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2 EDITOR’S LETTER 15 July 2013

Kinga Siejek

So the new semester is upon us. For some of you, it may be your last; as you may be in third year, or Honours, Masters, or even PhD, it will start to make you think of the future a little bit more.

Maybe during the recess you started doing a little job hunting, or worked an internship to get a toe in the work world, or maybe you just slept late and vegged while you still had the chance before the real world comes knocking on your door... I guess that’s where the idea of new di-rections comes in...

Ok, so I may have gotten the idea from Glee as well (it was a long recess and I had three seasons to catch up on), but it makes sense in life as well.

Everyday gives us a chance to look at life in a new way, and to try new things. It doesn’t mat-ter if you are in highschool, at University, or in the working world; everyday there is a chance to go in a new direction. Now I’m not saying you should change your modules or job (that might be a bit of a drastic step), but maybe look at what you have done so far in life, and see if there is a new direction to go.

For example, maybe you didn’t do as well as you could have in an exam or project. Your new direction? Try going for extra classes, or ask for help from someone who has a little more expirience. Don’t just give up, and pick a new direction that may not be a good idea...

With such philosophical words emerging from my brain, i suppose you might be wondering if this girl practices what she preaches? While not in all parts of my life, I try as much as pos-sible to look for the best direction for my life. One such way that I do this, is by changing my office space every few months. Even the ‘new direction’ of my computer screen can have an impact on my day. You see different things from different angles. I now even have more space on my desk to cover more papers with (one day I will learn to organise my desk for

New Semester... New Directions...longer than a day).

Another new direction for me, is the way I live my life. I used to be a real workaholic, if not in the office (weekends included) then I was at home working on a new edition or meetings. My new direction? It started small with just go-ing out for a cup of coffee or a movie once a week. You see things differently, you can see what is happening in the world, and meet new people. Don’t get me wrong, I still have my mo-ments where I work a little later, or have to pop into the office on a Saturday, but I also make more time for my loved ones; go shopping with my mom on a Sunday, or have a movie night at home with my boyfriend. A new direction that has made me happier, and in turn I think I might be a bit more productive at work, as my life is happier and more balanced.

Speaking of new directions... Vuvu and I would like to send a BIG HEARTY WELCOME to the new Director of Marketing and Communication (our boss man) Mr Warren Makgawe! We both can’t wait to see what amazing ideas you have for all of us, and we hope that your are with us for a long time!

Now have a read through Student 24/7; maybe it will give you an idea for a new direction in life, or just help you pass the time until class (or while your waiting in line for study guides).

Welcome back NWU Vaal students, academ-ics and staff members! Let’s make this semes-ter a rootin’ tootin’ (and quakin’) good ol’ time!

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Vuvu’sSoapbox

QUACK! It-is-freezing-cold!

Seriously, what is a goose to do? Maybe I should brush up on my cold-weather survival scenarios...just in case. Before you roll your eyes and accuse me of exaggerating (again), I do admit - it is not like I am a camper lost in the dead of winter or the victim of a plane crash in the snow-capped Swiss Alps BUT have you ever had to spend a night on the frost covered bank of the dam next to building 6? I thought not! Call it what you may – arctic; chilly; frigid; frost bound; nippy; numbing; shivery or icy – the Vaal Triangle winters are not kind to man-kind or feathered folk. Quack!

Like the old saying goes... “everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it!”

So how do you get out of this winter funk with your sense of sanity intact? Firstly... repeat after me... I. AM. NOT. A. PRISONER. OF. WINTER. Now continue to repeat this mantra to yourself. Over and over and over... easier said than done! According to my o-so-clever cousin at the library (who has watched way too many Dr Phil re-runs), I should attempt to distract myself from all the depressing things like politics, calories associated with toasted sandwiches, the economy, the long queues at the study guide office and crazy weather con-ditions since I have no real control over any of them.

Interesting... and as we all know, desperate times calls for desperate measures!

What about a few (lame-ish) jokes to help take my mind off the wrath of winter?

* What do you call a snowman in the summer? A puddle* What do you get if you cross a snowman and a shark? Frostbite

* What do you call 10 Arctic hares hopping backward through the snow? A receding hare line

I agree. These jokes should only be shared when ALL other attempts to distract oneself from depressing situations like politics; calo-ries associated with toasted sandwiches; the economy; the long queues at the study guide office and crazy weather conditions have been exhausted (don’t blame me when you’re friends give you the cold shoulder after listen-ing to these jokes!).

Maybe I should draw up a list to try to con-vince myself to (a) choose to be happy; and (b) be glad it’s winter and not summer. The lat-ter referring to the times during summer when Mother Nature gets carried away and starts to scorch us. Here goes:

1. I don’t have to waddle around with sweat drops pearling on my brow2. (Over)eating is needed to fuel the body3. Hot-fresh-out-of-the-oven muffins (I threw this one in because I think a lot of problems can be solved with muffins. Fitting in skinny jeans, isn’t one of those, but I don’t care)4. Leg-warmers are making a fashion come-back 5. It gets dark early so I can go to bed earlier

Who am I kidding? It is (still) cold...

Maybe the best way to get by with (and survive winter) is to get some fresh coffee – and pref-erably a toasted sandwich or a muffin, and find a sunny spot to sit down with your friends. The recess is something of the past and there is a new semester on the horizon.

In fact, this is probably the best way of all! See you around... Quack!

15 July 2013FROM THE RECTOR’S OFFICE4

Dear students

And just like that the first semester belongs to the past! The month of August is upon us, and I sense an air of excitement and anticipation all around. Maybe it can be ascribed to the start of the new se-mester and as such we, as a campus community, are turning the page and starting afresh.

Let’s make the most of the opportunities that the new semester brings. Take time to do the neces-sary planning and clearly map out your goals and resolutions for the next six months. Remember – usually one is energetic at the beginning of a new challenge and your plans seem attainable quickly; so seize this time to reaffirm your ideals – not only as a university student but also as a future career professional. Do not put yourself in a position of having to look for excuses at the end of the year for why you could not achieve your goals.

As South Africans we awake to the realisation that Nelson Mandela – also called the ‘father of the na-tion’, is also a mortal man and his illustrious life is drawing to a close. At the age of 95 years, the frail statesman remains hospitalised and since his admit-tance to hospital on 8 June, he has sparked a flame of closeness amongst all South Africans – uniting us through prayer, hope and by his living legacy. The thoughts and prayers of the campus commu-nity are with Tata Madiba at this time. With the recent international Mandela Day celebrations still fresh in our memories, we remain committed to the promise of a better way of living for all. I want to thank the various departments and student group-ings who embraced the 67 minutes community out-reach initiative and by doing so contributing to the legacy of Nelson Mandela.

Every year on 9 August we celebrate Women’s Day and during the month of August we pay homage to the women of our nation; - the mothers, the wives, the sisters and the daughters who helped mould South Africa whilst we salute the trailblazing

women who continue to lead our country forward. With this in mind, I would like to acknowledge – in particular, the role that women play in our campus community.

Allow me the opportunity to make use of this plat-form to welcome two new senior staff members into the fold– Dr Sanet Dreyer (Director Student Development) and Mr Warren Makgowe (Director Marketing and Communication).

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The Faculty of Economic Sciences and Infor-mation Technology on the Vaal Campus will be affording registered students the opportunity to take the Bloomberg Aptitude Test, and by do-ing so offer students a window into the world of work – more specifically the financial indus-try. Over 100 000 students worldwide have al-ready taken the test and in the past six months over 20 000 employers have connected with students to discuss job opportunities.

The Bloomberg Aptitude Test (BAT) is a stan-dardized test aimed for students and graduates that want to pursue a career in the business world and are interested in finding a job or in-ternship opportunity. According to Prof Herman van der Merwe, Executive Dean of the Faculty, the test is a great evaluation tool for students to identify their strengths and weaknesses as relative to a career in business. “The BAT has two main purposes: to serve as a learning tool to evaluate your own knowledge and to help students with employability in the business sector,” says Prof van der Merwe whilst adding that students can use the BAT as an opportuni-ty to put themselves in a challenge and identify their strengths and weaknesses compared to their global peer group and then work towards improving to become more competitive in a ca-reer in finance or business.

According to Prof Van der Merwe the BAT takes the format of a 2 hour online test that is divided into eight different sections and contains 100 multiple choice questions. The content of the test aims to put students in the context of real job situations and make them take decisions as if they were at work. The test assesses ap-titude rather than theoretical knowledge. The test is offered free of charge and students can share their profiles on the Talent Search da-tabase on an anonymous basis, which makes the BAT a unique tool to ensure fair and meri-torious recruitment.

The Faculty will host the BAT on campus on the following dates: 16th; 17th; 18th; 19th, 24th and 25th July 2013 at 09:30 and 17:00. The

Faculty jump starts business careers through BATAnnette Willemse

venue will be Building 9A, G20. If you are in-terested in taking the test you can pre-register by visiting the website: www.TakeTheBat.com or you can just attend one of the scheduled sessions.

* The test was designed by the Bloomberg In-stitute - a financial data analytics and media company with offices in over 194 countries.

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Annette Willemse

A second year student in the School of Educational Scienc-es, Lawrence Nkhotlana (22), is packing his bags for Berlin, Germany as a representa-tive of the Youth Development through Football (YDF) initia-tive. The YDF project has its roots in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and was launched in 2007 and is part of a multinational cooperation agreement be-tween South Africa and Ger-many. The aim of the project is to support socially disadvan-taged youth through a shared passion for football and was implemented across the entire South Africa and in nine other African countries.

