08 April 2015Volume 71 | Issue 4

IRAWA Post,The Official Student Newspaper of the UFS

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INSIDE

Shimlas on a winning streak

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Which app desribes you?

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From Rhodes to Steynpg.3

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Two former Kovsies take action after they feel discriminated by Proffessor Jansen

Claude van der Berg@IRAWAPost

AfriForum Youth an-nounced their intention to serve Vice Chan-cellor and Rector of the University of the Free State (UFS), Jonathan Jansen and the UFS with a subpoena. Two former stu-dents, Charl Blom and Cobus Muller, represented by Af-riForum, are each suing the rector R500 000 in com-pensation after being sus-pended from the university in February 2014. Blom and Muller were ac-

cused of allegedly racially attacking fellow student Damane Gwebu. Accord-ing to Gwebu, the two side-swiped him with their bakkie and then physically

assaulted him. The com-plainants claim that Profes-sor Jansen gave no room for debate for the two ac-cused. Muller said, “He did not want to listen. He called

security and told them to have me locked up.” Henk Maree, National Chairman of AFriForum Youth said, “Blom and Muller were suspended and

never given an opportunity to state their case. During this time they were public-ly labelled as criminals and were barred from campus without procedure or trial.

They could not continue their postgraduate studies or attend their graduation ceremony.”Director of Communication and Brand Management at

the UFS Lacea Loader said, “Damane Gwebu is not a registered stu-dent at the University of the Free State this year. The attorneys of the UFS have respond-ed to the letter from the attorneys of Co-bus Muller and Charl

Blom, which was received on 4 March 2015.Neither UFS Vice-Chan-cellor and Rector

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‘He did not want to listen. He called security and told them to have me locked up.’

Clockwise: Prof Johnathan Jansen, Cobus Mulller, Charl Blom. Damane Gwebu. Henk Maree. Photos: Sourced

AfriForum to subpoena Prof Jansen for students’ deferral

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208 April 2015NewsNews around

the world

‘The Rhodes statue must fall’: UCT’s radical re-birth.

- The Daily Maverick

147 students killed by terrorists Garissa at-tack: Kenyan vigil to

mourn-CNN

Danny Jordaan tribute to the late Steve Kalamazoo Mokone, the first black South African to play soccer in Europe. -eNCA

Pulane nude leaks spark debate over criminal charges.

-Times Live

Alleged drunk cop video goes viral. -News24

Nigerian troops seized Boko Haram headquar-ters’ -eNCA

Tunisian security official say 23 people have been arrested from group sus-pected of the museum at-tack that killed 21 people.

-The New Age

Aurora Empowerment Systems former director, Khulubuse Zuma’s ur-gent application to have claims of R1,5 billion against him set aside, was dismissed.

-EWN

Durban scientist received accolades for her re-search at the Women in Science Awards held in Paris.

-IOL

308 April 2015News

UFS takes a stance

Top Gear producer breaks silence as they will not file charges against Jeremy Clarkson.

-BBC News

Adorable and rare Il-ipika photographed in China for first time in two decades.

-Shangaiist

The Germanwings co-pilot said to have de-liberately crashed his Airbus with 149 others aboard into the French Alps suffered serious depression six years

-Al Jazeera‘Fix your no so that your yes is clear, it’s

equal, it’s honest’

The Institute of Race and Social Justice campagin no racisim poster Photo: Sourced

The Institute for Recon-ciliation and Social Justice (IRSJ) and the Student Rep-resentative Council (SRC) took a stance with their Yes-to Equality and No-to-Racism campaign. The Yes/No cam-paign launch took place on We d n e s d a y 11 March at the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Bloemfontein Campus. The final pledge is to be presented on 13 April. The campaign aims to re-iterate values such as de-mocracy, respect, equality and human rights amongst others. The speakers at the event were the Vice Chan-cellor and Rector of the

university Jonathan Jansen and Bloemfontein Campus’ SRC President Mosa Lete-ane. Professor Jonathan Jansen said, “You can’t fix something if you don’t be-lieve it exists. You are not going to fix a country like ours without taking a risk.”Leteane said, “It is impor-tant we name the problem.

