CUT Annual Report 2015

In October 2015, the Unit for Sustainable Water and Environment was launched. The Unit was established as a response to the water crisis that the
country is facing. CUT, along with stakeholders from various organisations, including the International Institute of Applied System Analysis, Bloemwater,
and national universities are coming together to develop innovative ways to solve the problem of water scarcity, http://www.cut.ac.za/uswe/
CUT continues to promote vibrant engagements with the community, both locally and nationally. A series of public lectures that focused on a range
of topics were held throughout the year. To mention but a few, Prof. Yuri Maltsev, a published scholar in Economics and Economic History, presented
a seminar entitled Economic Freedom and Economic Success around the World. A prestige lecture on “The Constitutional Right to Equality” was
presented by Judge Navi Pillay in August 2015, a renowned international jurist. Furthermore, Dr Herman Mashaba, an accomplished businessman
and a CUT alumnus who was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by CUT in 2013, presented his second annual lecture on Entrepreneurship in
September 2015, where Prof. Kurt Leube was invited as the guest speaker. Prof. Kurt Leube is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford
University and an expert on the Austrian School of Economics (more on these engagement in the Special Events section).
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