Limpopo Leader - University of Limpopo

CAMPUS WITH A PAST – PART TWOiIN THE PREVIOUS EDITION OF Limpopo Leader, WE STARTED A PEEK BACK INTO THE 30-ODD YEARS THAT MAKE UP THEHISTORY OF UL’S GA-RANKUWA CAMPUS, AND AT SOME OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS THAT HAVE HELPED TO SHAPE THISINSTITUTION THAT HAS NOT JUST SURVIVED, BUT THRIVED, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT AGAINST THE ODDS.In this review of our past, we look at the School of Dentistry from the perspective of Professor Tshepo Gugushe, Director of theSchool, who has been at the university for about 20 years. We also speak to Dr AK Seedat, a part-time lecturer in dentistry anda past activist, who has interesting insights from his more than 25-year association with this campus.Professor Len Karlsson, who joined Medunsa in 1980 as Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health, andbecame Vice-Principal of Medunsa in 1986, recalls a several anecdotes that added spice – and often amusement – to his yearson the fifth floor.Our history is invaluable. As Mohandas Gandhi said, ‘A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in theirmission can alter the course of history.’ The key is of course the small body of determined spirits. Let’s meet some more of ours.P A G E 2 4