Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Hundreds of students attended the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences’ annual Diversity Seminar to discuss gender diversity and inclusion.

Female staff members are invited to join in a 2.5 km fun run/walk this Thursday to celebrate Women’s Day at CPUT.

CPUT’s own two-times Comrades finisher Morakane Khahledi will set the pace for the race, which will take place at the Bellville campus.

It will start at 11 am at the outdoor gym (next to MGR1 ) and will be followed by a lively Zumba class in the Sports Hall.

Female staff members who want to enter the race must RSVP via email.

Finishers will receive a healthy lunch and a special gift. To qualify for this participants have to collect two armbands during the race.

Participants can also look forward to lucky draws on the day.

A healthy mind needs to be complimented by an equally healthy body. This is the philosophy by which two times Comrades runner Morakane Khahledi runs her family and life.

Khahledi was running casual 5km and 10km runs since 2009 but after her two babies were born she decided to take her pastime more seriously. To date, she has completed the ultimate endurance race, The Comrades, on both the down and up run. And she does it all in her unique stride.

“I am not a fast runner but I what I do have is endurance,” she says.

“I don’t care about personal best times or beating anyone else. For me running is my therapy, I talk to myself during runs and I work on things that are bothering me. If I feel like I’m not ok I go for a quick 5km and I return refreshed and rejuvenated,” she says.

The Civil Engineering lecturer fits most of her running training in between the inhospitable hours of 3:30am and 5am in the lead up to big races. Together with her husband, who is also a road runner, they join their In Touch running club teammates for their early morning sessions.

“That way my run is done for the day and I haven’t taken any time away from my children because they are still asleep, with the nanny looking after them,” she says.

Morakane encourages women to prioritise their own health and wellbeing alongside working on their family lives and careers.

“Your career and health need to work together, if you are not fine socially it affects your career and vica versa,” she says.   

Khahledi will be participating in CPUT Women’s Day event on Thursday 8 August.

Public Relations Management students were in for a treat when they attended a guest lecture by representatives from one of the world’s largest snacks companies.

A total of 247 staff members, with an incredible 4 360 years of service to CPUT between them, were honoured at the Annual Long Service Awards.

The Faculty of Business and Management Sciences motivated its postgraduate students to take up academic research and writing during an Orientation Workshop.