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17 October 2023


AFRIKAANS | ISIXHOSA

Update from the Electricity Crisis Contingency Committee (ECCC)

Dear colleagues and students
 
While we have had some respite from loadshedding on a national scale and are cautiously optimistic, we can assure the campus community that this does not diminish our focus as we maintain momentum in implementing our short to medium term energy and mitigation plans.
 
ASSESSMENTS CONTINGENCY
 
As the year-end assessment period is imminent, we will once again ensure that adequate contingency arrangements are in place in the event of loadshedding disruptions. These include:

Contingency arrangements

  • Facilities Management (FM) has surveyed all venues listed for the assessments (exams and tests) to check which venues have natural light and/or ventilation, and which do not.
  • They have prioritised venues with no natural light for the installation of emergency lighting, which will last for approximately four hours should there be a generator failure or breakdown during loadshedding. 
  • Provision has been made for two standby generators to be strategically placed on campus should they be required due to generator failure or breakdown at an assessment venue during loadshedding.
  • FM has purchased mobile inverters, which our maintenance teams will install at smaller venues.
  • Maintenance teams will be on standby on campus during assessment sessions to deal with any emergency repairs that might be needed due to a generator failure or breakdown.
  • A WhatsApp group has been created with relevant stakeholders from the Assessment Office, Timetable Office and Facilities Management to enable swift communication when needed.
  • A list of facility managers who may be contacted in the event of a failure will be displayed at assessment venues. These facility managers are part of the WhatsApp group and will immediately liaise with the maintenance teams in an emergency.
  • In the event of generator breakdown or failure, the invigilators will immediately inform the Assessment Office, who, in turn, will confirm the failure on the WhatsApp group. FM standby teams will respond immediately, investigate the failure and communicate actions in terms of repair.
Procedure in the unlikely event of failure of the entire backup system

We are confident that the arrangements for backup lighting, generators and inverters will ensure a smooth assessment period despite loadshedding, and that the chances of the entire backup system failing are very slim. However, should this highly unlikely scenario occur, the following procedure will kick in to protect assessment integrity:
  • Should loadshedding be accompanied by a failure of all backup systems that cannot be fixed within 10 minutes, the invigilators will report this to the chief invigilator immediately. The assessment session will be continued if the power failure lasts for less than 30 minutes, and students will be granted additional time equal to the time lost due to the power failure.
  • Should loadshedding be accompanied by a failure of all backup systems that cannot be fixed within 30 minutes, the chief invigilator will announce the cancellation of the assessment. Depending on the circumstances, students will be advised as follows:
  1. If the cancelled session was the first (A2) assessment, students will have to use the second (A3) assessment for the module.
  2. If the cancelled session was the second (A3) assessment, an alternative assessment date (or assessment method) will be communicated to the affected students in due course.

Note also that the academic buildings on the Tygerberg campus (Clinical/Education and BMRI), including the assessment venues, are connected to backup generators in the event of loadshedding.

Based on its successful implementation in the previous assessment period, we remain confident that the contingency measures put in place will enable us to complete the assessment period as planned, and that a failure of our entire backup system is unlikely.

REMINDER: SPACES WITH POWER AND WIFI
 
Staff and students are also again reminded of the availability of work spaces with continued power supply and Wifi access. These are indicated on the interactive campus map which can be accessed here. The map is simple to use and provides a quick reference guide for the entire campus. Please contact us at [email protected] should you have any difficulty in locating these spaces.
  
A LONG-TERM, SUSTAINABLE FOCUS
 
The potential challenges and unpredictability associated with the energy disruptions in our country poses a high level of risk for the University and as such we remain vigilant in the implementation of our mid- to long term energy plan that aims to deliver a more robust, cleaner and cost-effective system of energy supply to our community.
 
The ECCC and its subcommittees also remain focused on ensuring that adequate and detailed plans are in place for the possible scenarios identified, the baseline scenario of stage 6 and 7 loadshedding as well as scenarios for more intense stage 8 and 9 loadshedding. 
 
