Nuwe koshuis soek nog 150 seniors

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DieMATIE
GRATIS OP KAMPUS VERSPREI
WOENSDAG 27 JULIE 2005
NO 11
MARCH QUESTIONS US POLICIES
POTTER, SPRINKAAN, MANGA
CALLING A SPADE A SPADE
Die Matie’s
annual book
supplement
unleashed...
ANCYL protests
against
language,
racism, financial
exclusion
etc.
7-8
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CLICK VIR AFRIKA Justin Stokes en Zeta Mouton wys hul steun vir die Uniting US-projek.
Foto: STEVEN BARBER
Nuwe koshuis soek nog 150 seniors
DIE “NUWE KOSHUIS” sal bestaan uit 50 internasionale studente, 300 eerstejaars en 150 seniors.
Seniors (vanuit bestaande koshuise
asook PSO-wyke) kan tot en met
12 Augustus aansoek doen om plek
by Studentehuisvesting.
Daar word ’n jaarlikse migrasiekwota vanuit ander koshuise
oorweeg. Voornemende eerstejaars
kan op hul aansoekvorms aandui
dat hulle in die “nuwe koshuis” wil
bly. Eerstejaars wat nie plek kry in
hul eerste-keuse-koshuis nie, maar
wél kwalifiseer vir koshuisplek, sal
dan ook in die nuwe koshuis
geplaas word.
Die proses om die inwonede
hoof aan te stel is tans onderweg.
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Optog
môre
RIKA VOLLGRAAFF
RIKA VOLLGRAAFF
Sarge says it
all again, ’bout
communism
and comrades.
Die HK is reeds aangestel. Taamba
Iithete, Goldfields se huidige prim, is
as prim aangestel. Derick Troost,
onderprim, sê:“Soos enige koshuis gaan
’n groot verskeidenheid mense saamstaan vir iets wat groter as hulle is... en
wat ’n voorreg om deel te hê daarin.”
Die naamgewingskomitee het vroeer dié jaar ’n kompetisie aangebied
waarin personeel en studente van die
US die geleentheid gebied is om ’n naam
vir die nuwe koshuis voor te stel. Die
naamgewingskomitee sou ’n moontlike
naam aan die US-bestuur voorlê wat
dit weer vir finale goedkeuring aan die
US-raad sou voorlê. Die komitee kon
egter nie finale eenstemmigheid bereik
nie en het twee name aan bestuur
voorgelê. Na oorlegpleging met die
raad, is besluit om die inwoners van
dié koshuis in 2006 toe te laat om die
naam te kies.
Dr Edna van Harte, studentedekaan, is baie positief oor die
koshuis. “Hierdie koshuis bied aan
ons ’n geleentheid om plasing van
studente op ’n nuwe manier te doen
vir 2006 en ook om die institutionele
kultuur van die koshuis anders te
benader. Om hierdie rede wil ons
graag ‘nie-tradisionele’ studente soos
bv. internasionale studente daar
plaas. Ons het ook ’n groeiende
Moslemstudentegemeenskap met
spesifieke behoeftes aan wie ons
moet dink en hierdie koshuis bied
geleenthede om sodanige behoeftes
te kan vul. Die uitdagings aan die
HK gaan groot wees, want hierdie is
die grootste koshuis op kampus.
Om daardie rede gaan daar diep
gedink word oor die opleiding van
die HK en die Inwonende Hoof wat
hierdie koshuis gaan bestuur.”
DIE ANCYL het ’n optog vir môre
gereël om hul griewe, wat volgens hulle
tot dusver op dowe ore geval het, aan
Stellenbosch duidelik te maak.
Die optog sal môreoggend om 09:00
aanvang neem. Studente sal mekaar in
die Neelsie parkeerarea ontmoet en om
10:00 by Hoërskool Kayamandi
bymekaar kom. Die optog sal daarvandaan na Birdstraat en daarná na Van
Ryneveldstraat via Merrimanlaan
beweeg. Die optog sal voor admin B in
Victoriastraat tot stilstand kom. Die
organiseerders sal dan ’n memorandum
aan die rektor oorhandig.
Louis Arendse van die ANCYL sê
daar is fundamentele dinge verkeerd op
Stellenbosch en dat dít eerste reggestel
moet word. Een van hierdie dinge is
die feit dat daar meer wit as anderskleurige studente op Stellenbosch
is en dit nie verteenwoordigend van die
land se demografie is nie. Op die vraag
of hy dan van mening is dat wit
studente toelating tot die US geweier
moet word sodat die verhouding wit
tot anderskleuriges 10% teenoor 90%
is, het hy geantwoord: “Yes, that will
be a small sacrifice.”
Volgens die jeugliga is hierdie optog
nie polititiesgedrewe nie, maar verteenwoordig hulle bloot alle minderheidgroepe op kampus. Die SR het
aan die ANCYL gesê dat hulle die optog
heelhartig en fisies sal steun indien die
ANCYL ander minderheidsgroepe ook
aan boort kry. Teen druktyd was
SASCO reeds deel van die planne, en
gesprekke met ander minderheidsgroepe, onder andere Lesbigay sou
volg. Hencharl Strauss, voorsitter van
w w w. s u n . a c . z a / d i e m a t i e
Lesbigay, sê dat Lesbigay as organisasie
nie die optog kan steun nie, aangesien
gay-regte nêrens genoem word nie.
Cheslin van der Berg, lid van die
ANCYL en mede-organiseerder van die
optog, sê deel van die probleem is dat
swart en bruin studente nie tuis voel in
die Stellenbosch-omgewing nie. Hy
sonder spesifiek koshuise uit as ’n
probleem. Van der Berg is ’n inwoner
van Simonsberg. Volgens hom is strukture soos die diversiteitskomitee in Simonsberg oneffektief. Nie net verkies
hy om nie by sulke strukture betrokke
te raak nie, maar voel ook sterk daaroor
dat dit nie net as ’n “kla-medium” vir
minderheidsgroepe moet dien nie. Van
der Berg sê verder die wyse, met
spesifieke verwysing na musiek en
dragkode, waarop sosiale funksies in
koshuisklubs op Stellenbosch gereël
word, minderheidsgroepe doelbewus
uitsluit.
Wilhelm Peters, prim van Simonsberg, stem saam diversiteitskomitees
moet nie net ’n “klagtebuis” wees nie.
Hy voel egter dat, indien Van der Berg
so sterk voel hieroor, hy tog betrokke
moes raak, eerder as om van buite te
kritiseer. Hy sê verder dat hulle in 2004
’n klubaand gehou het wat spesifiek
gemik was om Simonsbergers van alle
kulture te betrek. “Ons het musiek van
hulle smaak gespeel en quarts gedrink,
saam gedans en gekuier, juis om diversiteit te bevorder.” Cornelis Human, HKlid van Simonsberg gemoeid met
diversiteit, het benadruk dat geen mens
kan verwag om gehoor te word indien
hy/sy nie betrokke wil raak nie. “Dis
tragies dat sulke sensitiewe aangeleenthede op hierdie wyse na vore kom, maar
as dit al manier is waarop dit effektief
gehoor word, ondersteun ek dit.”
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News
DieMATIE 27 JULY 2005
Helderberg trek SR mosie van wantroue terug
LEON-BEN LAMPRECHT
HELDERBERG manskoshuis het op 10
Mei ’n mosie van wantroue in die SR
ingestem. Die mosie is intussen voorwaardelik teruggetrek tot en met
Helderberg en die SR op 1 Augustus
vergader om die geskil te besleg. Pieter
Kloppers sal as bemiddelaar optree.
In ’n sterk-bewoorde e-pos skryf
Albertus Marais, prim van Helderberg,
aan Lourens du Plessis, SR-voorsitter,
“Hierdie is...nie ’n ‘kom ons skop ’n
bietjie stof op en gooi ons speelgoed uit
die cot-oefening nie’” en dat “verandering is indringend nodig”. Marais
noem ook hy en sy HK dink die SR van
2005 is van die beter studenterade wat
hul nog gesien het i.t.v portefeulje
bestuur. Hulle is egter van mening dat
die SR as liggaam “’n uitgediende
organisasie” geword het.
Die mosie het dit onder meer gestel
dat dat SR nie werlik studente se
belange by die topbestuur verteenwoordig nie; dat Helderberg steeds sal
deelneem aan alle kampusaktiwiteite,
maar dat Helderberg onttrek aan die
gesag van die SR en dat die mosie ad
infinitum geld totdat die SR bewys
lewer aan die huis (Helderberg) dat hy
bevoeg is om sy belange te verteenwoordig.
Marais sê daar word al lank so
gevoel. Die laaste strooi, volgens hom,
was toe hulle die SR genooi het na hul
derde huisvergadering (“drie of vier
weke voor die tyd”). Marais sê Huba
Brink, SR-lid en primkomitee-voorsitter, het aan hom gesê hulle gaan poog
om nie net die UK nie, maar die hele
SR by die vergadering te hê.
“Ek is die middag van die vergadering
gesê dat slegs twee SR-lede (Brink en
Pieter Koornhof), dit sou kom bywoon,
wat beide ex officio posisies op die SR
beklee. Hierdie was nie vir my goed
genoeg nie en ek het besluit dat die SR
maar hierdie skamele poging kon laat
vaar,” het Marais gesê.
Die SR het gereageer in ’n brief van
Koornhof, die SR-sekretaris, en gesê
dis besonder moeilik om op die inhoud
van die mosie te reageer, aangesien dit
“vaag en sonder substansie” is en dat
indien hulle spesifieke voorbeelde kon
verskaf waar die SR nie studente se
belange by die topbestuur verteenwoordig het nie, “sou daarop gereageer
kon word.
Die brief noem ook daar is sekere
outomatiese gevolge indien Helderberg
van die studenteraad se verteenwoordiginsfunksie sou onttrek, o.m. dat
Marais nie meer op die primkomitee
sou kon dien nie en dat Helderberg nie
meer aan SR- of SR-verwante aktiwiteite sou kon deelneem nie (soos
toneelfees, eerstejaarsatletiek, ens).
Intussen het Helderberg sy mosie
voorwaardelik terug getrek, omdat dit
volgens Marais kontra-produktief is.
“Na deeglike oordenking het die HK
besluit dat die huidige situasie nie
bevorderlik is nie,” het Marais gesê.
Marais sê die SR het geweier om onder
dreigement met hulle te praat en dat
Helderberg ook verbied is om aan
“kompetisies soos sêr, toneelfees, ens
deel te neem. “Ons wil saampraat.
Probeer kyk of ons die stelsels kan
verander”, sê Marais.
Marais is ’n sterk voorstander van
die primkomitee. “Die primkomitee
moet meer geïnkorporeer word. As
daar byvoorbeeld probleme is met die
plasingsbeleid, praat met die PK. Dit
sal die weeklikse vergadering met ’n
halfuur uitrek.”
Du Plessis het gesê hy hou by wat
hy gesê het. “Die mosie is maar redelik
vaag. Ons sal maar sien wat gebeur
wanneer ons gesels. Intussen is ons
hande maar afgekap.”
Voluntary termination of service packages at the university
DEWALD VAN RENSBURG
THE UNIVERSITY’S Human Resources division has extended an invitation
to all academic and non-academic
personnel to apply for ‘voluntary
termination of service packages’. An
open letter penned by rector Chris
Brink places this measure under the
auspices of ‘rightsizing’, a cornerstone
of the ‘Vision 2012’ strategic framework
adopted in September 2003.