For Lawrence, a member of the Go Green Environmental Movement on the Vaal Cam-pus, his contribution in the de-velopment of the YDF Manual for Environmental Awareness has not only earned him inter-national recognition but has also afforded him the oppor-tunity to mould his skills as a future educator. According to Lawrence the YDF strives to contribute towards achieving the Millennium Developmen-tal Goals as set out by the United Nations. Areas of fo-cus include: overcoming dis-crimination, improve health and combat disease, promote gender equality, fight violence and secure environmental sus-tainability. The YDF Manual for Environmental Awareness was launched at the Conference on Climate Change (COP 17) in Durban, at the end of last year. The handbook will func-

Lawrence scores a goal for the environmenttion as a guideline for instruc-tors and coaches who work at grassroots level, reaching large numbers of children and youths who are threatened by environmental risks.

“Football is viewed as a catalyst to foster youth development,” says Law-rence and explains that the game of football fos-ters concepts such as mu-tual understanding, fair-ness and tolerance. “Just like in many other parts of the world, youth from dis-advantaged communities face complex problems in South Africa. Due to poor education, many youths lack skills making it difficult for them to find employment and as such they are exposed to health risks, alcoholism and drugs. It is here where the YDF comes into play” says Lawrence.

The project furthermore rec-ognizes the potential that football (and other sports) can unleash when systemati-cally included in processes of social change.

* YDF is implemented in ten African coun-tries by the D e u t s c h e Gesellschaft für Internatio-nale Zusam-m e n a r b e i t (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Government in partnership

with the South African Depart-ment of Sport and Recreation. The project is part of the South African - German Development Cooperation and is co-funded by the European Union.

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The School of Languages got some joyous news this week when it was announced that the programme leader for Translation Studies on the Vaal Campus, Prof Haidee Kruger, is the co-winner of the 2013 European Society for Translation Studies Young Scholar Prize.

Prof Kruger won this prize for her book (and doctoral dissertation), Postcolonial polysys-tems: the production and reception of translated children’s literature in South Africa (Benjamins, 2012). She shares this prize with Beatriz Cer-ezo Merchán of Universitat Jaume I (Castelló, Spain), whose dissertation is titled: The Di-dactics of Audiovisual Translation in Spain: An Empirical and Descriptive Case Study.

The European Society for Translation Studies was founded in Vienna, Austria in 1992 and the society now has members in 46 countries. It functions as a network for research, a forum for exchange, and centre for research resourc-es. The award will be made at the 2013 EST conference in Germersheim, Germany in Sep-

International recognition for Prof Haidee’s bookAnnette Willemse tember.

Prof Kruger is also the author of two books of her own poetry called Lush: Poems for Four Voices (2007) and The Reckless Sleeper (2012).

Supervisors sign up to guide

It is often said that there is no substitute for experience. The Social Work Department of the Vaal Campus’s School of Be-havioural Sciences involve ex-perienced social workers from various welfare organisations to ensure their fourth-year so-cial work students are ready to enter the social work arena.

Through internships that last a total of 75 days, from 18 June to 9 October, at various wel-fare organisations, such as the Department of Social Develop-ment, the Leeuhof Prison and

Annette Willemse Child Welfare Association, stu-dents apply their knowledge of theory in practice.

To ensure that the various so-cial workers, who act as super-visors to the students during their internships, know exactly what is expected of them, the Social Work Department for the first time this year hosted a formal information session on 19 June. During this session, the social workers were pro-vided an overview of the cur-riculum, as well as the facets students are expected to learn about and gain experience in

during their internships.

During their internships, stu-dents must demonstrate that they have mastered the five methods of social work, these are: case work, group work, community work, social work management and research. During the information ses-sion, Dr Ansie Fouche who is in charge of the internship ex-plained to the social workers how students will be assessed to determine their readiness for social work practice.

During their internships, stu-dents will be allocated social problems in the specific organ-

novice social workers

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Green is more than just a colour at the North-West University – these days it also refers to an environmentally friendly mind-set. The Vaal Triangle Campus community is also rallying behind the green movement and several ini-tiatives are being undertaken to decrease the campus’s carbon footprint.

Residences competeOne of the projects is competitions to en-courage students living in residences to save electricity. According to Prof Johann Tempel-hoff, chairperson of the Vaal Triangle Campus Green Committee the ground work for this competition was done during an earlier visit of the group known as 49M. The goal of the 49M team, which has also visited the other two campuses, is to inspire South Africans to save electricity. During their campus visits they encourage students to cut back 10% on their electricity consumption. The 49M project is an Eskom initiative and is backed by trade and in-dustry and the government.

In keeping with the 49M initiative, measures have already been implemented across the NWU to save electricity. These measures range from the use of solar geysers in the residences to the installation of energy control devices – for instance to automatically switch off air conditioners when emergency power is used.

According to Prof Tempelhoff, the students are very excited about the green projects on the campus and the Green Committee receives a lot of support from the Student Representative Council (SRC).

Campus community embraces green cul-tureWhat sets the Vaal Triangle Campus apart from the other campuses is that it is situated on the banks of the Vaal River in a proclaimed nature reserve. Along the hiking paths on the 3km river front, a variety of game species can be seen, such as monkeys, black wildebeest and springbuck. There are also several dams with geese on the campus.

Staff members are also very interested in the greenness of the campus. “Ms Irene Muller from the School of Educational Sciences is currently busy with a master’s degree in En-vironmental Studies and she focuses specifi-cally on our campus,” says Prof Tempelhoff.

Go green or go homeAnnette Willemse

isations and students will be expected to help these clients under the supervision of the social worker. Each student must also carry out their own group and community project, which will be proceeded by a needs assessment.

Another first for the Depart-ment of Social Work is an in-tercampus project day with the Potchefstroom Campus on 27 August. The intercampus proj-

ect day will take place at the Potchefstroom Campus and students will be expected to present their projects to lec-turers from both campuses for evaluation.

Student internships are not limited to gaining experience; students will also do research. The title of the research project is: Prevention of child sexual abuse: towards and ecological risk factor approach. The stu-

dents will research the unique factors that heighten the risk of child sexual abuse in the Vaal Triangle area. During their re-search, the students will inter-view both the parents of minor children and social workers about what they perceive to be risk factors for child sexual abuse. The 32 fourth-year stu-dents will conduct the research at the various organisations they will be working at as part of a larger research project.

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The Campus is buzzing with excitement be-cause of the upcoming Student Representa-tive Council (SRC) and House Committee (HC) elections. This year the elections will see students going to the polls on 19-20 August for the SRC, and on 23 August for the HC elec-tions.

The process of selecting the standing candi-dates begins with a student collecting a nomi-nation form from the Directorate Student Af-fairs. A minimum of 25 supporting signatures (from registered students) and the portfolio of choice for the candidate in question must accompany the documentation. During the screening process all submitted documenta-tion are scrutinized and the academic records and disciplinary history of each nominee is called-up.

Depending on how you look at it, the nominees then have to battle it out by means of their election manifestos. This is a process where-by the selected candidates plead their case to their fellow student, in hope of being voted for. The process for selecting candidates for the House Committee is even more stringent, only the best students are chosen to stand for the HC positions. The best refers to students who embody both academic commitment and dynamic personality traits. Another important factor which is taken into consideration is the current year of study of each nominee since it also opens the door for deserving first year students to take up leadership positions.

According to the Director of Student Affairs, Mr. Jacob Simango, a leader is someone who can represent the masses well, is able to un-derstand each individual’s needs and stay true to their moral beliefs. Strong leadership quali-ties and good problem solving skills are also essential. Once the voting, counting and an-nouncing of the new leaders are done, the new leadership unit is trained and equipped with the necessary skills to help them do their work effectively.

Annette WillemseThe Directorate Student Affairs remains a life-line to all student leaders and take responsi-bility to monitor the progress made. The lat-ter takes place twice a year. In the case of a leader resigning, another capable leader takes over whilst a new leader is chosen from the ex-isting candidates list to fill the vacant position. But how do can we be sure that the whole election process is fair and democratic? The Campus conducts the election process with the assistance and guidance of the local In-dependent Electoral Commission (IEC). Not only that, but there are also students known as ‘candidate agents’ who are tasked to further-more oversee the process. This ensures that no candidate adds more votes to their name, steal any ballot boxes (which have, regretta-bly, happened before) or try anything to unlaw-fully increase their votes.

Mr. Simango has confirmed that so far every-thing leading to the voting process is going ac-cording to plan.

Now, all that is left for you to do is to add your vote to the process.

Student elections - every vote counts

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NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SRC AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ELECTIONS PROGRAMME

No. DATE ACTIVITY 1 10 June 2013 PUBLICATION OF ELECTION PROGRAM AND INVITATION FOR

NOMINATIONS 2 20 May 2013 1ST CONSULTATIVE MEETING WITH IEC OFFICE 3 RECRUITMENT INTERVIEWS FOR ELECTIONS STAFF 4 FINAL PLANNING MEETING WITH IEC 5 15 July 2013 WEEKLY VOTER EDUCATION ACTIVITIES STARTS 2 13 August 2013 NOMINATIONS SUBMITIONS CLOSE AT 16H00 3 14 August 2013 ELECTORAL COMMITTEE SCRUTINISE NOMINATIONS 15 August 2013 PUBLICATION OF CANDIDATES LIST AND OPENING FOR OBJECTIONS

(LAST MEETING FOR OUTGOING CSRC) 1ST IEC TRAINING FOR ELECTIONS STAFF

4 15 August 2013 CLOSING FOR OBJECTIONS 5 16 August 2013 MANIFESTO DAY @ 13H00 (STUDENT CENTRE) 6 19 August 2013 VOTING 7 20 AUGUST

2013 VOTING, COUNTING, OPENING FOR OBJECTIONS

8 21 AUGUST 2013

PUBLICATION OF RESULTS & CLOSING OF OBJECTIONS

9 22 AUGUST 2013

OPENING OF HOUSE COMMITTEE, NOMINATIONS, SUBMISSIONS

10 23 AUGUST 2013

CSRC INAUGURATION

11 23 AUGUST 2013

VOTING FOR HOUSE COMMITTEES, COUNTING, PUBLICATIONS OF RESULTS AND OPENING OF OBJECTIONS

12 26 AUGUST 2013

CLOSING FOR HOUSE COMMITTEE OBJECTIONS

13 30, 31 AUGUST-01 SEPTEMBER

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LEADERSHIP TRAINING CAMPUS FOR CSRC & HOUSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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The new multi million rand li-brary facility that is currently being built on the Vaal Cam-pus will prove more than just another infrastructure expan-sion on the Campus, but will rather serve as a symbol of the Campus’s commitment to lifelong learning and future readiness. This is according to Mrs Hendra Pretorius, Library Manager, after a recent site in-spection.

