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HOOGTEPUNTE
HEAVENLY: Stellenbosch
has been gripped by a
Woordfees fever that
will likely last until 10
March. The festival
commenced on 1 March
and comprises a series
of live musical and
theatrical performances
by the country’s top Afrikaans artists, in addition to many workshops
and lectures on topics
as diverse as philosophy
and politics. The theme
for this year is ‘Hemels’.
Pictured is Jacques of
five piece band Mr Cat
and the Jackal.
Photo: PIERRE ROMMELAERE
Percentage of non-white student applications has risen by 5.3% in 2013
SU closer to transformation goals
KARL KEMP
Following two years of decline, the
number of black applicants to Stellenbosch University (SU) is on the
increase.
The university confirmed that the
number of black, Indian, and coloured
students who enrolled for undergraduate courses has risen from 25.9% in
2012 to 28.3% in 2013.
These figures have been released
subsequent to the university’s 2013
Institutional Planning Forum (IPF)
that took place recently, during which
the progress of transformation at the
university was dissected.
In an interview with Die Matie,
Botman stated that this year’s IPF was
“the best [they have] ever had”, due to
the succesful development of a management vision for 2030.
According to Botman, the IPF in
2012 set out several key points for
future resolution. All deans at the university were instructed to compile a
report on transformation in their faculty, which would be submitted to the
SU council.
Botman admitted that the deans
were asked this year to redo their reports because the transformation targets set were unsatisfactory.
When questioned about government subsidies as an incentive for
transformation, Botman explained
how increased subsidy rates
Percentage undergraduate
will benefit the university in
terms of revenue generation:
students per race:
“You’ll get students that
will be able to access National Student Financial Assistance Scheme (NSFAS).”
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“What we have to do
now, because the numbers
are low, is to find the money
to get everyone in. We can
access these other streams
of income if we change our
diversity profile.”
Die Matie reported in
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October last year that student fees would increase by
8.5 percent this year, due in
part to an unexpected de9.2
crease in government subsidisation.
According to Botman,
whilst the first and foremost
vehicle of transformation
remains enrolment targets,
the university is driving the
process on several fronts,
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most recently through the
controversial proposal of an
amendment to the residence
placement policy to accommodate a for the students that are most at risk
academically. These students, he said,
more diverse group of students.
The proposition has been opposed are those that lose hours of time by
by the convocation of Stellenbosch travelling via train from places like
as reported in Die Matie earlier this Khayelitsha.
He also highlighted the importance
year. Botman explained upon inquiry
of
the
university’s language policy for
that a residence should be reserved
2012
2013
transformation purposes: “We have
to create opportunities for students to
learn in a language of their choice.”
“If we don’t do that, people just
won’t come.”
According to him, the university
has offered many bursaries in the past
to students that had an average of
above 70% and received no response
in some cases. He attributes this to
an incorrect and widespread perception of the university as exclusively
Afrikaans. He stated that the B. Accountancy program, which is currently
subject to widespread complaints of
being exclusively Afrikaans, will also
be presented in English from 2014 onwards.
Questioned about the availability
of, for example, Xhosa as a language
of tuition, he said that tutorials have
been presented in the language, but
that the process is “the slower part of
our growth”.
Botman stated at the IPF last year
that he wishes to see the number of
black enrolments to reach 34% by
2015. He has also expressed his desire
for the university to eventually reflect
a fifty-fifty demographic of black and
white students in his time as rector
even.
“Transformation for me is not a
numbers game,” he stated. “It is the
creation of an institutional base that
gives you the broad spectrum of ideas
that you will find in society.”
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“First years were exhausted, hot and lacked energy throughout,” says Sonop onderprim
MAD2 congress unhappy with some events
GRETCHEN DIETZ
T
he Maties MAD² congress convened on 27 February to formalise feedback from the HK concerning the events in its programme.
The meeting was held with the
purpose of identifying the successes
and failures of the MAD² programme
to note the “do’s and dont’s” in the
interest of future House Committees
(HKs).
MAD² Head coordinator, Ester
Corrie, believes “MAD² was an amazing success”.
“For the second time that MAD²
took place, I think it went very
smoothly.”
She added that “the overall responses by the students and media
were very positive.”
In contrast, however, the general
responses at the congress represented
a varied opinion of the overall Maties
MAD² progression.
The HK of their respective residences and PSOs commended the
week-long event, but also raised concern about a number of issues regarding the organisation and execution of
specific MAD² events.
Venustia MAD² HK, Eugenie
Grobler, regards the event as a success
overall, but said that “like most fledgling programmes, there were flaws”.
Bondelsport and March for Madness particularly came under fire during the congress, whilst Vensters and
Sun-Soaked Students received positive feedback on the whole.
In terms of Bondelsport, Corrie
stated that it was a “highly successful
event” and that they received “loads
of positive feedback”.
At the congress, the general response to Bondelsport by the HK was
that the event is seemingly success-
ful in theory but in reality it did not
work. Despite the long debate concerning the event at last year’s MAD²
congress, students felt that it was not a
great success.
Particularly for PSOs, whose first
years are not obliged to be present,
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“Bondelsport seems
to be an event that
does not serve its
purpose”
“Bondelsport seems to be an event that
does not serve its purpose,” said Nathan Swart, Libertas HK: Marketing
and First Year Communications.
According to Swart, “an event
where the minority of the first years
participated whilst the rest were expected to withstand the bad weather
with little to do on the sidelines, is
not appealing for someone who isn’t
forced to attend”.
March for Madness, in addition
to Bondelsport, was not responded to
positively.
Corrie praised those involved for
doing an “amazing” job in entertaining the spectators. The response by
HK members however, questioned the
point of the March.
Despite the potential for achievement, Talia Cullinan, onderprimaria:
Sonop, said that “the committee needs
to decide what they are attempting to
achieve with this event.”
“First years were exhausted, hot
and lacked energy throughout.”
Maties MAD², despite the criticism, was generally viewed as a success, though with slight room for improvement.
Vensters received positive feedback and was regarded as the high-
light of MAD² by HK’s and first years
alike.
The SMS competition showed a
300% growth since the previous year,
and Big Bleed was excellently supported as the Western Province Blood
Association broke a record on Friday
for the most blood donors on a single
day.
“Maties saved over 500 lives in
one week!” said Corrie.
As the concept of Maties MAD² is
only in its infant stages, there is much
to be developed.
Corrie stated: “There were challenges and there will always be space
for improvement.”
As was the intention of the congress, the successes and failures of
each event were discussed in order to
ensure that the future HK and MAD²
Committees learn from the experiences of those before them, hoping to
streamline the week in years to come.
MOJO weeks plays host to
political affiliation debate
MEGAN DAMON
Photo: PIERRE ROMMELAERE
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND, STELLENBOSCH? The “Racebook” event formed part of Maak Oop Jou Oë (MOJO)
week. Students ‘posted’ messages concerning race and its complications publicly on blackboards.
THE SRc has conclued yet another
critical engagement campaign, as
MOJO (Maak Oop Jou Oë) week
came to an end on 1 March.
The campaign, similar to last
year’s, comprised several workshops,
lectures and debates all designed to
enlighten students regarding social
ills and issues, and aimed to build on
the success and level of engagement
created last year.
This year’s MOJO week was also
placed in the broader context of the
political world as a debate discussing political affiliation amongst SRc’s
was held in addition to the MOJO
week events.
Ziyanda Stuurman, SRc: Critical
Engagement and Leadership Development, feels that the event was a success: “We were pleased by the number
of participants in our events.
“Students actually came to the
Rooiplein specifically to take part
in initiatives like “Racebook”. With
workshops, the quality of the participants and the in-depth discussions we
had really showed that students spoke
about issues that were important to
them.”
According to Stuurman, the most
popular initiatives were “Racebook”
and the seminar on “Why rape?” with
prof Louise du Toit and prof Chet
Fransch. “We are really looking forward to doing more workshops like
this during the year,” she added.
The political affiliation debate
took place last Thursday and was held
at the Ou Hoofgebou. The representatives from the University of the Western Cape, (UWC) SRc failed to attend,
however, despite having sparked the
initial debate on Twitter last year, and
gave no notice.
Stuurman opined that they “might
have gotten cold feet”. The Stellenbosch University (SU) SRc argued for
a politically unaffiliated SRc, whilst
the UCT SRc representative argued to
the contrary.
Lorne Hallendorf, independent
electoral SRc member at UCT, argued
that student bodies who are politically affiliated have greater resources
and that politicisation leads to greater
voter participation.
He was also of the opinion that an
affiliated SRC has the potential to be
just as effective as a non-affiliated SRc
or potentially even better.
Clinton Du Preez, Chairman: SU
SRc, argued that student bodies who
are politically affiliated often “forget
about the real purpose of the SRc; to
be the voice of the students, representing that voice to management, to make
sure that the student voice is heard”.
Du Preez further argued that politically affiliated SRc’s become the
face of the political party and not of
the students. Last year’s voting scandal at UCT was repeatedly referred
to, during which several UCT Democratic Alliance Student Organisation
(DASO) candidates were fined due to
overspending and alleged voting malpractice, as reported by Die Matie in
October.
Due to the fact that UWC did not
attend, UCT were forced to stand
alone. The debate was followed by a
discussion and a question and answer
session.
Joshua Chigome, Chairperson of
DASO, agrees with the Stellenbosch
SRc’s sentiments on the political affiliation issue.
He believes that becoming politically affiliated will only lead to conflict, and that the SRc’s student supporter base would decline because
the SRc would not be catering for all
students.
DASO held their opening event at
the Neelsie Cinema on 26 February.
Dr Ivan Meyer, Minister of Cultural
Affairs and Sports, was a guest speaker at the event.
ERRATA
The photographer of the
banner image on our front page
in the 20 March edition was Anton Jordaan, not Joubert.
On page 11 we referred
to MFM as Maties FM, which
is not a name the station
associates itself with.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
- Suzaan Potgieter & Emily van der Merwe
SunMedia relocates
SUNMEDIA, a printing and publishing company of which Stellenbosch University is a majority
shareholder, will be relocating in
July.
The company that is responsible for the printing of exam papers
and numerous university publications has occupied the generouslyspaced ground floor of Admin A
since 2007. SunMedia’s location
on Tygerberg and Stellenbosch
campuses will move to the Woodmill in Devon Valley due to the
University’s increasing demand for
the administrative premises.
Following allegations of supposed job-losses associated with
the relocation to smaller and more
expensive premises, founder and
co-owner, Justa Niemand, commented that the move will not,
however, produce such results.
“We will continue to have an office
on campus to cater for the University’s printing demands as well as
those of the private sector,” said
Niemand.
Helderberg vier nog fees
“HELDERBERG is nie halfpad
Somerset-Wes toe nie – kampus
is halfpad Klapmuts toe.” Só antwoord die vorige president van
die Republiek, Marnus de Wet, op
gerugte dat Helderberg “die beste
koshuis in Somerset-Wes” is.
Helderberg het op 2 Maart hul
jaarlikse Republiekfees aangebied
– ʼn herdenking aan die dag waarop
die koshuis homself verklaar het as
ʼn onafhanklike republiek.
“Helderberg is in 1957 as die
eerste republiek binne Suid-Afrika
aangewys (nog voordat Suid-Afrika self in 1961 tot republiek verklaar is) en sedertdien is die Republiekfees ‘n instelling,” verduidelik
Luan le Roux, huidige president
van die republiek.
Die fees is Saterdagaand afgesluit met ‘n reggae band, die Rivertones, wat in die Helderberg Wells
gespeel het terwyl daar ‘n Dub-
step Den in ‘n stoorkamer ingerig
was. Later die aand het Haezer
(voorgegaan deur YesterdaysPupil) die desibels en mid-kwartaal
gemoedere opgestoot. Die aand,
waar daar vooraf sowat 1200 mense
verwag is, was die laaste van ‘n rits
aktiwiteite en bedrywighede wat
die inwoners van Helderberg heelweek besig gehou het.
Le Roux het die fees kortliks
opgesom: “Daar is ses “ingange”
wat elkeen uit ses seksies bestaan.
Hierdie ingange kompeteer gedurende die week van Republiekfees in verskeie events vir die
trofee: om vir die res van die jaar
Helderberg se karretjie bo hulle ingang te vertoon.” Die items waarin
gekompeteer word sluit in toutrek,
krieket, golf, jukskei, potjiekoskompetisie, Fifa, stadig pyprook,
trollies, die Kraaistraat myl en dwerggooi.
New fund for Elsenburg
AGRICULTURAL Colleges nationwide have received a cash injection of R387 million. Minister
of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tina Joemat-Petterson, has
announced that the finances will be
spent to revitalise colleges of agriculture. The funds, approved by the
National Treasury, will be used to
refurbish infrastructure, purchase
communications technology, train
academic staff and to strengthen
the financial systems in place to
ensure that students are sufficiently
knowledgeable in both commercial
and small-scale cultivation.
According to Prof Louise Warnich, Vice Dean: Faculty of AgriSciences, Elsenburg students will
also benefit from the improved
programmes and facilities that will
be available for teaching and training.
“The Western Cape Department of Public Works spent R7
million to upgrade the wine cellar
at Elsenburg in 2012 already,” she
said. “The colleges will provide
students with the core skills that
will help the country pay attention
to the most pressing issues in the
agricultural sector,” said JoematPetterson.
The Minister stated that “The
right to food is a basic human right
that is entrenched in our Constitution… and the state must take
reasonable measures within its resources to achieve the progressive
realisation of this right.”
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NOT OVER-EXPOSED Graham Powers addresses a group of students at Dagbreek on Monday for Exposed 2013.
Fighting corruption develops dignity, says Rector
Dagbreek plays host to
anti-corruption event
NICOLE BOUCHER
“C
orruption is a universal reality… It is African and it
is Western, it is of the new
South Africa and of the old South Africa,” Prof. Russel Botman, Rector of
Stellenbosch University, told a crowd
of students at the start of Exposed
2013. Exposed is a global initiative
meant to encourage action against corruption and poverty.
The event took place in the Dagbreek quad on Monday. Graham
Power, chairman of the Power Group
of Companies and founder of the
Unashamedly Ethical movement, and
Hanno Jacobs, HK: Prim at Dagbreek,
also spoke at the event.
“By 2030, this country should
have more critical citizens, more active citizens, and more leaders that
are prepared to do the right thing in
our society,” Botman said. “As we
fight corruption, we begin to change
Deur: Suzaan Potgieter
Foto’s: Franco Theron
poverty, to develop human dignity, to
create a world of human rights and of
democracy. Don’t pay bribes, don’t
take bribes, and blow the whistle on
corruption.”
Over the past year, Stellenbosch
University was faced with problems
of its own involving corruption. The
Stellenbosch University of Sport Performance Institute (SUSPI) suffered
R1 million in financial losses due to
theft or fraud, amongst other allegations. In addition, the former Deputy
Director: Student Fees, Chris De Beer,
was suspended and later resigned after admitting to being guilty of alleged
serious non-compliance with financial
policies and guidelines.
According to Power, 25% of the
continent’s GDP is lost to corruption
every year. He also stated that South
Africa’s ranking has sunk to 69th in
the ranking of 182 most corrupt countries, from being 43rd four years ago.
“25% of every dollar that’s spent on
this continent is lost to corruption,
and of course it’s the poor who suffer
most.”
Jacobs encouraged individuals to
speak out and “make people aware of
the reality out there.”
“The hope of the nation is placed
on our shoulders,” he said, describing the responsibility of young people
as unique. “Stellenbosch, being the
leading university in Africa, I would
like to believe that South Africa is the
blueprint of what is to come in Africa,
and how we can start fighting corruption in an efficient and effective way.”
$148
billion
Dollars are lost to corruption in
Africa annually.
WAT DINK JY?
DO YOU THINK THE MEAT SERVED IN RES IS TAINTED WITH OTHER KINDS OF MEAT?
Matthew McDevitt
Wilandie van der
Westhuizen
Stewart Stein
BA Humanities 1st
year
Skone Kunste
1ste jaar
BRek LLB 1st year
“No, I don’t think so.”
“Nee. Ek dink die vleis is fine.”
“I wouldn’t be surprised.”
Charmonique
Dietrich
Jeanneri Pieterse
Thando Madliwa
Regte 2de jaar
BA Geesteswetenskappe 2de jaar
BA International
Studies 1st year
“Ek weet nie. Ons het al voorheen
vleis gekry wat nie baie vars was
nie.”
