inspire magazine spring issue 2015

INSPIRE

MAPHUTA DOLO

SHIMLAS TOP WINGMAN

ON UNBEATEN

RUN

16KOVSIES TO LOOK OUT FOR

I have Followers in Real Life

Technology And other Drugs

UNDERRATEDOVERRATEDOR JUST RIGHT

IMKE REINECKE

FITNESS

SANTANA Shares tips on how to

keep your body lean

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FEATURE

CRAZY LIST

THE SONG BIRD SHARES

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Movies to watch on a date night

Things to do before you graduate

Lessons learnt from speed dating

COVER PHOTO BYLIHLUMELO TOYANA

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CONTENTS SPRING15

Dolo talks about Varsity Cup win Santana gives us some fitness tips 16 kovsies to look out for

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SPORTSMAN FITNESS KOVSIE LIFE

SELF DISCOVERY

8/ NO REGRETSThings to do before you graduate

10/ IDENTITY How well do you know yourself

12/ BLINK Lessons learnt from speed dating

14/ MONEY AND SUCCESS Academics versus Creatives

LOOKING BACK

6/ 2015 SO FARA look at how 2015 has fared so far as we gear up on ending this year on a high note.

FEATURED ARTICLES KOVSIE LIFE

26/ UFS COMES ALIVEGlobal Leadership Summit on UFS

38/ STUDENT COURT Now in session

44/ ARTCarmen goes all artsy

54/ ART Lorato Sebusho’s Gallery

56/ IMKE REINECKEThe song bird shares all

16/ DIGITAL AGEI have followers in real life

18/ REACTION PIECE#Fees must fall

22/ STUDENT LEADERSHIP Janus Faced

+52/ MUSICA look at 2015 as it is now deemed as the golden year of albums. A list of some antici-pated albums as well.

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20/ CRAZY LISTOverrated, Underrated or Just right. Things are ranked and put in their place because sometimes we misplace them.

7/ THE DAILY SHOWTrevor Noah began his tenour as the new Daily Show host. How has he fared in his first 4 weeks.

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THE RED ISSUEFor a good long time, I have been reading Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Outliers.” Among other things, it talks about people with extraordinary success and how they became so for-tunate. He particularly explained how the right circumstances, luck and even being born at the right time worked in the favour of these people. Howev-er, they also had to be work extremely hard and master their craft in order to seize the opportunity when it came their way. I have come to understand that nothing can replace hard work and any success is a product thereof. Likewise, nothing can replace our Kovsie Pride. This year has been deemed the “Year of Champions”, and that is why we have the toughest man on the rugby field, Dolo Maphuta, as our cover guy. The Shimlas had an unbeaten run the Varsity Cup, Wayde Vaniekerk came home with a gold medal, Kovsie Women’s Hockey Team made it all the way to the finals and Veritas won are the KleinSe’r nation-al championships. It is this wave of pursuing excellence that has inspired our Spring Issue 2015 titled the Red Issue. Red is such a bold colour, it stands out and is regarded as the most visible colour. Likewise this issue aims to inspire young people to be bold and visible. The “Self ”, meaning

personal development will be a recurring theme in this issue. I would also like to thank every-one who contributed to make this edition a possibility. I want you to take this with you from this edition; we believe you have the capacity to make your dreams a reality. Stay curious and be Inspired. Take care

Mikey MakwarimbaEditor in Chief

Team Inspire MagazineFrom left

MIKEY MAKWARIMBAEditor in chief

THUTHUKANI NDLOVUMarketing director/editor

FRANK MAGAYAArt director/designer/editor

Twitter: @InspireMagUfs Facebook:Inspire Magazine UFS Email:[email protected]

You can view and download Inspire Magazine at ISSUU. Alternatively visit us at our blog:inspiremagufs.wordpress.com

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EDITORS

VICE EDITOR IN CHIEFKHOTSO DINEO MASHILE

EDITORLONDA CELE

EDITORMOLEBOHENGRAQHEMENYANE

MARKETINGLITSOANELO RAMANAMANE

EDITORJILLIAN SHAVA

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CONTRIBUTERS

DR Buhleni ZumaWriter, Lecturer

A lecturer in the department of Psychology at University of Cape Town. He is a Mandela Rhodes Scholar. He holds a PhD in Social Psychology. Dr Zuma is the founder and Chairman for the research institute of the Study of the Human (RISH).

Moira VilliardArtist, Writer, Student

Moira is an independent tradi-tional artist, muralist, hobbyist writer, designer and wannabe filmmaker. She grew up on a reservation in northern Min-nesota and currently studying Communications.Facebook: Artdemoira

Ronnie Farooq ShumbaEntrepreneur, Writer

Ronnie is an entrepreneur and Businessman. He is a qualified Accountant and tax practitioner and is the owner of FRS Accoun-tants in Johhanesburg. He is an exceptional writer who com-ments on the political situation through his blog: wedovo.wordpress.com

Floridah Rumbidzai MapetoWriter, Student

Floridah, currently a Commu-nication Science Student at Unisa, is an avid blogger and social media enthusiast.Blog: ruedynamite.wordpress.comTwitter: @flossymapetoIG: @ruedynamite

Lihlumelo ToyanaPhotographer, Student

Lihlumelo is currently doing her Masters degree in Cultural Stud-ies. She is also an author and studied Photo and Documentary Journalism. She uses photogra-phy as a tool for Social change.Facebook: Lihlumelo Toyana Photography

Phathisizwe TheCreativeCreative Director

He is the founder of Digitaal Cre-ative, a branding and marketing company that offers a range of services like graphic design, photography, web design, logo design among others. Facebook:Phathisizwe TheCreative

Nomusa MthethwaWriter, Student

Currently working on her debut novel called ‘Jozi Night Lights’, No-musa is very talented writer with a strong sense of the abstract.


Carmen Elizabeth van StadenArtist, Student

Carmen is currently a student at UFS studying Architecture. She has always been creative and started drawing from the moment I could hold a pencil. Her work usually has a deeper and meaningful message behind every piece. IG:@carmenvanstaden

Alexander OlivierPhotographer, Writer and SingerStudying media and journalism at UFS.Facebook: photographysincenow

TracyShumbaCandidate Attorney

Currently doing her articles. She has a passion for entrepre-neurship and small projects. Instrumental in obtaining key articles

Tatenda MakunikeEntrepreneur, Student

Co-Founder, Designer and Developer of NibItApp, a career planning app for high school students and University students. www.nibit.co.zaFacebook:Tatenda Makunike

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Tafara MuswerakuendaMarketing, Student

Tafara was very instrumental in getting key organisations and companies start to notice us. He forged a lot of key relationships which will be of major importance in the long run of the magazine.

2015 So Far

THE UNBEATEN RUNAfter a solid run in the preliminary stages of the varsi-ty cup, the Shimlas secured a date with NWU-Pukke in the finals after beating the defending champions UCT. Playing at home and on the verge of making history the Shimlas were under a lot of pressure. The UFS community came in their hordes to support and were treated to a brutal and fierce massacre of Pukke by a well oiled Shimlas machine.

LOOKING BACKKOVSIES

43.48NOT FAR OFFIt has been a great year for Kovsie sport. The Kovsie women’s hockey team made it all the way to the fi-nals and unfortunately lost in a close finish. However Nicole Walvaren was awarded the U-21 women’s hockey player of the year for 2015. She, together with Liné Malan and Tanya Britz, is representing Kovsies in the SA Women’s hockey team.

THE NUMBER OF SECONDS WAYDE VANIEKERK TOOK TO WIN THE IAAF 400 M RACE IN BEIJING IN AUGUST. 0.30 sec SHY OF THE WORLD RECORD.

KOVSIE AWARDSMISS LESOTHONETBALL GIRLSSTUDENT COURT

THE FASTEST MAN After winning the IAAF World Championship 400m race that took place in Beijing in August 2015, Wayde became the 4th fastest man in the world. Wayde’s win meant that South Africa had now registered their first ever gold medal in the event. The event was streamed live in the Callie Human hall at UFS where students were treated to snacks and cool drinks whilst witnessing one of the most moving piece of history unfold in front of them.

UFS student RELEBO-HILE NANA KOBILE was crowned Miss Lesotho this year, and currently she is busy with the Miss World pageant which we be held this December, China. We know how Kovsie ladies perform in these pageants we sure hope it will be Ro-lene crowning Relebohile.

LINDOKUHLENTULIHaving had success-fully led the SRC of-fice of Legal and Con-stitutional Affairs in the term 2014/15, the recently elected SRC President, Lindokuhle Ntuli, is undoubted-ly a born leader. His track record testifies to this. Inspire Mag-azine congratulates him and the rest of the newly elected SRC members. We wish them many more successful endeav-ours as their term has kicked off on a very high note!

2015KOVSIE AWARDS

The first of its kind, 2015 Kovsie Awards were held at the Callie Human on the 17th of October and saw a lot of students from different disciplines and involvements get a nod for their unwavering and staggering hard work they showed during the year.

Kovsie TV was launched earlier this year and has been nothing but a success sto-ry. Boasting an enormous and creative personnel it promises to grow bigger and offer students a platform where they can be creative and get a first hand touch on how to make a TV show.


STUDENT COURTThis year saw the student court being launched. It is the brain child of the SRC Legal and Con-stitutional Portfolio.

IF I COULD BE A SUPERHEROSuperman is too powerful, it gets boring. And Batman doesn’t really have superpowers. What about the Compton born rapper, I mean does Kendrick Lamar count? His ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ album was a recent topic in the news when a High School in North Bergen, N.J started to teach literature and poetry based on his lyrics. The result was astounding as many of the kids started showing a great appreciation for literature and understanding of the social problems that people face, be it be racism or religion among others.

COMEDY IS DYINGThe big screen is no longer the source of hilarious and clever flicks we used to know. Last year was Tammy and Dumb and Dumber to, which were both train-wrecks and this year it was Get Hard with funny-men Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell who despite their comedic talent couldn’t rescue the messy and dull plot. The small screen led by the viewership shattering record holder The Big Bang Theory and the ever hilarious Modern Family seem to be doing well. Maybe its the beginning of the end of big screen comedies.

LOOKING BACKNATIONAL/WORLD

THE GREATEST UPSETThe Springboks lost to Japan in a famous upset that is now deemed the greatest shock since Buster Douglas beat then unbeaten Mike Tyson in 1990. The upset was so unexpected and hard hitting that even JK Rowling of the famous Harry Potter books tweeted ‘You can’t script this.’ The Sunday Times together with various media pow-erhouses took it very serious and warned them of the consequences that might befall them if they didn’t bounce back quickly.

Adele is going to release an album this year and it promises to be fireworks. The producer is

Pharell Williams

RUGBY FINALThe final chapter in the Rugby World Cup will end on the 31st of October. The tournament was full of drama and the final will promise nothing less as the Wallabies of Australia plan an overthrow of the defending champions, The all Blacks of New Zealand with their famous Haka.

WHATS YET TO COME


US ELECTIONSThe US elections have always had a knack for garnering world attention, and with Hillary Clinton looking as strong as ever, are we looking at the first female president in office here. Will investor and magnate Donald Trump be throwing punches or will he be the one fired from this race. Will money trump history making here? We will know in the coming months.

SYRIAN HUMANITARIAN CRISISCivil war, refugees and migration. The situation in Syria is appalling. The conflict has killed some 200,000 people, created more than 3.9 million refugees mostly in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan and displaced 7.6 million people within Syria, U.N figures show. The general notion is that the International Community is not doing enough to protect violations against Human Rights.

THE DAILY SHOWNoah’s first date with America was received with great appreciation. Tasked with the job of filling Jon Stewart shoes who had done the show for an impressive 16 years, he started off a bit shaky and nervous but as the show progressed it became evident that he was the right man for the job. Almost a month later and 16 episodes in, he’s owning the role as The Daily Show host. His charm, sleek look and natural humor makes Noah very hard not to like.

Things To Do Before You Graduate Students always hear adults raging on about how their time at university passed by in the blink of an eye, and how they wished they’d done more. Well it’s true that for most people their university experience only lasts four years and in the grand scheme of things this really isn’t very much time. So here’s a toast to no regrets and living while we are young!

NO REGRETS

5/Be LoudGo to a game against your varsity’s biggest rival and be the loudest voice in the stands. Try to get your friends in on it too.

6/Blind DateGo on an unconventional date: a blind date, a set-up. Why not? He could be really funny and she could be the type that whispers suggestions in your ear.

7/Pursue InterestsFind something you are really pas-sionate about. Not just passion-ate, I mean insanely passionate about. Listen, you’re paying a lot of time and money to go to varsity, don’t leave without at least one intellectual interest that sets your brain on fire.

8/Make FriendsMake as many friends as possible. College is one of the easiest times in your life to make new friends — every semester you’ve got new classes with new people and you’re usually living in places with a lot of other people your age. Take advantage of this. Not to bum you out or anything, but you’re going to need great friends in your life in the next few years, that’s the only way you’ll stay sane.

Give BackStart volunteering for a cause you care about. Giving back will be sure to make you feel great that the little you would have done will go a long way in changing someone’s life for the better. And its something you can add on your CV.

9/GraduateGet a degree & move on. Univer-sity tuition fees are so high. Try to come out of it all with a degree you really want.

1/HeartbreaksGet your heart broken. Learn how to move on. Learn how to have something terrible happen in your life and not fall apart. Learn to stand on your own two feet again. Learn the things you will never, ever put up with again.

2/Be involvedTry something new. Take advantage of the many clubs and societies on offer at university. Be part of an SRC sub-committee, take up a new

language, stretch at yoga club, debate club, flex your skills with Kovsie gaming society or sing your heart out by taking part in kleinser. The choices are endless.

3/Drive ThroughGet a cab to take you through McDonald’s drive through. Take friends and do take a selfie while you’re at it.

Classic Student MomentWake up not knowing where

you are & your friends showing you videos and telling you all the crazy things you did last night, and you in disbelief because you remember abso-lutely nothing. Classic student moment that should happen to every body.

4/SterkinekorGo and watch movies the whole day at the movie house with a special someone, don’t forget to take shots at Eurocafe or maybe Sushi at John Dorry’s in-between movies.

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How Well Do You Know Yourself“The two most important days in your life are, the day you are born and the day you find out why” - Mark Twain. Many people are wading through life and not having a care about who they are. They get themselves into the wrong job, wrong relationship and stay frustrated for the rest of their lives. What if you had the chance to discover yourself.