The formal invitation, taking the
form of a memo circulated by John
October, senior director of Human
Resources, states that this one-off
initiative is aimed at facilitating
‘sustainable savings’ in the university’s rewards account. Previous
temporary initiatives to this effect
included revision of the university’s
promotion and paid leave policies for
new employees as well as the elimination of vacant positions. According to
the university’s website the packages
are also meant to soften the impact of
possible future staff reductions.
Applying for a package moreover
does not guarantee receiving one.
Criteria by which applicants may
be refused a package include the value
of their skills within the university’s
strategic framework. The window for
application closes on the 12 th of
August.
Vision 2012 and the concomitant
‘rightsizing’ process – of which the
offering of voluntary severance forms
Kampusleiers click teen armoede
DENVER KISTING EN ESTI
BRAND
“DIT IS DIE ideale geleentheid om
mense bymekaar te bring wat in ’n
posisie is om ander te help,” is hoe
Beer Adriaanse, tromspeler van
Zinkplaat, hul betrokkenheid by die
Uniting US-projek beskryf het.Hierdie projek is gegrond op die internasionale Make Poverty Historyveldtog wat ten doel het om wêreldarmoede aan te spreek deur die
grootskaalse skuld waaronder arm
lande gebuk gaan, af te skryf asook
om handelsgeregtigheid en beter
hulpverlening aan arm lande teweeg
te bring. 30,000 kinders sterf elke dag
as gevolg van uiterste armoede.
Daar is uiteindelik hierdie jaar
daarin geslaag om al die hulpbronne,
kennis en geleenthede te benut om ’n
einde te bring aan hierdie kwessie.
Regoor die wêreld het mense hulself
geskaar by hierdie veldtog.Twee
Maties, Anri en Corné van der Spuy,
het die Studenteraad genader om die
Universiteit van Stellenbosch by
hierdie projek te betrek. Hieruit is die
Uniting US-projek van stapel gestuur
om solidariteit te toon met die Make
Poverty History-veldtog. Verlede
Dinsdag is die Uniting US-video in die
Regter van Zijl-saal opgeneem.
Verskeie leiers uit die Stellenbosse
a part – are expected to predominantly
affect the Natural Science, Engineering
and Health faculties. The strategy
includes plans to reorganise the roles
of academic personnel and create a
cross-faculty ‘Foundation Faculty’ to
address deficiencies in first-year
students’ basic academic skills.
These processes raise the possibility of budgetary constraints as well
as staff redundancy and thus retrenchments. All university environments are
required to assuage their financial and
personnel requirements and to propose measures to ensure ‘financial sustainability’ and the preservation of
academic excellence in the face of
change. These proposals are to be
completed and submitted to the
rector’s management team by midSeptember after which the need for
staff reduction and other cost-cutting
processes will be established. Eliminating personnel is however a last
resort and can quite probably be
avoided, says October.
Helshoogte toer Noord
gemeenskap, onder andere die
Studentedekaan, dr Edna van Harte
en die burgemeester, Mnr Willie
Ortell, het hul verskyning as akteurs
in hierdie video gemaak. Rika
Vollgraaff van die Matie en Martin
de Abreu van mfm het ook deelgeneem. Die plaaslike video is nouliks
geskoei op dié van die internasionale
veldtog en dien as bewusmaking en
bemarking van wit bandjies wat die
simbool van die veldtog is. Hierdie
wit bandjies word sedert Maandag
teen R10 elk in die Neelsie oor
middagete verkoop. Alle fondse wat
hierdeur gegenereer word, sal geskenk word aan ’n plaaslike projek
wat fokus op armoedeverligting.
75 HELSHOOGTERS het op 9 Julie
met die Transkarootrein na Pretoria
vertrek vir ’n sporttoer.
Twee rugbyspanne, ’n hokkie en
’n sokkerspan het teen verskillende
Tukkie-koshuise deelgeneem. Buiten
vir een rugbywedstryd was Helshoogte nooit aan die verloorkant nie.
Die toer is afgesluit met ’n ete in
Tukkies se rugby-onthaallokaal met
oud-inwoners as gassprekers.
Helshoogte bedank graag dr Van
Harte, Ettienne Jordaan, Cape Medical
Supplies, Wellington VO en Sasko.
-Artikel met erkenning aan Steph
De Goede
Aktueel
27 JULIE 2005 DieMATIE
Nuwe rek
enaars
rekenaars
enaarsduurder studies
US-UN chapter
to host a major
conference
THE UNITED Nations Association of South Africa (UNASA) will host an important
World Federation of United
Nations Associations (WFUNA) conference at the University of Stellenbosch. The
conference, officially named the
African Regional Model United
Nations Conference (ARMUN),
will be held from 5-8 September.
The WFUNA African Regional Model UN Conference
aims to boost awareness about
the Millennium Development
Goals. These goals represent a
global commitment to promoting
development and fighting poverty. The progress made in
achieving these goals, especially
regarding Africa, will be reviewed. A document consisting
of the 10 most important steps
that need to be taken by the
international community to
achieve the MDGs by 2015 will
be drafted and brought to the
attention of the delegation attending the Millennium Review
Summit in New York later the
same month. According to Monique Theron, chairperson of
UNA-SA Stellenbosch chapter
and a member of the ARMUN
Steering committee, one of the
primary aims is the “promotion
of civil society involvement with
the MDGs’’. In order to mobilise young people to get
engaged, all participants are
expected to do a follow up
project once the conference is
over.
For the past five months,
students from the Stellenbosch
chapter have been preparing for
the conference. Over a hundred
delegates from South Africa and
abroad are expected to attend the
conference. The organisers have
relied completely on donorfunding, with the largest amount
of financing coming from the
Finnish Embassy. They are still
in need of more volunteers.
Contact Monique Theron at
unasa@sun.ac.za. –Margaux
Petersen
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JACO VISSER
DO YOU KNOW YOUR ABC? The HIV Programs Office of the
University of Stellenbosch in collaboration with their peer educators
hosted the “GROW UP and GET TESTED: Know Your Status” March
Campaign 2005. During the campaign 580 students accessed the
counseling and testing facilities available on campus. This was a record
number compared to previous years.
Photo: CAMPAIGN ORGANISERS
Summit questions US policies
ANNELIE MARE
THE US BRANCHES of the ANC
Youth League (ANCYL) and the
South African Students’ Congress
(SASCO) are organising a protest
march that is taking place tomorrow,
Thursday, 28 July, to raise awareness on various issues of concern.
These issues were originally
brought to the attention of US
management on the 22nd of April
2005 in the form of a memorandum,
entitled “Policy analysis on transformation of education in the
University of Stellenbosch.” (See
article on page 4).
Preceding the protest, a summit
meeting was held by ANCYL and
SASCO last Thursday, 21 July
2005, Themba Ntentesa, ANCYL
member, said at the summit that
although the organisations had taken
part in “many deliberations”, the
university’s response had not been
“satisfactory”. The summit sought
to raise awareness about the
upcoming march, as well as to elicit
the particular points of view of
various leadership bodies with
regards to the upcoming march.
Prof Chris Brink, rector of the
US, said that the university
supported any legitimate student
organisation’s “right to protest
against what they have a problem
with” and that the university,
although he believed it shouldn’t be
aligned with any particular political
party, would not oppose any political party either.
Prof Brink also proceeded to
mention ways in which the university sought to bring about change,
including the creation of the
Language Committee of Council
(currently in the process of deliberating about the Language Policy)
and the “Forum on Black Student
Success”. Prof Brink added that both
ANCYL and SASCO were involved
in the first meeting of this forum.
In addition to the above, the
rector mentioned that he was engaged
in monthly discussions with the
Mayor of Stellenbosch about what
they called the “reinventing of
Stellenbosch”, and that “this project
is taking shape as one that will
address the legacy of our apartheid
past”.
He continued in his speech to say
that, in the spectrum of the “soul of
the US” he would place ANCYL and
SASCO on the one end and “prominent and leading members of the
Convocation” on the other end, and
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DIE REKENAARGEBRUIKSAREA van die Fakulteit Natuurwetenskappe (NARGA) is onlangs teen ongeveer R1,18 miljoen
opgegradeer.
“Dit was ’n
gedwonge vervanging van die
ou rekenaars.
Ons het té veel
klagtes (oor die
ou rekenaars)
gekry,” sê Ilse
de Kock, bestuurder van
Narga. Sowel
die oop area se
85 rekenaars as
die ou Linux-laboratorium (Linux-lab) se 63 rekenaars is vervang
teen ’n gemiddelde koste van R8
000 per rekenaar. Die oop area
spog nou met nuwe Dell DX280rekenaars.
Volgens De Kock is die oop
area se rekenaars drie jaar gelede
vervang en die Linux-lab s’n ses
jaar gelede. De Kock beklemtoon
dat dit nie vir hulle die moeite
werd is om rekenaars te hou nadat
hulle waarborg verval het nie. Die
nuwe rekenaars sal op die perseel
deur Dell herstel word en sodoende
sal dit verseker dat daar nooit
rekenaars sal wees wat nie werk nie.
Platskermmonitors (“flat screens”) is
geïnstalleer ten einde rekenaargebruikers se werksoppervlakte te
vergroot.
In die Linux-lab is 17-duim
monitors geïnstalleer. Die Linux-lab
is nou toeganklik
vir alle Narga-gebruikers en nie net
meer vir programmeerders nie. Alle
rekenaars in hierdie
lokaal kan nou
“dual boot” met óf
Windows óf Linux.
Die nuwe rekenaars sal volgens
De Kock geen aanpassingsprobleme
vir die gebruikers meebring nie. Die
rekenaars het nie stiffie-aandrywers
nie, maar mobiele stiffie-aandrywers
is gedurende kantoorure vir studente
beskikbaar. Narga poog om studente
te laat oorskakel van stiffies na “flash
disks”.
Die opgradering geskied teen ’n
verhoging in voorgraadse klasgelde
met 8% vir die 2005 akademiese jaar
volgens Chris de Beer, Hoof: Studentegelde en Debiteure.
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Current Affairs
Concerning Stellenbosch...
• ANCYL memorandum and Management response
ANNELIE MARÈ
ON 22 APRIL 2005 the ANC Youth
League and SASCO submitted a
document entitled “Policy analysis on
transformation of education in the University of Stellenbosch” to the US
Management. Management responded
a fortnight later. These documents,
which deal with several issues, can be
summarised as follows:
LANGUAGE POLICY
ANCYL suggested implementing
the Afrikaans and English model,
thereby presenting students with a
choice between separate Afrikaans and
English medium classes in the same
course.
Vice-rector Russel Botman explained in US management’s response
that the Language Committee of Council
is preparing for a full review of the
current Language Policy and Plan,
including the recommendations of both
ANCYL’s proposals and those of the
Executive Committee of Council.
STUDENT RESIDENCE POLICY
The memorandum’s proposals also
protest the way in which students are
placed in university residences, saying
that first preference should be given to
“distance students” in their first and
second year and not students who
already come from Stellenbosch. In
addition, residences should be more
financially accommodating.
In his response, Botman mentioned
that the principles that govern the
student residence policy include the
standpoints that “priority should be
given to placing those students who
will benefit most meaningfully from
university residences”and that ‘‘in
accordance with the principle of
equity, every student who is admitted
to the university should have a chance
to access student residence’’.
RACISM
With regards to the question of
racism, ANCYL requested that the
university distances itself from people
or individuals who are promoting
racism on campus, mentioning as
examples Eugene Terreblanche (who
spoke in the Neelsie in 2004) and dr
Dan Roodt (who was invited to speak
at Woordfees).