“Ek dink die vleis is dodgy. Ek eet altyd
net die hoender oor ek nog altyd bang
was die vleis is perdevleis of iets.”
“Obviously, because they all shop at
the same places and if the shops have
tainted meat then res should also.”
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AKTUEEL
Meesterplan:
US moet eers
eie stoep vee
’N ANALISE DEUR NOEL PILKINGTON
ONS ALMAL, as Maties, is meer
as bewus van al die konstruksie wat
op en rondom kampus ons vreedsame lewens as studente verontrief.
Bo en behalwe dit word die arme
studente van die Lettere- en Wysbegeerte gebou verder verontrief
deur die bose mag van Humarga.
Die Lettere- en Wysbegeerte
gebou lyk soos ʼn hospitaal uit die
60’s. Dit is ongelooflik neerdrukkend om na die plek te kyk; hulle
kan gerus dié gebou oorverf – of
opblaas en heeltemal oorbou. Die
studente sal sekerlik nie omgee om
vir ʼn tydperk op die grasperke klas
te loop nie. Indien absolute anargie
en verwoesting nie so lekker op die
tong van ons hoër bestuur smelt
nie, kan ons ten minste vir nuwe
stoele vra wat nie skree, kreun en
die wette van gravitasie krag verkeerd bewys nie. Ek wil nie my
gewig bevraagteken wanneer ek
op ons geliefde oranje of braakkleurige stoeltjies gaan sit nie.
Die rekenaars in Humarga is
ook ’n probleem wat laasjaar al uitgesorteer moes wees. Die ou rekenaars het aansienlik beter gewerk
as die huidige vertraagde stelsel.
En drukkers: wie het dan nou
werkende drukkers nodig? Ons
kan nie ons daaglikse werk verrig
nie, en dit het vanselfsprekend ʼn
baie negatiewe invloed op ons akademie - wat mens laat wonder waar
jou welstand as student lê op die
universiteit se prioritietslys.
Veiligheid op kampus is nóg ʼn
probleem. Kan ons damestudente
alleen na ure op kampus rondloop?
Is jou betroubare fiets veilig waar
hy staan? Is jy seker dat jy na ’n
laat aand in die Bib weer vir jou
mamma kan sê hoe lief jy haar het?
Die eenvoudige antwoord is:
nee. Teen die einde van 2012 was
die area rondom Banghoekstraat
onveiliger as om ʼn dop in Kayamandi se shebeen te gaan drink
weens die konstruksie van verskeie
nuwe woonstelblokke in die gebied. My eie kar is daar gesteel, en
ek weet ook van seksuele teistering
wat teenoor verskeie dames in die
area gemaak is.
Die boodskap wat ek wil oordra
is die feit dat ons baie geld aan
hierdie instansie jaarliks gee, maar
die omstandighede waarin studeer
word is substandaard. Hoe die universiteit nog 2500 studente wil akkommodeer weet nugter alleen.
Foto: JACO DU PLESSIS
BURNING PASSION The official relaunch of notorious student blog VryeStudent, under new management
and a new name, Bonfiire, took place at Academia Hall last Wednesday as part of the SRc’s MOJO week.
Voedselverskaffer se personeel nie vertroud met stelsel nie
Fedics weer in die sop
CHRISTINE DU KOCK
D
Foto: HELEN SENEKAL
HARLEM SHAKE OUT, GANGNAM BACK IN Students lightened up
campus with a flashmob last week on the Rooiplein.
ie drama rondom kosverskaffing op kampus word verder
voortgesit deur die nuutste
klagtes teen voedselverskaffer Fedics
wat die lig gesien het. Dit volg kort op
die hakke van Fedics se versuim om
Halaal-kos aan Moslem-studente te
verskaf vroeër vanjaar.
Nemesia dameskoshuis se onderprimaria, Mirandi Nel, sê dat hulle
tydens MAD2 vanjaar ’n verskeidenheid probleme met Fedics ervaar het.
Die HK is een oggend in die Verwelkomingstydperk genoodsaak om
self brood en croissants aan eerstejaars, wat taalplasingstoetse moes
skryf, te verskaf nadat Fedics versuim
het om, soos afgespreek, hulle vroeër
te akkommodeer.
Volgens Nel was daar tydens die
Verwelkomingstydperk omtrent nooit
genoeg kos vir almal nie, en indien
daar genoeg kos was, moes hulle amper ’n driekwartuur daarvoor wag.
Verder het Fedics ook eenmaal bloot
van hulle kospakkies vergeet.
“Ek moet bieg – ons het omtrent
mal gegaan op Twitter,” sê Nel. “Die
SR het egter reageer en aangebied om
te help.”
Fedics het daarop reageer dat die
ontbyt deur ’n dieetkundige uitgewerk
is en dat studente aangemoedig word
om nie net die hoofgereg te eet nie,
maar ook die beskikbare bykosse soos
jogurt, roosterbrood, pap en vrugte.
Hulle sê verder dat daar ’n ooreenkoms met die universiteit gesluit is om
etes op vasgestelde tye te voorsien.
Alhoewel daar volgens Fedics probeer
is om ander versoeke te akkommodeer, moes die personeel ook in ag geneem word.
Hulle voer ook aan dat senior studente wat nie vooraf etes bespreek het
nie, veroorsaak het dat daar te min kos
was of dat kos laat bedien is.
Om verdere probleme te vermy,
hou die HK van Nemesia en die
bestuurder van Fedics op ’n maandelikse basis vergaderings waar sulke
kwessies aangespreek word.
Joey Pather, besturende direkteur
by Fedics, sê die besigheid is nog in
die oorgangstadium sedert die nuwe
bestuur in November oorgeneem het.
“Dinge verloop nie so glad soos ons
sou verkies nie, maar ons is amper
daar,” sê hy.
Volgens Pather is die probleem
dat, alhoewel die personeel wat by
die Tienie Louw-saal gewerk het ingevolge Seksie 197 van die Wet op Ar-
beidsverhoudinge hulle poste behou
het, daar geen regulasie is aangaande
die behoud van bestuursposisies nie.
Toe Fedics as voedselverskaffers
oorgeneem het, moes hulle dus nuwe
bestuurspersoneel aanstel wat nie
bekend is met die stelsel nie.
“Ons probeer egter nie verskonings
maak is vir die probleme wat die studente met ons het nie – inteendeel, ons
verwag dat ons personeel op standaard
moet funksioneer, ongeag die omstandighede,” sê Pather.
“Ons verwelkom hierdie terugvoer
en dit sal aangewend word om die
dienslewering by Fedics te verbeter.”
Fedics is sedert 2007 die voedselverskaffer by Metanoia, maar is
eers November verlede jaar gekontrakteer by Wilgenhof, Minerva, Nerina, Lydia, Irene en die Tienie Louwsaal.
Stefan Ferreira, primarius van
Metanoia, sê dat hulle geen probleme
met Fedics het nie, en dat hulle probleme in die verlede nog altyd baie vinnig aangespreek is.
Volgens Pieter Kloppers, Direkteur: Sentrum vir Studentegemeenskappe, is die probleem dat studente al
hulle klagtes op publieke forums en in
sosiale media lig, in plaas van om die
regte kanale te volg.
5
CURRENT AFFAIRS
INTERKAMPUS | INTER CAMPUS
- Karl Kemp
Potch water runs dry
STUDENTS of the North West
University, Potchefstroom campus,
were sent home last Thursday due
to the escalating water crisis in the
area and its surroundings. Kiewiet
Scheppel, campus spokesman, attributed the ceasing of classes to
the need to allow the reservoirs
time to fill with water.
“We don’t want to take any
health risks,” he said. According to
Potchefstroom municipal spokesman Willie Maphosa, problems
arose because pumps and valves
at the water treatment plant were
poorly regulated and reservoirs ran
dry.
News website ewn.co.za reported on Sunday that “a team was
working around the clock to fully
restore water.”
“The office of the municipal
manager has established a team
that is working on that. They will
be submitting a report on their findings, on what exactly caused the
problem,” said municipal spokesperson Thabo Khupari.
Two hits for AfriForum
AFRIFORUM Youth reached a settlement with the University of Pretoria last week Monday to reduce
the admission fee to Varsity Cup
rugby matches at home. According to an official press release, the
admission fee has dropped to R30
from R50.
A thousand free tickets were
also donated to the students for
the match against Maties that same
day, which Tuks went on to lose
18 – 16. A similar agreement was
reached for their clash with Wits on
Monday.
Barend Taute, chairperson
of the Tuks branch of Afriforum
Youth, has encouraged students to
take advantage of the settlement
benefits: “Students can now support the Varsity Cup rugby series
with pride again.”
Other aspects of the settlement
include a new centralised point
from which students can purchase
their match tickets, the previous
online system having necessitated
a credit card, and a long term plan
involving sponsors First National
Bank and Steinhoff to ensure lower
ticket prices in 2014.
AfriForum Jeug also triumphed
on Potch campus last week, having
reached an agreement with Jason
Mfusi, leader of ANC affiliated political youth group SASCO (South
African Students Congress), North
West University branch.
AfriForum Jeug had instituted a
case of hate-speech against him last
month following a post on his Facebook wall that read “a good boer
is a dead boer” that led to significant student outcry.
Mfusi has been provisionally
suspended from his residence in
the meawhile.
The human rights commission
of the university decided that the
statement was “indeed hate-speech
and of a racist nature.”
Mfusi has thus composed an
apology and admitted in writing
that he deeply regrets his statement,
encouraging other South African
not to make the same mistake, that
he had no right to cause such emotional pain to other communities,
and that he as a leader of SASCO, a
student at the NWU and a citizen of
South Africa does not want to play
a counter-productive role.
DUT joins trend, strikes
THE DURBAN University of
Technology (DUT) has suspended
classes following claims of intimidation and disruptions to lectures,
the institution said last Thursday.
The protest was initially peaceful
but turned sour as staff members
“invaded” lectures to “threaten”
students.
The unions are demanding a 13
percent increase in wages. DUT is
offering a six percent general wage
increase and a 1.5 percent increase
in benefits.
Unions include National Education Health and Allied Workers Union, the National Tertiary
Education Union (NTEU) of South
Africa, and the Tertiary Employees
National Union of South Africa.
Foto: MARI LOUW
“POLITIEK IS ’N ROEPING, NIE ’N BEROEP NIE.” Studente kon De Klerk pols oor sy politieke sienings verlede Vrydag.
FVZS bring groot name na kampus vir informele gesprekke
Diskoers Kafee geloods
JACO DU PLESSIS
D
IE FREDERIK van Zyl Slabbert Instituut vir Leierskap en
Ontwikkeling het met ‘n nuwe
inisiatief meegebring dat studente
die voorreg gehad het om informele
gesprekke met Tony Leon, voormalige
leier van die DA, en F.W. de Klerk,
oud-president van Suid-Afrika, op
kampus te voer.
Die gesprekke, gehuisves deur
die instituut en aangebied onder die
vaandel van Diskoers Kafee, het op 19
Februarie en 1 Maart in die Botaniese
Tuin in Neethlingstraat plaasgevind.
Marnus Havenga, oud-SR lid en
hooforganiseerder van die Diskoers
Kafee-inisiatief by die FVZS-instituut, sê die doel van die projek is om
die ontbytgesprekke wat die instituut
in die verlede aangebied het voort te
sit, en om “voortdurend geleenthede
te skep waar studente in gesprek met
van Suid-Afrika se voorste denkleiers
kan tree”.
Na aanleiding van die eerste twee
sessies van die projek het Havenga
»
“...studente het laat
weet dat die gesprekke
as hoogtepunte van hul
tyd op Stellenbosch tel”
opgemerk dat die instituut “ongelooflike positiewe” terugvoer van beide
studente en die eregaste ontvang het.
“Menigte studente het laat weet dat
die gesprekke as hoogtepunte van hul
tyd op Stellenbosch tel, en beide mnre.
Leon en De Klerk het ook te kenne hoe
baie hulle hul besoeke geniet het, en
hoe beïndruk hul met die vlak van
gesprekvoering was.”
Havenga is geheimsinnig oor toekomstige eregaste van die Diskoers
Kafee-gesprekke, maar het gesê dat
“verskeie groot name, uit alle sfere
van die Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing,
gereed staan om die Universiteit van
Stellenbosch te besoek en in gesprek
met studente te tree.”
Studente wat belangstel om een
van die gesprekke by te woon, sal volgens Havenga ‘n kort motivering moet
skryf waarvan die mees innoverendes
met ’n uitnodiging beloon sal word.
“Inligting van wie kampus gaan
besoek en hoe mens aansoek kan doen,
sal deurgaans op die FVZS-instituut
se sosiale media platforms deurgegee
word.”
Video footage of De Klerk
speaking at Diskoers Kafee
available at diematie.com
Three Maties to attend G20 in Russia
GRETCHEN DIETZ
Photo: FRANCO THERON
KYK DASO The Demoractic Alliance Student Organisation opened
the year in the Neelsie cinema on 26 Feb. Read more on page 2.
STELLENBOSCH University is
sending three representatives to participate in the G20 Youth Forum in St.
Petersburg, Russia, this April. Students Emma Johannes and Sandy Majola, and young lecturer in economics,
cating their understanding of the social initiatives linked to the ideals of
G20, as well as the applicant’s eagerness to relay this experience back into
the Stellenbosch union.
Following a set of specific criteria,
a shortlist was drawn from over fourty
applicants, from which three were
decided upon by the Rector’s office
teraction with like-minded individuals, I hope to be become more aware
of my role as a South African in the
world arena, and as a leader of our
generation.”
South Africa is the only African
nation involved in the G20, and Malindi, Johannes and Majola will be
accompanied by representatives from
KHOLEKILE MALINDI
EMMA JOHANNES
SANDY MAJOLA
Kholekile Malindi, will represent the
university in the largest international
organisation for young leaders of
2013.
In response to the invite received
from the Youth Forum organisers, dr
Leslie van Rooi, head of the Institute
for Student Leadership Development
in the office of Student Affairs, opened
application for Stellenbosch students
and young lecturers.
Applicants were asked to motivate
their petition for involvement by indi-
based on merit and motivation.
The original Group of Twenty
(G20) was formed to encourage international cooperation on global
economic issues. The purpose of the
Youth Conference is thus to discuss
global problems on the G20 agenda
by establishing a cultural dialogue
amongst young candidates from 200
top universities around the world.
“I expect to learn more about leadership and what it means to be a global
citizen” said Johannes. “Through in-
UCT and Wits.
Those participating hope to utilise
their individual experiences in improving upon the position of South
Africa relative to the rest of the world.
Malindi’s hopes to incorporate
the G20 Youth Forum into his teaching “with the goal of ensuring the
University’s continued production of
graduates that are able to compete at
an international level and become the
champions of our continent’s developmental agenda.”
6
STUDENTELEWE
Jeanie Rudolph beskryf Matie-wees as ’n blinde
Kampus
Kombuis
Ervaar klas deur ander oë
LOUZEL LOMBARD
JEANIE RUDOLPH
EIERTJIE-IN-SY-NESSIE
Bestanddele:
1 sny brood
Botter
’n Paar snye tamatie
¼ koppie gerasperde kaas
1 eier
Sout en peper
Foto: VERSKAF
Metode:
1. Smeer jou broodjie met botter.
2. Pak die snye tamatie in ’n
netjiese kring op die brood.
3. Gooi sout en peper na smaak.
4. Sit die gerasperde kaas óp die
tamatie. Pak die kaas ook in ’n
kring en sorg dat jy ’n gaatjie in die
middel van die broodjie maak.
5. Breek die eier versigtig in dié
gaatjie.
6. Sout en peper na smaak.
7. Steek ’n gaatjie in die eiergeel om
te verhoed dat dit bars in jou mikrogolfoond.
8. Mikrogolf vir +/- 2min (afhangende van jou mikrogolfoond), of net tot
die eier gaar is. Moet nie jou eiertjiein-sy-nessie oorgaar maak nie!
Gee dit ’n rukkie om af te koel voor
jy inspring en smul.
A
lle eerstejaars word gekonfronteer met ’n vreesaanjaende tree
in die onbekende wanneer hul
reg maak vir universiteitslewe. Jou
broek beef en jou knieë klap van vrees,
hoeveel te meer vir ’n blinde student!
