In what seems to be a syndicated operation, bogus Coin Security guards got away with about R900 000 in a brazen robbery at the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Pretoria Campus on Tuesday, 24 January.

Prof Mokubung Nkomo, Extraordinary Professor at the Faculty of Education of the University of Pretoria and a Director at that university’s Centre for Diversity and Social Cohesion, has been appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) of Teaching, Learning and Technology at the Tshwane University of Technology. He took office early in January.

Three alumna from the prestigious Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls at Henley on Klip have registered for study at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) in 2012. The Academy had a 100% pass rate in 2011.

Marthinus Bekker, a Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Clinical Engineering graduate, has invented a device that can collect hundreds of litres of drinking water when placed outside in the rain. The Rain Catcher, as the device is called, was able to collect about 650 litres of rain water in few weeks during the rainy season.

Japie Greeff, a student at the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Department of Electrical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, did the University proud by winning the first prize in the Universities of Technology category of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) National Student Project Competition held recently at the North-West University in Potchefstroom.

The Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Department of Visual Communication (Photography) will host its annual exhibition at the Centurion Art Gallery from Wednesday, 1 February. The exhibition will feature the work of first-, second- and third-year students of 2011.

Kabelo Bokala, the Director of the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Directorate of Information Communication Technology, was appointed as the new Chairperson of the Association of South African University Directors of Information Technology (ASAUDIT). All 23 South African universities are participating members.

In a world first, a cost-effective, comprehensive solution for treating toxic wastewater, regardless of its chemical composition, was launched at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Soshanguve Campus last week. The HybridICE® Freeze Crystallisation technology system that will revolutionise the water treatment industry is a method of using refrigeration energy to freeze out the water in a solution with dissolved chemicals. In this way, the waste heat from the refrigeration process is used to recover the contaminants as solids.