We are currently living in a harsh world, for Africa it’s even harsher. There is a lot of talk about what

Africa needs to do to catch up with the rest of the world. Our literacy levels are below par and there is still widespread poverty on the mother continent. Africa needs a lot of things but a college student who is willing to go above and beyond the call of duty maybe the most valuable asset Africa may possess. The level of hardwork and productivity that Africa requires is only possible if students take extra effort to discover themselves as this usually translates to purpose. A student’s purpose is the energy and vibrations that Africa needs right now, not charity from other developed continents. Africa needs a force that builds from within. It needs you to try. Psychologists have made tremendous strides in human understanding. Various personality measures have been developed to aid people to know themselves well. Graduate programmes all over the country require you to complete lengthy personality tests. In France they used to perform lie detector tests to prospective employees as part of their personality test. Now all this trouble that companies go through is because they know that personality type and productivity go hand in hand. You can have your Accounting degree and still be the wrong person at Deloitte. University life although marred by difficult modules, tests and classes is the only time in your life that you will have the optimum chance to pursue whatever you want. If you graduate and you are still the same person that came through the gates 3 or 4 years ago then you’ve lost the whole plot of being at varsity. Everyone is getting a degree but did you find yourself. You can be whoever you want to be, but to be yourself is the only chance you have of making it big whilst enjoying what you are doing. Zeroing on your preferences will make you a far much happier and better person than wading through life with-out a clue of who you are. There are so many associations and clubs to join on campus, debate club, executive commit-tees, Magazines, Newspapers the list is endless. All these associations, clubs and all these extra curricular activities are all devices to aid you to learn new skills and discover things that you are good at and things you like as well. If you don’t try you will never know and Africa won’t reach its full potential.

THE ACTIVE VARSITY STUDENT

IDENTITY

by FRANK MAGAYA


REDDIT

Reddit is popularly known as the front page of the Internet and has a lot of threads on different kinds of information. People vote for their favourite threads so it means only trending topics sur-vive. You love reading, you have opinions and Reddit is perfect for searching quirky topics. You love the idea of getting the news firsthand. Although the website is regarded as ugly you really find it awesome as you can fine tune it according to your preferences.

TWITTER

This kind of person values infor-mation more than sharing per-sonal experiences. But it doesn’t mean they are not a social butterfly. They probably know ev-ery thing and are well informed. They get their kicks from witty one-liners and information. You are a private person and despise the long passaged attention seeking on facebook. You have a weird sense of humor and twitter is your personal diary.

The MBTI is probably maybe one of the most advanced and widely used personality assessment tests in the world. After completing the test (which you can Google and complete in less than 30minutes) you are presented with a unique 4 letter word that represents your personality traits.

SOCIAL MEDIAPERSONALITY

Graphology Believe it or not your handwriting can say a lot about you. Graphology is the study of handwriting analysis. It is an accepted and increasingly used technique for assessment of people in organisations. It is widely used in recruitment, interviewing and selection, team building, counselling and career planning.

INTROVERT/EXTROVERTContrary to what many believe, being an introvert does not mean you are shy. Introversion refers to the way you get your energy. Some people like to spend their time in the outer world meeting people (extroversion) or you get your energy in the inner world of ideas and images (introvert).

FEELING/THINKINGThis describes how you like to make decisions. Do you put more weight on objective principles and impersonal facts (thinking) or on personal concerns and the people involved (feeling). Feeling is not emotion and thinking is not intelligence, it just refers to the way you like to make decisions.

JUDGING/ PERCEIVINGThis is about how we approach life: Judgers are more structured, they create plans and organise their world to achieve their goals and desired results in a predictable way. Perceivers view structure as more limiting than en-abling, they prefer to keep their choices open.

INTUTION/SENSINGThis is about how we at-tend and create meaning: from immediate data or after deeper thought. Sen-sors pay more attention to facts and solid data. They are practical The intuitive process data more deeply than sensors. They believe in the subconscious ‘the sixth sense’, gut feel or intuition.

THE MYERS BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR

What About Your Handwriting

FACEBOOK

You are probably a narcissist, but you want to know what is going on in other peoples lives. You hate it when people don’t have a lot of updates on their profiles when you are stalking them. You are probably very sociable and you crave connec-tions from friends. You want to be where the action is - gossip and updates. You don’t want to feel lonely, likes and comments from friends help you share your feelings and get feedback.

Some people don’t like facebook because they say its for attention seekers. Others don’t like twitter because they just don’t get it. Some hate instagram because it finishes all their data. Whatever your rea-son might be your favourite social media app says a lot about you.


INSTAGRAM

You love attention on an imper-sonal level. You are also some what of a perfectionist and a little obsessed with angle sand filters and getting the perfect pictures. But you probably like having fun and capturing great moment too. Your also like the bigger picture of life and the images from people all over the world inspire you. You probably feel someone should be honoured if you make them your MCM or WCM.

PINTEREST

You’re creative, organized and you like looking for out of the box ideas #lhavetogetthat. This per-son wants everything they can’t have. You even plan for a future wedding even if you’re not in a relationship. With the ability to pin whatever you want you can almost make a vision board. Its a great place to catching trends in fashion and design. You are colourful and you posses a great sense of beauty.

TUMBLR

Mostly you want to be different. Fantasy is your thing. You have interesting habits like blogging, making gifs and other cool activities. You might actually laugh over just looking at your own time line. You probably have seen all the best movie kisses in 3-second form, several times. You follow people with the same interests as you. Tumblr is like your own personal blog. You are free to express yourself.

Source: College Times

Source: 16 Personalities.com

Source: Businessinsider.com

BLINK

LessonsLearnt FromSpeed DatingSpeed dating is an organized method of meeting potential romantic partners in which participants evaluate each other over the course of a single event, through a series of brief one on one meetings. A 2005 study at the Univer-sity of Pennsylvania on the multiple speed dating events found that most people made their choices within the first 30 seconds of meeting. Research in Michael Gladwell’s “Blink” suggests that sometimes brief impressions are the lasting ones. So things like good looks, eye contact, smiling, being funny or witty, and being passionate about something are just some of the things that make you memorable and can get you a real second date.

There are several lessons that can be learnt from speed dating, like there are lessons that can be learnt from getting gum stuck in your hair or not bothering to find a date and eventually going to the prom dance alone. For starters, you put on your lucky socks (but of-course no one knows that), not to even mention the fact that you are half embar-rassed to be at a speed dating event. But you’re curious. The possibilities are endless! I mean, you could meet the love of your life, right? So you start thinking; What will she be wearing, skinny jeans, a low top or shorts. Does he work out? Is he funny. What’s the colour of her hair? And then her smile. Will she even like me?” The list goes on. All these questions are what make first impressions so daunting when you enter a room full of strangers, and you want at least one of them to like you. You have to look your best. Chi-nos, cologne, a new haircut, a t-shirt (so you don’t look like you are trying too hard) and a nice pair of leather shoes. How lasting is that first impression you try so hard to make and what is the effect of a bad first impression? Well let’s find out.by MIKEY MAKWARIMBA


What her/his shoes say about her/him. And just play around and link with first impression, lasting impression and

SmileA smile is more potent and contagious than you think. When laughter is shared it binds people together and increases happiness and intimacy. Ladies, you look more beautiful and attractive when you smile. Guys think girls who smile and laugh a lot are more approachable, more fun to be around and just great company. Girls on the other hand research has shown don’t find guys that smile a lot particularly attractive. They want you looking like Leo-nidus from the movie 300 with a serious face.

Handshake Well what does a handshake say about you? Everything. Knowing how to shake a hand well is a forgotten art. A weak shake screams a frail inner core. The firmness of your grasp helps someone determine your inner circuity, being your character or lack thereof. So even when you shake her hand she’ll be in-stantly drawn by a well balanced handshake full of confidence and security coupled with charming eye contact. So the next time you meet a potential employer shake their hand like you are going to be partner of the firm one day.

When To Evaluate Your ProfessorStudents were asked to evaluate their lecturer on the first day of school and then at the end of the school calendar when the semester ended. Surprisingly the results weren’t different at all, a phenomenon called thin sling. The human mind is able to rate a person in the first few seconds and then make snap judgements that would normally need a longer time to do. So when the Lecturer shows up for class the first day, he better be carrying the evaluation forms as well.

Embrace Your Weirdness A friend of mine told me that we second doubt ourselves and it leaves us feeling inadequate. Trevor Noah embraced his weirdness and he’s killing it as the host of the Daily Show. Someone told me that my tweets are really funny and all the whole while I thought I was just being silly. Its possible that you are the only person who thinks, see’s the world and talks the way you do. So embrace that quirky fashion sense and watching TV with no volume. Dare to be different.

Wear Fitting ClothesThere is something about clothes, great fitting clothes, that just transform you into someone different. Many stu-dents find shopping for clothes as a stress reliever, I’m thinking CTA students here. Trends are good but not everything in fashion looks good on you. Women usually buy a size too and guys a size too big. Liberate your self. So try it, go buy some-thing that is a perfect fit and you see how much better you look. Stop looking like Gandalf from Lord of the rings, and start wearing your size.

Shoes are windowsto your style If eyes are the windows to the soul then shoes are the windows to your style. We all prefer certain shoes. So inspite of the several other pairs you own what does your favourite pair say about you? Brightly coloured shoes get you noticed, and those bright neon colours give the im-pression that you are a confident and fun person. Dull coloured shoes give you a quite and well collected demeanour which adds a bit of mystery. Then boots are a must have for both guys and girls they and give you that edgy badboy/cool girl look and have you feeling very cool.

The Coke GameBack in 1970s there was a Pepsi challenge, to determine the best tasting cola. Naturally many people preferred Pepsi on the first try. This made Coca-cola unsure of its mixing formula and then changed it in the hope of maintaining their high market share. The result was a disaster as Coke sales started to dwindle. They then decided to revert back to the old coke and the market share was restored. The old coke although lacking in first impression had a lasting impression. The lesson, don’t dismiss people on first impres-sion alone give them time. They will amaze you.

In 1921 Warren Hard-ing was elected the 29th president of the United States and history regards him as the worst presi-dent to ever set foot in the White house. Among many other crimes, he was oftentimes guilty of missing debates, important meetings and his term was full of scandals that led to it being cut short at just two years. What hap-pened? The voters voted for the wrong man. He was tall, charming, handsome and extremely articulate and voters with their quick snap judgements, deemed him perfect for the job. Moral; physical looks are rarely anything to go by, everyone should prove their worth.

The Warren Harding Error


AcademicsVersusCreativesThe question now is, is there a correlation between the type of person one is and the time it takes them to finish their stud-ies? Statisticians take out pen and paper.

MONEY AND SUCCESS

by TATENDA MAKUNIKE

After reading a recent article on Tech Crunch titled “A closer look at the Silicon Valley vs Wall Street Talent war”, one will get to understand that two systems of nurturing talent need to be in place. First we get to learn that Wall Street is more of a bureaucratic desti-nation, where things are done in a more conventional time tasted way. We would expect to come to the same conclusions with other sectors of South Africa which require a lot of discipline and entertain less room for creativity, for example Accounting, Medicine, Law etc. With these disciplines knowing the rules to follow and following procedure is the primary requisite and will get you far in your career (creativity is also required but within certain confines). This is the turf for The Aca-demics. On the other side we have Sillicon Valley, the home of the creatives. This is the place where “stick to the rules and procedures” is an embarrassing statement, where the status quo is always regarded as the wrong way of doing things and an improvement is always warrant. This is were a unique je ne sais quoi will set you apart and get people running for your product or skill. In South Africa, Cape Town would probably regarded as the most receptive to individuals who subscribe to this way of thinking and it is considered the tech hub of South Africa and also a host of a lot off start up companies. Among other people, we have seen people like Eric Edelstein and Vinny Linghard emerging out of Cape Town. Moral of the writing, two systems need to groom these two kinds of persons (of which they already exist in South Africa). However the challenge is that, not too many individuals and students are aware of these differ-ences and few of them will thus consciously choose the system to follow, ie. system for the creatives or system for the aca-demics. Career guidance does not explicitly differentiate between these two systems and students end up making less informed decisions about what to study leading them into the wrong career paths and eventually mid-life crisis. For the nation at large, the effects are that there is a mis-allocation of talent largely due to the bias towards the aca-demics. Economists can best explain the limiting effects of working further away from full potential due to inefficient allocation of potential. After reading the book Tribes:We need you to lead us by Seth Godin one would probably get the picture that the academics are groomed to be managers and workers, that is, people who know the rules in the work place and make sure that people follow them whilst on the other hand, the creatives are groomed to be leaders and more self-employed, that is, to be disruptive indi-viduals who bring fresh ideas to the scene.


CAN YOU EVER EARN ENOUGH WORKING FOR SOMEONE? OR A COMPANY? HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? HOW LONG IF I REALLY WORK HARD WILL I MAKE CEO OR BOSS OF A COMPANY? WHAT ABOUT PASSION, DOES PASSION EVEN COUNT NOWADAYS? ISN’T ABOUT GOING WHERE THE MONEY IS? WHERE EXACTLY IS THE MONEY? WHAT ABOUT MY DEGREE, IS IT ENOUGH?

Every year sees an increase in the number of graduates from different institutions across South Africa. This is good news for South Africa and the

rest of the continent but for a student who is looking to secure a job in the near future, it’s a bit scary, it means there is a lot of competition from other graduates. As degrees become more interchangeable, and crossovers more common in the workplace, it’s becoming an open field, a survival of the fittest. The comfortable standard salary is pegged at $75, 000/year according to US sources. Chang-ing this to our local rands and accounting for cheaper standards of living, a general low cost of goods and inflation this will put it at just over R700, 000 per annum, that’s a whooping R62 500 per month. This is the least amount that will make you feel comfortable. After this amount it’s all luxury. But how do you get there? You want to get there at least before you reach 30 or 35. First time salaries in South Africa are usually pegged between R8,000- R20, 000 per month, give or take. From there it now depends on your sheer ability to climb corporate ladders into top management. You need to get promoted.

Quickly! To get promoted and slide to an upper sala-ry structure is hard (yes, you can be the earliest to work and the last one to leave, but its not as sim-ple as that). It’s not usually the hard worker that gets promoted. Hardwork alone is never enough, you need more. The industry is now demanding a lot of creativity, artistry, vision, people skills, conversation skills and leadership skills. These are the skills that will transcend you into the upper echelon of society in no time. If you don’t develop at least one of these skills whilst you are at varsity then you will suffer in the work-place, you will be frustrated when other people are effortlessly getting promoted. You need to work on your game plan now, get a holiday or part time job in order to gain experience in your field as this will give you a feel of how the real working world works. The other route involves you starting your own business, which is scary but highly rewarding. Every student should have a mind geared towards opening up something. With your mindset setup in this manner, you are more likely to discover opportunities and great business ideas

by FRANK MAGAYA

R62, 500IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF SALARY OR EARNINGS PER MONTH THAT WILL ACHIEVE OPTIMUM HAPPINESS. BELOW THAT ITS A STRUGGLE AND ABOVE THAT ITS ALL LUXURY.

SALARY


I Have Followers in Real Life

5 000 friends, 3 412 followers on Facebook, 1 024 followers on Instagram, 484 follow-ers on Twitter in total I have 9,920 people who watch my life probably on a daily basis. When you try and sum it down realistically only 10% of these people actually know me personally. This means the other 90% can only perceive me and assume they know me based on my online persona. My identity therefore remains a façade and sometimes this breeds a lot of preconceived judgements regarding my character. This can become a mirror at which if not controlled I can use to create a falsified identity…but wait …maybe this isn’t just an online persona...maybe this is really who I am…

by FLORIDAH MAPETO


Ihave followers in real life, no their presence is not defined by or subject to likes. It is the people who have had the most influence in my life. What they speak to me and how they speak to me. These are

the people who don’t just agree with me to feed my ego, they are the people who are always there to say what needs to be said when it needs to be said. These are the people who follow me not because of what I do or do not do, but for the simple reason that it’s me.