Ek het my skoolloopbaan voltooi
aan Pionierskool in Worcester. In
my matriekjaar was ons net dertien
matrieks. Kan jy jou indink om van so
’n klein omgewing te moet inskakel by
’n groot universiteit, waar jy klas wissel in verskillende geboue en meestal
oor paaie moet loop van klas na klas?
Uiters stresvol vir iemand wat nie kan
sien nie!
Maar, soos my wyse wiskundeonderwyser gesê het: “Jy pas by die
wêreld aan, nie die wêreld by jou nie.”
Die braillekantoor op kampus is ’n
lewensredder, waar studiewerk toeganklik gemaak word vir ons groepie.
Hier verwerk hulle ons studie “slides”
sodat ons dit op rekenaars kan lees.
Ons gebruik spraakprogrammatuur
wat alles op die skerm lees. Dit kan
egter nie “powerpoint slides” en
sekere PDF’s lees nie.
Ons moet ons roetes op kampus
aanleer en, as ons wel verdwaal, maar
die trots sluk en aanwysings vra. Ek
het my gidshond, Bijou, eers in my
tweedejaar gekry, en moes voorheen
die paaie van Stellenbosch met ’n wit
kierie en ’n bevreesde uitdrukking
aanpak.
Gidshonde reageer op sekere opdragte, soos “soek die deur; soek die
trap; gaan regs;” ensovoorts. Slegs
die eienaar mag opdragte vir die honde
gee, want dit is belangrik vir die eienaar se veiligheid dat die hond vir hom
alleen luister.
Gidshonde is mal oor aandag, maar
moet met rus gelaat word wanneer
hulle werk.
Dit is belangrik dat mense dit weet,
want anders kry die hond raas as sy
ongehoorsaam is. Al krimp my hart
soms ineen, moet ek streng wees.
Ek sal enige tyd toelaat dat iemand
Bijou streel, mits hul vra. Ek laat haar
dan sit en verstaan dat sy nie meer
werk nie en maar oulik mag wees.
’n Hond bly maar ’n hond en dit
het al gebeur dat iemand Bijou naby
’n pad roep. As ek nie kophou nie, sal
sy my in gevaar stel en agter hul aan
loop.
Dit is wonderlik dat die universiteit toeganklik is vir blinde studente
sodat ons ’n goeie opvoeding kan kry
en ook eendag ’n goeie werk. Daar is
verstommend baie gestremdes op ons
kampus; baie meer as wat ek gedink
het. Wat ’n spesiale voorreg om ’n
blinde Matie te kan wees!
stasie gemik bly op ons teikenmark en
hoe hulle graag hul naweke spandeer,”
vertel die programbestuurder, Michael
Bossenger.
Die nuwe programlys word ingelui
met Homegrown, wat elke Saterdag
tussen 17:00 en 19:00 is. Hier kry jy
die heel beste plaaslike musiek. Die
program sluit ook onderhoude met
plaaslike kunstenaars in.
Net na dit is Crossfade aan die
beurt. In hierdie dansprogram beloof
MFM om jou in die bui te kry vir ’n
prettige aand uit. Crossfade is tot
21:00 aan die gang en van 21:00 tot
00:00 vermaak The Big Party jou met
al die nuutste en gewildste items op
die treffersparade.
Aanhangers van house musiek kan
inskakel tussen 00:00 en 03:00 vir
House Warming, vir die beste musiek
in hierdie genre. MFM het sedert Januarie ook vier nuwe voltydse aanbieders aangestel.
Aansoeke vir nog nuwe radioaanbieders is nou oop vir almal wat
belangstel om deel te word van die
MFM-span. Aansoekvorms kan afgehaal word by MFM se kantoor, bo in
die Neelsie. Aansoeke sluit 11 Maart
om 17:00. Vir meer inligting, stuur ’n
epos na HR@mfm.sun.ac.za.
Tutoring can teach you
MFM spog met ’n nuwe “move”
a thing or two, too
SIMONÉ DU TOIT
HESMARI GREYVENSTEIN
STELLENBOSCH societies leave
students with many options for getting
involved and making a difference. The
Funda Fundisa Society is no exception, and gives volunteers a chance
to teach others and learn something
about themselves in the process.
Where many other societies rely
on cash donations,
Funda Fundisa gives
you a chance to get
involved by tutoring
school children. It recruits voluntary tutors
who go to Kayamandi
once a week to tutor
the matric learners
at Kayamandi High
School.
On Tuesdays, the
tutoring group goes
out to teach History
and Life Sciences,
on Wednesdays they
help out with Mathematics, while
Thursdays are dedicated to English
tutoring. Being given such an opportunity is a great eye-opener. Transport
is provided and the bus leaves the
MGD parking bay at 14:00, returning with the students at 16:00. Those
two hours with the students, in their
environment, working with what they
have to offer, is the most magnificent
experience.
Walking in to that classroom on
the first day, there are looks of scepticism. Yet, it opens your heart. Before you know it, you are sitting with
a group of students who willingly
choose to work with you. Ending up
with a group of boys at the table could
be a bit intimidating at the beginning.
Yet, it turns out to be an incredible
relationship-building exercise. They
become comfortable and open; treating you with respect, even when running in to one another outside schoolhours in a public place. Contact details
are exchanged and new friends are
made.
For those who think this may
only be a few weeks of tutoring and
STELLENBOSCH se eie radiostasie,
MFM 92.6, het dié jaar volstoom aan
die werk gespring, met vier splinternuwe naweekprogramme wat in Januarie afgeskop het.
MFM beoog om deur middel van
hierdie programme meer spesifiek te
fokus op die Stellenbosch gemeenskap en plaaslike gebeure. “Ek is bitter opgewonde oor die veranderinge
wat aangebring is. Ek glo dis belangrik dat ons groei en ons naweekprogram ontwikkel. Dit verseker dat die
Photo: SUPPLIED
then never seeing them again, you’re
wrong.
The mutual enjoyment and respect
rise to such a level that not only do the
students share a lot with their tutors,
but the tutors are given the privilege
of being invited to school events. At
first it may be a soccer game here, or
a play there, but eventually, they are
invited to attend the ultimate day – the
Valedictory.
This experience is not to be missed.
Although sign up day has closed, there
is always an opportunity to take part
and join in. Simply email the society
at fundafundisa@sun.ac.za for more
information on how to become part of
this opportunity of a life time.
Foto: VERSKAF
eksmaakdit
WILANDRI BASSON
“THIS restaurant has an identity crisis” was overheard at the latest addition to the Stellenbosch dining scene:
Oppie Dorp Restaurant and Wine
Bar. This statement proved to be very
true in more ways than one. At first
glance, everything about Oppie Dorp
seems in place; a beautiful venue in
Dorp Street, cleverly decorated table
settings and a large sign pronouncing the name of the restaurant. But
one gets the feeling that Oppie Dorp
is not too sure about the image they
want to attach to the restaurant.
The dramatic and formal approach
1. IMAGINE DRAGONS - RADIOACTIVE
2. TWIN ATLANTIC - YES, I WAS DRUNK
3.MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP
4. KONGOS - HEY I DON’T KNOW
5. RUDIMENTAL- NOT GIVING IN
6. SKRILLEX - MAKE IT BUN DEM FT. DAMIAN MARLEY
7. ASAP ROCKY - PROBLEMS FT. DRAKE, 2 CHAINZ & KENDRICK LAMAR
8. ROSS JACK - DELUSIONS FT. CHIANOSKY
9. THE LUMINEERS - HO HEY
10 SEAN KINGSTON - RUM & RAYBANS
taken on by the manager makes Oppie Dorp seem like a fine dining restaurant and one expects to find great
service, excellent food and high,
Oppie Dorp
un-student-like prices. This does not The Carpaccio is a bit overpowerring true for Oppie Dorp. The waiters ing, but can easily be removed. The
and waitresses are casually dressed sirloin steak is cooked to perfection
in short dresses and t-shirts with fun- and served with a peppercorn sauce.
ny slogans on. Once the menu is pro- All the main dishes are served with
duced, one
vegetables and
your
choice
is shocked
of
potatoes
to find it
or salad. The
lacking
lamb shoulder
the
most
is also a must
important
try, cooked to
part of any
a point where
menu for a
it
literally
student –
falls off the
the prices
bone. The porof the dishtions are large,
es. Howwhich any stuever,
the
Photos: FRANCO THERON
dent will apdishes on
preciate.
the menu
A good option for a starter is the
seem interesting enough and the
calamari served with lemon butter
menu is kept small, which is good.
The wine list is a collection of ex- and tartar sauce. Also give the campensive and cheaper wines and one embert a try. The camembert is coatcould have all of them by the glass. ed in sesame seeds, oven baked and
Quite disappointing was the fact that then served with cranberry sauce,
the wine was warm when brought out fresh fruit and home baked bread.
– without any warning from the wait- The special of the day for dessert was
ress. Not a good sign for a restaurant a crème brûlée and tiramisu - a firm
that claims it is a wine bar as well. favourite with most people.
Oppie Dorp is not your typical
The food, however, is delicious. A
main meal ranges from R80 to R120, student hang-out, but give it a go for
but be sure to ask the price before you a romantic dinner or when the parenorder if you are dining on a budget. tals come to town.
Oppie Dorp is open from MonThe chicken breast filled with feta
and spinach and wrapped in Spring- days to Fridays and on Sundays as
bok Carpaccio is a winner. The Dijon well. On Saturdays they open at 5pm.
mustard and coconut sauce served Call them on 021 883 3889.
with it is an appetizing combination.
7
STUDENT LIFE
Majuba and Serruria claim victory at Molassesêr
Sing it sweet like sugar
MIA CONRADIE
T
PLAYING DRESS-UP Another Gradex quad-party went down with a
bang on the 20th of February. The theme was “what the hell happened?!” and party-goers went all out.
Photos: GABRIELLE KRUGER
he Molassesêr Finals took place
on Friday 22 February at the
Klein Libertas Theatre. Pieke,
Majuba, Huis Visser and Huis Marais
made it to the finals, as well as Nerina,
Serruria, Heemstede and Huis Francie. Majuba and Serruria walked away
with the trophies, while Huis Francie
and Huis Visser came in at a close second and Heemstede and Pieke grabbed
third place for the women’s and men’s
categories respectively.
Apart from the prescribed song,
Ain’t no rest for the wicked, Taylor
Swift seemed to be a big hit, with
Trouble and We are never ever getting
back together appearing as favourites numerous times. The ‘Herotoons’
theme came across really well and the
audience caught some
glimpses of Hulk, Spiderman, Superman
and the Powerpuff
Girls, amongst others.
First
up
was
Heemstede,
who
claimed that they
“don’t need no education” and that they
“need a hero”, which
seemed a common
desire as Serruria also
sang that they need a hero. A line
worth remembering from Heemstede
was “Wil jy dalk ’n Matie hê? JA Russell, JA!”
Huis Marais hit the nail on the head
when they claimed Stellenbosch to be
a place “Waar
jy graad kry
voor jy parkering kry”.
Serruria, as
the Powerpuff
Girls,
sported some
great actresses. Judging
by this talent,
they’re sure
to rock the
stage during
Toneelfees later this year.
Majuba, the winning gentlemen,
had an awesome and original theme.
The working-class heroes were extremely enthusiastic and even surprised us with their rendition of Justin Bieber’s Baby. Nerina was full of
life and energy and even handed their
numbers over to the judges during Call
me maybe. Huis Visser’s costumes
will not be forgotten by any viewers
soon; they really went the extra mile,
looking like the Joker from Batman.
Pieke has been prominent in Mo-
Photos: HELEN SENEKAL
lassesêr every year, and this year was
no disappointment. The only awkward insert was a Blue Bulls flag on
one performer’s back – a sure way to
anger the local Stomers’ fans. Huis
Francie ended the show as “Smooth
Criminals” and came across as funny
convicts quoting Pitch Perfect. It was
a very entertaining show to watch and
the standard of performance was high.
Everyone was enthusiastic, audible,
original and funny, which is what the
audience wants when watching Molasseser.
The audience was full of life, too
and each res or PSO cheered on their
sêr. Some of the viewers had opinions
they wanted to deliver after the show.
One first year could only say, “Majuba
was so hot!” while her friend noted
that each sêr did original interpretations of the prescribed song. A third
year said he “loved the way they all
interacted with the audience.”
The judges had a tough job deciding between 8 great performances, but
in the end Majuba and Serruria deserved their wins.
Pitch-In en SIC gee jou idees vlerke
MIEKE VLOK
SKRIK jy in die middel van die nag
wakker met ʼn wilde idee vir ʼn nuwe
besigheid? Of het jy dalk nog altyd ʼn
plan gehad om miljoene te maak, en al
wat jy kort is iemand om na jou idee
te luister?
Maties wat groot droom hoef nie
meer hulle idees vir hulself te hou nie,
want twee geleenthede op kampus
bied nou vir studente die kans om hul
idee ʼn realiteit te maak. Tussen deur
die Stellenbosch Idea Competition
(SIC) en Pitch-In, kan Maties spoedig
hul middernagtelike idees ʼn werklikheid maak.
SIC gee aan studente met groot
planne die kans om hul besigheidsidee
voor te lê en om hul deel van R100 000
in die sak te steek. Of jy ʼn kop vir besigheid het of kan woel agter die rekenaarskerm, SIC het iets vir jou.
As jy die gawe van oorreding agter
jou naam het, kan jy die Stellenbosch
Square winkelsentrum help om meer
voete na hul sentrum te lok. Dié wat
met banksake kan woel, kan die kom-
plekse vraag probeer oplos van “Hoe
vind ʼn mens deesdae finansiering?”
Maties wat tegnologies myle vooruit
is, kan inskryf vir die Android-app
kompetisie en die aanlyn-wêreld
probeer verander, terwyl innoverende
studente wat graag probleme oplos ʼn
produk of diens kan ontwikkel wat
Suid-Afrika se primêre- en sekondêre
onderwysstelsel kan verbeter.
Enige idees is welkom en ʼn reeks
werkswinkels sal kandidate help om
hul idees se funksionaliteit te toets.
Die spreker by SIC se openingseremonie, dr. Edwin Hertzog, het Maties met
die raad gelos dat “geen idee ooit so
goed is dat dit nie verbeter kan word
nie”.
Kampus bied ʼn tweede geleentheid
vir jong entrepreneurs om hul drome ʼn
realiteit te maak, deur Pitch-In se ideesessies, waar studente hul idees voor
ʼn paneel kenners kan kom voorlê. Die
jaar se eerste sessie, op Vrydag 22
Februarie, het studente die kans gegee om planne te pitch en groot name
in die industrie se terugvoer daarop
te hoor. Die idees het gewissel van
apps wat ontwikkel word om studies
te verbeter, tot planne vir watertenke
op golfbane en melk wat grootmaat in
kanne verkoop word.
Die bekende Charles Maisel, ʼn
voorloper op die gebied van entrepreneurskap, het studente gehelp om
hulle idees te ontwikkel saam met
Shaun Lindbergh en Mike Smit, self
twee spesialiste op die gebied van innovasie. Antonio Cicioni het met die
R2000 prysgeld weggestap vir sy oorspronklike tandeborsel met ingeboude
tandepasta.
Pitch In is ʼn studente-inisiatief en
is deur Matt Pretorius, Justus Luttig
en Justin Groep op die been gebring.
Volgens Pretorius wil hulle graag die
sessies meer gereeld begin aanbied om
so veel as moontlik blootstelling aan
jong entrepreneurs te gee.
Studente wat nog slim idees het
wat net wag om ontwikkel te word,
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Hou Pitch In se blaaie dop vir hulle
volgende idee-sessie en sorg dat jou
miljoen-rand-idee voor 8 April die
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STUDENTELEWE
Sophia Maria Louw
HIPSTER
MUSINGS
HIPSTER this. Hipster that. The end
of 2012 saw the birth of the obsession with the “hipster”. It seems that
everything that is not considered
mainstream has been labelled as “hipster”. TV shows like Girls introduced
us to the eloquent and quirky shores
of Brooklyn and Williamsburg alike.
Their neo-bohemian lifestyle has created a phenomenon that we are all (secretly) dying to have a taste of. Part
of the fascination surrounding this
subculture is the
mystique
of
their fashion
sense.