They also maintain that the SRC
and the Student Affairs Bureau should
engage the social clubs in town that
are frequented by the students, such
as Stones, Tollies, Cat Walk and
Allstars, because that is where “most
racial discriminatory activities occur’’.
In management’s response, Botman
assured the protestors that “the
university shares (their) unequivocal
rejection of all forms of racism as it
may occur in the vicinity of Stellenbosch” and that they “are saddened
by the painful realities of discrimination” as described in the memorandum.They are in conversation with
the municipality on various issues.
FINANCIAL AND ACADEMIC EXCLUSION
The financial and academic proposals put forward by ANCYL are
intended to facilitate and improve the
number of students that receive
degrees from the University of Stellenbosch. They maintain that financial
assistance should be enough to “enable
students a decent living” as this “will
create confidence among students who
are using the US bursary and loan” and
will improve these students’ academic
results since students will not have the
added stress of worrying about their
financial needs. Concerning academics
specifically, the document asked that
“the fact that students are from
different schools should also be
acknowledged”.
Botman’s response explained that
the issue of financial assistance had
surfaced even before the receipt of the
memorandum during discussions which
the Dean of Students had facilitated
between student leaders and the Division of Finance on the 16th of March
2005. Further information was shared
on the nature and extent of financial
support and level of student fees at
the US as compared to other South
African universities, and the level of
student fees compared to other universities at a follow-up discussion on
the 28th of April 2005.
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Botman proceeded to address what
he called “the crux of (the) memorandum: the success of our black
students”. “This,” he wrote, “is a core
outcome of our strategic management
of resources, the restoration of human
dignity and the creation of a non-racial
Stellenbosch community. The reality
and impact of school education,
including that of disadvantaged schools,
on student success have been identified
as serious risks on the agenda of this
university. The matter receives the
monthly attention of the management
team of the vice-rector (Teaching).
They quarterly report to the Rector’s
Management Team. “We have already
factored this risk into the university’s
admission policy, student accommodation policy and our actions for
improving student success at the US.”
Leaders discuss issues
behind protest at summit
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expressed his wish that these
two constituencies could engage in
direct deliberations, offering to
facilitate a meeting of this nature.
Brink concluded by saying that
management does not “feel threatened by the idea of a protest”, but
that instead they “will regard it as
an opportunity for growth”.
Ntentesa, representing ANCYL
and SASCO’s views said in his
speech that the university seemed
to be “controlled by a small group
of Afrikaners” and that “Africans”
are not accommodated. He also
expressed the organisations’ wish
to ensure that more students left
the university “with degrees and
not simply poorer than they had
arrived here”.
Nombi Nkondlo, speaking as
Provincial Secretary of the ANC
Youth League, said that access to
education is not a privilege, but a
right. In this respect, Nkondlo
proceeded to mention both finances
and language as primary obstacles,
saying that financial aid “makes the
difference” in terms of ensuring that
students from all backgrounds can
have the same chance at achieving
success. She also said that other
languages must be embraced instead
of Afrikaans being “imposed on
students.”
The SRC President from the
University of Cape Town (UCT),
Nqobizitha Mlilo, said that he was
honoured to be working with the
University of Stellenbosch “to
speed up change” and that those
who oppose notions of transformation also, in effect, oppose
the country’s constitution. He
added that UCT faced similar
challenges to the ones identified by
ANCYL and SASCO and that he
“could hear the voices of UCT’s
administration” in the words of prof
Brink.
Wandisile Mdeba SRC president
of the University of the Western
Cape (UWC), said that it was time
for people to break away from the
Stellenbosch’s “difficult past” and
“come out of the box” by joining
the march on Thursday. Mdeba also
said that he considered prof Brink
to be a progressive leader.
The President of the US SRC,
Lourens du Plessis said that a
protest was “long overdue”.
Furthermore, Du Plessis proposed that the issues being put
forward are weakened if they seem
to be limited to only two organisations and suggested that the SRC
organise a summit in the near future
that would include other nonpolitical organisations representing
minority groups on campus such as
the Black Students’ Organisation,
the Muslim Students’ Organisation,
LesbiGay and the International
Students’ Organisation. Du Plessis
considers this the “most progressive
option” and said the SRC would be
willing to “march in front” if the
protest could include such a broad
spectrum of minority constituents.
Du Plessis concluded by saying
it would indeed be an impressive
statement for the university to make
if the march could demonstrate the
“majority supporting the minority”
in this manner, and that the issues
being raised by the students needed
to be addressed “until we are rid of
the scourges of the past”.
Interkampus
5
Rapping mak
es Chaucer simple
makes
JANITA VERSTER
BE A VIRGIN AND WIN A
SCHOLARSHI P
UGANDA - In an attempt to
increase the amount of girls
attending University annualy, a
member of parliament from
Uganda’s Kayunga district,
offered a scholarship to those
leaving high school able to prove
their virginity.
Currently only eight to 15
girls from the Kayunga district
attend University yearly due to
the high number of early marriages and defilement.
This scholarship is only
available to girls, and in order to
qualify one has to pass a gynaecological exam.
Besides that this programme
is to promote morals and education, it is also an attempt to
reduce sexually transmitted
diseases like HIV/Aids.
Uganda is worldwide wellknown for their successful antiHIV/Aids programmes. Since
1990 they’ve reduced the HIV/
Aids rate from 30% to 7%.
- News 24
S O N K R A G - R E S I E S
OPKOMENDE SPORT IN
VSA
VSA - Bekende Amerikaanse
Universteite neem deel aan
Sonkragresies, waar hulle hul
kragte meet in omgewingsvriendelike motors, aangedryf
deur so min krag as ‘n aardroer.
Hierdie motors is ongeveer
die grootte van ‘n familie-Sedan,
maar het slegs een sitplek vir die
drywer. Drie drywer le plat op
sy rug, terwyl sy spanmaats vir
hom die roete deurgee deur
middel van oorfone.
Die spoedlimiet vanhierdie
sonkrag-aangedrewe motors is
105km/h. Alhoewel hierdie
buitengewone motors normale
probleme kan opdoen soos pap
bande, sluit dit ook ongewone
krississe in, soos byvoorbeeld
as die litium battery beskadig
word.
Dit verg tydsame herstelwerk en kan dus ‘n span se
wenkanse belemmer.
- Grand Forks Herald
GEOFFREY Chaucer, a famous
Midieval English writer, who’s
works are prescribed to students
worldwide, has the reputation of
being very difficult. Baba Brinkman
started rapping Chaucer’s Canterbury tales in order to simplify it for
students struggling.
The University of Cambrigde
recently hired Brinkman to do the
introductory Medieval Literature
class, after his popularity in Canada
and his success at the Edinburgh
Fringe Festival.
This Canadian performer with a
Masters in Medieval and Renaissance English literature has been
writing and rap-performing poetry
for the past eight years.
During his undergraduate English
thesis, he thought of rapping Chaucer, “if I can show them (students)
that Chaucer was really kind of the
rapper of his day, then everybody
kind of wins on that one.”
The Rap Canterbury tales album,
as well as T-shirts with O.G. Chaucer
on the front, which were both
extremely popular during the 2004
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, are now
for sale and they can be found at
www.babasword.com.
The original Canterbury tales
were written between 1387 and 1400,
about a group of thirty people
travelling as pilgrims to Canterbury
in England.
These Pilgrims, coming from
different social backgrounds started
telling stories to each other on the
way to kill the time. Although his
writings aren’t very complicated, it
is quite difficult to understand, due
to the middle-English used.
The Rap Canterbury tales consist
of the The Pardoner’s Tale, The
Miller’s Tale, The Wife of Bath’s Tale,
and The Tale of Sir Topas. These
tales are told during a battle of storytelling rappers on a tour bus during
Brinkman’s modern pilgrimage.
With these rap-tales he’d like
students to see Chaucer and rap with
new eyes.
Wees ook ’n drie-talige
CARLA-MARIE SPIES
DIE Departement Moderne Vreemde
Tale bied nie slegs graadprogramme aan
nie, maar ook ekstra klasse vir diegene
wat graag buitemuurs ‘n vreemde taal
wil bemeester.
Die tale wat as deel van graadprogramme aangebied word, is Frans,
Duits en Mandaryns en is van voorgraadse vlak tot by doktorsgraad-vlak
(slegs Duits).
Die doel van die klasse, hetsy as
deel van ‘n graadprogram, of buitemuurs, is om nie slegs die tale as
woorde en sinne oor te dra nie, en ook
nie om net ‘n akademiese inslag te hê
nie, maar as’t ware ‘n effektiewe
kommunikasievermoë in dié onderskeie
tale vir studente aan te kweek. Daarom
word die klasse ook nie in die student
se moedertaal onderrig nie, maar wel in
die vreemde taal self. So word ‘n goeie
greep op sowel die geskrewe én die
gesproke taal gevestig.
‘n Belangrike uitgangspunt van die
departement, is om nie slegs op die taal
as sulks te fokus nie, maar ook ‘n liefde
vir die land van herkoms by die student
te kweek en studente bewus te maak
van die spesifieke land se kultuur en
literatuur.
Juis vir dié doel, het die departement
goeie verbindinge en gereelde korrespondensie met die Frans-, Duits-, en
Chineessprekende lande en moedig
uitruilprogramme aan.
Die Universiteit van Stellenbosch
is ook die eksamensentrum vir die
Franse DELF/DALF eksamens, asook
die Duitse eksamens van die Goethe
Instituut.
Die aandklasse, wat in samewerking
met die Internasionale Kantoor gereël
word, bied beginnersklasse in Frans,
Duits, Mandaryns, Portugees en Spaans
aan. Enige iemand, studente en die breër
gemeenskap, kan by die klasse aansluit.
Dié klasse bied studente die geleentheid om, indien hulle nie ‘n taal as deel
van hul kursus kan of wil neem nie,
wel die vreemde taal te kan bestudeer.
Alhoewel dié programme, volgens
Mev, Isabel dos Santos, aandklaskoordineerder, nie krediete dra nie, en
dus nie as deel van ‘n graadprogram
geag kan word nie, is dit steeds ‘n
uitstekende leergeleentheid en bied
studente die geleentheid om in ‘n ander
taal te kan leer kommunikeer.
Studente wat ‘n vreemde taal magtig
is, sal altyd ‘n groot voorsprong hê
wanneer dit by werksgeleenthede kom,
hetsy oorsee of in Suid-Afrika self.
Op eie bodem - met die toenemende
aantal internasionale studente op
kampus, sal dit ook vir Suid-Afrikaanse
studente tot voordeel strek om beter
met dié studente te kan kommunikeer
en ‘n bydrae tot beter interaksie en
kommunikasie tussen studente te kan
maak.
Hoe meer tale jy magtig is, hoe meer
deure word daar vir jou oopgemaak,
want jy’t dus meer gereedskap om te
kommunikeer en ander te verstaan.
Studente word dus aangemoedig om ten
minste een vreemde taal aan te leer en
die Departement Moderne Vreemde
Tale te kontak.
www.babasword.com
Gates hopes Potter majors in computers
During a speech in Redmond for
Microsoft’s annual Faculty Summit, by Bill Gates and Princeton
University engineering school dean
Maria Klawe, Klawe wished for the
possibility that Hermione Granger
(one of Harry Potter’s best friends)
would choose a career in computer
science.
She said that it will help the
industry to recruit more computer
science majors, particularly women.
