ACHIEVEMENTS
CHIEF WITSIE Football star Tefu Mashamaite (BA 2006) in February 2015 signed a three-year contract with premier league club Kaizer Chiefs. Mashamaite, 30, plays central defender for the Amakhosi. Five years ago, the former Bidvest-Wits FC captain led the Clever Boys to an historic 3 - 0 defeat of Amazulu FC in the Nedbank Cup final at Soccer City on 25 May 2010. Mashamaite’s football career began in 2005, when he signed an apprentice contract with Bidvest-Wits after two years in the development structures. He trained with the first team, rose to captain and graduated with a degree in International Relations within five years. He hails from rural Bochum, Limpopo province.
Scoring: Tefu Mashamaite of Kaizer Chiefs. Image: Gallo Images
witsies with theEdge BY DEBORAH MINORS
SURGEONS A CUT ABOVE
The election of non-Americans to these prestigious
Dr Donald Mackay (BDS 1976, MBBCh 1980) and Dr
Dr Mackay is Professor of Plastic Surgery at PennState
David Netscher (BSc, MBBCh 1977) have been elected
Hershey Medical Center. He chairs the Plastic Surgery
directors on the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Residency Review Committee and is Vice-Chair of the
The American Boards of Medical Specialty examine
American Board of Plastic Surgery. His clinical practice
and certify medical specialists.
focuses on paediatric plastic surgery, particularly cleft
boards is rare and the election of two South African-born alumni simultaneously is unprecedented.
lip and palate surgery. He is Chief Medical Officer for Operation Smile, an NGO that treats cleft children worldwide. Dr Netscher specialises in congenital hand anomalies. He works on deformities, nerves and musculoskeletal injuries of the hand. He is Professor of Plastic Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, where he directs the Hand Fellowship training programme. He features on the Best Doctors in AmericaÂŽ List in the field of hand surgery and On board: Plastic surgeons Dr David Netscher (L) and Dr Donald Mackay
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plastic surgery.