismethod to the broader suite of availableclimate data in order to serve societies’growing climate change information needs.

Supervisor: Professor B Hewitson(Environmental and Geographical Science)

In Physics:Girma Goro GonfaThesis Title: Hall effect in printednanoparticulate silicon networks

Girma Gora Gonfa graduated with an MScin Physics from the University of AddisAbaba in 1998, after which he joined thefaculty of Alemaya University in Ethiopia.After serving as Head of Department andAssociate Dean, he was awarded aprestigious scholarship by the AfricanNetwork of Scientific Institutions (ANSTI),to further his PhD studies at UCT.

The main focus of Girma Goro Gonfa’sPhD thesis was to investigate the electronicproperties of semiconductor materialsproduced by printing inks containing siliconnanoparticles. During this work, he madesignificant contributions to both thedevelopment of characterisation methods,and to the understanding of the chargetransport processes in nanoparticulatenetworks, allowing the use of these materialsin printed electronics devices. Of particularimportance was his development of modelswhich allow the determination of themobility and concentration of multiplecarrier types in composite materials, whichsheds light on the physical changes in siliconas its size is reduced to nanoscale dimensionsand when these nanoparticles are broughtback together to form a macroscopicmaterial.

Supervisors: Professor DT Britton(Physics)Co-Supervisor: Professor M Härting(Physics)

In Chemistry:Setshaba David KhanyeThesis Title: Synthesis and antimalarialevaluation of gold thiosemicarbazonecomplexes and polyamine-thiosemicarbazone dendrimers

Setshaba David Khanye grew up and wasschooled in Memel (Free State) andNewcastle (KwaZulu Natal). He obtained aBSc in Chemistry (2004) and an MSc inCoordination Chemistry (2006) from theUniversity of the Witwatersrand. In 2007, heenrolled for a PhD in Metal-Based(Inorganic) Chemistry at UCT.

South Africa proudly boasts anabundance of mineral resources whichaccount for a significant proportion of theworld's minerals, including gold. Gold, likeother important industrial metals, has manyunique physical and chemical features thatmake it suitable material for industrialapplications such as jewellery, electronicsand in medicines. However, it has manyunexploited properties that can be of greatvalue in emerging technologies. As the goldindustry is under tremendous strain ofgradual reduction in demand of gold by end-user markets and their reliance on the metal,the need to uncover, develop and promotenew major industrial uses of gold is of globalimportance.

In the light of the above and coupledwith the problem of widespread malariainfection endemic to Africa, David Khanye’sresearch examined the use of potential gold-based agents for the treatment of malaria.Following fundamental principles ofChemistry and/or Coordination Chemistry,thiosemicarbazones were identified assuitable ligand systems to support gold in itsvarious oxidation states. In his study, DavidKhanye synthesised a series of novel gold(I)and gold(III) complexes in which all weresubjected for antimalarial activity evaluationagainst strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Itemerged from his study that gold compoundsderived from thiosemicarbazones possessantimalarial activity against strains ofPlasmodium falciparum. In addition toincorporating gold inmonothiosemicarbazones, research effortswere also focused on anchoringthiosemicarbazones to branched polyaminesto form dendritic thiosemicarbazones.Overall this study accentuates theinterdisciplinary nature of chemistry andother sciences in exploiting new major usesof gold.

Supervisor: Professor K Chibale(Chemistry)Co-Supervisor: Dr GS Smith (Chemistry)

In Applied Mathematics:Jacques KotzeThesis Title: Forecasting and Optimisationin Cosmology

Jacques Kotze obtained his BSc from theUniversity of Port Elizabeth and his MScfrom Stellenbosch University. He registeredfor his PhD at UCT in 2004 on theholographic principle. His studies were,however, interrupted at the beginning of hissecond year by a family tragedy thatnecessitated him taking a two year leave ofabsence during which time he helped starttwo successful businesses in Nigeria in theconstruction industry. Three years afterinitially starting the PhD, he began workafresh on the research that would become hisPhD thesis.

Jacques Kotze’s PhD thesis is devoted totwo related themes. The first is forecasting,and the other optimisation. Cosmology, thestudy of the entire Universe, is an extremelyexpensive undertaking. Because of their costit is critical to make accurate forecasts andpredictions of what such experiments will beable to achieve and to maximise theirscientific legacy. Kotze was a key memberof the team that has produced an exceptionalsoftware suite – known as Fisher4Cast – tofacilitate such forecasts.Released publicly in mid-2008, it has beendownloaded well over 1000 timesworldwide.

The other main research topic the thesisexplores is the development of a powerfulnew optimisation algorithm, HYBRID-MTM, which significantly outperforms allexisting standard algorithms. Applying thisbreakthrough to finance, mining or logisticsis the next obvious step.

