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– A young man recently shared how he went from a cleaner at the University to a lecturer at the very same institution
– He is now a senior physiotherapy lecturer at the University of Cape Town – something he himself thought to be impossible
– He has now named a number of people that helped him to where he is but one person in particular made it all possible
Ntsikelelo Pefile is living proof that determination and believing something can work out for you – actually does make things happen. The young man who is now a senior physiotherapy lecturer at the University of Cape Town was not always a lecturer.
I received the invitation not long after I was appointed as deputy vice-chancellor at the National University of Lesotho to deliver the graduation address at the UCT graduation ceremony of the Faculties of Art, Fine Art and Architecture. It took place on the summer afternoon of Friday, 9 December 1988.
I accepted the invitation after a great deal of introspection. South Africa was in a deep state of turbulence since the declaration of a state of emergency in 1985. I wondered about the wisdom of going there from my place of safety in Lesotho. Nevertheless, as I was able to travel in and out of South Africa on a Lesotho passport as a naturalised citizen of that country, the desire to take a peep back home was strong. Also, I still held strong reservations about “white’” universities, particularly the “liberal ones” in the country of my birth. In my book they were all a part of apartheid’s institutions.
Suffolk s cinemas are ready and raring to welcome back film-goers
- Credit: Leiston Film Theatre
Suffolk s cinemas are excited to be opening their doors back up to filmgoers in the next few months.
Under the prime minister s roadmap out of lockdown, cinemas will be able to open their doors for the first time from May 17.
News that they will be able to welcome customers back has been met with excitement by Suffolk s independent cinemas.
Wayne Burns thanked loyal customers for their support during lockdown
- Credit: SARAH LUCY BROWN
Wayne Burns runs the Leiston Film Theatre and says he cannot wait to welcome filmgoers back.
Suffolk s cinemas are ready and raring to welcome back film-goers
- Credit: Leiston Film Theatre
Suffolk s cinemas are excited to be opening their doors back up to filmgoers in the next few months.
Under the prime minister s roadmap out of lockdown, cinemas will be able to open their doors for the first time from May 17.
News that they will be able to welcome customers back has been met with excitement by Suffolk s independent cinemas.
Wayne Burns thanked loyal customers for their support during lockdown
- Credit: SARAH LUCY BROWN
Wayne Burns runs the Leiston Film Theatre and says he cannot wait to welcome filmgoers back.
By John Hyde2021-02-19T09:43:00+00:00
A solicitor and pillar of his local community has been struck off after misleading a client for months about an impending payment.
Gregory Stuart Saunders, formerly a partner with national firm Clarke Willmott, misled the client through emails saying that £38,000 settlement monies from a litigation would be paid imminently. In fact, Saunders had sent the client a draft settlement agreement but had not made initial contact with the other party and had not progressed the matter.
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal heard that, in December 2018, Saunders promised the client the money would be ‘like a Christmas present’, but the issue dragged on through to February 2019, when the client complained that nothing had been received.