The problem needs to be fixed in the classrooms and our social settings. If we are to truly fix it. We must start on how we allocate spaces to students on cam-pus, that’s where you start to say no. It needs to be an

institutional culture to look above ourselves... fix your no so that your yes is clear, it’s equal, it’s honest [sic].” David Thantsi, third-year B Com Accounting student said, “It does start with us. One has to be out there, because we need to move forward [sic].” Another student, Mfundo Mcangi,

t h i r d - y e a r B Com Ac-c o u n t i n g student said, “In the last words of our Presi-dent Mosa, it’s time we say no. It’s a deep burning

inside [sic].” The pledge of the UFS community will at the Red Square, Bloemfontein cam-pus on 13 April at 12:45.

TEDxUFS held its annual pre-event at the Albert Wes-sels Auditorium at the Uni-versity of the Free State (UFS), Bloemfontein Cam-pus. This year the theme for TEDxUFS is ‘ask why’.TEDx salon events are aimed at keeping the TEDx community engaged be-tween regular TEDx events. This allows for conversa-tions to continue within the

TEDxUFS asks students ‘why’Portia Machavi@IRAWAPost

UFS community. It gives a platform for sharing voices and ideas.TEDxUFS co-curator Lerothodi Moleti said, “Bongi (Bonginkosi Leeuw) and I share something, we believe in ourselves firstly and we believe in the power of ideas. We believe that anyone can come up with a brilliant concept, an inspi-ration behind this was the fact that we got an opportu-nity to be part of the F1L4C leadership programme, we had opportunity to go and

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Jonathan Jansen, nor the university will discuss the content thereof in the me-dia.”Blom and Muller were

Will Jansen pay the money?

spend time abroad and sort of being exposed to differ-ent societies and how they do things really encouraged us to think in a certain type of way .”Ndileka Ngindi, second-year B Com Accounting student who attend the event said, “I personally en-joyed it and I really want to join the group. It’s bringing Kovsie talent to life. People are going to start discover-ing where they stand with what they are good at, they really encouraged us; the

videos they showed us were amazing.”The speakers for the main event on 1 August 2015 include Gareth Cliff (ra-dio personality), Mmusi Maimane (politician), Brian Kally (logistics) and the Es-sop Twins (artists).Lerothodi Molete and Bonginkosi Leeuw are the founders of TEDxUFS. They started with processes to make this organisation a success in 2013 and the first main event was launched last year.

Transformation in the balance

Tango Goode@IRAWAPost

Students of the University of Cape Town (UCT) flung human excrement at the statue of Cecil John Rho-des as a form of protest. Cecil John Rhodes was a politician and businessman known for being the found-

er of De Beers diamond firm and the Scholarship amongst others. The schol-arship has assisted over 4000 academics since 1902. Rhodes was also known for his political views on racial supremacy and aversion to-wards Afrikaners.IRAWA Post conducted an informal survey to find out whether students on the

Bloemfontein campus had any interest in having the statues of British colonial and Apartheid era leaders removed. The movement has spread out to other campuses including the University of the Free State (UFS). However, it is apparent that UFS students are not trou-bled by the synonymous

symbolism attached to the apartheid era leaders.The results revealed 55% of students do not show in-terest for the removal of the statues. 54% also believe the statues are not in any way tyrannical towards the minority groups.“It’s really stupid. Just be-cause they did it at UCT we are doing it too. They are trying to remove history by getting rid of the statues,” said Thapelo Mohapi, sec-ond-year LLB student.Mosa Leteane, Student Representative Council (SRC) President of the UFS, Bloemfontein cam-pus said, “Activism comes in so many different forms. We should mobilise and come together as students. We should not be afraid to hold leadership account-able.” On 1 April 2015, the UFS, Bloemfontein campus SRC, released a statement

The statue of Cecil J Rhodes during the protests. Photo: Sourced

charged on 17 February 2014 with assault and Mul-ler was further charged with reckless driving, ‘Cri-men Injuria’ and attempted murder. Both former stu-dents were acquitted of

all charges by the South African Human Rights Commission(SAHRC) on 9 September 2014. The SAHRC stated it was un-able to find any corrobo-rating evidence to make

a conclusive finding of racism and violation of human rights against Da-mane Gwebu.

