tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46850857732593929942024-02-01T21:32:54.684-08:00IPHUPHO - THE DREAMLet your dreams give you the strength you need to conquer your circumstancesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-14380590194243162622014-10-21T07:10:00.000-07:002014-10-21T07:22:26.103-07:00Does somebody’s achievements hurt you or encourage you?<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b>By: Lindokuhle Mnisi</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b>@Lindo_Mnisi</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What happens
when the people around you succeed in life? When your peers achieve something
that you haven’t achieved and when they acquire things you wish to acquire?
What happens when your close friends get paying jobs, buy cars and start living
a lavish lifestyle? What happens when they build or buy beautiful houses for
themselves and their families? How does seeing your neighbour achieve so much
makes you feel? What happens when your little brother or sister starts a
successful business and move forth in life while you are still hustling and
struggling? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What should that
do to you? How should you respond to all that? Should it hurt you? Should it
break you apart and make you feel stupid, useless and helpless? Should somebody
else’s achievements depress you? Is this the time when you start seeing how
people are so “full of themselves” and how “they think they are better than
others”? When people get successful in life, is it the right moment to start
noticing how they hate you and how “they hate helping other people”? Is this
the time when you develop jealousy in your heart? Or is this the time when you
get encouraged and challenged to work harder than you were already doing? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Seeing other
people succeed in life is naturally painful. Yes it. It puts a lot of pressure
on every individual. It has the potential to create anger within ourselves.
Seeing some people succeed in life gives us stress. But it differs from one
person to another on what kind of stress does it cause. Is it a negative stress
(distress) or a positive stress (eustress)? It also differs from person to
person on how they deal with the stress. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Some people
break down, cry and suffer depression. Some see a need to stand up for their
lives and do more. Some people get anxious and give up on everything they were
doing and start thinking they are not meant to succeed. While some people take
it as a challenge to stay on track in pursuit of their goals, dreams, success
and happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Problems begin when you start "noticing' how somebody thinks "the is too big for his own shoes since he bought a car". Trouble starts when you begin to say "after getting that job, he now thinks he is better than all of us" and "Since he started appearing on TV and talking on Radio, he thinks he is the man."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">In most cases, it is not because successful people brag or shove it on everybody's throat that they </span></span><span style="line-height: 24px;">achieved</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"> something, but it is the pressure and stress it puts to those who haven't achieved something. Jealousy begins when we fail to deal with the realization that somebody close to us has achieved something that we haven't achieved.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif";">Clapping hands for somebody forever can
be frustrating. But if you take motivation from how they do things, you have
the potential to make many people clap hands for you. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif";">Seeing somebody succeed in life should
motivate you. It should stimulate you and give you strength. It should get you
thinking hard about what are you doing wrong that they are doing right. It
should challenge you to introspect and evaluate yourself to find solutions for
your own problems. Somebody’s success should keep you on your toes. It should
sharpen your concentration and make you pay attention to little details that
you usually take for granted. It should drive you to where you want to be or to
where you want to get. Seeing somebody succeed should encourage and challenge
you to think about what is possible for you. However, somebody’s success should
never put unnecessary pressure on you.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif";">Seeing somebody move forth in life has the power to put us under so much stress. How we choose to deal with the pressure we incur is fundamental to our way forward. Hence if seeing somebody succeeds in life hurts you, you might start being negative about and towards people who succeed. Somebody's achievements should motivate you to work hard.</span><br />
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I believe everybody is destined for greatness. Every one of us has the potential to succeed in life. The pace of your success may not be the same as that of your friend or colleague, but everything has its own time. When your friend's time arrives, it doesn't mean because you share the same age, it should automatically be yourself. Your day will come. Maybe not today, tomorrow or next month but your day will come. But, one great speaker said "if you give up now, no day in the future is going to be your day."<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-70329128580369903952014-10-21T07:02:00.000-07:002014-10-21T07:02:01.779-07:00What is it going to be?<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">By: Lindokuhle Mnisi</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">@Lindo_Mnisi <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I
like asking this question. I think everybody should ask him/her self this
question every time they go through life. Every time we undergo life
circumstances, big or small, we need to ask ourselves this crucial question. So
what is it going to be? So what are you going to do about it? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Now
that things are not going well in your life, now that everything you touch
seems to be falling apart, now that everything you try to do </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">doesn't</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> seem to
materialize, what are you going to do about it? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Now
that you’ve invested so much money into a business you were trying to establish
and it didn’t take off, now that your belongings have been repossessed because
you are in debt, now that you have lost almost everything, what are you going
to do about it? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There
are lots of options you can select from. There are lots of choices you can
choose from. You can either choose to give up, or you can choose to hold your
head up. You can choose to sit down, take a deep breath and think about what to
do next, or you can choose to sit where life has left you and not think about a
way forward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">You
can either decide to take life lessons from the ordeals you’ve gone through
because every life event has a lesson to teach us. Experience is the best
teacher. You can choose to take those circumstances as a training/learning
curve to prepare you for similar circumstances that you most probably going to
come across again in life. You can choose to regard your difficulties as a
lesson and not a punishment. Or you can just regard everything you are going
through as a curse. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">You
can choose to start sulking, pointing fingers and blaming everybody. You can
blame the world for everything. You can take to social media networks and start
telling the whole world how miserable your life is. You can begin to be grumpy
and aggressive towards everybody including your family, friends, colleagues and
potential clients who do not see you in the manner that you see yourself. You
can just choose to give up everything right away and call yourself a failure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let
me tell you something, there are lots of people with bigger problems than
yours. There are people who have seen worse than what you have seen. There are
high possibilities that what you are going through is just a tip of an ice bag
if compared to what other people have gone through or are going through. Before
you start thinking you are the most miserable person alive, think out of the
box. People are really having it hard out there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">People
have lost their loved ones. People are being abused sexually, emotionally and
physically by their loved ones. Women are raising children who were born from
rape. Women are left HIV positive and pregnant by rapists. Men and women are
diagnosed with cancer of any kind. Innocent people are left crippled for life
by road accidents that are caused by drunk drivers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Some
people lose their lives on the roads, without being the cause of the accident.
