The Cape Town Hotel School Restaurant recently re-opened its doors to patrons after closing for months in line with national Covid-19 lockdown regulations.

The recent move has seen the return of the restaurant’s popular lunches such as Sunday Lunch Harvest Table and the Christmas Day Lunch. The Sunday Lunch Harvest Table is served between 12H00 and 15H00 and costs R220 per person.

Lauren Christian, the Hotel School’s Functions and Marketing coordinator, says bookings of 10 people or less may qualify for a 20% staff discount but a staff card per booking will be required. Christian adds that patrons can look forward to a harvest table menu which consists of platters of food on the table such as a bread plate, cold platter, hot platter and dessert platter.

She says that the Christmas Day Lunch costs R460 per person and R200 for children under the age of 12. The set menu will be served between 12h00 and 15h00. “Staff discounts do not apply to this event,” she warns.

Christian insists that bookings are essential as the restaurant has limited space due to Covid-19 lockdown regulations that require the observation of social distance. She confirms that a full bar service will be available during the above events.

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Written by Kwanele Butana
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Excitement filled the room in the Cape Town Hotel School when scholars consisting of CPUT staffers, who are mainly women in academics, were recently awarded certificates for completing their SAP train the trainer and newly advance SAP S4 HANA courses.

Prof. Renitha Rampersad, Assistant Dean for Research & Innovation in the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, congratulated the Centre for ERP in Africa (CERPiA) and the graduating women for their achievements and said that women empowerment has become very important in the country.

“Women are contributing to the society. The modern woman is self-confident,” said Rampersad. “I appreciate women who bring success to themselves and others”

CERPIA SAP education manager and trainer, Jerry Ansen, said the CPUT-based CERPIA was established in 2014 from a successfully completed two-year erp4school project, sponsored by GIZ & SAP. “The project aimed to implement the ERP education programme in Africa and CPUT is a Centre for Africa,” said Ansen.

He added that CERPIA was launched as a multidisciplinary Centre in the Faculty where partnerships with other like-minded entities at CPUT could engage to advance the CPUT agenda. CERPIA consists of three units:  Business Informatics Research, SAP/ERP Skills Development and SAP/ERP University Networking in Africa.

“Our current focus is the skilling of students and graduates to enhance their employability in this digital business economy. We have trained 8000+ graduates since 2012 in Africa,” said Ansen. He added that they have trained 800 lecturers and professors from African Universities and colleges and in the process produced over 4 500 Certified SAP ERP graduates in Africa.

He said the 100 women SAP Digital Business Skills development initiative, which was launched in September 2019, has seen 30 women trained from November to December. He added that the training of further 51 women will commence in November 2020.

Yvette Greeff, Senior Talent Development Consultant at The Foschini Group, congratulated the graduates and attributed their achievement to the ADKAR Model. Greeff added that the model is a tool created by Jeff Hiatt that helps to analyse one’s change with a view to better understand it.

• ADKAR is an acronym that represents five concrete outcomes that people need to achieve lasting change, namely Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability and Reinforcement especially in today’s digital transformation economy.

She added that the benefits of lifelong learning are acquisition of new skills and improving old ones, nurturing curious minds, opening minds and increasing wisdom as well as improving memory.

Calvin Maseko, Director: Advancement Department, said his Unit decided to invest unrestricted donor funds in colleagues’ digital business skills to advance their learning and teaching. He thanked his colleagues in the Department for their efforts in raising the funds and doing the administrative work.

“Since 2018 we’ve been working with CERPIA and have helped with funding for the SAP ERP training of 72 staff members and students to the tune of over half a million rand,” added Maseko.

Written by Kwanele Butana
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The Cape Town Hotel School (CTHS) has teamed up with the Kolisi Foundation on an initiative aimed at assisting disadvantaged communities during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Foundation was founded by Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and his wife Rachel and its mission is to “alleviate extreme poverty, bringing hope to individual hearts and providing opportunities to those with undiscovered talent”.