If you find
Wes
Anderson’s films irrational and bizarre, think that
McSweeney’s
is an American
candy bar and
feel that capitalism is pretty
great, you’re
probably not
a true hipster,
but that doesn’t
mean that you
can’t take some
fashion advice
from them. To
be an authentic hipster, you
need to battle
it to the front
of the pack and
lay claim to the bleeding edge of the
fashion avant-garde – which is easier
said than done.
First of all, be willing to dress a
tad unorthodox. It’s not really about
what you wear as much as how you
wear it. Apart from the basic hipster
apparel like rolled shorts and buttoned
up collar shirts, accessorising properly
will propel you into the universe of the
non-conformist.
Rock over-the-top accessories like
thick scarves (your year round go-
to accessory), chunky jewellery and
headscarves, with more understated
basics like denim shirts and canvas
bags. Patterned leggings are also a
must-have for dressing out of the box,
as seen on the prefall runway of
Chanel and the
pins of Alexa
Chung.
One of the
most appealing
characteristics
about the “hipster” trend is
that it does not
draw
distinct
lines between
male and female. The more
androgynous,
the better.
For
girls,
wear
baggy
shirts, cardigans
and jerseys anything from
Calvin Klein to
your granddad’s
vintage
stock
will
suffice.
Layer them over
high-waisted, cut-up denim shorts,
encrusted with spikes and studs. Top
it off with a pair of brogues or dirty
All Stars to achieve that “I look effortlessly fabulous” attitude.
As for the boys, adopt a more tailored look than the default shorts and
t-shirt and wear well-fitted collared
shirts or ironic (are they really?) deep
V-neck shirts with obscure band logos.
Combine these with colourful shorts,
flannel trousers or skinny jeans and
“velskoene”. And for crying out loud,
roll up those pants! A demure flash of
the ankle is enough to get bloggers
fluttering around you like paparazzi.
Designers the world over have taken notice of this emerging trend. By
far the most impressive attempt to reel
in the hipsters from across the Brooklyn Bridge is Marc Jacobs’ Spring/
Summer 2013 campaign.
Jacobs has combined his trademark chaos, colours and grit into a
visual spectacular which is essentially
a parody itself.
In essence, dressing like a hipster
and being a hipster are two very different things. If anything, however,
this trend shows the importance of being yourself and expressing yourself
through the art of dressing. Hipsters
have that unique and enviable je ne
sais quoi that makes them stay ahead
of the trends while honouring their individuality.
And for those die-hard try-hards,
don’t forget your vintage camera, handlebar moustache and recycled iPhone
cover.
You’ll fit in quite nicely with the
Matie cycle initiative.
Photos: SOPHIA LOUW
the
music
supplement
Compiled by: Lindsay Kruger
Graphics: Hugo Minnaar
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6 March 2013
SUPPLEMENT
A brief history of modern music
Since the 1900s, music has been continuously developing and changing; breaking new artistic and experimental boundaries. Over the past century,
there have been some interesting and some breakthrough moments in modern music, making the music industry what it is today.
1912
The first electrically amplified guitar is played on, but it
takes 6 years af terwards for it to be picked up again.
1944
Frank Sinatra breaks onto the scene as the
world’s first pop star.
1955
Lit tle Richard releases Tutti Frutti and
becomes the headliner for the movement of
rock and roll music.
1959
Af ter South African authorities revoke her passport, Miriam Makeba becomes a
huge celebrity in the US where she introduces African music.
The Birth of Rock
1932
Jazz becomes popular as a music style as the Original Dixieland
Jazz Band releases the first ever jazz recordings.
Romantic Era
1917
1970
Jimmy Page forms one of the greatest rock bands of
all time, Led Zeppelin.
Paul McCartney leaves the tension-filled Beatles to embark on a career solo and with his new band.
1975
The first pop video, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, is
released.
1980
The unnaturally high-pitched singing ability of Brian Johnson joins AC/DC.
2000
Elton John performs the biggest-selling single of all time,
Candle in the Wind, live for the first and last time.
Various musical tragedies mark 2011: the death of Amy Winehouse, REM
of ficially breaks up, and Rebecca Black releases Friday.
Rocket 88 becomes the first recognised rock record, recorded by sa xophonist/vocalist Jackie Brenston.
1956
Elvis Presley’s unique dance moves on his second television
appearance gives him the nickname of “Elvis the Pelvis”.
1960
A young, unknown boy band named The Beatles has
their first photo shoot at a German fairground.
1966
Guitar hero Jimi Hendrix tours the UK with his band
and transforms the world of decent guitar playing.
1969
Dark Side of the Moon, released by progressive rock group
Pink Floyd, spends over 14 years on the Billboard chart.
1977
Shimmying in disco music, Saturday Night Fever is
released worldwide.
1986
Nirvana releases Smells Like Teen Spirit and redefines the
genre of grunge.
1996
Tupac Shakur is shot dead and leaves a timeless gap
in the rapper community.
1998
2003
The Era of Everything
2011
Three Six Mafia win an Oscar, the Arctic Monkeys
make the fastest-selling debut ever, and High School
Musical is released, all in the same year.
1951
Britney Spears wears pigtails as she becomes a pop
legend with her release ...Baby One More Time.
Coldplay redefines British mainstream rock with their first top 5 hit, Yellow,
and Daf t Punk release one of the best dance anthems ever, One More Time.
2006
Nat King Cole reluctantly becomes
one of the most beloved baritones in
jazz history.
1991
Grunge & Pop
1997
1937
The first rap-metal song is unleashed: Walk This Way, a collaboration between Run-DMC and Aerosmith's Steve Tyler
and Joe Perry.
Whitney Houston beats The Beatles for
the most consecutive US number 1 hit
singles, and Bob Dylan begins a tour that
has never really ended.
REM reaches the height of their success when
Everybody Hurts is released for every sad person
George Gershwin's famous concerto Rhapsody in Blue is performed in
New York, and marks a significant merging of jazz and classical music.
1973
1988
1992
1924
In this year, Jim Morrison exposes himself on stage, the Woodstock festival creates history, and Black Sabbath brings the world heav y metal.
Disco Inferno
1968
Eric Clapton, an already worshipped guitarist, reaches
his height of prominence when “Clapton is God” is
spray-painted in an underground station.
British Invasion
1965
18-year-old blues singer Bessie Smith is
discovered, who later becomes famous for
being the first musical diva.
Beyoncé ventures out as a single lady releasing her first solo album and OutKast releases
the anthem of the year, Hey Ya!.
2008
Lady Gaga is let loose into the music world.
2012
Whitney Houston dies, Gangnam Style becomes the
greatest dance song and strangest music video ever,
Call Me Maybe becomes the new desperate girl’s
ringtone, and Adele wins 6 Grammy awards. The music
industry is definitely going places.
SUPPLEMENT
6 March 2013
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What is music?
M
usic bombards our nearly everyday
experience yet we rarely take the
time to stop and wonder what music
actually is or how it works.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary,
music is defined as “the art of combining vocal
or instrumental sounds in a pleasing way” (but
according to some of today’s standards of music, not all of it is pleasing). Nonetheless, it is
generally agreed upon that music, as a subsection of the performing arts, is a medium of sound,
created to entertain, and plays an integral role in
many cultures.
Music can be broken down into having 5 basic elements: pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tone quality and texture. The production of these elements
through vocal or instrumental
sound (or both) gives birth to
a harmonic piece of melody.
Music spreads across different
genres, from Nicki Minaj to
Philip Glass, and can range
from being an organized
composition to a more aleatoric work (like a lot of the
music found in scores for
Spielberg movies).
When we hear a song,
various areas of the brain kick into action. Our frontal and temporal lobes
process the sounds, while lyrics activate
the language areas of the brain. Other re-
actions happen in the visual cortex as we try to
“picture” the song; the motor cortex as we head
bang; and the cerebellum as we try to figure out
what will happen next.
It has been proven that music has a very
particular effect on the human brain
and especially on human emotions. When someone listens to a particular piece
of music, depending on
those 5 basic elements, it
has the ability to release
tons of endorphins, allow
us to recall certain memories, and even boost the immune system, among other
things.
Not all music, however, is good (and I don’t
just mean Justin Bieber). Numerous studies have
shown that, while it still has a positive effect on
mental health, music can also affect emotions
negatively. Depending on the frequency that it’s
listened to, music (especially today’s popular
music) with the more questionable lyrics can create channels in our minds and patterns of thinking and can actually become detrimental to one’s
outlook on life.
Even so, it can be unanimously confirmed
that music is an inescapable and mostly wonderful aspect of human life. In the words of notorious philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, “Without
music, life would be a mistake.”.
THE TOP 10 GREATEST OF ALL TIME...
SONGS
1. Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone
Released in 1965, this 6 minute long folk-rock masterpiece revolutionised rock music at the time and made Dylan stand out as a lyrical and musical genius.
2. The Rolling Stones, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Britney Spears famously covered this song in 2000, and the classic rock hit still
lives on as having one of the greatest opening guitar riffs ever.
3. John Lennon, Imagine
As the best-selling single of Lennon’s career, Imagine skilfully combines plain
chords with plain lyrics to produce the most renowned anthem for world peace.
4. Marvin Gaye, What's Going On
A song which also calls for world peace, this 70s soul tune has been coveted as a
song of the century and is continuously covered for various charity benefits.
5. Aretha Franklin, Respect
Written by Otis Redding and sung by the Queen of Soul, the 60s power hit is still
played today and used as a celebration of feminism.
MUSIC ARTISTS
1. The Beatles
With over 2 billion albums sold and songs that go down
in history, there should be no doubt that the four British boys
top many lists as being the greatest musicians ever.
2. Bob Dylan
At the rocking age of 71, this smoothsinging indie icon has been making music for over 50 years and doesn’t seem to
be letting up anytime soon.
3. Elvis Presley
Having recorded 711 songs and starred in 31 films, Elvis Presley will
always be remembered as a music icon that changed a generation.
4. The Rolling Stones
This legendary rock and roll band has just celebrated
their 50 year anniversary and boasts sales of over 200 million albums worldwide to date.
5. Chuck Berry
Renowned for his signature guitar solos and
unique showmanship, Chuck Berry is one of the
best known pioneers of rock and roll music.
6. The Beach Boys, Good Vibrations
This psychedelic pop song took over 6 months to complete and eventually reached
number one on 5 worldwide charts, changing the view of rock and roll music.
6. Jimi Hendrix
Playing guitar behind his back, playing with his teeth and setting it on fire;
a few trademarks this iconic guitar hero will
always be remembered for.
7. Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode
One of Berry’s most famous tunes, the autobiographical, 2 and a half minute song
has been covered by over 100 artists and stands out as one of the most recognizable
songs in music history.
8. The Beatles, Hey Jude
The 1968, 7 minute long ballad written by Paul McCartney has sold over 8 million
copies and continues to be appreciated as one of the greatest Beatles songs ever written.
9. Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit
Smells Like Teen Spirit was expected to be a failure but the grunge anthem from the
90s band is hailed as one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
10. Ray Charles, What'd I Say
As one of the supreme songs to influence rock and roll, this 2 part impromptu single
was the closing of all of Charles’ concerts since 1959.
7. James Brown
One of the famous fathers of funk, James
Brown made some of the greatest albums and singles
and holds the record for having charted the most singles on the
Billboard Hot 100.
8. Little Richard
Having inspired the likes of Bob Dylan
and James Brown, Little Richard is still playing his
famous R&B music, gearing up for his 65th year of performing.
9. Aretha Franklin
Marked as the most celebrated singer of all time, this soulful singing lady
is best known for having the catchiest feminist anthem as well as 20 number
one singles.
10. Ray Charles
Together with 62 albums, 127 singles and an Oscar award-winning biopic under his belt, Ray Charles is honoured as one of the most talented musicians.
MUSIC-THEMED MOVIES
1. Woodstock (1970)
Precisely as the title says, this 3 hour long
documentary follows the 1969 legendary music
festival and features acts by Janis Joplin, Jimi
Hendrix, The Who and more.
2. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
The black-and-white mockumentary marks
The Beatles’ first and most influential film, portraying the lives of the illustrious British boy
band at the height of Beatlemania.
3. Almost Famous (2000)
Based on the real life experiences of director
Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous tells the story
of a teenage journalist who gets pulled into the
not-always-so-glamorous life of rock and roll.
4. This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Following the fictitious heavy metal band
Spinal Tap, this 80s cult film pokes fun at the
lifestyles of hard rock bands and rock documentaries of the time.
5. Amadeus (1984)
Adapted from the 1979 stage play that tells
the fictitious story of Mozart and his rival, the
2 hour long film has won almost 50 awards and
boasts one of the best movie soundtracks in history.
6. Gimme Shelter (1970)
Gimme Shelter documents the last weeks of
the infamously ending Rolling Stones’ 1969 US
tour and has stood as a benchmark for rock documentaries ever since.
7. Trainspotting (1996)
Hailed as one of the greatest British films
of the century, this British black comedy is renowned for its exploratory subject matter, brilliant screenplay and best-selling soundtrack.
8. The Blues Brothers (1980)
This cult classic, musical comedy was developed from a sketch on Saturday Night Live and
uses music from the R&B, soul, and blues music
scene of the 1950s.
9. Ray (2004)
Jamie Foxx holds an Oscar for Best Actor for
his portrayal of celebrated musician Ray Charles
in this biographical drama that follows 30 years
of the artist’s life.
10. Walk the Line (2005)
Also a biographical drama based on the life
of a famous musician, Walk the Line is the story
of country icon Johnny Cash through his ascents
and descents in musical fame.
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SUPPLEMENT
6 March 2013
So you think you know music?
Are you a music machine? Do you know the difference between John Lennon and John Legend? Then prove it!
1. ‘Babel’ is which studio album from
Mumford & Sons?
6. What nationalit y was the composer
Alexandre Luigini?
A) Second
B) Third
C) Fourth
D) First
A) Belgian
B) Swiss
C) Italian
D) French
2. Jim Morrison was vocalist with
which rock group?
7. What is the name of U2's bass
player?
A) Deep Purple
B) The Doors
C) The Eagles
D) Led Zeppelin
3. Which of these is not classed as a
woodwind instrument?
A) Oboe
B) Flute
C) Trumpet
D) Clarinet
4. Which Pitbull's song is featured in
the 2012 film, Men In Black III?
A) Back In Time
B) Give Me Everything
C) Armando
D) Bon, Bon
5. Whose became the world's most
expensive pop guitar when it was sold
in 1993?
A) Buddy Holly's
B) Elvis Presley's
C) Jimi Hendrix's
D) John Lennon's
A) The Edge
B) Adam Clayton
C) Bono
D) Larry Mullen Jr.
8. ‘Hot Fuss’ was the highly successful
first studio album of which band?
A) Coldplay
B) The Killers
C) Kings of Leon
D) The Strokes
9. The single ‘Wonderwall’ was taken
from which Oasis album?
A) Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
B) What's The Story (Morning Glory)
C) Champagne SuperNova
D) She's Electric
11. What's the nickname of Red
Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist Michael
Balzary?
A) Flea
B) Animal
C) The Priest
D) Nixon
12. Which of these Rolling Stones is
the eldest?
16. ‘Love.Angel.Music.Baby’ was the
debut solo album of which singer?
A) Kylie Minogue
B) Gwen Stefani
C) Cher
D) Beyonce
17. What is the name of the Carly Rae
Jepsen and Justin Bieber song called?
A) Ronnie Wood
B) Mick Jagger
C) Keith Richards
D) Charlie Watts
A) Beauty and a Beat
B) Kiss
C) Beautiful
D) Curiosity
13. Who composed the opera ‘La
Bohème’?
18. 'Ode To Joy' was composed by?
A) Giacomo Puccini
B) Guiseppe Verdi
C) Antonio Vivaldi
D) Giacchino Rossini
14. Which of these is not the title of a
Kanye West album?
A) First Class Honours
B) Graduation
C) Late Registration
D) The College Dropout
10. What is Nicki Minaj's real first
name?
15. Which Pink Floyd album cover
shows a refracting prism against a
black background?
A) Nelly
B) Nicole
C) Onika
D) Nymeria
A) The Wall
B) Pink Floyd
C) The Dark Side Of The Moon
D) Animals
A) Richard Wagner
B) Johannes Brahms
C) Johann Strauss
D) Ludwig Van Beethoven
19. The bassist of what punk band is
shown about to smash his instrument
on the cover of the 1 980 album ‘LondonCalling’?
A) The Seeds
B) The Who
C) The Clash
D) The Kinks
20. Which Madonna song did Kat y
Perry perform at the 2008 VMAs?