Tshegofatso Maditsi is the only Miss Free State 2015 finalist from the University of the Free State’s South Campus. The 20-year-old beauty from Ga-Nkwana village in Limpopo, is cur-rently a first-year student enrolled in Anthropology and Communication Sci-ence University Prepara-tion Programme (UPP).

South Campus’ Miss Free State finalist

Tshegofatso Maditsi, Miss Free State finalist.

She has entered two similar competitions before but did not manage to qualify. She states the reason for her competing in the pageant as wanting to prove to herself that she is not a failure and could make up for the other competitions that she failed in. "It took courage and self-believe for me to enter this competition,” Maditsi said. “I want to change the perception of life for the youth in my village. I want the people in my village

No 27% Yes 12% Do not know 6%

Yes 13%No 54% Do not know 12%

Should statues on campus be removed?

Do the statues cause oppression?Do not care 16%

Do not care 55%

on Facebook addressing the issue. In the statement, the SRC acknowledge the statues are symbols of cul-tural domination of one group and does not aid in a non-racial and democratic society. The SRC acknowl-edged that the institution should erect inclusive sym-bols that promote equality amongst the campus soci-ety. Vice-President of the SRC, Waldo Staude said, “We are a previously Afrikaner in-stitution in the Orange Free State. Steyn, who was the last president of the Orange Free State represented. It also represented the issue that we weren’t really in-clusive. It doesn’t represent us as an institution now. It rather represents us as an institution 25 years ago. It doesn’t coincide with the values we have as an insti-tution.”

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to see that you come from does not determine where you going in life and that it is important to be positive and persevere all the way,” she added. Maditsi also stressed that she worked very hard to get where she is and to reach the judges expectations and that she is very grateful for this oppor-tunity. She also admits that she had to get out of her comfort zone to allow self-growth because mistakes help you grow. She is also

thankful to the Miss Free State team for giving her a chance to live her dream. Bloemfontein Campus also boasts ten finalists in the Miss Free State 2015 pag-eant. Namely, Martenique Ferreira, McKhayla Drude, Monique Basson, Nonceba Moshebi, Roseleigh Slater, Chen Cordiglia, Charlise Matthewson, Crystal Titus, Estelle Fourie and Liette Pretorius.

Miss Free State finalists with Tshegofatso (back) Photo: Sourced

Palesa Morei@IRAWAPost

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5Lifestyle 08 April 20154Gadgets 08 April 2015

How to: Restore files from the recycle bin

S t a r t H e r e

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Trying out new and exotic recipes or at the latest art event.

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education

personality

Hectic but I still manage to get a drink at the end

of the week.

Most of my clos-est friends are not

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Parts of my body

My work and academic skills.

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Should people value personality

or education?

Are you a mem-ber of DASO,

SASCO, CRC, YCLSA, AfriFo-rum, ANCYL?

Pick the option that best de-scribes your personal assets.

Are you old?Which one is better? X-Pro or

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On your free days you find

yourself...

What words come to mind when you hear

Prof Jansen?

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1. Blogger/Wordpress: You’re an opinionated individual. Most peo-ple become frustrated with you because they think you are recruit-ing new members to join whatever organisation(s) you are involved in.2. Twitter: Your most endearing talent is sarcasm. You have a lot to say (like, a lot!) and your hobbies are tweeting about whatever you are watching on TV.3. Linkedin: You are desperately

trying to get a job. You rarely use social media, just share current hot topics. Your hobbies include photo-shoots for your CV, collecting experi-ences for your CV and most impor-tantly finding new network so they can see your CV.4. Instagram: Going out is a major hobby of yours, considering you are hardly ever sober. You also enjoy dressing up for campus, church and funerals #DropDeadGorgeous.