A drunk driver just emerges from nowhere and ploughs into a number of vehicles,
killing lots of families. Some people wish they were not blind. Some people
wish they had hands. Some people wish they could walk, talk or hear. They
can’t. They were born without that “luxury”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Before
you start thinking that your world is miserable, think about the reality of
life. Think about how lucky you are to be the person that you are. Think about
how lucky you are to be alive. When you start thinking that your life is done,
ask yourself “so what is it going to be? So what am I going to do about it? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
decision you take now will have an impact in your future. Whether it is a
positive or negative decision, but it will have the impact you applied for. If
you remain positive and come up with plans to get out of the ordeals, you are
likely to get to the finish line victoriously. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If
you keep your head up and move forward, you have the potential to make it. I
don’t know what your problems are. I don’t know how big your problem is, but
like a great man, Les Brown, said “You’ve got something special in you. You’ve
got power within you.” You can conquer against all odds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I
said in one of my verses in my songs as a hip hop artist. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It is possible. You can go far if you believe. <br />
Of course it’s not easy. Try harder for the life you want to live.<br />
Many people who made it never had it easy.<br />
Struggle and hustle. Get busy before you have it easy.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Life is not a walk in a park. Life is not a game.<br />
If you can’t tackle it down, you better think again.<br />
You’ve gotta be strong. Listen to what other people say.<br />
They’ve been here and they’ve been there. They’ll show the way.<br />
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Of course you’ve got problems, but somebody has got bigger than yours.<br />
Bigger than those you can breakthrough, while you still have a choice.<br />
Face your problems no matter what, man you gotta have balls.<br />
Somebody is talking to you, listen to the voice. <br />
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Life is possible, La, life is possible. <br />
Not even the sky is the limit. Life is possible.<br />
Life is possible, La, life is possible.<br />
Let no one bring you down. Know you are incredible. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-64871504780054146772013-05-23T04:35:00.000-07:002013-05-29T02:55:00.315-07:00Key Policy Challenges Facing South Africa<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><br />
By: Lindokuhle Mnisi</span></b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/LindokuhleMnisi"><span style="color: white; mso-themecolor: background1;">@LindokuhleMnisi</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">Introduction</span></b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">The
Republic of South Africa is a country that has a very unfortunate history, a
history of colonialism, oppression and discrimination against one another. This
history dates back to almost 400 years ago when the country experienced
colonialism from the white people who came from all over the world, to take
over everything that belonged to the indigenous people of this land. Wars
erupted, and the unfortunate apartheid regime also commenced in the country
with those white people claiming ownership of this land, and black people
having to defend what they thought belonged to them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">Policies
were created to defend and suite certain groups of people, while other policies
were made to oppress a certain class of people. The Land act of 1913 can be an
example of those policies that were created by the apartheid government. This
act’s main aim was to separate people according to their race, with black
people being given at least 7% of land in their own country and pushed away to
homelands, while white people occupied the bigger piece of the
country. The Act created a system of land tenure that deprived the
majority of South Africa's inhabitants of the right to own land which had major
socio-economic repercussions.<o:p></o:p></span><u1:p></u1:p></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">There
were other policies that were created in the past which includes education,
crime, economic and housing policies. But when apartheid was defeated in the
1990s, many of those policies were reviewed and some were redrafted to address
the issues of balance and equality in the country. With the legacy of
apartheid, some of those policies didn’t manage to address the key challenges
of South Africa. Those policies are, at some point, the challenges in the
country as they try to solve problems while being a problem themselves.<o:p></o:p></span><u1:p></u1:p></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">Groups
of individuals merged to form solid forces to defeat apartheid, but when they
had to defeat the legacy of the system they decided to separate and fight one
another. The “winning team” went from being a liberation fighter to a political
party. The African National Congress, as a governing party since 1994, drafted
a number of policies that aimed at suiting the majority inhabitant of the
republic and addressing the imbalances of the past (affirmative action). But it
turned out that those policies were a fair to a certain extent, fair to certain
individuals and unfair to the others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u2:p><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;"> <b></b></span></u2:p><b>Land
(Reform) Policy</b><o:p></o:p><u1:p></u1:p></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">There
are policies and approaches like “willing buyer, willing seller” which was
aiming at redistributing land to the inhabitants of South Africa, but didn’t
really work to address the challenges of land in the country. The majority of
land belonged to the minority (whites) and historical facts prove that the land
was forcefully taken away from the majority (blacks). The government and the
leading political party also agreed that this approach didn’t work and was not
going to work and the minority continued to own bigger pieces of land. The
ANCYL under the leadership of the expelled leader Julius Malema pushed for
“redistribution of land without compensation” and received the highest level of
criticism for those utterances. Some said he was being racist, but all those
who said that, didn’t really have a better solution to the issue of
redistribution of land.<o:p></o:p></span><u1:p></u1:p></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">Solutions
to Land Reform policy would be to know the reason for redistribution, not to do
it to spite the white people who used to own it, but to render services to the
