Congratulations are in order for Prof Marianne Matthee and Prof Ewert Kleynhans, who have been promoted to full professors, and Dr Carli Bezuidenhout, who has been promoted to senior lecturer.

In addition, special mention should be made of Emmanuel Orkoh, currently studying towards his PhD through TRADE, who will be departing for Geneva soon to take up a six-month study fellowship which he was awarded by the WTO under its PhD Support Programme. Each year the WTO awards a number of study fellowships to deserving candidates from developing countries to assist them in the final phase of their doctoral studies. In addition to being exposed to a wealth of information resources at the WTO, Emmanuel will be assigned a personal mentor to guide him in the fine-tuning of his doctoral thesis.