A) Like a Virgin
B) Music
C) Ray of Light
D) Like A Prayer
Answers:
1.A 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.D 7.B 8.B 9.B 10.C 11.A 12.D 13.A 14.B 15.C 16.B 17.C 18.D 19.C 20.A
Where to find the best live music in Stellenbosch...
Bohemia
Located on the corner of Andringa and Victoria
Street, Bohemia (dubbed the “icon of student
life in Stellenbosch”) has live band performances every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday
nights. Sunday nights are acoustic performances, Joe Martin performs on Tuesdays, and
Thursdays are band night.
Photos: FRANCO THERON
Celebrate Cof fee Shop
Celebrate Coffee Shop in Eikestad Mall holds
open mic performances every Wednesday
night. It is the perfect location for enjoying student-friendly meals while discovering the best
hidden talent in Stellenbosch.
De Kaggel
Die Mystic Boer
On the last Saturday of every month for the rest
of the first semester, Die Mystic Boer pub and
club will be having live performances from the
kiffest electronic trio, The Kiffness, as well as
special side guest DJs.
Found at the end of Andringa Street, De Kaggel
restaurant is known for its flavourful food and
talented live performances. Every Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday night from 7-10pm, there
are alternating performances from some of the
finest, local musicians.
SU Konservatorium
Aandklas
For those who enjoy the more classical side
to life, SU’s very own Konservatorium hosts
some free lunch hour conerts, as well as a concert series that runs throughout the entire year.
Acts include orchestras, choirs, recitals, jazz
performances and others.
Every Tuesday and Saturday night from 9pm,
the Bird Street located rock bar, Aandklas, has
live performances from local South African
bands. Another awesome live music event to
look out for here is Battle of the Bands, happening in October.
Random facts about music
Marilyn Monroe got a white poodle
named Mafia from Frank Sinatra.
Before composing, Beethoven dipped
his head in cold water.
Termites will eat wood two
times faster when listening to
heav y metal.
In 1976, Barry Manilow sang a chart
topping song named I Write the Songs.
The song wasn’t writ ten by him.
Jimi Hendrix got the inspiration for Purple Haze af ter having a dream where he
could walk underwater.
The US share of the world music market
is 31.3%.
By 1983, MTV was airing as
many as 300 music videos a
day.
In the year 1988, tenor Luciano Pavarotti received a record 165 curtain calls at a
Berlin opera house.
Led Zeppelin, REM, and Depeche Mode
have never had a number one single. Rihanna has had 10.
The harmonica is the world’s
best-selling music instrument.
The Japanese national anthem is expressed in only four lines. The Greek anthem runs 158 verses.
Michael Jackson is said to have spent
three weeks working on the bass line for
Billie Jean.
Since its launch in 1981, the song Memory of the musical Cats has been played
on radio more than a million times.
The music industry generates about $4
billion in online music but loses about $40
billion to illegal downloads.
Research has shown that
high school students who study
music generally have higher
grades than students who don’t.
The Black Eyed Peas' I Gotta Feeling is more popular than any Elvis or
Simon & Garfunkel song.
In 1952, John Cage composed and presented 4’33”, a composition consisting of 4
minutes and 33 seconds of silence.
Cat Stevens’ real name is Steven Demetre Georgiou.
Warner Communications paid $28 million (the equivalent to over R200 million) for
the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.
The ocarina, a musical wind instrument,
is also known as the “Sweet Potato”.
The first song recorded by rocker Jon
Bon Jovi was actually a Star Wars themed
song called R2-D2: We Wish You A Merry
Christmas.
The cast of Glee has had more
songs chart than The Beatles.
Photo: Supplied
Long-awaited Mothership Tour arrives in Cape Town
Skrillex finally drops by
DOMINIQUE DU TOIT
T
he International Skrillex Mothership Tour landed in Cape
Town on Friday the 1st of
March, captivating electro fans all
over the Mother City.
Although Skrillex has only been
around since 2009, he has already won
3 Grammy awards and had been nominated for several others, and is rated
as the best Dubstep DJ in the world
today.
Not only did Skrillex deliver a
show on Friday evening, but he also
teamed up with local artists Nikerone
and Sibot to hold a free music workshop last Thursday (28 February) in
Langa, Cape Town.
The event was held just outside
Cape Town at an outside venue, the
Ostrich Ranch in Philadelphia. Sponsoring the tour was Samsung Galaxy,
Electric, 5FM and MK.
This electro-dubstep DJ drew a
surprisingly diverse audience, from
hippies and transkoppies to heavy
metal and rock fans.
Getting the audience swept up for
the experience of their lives, international DJ Alvin Risk opened the event
on the night.
Following Alvin Risk’s performance, 12th Planet took to the stage
assisting the eager audience in warming up and loosening up to sing along
and dance.
As soon as 12th Planet left the
stage, all the people who were sitting
around the periphery of venue got up
and made their way towards the stage
area.
The actual moment of his entrance
to the stage was timed by a display of
a digital clock counting down from 5
minutes, working the already anxious
audience up into complete ecstasy as
the 10 second mark arrived.
His performance was flawless, he
did everything right. The entire audience was hooked to every beat and
compelled to move to the rhythm that
Skrillex was transmitting.
The earth was literally moving at
moments from the heavy bass being you guessed it - dropped.
Unfortunately, the sound system
failed Skrillex at times, making the
music soft enough to hear the people
next to you talking. Not what you want
from this type of event.
He performed a range of his wellknown songs as well as remixes,
including ‘Right in’, ‘My Name is
Skrillex’, ‘Scary Monsters and Nice
Sprites’, ‘Make it Burn Dem’, ‘Ruffneck and Breaking a Sweat’.
Through a combination of mind-altering sounds and visual performance,
Skrillex gave Cape Town an evening
worth remembering.
Screens on either side and directly in the centre of the stage showed
footage from music videos, Skrillex
himself on stage and members of the
audience.
The most impressive light display
was a combination of red, yellow and
green beams as smoke machines blasted out streams of smoke into the air.
Before making his exit, Skrillex
thanked his audience, the opening acts
and the organisers of the event.
Although the audience was not
ready for the night to end, pleading for
Skrillex to do one more song, the most
disappointing part of the evening was
that there was no encore.
This did not stop satisfied fans
from blasting Skrillex from their cars
in the parking lot after the show.
Skrillex incorporates and mixes a
range of music styles to create his own
music. He has teamed up with Damien Marley, Ellie Goulding, Korn and
trance DJ Porter Robinson, to mention but a few genres with which this
award-winning DJ works.
‘Bittersoet’ vertel van die vrou se lyding
LEONÉ ASPELING
DIE uithouvermoë van ’n vrou en
die liefde vir haar kinders. Bittersoet,
geskryf deur Deon Opperman, beeld
vrouwees uit in ’n verruklike eenvrouvertoning waarin Elsabé Daneel vyf
verskillende karakters vertolk.
Vyf verskillende vroue se lewensverhale word op deernisvolle wyse
vertel.
Hierdie vroue is wêrelde van mekaar verwyder, maar deel ’n universele
stryd met weerloosheid en taaiheid.
Elke vrou ervaar verskillende traumas, maar hul hantering daarvan stem
ooreen.
Die universele stryd van hierdie
vrouens kan moontlik in een van die
karakters se woorde beskryf word
- “dis soos om ’n eenbeen man in ’n
gatskop-kompetisie te wees, jy score
niks nie, maar jy bly donners besig”.
Hierdie toneelstuk is nie vir die
komedie-liefhebbers geskryf nie. Vir
die teatergangers wat introspeksie en
insig in die vroulike psige wil ervaar,
is dit die perfekte stuk om te gaan kyk.
Die stuk handel oor ernstige, maar
nodige en realistiese kwessies. Een
van die karakters spreek “die raaisel
tussen man en vrou” aan.
Kwessies soos onvrugbaarheid,
aborsie, verkragting, rasseverskille in
Afrika, selfmoord en menslike verlies
word aangeraak.
Bittersoet is dus nie vir die lighartige teaterganger geskryf nie.
Elsabé Daneel se bekroonde toneelspel-vermoë was duidelik sigbaar
deur haar vertolking van vyf uiteenlopende karakters.
Verskeie kostuums is gebruik om
die verskillende karakters uit te beeld,
maar Daneel se liggaamstaal, mannerismes en gesigsuitdrukkings het ook
drasties verander met elke karakter.
In ’n stadium speel Daneel twee
verskillende vroue, sonder om van kostuum te verander.
Behalwe dat die twee karakters se
taal verskil – een is Engels en een Afrikaans – kry sy dit reg om albei vroue
geloofwaardig uit te beeld.
Later word dit duidelik dat die
twee vroue mekaar se stories aanvul.
Die spreukbeurte van die vroue word
al hoe korter totdat die vroue dele van
dieselfde sin begin deel en dit duidelik word dat hulle traumas in mekaar
geweef is.
Daneel kry dit reg in hierdie toneel
om binne ’n kwessie van sekondes
herhaaldelik karakters te wissel.
Geen film se spesiale effekte kon
die samesmelting van hierdie twee
vroue beter uitbeeld nie.
Elsabé Daneel verdien ’n Bravo!
vir haar toneelspel in hierdie toneelstuk. Die res van die gehoor het
saamgestem – ’n staande applous het
dit bewys.
Tydens die vertoning kon die gehoor se waardering duidelik gehoor
word en na die vertoning het een van
die gehoorlede gesê: “Dit was stunning!”. Beter kan niemand dit stel nie.
VIR JOU VERMAAK
Vanaand
om
18:00 kan Stander
nog gesien word
by die Fismersaal. Die vertoning
duur 75 minute en
kaartjies kos R85.
Die
dramaverwerking
van
Bidsprinkaan sal
vanaand om 20:15
opgevoer word by
Oude Libertas. Die
vertoning duur 75
Vir dié wat vroeg
môreoggend op en
wakker is, sal die
Diskoers-gesprek
‘Is die Hemel ’n
Plek?’ plaasvind
om 08:00. Dit vind
by die Plataankafee
plaas, en toegang is
minute en kaartjies
sal tussen R80 en
R120 kos.
As deel van
die Sanlam-musiekfees sal Fokofolisiekar
vanaand om 20:30 optree. Hierdie konsert sal by die Neethlingshofwynplaas plaasvind.Kaartjies kos
tussen R60 en R90.
Vanaand om 22:30 begin die drama Deksels by Klein Libertas teater.
Kaartjies kos R90.
gratis.
Kyk uit vir Billike
boeke wat by die
Paul Roos Sportsentrum sal plaasvind môremiddag
om 13:30. Ingang
is gratis.
Foto: PIERRE ROMMELAERE
WOORDFEESVIERING Buckfever Underground en Karen Zoid
Maak seker jy
gaan woon ‘Heiland’ môremiddag
by Klein Libertas
Teater. Dit begin
14:30 en kaartjies kos
R40.
Vir dié wat belangstel word daar
môremiddag om 15:00 by die Boeketent ‘Seks - die eintlike storie?’
aangebied. Dié praatjie sal 50 minute
duur en R50 per kaartjie kry jou in
by die deur.
PJ Olivier sal môreaand ’n rits
dramaproduksies aanbied, insluitende ‘Tussen Hemel en Aarde’
(begin 18:00 en
kos R50) en ‘2092:
God Van Klank’
(begin 19:00 en kos
tussen R40 en R75.
Nóg ’n konsert wat beslis
die moeite werd sal wees, is Stef
Bos se optrede om
20:30 môreaand by
Spier Amfiteater.
Athol Fugard
sal Vrydag om
12:00 voorlees by
die Boeketent as
deel van die Skrywersfees. R40.
10
DAG EN NAG
Design Indaba 2013 unique, impressive and expensive
Indaba: a dab too much?
ISABELLA KUIJERS
T
Photo: CECILE PIENAAR
he Design Indaba, an annual
event that has run for over a
decade, showcased what SA has
to offer in the creative sphere during
the first weekend of March.
Proclaimed to be – and promoted
as the domain of “thinkers, dreamers,
doers, activists and makers” (attendants of the Indaba would be forgiven
for mentally adding rich people to that
list), the Indaba aims to give the Local
and international designer a feel for
South African Design.
The festivities include the CTICC
Venue bursting with stalls each representing a business or creative individual, a music circuit, workshops
and film showings, all in parallel to an
academic conference on design, featuring international speakers such as
Alexander Chen, Asif Khan, Sir John
Hegarty, Paula Scher and the like.
Anyone who wishes to become
part of an industry will know how invaluable it is to peek into the minds of
their successors and peruse the products of their competitors. For this reason the conference was fairly insular
to the profession, and no one extols the
virtues of designers quite like designers themselves. It was an opportunity
for designers to drop their real-world
façades and prattle on about how sans
serif revolutionized society.
In the adjacent venue, the Expo put
all of the whims of the designers into
practice. The enormous hall had been
furnished with prefab cubicles and
into these scaffolds slotted the micro
versions of creative business ventures.
It was beautiful and bustling to the
point of saturation.
Any art critic will warn about the
power of the curator, saying that anchoring two artworks together begins
to evoke a narrative in the mind of the
viewer. Well, what about hundreds
of artworks? Thousands? The sheer
amount of merchandise and number
of jewellery pieces, drawings, items
of furniture, prints, etc. at the Indaba
makes the collective voice of the curators omnipresent. As a South African
viewer, the emergent narratives surprised and intrigued.
It was fascinating to see the way
in which the ethics of the buyer have
been exalted and used as a promotional strategy. Consumer practices
such as buying local, hand-made and
eco-friendly goods were strong selling
points. In the same way a Cosmopolitan magazine promises to make the
reader thinner and sexier, the goods
available at the indaba endowed the
buyer with the characteristics of innovation and humanitarianism.
Among the bespoke and fair-trade
goods, were the trite souvenirs and
South African clichés that we locals
are so very tired of. Ndebele designs
aimed at liberating cash from tasteless tourists, all things beaded and
anything to do with the “Big 5” should
have been banned for the sake of a
national image that doesn’t hinge on
kitschy post-colonialism.
The Indaba, however, cannot be
accused of impracticality or fancy as
there was a strong sense of business
savvy about the set-up and pricing.
The event was estimated by the Graduate School of Business to have R200
million worth of sales in the four days
of opening. The GSB also calculated
that, over the past four years, the Expo
has added over R1 Billion to our GDP.
Overall it was unique, overwhelming, impressive, exorbitantly expensive and agoraphobia-inducing,
INTELLIGENT DESIGN An exhibition at the Indaba 2013.
Bittereinder se nuwe
‘Die Dinkdansmasjien’
CHARL ALBERTYN
’N BloEMlESING van harde
industriële, bass-heavy elemente,
en ’n knertsie house-mentaliteit,
is Bittereinder se nuutste studio album, van 2012 se local bestes.
Bittereinder breek op ’n oortuigende manier met die Fokof en
Jack Parow manier van dinge doen.
Bittereinder is poëties, kompleks,
maar neem homself nie so ernstig
op soos Fokofpolisiekar nie.
Hulle is nie pure satire soos
Jack Parow nie, maar het ’n goeie
skeut sinisme in hul arsenaal wat
hard en duidelik deur op Kulkuns.
Die album is aggressief, maar
gedra hom mooi genoeg om ’n
sterk boodskap oor te dra. Beste
snit? Beslis supergroep-snit ‘Regstreeks: Die Dinkdansmasjien’.
Bettina Wyngaard bespreek roman #2
CHARL ALBERTYN
GRABoUW se Bettina Wyngaard het
haar tweede roman, Vuilspel, onlangs
bekendgestel.
Dié roman, vroeër vandeesmaand
deur Umuzi uitgewers op die rakke
gesit, is Wyngaard se tweede roman.
Soos haar debuutroman, handel
haar nuutste werk oor die harde werklikheid en aktuele kwessies van SuidAfrika.
Daar is egter ʼn groot verskil tussen haar debuutroman, troos vir die
gebrokenes en haar nuutste werk, Vuilspel. Terwyl Troos vir die gebrokenes
meer fokus op Grabouw, sy gemeenskap en hul lewens, is haar tweede roman ʼn egte misdaadroman.
“Ek wil nie as ʼn spesifieke tipe
skrywer tipeer word nie, en ’n verandering in genre het sin gemaak,” verduidelik Bettina.
Dié roman handel oor ʼn sterk, onafhanklike polisievrou, Nicci de Wee,
en die moord en verkragting van haar
vriendin.