people and help in the development of the economy.<o:p></o:p></span><u1:p></u1:p></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">In
the ANC’s Land Reform Policy Discussion Document of June 2012, they said Land
Reform is not just another social transfer where benefiting citizens receive
government largesse. It is and should be seen as autonomy-fostering service
delivery. This view of land reform projects service delivery as a key site at
which the assumptions and stigmas associated with vulnerability in our society
may be challenged and the appropriate resources for developing the capacity for
autonomy provided. Service delivery via land reform should play an important
role in clearing the way for disadvantaged previously marginalized individuals
to exercise their capacity to act autonomously, to be full economic and social
participants in the South African Project. - (ANC.org.za, Policy Documents)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">Housing
Policy & strategy</span></b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u2:p></u2:p><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">Housing
the Nation is one of the greatest challenges facing the Government of National
Unity. The extent of the challenge derives not only from the enormous size of
the housing backlog and the desperation and impatience of the homeless,
but stems also from the extremely complicated bureaucratic, administrative,
financial and institutional framework inherited from the previous government
(Housing policy document; 1994). The problem of housing has remained an ongoing
thing that keeps on affecting our people every now and then. So the government
has come up with programmes like the RDP to try and distribute houses to the
people who needs and deserve them. But people tend to create problems by moving
from one place to another to start informal settlements and come back to
complain to the government saying it is ignoring them. Truth is, if people keep
on moving to other places, the government will have to make new budgets for
those people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">Economic
policy</span></b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><u2:p></u2:p><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">The
economic policy is also one of the policies that South Africans are aware of in
this country. This policy seeks to address economic challenges of the people
and the country at large. This policy is also there to ensure that there is
balance between all races in the country and people are treated the same. But
this policy has faced problems for a number of years as it has shown to be
benefiting those who were on the advantage in the past, whites. White people
have continued to get richer and black people were becoming poorer. Then there
were programmes like “Black Economic Empowerment” (BEE), a programme
launched by the <span style="background: white;">South African government to
redress the inequalities of Apartheid by giving previously
disadvantaged groups (black Africans, Coloureds, Indians and
some Chinese) of South African citizen’s economic privileges
previously not available to them. It includes measures such as Employment
Preference, skills development, ownership, management, socioeconomic
development, and preferential procurement.</span><o:p></o:p></span><u1:p></u1:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">"It
is an integrated and coherent political process. It is located within the
context of the country's nation transformation programme, namely the RDP
(Reconstruction and Development Programme). It is aimed at change the
imbalances of the past by seeking to substantially transfer and confer
ownership, management and control of South Africa's financial and economic
resources to the majority of the citizens. It seeks to ensure broader and
meaningful participation in the economy by black people to achieve sustainable
development and prosperity." <i>(<cite>BEE
Commission Report, pg. 2)</cite></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">Mineral
Policy (Mining)</span></b><u1:p></u1:p><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u2:p></u2:p><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">South
Africa’s mining industry is supported by an extensive and diversified resource
base, and has since its inception been a cornerstone of South Africa’s economy.
Undoubtedly some of the older mines are reaching the end of their lives,
leading to job losses and the other attendant negative effects of downscaling,
but these problems are being tackled energetically within the sector, through
restructuring of mining groups, technological advances and innovative methods
of improving productivity. Apart from gold mining, there are many other
minerals being produced, for some of which South Africa is the leading producer
and holder of reserves. But it is also known that wages within these mine
sectors are problematic. There have been a number of protests related to wages
all over the country. Many have complained that the problem is that these mines
are owned by foreign people. So as a result, the ANCYL have been pushing for
nationalization of mines in the country. The government rejected that
suggestion in last year June’s ANC policy congress.<o:p></o:p></span><u1:p></u1:p></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;">NB:
This piece was written as an assignment for Politics 3. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is so unfortunate that an
absolute stopping of people consuming alcohol is impossible. It remains a fact
that people cannot be shifted away from alcohol, especially when they are so
used to it and attached. No matter how much the general public, government or
organizations (NGOs) try to curb the use and abuse of alcohol; people still
continue to consume it anyways, beyond the limit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Regardless of all the
negative sides of drinking, all the accidents caused by drunken driving and all
abuses fueled by drugs and alcohol, people still recognize the latter as a good
thing. Many accidents reported about in the media usually occur because one or
both the drivers were under the influence of alcohol. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reference can be drawn from
the “Jub Jub incident” where four school kids died and two were left critically
injured. This happened in 2010 when Jub Jub caused an accident while racing
with his friend on a public road UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS. From the
“superstar” that he was, to a convict serving 27years in jail. Innocent people
losses their lives because of people who abuse alcohol. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Families break down into particles
and suffer because of the abuse of alcohol. South Africa has the highest number
of orphans and one of the reason this is the case is because of alcoholic
parents who failed to provide maximum care to their children. Children sleep
with empty stomachs because their parents use the money to purchase alcohol.