Gates concurred, by saying,
“Good. Well, even Harry can do it
too.” He feels that the industry
needs all the help it can get, even
though he hasn’t even read the last
book. - News.com
6
Student Life
FULL-TIME
PRESENTERS
IN THE fourth of our series of
seven interviews, with MFM’s
hottest DJ’s, James Voortman
spoke to Nantale Muwonge.
The show that Nantale presents
is The Detour, Monday to Friday,
between 18:00 and 21:00. Here is
what she had to say:
Can you give us a brief description of your show?
A detour is ‘a deviation from a
direct course of action’ according
to an electronic dictionary; “a
choice between two tasks” according to the powers behind The
Amazing Race and a shortcut to
The Hitlist (9pm – midnight) I like
to think.
It was my baby! I say “my
baby” because besides the fact that
it’s my show, I was very involved
in the designing of the show.
It is very me, my personality
enhances the show or the show
enhances my personality. I am a
deviation! I’m a middle child.
Describe your “on-air” personality.
In a word: crazy. Alternatively, how
about progressive?
For the benefit of aspiring
DJ’s, can you tell us how you
went about getting involved at
MFM?
Actually, I was scouted. However, if you would like to be
involved, all you have to do is set
up a tent outside our offices on the
third floor. We will feed you and
everything.
Which DJ’s in particular have
influenced you?
Steyn at MFM. Otherwise DJ
Hooligan aka Da Hool, his single
‘Meet Her At The Love Parade’ is
the first CD I bought, ever.
If it were up to you, what kind
of music would MFM play?
MFM pretty much covers
everything. We are cross-genre, and
40% of what we play is South
African. Between my speciality
hours and features, I get to play
everything from Alicia Keys to
Zubz (Mzanzi MC).
What was your most embarrassing moment on air?
I will never tell! My second
most embarrassing moment, however, was revealing that I possess
an autographed photograph of
Macauley Culkin.
We were having a confession
session on Celebrity Tuesday. In
my defence, I was eleven years old
when I acquired it. I did not know
any better. Besides, that was at the
height of Home Alone, I was the
coolest kid in school for weeks!
Do you aspire to a career in
radio broadcasting?
I aspire to a career in the media.
Who would you most like to
interview on air and why?
Jay-Z, so I could emotionally
blackmail him into letting me
produce his come-back album.
Be sure not to miss the next
MFM interview, as we are nearing
the end of this series.
Society focus: What is Anime?
THE WORD anime (a-nee-may) in
Western terms means Japanese
animation. However, why the use
of this term?
Well, there is a fundamental
difference between anime and
American cartoons, not only do they
look different, but anime is not just
for children. In fact, anime is more
comparable to Hollywood in general. Only a small fraction of anime
is targeted at young children, the
majority is mainstream.
Unfortunately, South Africans
have very little exposure to mainstream anime. On the other hand,
kid’s anime series like Pokemon and
Yu-Gi-Oh are very popular.
Nevertheless, most people do
not realize that these were old
series, which were released in Japan
in the mid-90s. But these kid’s series
have always been around, from
Robotech and Samurai Pizza Cats
to Heidi and Maya the bee. Most
people never realize these series are
Japanese because they were all
dubbed. Thanks to children’s anime
series like Dragonball and the
Disney release Spirited Away by
Studio Ghibli, anime is slowly
becoming popular in South Africa.
But when it comes to quality
animation, Disney and Pixar are the
best. Think again. Movies like Innocence and Spirited Away are
superior and are winning the awards.
And when it comes to CGI animation, Final Fantasy: Spirits
Within and Advent Children can take
on Finding Nemo any day. Anime’s
influence on Hollywood is increasing. Ghost in the Shell inspired
The Matrix and led the path for a
global tread which combines the best
of world cinema. A Japanese anime
plot and characters, Chinese martial
art wire-work stunts and an American budget. Kill Bill made its mark
and now the top directors in Hollywood are frantically remaking anime
series and movies into blockbuster
live-action movies, much like the
current comic book hero trend.
Soon superhero movies like
Batman, Spiderman, Hulk etc will
be overshadowed by Spielberg’s
Transformers, James Cameron’s
Battle Angel Alita and Weta Workshop’s (Lord of the Rings) Evangelion.
The trend has already started
with the remake of Ring and The
Grudge, two of Japan’s top horror
movies. So next time you come
across an anime fan watching some
‘cartoon’ you have never heard of,
take a second look. If Tarantino is
planning an anime Kill Bill prequel
and Samuel L Jackson is producing
and lending his voice to Afro
Samurai, why can’t you enjoy
anime too?
ZAPPA, ZAPPA... Zappa Sambuca het kampusse vroeër vanjaar stormgeloop met die Zappa interklubhuiskompetisie. 27 universiteitskoshuise het elk ’n Zappa promosiepak ontvang, waarmee “the Colours Legends
are Made of” uitgebeeld moes word. Op die foto’s verskyn inwoners van Erica vrouekoshuis en Helshoogte
manskoshuis wat as naaswenners elk met ’n Zappa mini Pooltafel weggestap het.
Foto: STUDENT VILLAGE
DieMATIE
BOEKE
unleashed
REDAKTEURS
Lize-Marié van der Watt
Edward-John Bottomley
v [Tn, Tn•pr] set free from a leash or restraint:
Unleash the guard dogs.
This supplement is dedicated to those who love books that are somehow beyond the
ordinary. Literary art forms that create not mere readers but fans.
Dream a little dream of me
PATRICK MACKENZIE
IT IS not often that a comic series
finds its way on to the New York
Times’ bestseller list. Nor is it often
that a product of such a stereotypically juvenile entertainment
medium is considered the most
acclaimed and award-winning comic
series of the 1990’s. This serves well
to indicate the level of skill and talent,
which makes the story of the Sandman both unique as a literary achievement and as a truly spell bounding
story.
The main difference between
most other comics and Sandman
is to be found in the quality of
the story. Penned by British
writer Neil Gaiman, whom some
will immediately recognize from
co-authoring Good Omens with
fellow British fantasy author
Terry Pratchett, has seamlessly
woven an epic story with elegance and skill featuring some of
the most memorable characters
ever.
It started off as a concept
based on a pre-existing character
in the comic publisher D.C.’s
universe in the late 1980’s. It was
later incorporated as a monthly
title into one of D.C.’s infant
publishers, Vertigo, whose penchant was publishing comics for
mature readers.
Spread across a total of ten
volumes, each containing roughly
nine stories as well as its own
distinct story arc. While each arc
is truly unique in having its own
style of artwork, courtesy of a
continually rotating cast of the
comic world’s most sought-after
artists, they all ultimately encapsulate the story of Morpheus,
the Dream King.
The other main characters
whom we are only later introduced to – embodiments of
Destiny, Death, Desire, Despair,
Destruction and Delirium – are
Morpheus’ “family”. They are
known as the Endless. They are
not gods, superheroes or villains.
They are merely fulfilling their
function as they have been doing
since the beginning of this, and
every other universe. An anthropomorphic personification, if
you will.
The stories often feature
recognisable characters and
locales from the rest of, but not
limited to, the D.C. Comics
universe among which include
the Justice League of America,
John Constantine, Arkham Asylum, Lucifer, Cain (as well as his
brother Abel) – to name but a
few. At the outset, the story
initially follows Morpheus’ struggle to regain control over his realm,
the Dreaming after having been
captured for nearly 70 years. As it
continues to unfold, however, the
reader is treated to stories from
both before this key event as well
as after it. The story isn’t told from
Dream’s perspective, he is merely
there – very reminiscent of Terry
Pratchett’s personification of
Death in the Discworld series.
The complete saga offers literary connoisseurs a veritable feast
of references to classical literature.
The foremost example of this
is the award-winning story “A
Midsummer Night’s Dream”
where the reader is first truly
exposed to the fantasy element of
the Sandman. In this particular
chronicle, William Shakespeare,
after making a bargain with Mor-
pheus, gives his first performance
of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to an audience of royalty
from other worlds.
Newcomers to the medium of
the graphic novel literature will
find Gaiman’s smooth style of
writing, creative innovation and
ability to give his characters life,
especially that of Death – a
cheerful Goth girl – immensely appealing.
This is a highly recommended
collection, one that will take your
imagination firmly in hand and lead
you through a world that you will
never forget.
Although a little on the pricey
side (around R200 per volume),
and somewhat difficult to obtain
here in South Africa, Sandman is
definitely a story worth reading
and one you’ll want to read again.
© Neil Gaiman
BOEKE unleashed
Harry Potter: Darker,
Deadlier, Delightful
MIA CLOETE
Rowling, J.K.
2005
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
Bloomsbury
ISBN: 0000747581
607 pages
Price: Varied
THE recent international release of the
penultimate book in the Harry Potter
series has been met with enormous
anticipation from fans, frenzied
marketing ploys from publishers and
mouth-foaming indignation from various
religious groups. It is easy to see why
The Half-Blood Prince has effortlessly
muscled its way to the top of best-seller
lists internationally.
First off, be warned that this book is
darker and infinitely more disturbing than
its predecessors, even the fifth book, The
Order of the Phoenix. Despite the rather
whimsical appeal of the entire Potter
series to one’s inner child, this latest
offering from the word processor of
England’s favourite (and richest)
daughter tempts one’s inner censor to
slap a PG13 age restriction on it and hide
it from the kids.
The latest thickenings in the ongoing
plot would doubtlessly have offended
the self-righteous anti-Potter brigade had
they taken the trouble to read the book,
which is doubtful since their ability to
read without assistance remains in
question.
That being said, The Half-Blood
Prince is an excellent read for fans of the
series. It reveals the solutions to many
of the loose-ends in the plotline of the
Potterverse that have kept devoted
Potter readers up at night since the
publication of The Order of the Phoenix.
Although the latest book is quite a
substantial volume (being around 607
pages in length), this is a one sitting read.
I finished mine in around 10 hours, taking
only two breaks to buy cigarettes and
consume coffee with like-minded people.
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE EXAMS
TO READ THIS BOOK. Be advised,
Potter-fans, you will skip class, snub
loved ones and miss meals until you have
read this book cover to cover. If you are
a slow reader, it would be wise to stock
up on snacks, coffee and cigarettes to be
kept within easy reach for the duration
of your Potter session.
Be warned that The Half-Blood
Prince is not a starter Potter novel and
some knowledge of the preceding books,
especially The Goblet of Fire and The
Order of the Phoenix, is necessary for
the full enjoyment of the book. The Half
Blood Prince varies slightly from the
well-known Potter formula and is mostly
a run-up to the seventh and final book,
which will probably be the only work of
fiction in the next couple of years to top
the hype surrounding this one.
Buy it, borrow it, steal it. Don’t wait
for the movie.
Storiemeester
Brink op 70 steeds
Manga is probably not a word familiar to all Stellenbosch students. It is however, a
Harris manga fanatic per excelword making its way into popular culture. Brian Harris,
lence gives the ignorant amongst us an overview.
The
truth
WELL, first things first. What on
mother earth is manga? Manga is,
quite simply, a Japanese word for
comic strip. Japanese comics are
somewhat different than western
comics, therefore the Japanese – and
manga fans around the globe – use
the term only when referring to
Japanese comics.
Manga is not to be confused with
anime. Anime refers to Japanese
animation films and series. More
generally known examples include
Ghost-in-the-Shell or Giant Robo.