The building site fits the con-

cept of a ‘green building’, not only because of the adjacent ponds and accompanyi9ng bird life, but also because it will be situated within the grazing grounds of different species of game. The new environmen-tally friendly facility, together with the ultra-modern facilities will, according to Pretorius, ensure a pleasant user experi-ence.

Some of the new additions to the library are a book collec-tion of more than 15 000 titles,

New ‘green’ library eagerly awaitedAnnette Willemse a 24-hour study room, facili-

ties for group studies, Wi-Fi connectivity and more than 150 computer access points. A dedicated are for researchers will also be available.

Apart from the library servic-es, the new library will also be home to Academic Develop-ment and Support (ADS) as well as Student Support Ser-vices (which includes the Ca-reer Centre and Counselling Services).

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Winter is here - no doubt about it. Apart from the cold weather, thick jackets and dare I say... runny noses; the winter season transformed the Vaal Campus into a winter wonderland.

Apart from the golden carpet of leaves, the early morning for enfolds the campus like a blanket.

A winter wonderlandAnnette Willemse

15 July 2013 ALUMNI 13

The talented Heinz Winckler will take to the stage on 23 Au-gust 2013 in celebration of the annual Vaal Campus alumni reunion. As a singer, songwrit-er and recording artist, Winck-ler – who was the winner of the first series of South African Idols, needs no introduction.

After walking away with the coveted Idols title and a major recording contract with Sony BMG Records, Winckler was ranked 4th in the one-off inter-national version of the televi-sion show Pop Idol – featuring winners of the various national Idol shows around the world. Walt Disney employed his tal-ent to perform one of the credit songs, “Chasing Shadows” for the movie “Treasure Planet”. The movie was a hit on the South African circuit, gross-ing over R3 million in the first weekend. During 2004 Winck-ler made his debut on the inter-national stage by performing

Heinz Winckler to dazzle at alumni reunionAnnette Willemse and travelling to the USA, UK

and Canada. Following on the success of his oversees tour he supported Westlife on their Greatest Hits tour to South Af-rica, playing to about 40 000 people across the country.

If you studied at the Vaal Cam-pus from 1960 – 2000 then 23 August 2013 is a red-letter day for you. Join your former class mates as your alma mater celebrates 40 years of excel-lence by welcoming the ever-talented Heinz Winckler in their midst. The event starts at 18:00 at the Quest Conference Estate and you can book a ta-

ble for ten friends at R2 000.00 – including a scrumptious buf-fet dinner.

For bookings and more infor-mation please contact Alwine Naude on Alwine.naude@nwu.ac.za or 082 802 9299.

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Works of charity onMandela DayMandela Day, as described by its website (www.mandeladay.com) is “to inspire individu-als to action to help change the world for the better which helps build a global movement for good”. Nelson Mandela is a global icon, known as one who brought change to South Africa. Mandela is also known as one who inspired many, not just in South Africa, but around the entire world. He has been regarded as an icon of hope.

Students at our campus have started to gear themselves in preparation for Mandela Day, where they look forward to giving back to the community. One of these students is Katle-ho Pule, 3rd year BA (Com-munication) student said, “I’m planning to donate my clothes

that have become small and the ones I don’t use any-more to the charity drop-box in Alberton on Madiba Day”. Nthabiseng Khotlele, 3rd year BA (Communication) student said, “I normally do help at an NGO (Non-governmental or-ganisation) during Madiba day, by giving my time to change someone else’s life specifically on that day, cause it’s all about giving back to the community and remembering what Madi-ba did”.

For some students, it’s not about doing works of charity on Mandela Day alone. For them, doing works of charity is a reg-ular activity. One of these stu-dents includes Kenny Modise, 3rd year BA (Language Prac-tice). He said, “The philan-thropist I am, will be working at

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the Vaal Echoes of Love, yet, I won’t’ be doing it for Tata per se, cause I always take time out to serve the needy”.

There are, however, students who haven’t yet decided what to do, but intend to do some-thing to mark Mandela Day. One such student is Jessica Costa, journalism honours student who said, “I haven’t thought of anything yet, but I do plan to do something”. An-other student, Ntuthuko Duba-zane, I.T. honours student said, “I haven’t given it much thought really”. Tanya Wales, medical sociology honours stu-dent said, “I think I could post good and positive things about Madiba on Twitter for Madiba Day, because I have people following me from around the world, and I think that would be a good way to show peo-ple how one person can re-ally make a huge difference in many people’s lives.”As Mandela once said, “It al-ways seems impossible until it’s done.”

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Former President Nelson Man-dela has spent over a month in a Pretoria hospital where he is being treated for a lung infec-tion. Thousands of well wishes and prayers from all over the country have been flooding in. Outside Medi-Clinic heart hos-pital in Pretoria are drawings, placards and boards with well wishes for the elderly states-man.

July is especially dedicated to Mandela as it is said that he will celebrate his 15th wedding anniversary to wife, Graca Ma-chel. Moreover, July 18th is Nelson Mandela’s 95th birth-day and International Mandela

Ailing Madiba and the ongoing family feudSelina Mokatsane Day. On this day people are

encouraged to spend 67 min-utes of their time doing charita-ble work to change the lives of others for the better. This is in commemoration of the icon’s 67 years of service to human-ity.

Among the people who have paid Mandela a visit in hospi-tal are Deputy President of the ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa and state President Jacob Zuma, who has said in a press con-ference in June, “Madiba’s health has changed in the past twenty-four hours and he was now critical and they were do-ing everything to ensure that they give him good treatment,

make him comfortable, as they have been doing all the time.” There have been claims that Madiba (his clan name) is in a “vegetative state” although this has been denied by the presi-dency.

Meanwhile, an ongoing family feud has been rife among Man-dla Mandela, Madiba’s grand-son and other family members, led by Mandla’s aunt Maka-ziwe. The conflict involves the burial of the remains of three deceased children, who have subsequently been buried at their original resting site.

Madiba remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital.

Mandela DayNontokozo Tshambo

With his efforts and his hard work, together with many other freedom fighters, he man-aged to bring peace in South Africa and helped transform the country into what it is today. He is respected and honoured for building our na-tion into one of the peaceful countries in Africa. One of the initiatives taken to honour him is the Mandela day celebration which was estab-lished to inspire individuals to take action to help change the world for the better.

By sparing 67 minutes of your time on that day to help the needy, you will be making the world a better place for us all. Even though 67 min-utes in a year may seem to be a very small amount of time to make a difference in the country, it still counts. You may go to orphan-ages, old age homes, schools and all the oth-er places that are making a difference in our communities and offer to help and make your mark. This year’s focus is on literacy,...

With his health being in a critical condition for

more than 20 days now and with the possibility of him spending his 95th birthday in hospital increasing every day, this year’s Mandela day may have a different twist to it, as we will be giving back to the communities and helping the needy that live among us, we will also be wish-ing our former president a speedy recovery and keeping him in our prayers. By taking this little time of our lives and showing how much we appreciate the 67 years that he spent in prison while fighting for our freedom. He did all that to help us live equally in this country, now we must try to help others to live as comfort-able as possible.

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The cold winter month of June or the cold front forecast did not keep away the polar bears from their annual polar bear swim, in the Sand River at the Bundu Camping grounds.

Mr Felix Burri, Chairperson of the Bundu polar bear club said this year was a record breaking number of around 700 people that embarked the cold swim.

The water’s temperature was 6.5 degrees Cel-sius and the temperature outside the water was 22 degress Celsius. The oldest swimmer this year was an 80 year old man from Win-burg and went through the water two times.

While there were many brave people swim-ming through the water, others were just stand-ing outside cheering on their loved ones and standing amused at some of the creative (and some unusual) costumes.

Many of the swimmers dressed up to support their favourite rugby team, The Free State Cheetahs but were very disappointed after their 28-3 loss against the Stomers at New

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Lands.

At least the cold water wasn’t for nothing; each swimmer got a gold medal at the end of their very cold journey. Some even swam for causes like Breast cancer, the SPCA, world peace and of course against woman and child abuse.

There was even a very brave little Jack Rus-sel that took on the cold water with four paws. Nala’s owner said this has been her 4th year swimming the polar bear swim.

Entry fees were R30-00 per person and all the money was donated to cancer research this year. Previously the money was donated for Child Welfare and social services.

The swim was not the only exciting thing that happened, the ever popular 4x4 extreme routes was also held at the Bundu Camping grounds along with quad bike races and other fun 4x4 related competitions.

From 28 - 30 June 2013 certainly booked a whole lot of memories for a lot of polar bears, and even though there is a few swimmers retir-ing this year, the youngest swimmer of 8 wants to bring all his friends with next year.

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“The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness” from Prov-erbs 16:31.

This is the motto of the old age home of The Vaal Echoes of Love. On 2 May 2013 the stu-dent development sub-group known as Ch@s chose to do their outreach project; where they overwhelmed the home with their bright coloured T- shirts of green, white and black. They went in of course not empty-handed but with things such as toilet papers, detergents, fruits and their time, as the essentiality of their giving back to community.

As to what they were doing was to be valuable for the home by volunteering their hands and skills, to release pressure and lightening the weight of work

An outreach project of Ch@sSesethu Nyokana load of the workers of the old

age home. That was achieved by them being allocated to dif-ferent sections of the home in the kitchen, yard maintenance, laundry, cleaning, serving and also assisting the nurses.

