TUT 101 (S25º44.174, E028º09.573)

 T.U.T History and Information

 The following is an excerpt on Tshwane University of Technology, from the booklet ‘inCONTEXT’ found at: http://www.tut.ac.za/Media/Documents/in%20CONTEXT.pdf

“TUT was established on 1 January 2004, with the merging of the former Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria. At the time of the merger, the uniquely South African institutional designation of “technikon” was dropped in favour for the internationally accepted “university of technology” designation.

This new mega-institution annually enrols approximately 60 000 students. Its student body is one of the most demographically representative in the country in terms of both race and gender, reflecting the Rainbow Nation in all its diversity. With almost 22 per cent of contact students accommodated in residences, the University is by far the largest residential higher education institution in Southern Africa.

TUT’s geographic footprint covers four of South Africa’s nine provinces – Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and the North-West Province – with campuses located in Tshwane (Pretoria, Soshanguve and Ga-Rankuwa), Nelspruit, eMalahleni (previously called Witbank) and Polokwane (previously called Pietersburg). Large numbers of students are also drawn from other provinces and from neighbouring countries such as Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Swaziland.

Academically, TUT is divided into seven faculties (the seat of each faculty is indicated in brackets):
• Faculty of Economics and Finance (Ga-Rankuwa Campus)
• Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment (Pretoria Campus)
• Faculty of Humanities (Soshanguve Campus)
• Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (Soshanguve Campus)
• Faculty of Management Sciences (Pretoria Campus)
• Faculty of Science – incorporating Natural Sciences, Health Sciences and Agriculture (Arcadia Campus, Pretoria CBD)
• Faculty of the Arts (Arts Campus, Pretoria CBD)

These faculties offer a wide range of diploma and degree programmes for prospective students to choose from – more than 40 per cent leads to a doctorate and 61 per cent to a master’s degree. All TUT courses are registered on the South African National Qualification Framework (NQF) and are credit-bearing.

TUT employs more than 2 700 permanent staff members, including almost 855 highly qualified permanent academics. These academics are increasingly focusing on conducting applied research and community engagement activities in addition to their instructional roles.”

Cache Information

The indicated coordinates are the entrance to the Pretoria campus of T.U.T. This cache is available 24/7, although I would suggest not doing this at night. You do not need to enter any buildings; all the clues are on the campus grounds.

This is a multi-cache which will take you to interesting and pleasant places on the campus. Although the clues are not difficult to find, this cache will take a bit of time because you will be covering about 4km. The terrain is easy, except going to the final cache position, which is a bit of a climb.

If you are finished or get stuck, you are more than welcome to phone us, so that we can meet you. We will even buy you a cold drink to cool down (As long as it is in working hours). You can even phone us before the time to find out whether we will be available. If you can not get hold of us, we are probably lecturing. You can also email us to confirm our availability.
    Krazong: 0123825643 (office hours)
    Team_Olo: 0123824408 (office hours)

Now for the cache detail (really):

The final coordinates are in the form: S25 43ºBDE and E28 09ºACF.
The clues can be done in any sequence, in other words; the clues do not build on each other. However, doing them in sequence might be a bit shorter than jumping around between points.

You can park your car at any of the following parking areas:
    S25º43.974 E28º09.748
    S25º43.983 E28º09.551
    S25º43.979 E28º09.513
    S25º43.968 E28º09.483

You can even get something to eat from the pizza shop (S25º43.921 E28º09.702) or the chicken burger shop (S25º43.999 E28º09.741). Sit in the shade and rest before you carry on with this cache.

If you do not want to do the whole cache by foot, you can drive to a parking spot close to the cache (S25º43.GBC E28º09.HIC).
    G = B + C
    H = B – A
    I = D - E

A B C D E F can be retrieved from the following clues:

A

S25º43.950 E28º09.465
First digit of the building number you can see.

B

S25º43.931 E28º09.588
First digit of the building number you can see plus 4.

C

S25º43.935 E28º09.725
On which date in October was building 21 opened?
Second digit of the date found.

D

S25º43.863 E28º09.880
Find the barcode number on the information board in this garden.
Sixth digit of the barcode number taken from the left hand side.

E

S25º43.889 E28º10.010
Find the barcode number of the White Faced Duck.
Last digit on the barcode number taken from the left hand side.

F

S25º43.939 E28º09.839
Count the number of boulders on the patch of grass surrounding the sundial.
Final value is the number of boulders.