Supervisor: Professor B Bassett(Mathematics and Applied Mathematics)

In Zoology;*Rodrigo MartinsThesis Title: Some factors influencing thetransport of chokka squid (Loligo reynaudiid'Orbigny, 1839) paralarvae off theEastern Cape, South Africa

Rodrigo Martins was born in São Paulo,Brazil in 1975. He completed his first degreeat the University of Rio Grande and hisMasters degree at the Federal University ofParaná, both in Brazil. He became interestedin the rearing (in tanks) of marine organisms(particularly octopus and squid) and came toCape Town on a scholarship from theBrazilian government to refine rearing 15

techniques of chokka squid. He joined theresearch group of Mike Roberts at Marineand Coastal Management and constructed asquid rearing system at the researchaquarium in Sea Point, where he was able toinvestigate factors influencing young squid.

Rodrigo Martins' PhD research showshow temperatures can influence the rates atwhich young squid use up their yolk reservesafter hatching. This means their survival isdetermined by the temperature of the waterin which they hatch and spend their first fewdays. Young (paralarval) squid feed activelyon small animals once their yolk has beenfully utilised, but for feeding to occur theyneed to be transported from the seabed,where the eggs are laid, to a suitable feedingenvironment. Rodrigo showed that squidparalarvae are heavier than seawater, so theirnatural tendency to sink needs to becountered by active swimming and/orpassive vertical transport by upwelled waterfor them to reach the sea surface. Rodrigoused computer models to mimic both theocean environment in which the paralarvaeoccur and the paralarvae themselves in orderto test how the interplay of temperature andwater currents with paralarval growth andvertical positioning influenced transport tosuitable areas. He was able to show that adultsquid need to place their eggs in suitablelocations to maximise survival of theiroffspring, but that the paralarvae themselvesare able to influence their horizontaltransport, and ultimately their survival, bycontrolling their vertical positions in thewater column.

Supervisor: Dr C Moloney (Zoology)Co-Supervisors: Dr MJ Roberts(Marine and Coastal Management)Dr EAG Vidal-Furg(Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil)

In Chemistry:Richard Paul MatthewsThesis Title: Ion pairing in aqueous metalsulfates and platinum group metalammonium solutions

Richard Matthews received his BSc and BSc(Hons) degrees in chemistry from theUniversity of Pretoria. In 2007 he graduatedwith an MSc in Computational Chemistryfrom UCT. That year he registered for a PhDand since then has been working in theScientific Computing Research Unit andteaching in the Chemistry Department atUCT.

Richard Matthews’ PhD thesis addressesthe important chemical question of how

metal ions associate with counter ions whendissolved in a solvent. This is a central issuein separation science. Knowing what theassociation constants are allows one topredict the solvent and counter ionconditions that will lead to selectiveprecipitation of metal ions. Using advancedStatistical Mechanics he developed a methodto accurately model ion association insolution and so predict metal associationconstants. Richard Matthews’ doctoral workis a fine example of how theory informspractice. Major mining companies haveshown an interest in his models as theypromise to have a significant impact onattempts to develop environmentally friendlyseparation processes for Platinum GroupMetals.

Supervisor: A/Professor KJ Naidoo(Scientific Computing Research Unit,Chemistry)

In Chemistry:Priscilla Darling Naa Ahimah MensahThesis Title: Physicochemical studies of anovel adjuvant and conjugate vaccines

After obtaining an MSc in Chemistry(Kidney Stone Research) at UCT in 2004,Priscilla Mensah registered for a PhD inBioanalytical and Vaccine Research, inwhich she focussed on two biologicalproducts under development in South Africa:an adjuvant and vaccines againstHaemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)disease.

The primary focus of Priscilla Mensah’sPhD thesis was the development ofappropriate physicochemical procedures forthe evaluation of the integrity of Hibvaccines in monovalent and combinationpentavalent vaccine (DTP-HBV-Hib)formulations. The methodology to achievethis was developed using model compoundsincluding the meningococcal group Apolysaccharide and the derived conjugate(Mn A-TT) and commercially available Hibvaccines. Colorimetric assays and methodsinvolving acid hydrolysis followed by highperformance anion exchangechromatography with pulsed amperometricdetection (HPAEC-PAD) analysis of thesaccharide monomer were applied forsaccharide quantification and used toinvestigate three methods of free saccharideseparation: solid phase extraction (SPE), acidprecipitation using deoxycholate (DOC/HCl)and ultrafiltration (UF). The most promisingfree saccharide methods were tested on a Hibpentavalent vaccine containing sucrose

formulated with PheroidTM or aluminium-containing adjuvant and subjected to athermal stability study. Finally, the freesaccharide assay was successfully applied tothe locally manufactured Hib vaccinepresented in a pentavalent liquid vaccineadjuvanted with aluminium phosphatewithout the excipient sucrose.

