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Sevens Rugby team takes on Paris

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Team spirit and hard work, coupled with a love for rugby has earned a group of CPUT students a lifetime opportunity to play against some of the top sevens rugby teams in France.

The CPUT sevens rugby team recently made history when they became the first team from the university to compete in an international sevens tournament in France

The team, which comprises of students from the Mowbray, Wellington, Bellville and Cape Town Campuses, competed in the Stanislas Sevens in Nancy and the Centrale 7 tournament in Paris.

Acting Dean of Students, Advocate Lionel Harper, commended the team for their achievement.

In 2013, they clinched the top spot at the University Sports South African tournament after winning seven of their eight games. Their outstanding performance earned them an invite to compete in France.

The students were accompanied by staff members, Loki Manise, Llwellyn Appel and coach Ivan Solomons.

*The team would like to acknowledge their sponsors:

Agrifarms

Nel Brothers Premium Grapes

Groote Post

EST Media

Boland Catering

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Navigating the library made easy

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Navigating through the CPUT Libraries’ 22 919 e-books, 43 Elsevier e-text books as well as 100 databases will no longer be a daunting task for students.

Recently, the CPUT Libraries hosted a two-day Electronic Resources Fair which aimed at showing students just how easy it is to access the university’s vast digital resources.

Second-year Industrial Engineering student, Sikho Mfazwe, attended the event along with several of his classmates, and says he is now better equipped to find information for class projects.

“I learnt how to do searches for books and I know what a catalogue is,” says Sikho.

“I never made much use of the library last year, but this year I will need to use the library much more.”

Third-year Mathematical Technology student, Phiko Jwacu attended the Bellville leg of the fair and says it is a good initiative to show students how to make use of the libraries’ resources.

“I found the programmes very useful and can see that I will be able to access a lot of reliable information,” says Phiko.

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Senior Librarian at the Cape Town Campus, Sulaiman Majal, says staff members were very excited about the project and the opportunity to show students the resources that are available 24/7.

Majal says such interventions will go a long way towards improving students’ work by providing them with the tools to access information they need for assignments and research.

Majal says all the faculties were represented at the fair, which took place on the Cape Town and Bellville Campuses, where students were able to interact with their faculty librarians.

Vendors Cambridge University Press, SABINET and Books 24/7 also showcased their offerings at the event.

*A special thanks to the CPUT Advancement Office, Red Pepper Books Company and Emerald, for donating prizes for both staff and students.