5. Facebook: Secretly you are a so-ciopath but we won’t diagnose you until a court case comes out of it. You like posing like you dropped some-thing on the floor or gravity is pulling you.6. Pinterest: You are an Instagram user at heart. You love taking picture from Google. You are more of a kun-stefees than kuier person.7. Soundcloud: You don’t know when your next UFS101 assignment

is due because you are always early for Stagedoor/Sêr practice. You prob-ably aren’t reading this because you have quit your studies and relocated to Durban (house DJ), Johannesburg (rapper) or Cape Town (shoe-less guitar singer). 8. Google+ : You must be really old. But that’s OK, you are a professional in your field. Before this you were probably always on Hello Peter but realised it’s a great way to seem fun

without having to be on Linkedin. You are skilled at photography and sharing you or your inner circle’s lat-est achievements.9. Grindr/Tindr: You are very lone-ly, you have a few close friends and constantly talk about yourself. There is little to say about your social skills but at least you still have your sex drive. A lot of people recognise your torso or booty but have never seen you neck up.

Four ladies flourish to L’Atelier finals

The University of the Free State (UFS) has produced four successful candidates to the top 100 of the ABSA L’Atelier Art Competition 2015. The Centenary gal-lery (UFS) hosted the an-nouncement of the finalists and was filled with an am-bience of appreciation for the art displayed. Jonette

Erwee, Adelheid von Malt-itz, Johandi du Plessis and Mine Kleynhans make up the top four finalists select-ed in the central region. L’Atelier is a completion for young artists between of 21 and 35 years. This competition allows artists to fully express their craft. This year, the competition was open to artists in Ken-ya, Botswana, Zambia and Ghana. Jonnette Erwee, one of the four finalists said,

“It is nerve-wracking and a moment filled with jitters to know that I have been se-lected out of forty entries in the central region.” Prizes up for grabs are a six month sabbatical at the Cité Inter-nationale Des Arts in the heart of Paris and a R150 000 cash prize.Mine Kleynhans, MA Fine Arts student said, “This is a good accolade to get and a good starting point to be part of such a prestigious

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competition that will only serve to my betterment in terms of exposure and giv-ing me perspective on oth-er artists work around the world.” Johandi du Plessis’ art piece titled Process ren-dered visible. “My inspira-tion developed as a result of my way of making art, I research a lot and paired with that I delve into my identity; things that I have not dealt with. For example I grew up in an Afrikaner

home and I never wanted to associate with that,” she said.Adelheid von Maltitz said, “This is very important for my career as an artist, it is like publishing ones work in a research journal”. Von Maltitz’ piece titled ‘Threshold’ was inspired by anxiety towards death. von Maltitz said, “This is the second time that I have been selected and the senti-ments are the same.”

You know that moment when you decide to delete a file and you want it back. You go to your recycle bin, but alas, you have cleared it about a week ago.Well, no need to stress. Not all deleted files are imme-diately removed from the computer. Here’s an easy way to get those naughty little files back in action:Step 1: Go to the location where the file existed.Step 2: Right click on the folder it used to belong to.Step 3: Click on ‘Restore previous versions’Step 4: Select the date and

the time of the folder you are trying to access.Step 5: The folder now opens with all the files that were available on that date you selected. Find the file you are look-ing for.Step 6: Drag it to your desktop.Step 7: There you go, the file you thought was lost forever, is now back in action. You can copy it back to the relevant folder where you wish to keep it.If you get a little lost after Step 3, make sure to click on ‘How do I use previ-ous versions’ option. This is applicable for Win-dows.

Tango Goode@tangosays

Which social media app are you?

Hello, Kovsie TV

Lights, camera, action! Ko-vsie TV is coming out guns blazing and getting ready for a close-up. The 25 min-ute show will cover a varie-ty of content. It will feature two studio presenters and five field reporters. Kovsie TV aims to promote student activism and feature events from residences too. The programme will be acces-sible on YouTube, social media platforms, as well as the television sets inside the Thakaneng Bridge.The first rounds of audi-tions were held on the 7th of March where sixteen students were chosen to the next round of auditions.