Soos wat Nicci werk om die skuldiges op te spoor, ontwikkel sy self as
karakter, en veral in haar verhouding
met haar vriendin, Sally. Wyngaard
vertel dat sy in 2007 al met die idee
van hierdie roman gespeel het en die
nodige navorsing begin doen het.
Sy het egter eers begin met die
skryf van Vuilspel teen die einde van
2010.
“Ek het op ʼn stadium die manuskrip
vir ’n paar maande weggepak sodat ek
met ’n vars perspektief kon terugkom
om kinkels uit te stryk,” sê sy.
Sy het ʼn paar jaar gelede aandag
getrek met haar debuutroman, troos
vir die gebrokenes.
Dié roman is in 2010 bekroon
met die Jan Rabie Rapport-prys,
WooRDtroFEES en die Via Afrika
literêre Toekenning 2010.
In beide troos vir die gebrokenes
en Vuilspel is die hoofkarakters sterk,
onafhanklike vroue. Wyngaard verduidelik dat die vroue in haar lewe vir
haar baie invloedryk is; “ek is omring
deur sterk vroue,” sê sy, “hulle almal
inspireer my”.
Tog het Wyngaard die skryfproses
by haar nuutste roman anders ervaar
as by haar debuutroman. Met die skryf
van Vuilspel, verduidelik sy, was sy
meer bewus van wat sy doen. “Die
uitdagings was anders,” sê Wyngaard.
“Met troos kon ek na hartelus reëls
breek, omdat ek nie bewus was van die
reëls nie. onthou, ek het geen opleiding in boekskryf nie,” voeg sy by.
Bettina het op die Universiteit van
Stellenbosch haar B.A-graad en ll.Bgraad ontvang en het ʼn aantal jare
gewerk as prokureur.
Haar agtergrond as regspraktisyn
het haar gehelp om ’n misdaadroman
te skryf.
“Die tyd wat ek in die kriminele
howe deurgebring het, het gehelp,” sê
sy.
“Ek het beslis ʼn beter begrip van
hoe ’n kriminele saak ondersoek word,
en hoe die polisie te werk gaan.”
Bettina se planne vir die toekoms
is nog sterk verbind aan die boekebedryf. Haar fokus bly ook op aktuele
sake en temas.
“Ek is alreeds besig met ʼn derde
boek, hierdie keer oor mensehandel,”
vertel sy. Die boek – haar derde roman – behoort volgens Wyngaard in
2014 op die rakke te wees.
Mylne se ‘Huis Toe’ wek spanning
LEANDÉ STRÖMBECK
Met Deon Coetzee, Neels van Jaarsveld, Johan engelbrecht, Werner
Coetzee, Armand Aucamp & Amalia
Uys. Regie: Henry Mylne.
Dit sit nie in elke regisseur se verbeelding om ʼn Broadway-produksie
’n Afrikaanse baadjie aan te trek nie,
maar Henry Myle en Hugo Taljaard
het hul uitstekend van hul taak gekwyt.
Huis toe vertel die verhaal van
Teddy wat na ses jaar terugkeer na
sy huis om sy vrou, Ruth, voor te stel
aan sy verbitterde Pa (Deon Coetzee),
sy twee uiteenlopende broers (Werner Coetzee en Neels van Jaarsveld)
en oom wat werk as chaffeur (Johan
Engelbrecht).
Sy ma het egter jare gelede al
“oorgekruip na die ander kant toe”.
Ruth raak tydens hulle besoek meer
tuis in Teddy se huis as hyself.
Dit lei egter tot vele psigologiese
en morele speletjies asook onverwagse implikasies en onthullings
binne sy ouerhuis.
Aanhoudende opgeboude konflik,
seksuele spanning en kompetisie tussen die karakters word aangevoel deur
die sarkastiese, neerhalende en metaforiese dialoog; “Kom sit hier op my
skoot en vat ‘n lang slukkie van my
water”; “Hou jy nie van jou familie
nie? Watter familie?”
Die produksie maak ook heelwat
gebruik van metafore en simboliek.
Die beligting help veral om hierdie
simbole (byvoorbeeld die pa se stoel
wat mag simboliseer) te beklemtoon.
Tesame met die musiek en
byklanke, wat soms ongemotiveerd
oorkom, lewer dit ʼn groot bydra tot die
spanning en onheilspellende gevoel
van die produksie.
Vir diegene wat dalk nie ingestel
is op hierdie tegniese aspekte en die
simboliek en metafore nie, kan die
betekenis en verhaal onduidelik wees.
Die geloofwaardige toneelspel van
ses uiterse talentvolle akteurs en aktrise sorg vir vele komiese maar ook
onheilspellende en spanningsvolle
oomblikke.
Die afwagting wat geskep word
deur die loop van die produksie boei
jou aandag en hou jou op die punt van
jou stoel.
Dis te verstane waarom Deon
Coetzee genomineer is vir Beste Akteur vir sy rol as Max.
Sy transformasie tot ’n ouer karakter is uiters geloofwaardig. Joey (Werner Coetser), die jong opkomende
bokser, se liggaamshouding en dialoog het gesorg vir baie komiese en
vermaaklike oomblikke.
Ruth (Amalia Uys) se monoloog
oor haar ondervinding as model toe sy
jonger was, is net so aangrypend, en ’n
mens oomblik waarom jy as resensent
in die eerste plek in die gehoor sit.
Die Broadway-produksie the
Homecoming het nie net in 1976 ’n
Tony-toekenning vir die beste drama
gewen nie.
Huis toe is ook in 2012 tydens
Aardklop genomineer vir die Beste
Algehele Produksie, Beste Afrikaanse
Produksie en Beste Akteur – ’n prys
wat aan Deon Coetzee toegeken is.
Henry Mylne was ook die wenner
van die toekenning vir die Beste Regisseur.
Die verwagtinge van die produksies was egter hoog met hierdie reeks
nominasies, maar tog dit het dit nie in
die minste teleurgestel nie.
11
DAG EN NAG
Identiteit, sosiale norms word bespreek
Dié lelike eend is
die kyk werd
MARLIZE DUMAS
M
ET Roelof Storm, Hannah
Borthwick, Roeline Daneel
& Mariechen Vosloo
Nooit sou ’n mens kon dink dat ’n
Woordfeesproduksie jou, ironies genoeg, byna ‘sonder woorde’ sou laat
nie.
Die Lelike Eend, vervaardig deur
die Polony Teaterkollektief het nie
net alle verwagtings
oortref nie, maar ook
alle hoop herstel in ʼn
toekoms vir aktuele
en uitdagende SuidAfrikaanse teater.
Ken, ʼn kragpropontwerper
is
aanvanklik salig onbewus van sy ‘agterstand’ in die samelewing.
Hy kom egter tot
die realisering dat hy
so uiters onaantreklik is, dat selfs sy eie
vrou weier om werklik
na hom te kyk. ’n Plastiese chirurg,
wat homself as “beeldhouer” sien kom
tot die “redding” en omskep Ken in ʼn
nouveau Adonis.
Soos wat die chirurg later sê: “Sny
jouself in die toekoms in. Kerf die
nuwe jy.”
Ken (vertolk deur Roelof Storm)
en die ander karakters (vertolk deur
Hannah Borthwick, Roeline Daneel
en Mariechen Vosloo) neem die gehoor op ʼn reis.
Dié reis lei tot in die absurde ruimte
binne die psige, wat so verwring word
deur sosiale norms en die obsessie met
skoonheid, dat die interne debat byna
ʼn skisofreniese vorm aanneem.
Dit dui op die verwrongenheid
van die wêreld waarin ons leef. Idees
oor ʼn ‘mensgemaakte’ mens, sosiale
breinspoeling en ʼn verslawing aan
onsself word ontgin, terwyl die vraag
“Wie Is Ek?” totaal herdefinieer word.
Die regie (Christiaan Olwagen)
maak die teaterervaring opwindend
met die skep van uiters kreatiewe artistieke illusies. ’n Gehoorlid het na
die tyd gesê: “Dit is soos om ‘real
life special effects’ te
kyk.”
Die stelontwerp
maak effektief gebruik van spieëls om
Ken nie net bewus
te maak van homself
nie, maar ook om
die gehoor bewus te
maak in die rol wat
hulle speel in hierdie
absurde selfbeheptheid, en hoe ver die
mens bereid is om te
gaan om sosiaal aanvaarbaar te wees.
Die teks is geskryf
deur Marius von Mayenburg, een van
Duitsland se mees gewilde kontemporêre dramaturge en regisseurs.
Die regie en toneelspel kom op absoluut geniale wyse saam om die aktuele kwessie kraakvars, kreatief, en
uiters vermaaklik oor te dra.
Dit lei die gehoor na nuwe denke
en ’n teaterervaring wat jou sal laat
voel asof jy aan ’n elektriese skokgolf
blootgestel is.
Die Lelike Eend is op 9 Maart om
12:30, en 10 Maart om 16:00 te sien
in die Klein Libertas-teater. Kaartjies
kos R90 en R60 (studente) by Computicket. Beslis die moeite werd.
‘An(t)oniem’ slaan hard
CHARL ALBERTYN
DIS SKAARS dat ’n
stuk so gerusstellend
en snaaks kan opbou
tot ʼn einde so hartverskeurend soos An(t)
oniem s’n.
Penelope Youngleson en Philip Rademeyer van Rust Cooperative het duidelik
gewerk en geskaaf
aan hul styl, met dié
stuk as eindproduk.
An(t)oniem is ʼn
wolf in skaapsklere;
die opbou en monoloë
van die mans- en vrouekarakter is toeganklik, onpretensieus en wek simpatie by die gehoor.
Tog onthou hulle om hul mae in te
trek en laat nie toe dat hierdie humor
lyk na goedkoop applause lines om
die gehoor oor te wen nie. Die humor
word eerder aanvanklik as aas gebruik om
die gehoor te laat
ontdooi, en om hul
meegevoel uit te lok,
voordat ʼn baie harde
ontknoping volg.
Twee
beddens,
een versier met ʼn seunsagtige tentjie en
die ander met pienk
rose en kant versier,
staan alleen en skeef
teenoor mekaar, ʼn
swart gordyn in die
agtergrond.
Dié eenvoudige dekor speel goed
saam met die stuk se tematiek, die antonimiese geaardheid van ʼn man en
vrou as dit neerkom op, om dit heel
‘Heiland’ ’n rocker-opus
NINA NEL
VANAF die begin van sy bestaan het
Rock ’n Roll met sy snare ons siele
gestreel, het dit ’n geloof op sy eie geword wat sy rock-helde as offers voor
ons neerlê.
Heiland vertel van twee kunstenaars wat vasgevang word in die
greep van hierdie musiek genre en die
gepaardgaande leefstyl.
Storm, ’n ditsy naïewe jong vrou
verlei haar Baby, soos hulle twee na
mekaar verwys, om saam hul drome te
bewaarheid en selfs net te droom.
Roxanne Bain vertolk die rol van
Storm se liefde wat gefassineer is deur
jong kunstenaars soos Johannes Kerkorrel.
Sy vertel wat sy alles agtergelaat
het vir die leefstyl van ’n Rocker. Ma-
riechen Vosloo speel weer die oortuigende rol van Storm en sy was definitief
’n gunsteling gewees.
Oral word daar ’n suggestie van
die dood gevind, of dit nou stories van
kunstenaars se afsterwe is wat vertel
word of Storm wat komies met haar
opgestopte kraai, Raven, gesels.
’n Gevryery het soms ’n paar tannies in hul sitplekke laat smelt en ander weer laat regopsit, maar ten spyte
van die meer volwasse gehoor het die
spelers steeds alle oë op hulle gerig
gehad.
’n Warboel gemengde gevoelens
verlaat die gehoor soos wat die spanningsvolle eindtoneel in ’n duisternis
verdwyn.
Aan die einde van die dag sal jy
self dit óf as snert of as indrukwekkend beskou, daar is net een manier
om uit te vind - deur self te gaan kyk.
Foto: PIERRE ROMMELAERE
VETERAN Arno Carstens recently performed at the Woordfees, along with artists such as Karen Zoid and
Fokofpolisiekar at Neethlingshof wine estate. The Woordfees will still run until 10 March.
#nowplaying
Plaaslike kunstenaars
maak vir ons ’n lys va
n hul
gunsteling bands en
liedjies. Hierdie week met
MR
CAT & THE JACK AL .
Foto: PIERRE ROMMELAERE
1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - O’Malleys Bar ~ “Die hele Murder Ballads album is amazing,
maar hierdie song se lirieke is net so kleurvol.”
2. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7) ~ “Hierdie song het Pink Floyd aan
Syd Barret (hul voormalige sanger) opgedra. Hy het mal geraak van te veel LSD.”
3. The Tiger Lillies - Terrible ~ “Hierdie band is amazing. Hulle is totaal en al cabaret. Google
hulle bietjie.”
4. Primus - Antipop ~ “I am the anti-pop. I’ll go against the grain till the day I drop.”
5. Devotchka - Viens Avec Moi ~ “Hulle het baie ander great songs. Ek het maar net vandag
hierdie een gekies. Die trekklavier op die track is amazing.”
6. Leonard Cohen - Take This Waltz ~ “ Die mooiste liedjie wat ek nog ooit gehoor het.”
7. Tom Waits - Dirt In The Ground ~ “Wat kan mens sê oor Tom Waits... ook maar net die song
wat ek vandag gekies het, great concept, great lyrics, as always.”
8. Billie Callahan - Eid Ma Clack Shaw ~ “Hierdie song is net so smooth aanmekaar gesit. Die
konsep en lirieke staan uit.”
9. A Hawk And A Hacksaw - The Moon Under Water ~ “Die ritme van die trekklavier op hierdie stuk breek my brein elke keer.”
10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Hiding All Away ~ “Want Nick Cave verdien twee songs op
enige mix tape!”
redaksioneel
D
it is interessant hoe sekere onderwerpe op
kampus die golf van algemene bespreking
ry. ’n Paar gewilde kwessies wat sporadies
in Stellenbosch op almal se lippe is sluit misdaad,
parkering, taal en geloof in.
Tog is almal deurlopende kwessies wat nie “verdw yn” tussen elke keer wat dit ernstig bespreek
word nie.
’n Onderwerp wat laasjaar vir ’n periode die groot
gesprekspunt op kampus was, was die petisie wat
Shofar opgestel het teen die sogenaamde “drogbeelde” op kampus. Dit het in einde Maart ’n stille
dood gesterf - die beelde is steeds op kampus, en
dit is nie algemene kennis watter impak die petise
op die ou end gehad het nie.
In Mei verlede jaar is daar ’n debat op die Rooiplein aangebied, handelend oor die kwessie van
“The racial petticoat is exposed”
If there is one feature of the struggle for higher
education transformation that has been able to
cut across all generations, it is the democratisation of higher education institutions individually built also the system in its totality. The Liberal
conception of education is premised on a set of
ideas that limit the role of education and those of
institutions that provide in it development of society and separate those institutions from broad
societal effort for social change.
That is why SASCO is always in a conviction
that higher education is a microcosm of society;
the economic cleavages that are evident in societies have their resemblances in students in campuses, so the transformation agenda needs to be
treated as societal challenges.
One of the things that spark to me write this
article is convocation meeting for Alumni and
Alumnae of Stellenbosch University on 21 January 2013, a young man of my age can never
claim to experience apartheid policies and its
rhetoric but in contrast, after that gathering I can
rightfully claim to know apartheid from horse’s
mouth. The rhetoric about transformation of residential area (campus) changed to be a stage of
racial discourses with the Afrikaner conservatives
arrogantly wanting to maintain their supremacy
among other cultures in the institution. Despite
the fact that these were the former students (academics) their shallow understanding of transformed society leaves much to be desired for.
I had to ask myself whether reconciliation of
1996(TRC) had played a role, yield results to reconcile and pave a way to a new desired South Africa? This myopic pandemic is being transferred
to current generation. We will have to exposed,
crush and face it without fear.
Truly speaking it is not by coincident that
blacks/coloured students turn to be the punch
bags of superior cultures (whites), to illustrate
my point in student parliament attended by SAPS
dignitaries of Stellenbosch police station, one of
the police management member said “we have
decided with management of Stellenbosch University that blacks and coloured students must
from today always carry student cards so we can
track perpetrators” that was evident enough on
what they were thinking about these racial groupings.