The Vaal Echoes of Love is situated in Sharpeville. The home was first an abandoned TB hospice that the founder of the old home Mr Sehanka took over. Mr Sehanka started the hospice in his home, then moved to the abandoned TB hospice to be the Vaal Echoes of love from 2007 when it be-gan operating. The home can accommodate 81 elderly indi-viduals, which need to be 60 years or older and are South Africans citizens. The centre has employees which are the managers, financial admin-istrators, kitchen staff, care workers, enrolled nurses, en-

rolled nurses and auxiliary so-cial worker.

An employee, Mrs Pinky Nhl-apo, an auxiliary social worker who testifies that she loves her working at Vaal Echoes of Love, even though there are challenges with some of the beneficiaries having chronic ill-nesses and can not create any activities for them.

Mrs Nhlapo urges the youth that they need to take care, love, educate and be of neces-sary help to elders. Moreover to enquire about the diseases and disorders that affect the el-derly. One such illustration was of dementia (forgetfulness), as in the society it is perceived as “boloyi or hohlanys”.

From the executive team of the members of Ch@s said, “we had a wonderful, meaningful yet also fulfilling day with the elders; talking to them and be-ing around them really empow-ered us”.

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The Faculty of Economic Sciences and Infor-mation Technology on the Vaal Campus will be hosting a presentation on the much anticipat-ed international Mandela27 project on 18 July 2013. During this event the Serious Games Institute-South Africa (SGI-SA) – which is situ-ated within the faculty, will be showcasing not only their involvement in the project but also the innovative role that Electronic Games Based Learning (EGBS) play in the dissemi-nation of information.

About the Mandela27 ProjectMandela 27 is a cultural collaboration between the European Union (EU) and South Africa, in-spired by the iconic story of former statesman Nelson Mandela and the globally recognised Robben Island Museum. Important events for Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners on Robben Island will be brought to life with a digital take as part of this international cam-paign. Through the Mandela27 project so-cial events will be highlighted that influenced change in South Africa and Europe during Mandela’s 27-year prison term on the island.

The project represents an international part-nership between the Robben Island Muse-um, the Serious Games Institute-South Africa (SGI-SA), the European Union’s Cultural Pro-gramme, Belgium’s ‘The Creative Stores’ proj-ect (TCS) and content developers Elderberry.

SGI-SA is responsible for the development of a three-dimensional “serious game” in which us-ers could learn about the island and anti-apart-heid activists. The style of the “serious game” that has been selected for the project is that of an interactive novel with a mystery compo-nent that will depict life as it was for the politi-cal prisoners held captive in the Robben Island Maximum Security Prison. Most of the stories will be told through multimedia, an interactive website with a map interlinking events of activ-ism in South Africa and Europe. The game will be ready by February 2014.

Letters, poems and stories of ex-political pris-oners –written between 1960 and 1990, will be exhibited at the Robben Island Museum Gate-way at the V&A Waterfront as well as on the island. The project also encapsulates a travel-ling three-dimensional cell – based upon the exact dimensions of Nelson Mandela’s prison cell. The latter will start travelling across Africa and Europe in May 2014.

According to Prof Herman van der Merwe, Ex-ecutive Dean of the Faculty of Economic Sci-ences and Information Technology on the Vaal Triangle Campus of the North-West University, the SGI-SA will contribute towards creating in-ter-cultural dialogue internationally as well as creating a vital platform for information shar-ing. “The main purpose of the graphic novel (“serious game”) is to educate people – es-pecially the younger generation spanning the 16 year old to 25 year old generation, about events that shaped history”, says Prof Van der Merwe.

Why gaming?Games are known to cause flow, telepresence and immersion for the participants – meaning that gamers are part of the game world, more than they are aware of their real existence. With this in mind, the positive efficacy of seri-ous games as a learning tool has been shown to be beyond doubt. Adding a good dose of en-tertainment to EGBL, we strongly believe that we can make a difference for all walks of train-ing and educational requirements. Through

Game to celebrate the life and times of Nelson Mandela - Mandela27 ProjectAnnette Willemse

15 July 2013 EVENTS 19presenting real life scenarios in a game envi-ronment, users are able to engage better with the material they need to comprehend. The learning environment becomes a virtual envi-ronment which has no real risk or cost (other than in the player’s immersed state) to the or-ganisation’s stakeholders. In turn, employees become fully equipped in an entertaining and engaging way (i.e. without displaying the usual traits of training reluctance and disinterest) to face the organisation’s real challenges.

Importance of the presentationThrough the involvement of the European Union and the international collaboration be-tween partners in England, Sweden and Bel-gium, the Mandela27 Project is one of global perspective and scrutiny. The iconic story of Nelson Mandela’s struggle at Robben Island Maximum Security Prison is one that touches the hearts of all of humanity. In light of this, SGI-SA is hosting the presentation to entice – especially the media contingent, to contribute towards vesting the culture of knowledge shar-ing. By channelling audiences to the project portal you will furthermore help to instil aware-ness within the youth – not only of the struggle for liberation and democracy, but of the cultural aspects that contributed in sculpting our pros-perous nation. According to Prof Van der Mer-we the presentation furthermore highlights the great accomplishment and the opportunities that the project will present for South Africa, the North-West University and SGI-SA.

Official website of the Mandela27 Project: www.mandela27.eu

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Annette Willemse

He co-creates people’s futures and loves every moment of it.

Dr Mojaki Mosia, Executive Director: Human Resources at the University of KwaZu-lu-Natal and alumnus of the NWU’s Vaal Triangle Campus, empowers employees to reach fulfilment in their work life and to create the future they would like to experience.

The inspirational force behind Dr Mosia’s success in human resources over the past 15 years has been to enable oth-ers to create meaningful lives for themselves and their or-ganisations. “It gives me great pleasure to guide employees to align their own destiny with that of the institution they work for,” he says.

Dr Mojaki obtained an honours degree (1995) and a master’s

degree (1999) in Industrial Psychology at the Vaal Tri-angle Campus of the former Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education. In 2003 he completed his PhD on leadership in performance and change at the University of Jo-hannesburg. What he appreci-ated most as a student on the Vaal Triangle Campus was the broad exposure from the lec-turers who were mainly from the consulting and corporate industry. He still has contact with the subject group of In-dustrial Psychology, especially with Prof Marius Stander and Prof Joppie van Graan.

After completing his studies, Dr Mojaki built an impressive track record as an HR practi-tioner through appointments at the South African Post Office, Sasol, Tiger Brands, Adcock Ingram Healthcare and BMW, before he joined the Univer-sity of KwaZulu-Natal in 2010. Leaving Gauteng for the green hills of KwaZulu-Natal suits

He helps people to create their future

The long way to successWhen he takes to the road at 05:00 in the morning wearing his running shoes, he does not think about work. He and the open road before him are the only ones there. As general manager of the biggest soft-drink, beer can and lid manu-facturer in the country, Mr Cor-rie Botha is used to thinking on his feet and not running away from challenges.

This proud alumnus of the Vaal Triangle Campus initially stud-ied mechanical engineering and says that this field of study taught him self-discipline and perseverance. “I like to find out how things work and how they are put together, and that aroused my interest in engi-neering as a career,” he says.

His hear lies hereCorrie’s involvement with the

Annette WillemseNorth-West University comes a long way.

He grew up virtually on the edge of the Vaal Triangle Cam-pus and completed his school-ing in Vanderbijlpark. This is also where he met his wife, Marianne, who was a BCom student. She had already caught his eye as a school girl, but love only blossomed at uni-versity. The couple was mar-

him just fine. “In Durban, work-life balance is not a challenge, but part of life. An added bonus is that you don’t have to pay to see a monkey!”

Fitness and having fun is im-portant to Dr Mojaki – he starts each week day with a training session in the gym. His wife, Ms Magauta Mosia, is also an alumnus of the Vaal Triangle Campus and holds a master’s degree in Industrial Psycholo-gy. They are blessed with three children: Thabiso (18), Kabelo (11) and Reabetsoe (8).

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ried in 1989 and Corrie gradu-ated a year later (BEng Mech).

Corrie says that the values he learnt at university, specifical-ly in his engineering studies, helped him through difficult times. “This is something that no-one can take away from you, and it helped me a lot to persevere and achieve suc-cess,” he says.

Friends and familyHe still has regular contact with his friends from university and many of them were also colleagues at ArcelorMittal, where he worked for 24 years. He jokingly says that Marianne is the best university friend he has because he sees her so regularly! The couple has two sons.

Corrie enrolled for his part-time MBA in 2004 and received his degree the same year that his eldest son matriculated. He is currently the vice-president of the advisory committee for alumni of the Vaal Triangle Campus and still visits the campus regularly. His younger son Stephan is a BCom stu-dent at the NWU in Potchefst-room. Corrie junior, the elder son, lives in Amsterdam in the Netherlands and also gradu-ated from Potchefstroom.

New challengesAfter almost a quarter of a cen-tury with ArcelorMittal Steel in Vanderbijlpark, where he held various management po-sitions, Corrie tackled a new challenge in 2010. He accept-ed a top management position at the Nampak Bevcan plant in Springs.

The Springs plant of Bevcan is the biggest in the country and manufactures 1.4 billion soft-drink and beer cans, and 3.2 billion lids per year. The plant, for which Corrie is re-sponsible, is busy converting the can market from steel to aluminium, which is a project worth R1 billion.

“The work is very challenging – no day is ever the same as the premium one, and I have the freedom to make decisions necessary to address the chal-lenges,” he says. “The busi-ness environment in which Bevcan functions is very dy-namic and I enjoy providing the structure in which the business and its people can function with certainty and self-confidence.”

Important assetsTo Corrie the employees are the most important asset of a business. “If you train your people very thoroughly and care for them well, they will pull their weight and you can run an effective business,” he says. According to him it is easy to manage a business and make decisions if you measure them against Christian values and norms. “A manager must not only make decisions to ensure economic growth, but must make those decisions on a sound basis of norms and val-ues that are in line with what you as a Christian are comfort-able with,” he says.