We will, as always, continue to keep you informed as we progress.
  
I wish all our students the very best as you prepare for your assessments. 

Prof Stan du Plessis 
Chair: ECCC

 

Jongste nuus van die Elektrisiteitskrisisgebeurlikheidskomitee (EKGK)

Beste kollegas en studente
 
Hoewel ons ietwat van ’n verligting van beurtkrag op ’n nasionale vlak beleef en ons versigtig optimisties is, kan ons die kampusgemeenskap verseker dat ons nie ons fokus verskuif het nie. Ons behou ons momentum om ons kort- tot mediumtermyn-energie- en verligtingsplanne in werking te stel.
 
GEBEURLIKHEIDSPLAN VIR ASSESSERINGS
 
Met die jaareinde-assesserings wat op hande is, wil ons julle weer verseker dat voldoende gebeurlikheidsmaatreëls getref is indien ontwrigtings weens beurtkrag sou voorkom. Dit sluit in:

Gebeurlikheidsmaatreëls

  • Fasiliteitsbestuur (FB) het alle lokale wat vir assesserings (eksamens en toetse) bespreek is, nagegaan om te bepaal watter lokale oor natuurlike lig en/of ventilasie beskik en watter nié.
  • Lokale sonder enige natuurlike lig het voorrang geniet vir die installering van noodligte, wat vir ongeveer vier uur lig sal voorsien indien die kragopwekker gedurende beurtkrag sou onklaar raak. 
  • Daar is voorsiening gemaak vir twee noodopwekkers op strategiese plekke op kampus wat gebruik kan word indien ’n kragopwekker gedurende beurtkrag by ’n assesseringslokaal sou onklaar raak.
  • FB het mobiele wisselrigters (inverters) gekoop, wat ons instandhoudingspanne in kleiner lokale sal installeer.
  • Instandhoudingspanne sal gedurende assesseringsessies gereed staan op kampus vir enige moontlike noodherstelwerk ingeval ’n opwekker sou onklaar raak.
  • ’n WhatsApp-groep met tersaaklike rolspelers van die Assesseringskantoor, die Roosterkantoor en Fasiliteitsbestuur is geskep om vinnig te kan kommunikeer wanneer dit nodig is.
  • ’n Lys van fasiliteitsbestuurders wat in geval van ’n noodgeval gekontak kan word, sal by assesseringslokale vertoon word. Hierdie fasiliteitsbestuurders is deel van die WhatsApp-groep en sal in ’n noodgeval dadelik met die instandhoudingspanne in verbinding tree.
  • Ingeval ’n opwekker sou onklaar raak, sal die toesighouers onverwyld die Assesseringskantoor in kennis stel, wat op hulle beurt die probleem op die WhatsApp-groep sal bevestig. FB-noodspanne sal dadelik reageer, die probleem ondersoek, en kommunikeer wat gedoen word om kragtoevoer te herstel.
Prosedure in die onwaarskynlike geval dat die hele rugsteunstelsel onklaar raak

Ons vertrou dat die reëlings vir noodligte, kragopwekkers en wisselrigters sal sorg dat die assesseringstydperk ondanks beurtkrag vlot verloop en dat die moontlikheid dat die ganse rugsteunstelsel in duie stort, uiters skraal is. Indien hierdie hoogs onwaarskynlike scenario egter plaasvind, sal die volgende prosedure in werking tree om assesseringsintegriteit te beskerm:
  • Indien beurtkrag gepaardgaan met ’n onklaarraking van alle rugsteunstelsels wat nie binne 10 minute herstel kan word nie, sal die toesighouers dit dadelik by die hooftoesighouer aanmeld. Die assesseringsessie sal voortgesit word indien die kragonderbreking korter as 30 minute duur, en studente sal ekstra tyd ontvang gelykstaande aan die tyd wat hulle weens die kragonderbreking verloor het.
  • Indien beurtkrag gepaardgaan met ’n onklaarraking van alle rugsteunstelsels wat nie binne 30 minute herstel kan word nie, sal die hooftoesighouer die kansellasie van die assessering aankondig. Na gelang van omstandighede sal studente soos volg ingelig word:
  1. Indien die gekanselleerde sessie die eerste (A2-) assessering was, moet studente van die tweede (A3-) assessering vir die module gebruik maak.
  2. Indien die gekanselleerde sessie die tweede (A3-) assessering was, sal ’n alternatiewe assesseringsdatum (of assesseringsmetode) so gou moontlik aan die betrokke studente gekommunikeer word.

