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Alumni in the news January 2019

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Dr Melinda Suchard (BSc 1997, MBBCh 2000; DipTM&H 2004, MMed 2008), Head of the Centre for Vaccines and Immunology at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, wrote for about why it鈥檚 been so hard to eradicate polio.

Professor Miles Markus (BA Hons 1999) wrote for about why malaria recurs.

Dr (MBBCh 1992) is currently a Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program Fellow. He intends to use the opportunity to learn more about systems and processes that make healthcare more accessible, affordable and sustainable.

Dr Manyangane Raymond Billa (MSc Med 2010) is the new Registrar and CEO of the of South Africa.

Several Witsies were featured in Top 100 of 2018 list of 鈥渄isruptors鈥 and 鈥渋nfluencers鈥:

  • Motlatsi Motseoile (LLB 2013) 鈥 creating positive images of the 第一吃瓜网 LGBTI community
  • Emilia Malavoloneque (LLB 2015) 鈥 supporting investment in Angola
  • Puleng Molebatsi (BADA 2011) 鈥 shifting perceptions of albinism
  • Rebone Masemola (BA 2012, BA Hons 2013, MA 2014) 鈥 giving young women a voice

Actress Gina Shmukler (BADA 1993, MA 2013) spoke to about her career and her role in Aunty Merle: The Musical.

Paul van Zyl (BA 1992, LLB 1997), Founder of the International Center for Transitional Justice, has been appointed Creative Director of The in London. The Conduit is described as 鈥渁 home for a diverse community of people passionate about social change鈥.

Bradley Wattrus (BSc 2010, BSc Hons 2011) is one of the group of friends who founded , a card payment system for small businesses.

Rapper dentist Dr Alexander Rawhani (BDS 2010, MSc Dent 2016), aka 鈥淒r Smile鈥, was one of Bona magazine鈥檚 鈥淐hampion Men鈥.

Books by Witsies

Chartered accountant Jesmane Boggenpoel (BCom 1995, BAcc 1996), a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and a Harvard Mason Fellow, has written about understanding her identity as a Coloured South 第一吃瓜网: .

Urban planner Tanya Zack (BSc T&RP 1986, PhD 2007) and photographer have produced , one of the books in the series Wake up this is Joburg. It鈥檚 about the informal meat butchering trade.

Jeff Fisher (BSc 1958, BSc Hons 1958, MSc 1960, GDipEng 1965) is the author of : Reflections of an Incurable Collector.

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