Secondly a black student was abused by
white students in Majuba resident the incident
was reported, the verdict was that the black student must be remove for more safety to more
expensive res in Concodia, the perpetrators are
still enjoying themselves in Majuba a place of
their forefathers.
A coloured student was beaten in Victoria
Street and University said still going to investigate
whether the incident is out or inside the campus,
where is Victoria Street for God sake?
One of our own comrade collapses in exam
room last June, he was quickly taken to Student
KLAGTEPROSEDURE EN FOUTRAPPORTERING
Waar staan die debat oor geloof?
geloofspraktyke en die skeiding daarvan met
universiteitsbeleid. Daar is terselfdertyd ‘n forum
geskep waar daar verdere kommentaar gelewer
kon word op die onderwerp. In die bestek van
twee weke is daar ses keer kommentaar gelewer
op die forum, en daarna is geen noemenswaardige
bydraes gemaak nie. Daar is ook nog nie weer ’n
debat aangebied nie.
Die bladsy op Die Matie se webtuiste met die
meeste besoeke handel oor die “bose geeste”
wat uit ‘n eerstejaar gedryf is – dit is 4.5 keer meer
gelees as enige ander artikel op diematie.com.
Onlangs het Die Matie berig oor die opening van
’n Moslem-gebedskamer later vandeesmaand,
sowel as die ongelukkigheid van Moslem-studente
weens die beperkte voorsiening van Halaal-kos op
kampus.
Hierdie hoë omset van besprekingspunte is nou
wel nie ’n nuwe tendens nie, en verskillende gebeurtenisse wat deur die media gedek word dien
gereeld as die vonk om hierdie debatte weer aan te
vuur. Sekere onderwerpe verdien egter sekerlik om
nie net elke dan en wan tydens ’n neigende debat
bespreek te word nie.
Die Studenteraad bied op 8 Maart ’n gesprek aan
in die Woordfees se Plataankafee met die onderwerp “Hoe belangrik is geloof vir die jeug van SuidAfrika?”. Dit beloof om ’n interessante gesprek te
wees, en hopelik sal dit, saam met die amptelike
bekendstelling van die aanlyn gespreksplatform
Bonfiire.com, die weg baan vir volgehoue en kritiese gespreksvoering oor kwessies op kampus,
soos geloof, wat nie geïgnoreer behoort te word
nie.
hospital only to given boot because he didn’t
have money nor medical aid and he then taken to
public hospital to wait for his death.
SASCO has a titanic battle for heart and soul
of the young and poor student of colour in this
University, but it is equal to many challenges that
we fought and win. Biko “black man you are your
own” fight for your pride. All these incidents reminded me that Stellenbosch was the epitome of
apartheid what else were we expecting. We need
a counter-culture that will inculcate the values of
democratic movement and of the working class
in the minds of young people. These values must
include selflessness, social solidarity, and caring
society, Instead of mimicking super-culture in order to be accepted as rationale and elevated to
the upper echelons of student bodies.
– Proponent of class consciousness,
commissar Lebenya in his personal capacity
This let ter was placed unedited and in the exact way it was received from Lebenya. – Editor
Manvang? Wat van graadvang?
Ek het ‘n broertjie (en ‘n sussie sommer ook)
dood aan manvang-sindroom, hierdie monster
wat oral sy nare kop uitsteek. “Dink jy ek sal gevry
word as ek hierdie rok dra?” “Wanneer kry ek ‘n
ou?” Ensovoorts, tot vervelens toe. Toe ek laas
gekyk het (en ek vra myself gereeld af waarom ek
nog swot) is ons hier om kennis op te doen en te
groei, nie om ‘n mansmens agter elke vullisdrom
uit te krap en sy meriete te evalueer nie. Dit skok
my dat soveel meisies op kampus so vlak is soos
opblaas-swembaddens.
– Larci Tims
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Perspektiewe
Die groeipyne van Stellenbosch en sy mense
– Student oor mooi
manstudent in klas
DIE ANDER KANT
Nie veel het verander sedert laasjaar nie, ten
spyte van my reeks goedbedoelde voornemens. Ek ly steeds aan ‘kom-ons-los-hierdie-taak-tot-more’-sindroom, debatteer
steeds oor kwessies wat my nie eintlik aangaan nie en grief steeds my
kamermaat met my gewoonte om
Future Life sementhard te laat
word in haar papbakkies.
Dit stem my tot groot
weemoed. Hierdie stagnering, hierdie ewigdurende
tekort aan stamina om
doelwitte agterna te sit,
hierdie apatiese houding
teenoor verbetering. Ek
bieg. Ek vra nederig om
vergifnis. En ek weet ek
gaan volgende jaar weer ’n
lys opstel van goed wat moet
verander, ure spandeer om ’n
gedetailleerde aksieplan die
lig te laat sien, trots daarmee
paradeer deur die huis en al my
vriende vertel.
Na die eerste week verval ek
egter weer in onvermydelike luiheid
en maak myself wys dat my doelwitte in
elk geval “nie so belangrik is nie.” In graad
10 het ek vir die eerste keer in my lewe gaan
gym. Dit was deel van ’n ingewikkelde fiksheidskema, kompleet met ’n eetplan en daag-
likse strekoefeninge. Nodeloos om te sê, my
eerste paar dae in die geselskap van treadmills
en oefenballe het my koud (en hopeloos te
sweterig na my smaak) gelaat. Aan almal wat
wou weet waarheen my oefengier verdwyn
het, het ek die flou verskoning opgedis dat dit
sleg is vir my gesondheid om omring te word
deur gespierde Madonnas in ski-pants.
Dan was daar ook my vasbeslotenheid
vroeër hierdie jaar om my asosiale neigings
te laat staan. Na die eerste skakel van die semester, waar ek suutjies weggesluip het na
twintig minute, het ek hierdie half-geformuleerde droom laat vaar. Nog ’n edele tog word
gestaak en ek staan met ’n figuurlike rugsak in
die hand, tot oorlopens gevul met verlange na
dit wat kon gewees het. As ek net nie so flippen traag was nie!
Maar dan kyk ek om my. En dan voel ek
minder pateties. Stellenbosch Universiteit,
hoe oud en geskiedkundig dit ook al mag wees
en met hoeveel agting dit ook al betrag mag
word, is steeds nie volwasse nie. Hierdie instituut is kniediep in sy kleuterfase, jeukende
tandvleis en al. Hier word modderkoekieargumente heen en weer geslinger, netjies
verpak in stywe akademiese begrippe. Neem
nou byvoorbeeld die taalbeleid: hoeveel keer
het ons nie al hierdie onderwerp gedissekteer,
geanaliseer, gekritiseer, bepeins en bevraagteken nie. Dan beland dit iewers op ’n stowwerige boekrak, sodat ons dit opnuut kan be-
twis as ons gespreksmateriaal bietjie min raak.
Ons is uitstekend daarmee om krities te
dink en ons word gedurig nuwe taktieke bygeleer om die status quo vanuit ’n pawiljoensitplek uit te daag. Daar is min dinge wat so
lekker is as om raad uit te deel, maar soveel
pogings is beperk tot nuttelose retoriek.
Ons neem metaforiese gym-kontrakte uit,
maar ons daag nie op vir die oefening nie. Ons
hou nie daarvan om sweterig te raak nie, punt.
Dis baie meer gerieflik en baie minder riskant
om die gewigtige kwessies in die kas te los.
Maar dan moet ons nie kla oor ons boeppense nie. Dan kan ons onsself nie vooruitstrewend noem of daarop roem dat ons ons
doelwitte aan die kraag gryp en nadertrek nie.
“Doelwitte?” vra jy verstom. Ja, ons almal het
’n lang wenslys. Ons wens dat Stellenbosch
na ons sal luister, ons wens dat ons volkome
aanvaar sal word, ons wens dat ons hier kan
uitstap as volwassenes wat die wêreld beter
kan begryp.
Liewe Stellenbosch, jy noem jouself my
kennisvennoot, maar ek verwag veel meer as
dit van jou. Ek wil hê ek en jy moet ’n slag
groot word, bestek opneem van ons foute en
iets omtrent ons treurige toestand doen. Ek wil
hê ons moet ons speelgoed uitgooi, nie in ’n
tantrum nie, maar omdat ons onsself vrygemaak het van alles wat ons daarvan weerhou
het om te groei.
Terloops, ek woon weer skakels by.
Men are neglecting their protective duties
BILLY LIAR
So. What do you think of Oscar? Is he
guilty? Do you think he shot Reeva on purpose? The Oscar-saga reads like a cover
feature from Heat. And it is a tragic story.
A fallen national hero who allegedly shot his
girlfriend on Valentine’s Day.
The one silver lining from this tragedy
is that it has focused everyone’s attention on the very serious problem of the
level of violence in our country, especially crimes committed against women and children. The extremity with
which these crimes are committed
are sickening. Between the Anene Booysen-case, the widely
publicised gang rapes in India,
never mind the countless other
incidents of horrifying sexual assaults, it begs one question: what
the frack happened? Since when
do people, and let’s be honest,
men, get to a point where the
level of respect towards women
has dropped so low that this is
happening?
I guess it’s not surprising.
Moral values and social taboos
change over time. But they need
to have completely snapped
loose if these things are happening on a frequent basis. And as
a man, that disturbs me. And it
should disturb every guy everywhere. Every
person on this earth has a special woman or
women in his life. Be it his girlfriend, his sister, his aunt, or his mother. I’m an old school
kinda guy, so I am of the belief that a man’s
role in society is to protect those around him,
especially the women in his life.
This does not stem from some archaic belief that men are stronger or better than women, but, as a rule, men have an innate sense to
protect. We don’t discuss our emotions. We
» Long gone are the days
where all women are ladies,
moving gracefully in our
presence.
show them. If we are angry, we punch something (within limits). If we are in love, we buy
flowers. Plain and simple. The manner within
which we express these emotions are, however, an indication of our character as men.
I do feel that the limits within which we
can express our emotions, especially anger,
have been limited due to social decorum. For
instance, if I’m at a bar and some guy should
treat a girl I know with disrespect, it is my
moral duty to say something. But men are
not the embodiment of discipline and respect
anymore. No, no, no. We live in a time where
GORRELKOP
RIOOL SPEEL NIE TWEEDE VIOOL
Die gevolge van Stellenbosch se gebrekkig rioolsisteem het verlede week verder uitgekring toe
UWC nie by die SR se debat oor politieke affiliasie
opgedaag het nie, en die Cape Times redaktrise ter
elfder uur laat weet het sy sal nie as gasspreker by
Bonfiire se opening kan optree nie.
Altans, dit is wat Gorrel dink, aangesien die
enigste verklaring waaraan Gorrel kan dink vir
hierdie geheimsinninge vermyding van ons kampus is dat daar ’n slegte reuk in die lug hang.
ESELVLEIS: JY IS WAT JY EET
Die Europeërs wat so ontsteld is oor perdevleis in
hul mince het Gorrel lekker vermaak.
Gorrel se lag is egter vinnig gesmoor toe twee
akademici van die universiteit laasweek bevind het
it is common practice to swear at a girl, even
working a “jou ma se …” in there or grab her.
Afterwards not apologising for your meatheaded actions and going on with your life.
Rather the argument is made that she deserves
it. And that’s bullshit.
I had a discussion about this whole situation the other day, and I was asked the question: “How can a man get so angry with a
woman that he would hurt her?” The answer
is that we get blindingly angry. The testosterone in our systems makes us angry. But we
don’t get angry without a reason. Long gone
are the days where all women are ladies, moving gracefully in our presence. Moral decline
is happening on both sides. A girl tried to convince me a while ago that her friend is not a
slut, rather a feminist, because she is in fact
the one “using” men for her pleasure, thus
showing that she is equal to a man. My reply
to this? Men are pigs, and so is your friend.
The fact that some act immorally is, however, no reason to treat a woman like this.
Ever. So, as a man, I implore women everywhere: stop complaining about how chivalry
is dead and accept that chair that some wellmannered man was kind enough to offer you.
Remember, they are few and far between.
And to the guys, get your act together. You
job is to protect. And there is never ever any
reason that can justify lifting your hand to a
woman.
Die skinder agter die nuus. Die waarheid agter die kampuspolitiek. Die kommentaar waarvoor almal bang is. Gorrel is nie
verantwoordelik vir enige ongerief veroorsaak nie.
68% van die vleisprodukte wat hulle in ’n studie
getoets het, vreemde goed bevat het wat nie daarin
moes wees nie – donkievleis, onbekende plantmateriaal ens. Gorrel geniet dit om R15.80 vir ’n
groot middagete te betaal by die universiteit se
voedselverskaffers, maar Gorrel besef dit sal uiters
naïef wees om te dink die vleis in daardie geregte
het ’n eersteklas-gradering.
Hopelik kom die reuk van rot wat Gorrel ruik
nie uit die kombuise op kampus nie.
HOOP PROJEK LAAT DIE WIELE ROL
So paar dae gelede wandel Gorrel daar af in Merrimanlaan (dis nou nadat Gorrel se fiets langs die
Neelsie gesteel is), en skielik skiet daar ’n splinternuwe Toyota Corolla hier voor Gorrel verby in ’n
systraat af. Nogal met groot HOOP-projek plakkers wat as versiering dien op die deurpanele.
“As jy hom kry, vry
hom. En as hy gay is,
convert hom.”
Is dit dan waarvoor daardie R1,4 miljard
aangewend word - om karre te koop vir amptenare
wat nie van een kant op kampus na die ander kan
stap nie?
As daar regtig vervoermiddels aangeskaf moet
word, waarom dan nie een van die snelle, vaartbelyne Matie-fietse wat die nie?
BOTMAN ONS EIE MORIARTY?
So gepraat van haastige trapmasjiene, Gorrel hoor
so ’n tydjie terug ’n groepie studente op die Rooiplein wat ’n samesweringsteorie, bron onbekend,
bespreek - blykbaar is prof. Botman die meesterbrein agter die sindikaat wat eienaars van hulle fietse ontneem op kampus.
Ja, sê hulle, dit is nou om die gebruik van Matie-fietse aan te moedig. Het iemand dan al gehoor
van een van die universiteit se fietse wat gesteel is?
“Woordfees is soos
JOOL vir oumense.”
– Gehoor by die
Woorfees
“In soos ’n piesang,
uit soos ’n pynappel.”
– Afrikaansdosent verduidelik swangerskap
“’n Donkie stamp nie
sy kop twee keer nie,
’n dronkie wel.”
– Ou aan sy meisie
wat weer in Helshoogte wil gaan kuier
“Donderdae-oggende
op Stellenbosch is ’n
kombinasie van Cluedo en Where’s Wally.”
– Student na ’n row we
klein Saterdag
“Jy’s soos ’n 300g
steak wat perfek
gaargemaak is. Ek is
soos ‘n persoon wat 2
dae laas geëet het.”
– Manstudent het
basiese behoeftes
– “Hulle sê dat mense
wat 6-7 ure slaap
lewe langer as mense
wat 8 ure slaap.”
–“Ja, natuurlik, want
hulle is daai ekstra
uur wakker.”
– Gehoor in dameskoshuis
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KWYTRA AK
Tobie Cronje
Gebore om te laat lag
Hy voel duidelik ongemaklik. “Ek verstaan nie regtig hoekom
julle met my wil gesels nie. My lewe is maar eintlik boring.” Hy
sit met sy skouers geboë – miskien juis om sy lengte te verbloem.
Hy loer kort-kort na die fotograaf en begin eers werklik ontspan
toe Franco sy lens wegsit.
Tobie Cronjé is verbasend skaam. Een van Suid-Afrika se bekroonde komediante blyk nie van die kollig te hou nie. “Ek is nooit
die funny man nie. Ek voel my lewe moet balans hê. So by die huis
is ek nogal vervelig. Ek kook kos. Ek hou van klavier speel, maar
ek oefen nie gereeld genoeg nie. En ek praat baie met my kat wat
nou 19 jaar oud is. Haar naam is Smudge. Ek het spinasie en rocket
en kole en appelliefies in my tuin.”
