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Research and Postgraduate Bulletin

Research Bulletin Issue 4 May/June 20092
2009 – A busy year ahead for the GMRDC
HE year got of to an auspicious start with It’s approaching time for the institutional phase of
a number of graduations, Vice-Chancellor’s the annual National Innovation Competition (NIC). TAwards to researchers, new staf members This is a prestigious event and we encourage all
and a new home for the Postgraduate Student our innovators and scientists out there to enter
Association (PGSA) on the Alice Campus. with their creative business plans. See page 13 for
more details and dates for forthcoming internal
While the Govan Mbeki Research and Fort Hare workshops.
Development Centre (GMRDC) welcomes new
staf members in a separate article (see page 6), The UFH/GMRDC Fee Waiver process is underway
we would like frstly, to extend congratulations to with many postgraduate students having received
the two recipients of the Vice Chancellor’s awards, their Fee Waivers. Processing is still underway and
Professor Roland Ndip and Dr Werner Nel, who every efort is being made to communicate with
received the Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research these students.
Medal and the VC Emerging Researcher Award
respectively in early May. The new PGSA was established and recognised by
Vice Chancellor, Dr Mvuyo Tom, during a function
Professor Ndip was promoted to full Professor in October last year. Although the Association
in January this year and he has conducted operates on all three campuses, it now has a new
groundbreaking work into human pathogens. He home/ofce in the GMRDC building in Alice, in
has supervised 10 Honours, 29 Masters of Science Room 3 on the second foor. The acting president,
(MSc) and one Doctorate (PhD) students. Dr Nel, a Chenai Murata outlines what the PGSA stands for
Dean of Research, Prof Gideon de WetGeomorphologist in the Geography department, on page 10 and readers can fnd contact details in
was awarded the VC’s Emerging Researcher the article.
Medal at Graduation this year. He has conducted
important work on Marion Island and is currently supervising a The GMRDC is also assisting with the facilitation of meetings
number of up-and-coming young scientists. between the deputy registrar’s ofce and the PGSA to discuss how
the Association can assist with the marketing of the University’s new
This year we also bid farewell to Clint Ramoo, who was Chief Postal Registration Process to postgraduate students. It is felt that
Financial Ofcer of the University. Together with Professor Andy this process is one that can greatly assist students and save on costs
Gilbert, Clint played an enormously signifcant role in elevating and time for both students and registration staf.
Fort Hare research to the heights it is reaching today as a result
of new research incentives such as the researcher-linked bursary The University’s Graduation ceremonies held in May this year
scheme and incentive funding for researchers who publish articles showed continued year-on-year improvements in Doctoral and
in accredited journals. Interestingly, both of these models are now Master’s candidates, with a dramatic increase indicated since 2004.
being introduced at other universities around the country. Clint was The GMRDC would like to commend colleagues and candidates for
well respected and we wish him well in his new endeavours. See their commitment.
page 4 for some comments from staf members who worked closely
with Clint. The GMRDC looks forward to welcoming Professor Leslie Bank on
his return from his Fulbright Scholarship stay at Emory University in
The GMRDC is continuing to support skills training, having held Atlanta in August. In his absence, Dr Nolwazi Mkhwanazi, assisted
four three-day workshops on Constructing and WritingWinning by the Director of Postgraduate Studies, Professor Gary Minkley,
Dissertations under Dr Erik Hofstee and another workshop on have been holding the fort at the Fort Hare Institute of Social and
Proposal Writing and Research Management under Ferdi van Economic Research (FHISER).
der Walt. These are incredibly enriching initiatives with positive
feedback coming from participants on all campuses. See the
notices on page 16 for future dates for these important initiatives.