Crime is also stimulated by drugs and alcohol, not only in South Africa but
across the world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All these mentioned issues
highlight the dangers of alcohol abuse. Therefore, coming to realize that
people cannot be stopped from drinking, they should be advised about
RESPONSIBLE DRINKING. For every problem there should be a solution. It takes a
real man to take responsibility of his family and give them care without
compromising. Another person’s entertainment should never be sorrow to the next
person. When a person drinks, it should remain with that individual and should
never affect other people. Responsible drinking is encouraged. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">IF you drink, ensure that
you do it responsibly without infringing other people’s rights while trying to
enjoy yours. While engaging on alcohol, remember your responsibilities at home
or whatever responsibilities you have. Drink in the comfort of your home to
avoid getting hurt and possibly killed. Drink responsible and remember that
alcohol is not for persons under the age of 18. Alcohol is not for pregnant women. Respect yourself before going to the extent of respecting others. Love your life, and live your life. Alcohol is not an option.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">NB: Lindokuhle Mnisi (me)
was raised by a single parent (mother). </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My parents separated in the year 2000
when my mother decided that ‘enough is enough’ with the abuse. My father was a
drunkard and an abusive father who use to come home at about 2am and demand
food he never bought. He is still a drunkard, just not part of our lives. (I
have forgiven him for everything thought)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-54716602828378873842012-11-17T11:09:00.001-08:002012-11-18T09:11:00.722-08:00Young, Successful and still moving forward<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">By Lindokuhle Mnisi</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Her fruitful rewards of hard work started flowing after she acquired her first job as a residence manager of TCE1, at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Soshanguve North Campus in 2008. Later on the same year she won an award for “Best Res Manager of the year”. Determination, persistence, hard work and passion have made Marcia Lebambo the person that she is today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lebambo has always committed herself to education for bettering her life. After having completed her Grade 12 in 2004 she already possesses more than four qualifications from different institutions including TUT. She acquired her B-Tech in Strategic Management in 2009. Her aim was to obtain as many qualifications as possible, that is why in 2011 she registered at TUT for masters in Entrepreneurship (she is completing this year.) Other qualifications that she possesses includes: National Diploma in Administration Management, B-Tech in Public Management and a Certificate in Business Communication obtained from the University of South Africa (UNISA).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Education changed my life and my family’s lives. The only thing that could change the poverty situation back at home was through education. I wanted to use every opportunity I get to study and become a better person for myself and my country. So I wanted to learn as much as I can and broaden my knowledge as you can see my qualifications are broad, from Business to public management and to communications,” Lebambo said, answering why she did so many qualifications.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Within the TUT premises, Lebambo is not just an academic but she’s also a practical person who is hands-on and doing a great job in everything she touches. She is the editor of a TUT-Residence newsletter and works on TUT-FM community radio. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The newsletter’s aim is to stay in touch with our residence students and provide a platform for them to voice out their grievances so that we can ensure proper service delivery for them,” Lebambo said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Most importantly it (newsletter) provides a platform for journalism students to write stories to improve their journalistic skills,” she added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On Radio she is a presenter of a current affairs show, titled <a href="mailto:‘Live@6">‘Live@6</a> (Tuesdays – Thursday from 18:00-19:00pm.) Lebambo said TUT-FM is her space where she is “able to touch thousands of people’s lives all at once.” She presents news to the people even though this is not in line with what she has studied for. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“I always loved radio. Its role to inform the public boost my passion for it… As a TUT alumni and employee, I wanted to play my part in informing communities especially the youth about issues that affect us, hence I chose a current affairs show,” said Lebambo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“My short-term goal is to complete my masters and enroll for my Doctorate,” she added.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com3Soshanguve, South Africa-25.5253546 28.1005632-25.7546181 27.7847062 -25.2960911 28.4164202tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-53509900868205444592012-10-23T05:04:00.002-07:002012-10-23T07:41:06.370-07:00ANCYL’s Culture of lambasting leaders is dangerous to the new generation<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If Mbalula can pronounce such remarks, we tend to question “what is the difference between Mbalula, Malema and the current ANCYL deputy president Ronald Lamola?” because their surnames rhymes and what comes out of their mouth sounds the same too. And on top of that, the world’s greatest icon, Dr Nelson Mandela who was also a champion in the ANCYL in 1944, also has a surname that rhymes with their surname. (Mandela, (Peter) Mokaba, (Malusi) Gigaba, Mbalula, Malema and now Lamola) all these names sound the same. The culture of the ANCYL is very far from change; hence it is coming a long way. It is not new and will not expire.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-64973080902884295252012-10-23T05:00:00.001-07:002012-10-23T05:00:33.217-07:00Community Media<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The focus is on community media and various aspects attached to it. Before we can even look at its broader view, we need to understand what it is first. We will, therefore, answer the question of what community media is then dwell much on its counterparts including its role and importance in the South African communities. We will look at the impact on citizens, the watchdogs function, reporting of national issues or events and all look at the future of the community media. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">An overview of what we specifically mean by “community media” is that, these are the media platforms that are available and utilised in communities. For example, we talk about a community radio station and a community newspaper where most of the articles and reports/bulletins focus more on the community where these media is situated. On these media platforms, various issues are covered that the people relate to. These stories include reports on farming, agriculture, religious, entertainment, witchcraft and developments. The focus is on informing the public about their area. Some national stories are reported but not with more emphasis that the local news of that region. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The community media has a mandate to fulfil. One example of what it needs to do is to report on the issues of the community. Its role is to tell the untold stories of and about the community and the people living in it. The aim is to reach the local people and keep the informed about certain things around them. Even on the licence agreement between either ICASA or the Press Ombudsman it is said and specified which people will be serve through this media, that is why in most cases, community media uses the dominant language in that community. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">People of the community are more interested in what is happening around them. They want to know about the party or celebration that took place over the weekend, they want to know what is going to happen in their community in terms of development and improvement. People want to know about the entertainment sites and events around that community. They want to know where to go for leisure time on weekends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">People want to use the community media as a platform to speak to their leaders, especially the councillors and executive mayors. Business people around the community also want to use the media to advertise through the media so that their businesses can succeed. Community media should not forget about their responsibilities in the community. They should not begin to serve the national interest before serving the communities’ interest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although we may all agree that community media plays a very significant role in the community but it also has an impact on the people it serves, the citizens. The impacts cannot be always good, at some point they are bad. These citizens are the ones who make the community media to be a success, through public participation. They are sources of all the stories that are reported. Some go to an extent of reporting themselves what has just happened around the corner, these people are then called “citizen journalists”. A researcher on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The role of community media”</i> (he/she didn’t write his name on the internet) wrote that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">“</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-themecolor: text2;">Professional journalists are the core of a reputable media environment. However, they are by no means the only ones actively chronicling the world around them. New technology is giving an unprecedented opportunity to citizens to inform others.”</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There are many ways in which community media impact on the citizen’s lives. In real fact and reality it might stimulate hatred and fights among the citizens of that particular community. It might also create a distance between the ordinary citizens and their leaders. These can happen especially if the citizens are not happy with the living conditions around them and they blame the councillor for not providing necessary services to the public. For example, the public will complain about the falling RDP houses and the fact that they were forcefully chased out of their homes because they stay at the informal settlement. They will go to an extent of saying in the media that they are going to burn the councillor’s house and burn tyres on the main road. The councillor will be listening on radio and will vacate on that night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Watchdogs play a vital role in the accumulation of the top secrets and those that are regarded as classified information. They investigate deeply on the issues that impact on the citizens and the community at large. They tell the untold stories, especially the sensitive stories. Their lives are always in jeopardy because they are mostly hated by the people who are exposed to the public. Watchdogs unearth the corruption within the municipal management and councillors and expose them to the public which then create a tension between them and the leaders of that community. Most leaders of this nation, including the national level, hate watchdogs with their whole hearts. The current ruling party, African National Congress, went to an extent of introducing a BILL (protection of state information bill) which aims to sanction all the whistleblowers and watchdogs of this nation. The BILL, which poses a threat to journalists, proposed a jail sentence for everybody who will be found in possession of classified information. That sanction also applies to watchdogs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">In most cases and instances, reporting on national issues and events is avoided. Unless the national politician has visited the community, then more emphasis will be put on that particular report. But as specified above, community media are there to speak the language of the community and address the issues of the community. Of course there are stories that can be national but localised because the readers/citizens relate to them but local content is the prioritised one. For example, a person from a particular community can be making national headlines on national newspapers and the community newspaper of where he comes from would also like to interview him and run the story. Another example can be if the councillor gets a top job in the national government, it would be a big story for both national and community media.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">History has revealed that most of the national newspapers of today started as community newspapers in the past. Some were newsletters and some were government gazettes. The growth and improvement of many communities had an impact of the community newspapers as many of them decided to go nationally, and grew into bigger and developed mega newspapers. In that process, other community newspapers have disappeared while others were swallowed by big companies which became national media companies. Some of the reasons for these were national and public interest. The editors saw it necessary for them to serve the nation than the communities. Business is also the reasons why they upgraded to national servicing. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-54547705405933668122012-10-15T08:55:00.001-07:002012-10-15T08:55:04.042-07:00Many people see a joke where there is abuse.By: Lindokuhle Mnisi<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joke or Child abuse?: A picture of a child hanged on<br /> a washing line circulates on the social networking sites</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A gruesome picture showing a helpless child hanged
