lost, found and returned

by | Dec 19, 2014 | csc

While on CSC assignment in South-Africa in June-July I got separated from my iPhone. After a month I actually got a call from an honest finder, Mr. Segwai, who brought it to the North-West university. Lester shipped it to IBM in Johannesburg. Pumeza kept it safe. Then...

cradle of humankind

by | Jul 14, 2014 | csc

On Wednesday July 9th we moved back from Mahikeng to Johannesburg. On the way we visited the Cradle of Humankind heritage site in the Gauteng province. It is actually a large area with many caves where an important, 2,3 million year old fossil named “Mr....

final presentation at NWU

by | Jul 14, 2014 | csc

From Tuesday July 8th onwards we were on a schedule of presentations. We first started with the big one at North-West university with the different stakeholders for the new CoLab/Center of Excellence for which we have selected the focus areas and have created an...

the professa

by | Jul 14, 2014 | csc

Over the last weeks in South-Africa we have come to appreciate very much retired sociology professor Modise Maaja. Especially for our team two he has been nothing less than a life-saver. We could never have navigated NWU the way we did without his help. I will not...

winterschool

by | Jul 4, 2014 | csc

While we are working here at the North-West university there is a winter school ongoing for 12th graders (last year of secondary school) to help improve the examination results in the province.