Yet again, CPUT alumnus and lecturer in the School of Sport, Events, Tourism and Hospitality, Etienne Joubert, will be leading CPUT’s rider efforts in the toughest mountain bike race in the world, the Absa Cape Epic.
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Meet Mteza Boya
In a CPUT first, the university will be fielding a very special pair of riders in the Absa Cape Epic. Seraj Abrahams, an alumnus, will be racing in the CPUT PPS team with a remarkable young man who hails from Khayelitsha, Mthetheleli Boya. The pair will be entered in the Exxarro category of the Epic, which aims to promote mountain-biking to historically disadvantaged communities.
Meet Seraj Abrahams
The countdown to one of the world’s most prestigious cycling events, the Absa Cape Epic, has begun. CPUT will again take center-stage in March 2016, when our Wellington campus hosts one of the stages of the race, which runs from 13 -20 March.
Absa Cape Epic cycles its way to CPUT
Voted the best Absa Cape Epic host village in 2015 has paid off for CPUT.
The university has once again been handpicked to be part of South Africa’s premier mountain bike event, which takes place this March.
CPUT, spread the warmth
Its official – winter has hit Cape Town and it has hit hard!
And in the spirit of the CPUT Gives Back Campaign, we are calling on all staff members to spread the warmth and donate a blanket.
But before we provide you with more details on the blanket drive, we just want to convey a very BIG THANK YOU to all staff who came on board and participated in our school shoe and cat food drive.
By digging deep into your pockets, CPUT was able to put much needed school shoes on the feet of learners attending the Athlone School for the Blind (see the attached photograph).
The donation of cat food has already been distributed to the dedicated group of staff members and volunteers who are keeping our campus cats well fed.
If you did not manage to participate in the previous campaigns, don’t despair.
Go out and purchase a blanket at your local store and pop it into one of the donation boxes that is currently up in the admin areas at our various campuses.
You can also drop off your blanket at the Marketing and Communication Department office on the Bellville Campus (Administration Building, second floor).
Come on CPUT, let’s join together and spread the warmth this winter!
Have a great weekend and keep warm!
The Marketing and Communication Department
Smiles at Athlone School for the Blind
It was all smiles at the Athlone School for the Blind, thanks to CPUT staff members who donated a pair of schools shoes.
The school shoes were packaged in CPUT bags and dropped off at the school by the Marketing and Communication Department.
Situated in Bellville, the school provides education for blind and visually impaired children from some of the Western Cape’s poorest communities.
The school’s psychologist, Patricia Scheepers, thanked CPUT and says the donation of schools shoes is much needed.
A big thank you to all staff who decided to give back and make a difference in the lives of children!
Feed our cats
Love them or hate them the cats on CPUT campuses are playing a vital role in keeping vermin under control.
A dedicated team of concerned staff have been caring for the cats by feeding, sterilizing and getting health checks on the injured or sick.
But paying for these services out of their own pockets or with limited donations has become a strain.
FEEDING TIME: The campus cats are fed daily
We are calling all CPUT staffers to donate a bag or tinned canned food.
All donations can be dropped in the donation boxes that have been set up at the CPUT campuses or at the Marketing and Communication Department (2nd floor, Bellville Campus, Administration Building).
School Shoe Success
WOW! CPUT staff are awesome!
Thank you to all staff members who donated a pair of school shoes and for making CPUT’s first 10th birthday social responsibility drive such a huge success.
We even received some grey school pants!
Also, a big thank you to all other individuals who donated, such as friends and family members of CPUT staff members, as well as alumni.
A special thank you goes out to learners at the CBC St Johns in Parklands who donated school shoes along with their teachers, Janene Mostert and Dominque Afonso, both CPUT alumni.
THANK YOU: Teachers and learners from CBC St Johns in Parklands along who donated school shoes
The shoes will be donated to a local school that caters for learners living with disabilities.
Team 2015
CPUT was the proud co-sponsor of staff member Etienne Joubert and his race partner, Leanne Brown-Waterson, who are top mountain bike riders. The team was also sponsored by Display Mania, a Montague Gardens based company.
Absa Cape Epic 2015
South Africa’s premier mountain bike event, the Absa Cape Epic, cycled its way through CPUT in 2015. Classified as the “Tour de France” of mountain biking, riders called CPUT’s Wellington Campus home during stage five of the race.