The hypocritical nature of Social Media is set up in such a way that it has a life of its own; your success in it depends on the likes, comments, shares, retweets and double-taps you get on a Post. It constantly becomes a rampant every-day challenge when you begin to try to live up to the character you have created online. Now imagine having, or even at-tempting, to live up to a persona that is not just open to but also viable to scruti-ny, criticism, judgement or acceptable to almost 10 000 people. Ridiculous huh? Hence the necessity of having followers in real life!

My followers in real life have watched me grow to be this woman that is bold and able to take control over her life. They have accepted me for me, for what is inside, for who I am when my phone’s battery dies, when my WIFI is off and when my computer is shut down. They see me more loudly, strongly, clearly and differently to my online followers. The formation of my real life identity has matured due to constantly being chal-lenged and negotiated through percep-tions created by the society I live in.

Some people are naturally born to stand out, that’s a relatively un-amiable fact, I might sound like I’m being bragga-docios for a bit but it’s true. Consistent compliments from people who know me always state ‘you’re different’, ‘you’re unique’, ’you have something special’. Every Sunday I go to church my pastor never seizes to be amazed and comment about my constant change of hairstyles, ”Florida is that you, now you went for a whole new look” she’d say, I even get

shocked at how she manages to keep track of all this… I sometimes even for-get to keep track of how many times I change my hair. Again just like my on-line followers my mom, aunts and Pastor always know which hairstyle suits me the most and sometimes debate on what they prefer on me.

My family and best friends have gotten used to the tough love and sarcastic com-ments they receive each time they ask for my comment regarding something. It really comes naturally and sometimes I even surprise myself with the things that come out of my mouth. Now that I look back at it I realise that these peo-ple ask for my opinion because, just like it is online, they’re never ready for what I might say. What they seek from me is that same rarity that I add to their lives that seems to manifest on social media.

People often say, ‘you don’t need anoth-er human being to make your life com-plete’, I say WRONG! You see, we all long for acceptance; it’s a necessity to us as living beings. But where do I get the balance to be able to differentiate be-tween acceptance and pretence from my followers in general? The response to this rhetoric is open and straightforward, I’ve learnt to never allow the perceptions of online followers to outweigh those of my real life followers. The people who, even when you make mistakes and let them down, always find you to be worthy of their love.

The above however does not dismiss that my online presence is entirely an il-lusion. I believe I have a greater purpose, that I was created to influence someone’s life for the better. To provide that unique solution and bring hope to their lives. My vision is not to be just another well-known Social Media Personality. It is to use my influence to change the world. This is a force that emanates from a deep desire to use my influence to change the world and the lives of young ladies who look up to me. To be a positive force and hopefully the reason why someone just won’t give up…This goal is greater and carries deeper value than any amount of likes, comments, shares or retweets.

THE HYPOCRITICAL NATURE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS SET UP IN

SUCH A WAY THAT IT HAS A LIFE OF ITS

OWN, YOUR SUCCESS ON IT DEPENDS ON

THE LIKES COMMENTS SHARES RETWEETS

AND DOUBLE TAPS YOU GET ON A POST.

IT CONSTANTLY BECOMES A RAMPANT

EVERYDAY CHALLENGE WHEN YOU BEGIN TO TRY

AND LIVE UP TO THE CHARACTER YOU

HAVE CREATED ONLINE.


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The ANC like most liberation move-ments have just spend 20 years in power, they with the tripartite alliance have had a firm grip in power which is now disintegrating slowly. This fol-lows the course of most liberation or-

ganisations who tend to become disconnected as they stay longer in power. In South Africa the fees must fall campaign and many other demonstrations that are con-stantly happen speak of a government that has become distant and is far away from the needs of the people.

Independence and democracy have a very different meaning to the previously oppressed, the oppressor, the liberator and the born free generation. Growing up in Zimbabwe people would tell us about how they were not allowed to move in certain areas and it would not resonate with the younger generation because from birth we were able to move around freely. It is not that we did not appreciate freedom of movement, but be-cause it had been achieved it was a non issue. The youth or independent generation will always have progres-sively different needs that change as time goes by. The role of government or ruling parties is to keep in touch

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WHY LIBERATION MOVEMENTS STRUGGLE TO RETAIN POWER

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with those needs enabling delivery.When people in townships protest for service delivery it is not that the government has done nothing but that it is not delivering at the standard which it promised to deliver. It is not alright to build RDP houses and move the people from squatter camps without ensuring that the houses are of a good quality and that all services are provided for. The biggest culprit though is the fact that MPs and Council-lors become disconnected from the general populace. Either they move away to stay in an affluent safe area and do not feel the pinch of the con-ditions that the people they represent are suffering from. If they stay in the same area the Councilor will have the biggest house and drive the best car because he or she gets paid very well unlike the people he represents. Political positions in Africa are very rewarding and these rewards create a disconnect between the people and their repre-sentatives. The child of the councilor will probably not go to the local school, play sports at the local sports club and therefore understanding these needs becomes more theoretical than practical. Governments end up pre-scribing wrong solutions to basic problems because they are simply not together with the people anymore.

The ANC disbanded its youth league and went on further to try and curtail its powers and independence. In doing so they lost any oppor-tunity for renewal. The youth league had a lot of young people and some of them

students and if they had been allowed to progress some of them would have gone on to be close to the centre of pow-er and thus speak about the youth struggles. Judging by the strong reaction of many recent graduates if some from the Malema group which had a lot of radical young graduates and studens had progressed to ANC senior positions like previous youth league leaders they would have been able to bang on the table and make sure the government is aware of the issues that student face. By disbanding and dis-empow-ering the youth league and then appointing barely youth representatives a connection to people who had faced stu-dent problems and who are in touch with them was lost the ANC threw out the baby and the bathwater due to expedi-ency. There is a reason all the parties have youth organisa-tions and one key element is to enable growth and succes-sion but it also enables them to keep in touch with the youth. The ANC is busy imple-menting and proposing won-derful BBEE policies and enterprise development be-cause they want more black participation in the economy. This constituency they un-derstand because they have a lot of the people from pre-vious generations close to them,people whose interests

they are aware of. The benefi-ciaries of these policies how-ever will not be the majority.It might even better to give points to a company for skills development if it can fund the education of a number of students at university. A little down the line they have no connection to the needs of those that cannot afford university education. Those in leadership positions can afford to pay tuition after all even an ordinary Member of Parliament gets about 600 000 per annum. The ruling class has easily replaced the past regimes as they become trapped in luxury and discon-nected from the general pop-ulace. As parties govern they implement a top down ap-proach to solutions instead of getting information from the bottom which is the branch-es and the youth. I remem-ber a recent case of a woman in Kwazulu Natal who had come to see Cyril and they wanted her to move and make way for the VIPS de-spite being a member of the ANC for decades. It is qui-et clear that to stay in power the parties have to be fully involved with their branch-es not to only use them for votes and visit constituencies during election time. Policy should be driven from the people not from an idea de-veloped 20 years ago before the population evolved. The freedom charter should be a guide but a guide that is mal-

leable to the changing needs of the nation. Only a year ago Posters that promised free education where displayed all over the country yet there is no discernible able move to-wards that. There is a discernible shift from the ANC and the tri-partite alliance, workers split-ting from Cosatu, Students demanding the fall of the fees, motorists wanting tolls to fall and countless service delivery protests. All these are seeds of a revolution and sadly it always will happen because the longer you gov-ern the more disconnected you can become from the general populace. The student protests where a wonderful affirmation to our democra-cy and a reminder that the power belongs to the people and you neglect them at your own peril. It was also an ed-ucational experience that we have a powerful protest with-out any violence, and from the students I hope future protestors will learn that we do not destroy or use force to get heard. Workers by strik-ing you deny your employer production which reduces profit that is the effect no need to kill others. Fees have fallen as they had gone up but the struggle is far from over. Financial exclusion is torture as they are plenty young peo-ple who cannot even see their results as they get blocked for non payment. Universities should start devising ways to enable students to study free from government even work with financial institutions to give institution supported loans that they can collect af-ter students graduate.


Reaction Piece

There is a reason all the parties have youth organisations and one key element is to en-able growth and succession but it also en-ables them to keep in touch with the youth.

OverratedUnderratedOr just rightBecause society has a certain habit of misplacing things.

UNDERRATED/RUGBY

UNDERRATED/ROMANS PIZZA

JUST RIGHT/ALL STAR CONVERSE

UNDERRATED/POPCORN

UNDERRATED/CARAMELOS BURGER

OVERRATED/BOOZE

The notion is that, if you don’t drink, you are boring. And I’m guessing that if you drink you are fun to be around. We can agree that a drink or two will make you loosen up but how much is enough? There was a study which found that people found you more attractive when you had just had one glass of wine . This goes to show that there is no need to spend thousands of Rands buying alcohol. On the same note headaches, hangovers and vomiting are not something to look forward in the morning after getting drunk.

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The current rugby world cup has been a very thrilling one, which saw the host England bowing out in the group stages in quite a dramatic fashion, Who doesn’t know about the nail biting Springbok vs the All Blacks, and the massacre of France by the All Blacks. Rugby is not cel-ebrated like football but it offers a very gripping 80 minutes. We know a lot about the premier league, The La Liga but a lot of people are not even aware of the best leagues in Rugby.

We absolutely love Romans Pizza but most people would rather not admit it. It’s just like pizza in the movies. To start with you get two for the price of one. That means more pizza for everyone but particularly for me. It also tastes great, has quite a wide variety and it is filling which means you can actually have it for supper. Then the best part is their great prices which are affordable.

There is only one word to describe them … ‘TIMELESS.’ Probably the most worn pair of shoes by people of all ages all around the world. Surely most of the hype surrounding it is quite justifiable and here’s why: You can wear them with pretty much anything. They are really durable and when they do get dirty fear not because that’s when they are most appealing. (And they gain character as they get older)

Popcorn. It’s quick to cook, with oil or the best invention ever microwave popcorn. It’s crunchy and really cheap. If I ever meet an alien, I would give them pop-corn and say thats for you.

Caramelos is that brand that you don’t really get. Is it a coffee shop or is it a restaurant? I just came to the conclusion that it’s somewhere in between. If it so happened that you find yourself there and you are thinking of what to order, I have a brilliant suggestion: The Caramelos burger is the best burger that I have ever had. With the selection between either beef or chick-en patty which is 100% meat, what really separates it from any other burger is that everything is succulent and fresh with amazing taste. Best of all it costs just over 30bucks.


by Mikey Makwarimba

Technology And other Drugs

DOWNTIMEYou probably need to shower 5 times a day

Most good ideas usually come in a snap, in the spur of the moment, they just pop up from nowhere and leave you in awe. Its not uncommon to hear most people saying that some of their eureka mo-ments popped up when they were in the shower. During a shower you are stripped off anything digital. There are no distractions, its just you and your thoughts thats why you think better during shower times. When human beings are given an unobstructed time to think, they usually come up with something profound. But with technol-ogy we are forever distracted. We can’t let go of our phones so we are not having enough downtime. Shower time is the best we have to downtime, so maybe we should take a bath a couple more times a day.

FLOWYou never need to get high anymore

In psychology, flow, also known as the zone, is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus and full involvement. According to Csikszent-mihalyi, flow is completely focused motivation. It is a single-minded immersion. In flow, the emotions are not just contained and channeled, but positive, energized, and aligned with the task at hand. The hallmark of flow is a feeling of spontaneous joy, even rapture, while perform-ing a task. This same feeling is the same one feels when getting high on drugs. When a person finds something they are passionate about they will almost always achieve flow so it might be time to ditch the drugs and find an activity.

ARE STUDY DRUGS AND ENERGY DRINKS REALLY WORTH IT?

With exams currently looming around the corner one thing is for sure, energy drink sales and visits to local chemists will increase rapidly.

Energy DrinksEnergy drinks like Monster and Red Bull contain huge amounts of caffeine and sugar that trick your the body into thinking that you are in an emergency. This in turn causes a release of adrenaline that will fire your heart rate above normal levels and help you bull-doze your way through a night cramming. If kept in moderation its not a huge problem. It becomes a prob-lem when you continue doing it as this will cause heart problems in the long run.

Study DrugsThis includes stimulants that help treat a condition called ADD. This will lower your heart rate and help you feel calm. Some-times all you need is a calmness to help you focus. But nothing really beats good study habits. Reading in ad-vance is and has always been the number once reason for scoring higher marks. You might get away with cramming one or twice but bad study habits will eventually catchup with you.

Because too much of anything can be really bad.

FIFA 16And the ladies want to ban the greatest game

Many guys describe FIFA as a complete body of art. A gift. A platform to re-live their team’s experiences and a chance to express them-selves. Sometime last year a girl from UK wrote an article about how the game was becoming a nuisance, almost a competitor for her boyfriend’s attention. She didn’t particularly understand why a guy could never pick up his phone and claim he was in the dying moments of game-play or that he stayed over for the night finishing a league with friends.We know that two days playing a game can almost feel like two minutes. Games can do that, they can become addictive. It takes a great deal of discipline and conscious effort to let a game be just that, a game.


by Frank Magaya

I write this essay with a great sense of humility having, only three years ago, been a post-grad-uate student at the University of Cape Town. I know too well the experience of a sense of rupture be-tween the world that UCT represents and the devastat-

ing experiences of township life. I remember many times feel-ing like a fish out of water; culturally out of place; somewhat academically dwarfed; financially in need; and socially, I could not have been described as ‘cool’. What I had going for me was a work ethic second to none of that of my peers; an insatiable desire to live a different life than the one handed to me by the accidents of birth; and an equally insatiable desire to learn and to grow as a human being. Like many of my peers then, I en-countered social, emotional, financial and academic difficulties at UCT. We dealt with these in numerous ways that made sense to us at the time. So, in 2014 when I encountered some black students who had taken to the habit of reading Biko, Fanon and Freire partly to help them articulate their own experi-ences of rupture and alienation at UCT, I immediately felt compassion for their struggles. I was particu-larly taken by the enthusiasm with which this group of students seemed to read the aforementioned thinkers given their salience for black struggles for liberation. My understanding is that the Rhodes Must Fall Movement was partly an offshoot of the 2014 conversations that I had been exposed to. What follows below are some reflections based on my own observations and numer-ous conversations that I’ve had with some of the students who are part of the RMF movement. Admittedly, some of what I say below is not flattering to the RMF but I find it necessary to say as a modest attempt to point out what I perceive to be unpro-ductive elements in the RMF. Ultimately though, my thoughts are directly not only at the RMF as body politic but to every black student in a historically white university who is here in search of a better life than that designed for us by white oppres-sion.

