| Professor Nqabomzi Gawe DUT Acting Vice Chancellor and Principal
The 2010 World Cup is upon us and soccer fever has become the fastest spreading virus to hit the nation yet. Staff and students from the Durban University of Technology are proud to stand behind and offer support to our very own heroes of the Bafana Bafana team. Show your skills of tsamaya, vula vala and real African football by showing us your number. We will blow our vuvuzelas and wave the South African flag up high, cheering your names whilst resonating the spirit of unity. May you do us proud by bringing the Cup home!
As a proudly South African institution, DUT joins the millions of our country in wishing Bafana Bafana and all teams from Africa a memorable experience and success in 2010. Ke Nako-Woza Uzizwele-Halala! DUT provides professional training in a number of areas that will benefit future and present Bafanas. Therefore, partnerships and support to our team will be our contribution to strengthening and extending the experience, prowess and professionalism in the same. Let the games begin! Professor Nomthandazo Gwele Deputy Vice Chancellor: Academic Qula Kwedini, ngawuzenayo kwedini. Dlala Bafana Bafana Dlala. Halala! Doctor Kenneth Netshiombo Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor: Institutional Support Another miracle is yet to happen; Bafana Bafana is poised to ruffle a few feathers this time around. The Institutional Support ambit therefore strives to support Bafana Bafana by providing facilities that make all its supporters welcome in Durban. International visitors will be given the opportunity to view the bust of legendary struggle hero Steve Biko, who lost his life in pursuit of freedom, the bust is showcased in front of the Alan Pittendrigh Library on Steve Biko Campus. Bafana Bafana supporters can also marvel at the state-of-the-art M L Sultan Campus buildings, which like Bafana Bafana are symbolic of a humble, yet successful journey of those who were not counted amongst the best in the past. The thirst for education that Hajee Malukmahomed Lappa Sultan quenched for the disadvantaged shall revive and restore the unstoppable winning spirit of our boys.
The university will also provide accommodation to FIFA World Cup visitors at the university’s residences. Bafana Bafana will not cease to pleasantly surprise us. South Africa has a lot of success stories to tell, from the unimaginable to the actual realization of its dreams. To the boys, from the Institutional Support ambit, remember the sky is the only limit. Let’s just go for it. Professor Frederick Otieno Deputy Vice Chancellor: Technology Innovation and Partnerships Technology wins in soccer competition! From DUT’s team of supporters and adopters of innovation and technology, to Bafana Bafana a team whom we hope will play innovative soccer, we support you!
A group of DUT Mechanical Engineering students, under the leadership of Professor Mervyn Kanny, are winners of the Siemens Cyber Junkyard 2010 Competition. The National competition, sponsored by Siemens and Festo and Lapp Cable, was open to all universities in the SADC region with the theme of “Play the Game, Save the Planet”. The project involved the manufacture and design of a mobile technology demonstration unit in the form of a high-tech soccer game using renewable energy. Professor Kanny and his team of young engineers showcased their capacity for developing cutting-edge technologies. The team designed and built a unit worthy of commercial attention and were able to apply their programming skills, knowledge of process control, electronics and mechanical engineering. The demonstration unit, a robot, will be displayed at various 2010 football venues during the World Cup. This achievement is well aligned to DUT’s vision of being the preferred university for developing leadership in technology.
The University values innovation and the transfer of research, and its research and innovation activities are supported by the Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) ambit. TIP looks for opportunities to advance the applied research of the University, including potential technology transfer and innovation possibilities, through the various directorates and units - International Education and Partnerships, Technology Transfer and Innovation, Research Management and Development, Postgraduate Development and Support, Cooperative Education, Information Technology Support Services, Enterprise Development Unit, Business Studies Unit, the Institute for Water and Wastewater and the Institute of Systems Science. | 