Thandiwe Nkululeko and Nothando Hlophe came out as the two studio presenters. Thandiwe Nkululeko said, “I just expect to learn. I want to learn about produc-tion and being in front of the camera, and entertain-ing [sic].” Kovsie TV was founded by Victor Ngubeni, SRC Stu-dent Development and En-vironmental Affairs.The show will also be work-ing with Face of Facebook. “The Face of Facebook person, people, guy or girl or whoever gets it will continue to do those things and videos, but once in a while we’ll say okay, let’s hear what the Face of Face-book has for us [sic],” said Ngubeni. The launch will be on 24 April.

Nomee Mnukwa and Tango Goode@IRAWAPost

#1: Always be prepared. Know the load shedding schedules in order to pre-pare yourself for the power outages beforehand. This will help you continue with your life normally when it strikes.#2: Keep temporary lighting readily available.Always try to have read-ily available lighting such as battery-powered torch-es, oil lamps and lanterns, which are less dangerous than using candles. Make sure that you put these items in places where they will be easy to find in the

Convenient tips to use during load sheddingNomee Mnukwa@xNomee

dark to avoid a struggle.#3: Keep your cellphone battery charged.Always try to keep your cellphone battery full by charging it while the elec-tricity is still on.#4: Keep your laptop bat-tery fully charged.Try to keep your laptop battery full by charging it while the electricity is still on so that you can carry on studying, or working on your assignments without the fear of your laptop bat-tery dying.#5: Back up important data on your laptop and save your work regularly.When working on your lap-top or computer, always back-up your data, and save

the work regularly, in order to avoid losing your work files during load shedding.#6: Always have mon-ey (cash) with you.Ensure that you have enough money with you before-hand, because ATMs cannot operate with-out electricity.#7: If you find yourself stuck in an access con-trolled buildin on campus, contact Protection services.If load shedding strikes while you are on campus, and you cannot gain access or leave a certain build-ing on the Bloemfontein campus, contact protec-tion services on: 051 401 2634/2911

From left, Jonette Erwee, Mine Kleynhans, Johandi du Plessis, Adelheid von Malitz Photos: Sourced

Food accessibility for mi-nority groups on the Uni-versity of the Free State (UFS) Bloemfontein cam-pus remains a problem.Former President of Mus-lim Student Association (MSA) Abdullah Saeed states there are a growing number of Muslim students on campus and the univer-sity does not cater for their needs. “Muslim students find it difficult to find ha-laal food on campus. Most outlets do not offer halaal food. The stalls however, do have alternatives for vegetarians but, the same utensils can’t be used for halaal food and non-ha-

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laal,” said Saeed. Member of the MSA Na-seema Barday said, “I feel everyone is aware of it, do-ing research and articles, but no one has approached anyone to find a solution.”Other student groups are also affected by the lack of inclusive dietary choices on campus. Gluten intol-erant students are often faced with very little food choices as most food on the bridge contain this protein. Gluten is found in most food, from a regular loaf of bread to just about anything with flavour. The ingestion of gluten by an individual with coeliac disease re-sults in dire consequences of fatigue, a spastic colon amongst other symptoms.

Talk on the Table

yes

Do you talk too much?

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7Opinion 08 April 2015

Editorial Staff

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Deputy Editor and Sub edi-tor -Vuyisile Kubeka

News Editor - Claude van der Berg

Deputy News Editor - Zanri Kotzé

Sport Editor - Iavan PijoosLifestyle and Layout -

Tango Goode

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Invest half in the outside mar-ket...party the rest.Thulani Nyathi@thulani_kate

I would invest R750 000 in a pro-fessional soccer team, especially MLS teams. Spend R245 000 on my family. R5000 on parties.Tshepang Titis: @Tshepan75808617

Il chow it, host the biggst 21st everHlulani khosa: @HLUBOY1

I would save R750000. Pay my fees with R50000. Give my mother 150000 and take my family on holi-day with the restRotshidza Mokwevho: @RochyMkwbo

I’d chow it, just kidding... But seri-ously!Excellent Mbondzisa: @Mbondzisi

On Campus

Lmao I would establish a busi-ness or invest itJimmy Chauke: @t_jimmaro

Buy a House in Sandton, buy a GTI, Samsung Note 4, things for the house, 4 Taxis, Pay for my fees, maybe buy sharesChris Makungu Ntuli: @ChrisMNtuli

I will register n another institution and do all things I can withDesire Gascoigne@GASCOIGNE07

I would buy a mansion house on the hillsXolo Makamu: @JaydenXmakamu

In recent headlines the UFS students who were wrongfully accused of a racist attack want R1 million from Jonathan Jansen after they were suspended from the university for the period of their case. IRAWA Post asked students if they had to sue the varsity R1mil-lion, this is what they had to say...