Confusion might arise because the
now extinct Sci-Fi channel, showed
some films made by “Manga
Entertainment” a company
specializing in transforming hit
manga into anime films. There is no
umbrella term for the comics and
animation together in Japanese
(except maybe the unacknowledged
and unpopular term “Japanimation”
created by the British) just as there
is no solid term for “cartoons and
comics” in western culture.
For westerners used to reading
comics (or any reading in general),
manga takes a little getting used to.
Manga is read from the right to left,
top to bottom. Speech bubbles
inside a particular frame are handled
in the same way, although the speech
inside the bubbles is read left to right.
Manga is not merely the Japanese
version of a comic, read by
schoolchildren and some adult fans.
From cute little bunny-monsters
with big eyes scampering about in
kid-friendly bliss to the multitude
of hardcore pornographic titles like
“Fantasy Final”, if you’re looking
for something specific in paper
entertainment, you’ll find it. I prefer
the “older teen” series such as
“Bleach” and “Naruto” myself, but
the romantic side of me also has
plenty to be satisfied with. Some of
the best manga I have ever read are
actually aimed at the female market,
about
Manga
as they deal with more human issues (and
the triumph over them) including
anxiety, abuse and the like.
(On a side note, do not mistake
Fantasy Final with the more well known
Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy is a rather
successful Japanese game series suitable
for all ages to be launched as manga.
Fantasy Final, thankfully not related, is
definitely not).
For people seeking a hobby with
staying power, manga has a lot of value.
Unlike American comics like “Batman”
which would come out once a month,
most manga appears on a weekly basis
in the form of a magazine containing
chapters of several different manga titles.
These magazines continually add new
titles to their line-up, particularly once
an older title has released its concluding
chapter. Of course, some titles take
longer to conclude than others: The
message displayed on the bottom of
Naruto – Chapter 240, for example,
reads: “This is the end of Part 1 of
Naruto!” At one chapter a week, it’s
been running for quite a while. The same
magazine, Weekly Shonen Jump, also
includes cult favourites “Bleach” and
“One Piece”. “One Piece” already passed
Chapter 350 a while ago. Naturally, once
a specific title has produced a set number
of chapters, they will be reprinted in
stand alone, single title volumes, allowing
new (or title specific) fans to catch up
without having to buy 200 back issues
of a particular magazine.
You never know what may appear
next in manga. Unlike Amercian comic
companies such as Archie, Dark Horse
and Marvel, Japanese manga companies
employ special staff who interview any
amateur manga artist who would like to
have their creations published. These
individuals give advice on the work and,
when they believe it is ready, will publish
it. Even the most successful and
appreciated titles like the samurai manga
“Rurouni Kenshin” (a must-read) started
this way. In the western world, it is often
a sad fact that the people with the best
imaginations for comic strips, simply
cannot draw, or vice versa. Of all the
writings systems in the world that
the Japanese could have adopted,
they chose the system of their
neighbour, China, and renamed it
“Kanji”. Since childhood the Japanese
are taught to write with this system
and its successors (Hiragana and
Katakana), and it is safe to assume
that once you can write your name in
any of these, you can draw.
This of course, leads us to the most
unfortunate point as far as we of the
Western World are concerned: manga
is Japanese, and we aren’t. Does that
mean we have to wait until the
Americans finally translate it and
order it from them, using half our
monthly budget in the process? Well,
one could. Fortunately, the internet
exists. Many people on the internet
pride themselves in translating
manga, and thus create companions
to refer to while reading the original
Japanese versions. Of course,
“Scanlations” are also popular,
scanned images of Japanese manga
which have been edited and translated
by fans. These are only legal if the
said manga is not available in English
and are removed from the internet as
soon as the manga is licensed in
America or England. Although it is
surprising that stricter copyright laws
have not been created, it is also true
that these are often the only way in
which fans and other curious ones can
ever read these titles.
Although there is a lot more to
say about manga, I wouldn’t like to
spoil any more.
Manga has become much more
widely popular than when I first
started reading it, as with many things
I’ve called “my own” in the past.
Chances are you’ll see a cellphone
wallpaper image or even an episode
of anime soon that is based on manga,
but for a different experience, give
manga itself a try.
GINA SCHREUDER
Brink, André P
2005
Bidsprinkaan, ‘n ware storie.
Kaapstad & Pretoria: Human &
Rousseau
ISBN 0 7981 4524 2
251 bladsye
Prys: R140
PARTY mense is van mening dat
ouderdom soos goeie rooi wyn is:dit
raak al hoe beter met tyd. As dít waar
is, het André P. Brink goéd oud
geword, en is Bidsprinkaan, wat hy
geskryf het om sy 70ste verjaardag te
vier, ’n pryswenner-Merlot wat lank
ná die eerste proe nog op die tong talm.
Die roman speel af in die Kaapse
koloniale tydperk ( 1760-1850) en
vertel die “ware storie” van Kupido
Kakkerlak, ’n Khoikhoi wat tot
bekering gebring is deur sendelinge van
die Londense Sendinggenootskap en
later self sendeling en prediker geword
het.
Alhoewel Brink Kupido se
lewensverhaal in die korrekte
historiese konteks plaas, is die verhaal
’n kleurryke en kreatiewe fiksionele
vertelling van ’n merkwaardige man se
lewe.
Die eerste deel van die boek
beskryf Kupido se jeug in die Koup
Karoostreek, waar hy die “grootste
jagter, sanger, storieverteller, drinker
en wywer van sy kontrei was” in ’n
tyd toe “wonderwerke soos optelgoed
op die aarde rondgelê het”.
Wonderwerke, geloof en bygeloof is
sentrale temas in Kupido se lewe, soos
ook deur die titel aangedui. ’n
Bidsprinkaan is ’n goddelike teken en
gelukbringer in die Khoikhoi-kultuur,
en dien ook later in die boek as simbool
vir Kupido se worsteling tussen sy
inheemse Khoikhoi-geloof en sy
nuutgevonde geloof in die Christelike
God. Brink kry dit reg om ’n informele,
maar ook magiese verteltrant regdeur
die roman te behou, en sy beskrywings
is meesleurend en vermaaklik. Kupido
se vrou, die bobaasseepkoker, Ana
Vigilant, is ’n karakter aan wie die leser
nog lank herkou, en Kupido se
fassinasie met spieëls, asook sy
kennismaking met die smous Servaas
Ziervogel, maak die eerste deel van die
boek onvergeetlik.
Die tweede deel van Bidsprinkaan
word uit die oogpunt van die sobere
sendeling James Read vertel en
kontrasteer skerp met Kupido se
onverskillige jeug. Read beskryf
Kupido se bekering en lewe in ’n
sendingstasie in die onstuimige
niemandsland tussen wit koloniste en
oproerige Xhosas naby Graaff-Reinet
en later in Algoabaai. Brink vra ook
hier aan die leser wat dit is wat mense
aanvuur om ’n sendeling te word, en
ondersoek die verwarring wat die
Khoikhoi ondervind tussen Westerse
dogma en inheemse bygeloof. Kupido
self raak ’n oorentoesiastiese Christen
wat amper versuip tydens sy doop en
self sy eksemplaar van die Bybel
bladsy vir bladsy opeet om die Woord
van God altyd in hom te dra. Namate
Kupido vertroue begin verloor in die
onreg van die wrede wit koloniste,
begin sy geloof in God ook kwyn. Hy
skryf vir God briewe in geradbraakte
Afrikaans om sy misnoeë uit te spreek
as dinge skeefloop, en deur hierdie
hartverskeurende blikke op Kupido se
psige, asook die verskillende
vertelperspektiewe in die boek, dra
Brink by tot die onwikkeling van
Kupido Kakkerlak as ’n komplekse
karakter,wat uiteindelik uitreik na die
“anderkant” van die Woord en tot ’n
ander dimensie toetree.
André P. Brink is ’n ikoon en
storiemeester. Soos Kupido aan sy ma
sê: “Daar’s lewe in daai ding wat hulle
sê skryf, wat verder en vinniger kan
loop as wat Ma ooit weggeloop het.”
Mag Brink nog lank deur die landskap
van die Afrikaanse literatuur wandel.
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Politiek verontreg minderheid Maties
DAAR IS môre ’n optog op die Matie-kampus. Vir die eerste keer in ’n baie lang tyd (sedert die
struggle?) is daar ’n politieke bewustheid op die kampus wat uitloop op openbare aksie en
protes. Die optog word gehou om minderheidsregte aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch te
bevorder. Wat egter ’n probleem is, is die feit dat politiek hier ’n veel belangriker rol as die
regte van minderhede speel.
Studente uit voorheen-benadeelde omgewings is om verskeie redes in die minderheid op
Stellenbosch. Gegewe Stellenbosch se geskiedenis, is dit verstaanbaar dat sulke studente
dalk “minder tuis” voel op Stellenbosch. Dis ook waar dat die US-bestuur sedert 1994 uit hul
pad gaan om transformasie te bevorder en verskille uit te wis. Die optog gaan juis oor die feit
dat die gevoel bestaan dat die US nie genoeg doen om die proses te versnel nie.
Dit is ook so dat baie studente sukkel op Stellenbosch, hulle voel hulle word akademies en
finansieel uitgesluit. Daar is studente wat letterlik nie kos het nie, wat nog te sê in staat is om
registrasiegelde te betaal. Dit is egter ’n sosio-ekonomiese probleem wat nie beperk is tot
Stellenbosch-kampus nie. Voorheen-benadeelde studente wat akademies sukkel vanweë
gebreke in hul skoolopleiding, se penarie moet voor die Departement van Onderwys se deur
gelê word, nie noodwendig die Universiteit van Stellenbosch nie. Ander universiteite in die
omgewing, byvoorbeeld die UK se fooie is selfs hoër as dié van Stellenbosch. Studente word
dus daar ook “finansieel uitgesluit”.
Die meerderheid op Stellenbosch is “bevoorregte” studente. Dit is dus niks anders nie as
daardie meerderheid se plig om die minderheid, mede-Maties, te ondersteun in hul poging
om hulself te bekwaam tot ’n gelyke vlak nie. Dit sal tot voordeel van die hele kampus strek
indien Maties só ’n verenigde front vorm.
Die tragedie is egter dat die ANCYL dié sensitiewe kwessie gekaap het om politieke punte
te wen. Elke probleem wat genoem word, is wesenlik op Stellenbosch, maar mens kan nie
anders as om te wonder juis hoé besorg van die betrokke politici werklik oor die minderhede
op die Matie-kampus is nie.
Môre se optog behoort in wese deur elke Matie gesteun te word, maar dié wese het
verlore gegaan in die politieke magstryd, en om dié rede ontneem politici Matieminderheidsgroepe die ondersteuning van die meerderheid op Stellenbosch.
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verkillende menings en persoonlike oortuigings. Ek wil dit dus tog duidelik stel dat bostaande my persoonlike mening is, en nie noodwendig deur elke lid van my redaksie gedeel
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DIE NUUS van die ANC jeugliga se beplande
protes teen transformasie op Stellenbosch
kampus het my opnuut weer die harnas ingejaag.
Die meeste Maties is al so gewoond aan die klagtes
rondom transformasie en die taalbeleid dat hulle
heeltemal apaties teenoor hierdie sake staan. Ek
is in der waarheid meer ontsteld oor die stilswye
van die meerderheid Afrikaans-sprekende Maties
(hierby ingesluit alle rasse) as oor die klagtes van
die ANC jeugliga. Dit is die ou “struggle” weer
van voor af. Die polities begunstigde minderheid
maak hul stemme dik en kry alles wat hulle vra
op ’n silwer skinkbord, terwyl die polities
onderdrukte massa maar eerder hulle bekke hou
weens die vrees om deur “polities korrekte”
studente as rasiste uit gekryt te word.