Supervisor: A/Professor Neil Ravenscroft(Chemistry)

In Zoology:Martha Nelson-FlowerThesis Title: Kinship and its consequences inthe cooperatively breeding Southern PiedBabbler Turdoides bicolour

Martha Nelson-Flower was born in Ontario,Canada in 1977 and grew up in Vancouver,Canada. She received her BSc in Zoology,followed by her MSc from the University ofBritish Columbia, studying organellargenomes in unicellular algae. She becameinterested in behavioural ecology andcooperative breeding after spending a year in2004 as a volunteer with the KalahariMeerkat Project in the Northern Cape.During this time, she encountered theSouthern Pied Babbler, a cooperativelybreeding bird inhabiting the Kalahari. In2006, she embarked on her PhDinvestigating.

Nelson-Flower’s PhD thesisinvestigates kinship and its consequences indecisions concerning breeding, feeding anddispersal. Cooperative breeding occurs whensome individuals help to raise offspring thatare not their own, but why should individualshelp others rather than pursue their ownindependent breeding opportunities?

Understanding how reproduction ispartitioned among individuals within socialgroups in any cooperatively breeding speciesis vital in understanding the evolution andmaintenance of helping behaviour. Marthaused field observations and microsatellitegenotyping to investigate the mating systemand the consequences of within- andbetween-group relatedness in the SouthernPied Babbler. She found that breeding pairs(dominants) are highly monogamous, andsubordinate reproduction was rare, leading tovery high direct benefits of attainingdominance. Inbreeding was strictly avoided,and only those subordinates living in step-family groups had opportunities to breed.

Despite opportunities in such groups,subordinates rarely succeeded in breedingalthough many attempted to do so, showingthat dominants were suppressing subordinate16

reproduction. Subordinates may accruefitness benefits only through groupmembership or from helping to raise youngwho are generally their younger siblings,while being a dominant confers very highdirect fitness benefits through reproduction.Reproductive skew models that incorporateboth conflict and suppression by dominantsare appropriate for application to SouthernPied Babblers.

Supervisor: Professor PAR Hockey(Zoology)

In Zoology:Maya Carina PfaffThesis Title: Land ahoy! Linking nearshoreoceanography with larval transport,settlement and recruitment of intertidalinvertebrates

After an early education in Germany, MayaPfaff has been studying at UCT since 1998,obtaining her BSc (Hons) and MSc degreesin the Zoology Department. Of major interestto her are the well-being of coastalecosystems and people, and the integrationof rigorous science with conservation efforts.During her PhD, she co-supervised a numberof honours students, who contributedsignificant insights and awoke in her apassion for field-based teaching.

Maya Pfaff’s PhD thesis examines theeffects of nearshore oceanographic processeson the transport of the microscopic larvalstages of mussels and barnacles. Thesefactors were shown to have a dominantinfluence on marine communities and arethus relevant to coastal management andconservation, including the selection ofmarine protected areas and the prediction ofthe impacts of climate change on coastalsystems. Recruitment was stronglyinfluenced by the intensity of upwelling andby wave action. Upwelling moves larvaeaway from headlands and entrains them inbays, where they reach maturity. To get toshore and settle, mussels use upwellingcurrents and swell, whereas barnacles benefitfrom warmer conditions facilitating tidally-driven transport. Most remarkably, the strongeffect of coastal topography, which led tohigher densities of larvae in bays than atheadlands, can be traced through all later lifestages – settlers, recruits and adults –emphasizing the importance of larvalecology on shaping the structure of marinecommunities.

Supervisor: Professor GM Branch(Zoology)

In Zoology:Marta de Ponte MachadoThesis title: Population dynamics of GreatWhite Pelicans: causative factors and impacton other seabirds

Marta de Ponte Machado’s interest in theimpact of human activities on ecosystemsand her desire to understand and manage theconsequences of these activities brought herto South Africa. She graduated with an MScin Conservation Biology through the PercyFitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithologyin 2003. Previously she had worked in theCape Verde Islands designing a network ofprotected areas and drawing environmentaland socio-economic management plans.

Having grown up in the Canary Islandsshe is well aware of the complexity andfragility of ecosystem interactions, especiallyin the light of global change.Marta de Ponte Machado’s PhD thesisexamines the exponential growth of theWestern Cape Great White Pelicanpopulation during the 20th century, inducedby the increased availability of agriculturalwaste. This superabundance triggeredchanges in the trophic webs, strikingly thedevelopment of a new feeding behaviour bypelicans, which have become predators ofseabirds on the islands off the coast of theWestern Cape, adapting cooperative huntingtechniques used to capture aquatic prey andcausing concern for the conservation ofdeclining populations of local breedingseabirds. With the objective of curbing theimpact of pelican predation on seabirdpopulations, a management intervention wasimplemented on two islands of the WestCoast National Park and proved successfulto reduce predation. In addition, the WesternCape pelican population was found to begenetically less variable than other southernAfrican breeding colonies, possibly due tothe demographic bottleneck experiencedduring the early part of the 20th century andto the low frequency of immigration into thispopulation. However, pelicans from theWestern Cape dispersed and someindividuals entered into contact with pelicansfurther north, indicating that cooperativeseabird-eating behaviour could be exportedto other populations.