However, it is not only the people with whom he works who are important to Corrie. His biggest challenge is to ensure customer satisfaction. The customer must receive the right quality product at the

right time. He also spends the biggest part of his day at the plant, “because that is where you can feel the heartbeat of the business.”

Step by stepIn matric Corrie told a friend that he wanted to run the Com-rades one day. At school he did “fairly well” in middle distances and at university he stayed fit by jogging and playing rugby for the residence and the uni-versity’s u/21 team. As an of-ficer in the defence force, he took part in the Wally Hayward Marathon for the first time. That was where the long dis-tance bug bit and he started to work hard to realise his dream of taking part in the Comrades.

Corrie jogs between 10 and 15 kilometres every weekday and on a Saturday anything between 20 and 60 kilometres. He completed his 16th Com-rades this year.

Corrie lives his life according to this motto: If something is worth doing, do it well – a les-son in life that all of us could take to heart.

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A little creative fun...

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After all the running around campus you did while prepar-ing for exams, sleeping late or not sleeping at all. Working very hard to pass; you finally had the time that you were longing for, recess! Taking a nap, drinking coffee or hot chocolate with marshmallows, going to the mall, going party-ing, or...just not getting out of bed. It really doesn’t matter, do as you please. This is your time to relax, enjoy yourself,

Nontokozo Tshambo cuddle and be warm. No wor-ries about tests, assignments or the exam.

Just do as you please for those few weeks. You could now shift the spotlight from your books to yourself. Watch that movie that you always wanted to see but didn’t have the time, visit that favourite friend of yours and catch up on the latest gos-sip, go to that club that you always wanted to visit or sim-ply get a holiday job and make

Just as you like it some more money for your fu-ture plans. Or even better, just rest and clear your head and prepare yourself for the sec-ond semester. You might have sat back and recapped on the mistakes that you did during the first semester.

Come up with ideas or plans on how to fix or avoid them during the second semester. If things didn’t work out well for you during the first semester, you still have a chance to rec-tify your mistakes and make better choices next semester, for now, take a deep breath.

Living a lieMojalefa Mofokeng

They say lying can get you out of a bad situation. Is untruthful-ness a habit or a once-off thing to you? Have you ever lied to someone, and what were the reasons for you to lie. Or are you just one of those people who just cannot stop to lie? These are some of the ques-tions I would like you to think about… They say truth can set you free, but some say better lie to me than tell me the truth! Because the lies you are telling me are better to hear than the truth. Now that you are sitting there alone assessing these whole statements and thinking that indeed lies are better, wait and listen to this one. Living a lie is when a person lies about

something so many times, that it leads a person to start be-lieving the themself.

The trick about lies, is when you tell a lie about something to someone, you must know that that single lie will have to be endorsed with other lies; meaning when you have lied to someone you will have to keep that in what I would like to call “backup lying box”. Let’s say you have four friends and you meet up and lie to the first one; when you get to those other friends you will have to maintain all those lies you have told to the first one in the “backup lying box”; as they are to secure your ‘dignity’, and your hideous truth covered by these lies you’ve told. There is something tiring and hilari-ous about telling a lie, as every time you tell a lie to someone it

never ends. It raises questions to those people whom you are telling lies to. It is like eating popcorn at the cinema. There always has to be a drink after a certain amount of porncorn so your mouth is not dry and salty. Where am I heading to with this? Well, when you told a single lie, that single lie has to be followed by another lie, that other lie has to be followed by more lies, and at the end you find yourself living a lie. Your life then starts to be surround-ed by lies that you can’t get yourself out of, and as a result you do not know how to get out of it, but to continue lying you end up not knowing what is a lie and a truth and you start be-lieving those lies yourself.

Now the question is: Are you living a lie?

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Well, the first semester is done and dusted…

All those lectures, dreadful tests and more than often, late assignments are momentarily a thing of the past. We have had a moment to take a deep breath and stop to smell the flowers. We have toasted to our successes and drowned ourselves in regret because of all the things we wish we could have done differently. Yes, first semester may be a thing of the past but can you undoubtedly say that you are ready for sec-ond semester? Are you amped up and ready to take the pres-sure head on?! Here is how to ensure you get right back into the swing of things…

Some of the most successful people in the world swear on planning! By simply giving an outline of how you are going to do something you have al-ready zeroed out the odds of failure; in fact you have made it down right impossible for you not to reach a desired goal, not only is it crucial but it also comes highly recommended.

Half way through the race...Ronald Mhangani The minute you plan for some-

thing the more realistic it is for you to achieve it. So grab that pen and paper and start mak-ing an outline of how you want your second semester to go.

Be optimistic - The first se-mester may have not been “smooth sailing”, but that should not discourage you or make you have a pessimistic attitude towards your studies. Remain cheerful and keep the energy levels high. Keep the fire burning from start to fin-ish. That way you are ensuring you give your best, and in turn, walk away with the satisfaction of knowing you did your best.

Make alterations - if at any moment anything hindered you from unleashing your true academic potential…then you should seek means to address it and find an accurate so-lution and means to eradicate it and seize it from been problematic in the future. Change has

often been said to be man’s greatest tool to growth… use it. The university has support structures implemented to help students who need that extra push to unleash their absolute potential…find one that is most comfortable to you.

Lastly, have fun - don’t ne-glect your social life, live a little and take a moment to laugh and be merry! Don’t be a so-cial bum but I’m not saying be the life of the party either. Bal-ance the beam and take pride and joy in everything you do. Remember YOLO (you only live once) and that it makes no sense to have done it and have not learn anything.

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Friends play an important role in our lives which can either build us or break us. As we all know friendships don’t always last, for different reasons-- some friendships we miss, some it’s good riddance, while others we are just indif-ferent about them and choose to rather cherish the times we had in those friendships. That’s part of life, and we get to learn a lot about ourselves and others through those experi-ences. However, some of the headaches and heartaches could be avoided if we just learn to choose our friends a bit more wisely. There are some basic qualities that we can look for when choosing our friends. Of course it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have perfect friendships, but it does help.

It’s important to watch the people we associ-ate ourselves with carefully. We should not dis-criminate against other people, but rather give good thought to how we choose our friends, because whether we like it or not, our friends do reflect on the type of people we are. When people look at the types of friends we keep, they naturally assume that we are like them, because why else would we be around them so much if we had nothing in common with them? In Sesotho there is a saying that: “mok-gotsi wa tsotsi ke tsotsi”, which translates to: “a friend of a thief is a thief”. So clearly our friends should have characteristics and values which we personally associate ourselves with.

1. RESPECT- This is very important in any type of relationship. Without respect we have no boundaries, and we all need boundaries.

2. POSITIVE ATTITUDE- In life we need peo-ple with positive and uplifting attitudes, those who will remind us to be better beings and not

The art of friendship...Mpho Nakana

to give up on the things we want to achieve. Those who will make us better when we’re feeling down; negative minded people will drag us down with them.

3. LEARNING FROM FRIENDS- We can nev-er have enough of learning, whether it is about ourselves, other people, and things within our environment. Learning new ways of doing and ways to be better than before is a must. No point being around a person so much but gain-ing nothing.

4. MUTUALISM- Friendships are not parasitic. Everyone has to contribute and benefit from the friendship. No one should be burdened with the role of being a giver while the other one is only happy to receive.

5. UNDERSTANDING- We have to be under-standing towards each other. We have to know and adapt to our friends’ good qualities, and even those habits or tendencies our friends have that just bother us. As we all know, no one is perfect and that also applies to our friends. By understanding these things then we and our friends will be able to complement each other, through knowing each other’s weak-nesses and strong qualities. Also we will be able to help each other in times of need, to be supportive and also advising each other during those rough times; because friendship is not just about the good times of doing things to-gether and partying, it’s also about being each other’s confidants, having someone to depend on, someone who won’t judge us. Like the say-ing goes: “A friend in need is a friend indeed”

6. JEALOUSY- There is simply no room for jealousy in a friendship. Jealousy will lead to competition and competition will then lead to resentment; which is bad for any relationship. Unless if we have a healthy competition, like who is going to finish that good motivational book first. Something that leads to a better life,

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not the kind of competition that drags us down; there is always a loser in such a competition!Bottom-line is that every good friendship should make us better people than we were before, not worse or stagnant. Be real to your-self and do what’s best for you, because it is true that our friends say a whole lot about the type of people we are.

It’s better to have few friendships of substance than have so many friends than we can count but who add no value whatsoever.

Dedication to final year studentsMalehlohonolo Motloung

You all came, put in the hard work, and are now about to reap the rewards.

SALUTE! to all the students who are conquer-ing this year. Some have quit along the way, but you managed to pull through despite all the odds. Seasons passed through time, but you stood up for the sake of your future. It was not any easy road to travel. The journey was a heavy and bumpy one, but the inner strength sustained you.

Memories of those first days and first months of the first year are still vividly visible in our minds– a pointer of how much time really flies. When you first became part of the institution, the prescribed years of your study seemed as a long period, but were actually not.

You are now heading to a different environ-ment, an exciting and professional one filled with expectations and more responsibilities. Go ahead and take the next step, for you de-serve it.

But before you go, here are few tips to get you started in the right direction:

The Curriculum Vitae If you haven’t started compiling your Curriculum Vitae (CV), start now for it is the first marketing tool that represents you. It is important to make sure that your C.V is properly reviewed by someone already

in the working environment before sending it out.

The application It is never too early. You can start apply-ing for job and internship vacancies now. You can find some on: www.puffandpuss.co.za / www.prospectingbasics.com Register you name on vacancy data-bases:Such as the - National Youth Development Agency on www.nyda.gov.za Make sure your voicemail envoy is pro-fessional. Putting songs and funny pranks as voicemail envoy is a NO, NO! Make sure that your social-network ac-counts are in good standards. And lastly make the most of your last remaining five months as a university student. Look to the future with hope and determina-tion.