What a carnival of events. From the not so perfect UCT almost tumbling down with its sewerage splurging protestors on the Rhodes Statue, who have since then came to a resolution to re-move the statue with votes from the senate. The insti-tution saw its new genera-tion of revolutionaries. Vice Chancellor Max Price said, “This will not compromise our ability to record and de-bate the role Rhodes played in the city’s and continent’s history.” It definitely did

bring to the attention, what if we also had to follow suite with all the statues on campus, it’ll take years for the sewage smell to decom-pose. In a more conjoint approach, the Institute of Social Jus-tice and Reconciliation cleverly made it evident that they condone protests on our campus by conducting a rather neatly tied campaign with the SRC. The same week most SA varsities ‘had all their toys out the cot say-ing, “no to racism and yes to equality.”In all this kumbaya, the criminal case of the two for-mer Kovsie students who were accused of racial at-tacks on campus in Febru-ary 2014 against Damane Gwebu were since acquitted and not found guilty. In turn the two boys ordered law suits against Prof Jansen de-manding R1 million for var-ious implications the court trial instigated. The varsity is yet to still an-swer on those charges. It’s graduation season. ‘Gaudeamus ingitur’

by Sinenhlanhla Zungu

Knock knock...Who’s there?

Work like your life depends on it. You never know who’s watching. Someone, some-where is always watching. Recently, I was reminded about something I did about a year ago, something I felt and still feel was quite in-significant. To be honest, it freaked me out a bit. This

made me realise that our deeds, whether good or bad always have an impact not only on ourselves but on others as well.Which made me think, surely, the things I say and do should have some kind of impact on my social, academic and professional prospects. How we carry ourselves in so called 'pri-vate' spaces count in the way that we are perceived by fu-ture employers or contacts. Life today is heavily reliant on who knows you and not who you know. What the next person wants and sees from you and not so much what you think you can of-fer them. The question that stands is, what is it that you are offering the world when no one is watching? Remember Big Brother is always watching.See you at Träumerei.

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Most young people with a plan think that they have

it all figured out. Their goals regarding how they need to go to college or university, with an aim to graduate, equates to their descriptions of success and a guaranteed job occupation. Although a study conducted by Pro-fessor Servaas van der Berg from the University of Stellenbosch supports their view in some way, reality proves otherwise. The findings of the study concluded that university graduates have an un-employment rate of 5%. Such results are intrigu-ing and exciting at the same time. This would mean that graduates have about a 95% chance of being hired. However, the Centre for Develop-ment and Enterprise (CDE) argues that these facts and arguments are inaccurate. Those who have matriculated and those without univer-sity diplomas have an unemployment rate of 14% pointed out on the

clearly under-stand what it means to not have a job. For instance, a degree in communica-tion and me-dia does not limit a person to only work within media organiza-tions. Most companies and institu-

tions have a communica-tion departments which one can end up working for if they decide to go against an ideal job and not let their qualifications limit them. Graduation only opens a door to vari-ous possibilities which one should consider or actively pursue. Even the sky is no limit if one takes note of the plentiful opportunities that life throws. If many of us thought outside the box and had no boundaries South Africa would be taken to a whole differ-ent level of economic and societal excellence.