JANUS FACEDSUCH IS THE NATURE OF OUR STRUGGLE

In ancient Roman mythology Janus is the god of beginnings and endings but also of tran-sitions (doorways and gates)

and hence also a god of time. Janus is usually depicted in sculptures with two identical faces looking in opposite di-rections. It strikes me that the image of Janus is apt in capturing the nature, at one level at least, of the struggle that black (understood in the Black Con-sciousness Movement political phi-losophy as all the peoples subjected to white oppression and hatred) students are undertaking at some of the histori-cally white universities in South Africa. The struggle must be both collective and personal. I have argued elsewhere (Weekend Argus, 12 September 2015) that what partly calls forth the varied forms of black student activism and politicisa-tion is that while the historically white university has made some cosmetic changes it ultimately remains to-date culturally white. As I see it, the current struggles unfolding in higher educa-tion, not only in South Africa, but also in Britain can be thought of as cultur-al struggles. To me these are cultural struggles for two reasons. First, they take place in institutions that are not only educational but are, importantly, also cultural institutions. Second, what these student politics are calling for is a cultural transformation of these institu-tional such that the ways of life in these institutions reflect the socio-political changes that have taken place. At the heart, of what I imag-ine to be a cultural struggle, are ques-tions about— what passes as legitimate knowledge? Who are the gatekeepers of such knowledge? Who has the au-thority to teach and who is recognised (in racial and gender terms) as having the authority to teach? Whose human experiences are included in what pass-es as knowledge? And, whose ways of life are promoted as the way of life in

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the processes of knowledge production and dissemination? There are, of course, many other questions that have to do with heritage and symbols, language and accent, and so forth, that constitute what I’m referring to as a cultural struggle. I want to suggest that taken together the foregoing constitutes what we might call the collective action dimension of a cultural struggle. It is also what we may think of as ‘a struggle in spectacle’—as reported in newspapers and television news bulletins. I want to suggest that this collective action dimension rep-resents the one-face of Janus. In what follows below I want to do two things. First, I want to express criticism of some aspects of the collective action of the student led cultural struggle. Second, I want devote some time thinking about and outlining the often neglected sec-ond-face of the current student activism in higher education.

Like many black academic staff working in historically white uni-versities, I support the student

activism that has reminded us of the incomplete transformation of South African society and more specifically of the urgency for transformation in high-er education. I have however, remained relatively reserved in my support giv-en some of the problematic tendencies that I have observed, at least within the UCT context, that have become fash-ionable within the student movement. The works of a range of revolutionary and critical thinkers such as Steve Biko, Frantz Fanon, Judith Butler, bell hooks, Audre Lorde and Paulo Freire have been inspirational to the student activists at University of Cape Town (UCT) and I imagine this to be true in other uni-versities such as Stellenbosch and the University of the Free State. This is im-portant for a number of reasons, among them being that black students have found, in the works of these thinkers, a language with which to voice their expe-

riences and demands from the margins of culturally white institutions. This fact alone highlights both the continuing relevance of critical and revolutionary thought in post-apartheid South Africa and also questions precisely the idea of ‘post-apartheid’ or the ‘post-colony’.

And yet, what I find disconcert-ing is the way in which a lot of student activists approach the

works of the aforementioned thinkers in a less than critical manner. On many occasions I have observed a selective and convenient reading, for example, of Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched/Damned of the Earth. Out of the entire text the most read and, ironically misread/mis-understood, chapter is that titled ‘On Violence’. Here passages and even some-times a sentence—“For the colonised, this violence represents the absolute praxis” or “The colonised man liberates himself in and through violence”—are lifted out of the text with much enthu-siasm and a dose of religiosity in what

is being accentuated. Fanon is then un-derstood to endorse violence. Soon after this some students are heard saying that they are “willing to be criminalised” and suggestions to form “an armed wing of the movement” echo the corridors of the student movement. This is problematic.

First, it is a display of impatience in reading and understanding a complex thinker that collaps-

es into uncritical reading of a thinker and consequently a misrepresentation of his work and politics. Sure, Fanon was involved in violence, first, when he joined the French Army in fighting the Algerians and second, when he fought with the Algerians against the French. Frantz Fanon nevertheless despised vi-olence and his “On Violence” chapter is a description and an analysis and not a prescription for violence. It has always intrigued me that both those who valo-rise and abhor “On Violence” don’t seem patient and disciplined enough to read the book to its last (and long) chapter “Colonial War and Mental Disorders”. In this chapter Fanon seeks to address “the problem of mental disorders born out of the national war of liberation waged by the Algerian people.” Vio-lence, Fanon reminds us in this chapter, is destructive even to those who by ne-cessity must undertake it order to secure their freedom.

Second, it seems to me that this selective and populist reading of Fanon has utility for a reaction-

ary politics and praxis that has over time become somewhat characteristic of the student movement at UCT. This re-actionary politics (of selective reading and hearing) was wonderfully displayed when one of the senior black academ-ic’s who had been closely involved and supportive of the students was booed and hissed by the students when he expressed views that were contrary to what the students would have liked to


‘At the heart, of what I imagine to be a cultural struggle, are questions about— what passes as legitimate knowledge? Who are the gatekeep-ers of such knowledge?

hear at that moment. Taken together, my issue with the tendencies that I’m highlighting is that they do not facili-tate either political growth or the matu-rity of critical self-reflection within the student movement. Rather it promotes an unhealthy and self-defeating habit of thinly veiled tantrums and arrogance; lazy scholarship; and a shake-and-bake type of politicisation process premised on, nonetheless, a real fact of black mar-ginalisation and misrecognition.

This, it seems to me, need not be the nature of things. There are questions of tactics and com-

mitment that must be addressed if the current student activism is to avoid a self-generated derailment into a politics of trivialities and the sometimes-detect-able narcissistic desire to be the next Biko or Sobukwe. These thinkers lived in a different time and world and their tactics of struggle were attuned to their time and world. Thus, in reading them and Fanon we must also undertake the intellectual work of updating their thought to the present moment and our own circumstances. For instance, we cannot in 2015 still be using Fanon and Biko’s language of ‘the black man’. To do so is to refuse to acknowledge not only the history of feminist scholarship and struggles but it is also to refuse to recognise the living human beings—women—who are inventors of feminist scholarship and politics. What I’m suggesting is that we commit ourselves to a critical reading of our intellectual forefathers and foremothers not with the parochial view of rehearsing their statements among ourselves as if this is a mark of a young scholar or young critical thinker. Rather we should aspire to read and re-read these thinkers with the view to mine their works for use-ful analyses and concepts to help us in thinking about our own current strug-gles. Ultimately though, we should also seek to go beyond our intellectual an-

cestors and generate new and nuanced forms of thought, invent new concepts and offer new analyses of our situation and struggle. Admittedly, all this is not easy and it brings me to the second-face of our struggle.

There is a sense in which collective action is not only more thrilling but also somewhat easier to un-

dertake than the work of personal devel-opment. I mean this in the sense that it is easier to be with friends at the beach than to be sitting in the library work-ing on a project alone. I’m not by any stretch of the imagination suggesting that collective struggle is synonymous with a bumming around at that beach. I want to suggest that personal devel-opment which, requires a great amount of personal leadership, is the second and equally important dimension of the double struggle that black students

must undertake in historically white universities. By personal development I do not mean the hollow self-deception philosophy of ‘positive thinking’. Rath-er, I have in mind a way of living that prioritises and thrives on critical reflec-tion and continuous self-improvement. This way of living takes seriously the importance of one’s intuition as a form of universal and cosmic intelligence; a fractal particle of the Supreme Being/Intelligence manifesting in the human body living out its existence in this three dimensional space-time plane. Here the guru, spiritual leader, spirituality books, friends and lovers, and religious scriptures and rituals are secondary to the primary experience of living and making meaning of your own life. Put differently, personal development is the responsibility we all have to nurture the metaphysical dimension of our Being that is the source of all that we are and all that we can ever aspire to be. Still, to put it another way, personal develop-ment is the infinite journey of spiritual, emotional and psychological maturation at the heart of which are the practices of self-critic, self-reflection, and person-al leadership. Why is personal develop-ment important in the struggles against institutionalised injustices and histori-cally entrenched inequalities?

Let us return to intuition and with that to the idea of the university. The word ‘university’ is derived

from the Latin word ‘universitas’ mean-ing ‘whole’ or ‘the universe’. Consequent-ly, the university as an institution of a higher order of learning has, as one of its central and original purpose, the devel-opment of the whole person by offering him/her a broad and ideally universal education. Education can also be distin-guished from instruction. The latter is a somewhat instrumental process of being taught how to do something and how to think sufficiently. The former is a higher order practice and process of thinking


For many black stu-dents, personal devel-opment is crucial as an antidote against

the kinds of crippling circumstances we are raised in which, in many ways amount

to what Frantz Fanon called ‘zones of non-

being’. Personal development is also

important because any contribution that we

make to the collective struggle fundamentally comes from and is me-diated by the personal

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further, deeper and broader that aids the development of the whole person first, and by extension the whole community, nation and the world. All this has to do with the development of an individual’s intuition (from the Latin word ‘intuitus’ meaning to ‘look upon, to contemplate’) and to use one’s intuition to make a so-cial contribution. This is why university students pay ‘(in)tuition fees’. One of the problems with the modern univer-sity is that it devotes enormous amounts of time and resources in instructional learning and in producing professionals. Indeed, we need professionals but the problem is that their training is at the expense of a multifaceted education of the whole person who, above anything else, has the capability of being a criti-cally thinking and healthy (emotionally and psychologically) human being.

This then leaves the onerous task of personal development to each individual student and it seems to

me that black students, more than any other category of students, need this form of education. Why is this? It is no secret that far too many black peo-ple live in communities (and families) whose conditions of existence are in so many ways a ‘declaration of war’ against a healthy and mature life and adult-hood. Add to this the many assaults of institutionalised and structural black hatred (the reason why black students are organising, mobilising and politi-cising themselves in historically white universities) and we have a crucial need for a double struggle—collective and personal; group and individual; material and psychological. Again, this is what I mean by a Janus faced cultural struggle in higher education.

For many black students, personal development is crucial as an anti-dote against the kinds of crippling

circumstances we are raised in which, in many ways amount to what Frantz Fanon called ‘zones of nonbeing’. Personal de-

velopment is also important because any contribution that we make to the collec-tive struggle fundamentally comes from and is mediated by the personal register. Even as we read Fanon, Biko, Sobuk-we, Pumla Gqola, bell hooks and Judith Butler our interpretation of these texts is coloured by the health status of our personal economy—i.e. our emotional, psychological, intellectual and spiritual health and well being. It is also in this sense that the personal becomes politi-cal. The two have a self-referential loop. From this point of view, one can make a number of important personal attribu-tions by observing the political practices and leadership of, let say, Jacob Zuma and Thuli Madonsela.

So while the collective struggle must be waged with nuance and tact so too must the person-

al struggle to become a better human being be waged at the emotional, in-tellectual, psychological and physical levels. The nature and quality of what we offer as contributions in the world is measured by the tape of who and what we are (in psychological and emotion-al terms) at any given moment. I read Fanon to be saying something similar when he writes “Fighting for the free-dom of one’s people is not the only ne-cessity. As long as the fight goes on you must reenlighten not only the people but also, and above all, yourself on the full measure of man [the human]”. The questions that remain now are ‘What are some of the key principles of person-al development?’ and ‘When do we start this onerous task?’ These are important questions, which I would like to consid-er in a sequel essay.


The nature and quality of what we offer as con-

tributions in the world is measured by the tape

of who and what we are (in psychological and emotional terms)

at any given moment. I read Fanon to be say-ing something similar

when he writes “Fight-ing for the freedom

of one’s people is not the only necessity. As long as the fight goes

on you must reenlight-en not only the people

but also, and above all, yourself on the full

measure of man [the human]”

Selfie Moments

DON’TBULL RUN SELFIEJust how far will you go to take a never before seen selfie. Well appar-ently its when you are running for your life.

DOGROUP SELFIEIf you a famous boy band with thousands of girls obsessed with you, you take a group selfie to calm them down. Selfies don’t have to be just about you but can be a fun and hilarious way to capture some good times with you best buds, your family or better half. So take a groupie.

DON’TANIMAL LOVER SELFIETaking a selfie with Simba the king of the jungle or any other fascinating ani-mals can be an awesome experience. Just don’t risk your life to do it.

DOCAPTURE THE MOMENTSelfies can be fun or a distrac-tion. So try to be present in the moment a make real memories with some real people.

DOON SET SELFIEIf you love what you do like Patrick J. Adams( Mike Ross) you take a selfie while you are at work on the set of Suits. Some people leave varsity without a picture while they were chilling on campus, or studying with a friend at the library. Love what you do and celebrate with a selfie.

DOTHE MORE THE MERRIERYes, literally that. The whole point is getting as many people into your selfie as possible and the varied facial expressions create an awesome picture. The in-coming SRC took an epic selfie. So whether you’re smiling, pouting, making a crazy face, we have faces for a reason, to express ourselves!

DO’s & DON’Ts

Selfies


Books

Books to Add to Your CollectionBecause books are the answers you are looking for. This generation of young people rarely get to read books other than prescribed study material. On average you should consume about twelve books before the end of the year, if you are lagging behind here are a few recommendations.

GONE GIRLGillian Flynn

This book was recently adapted into a motion picture of the same name. The movie garnered attention from both critics and general audiences but its half as enthralling as the novel. This a must read more so for its articulate and gripping story structure which meshes mystery and various plot twists to keep the reader in suspense. You won’t be able to put it down.

ARE WE GETTING DUMBER?YEP! We most certainly are. An experiment was conducted to find out if we were really losing it as a generation.

EXPERIMENT 1To test whether the average IQ had dropped from previ-ous centuries.Result:The average IQ of a person have dropped by 14.1 points since the turn of the centuryProblem:IQ isn’t a very accurate predictor of intelligence and innovation because it cannot account for creativity.

EXPERIMENT 2To test whether our response time to stimuli has decreased over the yearsResultThe average response time was found much longer than in the previous decade meaning we are becoming slower.Verdict This a very good indication, because its very practical.

So there you have it we are becoming less intelligent as the years wear off, and with this kind of rate we wonder what the future will look like, probably maybe not like the walking dead but you do get the picture so pick up a book.

IN HER FALL ROSE A NATIONAce Moloi

The title of the book definitely catches one’s attention, making you anxiously desire to find out more about who this person was. The book is indeed a great source of inspira-tion, that portrays the chronicles of Zenzile.

OUTLIERSMalcolm GladwellMalcolm Gladwell’s Outliers is a very serious, funny and riveting read. Success as he tells it is not all that simple and depends on several things coming together at the right time. Geniuses do not exist in vacuum and ten thousand hours of horning your craft are vi-tal before you can catch your big break. It is mind blowing. Malcom is our muse as Inspire Magazine, his other works like Blink, The Tipping Point have had a huge impact in changing and inspiring us to think the impossible.

NATIVE FOOTPRINTSFezile Sonkwane

A very provocative and eye-opening book that one should read, as it touches on South Africa’s political and social scene. Fezile speaks on a number of factors that influence the current state of South Africa, such as education and mis-lead beliefs of black empowerment, among other factors. There’s definitely a lot to learn from this book.

BONY TOBEASTLYShane Duquette, Marco Walker

Its summer and the pressure is on , hol-idays are coming up and you have to strip a little for the beach. It would be a shame to fear the thought of yourself in shorts. Shane and Marco put out a manual “Bony to Beastly” is in the name. It won’t happen like captain America but they have real tips ranging from workout routines to diet.