The Foundation is distributing food hampers to disadvantaged communities to help alleviate hunger and malnutrition during the national lockdown. The objective is to sustain families in certain areas for a period of three months.

Lecturer, Adv Anzel Laubscher, reached out to the Foundation on 28 April to offer the assistance of the CTHS by providing recipes for the ingredients included in the food hampers to be distributed. Laubscher said the offer was welcomed by the Foundation who requested the CTHS to develop at least four recipes to accompany hampers which were to be distributed in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth on 2 May.  “The recipes were required to be sent to the Foundation on 1 May, which left the team with less than 48 hours to compile the recipes. And the team delivered,” she said.

Nine recipes to serve six people each were developed from the list of ingredients provided.

The CTHS team involved in this community engagement project, which is called Cooking with the Kolisi’s, consisted of staff members holding various positions, teaching assistants and postgraduate students. The team members were Laubscher, Dr Tshinakaho Nyathela, Rianne Voigt (Head of Department), Nina Septoe, Lufuno Sithumule, Athi Ntwakumba, Nadia Esterhuyse, Lisa Msolongile, Celiwe Menze and Ndileka Bala.

The project has laid the foundation for the CTHS and the Foundation to continue working together. According to the CTHS the development of recipes has the dual purpose of  not only serving the community in an informed and decisive manner but to also to uplift and empower the community.  The Foundation will be guided by the recipes to compile the list of ingredients and the community will have the assurance that the sponsorship and donors’ contributions are  utilised in an informed and measurable manner. The recipes will empower individuals by providing creative and sustainable ideas on resources available.  

According to the CTHS the partnership provides a unique opportunity for the department’s staff and students to make a difference to communities and the entire nation. The Kolisi Foundation indicated a more significant need than recipes and the reversal of the process would be needed for the future, whereby the students will develop the recipes. The Foundation will then source the specific ingredients contained in the recipes.

Voigt said: “This would leave the CTHS in the position to develop affordable, nutritious meal plans which will serve the community in a significant way.”

This project can be done online by the students, even during the lockdown. The lecturers will oversee and approve all recipes and meal plans. The recipes will also be translated into the home language of the specific area or town where the respective hampers will be distributed.

“ The collaboration between the Kolisi Foundation and CTHS has the potential to be a winning recipe to contribute to curbing the curve of the COVID-19 virus,” she added.

Written by Ilse Fredericks
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In recognition of the training excellence offered in the Cape Town Hotel School, the sector has awarded approximately R1.5m in bursaries, equipment, and accommodation vouchers to about 38 of its students.

These and other academic excellence awards were announced on the Granger Bay Campus recently during the school’s Annual Awards Ceremony.

Every year Protea Hotels by Marriot awards bursaries to students who show potential in the industry, and 17 students from the school received bursaries.

The Cape Liquor and Catering Trade Educational Trust, which was formed in 1999 and is closely aligned to the Tourism Hospitality and Catering Pension Fund, awarded R50 000 to the school’s students.

Tsogo Sun awarded bursaries to ten BTech students, with five awarded on academic merit and others on financial need, while the Cape Town International Convention Centre awarded three bursaries worth R30 000 each. The latter award includes a one-year graduation training programme at the centre.

Six more bursaries were awarded to individual hotel school students including an overseas scholarship by Feedem, Hotel School Restaurant, FEDHASA, the Hospitality Property Fund and University College Birmingham.

For many years the University College Birmingham has been sponsoring a Hotel School student to complete their 4th year of study there. Valued at approximately R350 000, this very prestigious scholarship is awarded to a student with the best academic record and who can succeed in the overseas industrial environment.

Hotel School director Thembisile Molose believes the sector’s continued support is adding value to CPUT.

“Our students can only grow from strength to strength and we are, therefore, very excited for them to be so fortunate as many have the opportunity to work for a year in some of the hotels that awarded them bursaries,” says Molose.

Written by Kwanele Butana

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