Her thesis amalgamates concepts andmethodologies from the fields of PopulationEcology, Life-History, Population Genetics,Behavioural Ecology, Avian DiseaseEcology, Adaptive Management andConservation, in order to investigate thecomplex ecological interactions amongGreat White Pelicans, human landscapes andlocally breeding seabird species.

Supervisor: Professor LG Underhill(Zoology)Co-supervisors: Professor PG Ryan(Zoology)Dr RJM Crawford (Environment Affairsand Tourism, South Africa)Dr R Bowie (University of California atBerkeley)

In Zoology:Sean Nixon PorterThesis Title: Biogeography and potentialfactors regulating shallow subtidal reefcommunities in the western Indian Ocean

Sean Porter is a naturalist at heart and lives inKwaZulu-Natal. He completed a BSc (Hons)degree at the then Natal University beforecommencing his PhD. His hobbies includethe clonal propagation of reef corals, bonsaiand fly tying, and outdoor activities such asfishing, bird watching, SCUBA-diving andexploration.

Shaun Porter’s PhD thesis focuses onbiogeography and factors regulating shallow-reef communities in East Africa and thewestern Indian Ocean, and merges ecology,remote sensing and biogeochemistry.

Extensive surveys were conducted at 55sites spanning 4800 km of coastline in fivecountries. This permitted biogeographicprovinces, bioregions and community typesto be distinguished and employed as benchmarks for future studies on impact of climatechange, and for conservation planning. Themain environmental factors determiningthese biological patterns were investigatedby in situ measurements and remote-sensingsatellite data. At a biogeographic scale, seasurface temperature emerged as the mostimportant factor governing speciesdistributions, followed by an unanticipatedfactor, namely wave height. Local factorsinfluencing community compositionincluded food supply, sand inundation andsmall-scale current dynamics. The role ofrivers as a supply of food for filter-feederswas analysed by using stable isotopes ofcarbon, nitrogen and sulphur, whichdemonstrated that up to 30% of their foodsupply in the Natal Bioregion comes fromthis source. The thesis provides some of thefirst evidence of the inter-connectedness ofriverine, inshore and pelagic ecosystems, andsheds light on factors underpinning thecomposition of reef communities at scalesranging from tens to thousands of kilometres.

Supervisors: Professor GM Branch(Zoology)Co-Supervisor: Dr K Sink (SANBI,Cape Town)

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In Applied Mathematics:Andrea Helen PrinslooThesis Title: Applications of the gaugetheory/gravity correspondence

Andrea Prinsloo obtained her BSc withmajors in Mathematics, AppliedMathematics and Physics (all obtained withdistinction) from UCT. After completing herBSc (Hons) degree in Theoretical Physicsalso at UCT (and also obtained withdistinction), she moved north to persue anMSc degree in Theoretical Physics under thesupervision of Prof. Robert de Mello Kochat the University of the Witwatersrand. Herthesis on integrable deformations of stringtheory was awarded with distinction. Shemoved back to UCT in 2007 to begin PhDstudies in the field of string theory and thegauge theory/gravity duality.

Andrea Prinsloo’s PhD thesis examinesaspects of the duality of string theory andgauge theory in various backgrounds tobetter understand the fundamental degrees offreedom in this theory of quantum gravity.Her research was broken up into multipleparts. In the first part of the work, she hasstudied D-branes – a class of extendedobjects in the theory - to understand thedynamics of open strings. This study wascarried out with the aim of understandinghow macroscopic properties of spacetimelike geometry and topology arise from themicroscopic degrees of freedom of quantumgravity. In the latter part of the thesis, AndreaPrinsloo focussed on the question ofconstructing realistic duals to high energynuclear phenomena. To this end, sheconducted a systematic study of closedstrings in a class of supersymmetry-breakinggeometries to understand universalityproperties of the theory.

Supervisor: Dr J Murugan (Mathematics &Applied Mathematics)

In Statistical Sciences:Kutlwano Khumoyame KgomotsoMalebogo RamaboaThesis Title: Contributions to linearregression diagnostics using the singularvalue decomposition: measures to identifyoutlying observations, influentialobservations and collinearity inmultivariate data.

Kutlwano Ramaboa is a lecturer in theDepartment of Statistical Sciences, Facultyof Science. She started her schooling atMorojaneng Primary School in Katlehong, inthe Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality,

near Germiston, and completed her A levelsat Maru-A-Pula School in Gaborone,Botswana. She graduated with a B (Bus)(Sc)degree majoring in QuantitativeManagement from UCT, followed by a M(Bus)(Sc) in Statistics in 2004. She was thenemployed by a marketing research companyas a statistician, and later returned to teach atUCT where she pursued a PhD degree. Bothher honours and masters degrees were in thefield of data mining, and her interest in thestudy of multivariate data has continued intoher PhD studies.

