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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 The Conversation about why it’s been so hard to eradicate polio.

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

Dr Nilesh Patel (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 Health Professions Council of South Africa.

Several Witsies were featured in The Young Independents Top 100 of 2018 list of “disruptors” and “influencers”:

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

Actress Gina Shmukler (BADA 1993, MA 2013) spoke to Sarafina Magazine 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 Conduit club in London. The Conduit is described as “a home for a diverse community of people passionate about social change”.

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

Rapper dentist Dr Alexander Rawhani (BDS 2010, MSc Dent 2016), aka “Dr Smile”, was one of Bona magazine’s “Champion Men”.

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 African: My Blood Divides and Unites.

Urban planner Tanya Zack (BSc T&RP 1986, PhD 2007) and photographer Mark Lewis have produced S’Kop, one of the books in the series Wake up this is Joburg. It’s about the informal meat butchering trade.

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

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