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Poem: Woman (A combination of

Poet: Deliwe Msibi

Still today I cannot believe the beauty that radi-ates from thee

From your heart warming smile to your hyp-notic eyes

Such beauty can weaken even the mightiest beasts

And leave them trembling in your presence.

Oh how blooming your eyes

I quaver to stare in them for I would lose myself in their allure.

What captures my soul is the beauty not from outside

But the beauty within. Such a free spirit you have.

I can’t help but to admire your enthusiasm

Your determination and ambition

Drive and optimism towards success.

In Neyo’s words you are one in a million, miss independent.

In R. Kelly’s words you are the world’s greatest

In Tina Turner’s words you are simply the best

In my words you are the strongest inside out

Yet the most sensitive and delicate

You are simply amazing and too good to be true.

You are a woman.

the goddesses Athena and Aphrodite)

Dealing with lossKeleabetswe Narenti

When someone goes away for a trip overseas you are certain they are going to come back, but when a 5 year old asks his mother if dad is has gone to heaven and if he is taking a trip why did he leave the car and why didn’t he pack any clothes. Reality hits that this per-son is gone and will never come back. Losing a loved one is a situation that most of us will have to deal with in our life time.

Being able to still believe in God at the time of pain is hard and questionable, however he knew and knows what will happen , Psalm 139 assures people who have lost loved ones that God did not say that we will not go through darkness but he said that he will be with us every step of the way.

Psalm 139

God’s Perfect Knowledge of Man

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David

O LORD, You have searched me and known me.You know my sitting down and my rising up;You understand my thought afar off.You comprehend my path and my lying down,And are acquainted with all my ways.For there is not a word on my tongue,But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.You have hedged me behind and before,And laid Your hand upon me.Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;It is high, I cannot attain it.

Where can I go from Your Spirit?Or where can I flee from Your presence?If I ascend into heaven, You are there;

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If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.If I take the wings of the morning,And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,Even there Your hand shall lead me,And Your right hand shall hold me.If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall[a] on me,”Even the night shall be light about me;Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,But the night shines as the day;The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

For You formed my inward parts;You covered me in my mother’s womb.I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonder-fully made;[b]Marvelous are Your works,And that my soul knows very well.My frame was not hidden from You,When I was made in secret,And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.Your eyes saw my substance, being yet un-formed.And in Your book they all were written,The days fashioned for me,When as yet there were none of them.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!How great is the sum of them!If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;When I awake, I am still with You.

Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.For they speak against You wickedly;Your enemies take Your name in vain.[c]Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You?And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?I hate them with perfect hatred;I count them my enemies.

Search me, O God, and know my heart;Try me, and know my anxieties;And see if there is any wicked way in me,And lead me in the way everlasting.

To everyone who has lost a loved one, you should consider yourselves lucky because in your time of pain that is when God is closer to you.

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Chimes of rememberanceAnnelize de Lange

Writing has many forms. Some in the form of articles, others in the form of poetry; but the re are also those few an talented to can write stories, which can one day become a legend, fairytale or part of history itsellf. Student 24/7 is lucky enough to have one such talented writer in their midst. Here is a short story to keep you busy and keep your imagination alive while waiting for a class or waiting in line for your study guides.

The wind came up and the church bell rang… The long awaited winter storm is finally on its way!! The beach sand was dancing in the streets of this old fisherman’s town along with the melody of remembrance chains in front of every house.

Each business closed its doors and went home to spend this long night with their loved ones. This will be the coldest night after the big oil spillage in 2000. The window panes of Sara’s house still needed some attention and as the wind grew stronger she ran out and placed her last heavy duty bags in front of the windows.

Her dad passed away on that terrible night… but she does not want to think or even talk about it! Ever since that night she has shut ev-eryone out of her life.

The sun sat behind the ocean waters and Sar-ah went in. Lady Leonorr, the town’s baker’s wife wanted to take her some freshly baked croutons, but as usual Sarah did not open the door of her belated father’s house.

The night was long and the wind was cold and you could not even hear the chimes as the ocean were roaring, pushing his water out in the streets.

The following day the sun came out, and ev-eryone was up bright and early! There will be a lot of visitors today, especially sailors seeking some medicine after the night of terror on the ocean.

As the town woke up, busy Lady Leonorr went out to see if Sarah was still in the house. She did after all promise Sarah’s mother that she would always look after her, but as she was on her way holding her little hat she saw someone

sitting next to the light house, staring out at the ocean.

She ran towards him. He was just sitting there with vivid eyes. He did not reply to any of her questions, nor did he blink or move a muscle he was just sitting there, breathing softly. She went to call Dr Montgomery, but he couldn’t find anything wrong with him. He had no form of identification on him or in his bag, Just a blanket and a clean pair of clothes.

The whole town quickly came to hear of the strange man, sitting next to the lighthouse and even though they tried to carry on with their daily activities everyone slipped in a peek more than once, everyone accept Sarah, she didn’t come out of the house that day, but to the town’s folks that wasn’t strange at all.

She was such a beautiful, gifted girl, especially with the violin and painting. Every tourist loved her work, but after that terrible night she just faded.

The day quickly went and another sunset was on its way. Lady Leonorr went to the young gentleman and gave him a loaf of bread (with-out her husband knowing of course) and the book club ladies went and gave him an extra blanket. He didn’t say anything he was just staring like he was doing the whole day!

Weeks went by and everyone was use to him just sitting there, Lady Leonorr took him bread every day and Dr Montgomery visited him once a week. As it goes in every small town every group had its own piece of gossip about this young man especially the book club ladies. Before long it was school holiday and all the high school kids came home. The “high school jocks” of the town mocked him and on one specific day the unexpected happened.

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Sarah came out of her house after weeks and sat down next to him. No one not even Lady Leonorr expected that. The whole day she was just sitting next to him but when sunset came she went back into her house. The young man turned his head and smiled as she walked away.

The next day the same thing happened, both were just staring at the ocean as if they were waiting for someone or maybe something. No one knew but it was so strange. Sarah has not been that close to the ocean after that night.

Their friendship grew, but they did not say any-thing, both of their eyes was lightened up and Sarah even took her sketchbook every day. Even though she did not draw anything you could see a change in both of them. The nosy book club made their own assumptions, and the news got carried over via the wind chimes. “You know my daddy is out there somewhere” she told him. He looked at her and smiled and then turned to the ocean and just kept on star-ing. It is as if there was something that words could not describe between them, something that the town folks did not know how to handle.

Knock knock knock knock knock… Knock knock knock knock knock… Knock knock knock knock knock. Lady Leonorr was in such a state that she just had to go to Sarah’s house. She did not expect to see Sarah all dressed up when she opened the door! Inside there were even some flowers on the table and the fire-place was lit up and Sarah’s drawing table was infront of the window…

“You know child I did promise your mother that I would take care of you and after your poor daddy’s death, bless his soul, you just shut ev-eryone out and now this strange man comes into our small town just sitting there washing his clothes in the ocean and suddenly you are a different person.”

She picks up a sketch, very roughly drawn with the lighthouse, and her father. “My oh my have you started again? I am so glad but why now? My dear Sarah I know all of this is difficult but it’s been so long your daddy isn’t coming back,

he isn’t my dear child and I do plead with you please do not go back to that strange very strange young man it’s not good for you and everyone is talking about it, more than usual you know”

Lady Leonorr was in a frantic state talking and talking going from one corner to another not giving Sarah a chance to speak but as she gasped for a breath of air, “Aunt Leonorr I am fine, it’s something you won’t understand so please if you don’t mind I just want to be here- alone”

Lady Leonorr was so shocked. Sarah last spoke a full sentence when she described her father to the coast guard. She had tears in her eyes and went outside.

As spring came a new spirit settled amongst the town folks, something changed with in them, in every one of them even the snobbish book club ladies. And as the wind finally settled down the man was gone.

Sarah looked outside and when she didn’t see him a pain inside her lit up and she closed the curtains. No one could get her attention inside. Everything started again and Lady Leonorr knew that this time it is more serious because Sarah fell in love and now the strange man is gone.

Knock knock knock knock knock… Sarah heard an unfamiliar voice as the sun sat once again behind the waves. This was somehow a known unfamiliar voice to her and she opened the door he was standing there!! Her eyes filled with tears and he smiled. “Sorry I left without saying goodbye; I wanted to surprise you with this flower.” He gave her an ocean orcket and walked away.

She stood astonished in her door and couldn’t move a muscle. She didn’t know if she should be mad or surprised. All she felt was her heart beating in her throat and her legs numb as if she saw a ghost.

That night she couldn’t fall asleep and lit a can-dle. She took her chimes of remembrance and hanged it outside her house and walked to the

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man next to the light house. “I know he is not coming back.” He looked at her and touched her hand. “He isn’t gone, or dead he lives with-in you.”

As the sun woke the fisherman’s town up, Lady Leonorr walked up to Sarah’s house. She knocked several times but no one an-swered. A strange and unexpected wind blew the door open and she went in. Next to the fireplace was a master piece, a drawing that her beloved Sarah drew, of a young man and young woman standing next to a light house as

the sun sat. With tears in her eyes she walked over to the window and opened the curtains. Lady Leonorr wasn’t surprised at all when she saw the man was gone.

She walked out and closed the door. No one ever knew what really happened to her or the strange man, but he sure changed the people and the town.

The remembrance chimes still makes music in the wind and each year after the first full moon of summer a beautiful ocean orcket blooms in front of Sarah’s little house.

The Hangover Part III - It’s OverWilliam George

So it’s finally June recess and you are wondering what’s hot in cinemas. Wonder no more because one of the most an-ticipated films of the year, The Hangover Part 3, is showing.

Film starring “a wolfpack”, made up of (Alan) played by Zach Galifianakis, (Stu) by Ed Helms, (Phil) by Bradley Coo-per and (Doug) by Justin Bar-tha. Four friends reunite once again, on yet another trip to Vegas, a place they sworn not to go to again.