Graduation does not guarantee me a job

statistical figures from the end of 2012. But, all these numbers and statistics would mean nothing if you are living in the current South Africa. Graduates these days refuse to take part in occupations that are not as ideal to them. They specifically want jobs re-lated to their qualifications. This robs them of work experience and a chance to strengthen their skills. Having a certain qualifica-tion and holding an occu-pation of something else is becoming more and more common. People who en-gage in such have broader perspectives on things and

Palesa MoreiEditor In Chief

Vuyisile KubekaDeputy Editor In Chief

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08 April 2015 8Sport

Shimlas in first ever final

Iavan Pijoos@Iavan13

Varsity XV take on Junior Boks

FNB Shimlas vs UCT Ikeys at Shimlapark, Bloemfontein. Photo: Sourced

UFS Shimlas have made an exciting rise to the top of the Varsity Cup log making it to the finals

Iavan Pijoos@Iavan13

The UFS Shimlas will play their first-ever FNB Varsity Cup final after beating de-fending champions UCT Ikeys 21-10 in their semi-final in Bloemfontein.The home side proved too strong for the Ikey-Tigers to continue their unbeaten run in this year’s competi-tion. The Shimlas will play

host to the NWU-Pukke, who edged a late win against UP-Tuks, which saw them triumph 29-28.

NWU-Pukke were the only team to beat UP-Tuks in the round robin phase of the competition, and they

made it a season double to set up a final clash against their old rivals. A power-ful performance by the

Shimlas saw them claim a hard-fought 29-26 win over NWU-Pukke when they met in the round rob-

in phase of the FNB Var-sity Cup. The men from Potchestroom were within a whisker of a chance to claim their first Varsity Cup title last year, but fell short against the Tigers. Shimlas will be look-ing forward to claim their first ever Varsity Cup title when the two sides meet, Monday, April 13 at Xerox Shimla Park. The Varsity Young Guns lost the final on Monday 06 April.

Running in the victory lane

The De Villiers Lamprechts tournament, held on the Bloemfontein campus saw a winning performance from Danél Prinsloo from Marj-olein. In the ladies division, Prinsloo’s first win was at a time of 5:17. In the open section, Prinsloo finished a

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second better at 5:16 nearly losing to second place run-ner, Claire Cronje at 5:17.In the men’s race, Windy Jonas and Ruan Meintjies finished in strong times at 4:21 and 4:22 respectively.Other Kovsies on the tracks included Danie Breiten-bach and Marius Wessels. The duo competed at the annual State Senior Athlet-ics Championships hosted

at the Mangaung Stadium. The meet also included ath-letes with disabilities thanks to Athletics Free State. Wes-sels, as Breitenbachs guide, finished with an impressive 2:13. Arguably, Breiten-bach was a shoe in for first place considering this was his new national record af-ter finishing at 2:15 in No-vember. Kovsies’ Rynardt van Rensburg took gold

in the first Varsity Athlet-ics meeting of the year, as he won the 800m event in Potchefstroom. “I am very satisfied. I just wanted to walk away with the win so I am very happy about the result,” Van Rensburg told Varsity Sports South Africa. The next Varsity Athletics meet will take place at the University of Stellenbosch 20 April 2015.

Varsity Cup announced that a Varsity Cup XV will face off against the Junior Springboks in a once-off match at Danie Craven Sta-dium in Stellenbosch on 21 April 2015.At the end of every Varsity Cup season, a Varsity Cup XV team will be selected which will take on a dif-ferent team each year. This match will be a trial run for a yearly initiative.The match will also of-fer the Junior Springboks a chance to experiment ahead of team selection for the World Rugby Under-20 Championship taking place later in the year.Varsity Cup CEO Duit-ser Bosman says: ‘Varsity Cup and the South Afri-can Rugby Union (SARU) have a long-standing re-lationship and it is great to have the opportunity to produce a fixture together which will highlight some of the incredibly talented young players we have in the system.’ SARU CEO Jurie Roux added: ‘Many current Springboks have come through the ranks of the Varsity Cup and we are proud to be associated with this fixture. It’s a great way to end yet another success-ful Varsity Cup season and an excellent opportunity for the star players from the competition as well as our Junior Springboks to show the public what they are ca-pable of.’This year’s Varsity Cup team will be announced live on SuperSport 2 after the 13 April final.

‘Shimlas will be looing forward to claim their first ever Varsity Cup

title when the two sides meet’

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