on a hanging-line has been circulating on the social networking sites with most
people posting it with a caption that reads “When a nanny is fed up”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The picture first appeared on BlackBerry Messaging
(BBM) site with many users placing it as their profile picture before it went
to one of the most popular social site, Facebook. In a period of 10 minutes,
many facebook users have shared the picture and shared their comments about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This picture shows an African baby boy wearing a
light-blue gown, hanged under a tree using packs on the line at the back of a
house. The boy who appears to be at least 10 Months-old looks vulnerable and
helpless. His arms are bent to the back in a manner that shows that he is
probably in pain and his arms are breaking. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The caption of the picture “When a nanny is fed up”
on facebook attracted a lot of comments with people expressing their views
about Nannies. “Love it…so glad I am done with nannies,” wrote Lulu Gwagwa
commenting on the picture posted by former Rekord NOWETO editor, Sinenhlanhla
Mkhwanazi. Most of the people who commented on the picture were of the same
race as the abused child but mostly started their comments by either saying
“LOL” (laughing out loud) or “haha” (meaning laughter.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Even though some people were happy to see such a
picture, some were not pleased by the nature of it. Ramaupi Arnold Makgoo
wrote: “wa tseba gen ka bona motho a beile ngwana ka tsela ye ketla mo direla
BOTHATA,” (translating: If I can see a person having placed a child in this
manner, I would create problems for that person (sic)). Tlaki Flo Baloyi wrote:
“Aowa bathing mara, selonyana sa Modimo” (translates: Oh no people though, such
a small thing of God (sic))<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The picture hasn’t been reported to the child abuse
courts yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-71150312178705748212012-10-15T08:42:00.001-07:002012-10-15T08:42:32.714-07:00Right to know won’t back downBy: Lindokuhle Mnisi<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">One of the Right2Know posters on one of
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Civil society
organisation called right2know is continuing with its campaign against the
controversial Protection of State Information Bill in the Cape Town city.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Several
huge posters are plugged in various flats around the city aiming at raising
awareness against this Bill. The posters are written in bold that “The truth
will keep us free” and are also written “Say <u>NO</u> to the secrecy bill”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
posters attribute the late struggle veteran, Mr Kader Asmal. Asmal has been
vocal in support of freedom of expression and asked for the Bill to be scrubbed
by the government that proposed it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Right2Know campaign has organised marches since last year demanding that this
Bill must be removed as it poses a threat to journalists and freedom of
expression that is enshrined in the constitution. Clause in the Bill proposes
jail sentences of close to 25years imprisonment for anybody who is found in
position with classified information. Whistleblowers would also face a 5years
jail sentence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Bill has been going through the National Assembly and the National Council of
Provinces (NCOP) before it could be passed. Recently, some of the clauses were
abandoned, meaning there will not be a jail sentence for journalists. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-13296063567352951212012-10-15T08:36:00.000-07:002012-10-15T08:36:18.514-07:00Robben Island is depressingBy: Lindokuhle Mnisi<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The entrance at the Robben Island. Picture: Robben Island pictures</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A group of Journalism
Students from the Tshwane University of Technology visited the Robben Island to
witness the land where South Africa’s freedom fighters were arrested during the
apartheid era. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Students
were taught about the history of this country and were given clarity about what
transpired at Robben Island in the past. Divided into two groups for two buses,
students took a tour around the Island with Tour Guides who were explaining
everything while the buses were moving. Buses would stop near the spots
(buildings, playgrounds, graveyards, etc) and the tour guide would explain
briefly about the history behind that spot.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“All
these things that you see around here were erected and utilised during the
apartheid period. Some or most of these were built by the men who were arrested
and given hard labour here in this Island,” said Anderson Friedman, one of the
tour guides. As the bus was moving, he pointed at the cemetery where people
were buried, churches and mosque where they worshipped, the Robert Sobukwe
house and ended near the cells where the prisoners were detained. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friedman told
the story the late PAC leaders, Robert Sobukwe. As a result of the “Sobukwe clause”
that was aimed at arresting only him, Sobukwe was detained in an isolated house
where he was not allowed to communicate with anybody. “He was kept here (house)
for six year. Due to the isolation and lack of conversation, he was diagnosed
with throat cancer. He also picked up a mental state because he was no longer
able to put words together anymore by forming sentences. At the age of 54year
he passed away as a result of cancer,” Friedman explained. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friedman
then handed over to one of the veterans who were arrested back in the 1970s. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
man who identified himself as Lulamile Zozo Madolo led the tour to the very
important parts of Robben Island, including inside the cell of the world icon
Dr Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela. Madolo (58) said he was arrested in 1976 for
taking part in the Soweto Uprising and he was brought to Robben Island in 1977
January 21. “I was a student from Port Elizabeth. They arrested me for taking
part in Soweto Uprising. In that year all the black South African students
refused to be taught in Afrikaans as a medium of instructions,” said Madolo
explaining how he ended in Robben Island.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
said they tried to engage with the Apartheid regime in a form of demonstrations
and petition and “...we thought that they would listen to us but police
responded by shooting at us”. “Some of us died, others fled to other countries
while the unfortunate ones like me were arrested and brought here,” he added.
