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Dr Lizanne Pieterse makes name as team doctor

28 December 2020 | Story Ruan Bruwer | Photo Supplied

Lizanne_Web read more — Dr Lizanne Pieterse, a former Kovsie, has become a regular sight on and next to the sports fields.

Three years since making her childhood dream a reality, Kovsie alumna Dr Lizanne Pieterse is in high demand as a sports team doctor.

Dr Pieterse currently serves as the team doctor of the Southern Kings rugby team and is involved with the Warriors cricket team and Chippa United soccer team, all based in Port Elizabeth. She has also served in numerous capacities in the field of sports medicine and has been with a number of teams since starting with the Eastern Province U19 and U21 rugby teams in 2017.

She has worked at international cricket and rugby matches and was the concussion doctor at the International Sevens Tournament in Cape Town. Her husband, Barend, previously coached the Kings. He is a former Springbok rugby player.

“As a young girl I was always with my dad on the side of the rugby field or watching the early morning games on television with him. I always wanted to be the doctor on the side of the field.

“I think the dream definitely comes from loving sport and growing up in a family that enjoys sport. I love working in a team and learning from others,” she says.

Pieterse, or Doc Lizzy as she is known, initially started with Quantity Surveying at the University of the Free State in 2006. “Within my first semester, I realised that my love for medicine will always remain. I changed to medicine and completed my degree in 2011. I am passionate about sports medicine, especially concussion in sport.

“To one day run out onto the field with the Springboks as their team doctor, would really be a true honour and a dream come true.”

Pieterse is currently working on her master’s in Sports Medicine.

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Government to benefit from training of interpreters

2009-03-31

Pictured, from the left, are: Prof Theo du Plessis (Director: Unit for Language Management, UFS), Ms Mokone Nthongoa (HOD: Sport, FS Department of Sport, Arts and Culture), Mr Khotso Sesele (MEC: FS Department of Sport, Arts and Culture) and Prof Engela Pretorius (Vice Dean: Faculty of the Humanities, UFS).
Photo: Mangaliso Radebe

Government to benefit from training of interpreters

The fourth phase of a project to train eight conference interpreters and 30 community interpreters to assist government departments at service delivery points in the Free State was launched this week.

The project is part of the Multilingualism Information Development Programme which brings together the Free State provincial government, the Province of Antwerp and the University of Antwerp in Belgium and the University of the Free State (UFS).

Speaking at the launch of the fourth phase of the project, the MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture in the Free State, Mr Khotso Sesele, said: “The fact that we have been through the first three stages of this project, and are now launching its fourth phase, is indicative of the magnificent progress that has been made. This is a sign that through partnerships we can achieve more.”

The MIDP IV consists of two pillars, namely a practical and a research component. Its aim is to generate interpreting capacity within the provincial Department of Sport, Arts and Culture. The focus is on training an interpreting team over three years which can be employed within a governmental context at various service points.

“As we approach the 2009 FIFA Confederation Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournaments, it will be important for our communities to be able to interact with millions of foreign nationals who will be in our country from different world destinations during and beyond these two important soccer events,” said the MEC.

“The focus on interpreter training by this fourth phase of MIDP is thus an important factor in ensuring better communication during and beyond these important soccer spectacles that will take place in our country.”
The focus of the first three phases of the MIDP was on the main official languages of the province. This fourth phase, which started in 2008, will run until 2010 and its focus is on the Xhariep District Municipality.

“The provision of interpreting services and its further extension to district municipalities will provide the necessary interpreting skills to our communities that will enhance better interaction amongst ourselves,” said Mr Sesele.

He said the fact that indigenous languages have been “elevated from their marginalised status to being languages of business and commerce” is an important milestone that must be cherished.

This fourth phase of MIDP will also incorporate sign language as part of its focus on interpreting services.

“In our quest to ensure a multilingual dispensation in our province, we need not neglect to remember people with disabilities,” he said. “This is a matter of principle that does not require debate.”

“We should thus ensure the realisation of the goal of MIDP IV which is to ensure smooth communication interaction within the wider public, including the deaf community.”

“This is a wonderful project,” said Ms Mathabo Monaheng, one of the students in the MIDP. “As a sign language interpreter trainee this project will empower me with the necessary skills to be able to make a meaningful contribution to the deaf community in terms of communication.”

The MIDP is funded by the Province of Antwerp and successfully implemented by the Unit for Language Management at the UFS.

Media Release
Issued by: Mangaliso Radebe
Assistant Director: Media Liaison
Tel: 051 401 2828
Cell: 078 460 3320
E-mail: radebemt.stg@ufs.ac.za
31 March 2009

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