Let ook daarop dat die akademiese geboue op die Tygerberg-kampus (Klinies/Onderwys en BMNI), wat die assesseringslokale insluit, aan noodopwekkers gekoppel is in geval van beurtkrag.

Op grond van die suksesvolle implementering in die vorige assesseringstydperk, is ons vol vertroue dat ons gebeurlikheidsmaatreëls voldoende is om die assesseringstydperk volgens plan te voltooi, en dat ’n algehele ineenstorting van ons rugsteunstelsels hoogs onwaarskynlik is.

HERINNERING: RUIMTES MET KRAG EN WIFI
 
Ons herinner ons personeel en studente ook aan die beskikbaarheid van ruimtes met deurlopende kragtoevoer en Wifi-toegang wat op die interaktiewe kampuskaart aangedui word. Die kaart is hier beskikbaar. Die kaart is maklik om te gebruik en bied ’n vinnige rigtingwyser vir die hele kampus. Tree gerus met ons by [email protected] in verbinding indien jy enige probleme ondervind om hierdie ruimtes te vind.
 
’N LANGTERMYN-, VOLHOUBARE FOKUS
 
Die moontlike uitdagings en onvoorspelbaarheid wat met die kragonderbrekings in ons land gepaardgaan, hou ’n hoë vlak van risiko vir die Universiteit in en daarom bly ons waaksaam in die implementering van ons middel- tot langtermyn-energieplan wat daarop gemik is om ’n meer robuuste, skoner en kostedoeltreffende stelsel van energievoorsiening aan ons gemeenskap te lewer.
 
Die EKGK en sy subkomitees bly ook daarop gefokus om te verseker dat voldoende en gedetailleerde planne in plek is vir die moontlike scenario’s wat geïdentifiseer is, die basislynscenario van fase 6- en 7-beurtkrag, asook scenario’s vir meer intense fase 8- en 9-beurtkrag.
 
Soos altyd sal ons julle ingelig hou oor ons vordering. 
 
Ek wens julle alles van die beste toe met julle voorbereiding vir die assesserings. 

Prof Stan du Plessis 
Voorsitter: EKGK

 

Ingcaciso yakutsha nje esuka kwiKomiti yeNgxaki yoMbane eNokubakho (ECCC): IKomiti eJongene neNgxubakaxaka yoMbane 

Boogxa bam nabafundi
 
Nangona sikhe sathi khefu kulo cimidanya wombane kwilizwe liphela kwaye nangona sithemba singathembi ukuba angaphinda athi gqi, uluntu lwekhampasi lona singaluqinisekisa ukuba loo nto ayiwasusi amehlo ethu koko sijolise kuko njengoko sithe gqolo ukuqhubeka ngokuphumeza izicwangciso zethu zokuphungula ingxaki yombane kwithuba eliphakathi ukuya kwelide.
 