Prisoners were divided into four categories (A, B, C & D) which provided
different privileges. Those arrested early in the 1960s were only allowed to
write one letter and have one visitor after six months. Those with better
privileges would write four letters a month. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Madolo
showed those on the tour a picture of Mandela standing with his friend Walter
Sisulu, wearing smart outfit. He shared the story behind that picture saying it
was taken in 1966 when there were rumours around the world that Mandela was
dead. “This picture was taken by a journalist from England. The apartheid
regime knew in advance about the foreign media’s visit so they bought new
clothes for prisoners so that they would look smart in front of the visitors.
After the visit, they were given back their torn clothes and forced to go back
to work,” Madolo explained. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">While still in prison, Nelson Mandela illegally
wrote a book called “Long Walk to Freedom” and the pieces of pages he used to
write on were transported to the people by his friend, Mac Maharaj (now
President Jacob Zuma’s spokesperson). The book was published in London.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jacob
Zuma, Ahmad Kathrada, Walter Sisulu, Govern Mbeki, Mosiuoa Lekota to name but a
few were among those who spent years in prison. Before students and other
tourists left Robben Island they had more knowledge regarding what transpired
there. Robben Island is now used as a historical site and museum.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-16622463513500865622012-10-15T08:30:00.002-07:002012-10-15T08:30:27.037-07:00Politicians lambasts each other in parliament<br />
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By: Lindokuhle Mnisi</div>
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@LindokuhleMnisi</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ACDP MP, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Mrs Cheryllyn Dudley addresses students in parliament</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Journalism students
from the Tshwane University of Technology convened in a news conference with
representatives of different political parties in the parliament house. Students
raised burning issues and questions which were answered by representatives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Political
parties’ representatives who participated in the news conference included MPs
of parties like ACDP, UDM, IFP, COPE, DA and the ANC. As normal with all
politicians, each of the speakers campaigned for their parties and took a swipe
at the other political parties. “IFP is not a Zulu party even though the
majority of our members come from KwaZulu Natal. Another MP was addressing you earlier
saying Christianity is the only way in life. They represent Christians and
careless about other beliefs.,” Mkhuleko Hlengwa of the IFP said in an attack
to the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) and MP member Mrs Cheryllyn
Dudley who represented it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
top six leadership of the ANC was criticised by opposition parties mostly about
the situations at Marikana’s Lonmin mine. The critiques were based on the
strike where mine workers demand R12 500 as their salary increase. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Former
COPE MP, Faruq Qassim said in the 2014 government elections, issues that need
to be considered include education for all the people. “Even after 20years of
democracy, government can’t get education right. This is the party that doesn’t
deserve to be in power again because millions of people’s lives will be
sacrificed as a result of indifferent education,” Qassim said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“We
have a party where there is education for the rich and there is education for
the poor. The education for the rich is super good education and the education
for the poor, as offered by the state, is pathetic,” Qassim added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tebedi, an MP at the National Assembly and Chairperson of the ANC Parliamentary
Caucus, went to the podium to defend the ANC on the critiques that were
re-raised by students. He acknowledged that the ANC has challenges which he
regards as “triple challenges”. “We have identified and are dealing with three
challenges which are unemployment, inequality and poverty. Our society is
divided by wealth in which the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting
poor,” Tebedi said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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focus. NDP is the 30year vision of South Africa. Tebedi said all these
challenges can be only defeated if government can merge and work with the
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Journalism students of the Tshwane University of Technology went on a trip to
Cape Town. Among other things, they learned and experienced life differently in
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trip takes the group of students every year for a week in September to explore
and get exposed to the Cape Town life and write then about it. Students visit
many places including the Parliament, Robben Island and a media houses such as
the <i>SABC</i> and the <i>Independent Newspaper</i><b> </b>house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the approximate 19hours drive from Soshanguve Campus to the Cape, students
enjoyed a ride with two <b>Translux</b>
Buses which were specially booked for the trip. The “first class” buses
collected students from the campus. The structure and the outside appearance of
the buses fascinated most people and enhanced enthusiasm among the journalism
students who were going on the trip. “This is one of the best buses I’ve ever
embarked on. I am certain that this is going to be the greatest journey ever,”
said Karabo Tebele, one of the students.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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arrival, students had less than 10 minutes to prepare themselves for the Robben
Island trip. While other students were transported to the Sea Point, the rest
had to wait for another bus at Amalfi Exclusive Suite Hotel where they were
accommodated. “The Hotel is super amazing. I can’t believe I’ll be spending
five nights in this place. It is so exclusive and top class (sic). I’ll take a
hot shower when we come back (from Robben Island),” said Paseka Menyau, a
student.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
tour at the Island went very well with students and other tourists from abroad
(England, Britain, India etc) asking many questions to the tour guide. “I am
