Rita Venter said goodbye

Ms Rita Venter began to work at the University of Pretoria on 24 January 1990. She retired in March 2018.

We celebrated her life at the Faculty when 60 people attended a function in the Normal Hall. ‘Thank you for the kind words and acknowledgment for the work I have done. Yes, I am starting a new chapter of my book of life. For me, life is a book filled with chapters and now I am done with the DE chapter and am going to start with the Retirement Chapter,’ she said.

When Education moved to the Groenkloof campus, Ms Venter was the only staff member on the campus. ‘Mr Johan Haumann and Mr Willie Potgieter added the students of the college on the system of UP and I had to study the curriculum and check if every student’s records were correct, especially the final year. Yes, I was the staff member in charge of the student admin roll-over to UP,’ she added.

Ms Venter also credited her A-team of Distance Education who worked with her, as well as Doctor Tony Mays and his team, saying, ‘I will always remember you. I will always think of the good time. I will always keep it near my heart. I will treasure my time at Distance Education’.