AMALUNGISELELO OKUJONGANA NOKUNGEKEHLI NGEXESHA LEEMVAVANYO
 
Njengoko ithuba lovavanyo lokuphela konyaka seliza kufika, siza kuphinda siqinisekise ukuba kukho amalungiselelo afanelekileyo okujongana nokungekehli xa kunokubakho ukuphazamiseka ngenxa kacimidanya. Loo malungiselelo aquka:

Amalungiselelo okujongana nokungekehli

  • Icandelo loLawulo lweeFasiliti (FM) sele luwahlole wonke amagumbi achongelwe iimvavanyo (aweemviwo neemvavanyo) ngenjongo yokufuna ukuqonda ukuba ngawaphi amagumbi anokukhanya kwendalo kunye/okanye izixhobo ezifaka impepho, kwaye ingawaphi angenazo.
  • Amagumbi angenako ukukhanya kwendalo ngawo aza kufakelwa izikhanyisi zonxunguphalo kuqala, zikhanyisi ezo ziza kukhanyisa malunga neeyure ezine xa kunokubakho ingxaki yokungasebenzi kwejanareyitha okanye ukonakala kwayo ngelixa likacimidanya.
  • Kwenziwe amalungiselelo okuba kubekho iijanareyitha ezimbini ezilinde okungekehli neziza kubekwa kwiindawo eziphambili ekhampasini xa zinokufuneka ngenxa yokungasebenzi kwejanareyitha okanye ukonakala kwayo kwigumbi lovavanyo ngelixa locimidanya.
  • Icandelo leFM lithenge ii-invetha ezihambayo, eziza  kufakwa ngamaqela ethu olungiso kumagumbi eemvavanyo amancinane kunamakhulu.
  • Amaqela olungiso aya kuhlala elinde okungekehli ekhampasini ngexesha leeseshoni zemvavanyo ukuze abe nokusebenza naluphi na ulungiso olungxamisekileyo olunokufuneka ngenxa yokungasebenzi kwejanareyitha okanye ukonakala kwayo.
  • Kusekwe iqela likaWhatsApp elinabo bachaphazelekayo bafanelekileyo abaphuma kwiOfisi yeMvavanyo, iOfisi yeeThayimtheyibhuli nakuLawulo lweeFasilithi, oko kusenzelwa ukuba unxibelelwano lukhawuleze xa lufuneka.
  • Uluhlu lwabaphathi beefasilithi ekunokuqhagamshelwana nabo xa kuthe kwabakho ukungasebenzi kombane luza kuxhonywa kumagumbi eemvavanyo. Abo baphathi beefasilithi bayinxalenye yeqela likaWhatsApp kwaye baya kunxibelelana ngoko nangoko namaqela olungiso xa kukho imo yonxunguphalo.
  • Xa kuthe konakala ijanareyitha okanye ayasebenza, abagadi beemvavanyo baya kuyazisa ngoko nangoko iOfisi yeeMvavayo, yona ke iya kuchaza ukungasebenzi oko kwiqela leWhatsApp. Amaqela weFM alindele okungekehli aya kusabela ngoko nangoko, akuphande oko kungasebenzi aze achaze amanyathelo aza kuthathwa ngokubhekiselele ekulungiseni.
Inkqubo xa kunokungasebenzi isistim ejongenene nokungekehli iyonke, nto leyo ingenakufane yenzeke