Kutlwano Ramaboa’s PhD thesisrewrites multiple regressions in terms of thesingular value decomposition (SVD). Thisenables various problems to be solved:identification of outlying and/or influentialobservations, and the explanatory variablesinvolved in collinear relationships. Aprocedure which is robust against the effectsof masking and swamping is proposed toidentify outliers in the explanatory variables.

A residual measure, used in conjunctionwith existing residual measures, is developedto provide insight into the role that eachobservation plays in determining thedisplacement of other observations from theleast squares fit. This is a shortcoming inexisting measures. An alternative measurefor identifying variables that are involved inthe collinearity is also developed.

Supervisor: Professor L Underhill(Statistical Sciences)

In Physical Oceanography:Michael John RobertsThesis Title: Recruitment variability ofchokka squid (Loligo reynaudii) - the roleof the cold ridge, currents and retention onthe Agulhas Bank, South Africa

Michael Roberts’ obtained his MSc from theUniversity of Port Elizabeth in 1990, and iscurrently employed by the Department ofEnvironment Affairs Marine and CoastalManagement, Cape Town. He is a highlyqualified SCUBA diver and has carried outhis doctoral research as a part of his researchresponsibilities at that institution.Michael Roberts’ has spent a large part of his

PhD research at sea on research vessels,and has used SCUBA diving techniques toplace robust underwater instruments torecord relevant in situ data (e.g. bottomtemperature, bottom dissolved oxygen,chlorophyll, currents), in order to investigatethe effect of the physical shelf circulation onthe chokka squid life cycle and itsfluctuations, on the eastern Agulhas Bank,

southwest of Port Elizabeth. The location ofthese spawning grounds is inshore of thewarm, fast flowing Agulhas Current, andthus the newly formed squid larvae are oftenswept offshore by the current, and thenunable to recruit to the fishery. MichaelRoberts uses a combination of empirical dataanalysis and output of numerical circulationmodels, as well as video footage of squid, toset up and address his hypotheses of how thesquid paralarvae are affected by the physicalcharacteristics of their environment. He alsoused satellite measurements of sea surfacetemperature and chlorophyll to identify thevariability of the surface oceanic conditionsthat squid have to cope with.

Supervisor: Professor FA Shillington(Oceanography)

In Botany:Klaudia SchachtschneiderThesis Title: Water sourcing by riparian treesalong ephemeral riverbeds

Klaudia Schachtschneider completed herBSc (Hons) in 1998 and an MSc in 2002 inEnvironmental and Geographical Science atUCT. During her Masters, she worked for theNamibian Government in the Ministry ofAgriculture Water and Forestry as anHydrologist. Supported by a grant from theWater Research Fund for Southern Africa shestarted her PhD in Botany in 2004. Aftertaking a year off to have a daughter in 2006she resumed her working career and she isnow working in the Water Group of the CSIRin Stellenbosch.

Klaudia Schachtschneider’s PhD thesisexamines the interrelationships between riverflow, groundwater and plant water use inephemeral rivers of the Namib and Kalaharideserts. The results of her study show thatindigenous tree species depend on aseasonally fluctuating mix of water sourcesthat is regulated by recharge from large floodevents. Invasive alien plants using the samewater source potentially out competeindigenous species for water. Differences inwood anatomical structure show howindigenous species can differ in theirdrought-tolerance. Increased abstraction orchanges in land use, which potentially reducethe occurrence of large flood events, willhave profound effects on indigenous riparianvegetation.

Supervisor: Dr EC February (Botany)Co-Supervisor:A/Professor J Day (Zoology)

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In Zoology:Michael John SilberbauerThesis Title: Methods for visualisingcomplex water quality data

Michael Silberbauer was born in Cape Town.He graduated with a BSc from UCT in 1976and later with an MSc (cum laude) fromRhodes University. He spent several years inthe government service working on variousaspects of water quality before returning toUCT take part in the Freshwater ResearchUnit’s wetlands programme. Since 1990 hehas worked for the national Department ofWater Affairs, where he is now a seniorspecialist scientist.

Michael Silberbauer’s PhD thesisinvestigates ways of improving access todata on the quality of South Africa’s over-stretched water resources. He asserts thatvisualisation has cognitive benefits for thepresentation and interpretation of waterquality data, and that judicious use of visualmethods can help in assessing the quality ofwater and in implementing remedialmeasures. In general, our understanding ofthe human aspects of effective visualcommunication of water quality status hasnot kept pace with the remarkable advancesin the technology, remaining largely intuitiveand providing opportunities for inter-disciplinary research. The thesis firstexplores ways of providing a visualinventory of information in Water Affairs’unwieldy database (40 000 sites and half-a-million records) and then to display multiplevariables on a single map in acomprehensible way. He then harnesses thepower of three-dimensional globe explorers(Google Earth) to provide a geographicalinventory where the user can ‘fly’ throughthe database, select sites of interest and viewthe associated data via a publicly availableInternet site. A method for associating thewater quality data with river flow from WaterAffairs’ hydrological database allowsspecialists wishing to model mass transportto view the combined data and select sites forfurther study. Finally, the thesis explores theuse of visualisation in the multi-agencynational biomonitoring programme to bringinformation about the status of aquaticsystems to a wider audience that includesmanagers, politicians and schoolchildren.Many South Africans do not have access tothe Internet, so another important area fordevelopment in the continuingdemocratization of water information will bethe use of more pervasive technology, suchas the cellular telephone network.