Natuurlik sal die nie Afrikaans-sprekende op
Stellenbosch nooit heeltemal tuis voel nie. Net so
sal ek, as Afrikaanse-sprekende, ontuis voel by
’n universiteit soos die voormalige VISTA in Port
Elizabeth. Sou die ANC jeugliga lede teen
diskriminasie en taal-uitsluiting geprotesteer het
as hulle by die universiteit van Lyden in Nederland
studeer het? Sekerlik nie! Hoekom dan hier?
Om die huidige taalbeleid van Stellenbosch te
bestempel as trae transformasie, diskriminasie en
rassisme, is totaal ongegrond en onregverdig! Daar
is honderde Afrikaanssprekende kleurling studente
op kampus wat vroeer jare nie heenkome na ’n
universiteit gehad het nie weens apartheid. Vandag
help die US studente finansieel en met akademiese
ontwikkelingsprogramme om hulle op te hef, en
doen dit uiters geslaagd in Afrikaans. Om die
waarheid te sê, die bestaan van ‘n Afrikaans
medium universiteit in die Wes-Kaap is vir baie
minder-bevooregde leerders van kardinale belang
as hulle enigsens ’n aandeel wil hê in hoër-tersiêre
opvoeding. Maar Engelssprekende studente kan
kies om te studeer aan twee baie goeie ander Engels
medium Universiteite in die Wes-Kaap. Is dit dan
nie uiters selfsugtig en kleinlik om die geleentheid
vir die mense, om in hul moedertaal opgevoed te
word, van hulle te wil wegneem nie? As daar
soveel ander universiteite in die land is wat in
Engels onderrig gee, hoekom kom die protesteerders van die taalbeleid Stellenbosch toe?
Die US is oop vir transformasie, maar na beide
kante toe. Miskien moet die ANC-jeugliga lede
hulle self afvrae hoeveel hulle self nou al
“getransformeer” het tot bietjie Boland-kultuur!
Miskien sal protesteerders meer tuis voel as
Afrikaanse Bolanders hulle bietjie geleer skoffel
het op ’n Woensdag-aand bo in die Neelsie.
Die ANC-jeugliga moet weer mooi gaan dink
aan wie hulle almal verteenwoordig in die Weskaap voor hulle Afrikaans uitkryt as ‘n simbool
van rassisme en remskoen teen transformasie.
Onthou maar net mooi wie die ANC meerderheid
in die laaste verkiesing deur die drif getrek het, en
onthou ook maar net mooi wat se moedertaal nog
deur die mense se are vloei.
BESORGDE MATIE
Optog word gehou op die verkeerde plek
DIE ANCYL reël ’n optog vir môre. Daar is
verskeie probleme wat swart en bruin studente
in dié land in die gesig staar.
Om die Universiteit van Stellenbosch die
sondebok van álle ongelykhede te maak, is
belaglik.
PROGRESSIEWE MATIE
Studente is die universiteit se kliënte
GUN MY asb die geleentheid om die volgende
saak wat die studente grensloos irriteer, aan te
spreek. Aan die einde van my tweede ampstermyn in ’n bestuursposisie binne ’n koshuisomgewing is daar verskeie kwelpunte
rondom die denkwyses in sekere diensomgewings
binne die US.
Waar dit by dienslewering kom, is daar twee
partye, die diensverskaffer en die kliënt! Die
diensverskaffer (uit US geledere) is veronderstel
om die kliënt (die student) se behoeftes sover
moontlik te bevredig en die kliënt se belange ter
harte te neem. Nie andersom soos sekere
diensverskaffers binne die US redeneer nie.
Studente wil nie alewig ervaar dat klagtes net in
ons gesigte teruggegooi word nie. Ek doen ’n
beroep op hierdie diensverskaffers om vir ’n slag
professioneel te wees en te sorg dat dienste aan
studente van gehalte is en volledig verrig word
sodat daar nie alewig verskonings en verwere
gesoek word om studente se klagtes te omseil
nie.
In die Junie-vakansie moes baie studente hul
koshuiskamers ontruim sodat buitegroepe in die
koshuise kon tuisgaan. Ons vertrou die US om
toe te sien dat daar voldoende sekuriteit binne
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was dit egter nie die geval nie en kon enige persoon
die koshuise binnegaan aangesien die deurwagte
nie 24 uur op hul poste was nie en nie vreemde
persone voorgekeer het as hulle die koshuise betree
het nie. Iemand wat voltyds in diens van die US
is, moes tog toesien dat hierdie deurwagte wél
hulle werk gedoen het…Is dit gedoen? Ek verneem
by verskeie van my kollegas dat hulle ook met
probleme soos diefstal en saakbeskadiging sukkel
nadat buitegroepe in die vakansies in die koshuise
was.
Verder is dit onaanvaarbaar om ’n hele koshuis
te ontruim waar daar dan net van helfte van die
kamers gebruik gemaak word deur buitegroepe.
Dis swak administrasie! Om onnodig te ontruim
lei tot groot frustrasie. Laat die buitegroepe
deposito’s betaal sodat hulle geforseer word om
korrekte getalle vooraf deur te gee.
Ek rig dus hierdie pleidooi aan u om toe te
sien dat wedersydse vertroue tussen die diensverskaffer en die kliënt aan die orde van die dag
kan kom. Verstaan asb. ons misnoeë.
CHRISTOFF GREEFF
PERSPEKTIEWE
& dinge
Ryk en arm: Wat maak die verskil?
“IN THIS world, the optimists have it, not
because they are always right, but because they
are positive. Even when wrong, they are positive,
and that is the way of achievement, correction,
improvement, and success. Educated, eyes-open
optimism pays; pessimism can only offer the
empty consolation of being right.”
My kursus konfronteer my elke dag met die
vraag hoekom sommige lande ryk is en ander arm.
Hoekom kan meer mense in Amerika aan te veel
kos doodgaan, as aan te min kos? Hoekom is dit
nie so in Somalië, of dan in Suid-Afrika nie? Wat
het die ryk lande gedoen om te wees waar hulle
is? Wat het die arm lande nie gedoen nie?
Soos in enige wetenskap, is daar nie net een
teorie nie. Sommige sê die vraag is verkeerd. In
plaas van om te vra hoekom arm lande nie groei
nie, moet ons kyk na die geskiedenis. Vir die
grootste deel van ons verlede was armoede aan
die orde van die dag. Dis slegs onlangs (eers in die
afgelope 200 jaar) wat rykdom – of, eerder, ’n
hoë lewensstandaard – vir die middelman ’n
realiteit in die ryker lande geword het. So die
beter vraag sal wees – hoekom het die ryk lande
so vinnig gegroei?
’n Verskeidenheid redes kan hiervoor aangevoer word. Geografie, kultuur, regeringsbeleid,
kolonisasie, handel en geluk is maar ’n enkele
paar. Intense statistiese en ekonometriese toetse
het maar nog min gedoen om ons nader aan ’n
antwoord te bring.
Maar net soos lande is daar ook rykdoms-
gapings tussen individue. Ons sien dit baie
duidelik in Suid-Afrika: die afstand tussen ryk
en arm raak by die dag groter, selfs na 1994.
Waarom? Ook daar probeer ekonome, sosioloë,
historici en ander akademici en leke antwoorde
vind: Politieke stelsels,
onderwys, werkloosheid,
handelsliberalisering, ens.
Maar, weereens, meeste
van hierdie “oorsake” kan
netsowel “gevolge” wees.
Ons weet nie wat kom
eerste nie, ongelykheid en
dan werkloosheid, of andersom. Kousaliteit is die
groot woord.
Maar in sy opsomming
van die geskiedenis van
die wêreld (Wealth and
Poverty of Nations) eindig David Landes met dié
gevolgtrekking: Die mense wat die sukses behaal
het is die mense wat oopoog en optimisties die
lewe aangepak het. Dis dié wat waag wat wen.
En dié wat nie opgee na die eerste verloor nie. ’n
Ou cliché, maar so so waar. En dié wat harde
werk insit. Hier’s wat hy sê: “Too many of us
work to live and live to be happy. Nothing wrong
with that; it just does not promote high
productivity. You want high productivity? Then
you should live to work and get happiness as a
by-product.”Daar is geen plaasvervanger vir
optimisme en harde werk nie. Kyk maar, dié in
ons samelewing wat werklik iets is, besit beide
dié eienskappe. En net soos vir individue, so ook
vir lande. Kulture en people wat nie hierdie
waardes hoog ag nie, sterf uit. Dis so eenvoudig.
Die toekoms van die armes – van Afrika – gaan
nie afhang van hoeveel
aalmoese hul kry nie
(skuld afgeskryf word
nie). Dit gaan ook nie
bepaal word deur hul toegang tot markte, hul blootstelling aan beter stelsels
en tegnologie nie, dit gaan
selfs nie verander word
deur bloot in nog onderwys
te investeer nie. Nee.
Sonder die eienskappe van
harde werk en optimisme
gaan die gaping tussen ryk
en arm steeds vergroot. Slegs wanneer hierdie
eienskappe inslag vind in ’n samelewing, sal die
ander faktore ’n rol in die ontwikkelingsproses
begin speel.
Maar dis ongelukkig nie maklik nie. Dis nie
iets wat in ’n oogwink opgelos kan word nie.
Landes som dit só op: “The one lesson that emerges
(from history) is the need to keep trying. No
miracles. No perfection. No millennium. No
apocalypse. We must cultivate a skeptical faith,
avoid dogma, listen and watch well, try to clarify
and define ends, the better to choose means.”
Amen.
The one good thing about communists, almost
‘COMRADE’ has come a long way, suffering
etymological distillations from the ancient
tongues of Europe, mucking about in the French
Revolution and taking the world by storm as the
sexless, classless, non-racial and supranational
salutation of revolutionaries everywhere. It’s
invigorating to see it still dangling from the lips
of Youth Leaguers and other consortiums of angry
young people here in the land of ideological
throwbacks.
As one of the many young bucks hereabout
hobbled by a smorgasbord of ‘ooms’ and
‘tannies’, ‘sirs’ and ‘misters’, ‘ouens’ and ‘bra’s’,
this relic from that great and brutal 20th century
daydream, international communism, will always
have a wistful charm. It’s a delightful reminder
of philosophy classes lost to time, but more
importantly serves to place tomorrow’s march
in a rarefied and aesthetically pleasing historical
context.
Communism’s great crime, apart from
superlative totalitarianism and of course those
gulags, was always the wholly humourless and
unforgivably graceless application of principle
to reality. Principles moreover based, by and
large, on iffy social science. Historical materialism’s stepchildren did however have one
redeeming facet, a principle that is sound despite
its crass application, amongst other things, in
the deployment of the word ‘comrade’ to the
far-flung corners of the world.
That belief is the Blank Slate Theory of
Humankind. The idea, now finally at the core of
all legal-rational apparatus as well as the social
sciences, is that people are people are people –
so to speak. Every Joe Sonofabitch is born an
empty vassal with equal potential and a similar
lack of defining qualities – to be filled via an
amorphous process of socialisation, the content
of which is an accident of birth. And while the
axiomatic ‘all men are created equal’ was once
understood to refer to the Pale Races only, the
advent of the Asian Math Wiz has forced my
ethnic forbears to consider the possibility that
maybe, just maybe our snazzy schools had
something to do with
‘the intrinsic differences between races’.