TAKESRUGBY

SERIOUSLYMy name is Maphutha Stephen Dolo, I was born in Polokwane, a small town in the Limpopo Province. I was raised by both parents and I have three siblings. From a very young and tender age, I remember being a very active person. I took part in every sporting activity during my primary and secondary school years. The older I got the more competitive I became. This is when I realised that I enjoyed sports and started taking it seriously. I then became involved in a lot of competitive sports. I grew up into being a big boy was thus restricted from playing with other children because they were afraid I would hurt them. The older I got the more clarity I got about the type of sports I would excel in and most probably make a career out of. I attended a small school in Settlers called Lord Milner School which was primarily a cricket school. I played at school and was also fortunate enough to represent my province. I had already had my sight set on this cricket thing when

DOLO MAPHUTHA

our cricket coach introduced us to this game called touch rugby, every rule applies, just no tackling allowed. I enjoyed it so much that I wanted more. I WANTED TO TACKLE! During my first year of High School, I was lucky enough to attend a school that groomed people into rugby players and I was definitely keen to try it out. After my third game for the under 14 A Team, I was promoted to the under 16 A Team which was quite huge for me, it being my first year of playing rugby and all. By the end of my first rugby season, I had learned so much and had fallen in love with the sport. I then decided that rugby would be my second option if cricket did not work out. One evening while my family and I were having dinner at home, my dad received a call from a man who said he was a cricket coach at one of the most prestigious schools in Limpopo, Hoerskool Ber Vorster, offering me a cricket scholarship.The following year I started a new chapter in my cricket career but I was still burdened by my love for rugby. I would play touchies with

my hostel mates everyday but it still didn’t feel the same. Until one day one of the rugby couches saw me playing and invited me to one of the training sessions. From than day onwards, I can only describe it as a blessing from God. 8 years later, I am a professional rugby player, playing my trade for the University of the Free State (UFS) Shimlas and the Free State Cheetahs. I’m enjoying playing and I test myself daily to reach the highest level. Where do I see myself in the next coming years? Where the good Lord wants me to be. My job now is to prepare and work hard until my breakthrough comes. The highlight of my career is definitely winning the Varsity Cup with the Shimlas this year. What makes it even better is the fact that we had been preparing since last year for it. The win was, therefore, a reflection of hard work and trust amongst the players and couching stuff. As one of the Senior Players, my job was to help the young guys understand that team-work is everything as we are as fast as our slowest player. It has been quite an experience because I got to know most of the guys personally and we have become friends. I am currently doing my 2nd and 3rd year in Political Trans-formation and Doing Governance. In my free time I like reading other peoples autobiographies, I love art in the forms of photography, poetry and music. I also love dressing up and shopping. My favorite movie is The Wolf of Wallstreet, and my favourite Song is World Peace by Drizzy WRIGHT. My favourite team is Real Madrid.


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The highlight of my career is definitely winning the Varsity

Cup with the Shimlas this year. As one of the Senior

Players, my job was to help the young guys understand that teamwork is everything

and we are as fast as our slowest guy so we have to trust each other’s abilities.

PHOTOGRAPHY: LIHLUMELO TOYANA

Where do I see myself in the next coming years?

Where the good Lord wants me to be. My job

now is to prepare and work hard until my

breakthrough comes.

First things first, let’s address the cat issue. Who do they belong to? Where do they come from? Why are most of them black? And most important-ly Why are there so many of them? Is it safe to assume, now that ex-amination season is upon us, with the University of the Free State’s favourite message of support: fees outstanding, during these times of hardship, con-tributes to us harboring felines against their own will. Don’t get me wrong I have nothing against cats, personally I think they make better pets than dogs because they are practically self-suf-ficient. Besides, who doesn’t want to have a pet that cleans up after itself, I mean, Hello. They bury their own waste. Let’s see your Labrador do that. Potty training aside, there is a lot of questions these “stray” four legged creatures bring about and there seems to be a general sense of an unspoken rule not to find out anything about them. A sort of don’t ask, don’t tell policy but one thing that’s for certain is that students, black and white are united in wonder. At this point I’m sure you are expecting an answer like they were adopted or breed by the uni-versity or for that one individual, fell from the sky, but the honest truth is … I shall leave you to our own devic-es for now. Well, until people realize that not all black cats are evil, which is kind of racist. What has a black cat ever done to you? Unless they rise up and prevent us from graduating, I think there’s nothing to worry about

… Or could it be, that for every cat on campus, there is a re-assessment? Two things are currently inevita-ble in Bloemfontein. First, summer is currently experimenting on tempera-tures that rival those of a fiery after-life and secondly, ice cream sales are going to go through the roof. Who doesn’t remember a time when one would use their tongue to chase ice cream that dribbled down the cone, past their hands and ran down the length of their arm to a sticky death? Good times. And some people know how to pull it off, mainly, females be-fore the age of 30 (No offence) and toddlers that come in all shapes and sizes. Now imagine, a 22 year old man, sweating on a hot day, which seems ordinary except for one little thing. He has bits and pieces of vanilla ice-cream painted across his “Rick Ross” styled beard and has no care in the world as his tongue extends itself as far as it can out of his mouth, eras-ing the creases with one large swipe around the cone. The society we now live in has become complacent with women sleeping with other woman’s men, justifying it with idioms like just cause there’s a goalie, it doesn’t mean I can’t score. However one pet peeve that seems to drive women of colour to the brink of insanity, is a man enjoying an ice-cream cone with the nostalgia of back when he was 6. Which begs the question. Which is worse, the mysterious cats on cam-pus or men enjoying ice- cream cones?

What’s Worse?

Cats or Men

HUMOUR

By LONDA CELE

WHAT HAS A BLACK CAT EVER DONE TO YOU? UNLESS THEY

RISE UP AND PREVENT US FROM GRADUATING,

I THINK THERE’S NOTHING TO WORRY

ABOUT … OR COULD IT BE, THAT FOR

EVERY CAT ON CAM-PUS, THERE IS A

RE-ASSESSMENT?

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Ilané And the RecorderThe Recorder is usually used as an introduction to learning music, but there are many profes-sional players who demonstrate the instrument’s full solo range. Ilané is one of such professional player. Listening to her play will have you trans-ported to your childhood memories.

PHOTOGRAPHY: PHATHISIZWE THECREATIVE

PHOTOGRAPHY: PHATHISIZWE THECREATIVE

My grandmother played a big role in my music career. I

remember how she would wake up with

me at 5h00 in the morning and sit with me while I practiced;

this was during my primary school years.

She never missed a concert and would

always go the extra mile to help fund my

music career.

My full name is Ilané Lanché van Wyk. I am a third-year B.Mus student as well as a part-time (try-ing) Quantity Surveying student. I am also a full-time music teacher at CBC school. In my first year I coached Wag ‘n Bietjie, in my sec-ond year I coached Vishuis and in my third year I coached Sonnedou/Huis Koos and Vishuis/Twellopele stagedoor as well as Co-coached Sonnedou Sêr. When Sipha approached me for VChords I was really excited. I started singing with them in the beginning of this year. It has been very different to what I am used to in my music career and has created the opportunity for me to be spontaneous and creative. My great grandmother was extremely cultural and I’m sure that we all got some of her genes. My mother used to play the piano, organ, bassoon and the recorder. My grandmother used to play the piano. My grand-mother played a big role in my music career. I remember how she would wake up with me at 5h00 in the morning and sit with me while I practiced; this was during my primary school years. She never missed a concert and would always go the extra mile to help fund my music career.

How old where you when you picked up your first instru-ment and what was it?

I’m not exactly sure at what age but it was probably when I was around six years old and it was the recorder.

Growing up, were you always a busy bee? I love to be busy; I feel that I am more productive in my work when I’m at my busiest. My school day would typically start at 5h00 practicing two hours. Then I would have school until 14h00. In the af-ternoons I would either have choir or instrument lessons ending my day with orchestra or some more practicing till about 20h00. When I got to the University I could play the Recorder, Viola, Saxophone and Piano.

What instruments do you currently play?Recorder, Viola, Saxophone and Piano.

What is the Recorder?The recorder is classed with the other flutes, oboes and clarinets as a ‘wood-wind’ instrument. The recorder is made up of three parts. The head, middle part and the foot. It contains seven holes which enable different pitches to be produced. There are six different recorders ranging from high to low respectively: Sopranino-, treble-, alto-, tenor-, bass- and contra-bass recorder.

What do you enjoy about playing the Recorder?I enjoy playing different styles of music. With the recorder possibili-ties are endless whether you play in an ensemble or as a solo musician especially since it contains such a big range of instruments.

Can anyone play the recorder

and what is the most im-portant thing if someone is going to learn how to play the recorder?The recorder is seen as one of the best instruments to start your musical career from. This is because at a young age the finger dexterity has developed enough to enable children to play the recorder. The most important thing to remember is that no success will come with-out practicing; whether it is ‘Three blind mice’ or a symphony.

Playing the recorder 101, take us through the steps to producing that lovely sound like you do?The most important aspect is prac-ticing. The more you practice the better you become, it’s quite simple. You also learn your recorder and how to produce that sound. I would say that there are no real concrete steps to follow. Everything comes with practicing. When the audi-ence listen to me I try to take them on a musical journey with me, hence the expression and move-ment. The audience not only listen to the performance, but experience it as a visual collective as well.

If you were to play the cover of a song with the flute which song would it be?I don’t think of playing cover songs on my recorder, but I would say Pharrell Williams “Happy.”

What are your plans in terms of your musical career for the future?To be honest, my plan is to firstly finish my degrees and then, well, take it from there. I would love to be a Quantity Surveyor by day and musician (Orchetsral player) by night.


Music

The Art Of MakingMistakes

by MOIRA VILLIARD

It’s only happened that in the last few decades we’re seeing more women not only becoming artists, but being accepted by society for what they do. This isn’t the case in all parts of the world, but we all have the potential within us to make mean-

ingful strides through our abilities and convictions.


MMy name is Moira Villiard and I am an inde-pendent traditional artist, muralist, hobbyist writer, designer and wannabe filmmaker. I grew up on a reservation in northern Minnesota and am currently a college student studying Com-munications. I’ve been “seriously” practicing as a visual artist for roughly two or three years now -- it’s strange for me to think that it’s been that long, considering that I took a medical hiatus from painting this past year. Yet, even in not being active as a painter, art has still provided me the room to explore my vulnerabilities and manage them in a way that makes it possible for other people to see that side of myself. Of course, I believe there are many facets of the “self ” -- we exist differently and in differ-ent contexts -- but I’m not one to intentionally endorse or perpetuate labels. Women in partic-ular face a complex sort of conundrum when it comes down to developing an identity; oppres-sion manifests throughout a global history that continues to have an impact on the women of today. It’s only happened that in the last few decades we’re seeing more women not only be-coming artists, but being accepted by society for what they do. This isn’t the case in all parts of the world, but we all have the potential within us to make meaningful strides through our abilities and convictions. That being said, people always ask me what it takes to become an artist -- I’m often asked about my techniques, as well as my coping mechanisms when it comes to things like cre-ative “blockages” or pressures to be productive. In all honesty, my belief is that the only thing it takes to make something (to one’s own liking, at least) is the courage to make mistakes and the willingness to problem-solve within them. It’s a process that’s much like life; sometimes innova-tion and solutions can’t occur unless we become totally familiar with and immersed in the prob-lems themselves. As a result, my creative process is very lucid and on-the-go. Early on, I started referring to it as pluralism -- the idea that there are ultimate-ly many paths we can take towards a vision in life or in creativity. Each path is different and a product of the moment; some are quicker, some are much slower, they start in different spaces, etc. My path happens to be full of wonderful mistakes. Not surprisingly, my artwork is born of a

lot of mistakes and reworking. However, there’s never an instance where I start a painting and expect there to be a concise set of steps that leads me to a masterpiece. In fact, the value in what I do lies in just this -- the art of making mistakes, of purposely exploring ways of messing up and fixing things in a medium that’s challenging but more forgiving than life. Despite differences in context, there are absolutes in the journeys we choose to take in life. A guiding philosophy for me during the past few years of artistic exploration has been the idea that, within me exists a capacity for joy and sorrow, harm and healing, doubt and conviction … all these things, and this capacity is one that is shared with everyone who has ever existed and whoever will exist. Certainly, these things mani-fest in diverse ways, but at its core, I think the act of living is one that is guided by truths (regard-less of if we choose to acknowledge them). Being an artist is about being loyal to the present by engaging one’s fears, sadness, anger, confusion, etc. The majority of my process actually takes place away from the canvas. It’s life that we really need in order to feel inspired.

Furthermore, just as we’re given these capacities to feel, so we are given the capacities to create. I’ve been experimenting with different systems of “interactive live-painting” to further illustrate this point … in my life as a public artist, this entails asking people who watch me paint to physically engage with some of my pieces as I work on them. I hand them the paintbrush and they usually react by stepping back and saying, “... but I can’t even draw a stick person!” Once I get them to paint, I try and facilitate a discussion in the hopes of getting the person to realize the freedom they have to explore outside the boxes that they place themselves in. If we look at this in the context of my creative process -- I love making mistakes and sharing them because it illustrates that, just as I am able to make an ab-solute mess of things in my work, so others are capable enough to create a “masterpiece”.

IN FACT, THE VALUE IN WHAT I DO LIES IN JUST THIS -- THE ART OF MAKING MISTAKES, OF PURPOSELY EXPLORING WAYS OF MESSING UP AND FIXING THINGS IN A MEDIUM THAT’S CHALLENGING BUT MORE FORGIVING THAN LIFE.


Art

Student Judge Presiding


The Student Court of the University of the Free State is comprised of traditional judicial positions and takes place in a semi-traditional and therefore less formal court atmosphere. The purpose of the Court is to protect and promote a student society based on human dignity, equality and free-dom. The Court further undertakes to facilitate the development of a student culture while remain-ing committed to justice, equity, transparency and accountability. The Judges of the Student Court have dedicated themselves to the diligent fulfilment of their duties without fear, favour or prejudice.

The Student Court is a qua-si-judicial branch of student governance at the University. The Court is an independent body and exercises its functions impartially and subject to its Constitution, the rules and reg-ulations of student governance at the University and decisions of the University Council and Senate.

The Student Court was officially re-established and launched on the 21/08/2015. Prior to this date the Court had been inac-tive due to its limited jurisdic-tion. The Constitution has since been amended in order to fit the needs of the current student community.The Court is composed of a Judge-president, Deputy-Judge President, five Judges, a Clerk

and a Sheriff of the Court.

The Student Court has jurisdic-tion in matters regarding :- The compatibility of the consti-tutions or founding documents of any student associations or campus and city residences with the rules and regulations of the University;

The compatibility of any de-cision or conduct of the Student Representative Council, the Stu-dent Parliament, a student asso-ciations, a student committee and a campus or city residence with their own constitutions or founding documents or the rules and regulations of the University.

Disputes between students inter se, students and associa-tions and associations inter se.

Only students, the Student Representative Council, Student Parliament, student associations, committees and residences of the university will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Court. The Disciplinary Committee may also refer matters to the Student Court.

The Court is competent to impose any disciplinary steps against any party before the court. Proceedings may be in-stituted by any of the following persons or organizations;Students; Student Associations; Campus and City Residences; Student Committees; Student Parliament;Student Representative Council and Any part of the student body.