Supervisor: A/Professor J Day (Zoology)

In Molecular and Cell Biology:Jason van RooyenThesis Title: Crystal structure of the largetype III glutamine synthetase fromBacteroides fragilis

Jason van Rooyen obtained his BSc(Hons) inMolecular and Cell Biology from theUniversity of Cape Town and was one of thefirst students to graduate with the MSc(Structural Biology) run jointly by theUniversity of Cape Town and the Universityof the Western Cape. Both degrees wereawarded with distinction.

Jason van Rooyen’s PhD thesisaddresses the problem of determining thestructure of the novel type III glutaminesynthetase (GS) found in pathogenicanaerobic microorganisms. GS is an enzymewhich plays a pivotal role in nitrogenmetabolism by converting ammonia, whichis toxic to the organism, to glutamine whichis used by other enzymes as a metabolite.There are three classes of GS enzymes. Thestructures of the much smaller types I and IIhave been determined by groups in theUnited States of America, Sweden and Japan,but the structure of type III GS was notknown. GSIII is of great interest since it isboth much larger and, on the basis of theavailable evidence at the beginning of thestudy, very different. The study is in threeparts addressing the issues of purifying theenzyme, its three dimensional reconstructionby cryo-electron microscopy and finally theatomic interpretation of most of the structureusing x-ray crystallography. The work is anexperimental tour de force involving the useof an electron microscope in Cambridge,England and a synchrotron in Grenoble,France. The results of the study showastonishing and unexpected differencesbetween type III GS and the other two forms.The implications for protein evolution, andfor the design of medicines to combatdiseases caused by anaerobic organisms areconsiderable and are discussed in detail inthe thesis.

Supervisor: A/Professor T Sewell(Electron Microscope Unit)Co-Supervisor: Professor V Abratt(Molecular and Cell Biology)

In Physical Oceanography:Jennifer Anne VeitchThesis Title: Equilibrium dynamics of theBenguela system: a numerical modellingapproach

Jennifer Veitch obtained first class BSc(Hons) and MSc degrees with distinctionfrom the Department of Oceanography, UCT.She commenced her doctoral studies in 2006,and during her research made extended visitsto the University of Brest, France to workwith her co-supervisor Dr Pierrick Penven ofthe Institut de Recherche pour leDeveloppement Centre (IRD), France.During her period as a doctoral student, shealso played an important part in the researchcommunity by co-ordinating research outputfrom the Benguela Current Large MarineEcosystem project.

Jennifer Veitch’s PhD thesis uses thecommunity Regional Ocean ModellingSystem (ROMS) as a sophisticatednumerical modelling tool to examine thedynamics of the eastern boundary of theSouth Atlantic Ocean, the Benguela System.She achieves this by using a logical step bystep approach to examine how the wind andoceanic heat and water fluxes drive theseasonal cycle, and hence the coastalupwelling of cool water near the westAfrican coast. The numerical modellingoutput was validated by using both seasurface temperature and sea surface heightsderived from orbiting satellites. She alsoperformed innovative numericalexperiments, in order to establish andquantify the important role of the AgulhasCurrent in controlling the behaviour of theBenguela Current, through its shedding oflarge cyclonic and anticylonic eddies at thesouthern tip of Africa.

Supervisor: Professor FA Shillington(Oceanography)Co-supervisor: Dr P Penven (Institut deRecherche pour le Developpement Centre,France)

In Computer Science:Cara WinterbottomThesis Title: VRBridge: A constructivistapproach to supporting interaction designand end-user authoring in virtual reality

Cara Winterbottom has a BA (Hons) inPsychology and a BSc (Hons) in ComputerScience, both from the University of CapeTown. She has been a postgraduate studentin the Computer Science Department at UCTsince 2003. 19

Cara Winterbottom’s PhD thesis is aboutallowing ordinary users to make virtualreality environments. The key issue is howto deal with the dynamic interactive natureof virtual environments when end-usersdesign and implement new environments.She uses the constructivist theory ofknowledge building to structure and informher investigations. During this exploration,she designed and developed VRBridge, atool for authoring in virtual reality. Thecreation of VRBridge follows a theory-based, user-centred design method. Usingboth qualitative and quantitative research,she evaluated VRBridge and theconstructivist design method for supportingeffective and creative authoring work. Basedon these investigations, she providesguidelines for supporting end-user authoringin general and guidelines for designingeffective interaction authoring systems.

