Ms Zanele ‘Sally Sue’ Matsane from CUT is set to travel to United Kingdom for three weeks in November after winning a prestigious Abe Bailey Travel Scholarship.   

The objective of the Abe Bailey Travel Scholarship is to broaden the views of young South Africans, to expose them to the globalized world and to equip them with exceptional leadership qualities.  Annually, these awards are given to academically achieving individuals who show qualities of leadership and service to others and have a good track record, not only on campus, but also in a wider social context.  Zanele, a young BTech Quantity Surveying woman student from Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at CUT, is by no means an exception. Earlier this year, she entered the enterPRIZE job creation challenge competition with an innovative concept focusing on sustainable wealth and job creation for other and won the second place in the Best Young Entrepreneur category with a substantial cheque of R100 000.  Her start up business is  known as Metse Ke Bophelo – Water is life, let us preserves it for you,  a business that specializes in storage containers in the form of recycled industrial drums. 

According to Zanele, the drums will be sold to the rural communities in and around Bloemfontein area that do not have running water in their households. She has always shown leadership qualities and met all the requirements set by the ABE bailey Trust. In addition to her latest achievements, she was a chairperson of the first-year committee at Mannheim Ladies residence in 2011 and the best academic achiever in 2010, a class representative committee for first year students, N Dip Building and currently a class representative for B Tech students studying towards Quantity Surveying Construction Management. An all-expenses paid three-week educational tour to the United Kingdom is scheduled for the period 26 November - 20 December 2014. 

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Proud moments:  Dr Daryl Balia, Director: Academic Planning; Prof. Alfred Ngowi, Dean: Engineering and Information Technology; Ms Zanele Matsane, bursary recipient and Prof. Henk de Jager, DVC: Academic and Research.