MilMed Jan Feb 2007.qxp - SA Military Health Service

An accomplishedSportsmanArticle and photograph by Capt Gaynor Daniels (AMHU WC)Capt Cassius Cloete from Area Military Health UnitWestern Cape is an accomplished kickboxing andboxing sportsman and administrator. Hisprofessional career spans a ten-year period ofhaving fought in the bantamweight division. In kickboxinghe had 15 fights, winning fourteen of them by knockout,and his boxing record boasts twenty fights of which he wonthirteen, ten by knockout. Capt Cloete no longerparticipates in boxing but trains young amateurs at theWynberg Military Base Gymnasium. He also knows theimportance of studying and is currently completing anhonour’s degree in Sports and Recreational Management atthe University of the Western Cape.His wife, Dorothy, is currently the Western Cape boxingchampion and his son, Josh ‘Junior’, is the reigning WesternProvince under-22 kg judo champion. His wife is also anactive kickboxer and she earned a silver medal at the 2003World Championships in Greece. Her entry into the boxingarena was quite coincidental, when Capt Cloete asked herto be a stand-in for a boxing match. Having no experience,she stepped into the boxing ring and walked away a winner.Ever since she has been involved in boxing.THE LANGUAGECORNERAs promised, the SAMHS Language Support section will infuture publish a language guidance section. The aim withthis column is to standardise the way in which the writtenEnglish language is used in the SAMHS. We will give tipsand guidance in terms of both accepted language practiceand the Conventions of Service Writing (CSW).The SAMHS follows the language principles issued by theDirector Language of the SANDF. These are mainlycontained in the CSW, but a number of aspects are notcovered in this publication, and are therefore not generalknowledge. In this introductory column, we will discuss somegeneral issues that may shed some light on common errorsthat language practitioners see regularly.Many of us are reliant upon the spell check facility on theword processing programmes we use. Unfortunately thedefault language setting on our computers is generally“English (US)”. The DOD, however, still uses British Englishand therefore this setting should be changed to “English(UK)”. Note that “English (South Africa)” also allowsSome of Capt Cloete’s Sports accomplishments:Namibian colours 1989Boxing Springbok colours 1993Kickboxing SA colours (Protea) 2004Senior National Kickboxing Coach,WP Kickboxing Team Manager 2002-2004Chief coordinator for launching Female Boxingin SA - 2002Western Cape Military Sportsman of the Year - 2002Western Cape Military Administrator of the Year - 2004Hosted SANDF Martial Arts Championships - 2006Administrative positions held:Chairperson WP Kickboxing Association - 2000-2005PRO Western Cape Boxing Organisation - 2006Chairperson SAMHS TaeKwondo - 2005 - 2006Executive member SANDF Martial Arts Club - 2005 to dateChairperson Cape Town Military Martial Arts Club - 2002Vice-Chairperson, SA Kickboxing Association - 2006American spelling of words, which is unacceptable.A lot of rumours are doing the rounds about a “new” CSWmanual. These are untrue. The 1993 edition of the CSWremains the official guide to language use in the DOD.The Surgeon General has ruled that the preferred font forthe SAMHS will be “Times New Roman” in font size 12. Allcorrespondence in the SAMHS must therefore be in this font.This also applies to security classifications and pagenumbers. It would be wise to change your default fontsetting to “Times New Roman”.Future editions of Milmed will contain much more specificissues relating to language. Feel free to contact the SAMHSLanguage Support office if you have any queries.For further information contact:Lt Col Wouter KrugerSO1 Language SupportOffice of the Surgeon General(012) 367-921426