Supervisor: Professor E Blake(Computer Science)Co-supervisor: Dr J Gain(Computer Science)

In Molecular and Cell Biology:Natasha WoodThesis Title: Modelling the evolution of HIV-1 protein-coding sequences with particularfocus on the early stages of infection

Natasha Wood obtained a BSc in HumanLife Sciences and a BSc (Hons) in Genetics,both from Stellenbosch University. In 2005she undertook and completed a taughtMasters degree in Bioinformatics at theUniversity of Leister, before coming to UCTto undertake a PhD in Bioinformatics,working both in the Molecular and CellBiology department of the Science Facultyand in the Institute of Infectious Disease andMolecular Medicine, in the Faculty of HealthSciences.

Natasha Wood’s PhD research focussedon the development and implementation ofprobabilistic models of protein-codingsequence evolution, applied to the earlyperiod of HIV-1 infection. This work relatesdirectly to the very challenging problem ofdeveloping an effective vaccine against theAIDS pandemic. Much of the recent basicscience towards this objective has focussedon the early stage of infection. The work ofNatasha Wood’s PhD thesis has contributedto major international collaborations andhighly cited collaborative publications thathave revealed the extent of homogeneity ofthe viral sequence immediately followingtransmission. The lack of diversity of the

virus isolated from individuals at this stageof infection contrasts with the enormousglobal diversity of HIV-1 and has providedhope that vaccines targeting specificcharacteristics of viral strains typically foundin early infection might provide protectionagainst disease or delay the onset of AIDSfollowing infection with HIV-1. In additionto its contribution to the internationalscientific effort, her thesis pioneered amethod to study viral diversification in earlyinfection. It demonstrates the importance ofearly viral escape from host immuneresponses and resulted in a new hypotheticalmechanism of early immune escape.

Supervisor: Professor C Seoighe(Molecular and Cell Biology)

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DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

In Public Law:Debbie CollierThesis Title: Agriculture, modernbiotechnology and the law. An examinationof the property paradigm in the context ofplant genetic resources

Debbie Collier was born and schooled in theEastern Cape. She completed her BA (Law)in 1991 and her LLB in 1993 at RhodesUniversity and her LLM in 2003 at UCT.Debbie was admitted as an advocate of theHigh Court in 1994 and as an Attorney of theHigh Court in 1998. Debbie left legalpractice and joined the UCT Law Faculty in2001 where she is now a senior lecturer inthe Department of Commercial Law.Debbie Collier’s PhD research is multi-disciplinary and is concerned with law incontext. This thesis examines select propertyrights theories, in particular those whichinform the liberal rhetoric of propertyembedded in the South African common law,against the background of modern daydevelopments including the harnessing ofintellectual property rights in the use andapplication of modern day biotechnology. Itdoes so against the backdrop of the SouthAfrican agricultural sector where thecandidate constructs her argument on thefoundations of a case study describing thedevelopment and cultivation of geneticallymodified cotton crops in the Makhathiniregion in KwaZulu-Natal Province.

She posits that the granting of rights,

particularly intellectual property rights,comes at socio-economic costs particularlyfor rural communities thus tempering theconstitutional mandate of sustainabledevelopment. In examining the tensionsbetween private rights and public socialcosts, the work traverses the impact ofglobalization, international and domesticlaw. The work concludes by arguing that thetraditional liberal notion of property rightsshould be tempered in the context of thespirit and purport of the Constitution andmakes suggestions in this regard.

Supervisor: Professor J Glazewski(Public Law)

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FACULTIES OFHUMANITIES,HEALTH SCIENCESAND

ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS

Academic Procession(The congregation is requested to stand as the procession enters the hall

and is invited to participate in the singing of Gaudeamus)

The Vice-Chancellor will constitute the congregation.

The National Anthem.

The University Statement of Dedication will be read by a representative of the SRC.

Musical Item.

Welcome by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor C Soudien.

The University Book Award.

The University Creative Works Award.

The honorary graduands will be presented to the Vice-Chancellor by the University orator, Professor A Lewis.

The graduands and diplomates will be presented to the Vice-Chancellor by the Deans of the faculties.

The Vice-Chancellor will congratulate the new graduates and diplomates.

Professor Soudien will make closing announcements and invite the congregation to stand.

The Vice-Chancellor will dissolve the congregation.

The procession, including the new graduates and diplomates, will leave the hall.(The congregation is requested to remain standing until

the procession has left the hall)

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THE UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARDThe University Book Award recognises books that make a scholarly contribution in any branch of learning.