They go back to Vegas in search of their troubled op-ponent/friend of Alan, (Leslie Chow). Chow is wanted by a mob leader (Marshall) played by John Goodman, because Chow stole Marshall’s gold and only Alan has been keep-ing contact with Chow whilst

he was in jail. Marshall there-fore holds one of the guys as ransom, which is Doug, who always fades in the all Hang-over films. It’s now up to his three friends to get Chow so that Doug won’t be killed.

So much happens in Vegas, like the last time they visited. Alan meets a lady by the name (Cassie) portrayed by Melissa McCarthy, they fall in love with

each other on first sight. She assists them by telling them where Chow can be found. Now, we all know the saying what happen in Vegas stays in Vegas… Well that won’t apply because you can now see the rest of the events in cinemas. The director Todd Phillips an-nounced that this will be the finale and an ending of the Hangover films. It is sad, yet worth watching.

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Here are some movies you can watch during these holidays:

Identity Thief...Portia Rampa

Identity Thief is a 2013 crime-comedy film distributed by Uni-versal Pictures from a screen-play by Craig Mazin, directed by Seth Gordon.

The film cast: Melissa McCar-thy, (American Film Institute award winner) Jason Bate-man, Amanda Peet, rapper T.I, Jon Favreau and Genesis Ro-driguez.

DescriptionSandy Bigelow Patterson (Ja-son Bateman) was doing just fine until one phone call dev-astated his life, after believing that the call was from a Credit Alert Bureau agent when in re-ality it was someone fishing for his private information. Mean-while, lack of financial stabil-ity has caused Diana (Melissa McCarthy) to hustle through the outskirts of Miami, where she lives a luxurious lifestyle as the queen of retail, buying whatever strikes her fancy...

and it’s all free, thanks to a Denver family man who’s al-ways been responsible with his personal finances.

However, Sandy’s job, family and future are threatened by the extravagance of Diana and he has just one week to track her down before his world im-plodes.

Identity Thief is one of the amazing movies to watch in 2013. It features mild action, a lot of humour; with soundtracks that employs a combination of hot hip-hop beats and pop tracks.

The movie portrays a reality where white-collar crime has be-come the order of the day-- rather than tak-ing out guns, robbing people in convenience stores; criminals are performing it virtually where they use com-

*Now You See Me *The Great Gatsby *Epic

puter technology to steal the victim’s identity.

The movie has a good story line, great comedy and act-ing that leaves one intrigued throughout the whole movie.

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When I was young my friends would frequently say to me that my father was the nicest man, and I would always reply saying that was only the case if you’re not his son. That was never true. I was young, foolish & selfish. I always wanted to get my way. And when I didn’t, I’d be upset with him because he was usually the one person who was brutally honest with me that what I wanted was not going to happen. Although I can count the number of times that he has told me that he loves me, there is no doubt in my mind that he does, and I know that he wants the best for me in every respect. Fur-thermore, I know that he’s the one person who I can trust to always be blunt with me, and he would do anything for me. This is the beauty of family.

Sometimes we treat the people that we care about the most in the worst ways. We hard-ly ever mean to, but our actions in respect of them don’t always reflect how we truly feel about them. It seems to me that we become overly comfortable in our positions as their loved ones. This is sometimes evident in our lack of actions for them. For example, when I was fresh out of high school, one of my clos-est friends was given the task of uprooting a tree in his backyard. Seeing as he had never done such before, he asked me for my assis-tance; and although neither of us knew how we were going to do it, I was there for him. Between the two of us and a third friend, we somehow managed. Ironically, to this very day my parents never ask me to do any gardening because they know I’d never do any gardening at home, even something as simple as water-ing the grass.

We tend to take for granted that the people who matter most to us are always going to be there for us. We forget that they too are people who deserve our recognition, admiration and respect. Sometimes we may even procrasti-

Taking It On The Chin...Family FirstRatanang Mogatusi

nate going home from work, school or even va-cation out of fear of tasks that we know await us, or to put off hearing truths that we know only they care enough to tell us. However, the truth is that when I go home I’m not doing them a favour, but it is quite simply what’s best for me. Not only because when I am with them I know that I shall never want for anything, but also because being around them keeps me out of trouble, and brings the best in me.

In summation, what I am trying to say is that I might blow a grand in one night on a girl I hard-ly know or care about, just to make an impres-sion, but I would give up an arm and a leg for my family. It is because of this that I am making it a point to get to know my parents; as one never knows when they’ll be gone for good. Remember to stay close to your siblings as well. They are your greatest link to your past, and the people most likely to stick by you in the future. Through God’s grace I would go to war for them and come out carrying each one of them with my last breath. In the words of the Dilated Peoples, “If worse comes to worst, my people come first.”

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Imagine this: neon flowers dancing on grey concrete floors as you walk ‘your’ walk to whichever predetermined destination you simply have to look fabulous for. What is this neon flowers I speak of? But of course mademoiselle, it is neon heels.

Red heels have been in the professional industry for a long time, but so have flesh coloured heels too. You don’t want to wear those silver or gold spar-

kle shoes you just saw in Ed-gars, because frankly my dear we’re not in a Twilight movie. Nothing should sparkle that much. The obvious solution is then to simply jazz up your out-fit with Neon flowers, on your feet. Let’s not stop there just yet. For days when you don’t feel like strolling around in 9cm heals on campus, you can ob-viously dress it up with neon leggings or a neon blouse.

Whatever you choose to do, re-member you’re not a bouquet of flowers intended on light-ing up a hospital room. Keep it simple, and keep it ‘mono’.

Just NEON itBurger Aucamp

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Beauty or Beastly?Burger Aucamp

Beauty is skin deep. Beauty is only temporary. Brains will get you nowhere; beauty will get you everywhere… These are all lines that we have heard so many times before. But how seriously DO we take them?

Beauty is a very controversial subject; sometimes it might even be ‘fake’. Sure, all of us would like to be beautiful. To have those perfect, lips, hair that won’t frizz, muscles in places that you didn’t even know you had. But do you want to be beautiful or do you want to be beautiful because of the attention that comes with it. I can promise you that it’s not fun being beautiful. Unfortu-nately I cannot speak from ex-perience, but I can speak from a close perspec-tive. It’s nice to be called beautiful or pretty, it’s nice to have people talk to you because they think you’re hot. I can surely tell you, at some point it does get old. At the begin-ning you feel all important and seen, and that is where you get ir-ritated like a blind man in a strip club. People start to use you, for sex? Social sta-tus? Who knows why people use you. Having every person tell you you’re hot, sexy,

gorgeous, beautiful or what-ever it is kids these days say, makes you miss those people who said, you’re awesome, I love you’re crazy personality, you’re a great friend. All that stuff isn’t seen. All they see is this beautiful person whom ‘enriches’ their lives. If THAT doesn’t happen, and you do not start to miss that, you become one of those people that made you feel ugly and unwanted in the first place. You start to fully believe if not over-believe that you are beautiful. It starts to rule your life, you become vain, superficial and conceit-ed. Materialistic things start to override all your thoughts, and soon enough you become nas-ty towards people you find ‘not so attractive’. And while with every compliment you become

more beautiful in your mind, your soul, personality and in-tellect blackens…

So, to this I say beauty is fab-ricated. It’s this romanticised idea that beauty is the answer to most if not all of life’s prob-lems. You might not believe me, until you experience it for yourselves. So then I ask you; would you rather have 1000 fol-lowers because of your beau-ty OR 10 friends who would gladly devote their entire life to your friendship and not judge you because of the way you look or what you wear…

Beauty and love is a totally dif-ferent subject all together. All I am going to say about that is; loving someone because they are beautiful is like building a sandcastle on water and ex-pecting it to float…

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A note from the Sports Ed...

Test Cricket is not a light-hearted business, es-pecially that between England and Australia. – Donald Bradman, Australian cricket legend.

The Ashes is cricket’s oldest rivalry that dates back to 29 August 1882, where one of the most famous moments occurred in cricket. Australia had beaten England in a test series on this day at the Oval, a famous cricket ground in Eng-land. In recognition of this defeat, a journalist wrote a mock obituary signalling the “death” of English cricket:

“In affectionate remembrance of English crick-et which died at The Oval, 29th August, 1882. Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrow-

ing friends and acquaintances. The body will be cremated and the Ashes taken to Australia”

From this day onwards the two nations play each other in a test match series every two years with the winner being awarded with the ashes of victory in the form of a small urn. The trophy may be small, but the achievement, his-tory and prestige that goes with it is monumen-tal.

England is the current holders of the Ashes after beating Australia 3-1 in the land down under. Recently, England has held the upper hand as they have won the retained the Ashes in the last three out of the four series that were played. Australia had dominated in the 1990’s winning every Ashes series up until 2005, when England held their nerve to reclaim the cham-pionship in a pulsating and dramatic series.

The year’s Ashes series will be contested in England, with five matches being played over a period of two months from 10 July to 25 August 2013. The first match will be played at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, with the final match fit-tingly being played at The Oval – the iconic venue that started it all.

Australia’s cricket team has been in disarray recently, with their coach Mickey Arthur being fired and replaced by a familiar face in Dar-ren Lehmann – a former Australian batsman who was a major part of Australia’s success in his playing career. “I have three priorities – win, win, and win”, said Lehmann. Only time will tell whether he will be able to turn around an Australian team, amid a series of mediocre displays on the field as well as ridiculous be-haviour off the pitch.

The English cricket team, on the other hand is well balanced in both bowling and batting de-partments, and have developed excellent team chemistry under coach Andy Flower. England

The Ashes - Cricket’s greatest rivalry

15 July 2013 SPORT 37a tremendous threat with the bat, as they have the capability to pile on the runs and score massive totals. Clarke proved this as he was the leading run scorer in test match cricket the previous calendar year. He also surpassed the record for most test runs scored by an Austra-lian (1545) in a calendar year. England is wary of Australia threat, as the battle for the Ashes has always been a close battle. “Make no mis-take about it, it’s going to be a tough, tough series”, Cook stated.