Ek lag onwillekeurig terwyl hy gesels, maar hy is nie besig om
grappies te maak nie. Inteendeel. Die koddige gesigsuitdrukkings,
sy lang kakebeen, die vreemde mannerismes en die eentonige stem
is nie vir die verhoog ontwerp nie. “Ek dink ek was seker maar ’n
snaakse kind. Ek was nog altyd lank en ek het nog altyd ’n lang
kakebeen gehad. My ma sê ek is lank gebore. Ek hou daarvan om
te dink ek het voete eerste uitgekom en my kakebeen het vasgesit,
toe trek hulle en toe kom dit so lank uit.”
Hy frons. Dit lyk of hy steeds effens onseker is waarom gehore
dadelik begin lag as hy op die verhoog stap. “Ek is nie seker of dit
’n kompliment is nie.”
Hy vertel van sy eerste dag op universiteit in Pretoria. Hy het
onder die formidabele Anna Neethling-Pohl studeer. “Ons almal
moes opstaan, ons naam sê en waar ons vandaan kom. Almal het
dit so op die ry af gedoen, toe het ek ook opgestaan en gesê: “My
naam is Tobie Cronjé en ek kom van Germiston.” Toe bars almal
uit van die lag! En ek het gewonder, wat is nou so snaaks aan
Germiston? Dit is nou maar hoe my lewe werk en ek moes maar
gewoond raak daaraan.”
Dit klink skielik soos ’n las. “Ek het nogal ’n langerige stadium
deurgemaak waar ek eerder Hamlet of Koning Lear sou wou speel.
As ’n mens ouer raak, dan besef jy die lewe is wat dit is. Wat
gebeur kan jy nie nou verander nie en jy kan ook nie die verlede
verander nie. Ek is doodgelukkig met wat ek nou doen.”
Dit was egter nie altyd so nie. “Toe ek so 45 was, het ek gedink
ek gaan deur menopause. Ek het ’n krisis in my lewe beleef. Ek het
gedink ek is in die verkeerde loopbaan, ek het gedink ek bly by die
verkeerde persoon, ek het die verkeerde lewe, ek het die verkeerde
liggaam. Alles was verkeerd.”
Hy het in dié tyd geleer om te mediteer. “En ek het elke dag
wonderlike DVD’s. Ek het omtrent 20 000 boeke in my huis en ’n
groot rak vol DVD’s wat ek nog nie almal gekyk het nie. Ek weet
ook nie of ek gaan kans kry voor ek doodgaan nie. Ek sal hulle
maar moet saamvat.”
Ek vra uit oor hulle aangenome dogter, Refilwe. “Ons het haar
nie wettiglik aangeneem nie. Haar ma het vir my gewerk. Na sy ’n
jaar vir ons gewerk het, kom sy eendag in en sê: ‘I’m pregnant and
there is no father.’ En toe het ek vir ’n ruk gedink, wat gaan van
die kind word en watse kans het sy? En toe sê ek: ‘Okay, ek sal die
pa wees’. Ons het skoolgelde betaal, sy het by ons kom bly en ons
het raad gegee net wanneer dit nodig was. Haar ma het nog totale
seggenskap oor haar gehad.”
Hy ruk vinnig sy Blackberry uit en begin soek vir ’n foto van
haar matriekafskeid. Hy is trots. Soos dit ’n pa betaam. “Ek is so
bly haar smaak is so klassiek. Ons het saam gaan rok koop en juwele en die hare en die goed. En as ek sê: ‘Wat van dit?’, dan rol
sy haar oë.” Sy het verlede jaar matriek klaargemaak. “Sy gaan ’n
gap-jaar vat. Sy is nie akademies baie goed nie, so ons gaan kyk in
watter rigting sy gaan swot. Sy wil graag vir ’n ruk ’n lugwaardin
wees. Ons sal ’n beroep vind wat vir haar ’n bietjie lewenservaring gee.”
En wat van aftree? “Ek word ouer, ja. Die pantomime is ook
baie fisiek, want dit is ’n baie groot verhoog en jy moet baie vinniger en baie meer beweeg. Maar ek beskou dit maar as my gym.
Ek doen my gym op die verhoog voor ’n klomp mense én hulle
betaal my.
“Ek sal baie graag wil aftree, maar as akteur, solank ’n mens
woorde kan onthou, hoef jy nooit af te tree nie. Ek sal nogsteeds
wil werk, maar dit sal lekker wees om meer te kan kies wat ek
doen.”
As hy eendag te oud is sal hy maar vir mense leer hoe om
snaaks te wees. “Mense lag nou vir baie ander goed. Die grappies
het baie meer riskant geword.” Hy is skrikkering vir stand-up. “Ek
sal dit nooit kan doen nie. Ek dink ek is nou te oud daarvoor. Dit
is ongelooflik hoe dit ook in Afrikaans ontwikkel. Tolla van der
Merwe het sulke shows gehou, maar toe was dit nog nie algemeen
en baie populêr nie. Maar nou is dit ’n groot ding.”
Hy geniet juis nog die opwinding daarvan om saam met medeakteurs op die verhoog te verskyn.
“Dit werk met ’n komedie so. Ons voel almal lam en lui en nie
lus daarvoor nie voor die vertoning. En dan as jy die eerste golf
van lag kry, dan begin dit buzz binne jou. Dit is hoe dit altyd is.”
“... as akteur, solank ’n mens woorde kan onthou, hoef jy nooit af te tree nie.”
binne ’n groep begin sit. En dit het ’n ongelooflike verskil in my
lewe gemaak. Ek doen dit nie nou meer genoeg nie.”
Sy lewensmaat, William Pretorius, is reeds vyf jaar oorlede.
“Ons was 28 jaar bymekaar. Ek dink as ’n mens 28 jaar by iemand
is, gaan dit moontlik 28 jaar vat om daaraan gewoond te raak dat
die persoon nie meer daar is nie.” Maar hy probeer om nie aan
goed vas te hou nie. “Dit is deel van my lewensfilosofie.”
William het Tobie se liefde vir boeke en flieks gedeel. Hy was
hoofsaaklik ’n filmresensent. “Hy het my baie geleer. Hy het ’n
vreeslike wye kennis van flieks gehad en hy het toegang gehad tot
Sukkel hy ook partykeer om sy lag op die verhoog te hou?
“Baie mense vra my daaroor. Rex Garner was ’n bekende klugspeler in Johannesburg en ek het merendeels by hom geleer. Hy
het altyd gesê ’n mens moet ’n atmosfeer skep wat soos sjampanje
is – wat borrels skep. En deur jou akteurs in die oë te kyk met ’n
glimlag, skep jy die potensiaal om uit te bars van die lag. En dit
gee alles net so ’n vonkel en daar is ’n gevoel van gevaar, jy weet?
Partykeer gaan ons te ver en dan bars ons uit van die lag! Ek lag
baie min hardop, maar ek sit gewoonlik my hand voor my mond.
Ek dink die gehoor vergewe ons darem.”
Deur: Anika Marais
Foto’s: Franco Theron
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SPORTINKORT | SPORTINSHORT
- Ricky Klopper
Medies lead their pool
in koshuis competition
“TACKLE HOM!” ’n Helshoogte verdediger probeer tevergeefs om ’n Daagbreek aanval te stop. Foto: CHRIS JOUBERT
Eerstejaars klop Helsoogte om titel suksesvol te verdedig
Dagbreek se jarre bekroon
PIET LATEGAN
D
ie jaarlikse Nuwelingetoernooi
waaraan 16 spanne in 2013
deelgeneem het, lewer elke
jaar sy kwota hoogtepunte op en vanjaar was geen uitsondering nie.
Dagbreek het in die finaal
Helshoogte se neuse met 26-13 in die
grond gevryf en so die eerste salvo
gevuur in die intense wedywering wat
daar jaarliks in koshuisrugby op Stellenbosch plaasvind.
Die manne van die Huis van Roem
en Faam het blitsvinnig weggespring
en die linkervleuel, Carel Chris van
Dyk, is weggestuur om te gaan druk.
Die binnesenter, Paul Streicher,
het egter met die doelskop misluk.
Helshoogte het hierna tot verhaal gekom deur twee drieë van hul eie aan te
teken. Die slot, Michael Kotze, en die
heelagter, Le Roux Redelinghuys, het
vir Helshoogte vyfpunters aangeteken
en hulle losskakel, Marius Venter, was
in die kol met een van die doelskoppe.
Die eerste hefte was kliphard en altwee spanne het goeie spel gelewer,
maar dit wou voorkom of Helshoogte
die kitaar geslaan het. Dagbreek het
egter enkele minute voor rustyd ’n
gevoelige slag geslaan en hiermee die
hele gang van die wedstryd verander.
Hulle heelagter, Tremayn de Jager,
het ’n agterlynbeweging afgerond en
na Streicher se doelskop het die vlae
omhoog geskiet. Die manne het gaan
water drink met die telling 13-12 vir
Helshoogte.
In die tweede helfte het Dagbreek
gaandeweg beheer oor die wedstryd
verkry en die agsteman, Joubert Louw,
het met sy robuuste inklimspel indruk
gemaak. Streicher het twee strafskoppe vir Dagbreek oorgeklits en toe
Van Dyk hierna gaan afrond na goeie
spel waarin daar 10 fases deur Dagbreek afgedwing is, was die skrif aan
die muur vir Helshoogte.
Dagbreek kan met reg trots voel op
hulle vertonings in die toernooi wat
ook oorwinnings oor Medies, Libertas
en Elsenburg ingesluit het.
LAST year’s Sauer trophy winners, Medies, currently lead the
Hertz Pool in the national Koshuisrugby competition, which is being
runned parallel to the Varsity Cup.
Medies, who qualified through
their Sauer victory, are joined in
their pool by Villagers, Mopanie
and Northernz, the koshuis champions of Pukke, Tuks and NMMU
respectively.
After an opening-round 23-5
victory against Northernz, Medies opened a six point lead over
second-placed Villagers by beating
Mopanie 24-28 last week, although
Villagers do have a game in hand.
This week, the Medies team
enjoyed a bye, and will only play
again in two weeks time.
They will face Villagers in a
match where they can seal top position in the pool, and face the lower-ranked qualifier from the other
Penny Pinchers Pool.
The Penny Pinchers Pool is
made up of Vishuis (Shimlas), last
year’s champions who are setting
the early pace, Bastion (UJ), Cobras (UCT) and Commerce (Wits).
Medies will be looking to emulate Stellenbosch’s representatives
last year, Dagbreek, by reaching
the final. It goes without saying
though, that they would like to go
a step further and clinch the title,
something that Dagbreek failed to
do against Vishuis.
Maties player scores,
performs for SA in Rio
SOUTH AFRICA’s mens hockey
team took part in Round 2 of the
World League in Rio de Janeiro
over the past week.
The team, that includes Maties hockey player Pierre de Voux,
stormed to three comfortable victories in their first three matches, before losing 4-2 against world number 10, and tournament favourites,
Argentina.
De Voux scored his maiden test
goal for South Africa in their third
victory of the tournament on Saturday, a 10-2 drubbing of Trinidad
and Tobago to go with the goal
he scored in their warm-up match
against Chile last week.
SA’s defeat against Argentina
left them in second place, with
their advancement to the next
round hinging on their last game
against Chile.
De Voux, an engineering masters student, is one of a various Maties students in the South African
national setup.
Last year, four Maties players were included in the under-21
South African men’s squad, as
well as five in the under-21 ladies
squad.
TWEE-EN-SEWENTIGSTE JAARGANG | NO 6
WOENSDAG 6 MAART 2013 | GR ATIS OP KAMPUS VERSPREI
Helderberg
come out tops
against rivals
PETER TURNER
STICKY SITUATION A Simonsberg player tries to wriggle his way out of a tight situation, surrounded by Helderberg defenders. Helderberg’s tight
Photo: CHRIS JOUBERT
defence proved to be enough for them to ensure victory in the final of the First Years’ tournament.
‘n Vyfde agtereenvolgende sege gee vir Maties ruimte bo-aan die punteleer
Maties wen derby in Kaapse-hitte
PIET LATEGAN
ie FNB-Maties het Maandagmiddag hul Kaapse eweknieë
van die Universiteit van Kaapstad karnuffel en met 37-15 afgestof
op een van die min windstil dae op die
befaamde “Green Mile“.
Die Maroentruie het hiermee ’n
ferm waarskuwing aan al hulle opponente gerig met hul afgeronde spel.
Hulle het met hierdie oorwinning
voortgebou op die goeie werk wat daar
verlede week in hulle oorwinning oor
Tukkies gedoen is.
Die wedstryd het teen ’n geweldige pas begin met Maties se voorspelers wat hul stempel vroeg afgedruk het. Dit het gelei tot twee
rolmaalbewegingdrieë wat gedruk is
deur die Maties se omgesukkelde haker, Neethling Gericke. Een van hierdie
drieë is verdoel deur losskakel, Dean
D
Grant.
Ikeys het egter hierop geantwoord
met ’n strafskop deur hulle heelagter,
Ross Jones-Davies en met ’n verdoelde drie deur die agsteman van die Kapenaars, Brad Bosman.
Met lemoentyd was Maties voor
met 13-10. Dit het egter nooit gelyk
of die Maroentruie in die moeilikheid
was nie en die grondslag vir hulle oorwinning is op die grond en in die vaste
fasette gelê met oopkantflank, Beyers
de Villiers, en vaskopstut, Os Hamman, as fondament.
Na ʼn drie deur Ikeys se ou staatmaker, Tiger Bax, was Maties vir ’n
wyle agter, maar die damwal moes een
of ander tyd breek, want die oormag
was eenvoudig te groot.
Die stewige binnesenter van Maties, Ryan Nell, het hierna oorgeval
vir ’n drie wat deur Grant verdoel is
en Maties het begin om die sluise oop
te trek.
De Villiers het hierna vir Maties
nog ’n vyfpunter behaal en die Maroen Masjien was in volle swang. Toe
Maties se plaasvervanger-vleuel, J.P.
Lewis, hierna sierlik onder die pale
oorduik nadat hy die bal onderskep
het is die finale nekslag toegedien om
vir Maties ’n 37-15 oorwinning te gee.
Maties kan nou uitsien na ’n wegwedstryd teen Wits en dan weer ’n
tuiswedstryd teen Pukke op 18 Maart.
Met die oorwinning het Maties
’n sewe-punt gaping voor Tukkies
oopgemaak, en lyk beslis na die Varsity Cup se voorste aanspraakmakers.
In ander uitslae het NMMU weereens hulself as belowende buiteperde
in die kompetisie bewys, deur vir UJ
20-13 te klop, terwyl Tukkies vir Wits
gemaklik met 52-0 oorrompel het.
Op die oomblik staan Maties op 23
punte, terwyl Tukkies (16), UJ (15),
en NMMU (15) in die ander top-vier
plekke aangetref word.
THE Coetzenburg Astro Turf, home
to Maties Hockey, became a familiar
setting to many new faces this Saturday as the annual First Years’ Hockey
Tournament kicked off in the morning.
As with the games in the Summer
League, the matches were fast-paced,
25 minutes long with no half-time
break.
To the spectators’ delight, the mens’
final saw old-time rivals Simonsberg
and Helderberg contesting fiercely for
first position. Simonsberg proved their
mettle en route to the final by winning their first match against Olympus
PSO convincingly, beating them 3-0
and then proceeding to win all of their
pre-final games with the exception of
a 1-1 draw to Huis Marais. Their win
against PSO Pieke proved redundant,
however, as Pieke was disqualified
from the tournament for including
players from last year’s tournament
winners, Libertas, in their team.
Helderberg’s journey to the final
was an even smoother one, as they
won all their games convincingly and
guaranteed their place in the final after
a 2-1 win against Helshoogte, cementing their reputation as a top quality
side with a dangerous short corner.
The mens’ final set off to a steady
start with a few near goal attempts by
Simonsberg. As the game drew on
however Helderberg began to dominate possession and Simonsberg began to familiarize themselves with
their own half.
Eventually Helderberg’s Robert
Davis did it for his residence as he
managed to put one past the Simonsberg goalkeeper in the 16th minute
after a rather scrappy tussle in front of
the goals following a short corner. The
game ended 1-0 and Helderberg’s first
years grabbed the men’s title.
The ladies’ tournament also produced top quality hockey. Nemesia
and Heemstede won their semi-finals
against Medies and Heemstede respectively to book a place in the final. Both
teams fought hard in a tense final. As
in the mens’ final, Nemesia claimed
victory with the smallest of margins
with the match also ending 1-0. As a
result, Nemesia were crowned as the
winners of the First Year Womens’
Tournament.
The tournament was a great success and will remain an annual fixture.