‘Comrade’ is then a
rather guileless and
now archaic acknowledgement of basic
human uniformity
promoted via direct
tampering with the
process of socialisation – simply teaching
the children to address
all and sundry in the
same manner. In years
long gone the diametrically opposed notion that people come
to this world half-full
and already adept at different things was
formalised (not for the first time, but hopefully
for the last) at this very institution. The very
most frightening thing about Apartheid still
remains the possibility that Verwoerd et al were
in fact earnest and convinced they had the African
peoples’ best interests at heart. Like the more
successful commies of yesteryear, the verkramptes of the old RSA were guilty of
overzealously applying very iffy social science.
Certain locutions at last week’s ANCYL
summit in preparation for tomorrow’s march had
me considering this thematic symmetry. The
refrain that ‘history is being made’ recognises
GORRELKOP
NUWE KOSHUIS, OU PROBLEME
GORREL wil so graag koshuisplek hê eendag
sodat Gorrel ook kan deel in al die dinge van ’n
koshuisman en -vrou. So Gorrel het geapply om
in die nuwe koshuis te gaan bly, julle weet mos
daai groen stukkie mos daar tussen al die ander
vrouekoshuise. Nee kyk, het Gorrel vir sy
ouerhuis vertel, dit wat ’n mens nie doodmaak
nie is net goed vir jou. So Gorrel wil graag die
unisex-gevoel betree.
Die ding is net Gorrel se Engels is nou nie so
goed nie en toe Gorrel die ander dag ’n toer kry
the potential symbolism of an acceptable transformative shake-up of this cutesy little town –
the squashing of one basic conception of people
by another – riveting stuff, a Grand Gesture.
Now I’m no great fan of the Youth League and
its affiliates. It’s good at mobilisation, and yes,
socialisation, but meanders in
the ideological backwaters
long abandoned by the jetsetting neo-liberal ANC proper. The League cannot help
but qualify sound and indispensable policy critiques
with hyperbole bred from a
fixation on the Grand Gesture.
The need for a rethink of e.g.
a bursary system that pays
for tuition, but not for books
become subsumed in the
untenable principle of free
and universal tertiary education. Mention of an improved support structure for
commuter students accompanies broad calls for freedom
and equality. The content of crummy policy is
addressed along with the mindset of a racist student
body. The fact that the black students of this
institution still get a series of raw deals is
streamlined into a single enemy – one fought
against under a single banner. The idea of total
revolution tenuously inherited from communism’s
heyday is brought to bear against a system that
needs various unrelated reforms.
All the problems on tomorrow’s march’s
agenda are real and pressing. One just worries
that something silly like the phrasing will make
them easier for those to whom they are addressed
to ignore.
Die skinder agter die nuus. Die waarheid agter kampuspolitiek. En die
kommentaar waarvoor almal bang is. Gorrel is nie verantwoordelik vir
enige ongerief hieronder veroorsaak nie.
deur die nuwe koshuis was al die woorde en die
bordjies Ingils. Gorrel het gewonder na watter
kamer om te draai toe Gorrel water wou laat
afslaan.
–Miskien moet Gorrel eerder wonder waar
die Xhosa-bordjies is.
OOM JAN WORD NAT
GORREL gaan kuier die vakansie by Gorrel se
grootouers. Daar in daai dooie dorpie waar ouma
en oupa Gorrel woon hou hulle hul eie kunstefees
sommer daar op die Maties se maatjies, die
Kovsies, se kampus. Gorrel gewaar toe vir die
eerste keer Kovsies se Jan Marais, ook ’n
standbeeldman wat pronk tussen rooibakstene.
Maar hiérdie meneer Marais het ’n jassie en ’n
hoedjie gedra om sy sementlyf teen die Vrystaatwinter te besterm. Daarom besluit Gorrel net daar
en dan Gorrel wil graag vir oom Jan op die
Rooiplein ’n bypassende rooireënbaadjie gee
want hy word baie natter as wat sy eweknie ooit
sal raak.
–Ouma Gorrel sal die jassie en die hoedjie
brei, sy soek nog net materiaal. “Charity begins
at home” is wat oupa Gorrel vir haar sê.
Kampus
Quotes
“
Keep your friends close,
but your money closer!
– Gehoor in die Neelsie
Mens
moet
geen
funda mentele besluite
maak as jy honger is, net
wakker geword het of daar
’n meisie in jou bed is nie.
– Eendrag-vierdejaar
Tradisionele Stellenbosch
studente sing graag 02:00
die oggend voor Tollies, nie
11:00 voor admin B nie.
– SR-voorsitter oor beplande
optog
The Afrikaner is the greatest obstacle to Afrikaans.
– Member of the audience at
ANCYL meeting
Beauty lies in the eye of the
beer holder.
– Conversation in the SRC office
Procrastination is like
masturbation–it’s fun, but
in the end you’re only
f**king yourself.
–Clinton Adas
Ek kan nie weer my siel
verkoop nie, maar ek hoop
om ’n verband daarop te
kry die eksamen.
– Student in akademiese krisis
Onthou jy daai half transaksies agter op die periodieke tabel?
– BRek-student aan ingenieursvriend
Sorry prof, ek het nie ’n
oog toegemaak in die
vorige klas nie.
– Ontwakende student
Mense wat só mooi skryf,
maak my jags.
– Gehoor in die Matie-kantoor
met
verwysing
na
die
Bidspringkaan-resensie
Mens kan sien Chris Brink
is nie die rektor van daai
college of knowledge nie.
– Matie oor Boland Kollege
inlywingsritueel
Forum
René Vollgraaff
KWYTRAAK
MATIES IN LONDEN
LONDEN is deesdae ’n buitepos van
Stellenbosch. Dit kan gesê word sonder
om eens te dink aan die ironie van so
’n stelling in die konteks van die SuidAfrikaanse geskiedenis. Die “wat gaan
jy volgende jaar doen?”-vraag word
meer as net dikwels met “Londen toe”
beantwoord. Die vrae wat onstaan, is
legio: hoekom?; hoe lank?; wat gaan jy
doen?; maar meer spesifiek: Wie is die
Matie in Londen?
Ek probeer dié vraag beantwoord
in Spice Island, ’n plek soortgelyk aan
Dros of Terrace in Stellenbosch,
behalwe vir die lieflike uitsig op die
Teems. Celia le Roux, voorheen van
Nerina, vertel dat sy BCom(Institusionele Beleggings) geswot het,
waarna sy ’n paar maande in Amerika
en Bermuda was voordat sy in Londen
beland het. Ek wil weet hoekom? “Ag,
ek wou nie dadelik in Suid-Afrika begin
werk en ’n kar en ’n flat kry nie. Dan is
’n mens so vas aan ’n plek. Ek wou
eers ’n bietjie die wêreld sien.” Celia
vertel dat sy verantwoordelik is vir ’n
maatskappy se rekeninge-afdeling,
hoewel sy haarself na FinRek 188
belowe het dat sy nooit enigiets met
rekeningkunde te doen wil hê nie. “Dis
orraait, maar bietjie boring,” sê sy.
Frederik Hefer, oud-Majubaan met
’n honneurs-graad in BCom(Rekenaarwetenskap) doen ook tans rekenmeesterswerk. Hy wil my graag vertel
van sy eerste werk: “Dit was by Ann
Summers, dis ’n plek wat sexy onderklere en allerhande ander toebehore
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Tollies gaan
Teems toe
verkoop. Ek het aanvanklik gedink dis
net onderklere en het gedink ek sal
maklik hulle rekeninge doen.” Sekere
van die ander apparate wat na ’n tydjie
begin kop uitsteek het, was glo net té
aardig na sy sin. Frederik erken dat hy
hier is vir die geld: “Daai lening moet
afbetaal word!” sê hy.
Dis geen geheim dat Suid-Afrikaanse onderwysers in aanvraag is in die
land van tee en die tube nie. Dit word
weer duidelik as ek in een dag met vier
sulkes gesels. Pieter (Vossie) de Vos,
oud-inwoner van die Withuis, het NOS
gedoen terwyl hy die laaste twee vakke
van die sy BCom(Bestuursrekeningkunde)-graad klaargemaak het. Hy is
tans ’n Wiskunde-onderwyser in Kent.
Ek wil weet of die Britse skoolkinders
regtig so erg is soos sekere gerugte dit
wil hê. “Erger,’’ antwoord hy. SuidAfrikaanse kinders is ook stout, maar
hulle sal nooit hul onderwyser aansê
om te f-off nie!” “Haai nee, my kinders
is pragtig,” sê Marelize Ras van Sonop.
Marelize het BEd studeer en hou tans
skool vir drie- tot vyfjariges. Nog ’n
oud-inwoner van Sonop, Francel van
Vuuren, is in dieselfde bootjie. Sy vertel
dat baie van die kinders in haar klas uit
sogenaamde council houses kom en dat
die sosiale omstandighede van sulke
kinders soms swakker is as sekere
kinders in Suid-Afrikaanse skole. “Hier
is ook baie kinders van immigrante, wat
nie regtig kan Engels praat nie. Ek het
’n Albaniese tweeling in my klas gehad
en het ná ’n lang gesukkel uiteindelik
vir hulle geleer om ‘Good morning’ te
sê.”
Mense vra dikwels of gegradueerdes
werklik hulle kwalifikasies ten volle
benut wanneer hulle begin werk. Ek
stel dié vraag aan Lin-Marie van
Niekerk terwyl ons in Green Park in
Londen sit en kyk hoe ’n groep
Afrikaanssprekende mans a la Stellenbosch touchies speel. Lin-Marie is ook
nou ’n onderwyseres, maar het eintlik
kuns studeer. “Ek het darem die backdrop vir die skool se play geverf!” skerm
sy. Stephan Erasmus van Wilgenhof
het ’n honneursgraad in Aktuariële
Wetenskap en soek na ses maande egter
steeds werk. Hy was al by verskeie
onderhoude, maar doen intussen
spysenieringswerk.
Ek probeer meer uitvind oor die
alledaagse (of -nagse) lewe van Stellenbossers in Londen en beland in The
Walkabout, ’n kuierplek van Australiese oorsprong langs die Teems. Ná
die £5-ingangsfooi betaal is, voel dit
skielik asof ek in Tollies of Denim &
Diamonds is. Die posters op die mure
adverteer Drie Nasies en Vodacombeker-rugby en die meeste van die
gesigte lyk vaagweg bekend. Selfs goeie
ou Castle Lager pryk in die yskaste
langs die meer volksvreemde Fosters
Ice. Op pad huis toe word die kebabshop besoek vir die tipe lafenis wat
McDonalds of BP gewoonlik drie-uur
in die oggend verskaf. Selfs die morning
after-gevoel is pure Stellenbosch. Ek
vra vir my gasvrou of sy gereeld dié
“Tollies-langs-die-Teems” besoek.
“Nee! As ek dit kan verhelp, sal ek
nooit gaan nie.” Nes in Stellenbosch.
Party is hier vir die geld, ander is
hier vir die party, ander is net hier omdat
hulle nie weet watter ander rigting om
in te slaan nie. Die meeste bly egter vir
twee jaar, die volle duur van ’n
werksvakansievisum. Ek vra dus vir
Vossie of hy gelukkig is in Londen.