All postgraduates and supervisors are encouraged to attend these
workshops, which demystify the dissertation construction and
writing process. (Continued on page 3)
Welcome to the fourth issue 10 Social scientist wins trip to Austria inside bulletin 4of the GMRDC Research 10 PGSA fnds a home on Alice Campus3 Staf pay tribute to Clint RamooBulletin. Should you like to contribute
11 FHIT Zero-energy house measures up 4 VC Research Awardsnews and events to future
12 Students excel at Ugandan conference
editions, please contact William Awusi 5 New staf members 12 Obituary: Shamoney Naidu
on [e-mail] 5 Checking DoE’s accredited journal list 13 5th EGU Climate Change Conference ON THE COVER: EL campus PGSA
6 Meet the dedicated Projects Ofce team 14 Prestigious NIC rolling into action representatives (L-R): Pamela Makati,
7 NRF-rated scientist: Professor ChimonyoVongai Madubeko, Yvonne Gwenhure 15 NRF calls for applications
and Tsitsi Mutandwa. (Picture: William 8 PG Geology studies on upward swing 16 General notices and announcements
Awusi)3
Staf pay tribute to former Fort Hare CFO – Clint Ramoo
Ramoo, who was the Chief Financial Ofcer of the University, will be relocating to New Zealand. He made a huge impact on all those who worked
with him. Here are a few tributes from staf members who worked closely with him
THE Govan Mbeki Research and Development Centre (GMRDC) and I salute him for that. He also understood and was sympathetic
pays tribute to the previous Chief Financial Ofcer (CFO), Mr Clint towards funding teaching and learning initiatives to support
Ramoo. We found Clint to be an intelligent, strong and wise man academic staf and under-prepared students at UFH and as a result,
with a humble demeanor, soft hand and mature sense of humour, as the Teaching and Learning Centre was able to implement a number
well as a sense of strategic vision that may not be seen to be typical of interventions to support both academic staf and students over
of accountants. He understood the importance of investing in the the past fve years. I wish him everything of the very best in his new
growth of research at Fort Hare and strongly supported GMRDC in job and God’s richest blessings. – Christine Woods
allocating sufcient funds for really innovative initiatives like the
post-graduate fee waivers, incentives for research publications and Clint Ramoo is a man who showed great commitment and had the
Supervisor-linked bursaries. He was always very interested in the energy of a superhero. He is a man who lived and breathed Fort
activities of GMRDC, associated well with everybody involved and Hare. He never walked out the door and left work behind. Somehow
showed solidarity with our challenges. He will be truly missed in the he balanced his life at Fort Hare with his wonderful family. He is
UFH research and postgraduate context. Hamba kakuhle, Clint! – an amazing mentor, someone whom I could count on for support
Petrus Strijdom and someone whom I could engage with in having
interesting debates. I will miss our conversations about
How does one condense the impact a person has on UFH, children and God. I have learnt a lot from him and
one’s life, and in this institution, in a couple of lines? I he defnitely added great value to my lifelong learning
was fortunate to work with Clint, a man of integrity experience. He left behind large shoes to fll and I am
and of high principles. Ups and downs there were, really sad to see him go. He made tough decisions,
but I reckon we understood one another and worked which did not always sit well with everyone, but
very well together. Clint “got” me and knew exactly let’s face it, working in Finance will never earn you a
who I was and accepted me for that very reason. Clint popularity award especially when you are operating in
always only wanted what was best for UFH. – Diane an underfunded situation. I want to thank him and his
Olivier family (who really supported and sacrifced time with
him) for everything they have done for Fort Hare and
I worked closely with Clint over the past fve years and for all the lives he touched. – Tracey Hill
found him to be diligent in carrying out his mandate
as chief fnancial ofcer. He is a person of absolute Former CFO, Clint Ramoo pictured at his UFH farewell
integrity who stood by what he believed to be right
(Continued from page 2) commended on their continued commitment to improve the UFH
research output.
On the research front, the repositioning of the University’s research
However, there is a concern that many papers had to be discarded mission has been going on since late 2008 as an integral part of the
development of the institutional Strategic Plan (SP2009-2016). It is due to their publication in journals which are not accredited. Not
an open process and invaluable contributions have been received only does this mean a loss of income for the university and the
from both internal and external stakeholders. researcher but it has a negative efect on the academic standing
of all concerned. Workshops to address this will be held in all
Faculties as soon as possible. See page 5 in which we