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Jabu Baloyi

MBA, Graduate School of Business, Strathclyde University

I started my career as a Speech Therapist and Audiologist at Hillbrow Hospital. I was soon promoted to Acting Head of the department and then to Chief Speech Therapist and Audiologist. After I completed a Management Advancement Programme at Wits Business School, I joined Anglogold Health Services as a Senior Audiologist and became a member of the Health Professions Council of South Africa. I completed my MBA at Strathclyde University, attaining cum laude for my thesis on Change Management and Innovation. After this, I took up a one year placement at Unilever Plc in the UK, where I spent the first five months at Bird's Eye Walls, working on Project Eclipse, which involved the implementation of SAP R/3 and harmonising work processes throughout Unilever in Europe. Currently I am working in Marketing, as an assistant brand manager, and I hope to pursue a career in this field when I return to South Africa in August 2002.


Hlelo Giyose

MSc, City University
"The course is slowly developing into what I expect. I wish I could attend professional seminars in private equity in London."


Tracey Laban

MPhil, Cambridge University

"I have absolutely no regrets about my course of study, the institution, my supervisor or the research group. I only hope the written output is able to convey my full learning experience in the U.K."


Chetna Lakhoo

MSc, Development Practice, Oxford University.

A field trip to Cambodia '…put things into perspective'. She did research work for her dissertation in Kosovo.


Mthunzi Luthuli

MBA, University of Manchester

"I have found most courses to be very informative and useful, not only in the business arena, but in life as a whole."


Winnie Ntombikanina Malinga

MA International Political Economy, Warwick University

I enjoyed the demands and challenges of my course at Warwick. My course-mates, tutors and I would often engage in lively, in-depth critical debates. After I graduated in 2000, I worked for Unilever UK for a year and I've found that international work experience has further complemented my degree and developed my knowledge and skills. When I return to South Africa in June 2002, I hope to
pursue my career in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility
and I also wish to be directly involved in community work.


Nolwazi Masango

MBA, Leeds University

"I have chosen the option of the Generic MBA and find it flexible particularly this semester and as such it meets my expectations. The courses cover key business areas such as e-commerce, business excellence and so forth."


Sipho Nhlapo

MA, Bournemouth University

Course content: "The development has been very wonderful and somehow beyond my expectations." The delivery of the course he describes as very professional and rewarding.


Fatima Shabodien

MPhil Development Studies, University of Sussex

My two years of graduate studies have significantly improved both my skills base and my international networking exposure. During my two years in the UK, I have learnt as much from my formal academic endeavours as I have from the rich life experiences of my classmates. Since completing my studies I have been employed with an international NGO where I have been working as a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist in the field of civil society development in Indonesia. Based on my exposure in Indonesia and during my studies in the UK, I now believe that, in light of growing globalisation and interdependence, South Africa needs to be more outward focused both to learn from the experiences of other developing and developed nations, and also to share the rich experience of our own nation with others in their
respective development processes.