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.

Lisa MacLeod has won Woman in Business of the Year in the South African Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2012. Currently an assistant editor at the Financial Times Lisa has been involved in most of the strategic newsroom integration projects at the FT over the past nine years, and been part of the senior management team for the past few years

Rob competed in the World Canoe Marathon Championships, 13-23 September, 2012 in Rome. Paddles from 40 nations took part and whilst Rob was unable to repeat the successes of 2011 with 2 gold medals, he did manage to bring back some 'tin' in the form of bronze and silver medals, coming 3rd in the K1 and 2nd in the K2 (Masters) events that he competed in.