“Ja,” kom die antwoord, “ek verlang
baie terug, maar hier is soveel nuwe
dinge om te sien en mense om te
ontmoet. Ek werk byvoorbeeld saam
met ’n klomp Aussies en hulle is glad
nie so sleg as daar nie rugby betrokke
is nie!” Op pad terug na Canada Water
tube-stasie ( want dis hier en in
Wimbledon waar die meeste SuidAfrikaners woon) word die ou-ou
storie van Afrikaans op die tube weer
aan my bevestig toe twee meisies giggel
wanneer ’n vreemde ou hulle as
“dames” groet nadat hy gehoor het dat
hulle Afrikaans praat. Ek wonder
hoeveel sal reageer as ek “Chris Brink!”
skree.
Koos Kombuis, ook so kenmerkend
van Stellenbosse studente-kultuur,
skryf in My mamma is ’n taal dat
boetie nie meer border toe gaan nie,
maar Londen toe. Hy is egter vol
vertroue dat die jeug wel Suid-Afrika
sal red – sodra hulle van Londen af
terugkom. Ek is geneig om met hom
saam te stem, dis nou as hierdie jeug
nie binnekort die Republiek van
Stellenbosch in Londen uitroep nie.
Education - key to success
I am a 19 year old girl, the second
child out of four being raised by a
single parent. All I have dreamed of
is going to University, the only thing
missing was the funds.
I knew that my mom
could not afford to pay the
fees. At school I was one
of the top students, chosen by the district committee to go to Aloe Ridge
Hotel for three days, to
motivate us about many
things, but mostly education. I studied very
hard and wrote my final
examinations which I
passed with three distinctions.
On receiving my results I contacted
the district office to apply for financial
assistance. The applications were
faxed off but, we were disappointed
to find that the application date had
closed the previous week.
I did not receive a bursary or
scholarship, so I registered with
Technikon SA, because of their
reasonable fees.
In 2004, the Technikon told
me I had won a bursary worth R1000 from
Edu-Loan. I was so
surprised and very
happy. This bursary
helped me realize that
if I am the best that I
can be, I will achieve
my goals.
I studied hard throughout the whole year
and passed first year
National Diploma:
Financial Information
Systems with two distinctions out
of three subjects.
Edu-Loan, thank you for
motivating me through the toughest time in my life.
Education is the key to success
and Edu-Loan you are truly our
future.
Sport
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Studente presteer tydens Bergrivier Kanomarathon
JOHN DE VILLIERS
CHRIS VAN DEVENTER VAT VOOR TYDENS DAG EEN
Foto: MOUTON VAN ZYL
DIE Bergrivier Kanomaraton het Woensdag 13 Julie in Paarl begin en Saterdag
16 Julie in Velddrif geëindig.
Die afgelope week se reën was net té
laat en die marathon is gevolglik op ’n
medium naby ’n lae riviervlak gehou in
perfekte weersomstandighede. Hank
McGregor van KwaZulu-Natal het die
wedvaart oor 225 kilometer gewen in
17h:10min:34sek.
Altesaam 27 roeiers van Stellenbosch
Kanoklub het aan hierdie kompetisie
deelgeneem.
Onder hulle was die Van Deventer
broers, Gert en Chris wat onderskeidelik
6de en 9de oor die wenstreep geroei het.
Die eerste Maties oor die lyn was
Heinrich Schloms in die 19de plek en
Adriaan Dippenaar in die 26ste plek.
In die vroue afdeling het Alexa
Lombard van die Westelike Provinsie
gewen.
Alexa het met haar 18de plek geskiedenis gemaak deur die eerste vrou te
word wat ’n top 20 posisie kon behaal.
Stephne Rabie van Maties was 5de
in die vroue-afdeling. Helene Rabie was
2de en Wibke Dunaiski 3de in die onder
21 afdeling vir vroue.
Ander Maties wat ook die wedvaart
voltooi het, was Erhardt Joubert (62ste),
John de Villiers (64ste), Louis Pienaar
(75ste), Hugo van Sittert (77ste),
Adriaan van Wijk (96ste), Ryan
Bradbury (122ste), Sunley Uys
(140ste), Pieter Theron (149ste) en
Waldo Noordermeer (186ste).
Matie paddles Lake Malawi
EIGHT adventurers are currently
paddling the 800km west coast of
Lago Nyasa, [“the lake of stars”], so
named by missionary-explorer David
Livingstone, now better known as
Lake Malawi. The team comprises six
male UCT students, one female Matie
and a professional adventure
filmmaker.
The adventure was the brain-child
of Ikeys Kevin Flanagan and Charli
Denison who both share a passion for
African travel. After their last
adventure, a trip through Southern
Africa on public transport only, they
decided on paddling the full western
shore of Lake Malawi as their next
challenge.
Four close friends, Richard Fraser,
Nick Carkeek, Ben van Breda and
Vincent Dickson joined in, forming the
original team of six. Rob Dyer, 28,
who paddled the whole coast of
Mozambique from the Rovuma River
to Kosi Bay in 2003/4, couldn’t resist
the offer to join the expedition.
The last member to join the team
was Matie Frances Loots, a second
year B.Com student and resident of
Academia.
The expedition team left Cape
Town on the 23rd of June with all their
gear, including three speciallyprepared PaddleYak Hybrid Swift
Adventure kayaks, driving to
Johannesburg, through Zimbabwe and
Mozambique and on to Mangochi in
Malawi at the southernmost point of
Lake Nyasa.
From there they set off in their
kayaks to Mantema at the
northernmost point of the lake, inside
the borders of Tanzania, the first
paddling team to ever attempt the full
western shore route.
In order to achieve their goal in 32
days they have a strict paddling
regime, doing an average of almost 30
kilometres a day, the equivalent of
running the Comrades over three days,
ten times in a row.
Along the way they will be facing
crocodiles, hippopotami, bilharzia and
malaria.
The team will camp along the coast
as well as stay in various lodges where
their schedule and budgets permit.
Besides achieving their paddling
targets, the team will also perform
various research functions en route,
including taking water samples,
recording incidences of malaria,
making detailed GPS recordings,
promoting kayaking and maintaining
log books.
The paddling system will work on
a rotation basis. Six paddlers will
paddle three double kayaks, while two
will drive the back-up vehicle to the
next three days’ rendezvous points,
obtaining and preparing food,
recording data and updating the
website, before changing positions.
To follow the group’s progress and
send them words of support by email,
go to www.seakayak.co.za/mad.
Upon their return, Frances and the
group will present talks on their
experiences and promote the
forthcoming documentary about their
kayaking trip into what used to be
known in the times of the benevolent
dictator, Hastings Banda, as “the
friendly heart of Africa”.
TRAINING DAY The team during training for the cruelling expidition
MatieSPORT
WEDNESDAY 27 JULY 2005
Little Green Giants on a roll
• Huis Marais occupies top of the log whilst Wilgenhof claims the Jim Fouche Cup
the campaign.
With a nail biting 17-16 win over
Eendrag, Majuba have moved into
eighth place with 15 points from six
matches. They are separated from
Medics on points difference, and are
certainly still alive in the race for the
semi-finals. The same holds true for
the men from Tygerberg.
Helshoogte (who enjoyed their
bye week on Friday) and Eendrag are
in 11th and 12th place respectively.
They have identical records of 11
points from six matches.
Kolonieshof bring up the bottom
of the table with five points from
seven matches.
At this stage Huis Marais and
Wilgenhof certainly look like the two
strongest teams in the competition.
Their encounter on the final day of
the league phase could well be the
deciding factor when it comes to final
log positioning.
GUSTAV VENTER
_
THE destiny of the Jim Fouche
Cup, awarded to the leading team
over the first half of the Sauer
competition, was decided this past
Friday as Wilgenhof downed Medics
by a score line of 17-5. The result
ensured that Wilgenhof edged their
noses ahead of Huis Marais’s six
match log tally of 22 points, thanks
to a superior points difference of +54
against +40.
However, having enjoyed another
victory this past Friday, Huis Marais
are still the pace setters on the log
with a tally of 27 points from seven
matches. Their bye is during week
12 of the competition. Wilgenhof are
five points adrift in second place,
but have played only six matches.
Elsenburg continued their good
season with a 10-8 win over Huis
Visser, and have now moved into
third place on the log, with 22 points
from seven matches. Huis Visser,
being the only team in the top nine
not to have won more than two
matches, actually find themselves in
sixth position as a result of six bonus
points earned thus far.
PSO have gone off the boil a little
lately, and a 15-3 loss to Dagbreek
has now dropped them into fourth
place on 18 points. Dagbreek are in
fifth, only one point adrift. Both
these teams have already enjoyed
BIG GREEN MACHINE Jan-Louis du Toit and company during Friday’s
Sauer clash with Kolonieshof
Photo: STEVEN BARBER
bye weeks.
Another team struggling of late is
Simonsberg. They were downed by
a Helderberg side desperately trying
to breathe life into their season.
Simonsberg find themselves in
seventh place (16 points), while
Helderberg are in tenth (13 points).
The bye weeks for both these teams
are scheduled for the second half of
Sauer Statistics:
Top Try Scorer:
Karl Droggemoller (PSO) with 4.
Top Points Scorers:
1. Gustav van der Merwe (Huis
Marais) with 47,
2. Tiaan Oosthuizen (Helderberg)
with 36,
3. Wilhelm van Rensburg (Wilgenhof)
with 36,
4. Leroy Villet (Majuba) with 28 and
5. Adriaan Bezuidenhoudt (Helshoogte)with 27.
Geen voetfoute
vir Maties Netbal
DIE Matie Netbalspan, geborg deur
BP Stellenbosch, het Saterdag in hul
laaste wedstryd gespeel en het vir
Boland Oud Studente(BOS) in ’n
senutergende wedstryd met 39-37
geklop.
BOS het die hele wedstryd voorgeloop en met die aanbreek van die
laaste kwartier met slegs drie doelle kop
bo water gehou. Maties het egter ’n
kan-nie-dood-houding gehad en geveg
tot die einde.
Danksy puik verdediging en onderskeppings deur Andrea Steyn en
akkurate doelwerk van veral Christine
Markgraaff kon hulle inhaal en in die
laaste twee minute van die wedstryd
vir die eerste keer die voortou neem.
Maties is vir die tweede agtereenvolgende jaar as wenners van die
Boland Superliga gekroon.
Die klub spog met 4 SA spelers
naamlik Christine Markgraaff(SA
Seniors), Michelle Hess (SA 0/21
kaptein), Claudia Hess(SA 0/21) en
Leanie Kleynhans(SA Aksienetbal).
Daar is ook 20 spelers in die Boland
spanne opgeneem en na afloop van die
SA 0/19- en SA 0/21-kampioenskappe
is daar nege Matiespelers in SAoefengroepe opgeneem.
Die Maties het ook in die die Julievakansie aan die SASSU toernooi in
Bellville deelgeneem en het baie goed
vertoon.
Die span het Kovsies oortuigend
geklop asook die Universiteit van
Johannesburg wat onderskeidelik
eerste en derde geplaas is. Nadat
doelgemiddeldes uitgewerk is, is
Maties egter vierde geplaas. —
Sportredaksie
DIE ‘VESTE’ SPAN Die universiteit se manshokkiespan het die Universiteit van Kaapstad se Ikeys in ‘n spannende
finaal by die die Suid-Afrikaanse Studente Sportunie (SASSU) se Universiteite Hokkietoernooi wat onlangs by die
Universiteit van Pretoria gehou is, met 1-0 gewen. Dit is die eerste keer sedert 2000 dat die manshokkiespan die
toernooi en ‘n goue medalje wen. In dieselfde toernooi het die universiteit se vroue hokkiespan ‘n derde plek in
hul kompetisie behaal.
Foto: JACKIE WIESE

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