Sinethemba elikhulu lokuba amalungiselelo okubanezikhanyisi ezilindele okungekehli, iijanareyitha neeinvetha ezilindileyo kuya kuqinisekisa iimvavanyo ezingenamagingxigingxi nokubakungakho ucimidanya, kwaye sinethemba elikhulu lokuba amathuba okuba isitim yethu elindileyo iyeke kwaphela ukusebenza mancinane kakhulu. Kodwa ukuba le nto, engenakufane yenzeke phofu, yenzekile kuya kusungulwa le nkqubo ilandelayo ukuze kukhuselwe ukuthembakala kweemvavanyo:
  • Ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba ucimidanya abe ngaxeshanye nokungasebenzi kwazo zonke iisistim ezilidileyo ze oko kungabi nakulungiswa kwimizuzu eli10, abagadi beemvavanyo loo nto baya kuyixela kumgadi weemvavanyo oyintloko ngoko nangoko. Iseshoni yovavanyo iya kuqhubeka xa ukungasebenzi kombane kuthatha ixesha elingaphantsi kwemizuzu engama30, kwaye abafundi baya kongezwa ixesha elilingana nelo libalahlekele ngenxa yokucima kombane.
  • Ukuba ucimidanya uhamba nokungasebenzi kwesistim yonke elinde okungekehli nto leyo ingenakulungiswa kwimizuzu engama30, umgadi weemvavanyo oyintloko uya kuvakalisa ukumiswa kweemvavanyo. Ngokuxhomekeke kwiimeko, abafundi baza kucetyiswa ngale ndlela ilandelayo:
  1. Ukuba iseshoni emisiweyo ibi luvavanyo lokuqala (A2), abafundi kuya kufuneka basebenzise uvavanyo lwesibini (A3) lwemodyuli.
  2. Ukuba iseshoni emisiweyo ibi luvavanyo lwesibini (A3), abafundi abachaphazelekayo baya kwaziswa ngolunye usuku lovavanyo (okanye indlela yovavanyo) ekuhambeni kwexesha.
Yiqapheleni neyokuba izakhiwo zemfundo kwikhampasi yaseTygerberg (EzoNyango/ezeMfundo neBMRI), kuqukwa namagumbi eemvavanyo, ziqhagamshelwe kwiijanareyitha ezilindele okungekehli kusenzelwa xa kunokubakho ucimidanya.

Xa sithelekisa ukuphunyezwa ngempumelelo kweemvavanyo kwithuba leemvavanyo zangaphambili, sisenethemba lokuba amanyathelo okujongana nokungekehli amiselweyo ayakwenza ukuba sikwazi ukuligqiba ithuba lovavanyo njengoko sicwangcisile, kwaye ukungasebenzi kwesistim yethu ejongene nokungekehli iphela akuna kufane kwenzeke.
 

ISIKHUMBUZO: IINDAWO EZINOMBANE NE-WIFI
 
Abasebenzi nabafundi bayakhunjuzwa ngokubakho kweendawo zokusebenza ezinombane ongacimiyo nangokufumaneka kweWifi. Oku kuphaya kwimaphu onokuphendulana nayo nonokuyifumana apha. Loo maphu kulula ukuyisebenzisa kwaye inika ikhampasi iphela isikhokelo sokubhekisa esikhawulezayo. Nceda uqhagamsehelane nathi e- [email protected] xa unokuba nabo nabuphi na ubunzima bokufumana ezo ndawo.   
 
UKUPHOSA AMEHLO KWIXESHA ELIDE ELIZINZILEYO
 
Imingeni enokubakho ndawonye nokungaqikeleleki kwangaphambili okuhamba nokuphazamiseka kombane kwilizwe lethu kwenza ukuba le Yuniveisthi ibe semngciphekweni kakhulu kwaye noko kunjalo sihleli sithe qwa ngelixa lokuphumeza kwethu isicwangciso sethu sombane sethuba eliphakathi ukuya kwelide, sicwangciso eso sijolise ekuziseni eluntwini inkqubo yombane eluqilima, enococeko neziphumo zayo zincumisayo ngokweendleko.
 
Yona iECC neekomiti eziphantsi kwayo nayo ihleli igxininisa ekuqinisekiseni ukuba kukho izicwangciso ezaneleyo nezineenkcukacha ezipheleleyo ukwenzela izehlo ezichongiweyo ezinokwenzeka, isehlo esisiseko esinokwenzeka esiliNqanaba 6 neNqanaba 7 likacimidanya ndawonye nezehlo ezakha zanzima ezinokwenzeka zeNqanaba 8 neNqanaba 9 likacimidanya. 
 
Siya kuqhubeka, njengoko sisoloko sisenza, ngokukwazisa ngenkqubela esiyenzayo.
 
Ndinqwenelela nina bafundi bethu nonke okona kuhle njengoko nilungiselela iimvavanyo zenu.

Njgl Stan du Plessis
USihlalo: ECCC