Limpopo Leader - University of Limpopo
Limpopo Leader - University of Limpopo
Limpopo Leader - University of Limpopo
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Getting from A to B in SATHE TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGEwWE ALL KNOW THE MAINELEMENTS OF THE SOUTHAFRICAN TRANSPORTATIONSTORY: INADEQUATE PUBLICTRANSPORT, SPORADIC TAXIWARS, CONGESTED ROADS,HIGH ACCIDENT RATES, ANDAN UNDER-UTILISED RAILWAYSYSTEM. It’s very <strong>of</strong>ten quite anightmare trying to get around.Little wonder, therefore, thatconsiderable interest was shownin a lecture on the subject deliveredin March on the Turfloop campus<strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Limpopo</strong>.‘Transport Management inSouth Africa: Challenges andProspects’ was presented byDr Oliver Page <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong><strong>of</strong> Michigan TransportationResearch Institute in the UnitedStates. Page was well-qualified todeal with such a subject, havingworked earlier this decade as atransportation researcher withSouth Africa’s CSIR for five years.A delegation from the CSIRtravelled from Pretoria to attendPage’s presentation, as didrepresentatives from the transportdepartment <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Limpopo</strong>provincial government. Thepresence <strong>of</strong> these bodies on theTurfloop campus was significantbecause the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Limpopo</strong>, in collaboration with theCSIR, had designed a Bachelor <strong>of</strong>Administration in TransportManagement degree that kicked<strong>of</strong>f in 2005 with nearly 50 students.Most <strong>of</strong> them had been awardedfull bursaries from <strong>Limpopo</strong>province in exchange for a threeyearemployment commitment tothe Department <strong>of</strong> Transport.A further 50 have been enrolledeach year since then in a dealthat is worth R17-million overseven years. (See story in box onpage 7: Is <strong>Limpopo</strong> provincegetting its money’s worth?)P A G E 4