THREE-SIXT-E | ALUMNI E-NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 11/DECEMBER 2014
Note of Thanks On behalf of the Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Western Cape, the Department for Institutional Advancement, the Alumni Relations Office and the Communications and Media Relations Office, we would like to thank all who contributed to and supported the ′80s Alumni Reunion which we hosted in early October. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to assist us in making the event a resounding success. To the newspapers, radio stations and websites that published and broadcasted stories about the reunion, your sterling work has not gone unnoticed. We have received a lot of positive feedback from alumni and friends of the University because of your kind assistance. Thank you Fred Robertson from Commsure Financial Solutions, Roland Greaver from Kagiso Asset Management, Johan Rossouw from Vunani Limited, Melvin Watkins from New Generation Group and Greg Davids from Urban Soul Group. Also, thank you to Gerard Joubert from PPS, Savarion Arends from Old Mutual Group, Lynn du Toit and Eltie Links from Juta, Three Ships Whiskey (Distell) and Heart 104.9FM’s Clarence Ford and Gary Petersen. More sponsors to thank are Raghma Jappie of the Campus Lifestyle Store, Charlene Engels from KWV and Meko Magida from Golden Arrow. Thanks to the committee members for their sterling work: Llewellyn MacMaster, Trunette Josephs, Louis Scheepers, Mike Benjamin, Regina Isaacs, Roland Greaver,
Melvin Watkins, Joe Samuels, Meko Magida, Leolyn Jackson, Samantha Castle and Patricia Lawrence. All those alumni who donated photographs and footage, as well as Benny Gool, Rashied Lombard, Eric Miller, Johann Maarman, Craig Matthews, Jimmy Matthews, Zubeida Vallie, Gille de Vlieg, Hoeda Salaam, Die Burger, Independent Newspapers – a huge thank you to you. To the Brunch Conversations panellists Leslie Maasdorp, Nomboniso Gasa, Ruby Marks, and the moderator, Edith Vries. Zenariah Barends – for her poem at the Gala Dinner. Thanks to the master of ceremonies, Africa Melane, and members of the police, Brigadier Novella Potelwa, General Jeremy Veary and Willem Basson. Thank you to all the video and media ambassadors who availed their time for interviews: Cheryl Carolus, Allan Boesak, Lynnette Maart, Meko Magida, Llewellyn MacMaster, Michael Benjamin, Julian Smith, Regina Isaacs and Shirley Zinn. Thanks to our media ambassadors Romeo Maasdorp, Graeme Bloch, Llewellyn MacMaster, Roland Greaver and Rev Courtney Sampson. Thank you to the Johannesburg, Dubai and Port Elizabeth groups for leading the way. Thanks to former Rector Prof Dicky van der Ross, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Brian O’ Connell for his leadership during the planning of the event, and to the new Rector, Prof Tyrone Pretorius.
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