The Judges the Court spent the bulk of this year amending its constitution and due to the short space of time the student court has only dealt with a preliminary hearing and has overseen the re-election process of House MJ van der Merwe and the election process of the Juridical Society.

The Student Court hopes to cre-ate awareness of its presence and functions in order to better serve the student community.

The Student Court has its Offic-es in the administration build-ing and student affairs building (SRC building).By the end of this year there will be a link on the Universities main page with communication details of the incoming Judges and more information pertain-ing to the court

STUDENT COURT

ESTABLISHMENT

JURISDICTION

1/The Student Court hopes to create awareness of its pres-ence and functions in order to better serve the student commu-nity.

2/The Student Court has its Offices in the administration build-ing and student affairs building (SRC build-ing).

3/By the end of this year there will be a link on the Universities main page with com-munication details of the incoming Judges and more information pertaining to the court

4/The student court is a good platform for a student to lay out their case and expect to get a fair ruling you will solely be judged by your peers.

UFS Student Court

16kovsies

to lookout for

STAY CURIOUSInspire Magazine celebrates young people who are trailblazers. To stand-out you first have to stand-up and start pursuing your dreams and developing your talents.

2015 has been a great year for Kovsies in terms of sport, culture and leader-ship projects. We have witnessed a lot of young people go on to conquer the world. This wave of success has gone further than just the most acclaimed individuals.

Selected are a few individuals of the many at kovsies who have been a beam of light and catching on the wave of excellence and touching lives all over with their works

16KOVSIESTO LOOK OUT FOR

Doing her post grad in B.Consumer Sci-ences, Margo is the 2014/15 Miss Earth South Africa Ambassador and 2015 Miss Sundowns Free State. Other than men-toring young girls who have the desire to be positive influences in their communi-ties she recently joined forces with three acquaintances and launched a non-profit organization called Environmental Agents of Change. This organization aims to connect various leaders across the country and raise up people to help make an impact in and around their residences. This includes planting trees, vegetable gardens for food security and educational talks. She believes that every blessing and accomplishment cannot be done without God.

Thuthukani Ndlovu is a sec-ond year student currently studying B.Com Marketing. He is a poet/author with four poetry anthologies to his name, with “The Power of Poetry” being his latest book which he published a few months ago. He is also a slam poet and conscious rapper. He is an avid entertainment blogger and freelance writ-er. Thuthukani is currently in charge of the Media & Mar-keting for TEDxUFS, and has a great passion for promoting local talent, new projects and promoting community devel-opment. Check out his Blog: radioativetuts.blogspot.com

Simple Stories is a band consisting of 4 members: CJ, Stix, Naledi and Sam. The group offi-cially commenced in September 2014, and so far has achieved a lot of recognition. They won The Bloem Talent Show 2015, performed at Miss Free State, also performed at Dinner with the stars (in Joburg), and their most recent accomplishment, is being nominated for the Gold-en Bean Music Awards - best new comer. They were also the 2015 Crooked Boer sessions winners.

MODEL /LEADERMARGO FARGO

MUSIC BANDSIMPLE3 STORI3S

Louzanne is doing her Honors in Corporate Communication. She is going to the World Championships in Doha, Qa-tar on the 17th of October and hoping to qualify for the Paralympics next year. She held the SRC office for Stu-dent Accessibility 2014/2015 and is passionate about sports, animal welfare, dis-ability rights, political and so-cial justice. Plans to continue to do her masters next year.

FOOTBALL CAPTAINTHEMBA ZIMO

POET, BLOGGERTHUTHUKANI NDLOVU

LEADERSHIPLOUZANNE COETZEEZEE

Themba is a final year LLB law student and current cap-tain of the UFS football team with which he has been play-ing for the past four years. He was the holder of a Jurid-ical Society portfolio. He also worked with the Career De-velopment Office in New Age CV writing techniques and in-terview skills advice. He has also been scouted to play for the Castle Lager Academy in Johannesburg. He was also one of the top 40 player for Nedbank Ke Yona team to play Mamelodi Sundowns. He aims to be a practicing lawyer in the future. He is a dedicated person who stays loyal to his goals and believe in employing his full working potential to any given task.


Mosa, currently a law student and the former SRC President 2014/2015, has been involved with leader-ship since First Year. She was also fortunate enough to be involved with the F1 Leadership for change program. Since then she have been involved with several associations: including being a DJ at Kovsie Radio, Prime of Vande’r Merwe Residence, Golden Key Executive committee and SRC Legal and Constitutional portfolio. She also took part in several campaigns: One Young World, UFS Youth Forum, Young Ambassadors for Africa, Law Moot Court to mention a few.

Dineo is a 19 year old third year B. Social Work student. She is part of VChords SA Acapella Group with which she has been singing since she was a first year. To date, she has inde-pendently published two titles, Perfect Love and Kingdom Poetry, as well as a co-authored title, Discovering and Re-vealing the True Nature of a Woman. In addition to writing books and singing, Dineo is a Spoken word poet and an Editor at Inspire Magazine.

Currently doing his Masters in Higher Education Trans-formation. He has served as Armentum Prime from 2013 to 2015 and under his leadership Armentum was awarded the best managed residence at the Kovsie Awards 2015. He also served as Prime for South College which was also awarded with the best College award in 2014. He has travelled to Texas A&M University as part of the F1 programme, took part in the P010SEE leadership camp which he attended in 2011 and later on as a facilitator in the following years. He has been a P3 mentor in Ar-mentum and served in the central rag community service committee. He was also part of the first UFS Global sum-mit. He also initiated various transformation projects.

AUTHOR/EDITORKHOTSO DINEO MASHILE

Kgaugelo is a final B.Mus student ma-joring in both Viola and Voice (Tenor). He has been the Principal Viola of Most Youth Orchestras in South Africa, namely: MIAGI Youth Orchestra 2008, National Youth Orchestra 2011, Free State Youth Orchestra 2010, Odeion Simfonia 2012, OSM Camerata 2012 and Tshwane Youth Orchestra 2007 to 2009 among others. He is currently au-ditioning for a professional seat at the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orches-tra. The theatre production he was part of this year “Masote’s Dream” is also having another South African Tour and it will be touring the Netherlands with the Dutch director Dagmlar Siagmolen. He will be a Free lance Performer as an Opera singer and violist.

MUSICIANKGAUGELO MPYANE

LEADERSHIPEDDIE DE WET

A final year LLB student who finished second runner up in Miss Earth South Africa 2015, which is a leadership program that helps create awareness about the preservation of the envi-ronment. Her interest in leadership and women empowerment her seen her serving on the SRC 2013/2014, Prime of her res 2012/2013. She is currently serving on the executive committee of the Black Lawyers association Student Char-ter. She plans to continue with the projects she started during Miss Earth and to be an inspira-tion to young girls

MODEL/ LEADERSHIPANDRICIA HINKERMANN

LEADERSHIPTHULANI BABELIThulani is a final year Actuarial Science student with a knack for leadership. He has been involved in the executives committees of various associ-ation including SRC Treasury 2013/2014 and 2014/2015, SRC International affairs 2014/2015. He was a delegate on the UFS Global leadership summit held in 2015. He is currently the President of the Actuarial and Statistics Stu-dent Council. He is also part of the student council in Golden Key Society.

LEADERSHIPMOSA LETEANE


ACADEMICSELZAHN VAN DER WESTHUIZEN

ACAMEMICSANZÉL VAN DER WESTHUIZEN

These two are just really intelligent twins. Anzél grad-uated B.Acc and is currently dong her B.Acc Honours. She was awarded first place academic excellence in her residence Vergeet-My-Nie. She was also the best first year in Economics and Financial planning among others.

Elzahn graduated in BCom Law and is currently busy with her LLB and BA Hons in German. She is one of the top students in her residence Vergeet-My-Nie and she awarded best third year stu-dent in German in 2013\2014 among other awards for the subject. And of course she is in the Golden Key.

THEATREELIZABETH MALEBOTwitter: @gali_hope Elizabeth is the brainchild be-hind EL-Deaf Theatre Produc-tions. She is currently doing her master’s degree in Drama and Theatre Arts at the UFS. She is exploring deaf theatre tech-niques to improve English liter-acy among deaf students and she uses voice overs and verbal interpreters for the audience who do not understand sign language. This ground-breaking research, is why she is in demand for her work nationally and abroad. Her most recent show Local-S-Lek-ker was shown at the University in celebration of September Deaf Month.

Paballo is currently studying to-wards an honours degree in Ac-tuarial Science. She has been part of the Actuarial and Statistics Student Council since First Year and slowly worked her way to president in 2014/2015. She has also been involved in the NFS hockey Team as the manager until 2014. She was an ambas-sador and motivatinal speaker for a prominent life coach company in Bloemfontein. This year (2015) she was crowned 2nd princess in Miss Free State. She finished her degree with a Cumlaude in 2014.

LEADERSHIPPABALLO MAKUPU

ENTERTAINMENTDJ CJO & DJ CIDERDj C’JO (Eric Moloko) and CIDER (Koos Kwena), are resident Dj’s at To-paz Lounge but also regularly play at Coobah, Cubana and others. The Cider and C’jo Anuual Event is one of the classy projects they started out with this year. They have just registered their company “C&C Family En-tertainment Pty(Ltd) which specializes in Sound Marketing, Events Pro-motions, Dj’s and more. As part of their marketing strategy is the famous C’JO caps to make people familiar with the brand and they are currently working on the t-shirts.

RADIO DJHEAVY DHe is THE VOICE. Currently Studying Media Studies. Start-ed radio in 2013 at Kovsie Ra-dio with a show called “Strictly Commercial Show” 9pm-12am. Then the ‘The Full House with Heavy D” 9am to 12pm. Current-ly since mid-2014 until now has been doing the “Vodacom Drive” 3pm -6pm. His passion for radio started with people telling him he had a voice for radio but he what wanted radio to bring itself to him. After being approached by the station manager he has been knocking on radio’s door and it is his passion. Big things to come. Twitter: UltimateHeavyD

PHOTOGRAPHERLIHLUMELO TOYANA

Lihlumelo Toyana Graduated in Political Sci-ence and she did her post graduate in Gov-ernance and Political Transformation. She is currently doing a masters degree in Cultural Studies. She worked at the Institute of Social Justice where passions for Issues of gender, human rights and the LGBTIQ grew. She also worked as a student researcher for Prof Jansen’s office. Lihlumelo co-authored with Nangamso Khoza and Prof Jansen in a book titled “The Great South African Teachers’’, all proceeds from the book were channeled into a bursary. Studied Photo and Documentary Journalism, and uses photography as a tool for Social change. She has also embarked on photography projects looking at the human side of female Nyaope addicts. She also teach-es photography to a group of young scholars and mentors young photographers in order to give back. She believes change will only come when individuals act.

He was part of the Shimlas team that made an unbeaten run to winning the Varsity cup. His Position is Prop. Some of his achievements are; Varsity Cup debut and Champion-ships 2015, Vodacom cup debut for Freestate 2015, Currie Cup debut for Toyota Cheetahs 2015. He is also currently doing his BAgric-Honours in Agricultural Management. Plans to be to his Master’s degree in agricultural management in 2016 and play for the Shimla and Cheetahs next year.

RUGBY PLAYERTEUNIS NIEUWOUDT

Jonathan is currently studying B.Acc Honours. He has attended several conferences which include the South American Business forum 2015 - among the selected top 100, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, Student Leadership Summit where he was selected as one of the top 30. He represented South Africa in the International Youth Leadership Summit in Dubai 2014. He was the holder of the SRC Academics portfolio and President of Commercio in 2014/2015. He was one of the Deloitte Suit Up Challenge inaugural winners of 2015. He was awarded a Lifetime Award at the Student Leadership Awards 2015. He is also a member of the public speaking and debate club, a craft for which he has received several awards and has hosted several prestigious events at the University.

LEADERSHIPJONATHAN RUWANIKA

She is completing her masters in Human Rights Law and is going to be taking arti-cleship at the constitutional court. Sinako is one of the first Campus Agents for “Era By DJ Zinhle” a brand that seeks to uplift women. As a fashion Enthusiast in 2014 she founded her own blog “TooSnazzy”, where she regularly posts pictures of her fashion style. It features ways to style up your wardrobe with different combinations depending on the trends. Check it out on facebook.

BLOGGERSINAKO BOMELA

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ARTWORK 3This work is an abstract representation of a person’s thought process. The glue me-dium is relevant as it ‘captures’ a moment in time before it sets. The leaf imprints insin-uate that we should return to nature to adopt a more sincere, natural and humbler trend of thought. The thread-ing overlapping the work rep-resents our thought patterns, like synapses in an unordered arbitrary pattern.

ARTWORK 2The three upside down deer antlers imitate intricate roots systems in nature – suggesting that we need to return to our roots in order to live a more honest and holistic lifestyle. The horns differ subtly to imply that we each have our own unique way of thinking and approaching the same situation.

ARTWORK 1The hands cradling an orchid made out of glue encourages viewers to look at the object without predispositions. There is also a needle and thread embedded in the glue orchid to symbolize that we are the makers of our own being – we ‘stitch together’ our fate by the choices we make.

DEEP ROOTS ARE NEVER LOST

“All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots are not reached by the frost.”J.R.R. Tolkien

This poem by J.R.R. Tolk-ien captures the under-lying themes behind this series of work. I created this series as a journey of self-discovery. I realized that we get so caught up in our daily tasks that we often overlook the true meaning and joy in life. This series portrays my realization of the twisted perceptions embedded in society and my challenge of finding my true self within this context. The abstraction of buck horns stem from the idea that we should strip our-selves from the superfi-ciality of our modern ex-istence in order to return to a more ‘primitive’ and simple lifestyle.

by CARMEN VAN STADEN

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THE STORYMDY Designs offers African-print-in-spired accessories and clothing created for the Unique, Stylish and Empowered.MDY was established from what I call a “hobby gone too far”.In December 2012, I learned how to use Af-rican print fabric to beautify a not-too-ap-pealing bangle and a pair of earrings. Over-time, I started getting requests from friends to accessorise them, and payment was of-fered. Soon, even strangers began to place orders. The interest others showed in my accessories surprised me.In 2013, a regular buyer of my accessories simply stated how cool it would be if I could make her a skirt to match. Also, my eldest sister eventually mentioned how my hobby could actually be a viable business; and that was the moment I decided to take the artis-tically entrepreneurial route.For as long as I can remember, my moth-er has always had a sewing machine in the house. So one day, I asked her to teach me. She simply showed me how to operate the machine and sew in a straight line. Over the next few days, I spent all my airtime/data reading and watching sewing tutorials on-line, and taking my clothes apart to imagine what the construction process was like. I never had any formal training.

THE BIG MOVEIn 2014, my eldest sister entered the venture into a competition, where we won a grant of R75,000. Over the next few months and into 2015, we registered the business, were vendors at Macufe 2014, dressed over 200 women, became International vendors (ac-cording to my records, we’ve posted to up to 10 countries outside of Africa; multiple times), we’ve bought industrial machines,

hired full-time staff, and most recently had our first Fashion Show at Fashion Week Mangaung during Macufe 2015.We’ve been invited to showcase at some upcoming Mangaung Municipal-arranged projects as well.