The Ashes series has been contested 66 times with Australia winning 31 times, England win-ning 30 of them and 5 ending in draws. The 2013 Ashes promises to be intriguing, incred-ible and something inescapable for any cricket fan.

captain Alastair Cook is one of the key players in the England team and will have to be at his best when opening the batting. Joe Root (22) is one of young players in the English squad, but he plays with the assurance of a veteran. The combination of youth with regular star players such as Ian Bell and James Anderson will undoubtedly be to their advantage in the 2013 Ashes series.

The Australians still have enough firepower to help them overcome the English at home, despite losing veterans Ricky Ponting, Mike Hussey and Brett Lee to retirement. Young players such as fast bowler, Mitchell Starc and batsman, Chris Rogers has the chance to make a name for themselves in one of crick-et’s greatest test series. The explosive Shane Watson and captain, Michael Clarke will pose

Wonderful WimbledonWouter Pienaar

Wimbledon. This tennis showpiece has many connotations and meanings attached to it since it started way back in 1877 as an ama-teur tournament. The strawberries and cream, the grass lawns, centre courts, tie breaks and aces. Famous champions have graced this tournament such as Sampras, Williams, Beck-

er, Borg, Navratilova, Graf, Agassi, Federer and most recently Novak Djokovic, who is the current male title holder.

Wimbledon is one of the four grams slams on the tennis calender. The grams slams are the biggest tournaments in tennis where the top players vie for supremacy. One could say that they are like mini world cups in sporting cir-cles. Wimbledon is also unique as it is played on grass, which offers a different challenge to tennis players. Tennis stars such as Roger Fe-derer and Pete Sampras have shined on this surface with both holding the record for most

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wins (7) in the open era.

The 2013 event takes place from 24 June to 7 July, with 660 matches being played during the fortnight of action at Wimbledon. The event also marks its 127th year in existence, which is an incredible feat.

Thus far there have been many big name play-ers who have dropped out in surprise losses to lower ranked opponents, such as two-time champion Rafael Nadal, who crashed out in the first round at Wimbledon for the first time in his career, and Maria Sharapova, the cham-pion in 2004, who lost in the second round. This has created the scenario that an unlikely winner might emerge this year, enhancing the unpredictability of the tournament and drawing viewers to the spectacle.

The spectacle at Wimbledon has been en-hanced by some remarkable matches and nu-merous interesting occurrences. The longest recorded match lasted an incredible 11 hours and 5 minutes, and was played over a period of three days. John Isner and Nicolas Mahut wrote their names in Wimbledom folklore in this epic match.

Another interesting fact about Wimbledon is

that players are required to only wear white on the court. This gives the tournament a classic and traditional feeling, as all white clothing had been a part of tennis up until the 1980’s where coloured clothing made an appearance on a tennis court. Nowadays, players wear multi-colored gear with loads of sponsor logo’s as sport has turned into a profession where fi-nancial gain can easily be achieved. The to-tal prize gain for this year’s event stands at a staggering 22 million pounds, with the winners pocketing 1.6 million pounds.

Wimbledon has also delivered its share of un-derdog stories; none more so than the 2001 event which saw a wild card entry winning the men’s singles title. The wild card entry is given by the organisers of the event to tennis players to participate based on either their national-ity or a players whose rankings had fallen be-cause of a prolonged injury. Goran Ivanisevic overcame the odds and won the entire event, when no one had given the veteran player from Croatia a chance.

All these things make this tournament so spe-cial, whether it be its proud history or bright future, tennis will always be synonamous with one word – Wimbledon.

Confederations Cup round upMangaliso Maduna

Brazil thumped world champi-ons (Spain) 3-0 to clinch their third successive Confedera-tions Cup crown in a row in a hard-fought encounter at the legendary Estadio Maracana. It took the brilliance of Neymar, Oscar and Fred to dismantle Spain and deliver the trophy for the “Selecao”. The match was bound to be a tense affair and lived up to its hype and produced mixed emotions of absolute anguish and ecstacy. It was indeed a dream final.

The tournament got off to a

scintillating start with all teams looking to leave their lasting impression in the tournament but we all know that there can only be one last man stand-ing. Teams like Nigeria, Japan, Tahiti and Mexico could only reflect on their broken dreams and will look for better fortunes in next year‘s showpiece. All teams had assembled their formidable squads of top play-ers. These are men who have allowed nations to dream of their skills, their bravery and their legendary displays and looked certain to make the tournament the pinnacle of

their careers. The Brazilians looked to the legendary Luis Felipe Scolari to restore their glory days as football‘s global powerhouse.

Brazil‘s performance was ex-ceptional from the inset to the outset. They were solid at the back, Creative in the midfield and united as a team. The na-tion had pinned its hope on the young sensational midfield maestro Neymar. The whole team was built around him, he was entrusted with the respon-sibility of dictating the tempo of the play, scoring and creating goals. Boosted by their 12th man, Brazil could always find

15 July 2013 SPORT 39an extra gear whenever the go-ing got tough. The home fans in a frenzy style, the style of their team play has confound-ed the critics and the Selecao went against all odds to prove their detractors wrong.

The tournament‘s epic mo-ment was without a doubt a match between the Azzuri (Italy) and La roja (Spain). It was a hard-fought game and brought the world to a stand-still. With both teams hitting the woodwork in each half it was a game marred by fasci-nating tactics and switching of momentum. The Italians unsettled Xavi and prevented Iniesta from masterminding deadly attacks by marking

spaces which in turn frustrated the Spanish. The match would eventually be decided on spot-kicks, both teams equally took exquisite spot-kicks until Leor-nado Bonucci failed to convert his sudden death penalty and sent Spain into the final.

From a footballing perspec-tive Brazil delivered a spec-tacular event even the FIFA president Sepp Blatter por-trayed the tournament as the best version since its inception but was overshadowed by the prolonged protests across the country. Many Brazilians had taken the streets and vented their anger on the government for spending billions of dollars on two major sporting events.

One of the protesters said that they were protesting for a greater investment in health, education and public service.

Already classified in the same row as Lionel Messi and Cris-tiano Ronaldo, without a doubt Neymar‘s future looks bright. He was voted player of the tournament, he literally single-handedly won the trophy for Brazil. He was instrumental in all matches, either scoring or producing deft touches. He continuously mesmerized de-fenders with his artistry. He re-ally filled the role of Brazil‘s tal-isman and proved to the world what an amazing talent he is. Congratulations to Brazil they really played their hearts out.

Madiba the Sport IconArchibold Bojosi

Almost a month has passed since the father of the nation has been hospitalized where he is being treated for a lung infection. The presidency has issued a statement that the first democratic president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela remains in a “critical but sta-ble” condition.

The minister of sports and rec-reation Fikile Mbalula and min-ister of arts and culture Paul Mashatile recently launched the Nelson Mandela Sports and Cultural Day, an event that comprises of both the soc-cer and rugby national teams, playing on the same day at the Soccer City Stadium on Au-gust 17th. The event will kick-off with a two major games, where Bafana Bafana will take on 2013 Afcon finalists Burkina

Faso whilst later on the Spring-boks will play against the Ar-gentines. Cultural activities and a curtain-raiser between the South African Masters and their Italian counterparts will battle it out also on the day.

A musical concert with local and international artists will conclude what is to become an annual event, that will seek “to unite the world and in par-ticular in celebration and pro-motion of Nelson Mandela’s legacy”, a statement from the Ministry read.

As the Mediclinic Heart Hos-pital in Pretoria, Tshwane con-tinues to receive messages of goodwill and a speedy recov-ery for Tata Mandela; I have found no better way than to celebrate Madiba’s impact on sport through some of his

memorable photographic mo-ments in sport. As I believe there’s nothing that unifies everybody like sport, after all Tata Mandela’s life epitomizes the spirit of forgiveness, recon-ciliation, altruism and unity.

Above is a picture of a vi-brant Madiba the heavy-weight boxer.

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In his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom Mandela describes his love of boxing and why he did it:

“I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it. I was intrigued by how one moved one’s body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat, how one paced oneself over a match.

Boxing is egalitarian. In the ring, rank, age, col-or, and wealth are irrelevant…I never did any real fighting after I entered politics. My main interest was in training; I found the rigorous ex-ercise to be an excellent outlet for tension and stress. After a strenuous workout, I felt both mentally and physically lighter. It was a way losing myself in something that was not the struggle. After an evening’s workout I would wake up the next morning feeling strong and refreshed, ready to take up the fight again”. (Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, page 193.)

Tata Nelson Mandela below with For-mer 1995 World Cup winning rugby captain Francois Pienaar, a team that together with Tata the developed the slogan ‘ONE TEAM, ONE COUNTRY’.

Madiba has always supported the countries National teams, here he is pictured with Shaun Pollock, former skipper and Proteas legend.

President Nelson Mandela has had an influence on many sport stars past and present, (next page, top) he is pictured with World Boxing Champ Muhammad Ali and (above) with 2008 World footballer of the year Cristiano Ronaldo.

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“Sport has the power to change the world, has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than government in breaking down racial barriers”- Nelson Mandela

(Above) Madiba Magic played a huge role in South Africa’s successful 2010 World Cup bid in Zurich, Swit-zerland 2004, which saw South Africa become the first African country to host the FIFA World cup.

(Right corner)Tata Mandela revels in joy as then Bafana captain Neil Tovey holds the AFCON trophy aloft. Tovey later said Tata was a huge inspira-

tion for Bafana Bafana as they won their first ever AFCON tournament on home soil in 1996, 5 years after being readmitted back into international football.

(Above)Having been there from the start, from The World Cup Bid in Zurich, it was only befitting that the icon of the world would also close the historical 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament with his presence, he is pictured with his wife Mama Graca Machel before the final game of the tournament between Spain and Neth-erlands.

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