Alumni in the news April 2019
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Roundup of Witsie news and views
Several alumni received from the Presidency: Benjamin Pogrund (BA Hons 1971), Mathatha Tsedu (BA Hons 2008), Anthony Trew (BA 1963), Yosuf (Joe) Veriava (MBBCh 1968) and Ari Sitas (BA 1978, BA Hons 1979, PhD 1984). The School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering’s Professor Thokozani Majozi also received the Order of Mapungubwe in Bronze for his outstanding contribution to science.
Wits lost two eminent alumni in April: Dr (BSc 1945, BSc Hons 1946, MBBCh 1951, DSc honoris causa 1972), whom we recently featured in , and Professor (MBBCh 1973, MSc Med 1998).
South µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍø Medical Research Council President Professor Glenda Gray (MBBCh 1986) received an from Rhodes University and Wits Chancellor Dr Judy Dlamini (MBA 1999) was similarly by the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The actor Jerry Mofokeng (BADA 1987) is to receive an honorary degree from the University of the Free State in June.
Professor Mike Belfort (MBBCh 1981) led a team that performed an anaesthetic on a foetus – the first such procedure in Africa – so as to operate on the unborn baby’s spine.
Dr (BA 1978, BA Hons 1979), currently the President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, is to become the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, in July.
Wits Art Museum’s new Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts featured in magazine. Read more about the special opening event for alumni here.
The new appointments to the SABC board include four Witsies: Marcia Socikwa (BA 1994, BA Hons 1995), Mamodupi Mohlala-Mulaudzi (LLB 1996, LLM 1998), Saths Cooper (BA Hons 1984) and Benjamin Lekalakala (BA 1992, LLB 1994, HDip Company Law 1996).
(BSc Eng 1994) has been appointed vice-president of global marketing for Absolut vodka.
Sibanye Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman (BSc Eng 1981) spoke on the about his attitude to money.
The got to know Bank Zero CEO Yatin Narsai (BSc 1987, BSc Hons 1989) better in a Q&A.