THE MUSEFunny enough, I’m very inspired to design by clothing which I don’t fully like!My designs and styling suggestions are majorly inspired by the thoughts I have of what a man/woman who desires the title of “Powerful and Stylish” should wear to be perceived as such; while not forgetting the modesty which the African heritage is tra-ditionally built upon.My designs are not necessarily conformed to the current trends; but always carry that necessary factor that fits into the mod-ern-day fashion mold.

YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE?I see MDY Designs being at the forefront of African Fashion; so the plan is to take steps towards making that happen.I’ve been discovering so many things I’m interested in and it’s awesome how they all fit under the ‘Design’ umbrella. Textile de-sign, photography, styling, graphics, music to name a few.I’ve learned so much from the stories of other entrepreneurs; so in the future, I’d love to assist youngsters with substance to reach their potential. The journey of starting and successfully managing a business isn’t an easy or straight-forward one; and I could never do it all on my own. So I’d love to share secrets and lend a helping hand. The success of one should birth the steps neces-sary to achieve the success of the next.

MDY DesignsMDY DESIGNS OFFERS AFRICAN PRINT-INSPIRED ACCESSORIES AND CLOTHING CREATED FOR THE UNIQUE, STYLISH AND EMPOWERED.

FASHION DESIGNER

MmeDaara Samson-akpan My name is MmeDaara (MDy – pronounced “M-Dee”) Samson-akpan.I studied a B.Sc. in Information Technology. Endorsement: Manage-ment.

“I see MDY Designs being at the forefront of African Fashion”

Mdy Designs


Fashion

...Unique, Stylish and Empowered


The first Global Leadership Summit was held at the UFS in 2012, where our own staff and cohort of 70 students were joined by colleagues and students from partner universi-ties across the globe. The GLS is a reciprocating programme which aims to create an oppor-tunity for our institution and partner universities to learn from one another and for them to experience issues of social cohesion from a South African perspective. For two weeks our stu-dents participated in a student leadership and development program and interacted with students and scholars of international universities. The program entailed presentations and talks during the morning sessions with student engage-ments, discussions and excur-sions during the afternoons. The

broad focus was on the themes of leadership, citizenship, social justice, complex societies and sustainability. “At the UFS we consider all our students as partners in building a proud university and society and in contributing on an African and global stage. The Global Leadership Summit is an important part of our effort to constantly pursue our mis-sion of positive change impact at KOVSIES and beyond,” states the GLS steering team. Many UFS participants agree that this was indeed a valuable experience which equipped them with knowledge of our international partners’ diverse social, cultural and academic lives and student life programs. Moreover, that the GLS was a learning opportuni-ty which left them with lessons that will last for a lifetime.

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Kovsie Life

The UFS came alive during the winter holi-days when students from all over the world converged in Bloemfontein for a leadership conference. The Global Leadership Summit is the most embraced initiative which was initiated as an aid to equip University Stu-dents with the necessary skills and acumen to become leaders.

by DINEO KHOTSO MASHILE


THULANI BABELI says...Outside the classroom’ we also had time to visit different and very interesting places – we had a city tour around Bloemfontein, attended the Vryfees, visited Qwa-Qwa campus, Clerens, The Basotho cultural village, the Planetarium, the War Muse-um; took park in very adventurous activities like quad-biking, water-rafting, mountain hiking, had a Cheetah experience. This should just paint a picture of how well balanced the GLS program was. We’ve had a great time together with our vis-itors, learning about their cultures and I can recall a few good memories of the Japanese students we had, being woken up at about 2 am to help cook Thai food, to exchanging clothes, very amazing! Ultimately, I’ve made a lot of GLS friends across the Globe and we still keep in touch. I feel very privileged to have been given a chance to be part of the GLS, and special thanks to the University of the Free State. This was indeed a life-time experience and I would rate it 9.7/10.


Stay Curious

THE RED ISSUE

INSPIRE GIRL Fitness & Health

PHOTOGRAPHY: LIHLUMELO TOYANA

Did you always “wakeup like that” and can l expect results from my exercise routine in a short time?Lol …(laughs).Well because I make it a point to work hard “I wake up like this” (winks). The age old lesson remains, that nothing worthwhile happens quickly and in order to get that perfect summer body, patience and consistency have to be your two best friends. I mean it is definitely not impossible, if you work hard and stay fo-cused, you can achieve the results you want.

Dieting seems complicated, how do you get it right?Its tough to be on a diet when at Res, students can only afford carbs, but I have a herbal life-shake in the morning with milk. At lunch I have a salad which I make myself, cracker bread with avo, tomato and juice. For snacks I have jungle bars, dried fruits and nuts. For supper I make sure I have veggies, always. So basically remove processed foods and refined sugar from your diet and natural wholesome alternatives like lean meat protein, fruit, vegetables, good carbs and healthy fats. This means I get to reward myself with one or two cheat days in a week to eat junk food.

Sticking to a workout routine and get-ting rid of belly fat? I can’t stress enough how important it is to listen to your body. Its no secret that picking a workout routine and sticking to it is necessary in order to get the results you want. Also the longer you stick with a routine, the easier it gets. For a prop-er abdominal workout I use the following routine; Leg raises of 3 sets of 12 reps, bicycle crunches 3 sets of 12 reps each, sit ups 3 sets of 12 reps, planking for 3 sets of 2 min each, side crunches 3 sets of 12 reps each.

FITNESS

INSPIRE GIRLBoitumelo Walaza popularly known as Santana is our inspire girl for Spring 2015 and here is why

The adventurous, sporty and outgoing Santana shares her fitness secrets. With a back-ground in gymnastic, ballet, hockey, soccer and her mom who is a fitness fanatic, she manages to maintain a lean physique. She undoubtedly has a passion for a healthy lifestyle and we asked her to tell us how she does it.

How do you stay moti-vated?During workouts I listen to some good music that pumps me all the way. Its mostly Hip Hop like French Montana and Fetty Wap - 679. And when l need to re-lax and just stretch l prefer slower tracks, right now I’m loving The Weekend, Beauty Behind Madness album.

Who is your favourite celebrity? Ciara inspires me because she works out a lot and tries to maintain a healthy lifestyle. She has that athletic body and perfect physique that I’m also working towards.

Do you have dance moves ? [Laughs] I don’t have specific dance moves but if one of favourite songs is playing l will get down.

Are you a movies or series person? Neither. I don’t really watch TV and movies but l enjoy watching a lot of reality shows. The Kadarshians, The Braxtons, Jersey Shore, Come Dine with me, Gorde Shore, Survivor and Amazing Race, you name it..

How would your friends describe you?I’m just awesome (winks*). Well my friends Refilwe, Thando and Naledi said l am a fun, fit girl. Also that I am very outgoing and active. The say I’m not only pretty but have a great personality as well!

Quick-Fire Questions

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GET A MEDICAL AID Its not just a back up plan to get permission to write sick tests but it is essentially a lifesaver when a real tragedy occurs. It goes without saying that you are not Hercules and even Hercules had a weakness. So regularly check in with your Doctor for a physical examination for things like Blood Pressure and potential cancerous cells just to mention a few. This includes a visit to the dentist at least twice a year to keep those pearly whites white. TAKE A BREAK FROM DRINKINGNot to say you should stop drinking, but the vomiting, nausea and the terrible, hor-rible, no good headache after getting wasted every weekend is something to consider healthwise. As you get older the effects of alcohol begin to become more pronounced, so it is better to cut down now. You might also find yourself broke and surviving on pap and chakalaka before month-end.

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GYMFor a proper workout and downtime

Great ideas come in the shower or in the few extra minutes when you are pushing at the gym. There is something about being around people who want to look better that keeps you going. It’s also very easy to find common ground and make friends from the local gym. That ability to push yourself will work for you in other areas of your life and well generally the sexier you is very nice to meet.

DIETHealthy food doesn’t need to taste bad

Bread and noodles do not qualify as a legitimate meal and after a while neither does Russian and chips from the Deli. Its very easy as a university student to be caught up eating unhealthy food week in week out blaming it on exams, tests and assignments. No one said you should have lettuce for supper but it might be worth your while to learn different dishes. So invest in a recipe book.

WATERJust a glass of pure liquid hydrogen please

Water is the clear sparkling liquid that covers three quarters of the earth’s surface not to mention the basis of life as we know it. So I guess water is everywhere right, but you don’t wanna drink it. Its so unique that scientists are still trying to figure out its properties, so imagine the wonders it can work in your body which is 70% water but still you don’t wanna drink it.

HEALTH 101A new study from Northwest-ern Medicine® and Northeast-ern Illinois University found that the majority of college students are engaging in unhealthy behaviors that could increase their risk of cancer later on. The majority of all college students surveyed re-ported low fruit and vegetable consumption and low physical activity. Other unhealthy be-haviors or conditions include alcohol binge drinking and tobacco use.

Percent of University students suffer from some form of depres-sion. A quick workout or sports has mental benefits of stress relief

Source: northwestern.edu

25 HIGH SELF

ESTEEM

Exercising is not fun but it will have you feeling like a million bucks. On every level fitness will boost your positive self image

BRAINPOWER

Regular ex-ercise boosts memory and ability to learn new things.


Music

Upcoming Albums2015

The Golden Year Of AlbumsTo say 2015 is a great year of LP’s is almost an understatement. From Sia’s to Fetty Wap this has been a never ending roller coaster ride in music spewed across different genres. Below are the Inspire Magazine suggested album list.

Adele 25Adele’s upcoming album titled 25 is set to be released late this year on the 25th of Novem-ber. This amazing singer shattered the sales records back in 2011 and 4 years later she is ready to give us more music. We couldn’t ask for a more befitting Christmas pres-ent. Adele is predicted to shift more records off the shelves and because of her power when it comes to record sales this has led artists like Justin Bie-ber and Ellie Goulding to move their albums earlier and Emeli Sande later in January 2016.

Drake Views from the 6Earlier this year Drake offered us a mixtape ‘If you are reading this its too late’ which acted as a curtain raiser for his upcoming project. If ‘Views from the 6’ continues from the creative and hard work he breathed on his mix-tape then we might be in for some earlier new year fireworks.

James BayChaos and the Calm

The acoustic performer who started out playing in open mic nights in Brighton has since gained attention for his graveled voice, uplifting lyrics and gospel-tinged choruses. This album went number one in the UK and number 15 in the US. Earlier this year he received the Brits Awards “Critics Choice” award. “Let it go” is the fans favourite track.

Lianne La HavasBlood

Blood is the sophomore studio album by Lianne which takes a departure from the works she did on her last al-bum. Blood focuses on Love, relationship and identity. However its mellow sound really sets it apart, focusing more on neo soul and jazz. This actually had many peo-ple comparing her to Lauryn Hill. The album production is stellar and she shines out and prove once again that she is complete artist.

Riky RickFamily Values

Well Family Values turned out to be a deep-ly personal experience. It was raw in a way most of us are not ac-customed to anymore. Riky had some things to say to his fans and more so to himself. There were a couple of things he needed to admit. Tracks like True love and Makaveli set the tone of the album with mellow upbeat tunes.

KehlaniYou Should Be Here

Although its a mixtape the production and lyr-ical content on it, puts it atop among the very best of albums released this year. Kehlani, at just 19 years, almost has the appeal of the likes of Jhenne Aiko. A female rapper with a conscious vibe is what makes her an artist to look out for.


STAROF THEMOMENTFETTYWAP

This rapper/singer has been making some fierce music of late. Gifted with an amazing vocal repertoire that only Kid Cudi and Drake can rival, he offers a different sound that just comes at the right time. We like the way he embraces his weirdness too.

Movies / TV

2015 Movies To Watch on a Date Night

Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron partnered up in one of the best movies of 2015 so far. With rich visuals and an exhilarating premise, this furious chapter in the Mad Max franchise has taken the apocalyptic genre to new heights. The rock cranking dude playing the electric guitar adds to the road rush momentum in the midst the desert. Its very adept in its storytelling too, and offers great character development to add more drama to the fast paced fury road chaos. A definite must see particularly for its raw and real action sequences and stunts which were performed at very dangerous high speeds in the desert terrain of Namibia.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE HAVING A DATE NIGHT YOU JUST WANT TO WATCH A GREAT MOVIE.

Age of AdalineBlake Lively starred in this ab-sorbing dramedy that almost feels like a spin-off of “The curious case of the Benjamin Button.” This is a rare master-piece and a breather from all the adaptations and sequels.

EverestJack Gyllenhaal stars in this adventure movie where a climbing expedition on moun-tain everest is devastated by a snow storm. With severe cold the race against time is more gritting than has ever been seen before.

Inside OutAfter young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Fransisco, her emotions: anger, joy, fear, disgust and sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.

Jurassic WorldWell anything with dragons and Chris Pratt is totally worth your time. This latest chapter in the Jurassic franchise offers a different premise from the Superhero movie genre which have become the norm.

AyandaA coming of age story of an afro hipster, who embarks on a journey of self discovery, when she’s thrown into a world of greasy overalls, gender stereotypes and abandoned vintage cars.

SouthpawJack Gyllenhaal put out one the best acting display of his career. This a very inspiring tale of a boxer who loses someone close and had to slowly claw his way back in the game.

TV Shows

MAD MAXFURY ROAD

OUR BEST PICK

SENSE8Regarded as the most controversial series yet to grace the smaller screen (after GOT of course), is quite a visual masterpiece and offers a different premise never seen before on TV. A definite must see.

Modern FamilyNow in its 7th season, this is probably maybe the best comedy at the moment. Boasting a stellar cast that has slowly grown into their roles and become com-fortable with each other this ain’t just another comedy, its a family show.


Lorato Sebusho

What triggered your pas-sion for drawing?“I wouldn’t say there was a specific trigger. It just happened… I saw a picture and I just thought I could draw it, and I did.”

When did you start draw-ing?“I started drawing when I had just stared high school. Before that I couldn’t draw. I actually started drawing quite late considering that my whole family draws.”

Do you remember your first drawing?“Yes, I actually do! It was a drawing of a Scottish pic-ture from a post card that my mom sent to me when she had gone to Scotland.”

How would you describe your artwork?“Well, I don’t really consider my drawings to be art. Art is more formal and technical… it is controlled; I actually just draw so that the picture I draw is visually appealing. Sometimes the end picture is not what I had thought of when I started with the drawing. Drawing, as opposed to art, has no rules or techniques, I just go with the flow and escape into whatever it is that I am drawing.”

What does drawing mean to you?“Drawing is an escape… When something inspires

me, I draw… it’s hard to explain it in words ’cause it’s like a feeling. I don’t just draw, I draw when I feel like drawing; when I stop feeling I stop drawing until I feel again. That’s why I have so many unfinished drawings.”

What do you intend to do with your drawings?“I see my drawings hanging on the walls of my kid’s rooms and all over my house… I actually don’t want to sell my drawings. I just want to look at them. I don’t see art as an income source, that why I study agriculture. Art to me is personal, not a job.”

So, what’s next?“I rarely connect with my drawings at a deep level so I want to move more towards the direction of classical drawing; maybe slightly romantic, but more classical than romantic… I’m actu-ally thinking of making a series of drawings about my relationship.”