Previous recipients of the award have been:

1984: JM Coetzee (Arts) Waiting for the Barbarians1985: GM Branch (Science) The Living Shores of South Africa1986: LH Opie (Medicine) The Heart: Physiology, Metabolism,

Pharmacology and Therapy1987: MJ Hall (Arts) The Changing Past: Farmers, Kings and Traders in South Africa, 200 – 18601988: RG Lass (Arts) The Shape of English: Structure and History1989: H Bradford (Arts) A Taste of Freedom1990: JM Coetzee (Arts) Age of Iron

KM Coleman (Arts) Book IV of the Silvae of Stratius1991: R Mendelsohn (Arts) Sammy Marks, ‘The uncrowned King of the Transvaal’1992: J Parkington (Arts) Sound from the Thinking Strings

N Penn (Arts)P Skotnes (Fine Arts& Architecture)S Watson (Arts)

1993: D Chidester (Social Science Shots in the Street& Humanities)

1993: W Nasson (Arts) Ebram Esau’s War1994: GM Branch (Science) Two Oceans: A Guide to the Marine Life of

CL Griffiths (Science) Southern AfricaL BeckleyML Branch

1995: –1996: DC Coplan (Social Science In the time of the Cannibals: The Word Music

& Humanities) of South Africa’s Basotho MigrantsPAL Harris (Arts) Work, Culture and Identity: Migrant Labourers

in Mozambique and South Africa c. 1860-1910M Shain (Arts) The roots of anti-Semitism in South AfricaT Rajna (Music) Harp Concerto

1997: B Warner (Science) Cataclysmic Variable Stars1998: MS Blackman (Law) Companies: (In the Law of South Africa,

first reissue Volume 4, parts 1, 2 and 3)JV Bickford-Smith (Arts) Ethnic Pride and Racial Prejudice in

Victorian Cape Town: Group Identity andSocial Practice, 1875 – 1902

1999: Professor M Mamdani Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa(Humanities) and the Legacy of Colonialism

2000: J Higgins Raymond Williams. Literature, Marxism and(Humanities) Cultural Materialism.

2001: NG Penn Rogues, Rebels and Runaways(Humanities)

2002: JI Glazewski (Law) Environmental Law in South Africa2003: TD Noakes (Sports Science Lore of Running

Institute of South Africa)2004: MS Blackman (Law) Commentary on the Companies Act (Volumes 1 to 3)

RD JoosteGK Everingham

2005: N Nattrass (Commerce) The Moral Economy of AIDS in South Africa2006: P Knox-Shaw (Humanities) Jane Austen and the Enlightenment2007: WR Nasson (Humanities) Britannia’s Empire – Making a British World2008: P Bruyns (Science) Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar2009: P Skotnes (Humanities) Claim to the Country, The Archive of Wilhelm Bleek and

Lucy LloydN Penn (Humanities) The Forgotten Frontier

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THE BOOKAWARD FOR 2010 IS TO BEAWARDED TO:

Christopher Leonard Vaughan Imagining the Elephant,A Biography of Allan MacLeod Cormack

“Imagining the Elephant” raises awareness of a South African success story, and importantly UCT’s involvement init, namely Allan Cormack’s invention of a reconstruction solution for x-ray computed tomography (CT). Cormack, aUCT physics graduate, did his initial experimentation towards the CT scanner while working as a medical physicistat Groote Schuur Hospital. As a result of this work, he shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine withthe late Sir Godfrey Hounsfield. The CT or CAT scanner has transformed investigative medicine and is regarded bysome as the most important development in radiology following the discovery of x-rays in 1895.

Kit Vaughan’s biography of Alan Cormack presents a comprehensive account of Cormack's life and his passions.The revelation of Cormack’s journey of scientific discovery against its personal, historical and geographicalbackground makes the account all the more appealing. The book provides a window into the life of a ‘real’ person andhis research, inspiring others currently pursuing, or contemplating, research careers, yet reaching an audience beyondthe scientific community.

THE UNIVERSITY CREATIVEWORKSAWARD

The University Creative Works Award recognises the production of outstanding and/or influential creative works(art works, performances, productions, compositions, architectural design) that make a scholarly contribution.

THE CREATIVEWORKSAWARD FOR 2010 IS TO BEAWARDED TO:Fritha Langeman Subtle Thresholds

This inaugural award has been made to Fritha Langerman for an extraordinary exhibition entitled Subtle Thresholdsshown at the Iziko South African Museum between July 2009 and August 2010. It is an installation composed of bothwork created by the artist and of found objects. It is a deeply intellectual, interdisciplinary work examining, in bothscholarly and imaginative detail, classificatory systems and taxonomies of disease. Not only is the exhibition one thatfinds innovative and creative visual ways to reveal research insights, but it engages in a highly contemporary mannerwith the urgent reimagining of museum displays in a post-colonial world. In this sense, it is an exhibition that showsthe way – that solves by example some of the kinds of problems with which museums all over the world are currentlygrappling.

Associate Professor Langerman’s work engages the humanities, the sciences and the creative arts. It challenges us tolook at the very foundations on which our knowledge of the world is based, and it does this in a way that is at onceaccessible to the casual visitor and deeply engaging to both student and scholar, all of whom are encouraged to deepentheir understanding and experience the visual as a powerful site of knowledge.

MERITORIOUS PUBLICATIONAWARDS

The University Meritorious Publication Awards recognise noteworthy monographs and books published by UCTauthors. These publications merit recognition for their contribution to

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