Africa Celebrates SKA Bid Outcome: Two of our Old Rhodians were spotted at the SKA media press conference. Prof Justin Jonas, Associate Director: Science and Engineering at the SKA South Africa Project and Dr Adrian Tiplady is the Site Bid Manager.

Adam has been writing about the international bunkering and shipping market since 2010, when he joined the Bunkerworld news service. He is the current editor of the Bunker Bulletin - Petromedia's print title focused on the global bunkering sector. In this capacity Adam has expanded upon his

Liam Pedersen was born in Cape Town, South Africa before moving to the squats of London, thence to the Greyhound bus terminals of the USA before being deported from Mexico and ending up in Colombian jungle where he avoided school and spent idyllic days fishing from a dugout canoe. Eventually polite society caught up with him and he went to Chile, learning

Triathlete Chris Felgate (2002) and Rower Micheen Thornycroft (2006) have qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Six Old Rhodians were nominated for the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans 2012. Bailey Snyman,Daniel Friedman, Michael Markovina, Lindile Mpanza and Melini Moses.

Cablekiosk.co.za, a new online store which launched this week, was conceived when Rhodes University student, Andrew Lynch was looking for a replacement iPod charging cable. "I looked online and in stores and received such poor service and ridiculous prices - I felt like I was being ripped off." He searched abroad for alternatives. "I convinced a company in China to manufacture a small batch of cables and ship them to me, for a lower price than a single cable in South Africa! I kept one cable and put the rest on

"Thando Zono brings South African roots to streaking UMass field hockey". Brought up in Grahamstown, her field hockey career began at the age of eight and whilst at Rhodes, she was recruited by former UMass coach Justine Sowry, who convinced Zono to come to Amherst without ever seeing the campus.

Alistair Mokoena, previously head of marketing at ABSA Retail & Business Bank, has joined Drftfcb Johannesburg as managing director. Making the announcement, Draftfcb CEO, John Dixon, said he regarded the signing of Mokoena as a 'big signing' for the agency, which has scored several other goals over the course of the year.