Impala Platinum appointed Brenda Berlin (BCom 1986, BAcc 1987) as Chief Financial Officer from 24 February 2011. Berlin joined the mining group in 2004 where, most recently, she was Group Executive: Strategy and Business Development. After completing her articles with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Berlin held financial positions at Southern Mining Corporation Ltd, Johnnic Holdings and JCI Ltd respectively.
The International Society of Hypertension (ISH) awarded the director of the Soweto Cardiovascular Research Unit, Professor Karen Sliwa-Hahnle (DTM&H 1995, PhD (Medicine) 2002) its 2010 Boehringer Ingelheim Developing World Award at the 23rd Scientific Meeting regarding Global Cardiovascular Risk Reduction, held in Canada from 26-30 September 2010.
United States President, Barack Obama on 14 December 2010 appointed Diana Aviv (BA Social Work 1975) to the White House Council for Community Solutions, established to advise on mobilising civil society, industry and government cooperation to meet community needs. Aviv is President and CEO of non-profit network representative organisation, the Independent Sector.
Lunch with exceptional young Witsies February 2011 Twenty-one Witsies featured in the Mail & Guardian’s annual list of “Top 200 Young South Africans to take to Lunch” – exceptional young achievers making an impact in business, science, education, law, environment, civil society, arts and culture.
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Humanities Alumni with the Edge