Seeing as this is Inspire Magazine, we would like to know, what inspires you to draw?“It is usually when I see or hear of something interest-ing… like I said, it’s rarely deep. Whatever is happen-ing can be an inspiration. Like seeing an owl could be enough inspiration to draw it.”

She Says

by DINEO KHOTSO MASHILE

I love making jewellery and flower crowns in my spare time. To make a flower crown, the flowers need to be delicately picked and they can even be tulips. A girl should make her own crowns and be a queen everyday.

FLOWER CROWNS & JEWELLERY

Art

Lorato Sebusho is a second year BSc. Soil Sci-ence and Agronomy student at the University of the Free State. She comes from the City of Dia-monds, Kimberley, in the Northern Cape. She is currently a resident at Vergeet-My-Nie Residence at the Bloemfontein Campus. Lorato enjoys mak-ing jewellery and flower crowns in her spare time. This is but a reflection of her passion for art. The jewellery pieces she creates are just as creative and visually appealing as her drawings. This multitalented young lady had the following to say during an insightful, relaxing and fun interview.The talented Lorato Sebusho shares some of the inspiration behind her amazing artwork.


Lorato’s GALLERY

Imke Reinecke aka Ginge, is a singer, songwriter and familiar voice during Kovsie Cultural events. She has been receiving a lot of recognition lately. Not only was she one the winners of Crooked Boer Sessions and the Blackberry Mentee Program which saw her being mentored by Khuli Chana, she was also part of the Marjolein Kleinser group which won 2nd Place at the 2015 ATKV Annual National Kleinser Championship. We asked her what the secret

behind that Golden voice is, so that you wouldn’t have to. Here is what she said:

ABOUT HERImke Reinecke is a third year Drama and Theatrical Arts student at Kovsies. She grew up in a loving and musical family which meant singing voices, piano keys, guitar strings and drums always sounded through their house. She told us, “Music has without a doubt been some-thing that brings us together as a family.” Her positive attitude, beauty and creative aura makes her hard to miss. Growing-up in the Nether-lands she was busy putting-in her 10000 hours with ballet, music theory classes, singing in the high school concert, play the guitar, writing her own songs and vocal coaching with Maria Lekransy who she says played a huge role in the

defining of her sound. She continues to do this as acting, musical performances, writing songs, photography and make-up artistry make up her days. She seized it up saying “I’m a very social person, and with friends as crazy as mine there’s never a dull moment in my life!”

FINDING HERSELF MUSICALLYOn coming back to South Africa she sought to discover herself as an artist. Serious song writing, appreciating the local music scene and jamming with her sister Anika was just the beginning. Start-ing Varsity and being involved in campus culture events saw her working with Angelo Mockie, who she describes as an amazing person.

HER PROCESSShe told us, “My songs are all

inspired by my own life and experiences, and usually I stick to the messages that I think other people will be able to relate to.”

HER SOUNDIt’s Ginge! She told us “I lean towards very soulful melodies in my songs but as an alterna-tive/indie/blues rock fan most of my music is guitar based. So I guess you’ll just have to come by one of my gigs to get the full picture.”

STAY WINNINGShe won a recording con-tact as one of the winners of Crooked Boer Sessions. She also won the UFS competition of the Blackberry Mentee Program and saw her and oth-er selected from other Univer-sities few being mentored by Khuli Chana. She was part of the Marjolein Klienser group that won second place in the nationals this year. She said it was an amazing experience

CAN YOU DANCE?She told us, “Ha! Yeah, this white girl got some moves!”

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? Ginge is currently writing and recording three originals for her EP, which will be dropping in 2016. She told us that, “I’m not sure yet what it is going to be called, I want to record all the tracks before settling on a title”

AS LONG AS I AMSINGINGI’M HAPPY

WITH FRIENDS AS CRAZY AS MINE THERE IS NEVER A DULL MOMENT


MY SOUNDAuthenticity is very important for me, that is why I don’t like perfor-mances where I sing along to a back track. That to me does not feel like making music. When playing with a band, it’s like, you’re jamming together, and you give each other energy. Collaborations are the best. I love learning from other people, sharing musical knowledge and hearing different perspectives on music and so on. That is why I collabo-rate a lot with DJ’s and Rappers.

@theofficialginge

Style by Zen


Fashion Beauty Love Life

STYLE BY ZEN is a blog I start-ed when I was dobbling between careers and a study path . My love for fashion prevailed in this time and grew on me. I started blogging about my day to day outfits and that’s how style by zen was birthed. It opened so many doors for me. I’ve appeared on hectic nine 9 twice be-cause of my blog and I am a South African GUESS watch ambassador as well as a Martian watch brand ambassador. Style By Zen has helped shape my blog and create a platform for me to share my love for fashion.

MY PLANS for the future are possi-bly having my own fashion line and store which will be affordable to woman in today’s society as well as fit their needs. With stylists in store to assist them with their clothing choices and help them look and feel good. I also aspire to have a talk show to empower woman in today’s society.

CONTACT ME @Blog : www.stylebyzen.tumblr.comTwitter : @StyleByZenInstagram : @StyleByZenFacebook : www.facebook.com/StyleByZenTheBlog

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Zenobe is a South African GUESS watch ambassador

Stay Curious

INSPIRE GUY Style & Grooming

Photography by : ForeverFrankDirected by: Martinique Ferreira (Miss Free State)

RED WIFE BEATERA FUNKY FRESH LOOK FOR A HOT SUMMER DAY. ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT ONE THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS YOU WEAR IS A BRIGHT COLOUR TO LIVEN-UP YOUR SPIRIT.

Tian Nienaber is a student at UFS studying B.Accounting.LLB and is currently in his final Undergraduate year.

Impressive Track Record: He was Recently nominated for the Kovsie Dux Award as well as the Abe Balley Trust Bursary. He coached Veritas Stagedoor this year and helped out with Kleinser as well.

Tell us about the evolution of your style sense?I remember being interested in line design, colours, patterns form a very young age. I was given ample freedom of choice from the age of three years and cannot think of a time when I just got dressed its been a matter of choosing the right outfit for each occasion.

What has influenced your fashion senseLiving in post modern era where there seems to be a lot of emphasis on retro styling has definitely altered my perspec-tive on how the outside should reflect the inside.

What do you define as style?Fashion is all the pieces that we see in stores, items we want to buy. Style is how we put these pieces together to create “art” . Fashion is fleeting but style is eternal.

Which celebrity fashion do you like?I prefer an almost rebellious classic look similar to James Dean and Marlon Brando.

Other InterestsI am Manchester United fan and I will never change. I grew up in a rugby family so its in my blood.

TIAN NIENABER

HAUTE WITH CAP SOFT STONE WASHED COLOURS AND DENIM IS ALWAYS A SAFE CHOICE. ACCESSO-RIES WITH A CAP. ONE IS ENOUGH

TIPInvest in TShirts with character. Also plain in colours. Shorts are a must for summer don’t be afraid to wear colour and stripes


LAYERING IS A GREAT AND FUNNY WAY TO EXPRESS YOUR-SELF WITH GREAT TEXTURES MIXING FORMAL WITH A BIT OF INFORMAL WEAR LIKE THE LEATHER TIE

GROOMINGEvery guy needs to think seriously about their look. As a college student you need to start getting your style in check. Casual and formal dressing should be mixed and meshed well. The semi-formal, smart casual look is perfect for every occasion and will make that transition into the working world seam-less. Inspire Magazine has put together a list of all the must haves every young man should have in their wardrobe. These items are worth saving-up for and will give you that effortless confidence and charm.

YOUR SHOE GAME

CHINOSChinos lie in-between the denim and dress pants so they can be worn both as a casual and formal. Almost every colour is available and you can chose one that goes with your personality.

1/DESERT SHOESThis is the pair that every guy should own. Brown is the co-lour here to get and they also come in leather.

2/TRAINERSA cool trainer in your wardrope is essential. They are comfort-able and come in handy when you are relaxed on weekends, jogging or going to the gym.

3/SNEAKERSThe All Star Converse is what we call timeless. It is an essential for every man. I gives you that relaxed, carefree but confident look. And they go well with everything.

4/DRESS SHOESThe brown formal shoe, every stylish man knows, its trans-forms the looks and is a good contrast to every look.

Pair With Denim The Denim Jacket is a must have.It gives you that edgy look amd makes you stand out. It goes well with the Checked-Shirt and it looks great with jeans and smart-ca-sual.

ACCESSORIESLeather BeltKeep it strapped. You need to start showing that leather belt and tuck in. That’s how a real man dresses.

Camel FedoraThe Camel Fe-dora, a signature look. Dare to try something new, it might be your best look yet.

Ray-bandsA man should invest in a pair designer shades. Ryan Goosling taught us, you go 0 to 100 real quick.


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oOn the night before my departure, un-der my tree’s loving strong branches, the dancing bright stars and the smiling yellow ochre moon that was as large as the earth itself, I decided to give myself to someone I knew I would love forev-er and who I knew would love me back for forever and a day. It was a special night, even nature had aligned itself to the occasion, bringing out its best fea-tures that enchanted my heart and made my soul jump in pure bliss and elation. I clumsily snuck past Gogo’s sleeping figure and tipped over the empty silver bucket that we used as a toilet; it hit the floor with a thundering thud and rolled slowly towards her. I caught it before it reached her and she continued snor-ing undisturbed. I tiptoed out of the rondavaal and I felt as if I was walking into a pre-heated oven; the moon was shining bright in a cloudless sky like a single shining yellow dot painted on a never ending navy-blue canvas. I car-ried on out of the homestead across the gravel road into the river of tall-stalked sugar cane. With each step I took, the

pebble of nervousness I felt as soon as I woke up grew until it became a huge monstrous boulder that stretched my stomach out by the time I reached my tree. Questions were racing through my mind that I thought I had laid to rest: What would It be like? Would It hurt? Had he done It before? I quickly threw them away to the back of my head; not wanting to be burdened by the Unan-swerable while walking on a path that would lead to uncovering the mysterious truths of my own body. When I reached my tree, my place of security and com-fort, I found him there already waiting. His back was facing me, the crunching of leaves relentlessly loud under my feet. He didn’t turn around and as I reached him I slowly started pecking the back of his neck with light kisses; his skin, the colour of caramel custard, felt smooth and creamy against my lips. I put my hands inside his shirt and caressed his muscled tummy; he finally turned around and gave me a long deep kiss as if trying to reach for my very soul. His intense passion ignited my lips and put

my body on fire. Still kissing me as if it was for the last time, he lowered me slowly onto the soft powder blue blanket on the ground and he gently climbed on top of me while lightly rolling the straps of my nightie off my arms. His hands moved along the curves of my body as if he was painting a masterpiece that would change the world. He stopped for a few seconds as if waiting for a last minute objection from me: I kept silent. The moonlight shone in between the branches of the tree and danced on our bodies every time the leaves shook from the hot midnight breeze. The staccato chirping of the crickets joined along with our moans and groans of pleasure creating a song that only the creatures of the night and my beloved tree would ever be able to hear. Gentle whisperings of “I love you Philile” made the pain more bearable and as he kept going it seemed to ebb away. I found myself digging my fingernails deeper into his strong steady back the faster he went; our bodies joined, our minds synced in a trance of unabashed desire, two souls

JOZI NIGHT LIGHTS

SHORT STORY

AN EXPRESSION OF LOVE

by NOMUSA MTHETHWA


ofused into one union of Love. I felt as if I was in a crescendo, rising up and up in the musical throes of passion and when I reached the highest point my body exploded into concentrated sparks that hovered over the thin line between plea-sure and pain. I let out a lurid scream, visceral in sound, as if I had just un-confined the first building block of my Being. He arrived in that place of sweet pleasure and delicious pain soon after me, whispered a final “I love you” in my content ears and closed his eyes, falling asleep on my naked chest. I lay there staring at the millions of tiny torches in the pitch black sky, quietly pulling the tightly coiled springs of his kinky short hair with my hand. I wondered if anyone else looking at those same millions of twinkling lights had gone through the same exact thing as me. So many dif-ferent thoughts buzzed in my head that rendered me incapable of sleep.

***Had I just done It? Is that all It is? I fig-ured that Making Love was just a per-petual search for that one moment, that one flash of transcendence from our-selves, an existence of a Higher Power perhaps. I believed this because I needed it to be something more significant than just two bodies partaking in a physical act. If doing It brings a Being with a consciousness into this universe, surely there must be something within It that would make all the exertion and effort and the tangled mess of joined bodies drowning in sweat and labour all worth it? How is it that I had felt that one mo-ment, I had felt Love within the Love-making, when I was submerged within the experience yet when I tried to anal-yse it now I couldn’t recall the feeling in my mind or body? I didn’t feel changed at all. I didn’t feel like I had become privy to information only shown to a se-lect few. I didn’t feel like I’d come of age nor did I feel more Love than I already have for this boy whose head rises with my chest when I breathe in. I wanted to feel all that and more. I wanted to feel like I had metamorphosed, transformed,

like an enlightened butterfly that flies free on the wings of Truth and has left behind the state of the benighted cater-pillar that is trapped in the dark cocoon of the Unknown. I still felt unchanged. Feeling a wave of sadness wash over me, I carefully removed myself from under-neath his head, not wanting to wake him up and started getting dressed. Dis-turbed by my movements he stirred and asked in a groggy voice, “Where are you going?”“I’m leaving for Johannesburg tomorrow remember? I have to go before Gogo realises I’m gone,” I softly replied.“She’s fast asleep. Please don’t go.” He gave me a pleading look with his chest-nut-brown round eyes that only a stone heart could resist. I gave him a long deep kiss that came from the greatest depths of my heart which I hoped would fill the furthermost crevices of his.“I have to go.” At that very moment I wished the sun had run away, jealous of the moon’s brilliant brightness, her glar-ing lustre and glowing intensity in the black night, the sun would feel outdone by and would never come back again to rise so that this night could last forever and we would have all eternity to suc-ceed in our quest for Truth. “Okay.” I could feel the pain he tried to hide; it had torn itself out and found its way to me, riding on that immaterial re-ply he frustratingly whispered. ***I woke up from my dream feeling a dank stickiness in between my legs. I panicked, wanting to wake up my gran-ny, wanting her to give me a reasonable explanation that would pacify my fears. Doesn’t this thing only happen to boys? My embarrassment fought my urge to find out what was happening to my body. In the sober state of wakefulness I realised that my gran would A) not appreciate being woken up for no good reason and B) we did not discuss such matters at home. That’s what school is for she’d angrily mutter.If anything I wished that I did have someone to go sneaking to in the dead

of night. But the boys found me ugly and unattractive. I felt like my body and my subconscious betrayed me, why should I desire to Make Love when I knew no one wanted to Love me anyway? I was leaving for Johannesburg and going to University alone; with no one who loved me and no one I loved left behind. I looked out the window and saw the sun majestically rise on my eighteenth birthday; a day that is meant to celebrate one more anniversary of Life. Yet all I had were eighteen anniversaries of lone-liness. Happy Birthday to me. *****


I was leaving for Johan-nesburg and going to

University alone; with no one who loved me and no

one I loved left behind. I looked out the window and saw the sun majes-

tically rise on my eigh-teenth birthday; a day

that is meant to celebrate one more anniversary of

Life. Yet all I had were eighteen anniversaries of

loneliness. Happy Birth-day to me.

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