from England and I came with my wife to see the place where Nelson Mandela was
kept for many years,” said Robert Duvenage, said one of the tourists. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">After
the tour at Robben Island, students went to enjoy their quality time at Amalfi
Hotel while some went to party at the famous clubs in Cape Town, Long Street. Sunday
was a “free day” in which students would go to the beach, buy their groceries
and have fun. “My roommates and I are doing a documentary about our moments in
Cape Town. We are starting today. You must check it out soon on YouTube,” said
Sthembiso Sithole.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Monday, students were divided into two groups with the first group going to
visit Independent Newspapers while the other went to the SABC. The experience
was great with students getting to meet editors and asking questions about the
media industry. Tuesday and Wednesday were scheduled for visits in Parliament. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">On the first day, students were told everything about the houses that form
parliament. On the second day they got into a news conference where they met
and questioned representatives of different political parties. This fascinated
many students as they got to ask those deep questions that they’ve always wanted
to ask politicians. “We usually see these people on TV and hear them on Radio
and even read about them on newspapers, but today we got to meet and interact
with them live. What a great experience,” Alice Mpholo said while leaving the
conference room in parliament.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Thursday
was the day in which students had to come back to Soshanguve. A group of
individuals woke up and went to play beach soccer and capture their last
moments. The two <i>Translux</i><b> </b>buses left Cape Town at 16:45pm and
arrived in Pretoria the next day around 13:00pm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-19207527923200049832012-10-15T08:08:00.000-07:002012-10-15T09:10:57.944-07:00TUT students embracing their Hip Hop talent<div class="Intro">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A group of TUT
students from the Pretoria West campus have merged and decided to embrace their
God-given talent by forming a crew called <i>Task
Crew</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Task Crew</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> is a
Hip Hop group consisting of members, namely: Siphamandla Mathe (Mr MIC), Joseph
Vilakazi (Snitch), Mhlengi Mazibuko (X-Moola) and Sphiwe Thwala (1/3), known by
their fans as “Muzinda Representers” because they all reside at the Muzinda Residence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mr
MIC the producer and founder of R<span style="background: white; color: #333333;">olling
Stone Records </span><span style="background: white;">(RS Records) is also one of
the artists of <i>Task Crew.</i> He said he
started his project last year and then recruited members when he enrolled at
TUT this year. “I started the production last year and the name of the
production was M-I-C PRODUCTION. Then this year January when I came to TUT I
decided to change the name to RS RECORDS,” says Mr MIC.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The crew does all the music production in one of their
member’s residence room at Muzinda. They have travelled and performed in many
places and sharing a stage with well known people in the period of 8 months
after forming their crew. “We performed at muzinda's 1st n 2nd talent shows
sharing the stage with Chooper from the soapie "Generation". We
performed at MRS n’ MR WEST CITY. We have also performed at Soshanguve career exhibition,”
said Mr MIC.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“People like our music and they support us. Tracks that keep
people talking include these songs titled "EYHO" ft Sipho Lwandle,
"From zero to hero" and "Friday rocks". But as Task Crew we
are pushing the ones titled "bring it all" and "we got a
flow" from our new mixtape called THUNDER MIXTAPE,” he added. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Since all the members of Task Crew are students they
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music. Another challenge they face is financial problem because they have to
use their own money to go perform in organised events. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>“Our challenge is time because we have
to study and make music at the same time. And secondly it is financial problem
because when we have a gig somewhere we arrange transport for ourselves<span class="apple-converted-space">,” said Mr MIC.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mr MIC has ambitions for his crew as he anticipates that one
day they will be making headlines in the whole country. “We want to see this
group rocking the whole country and outside our country soon and we are going
to achieve that goal,” he said with so much enthusiasm. For bookings people can
find the crew on their facebook fan page "RS RECORDS(TASK CREW)" Or
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-50571577609005051762012-08-13T12:43:00.000-07:002012-08-13T12:43:30.827-07:00How people suffered after the defeat of Apartheid government <strong>By: Lindokuhle Mnisi</strong><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For many South Africans in their imaginations the succession of the African National Congress (ANC) as government and defeat of the apartheid regime (in 1994) was going to make life easier and make resources accessible for everyone. When ANC took power, many people thought the struggle was over and it was the beginning of great things in their lives. The agenda that was introduced in their minds was that the ANC was a party that fights inequality within the colour bar and it caters for all, but today, after 18 years of freedom in the country (democracy era) there are people who feel neglected and failed by the ruling party.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">People who experienced the struggle seem to be the ones who are not enjoying the benefits of the past struggle. The victims of the traumatizing circumstances of the past feel like strangers in their own nation. They only read about freedom and equality in the media. They are bombarded with “false” information about the greatness of the new South Africa and are also exposed to empty promises in rallies. They look at the history being told in many different sophisticated ways by people who were victimized by none, people who came from foreign countries (some regarded as leaders that went to exile) and now occupy higher positions in huge companies, government and some are in parliament too.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">People identify differences within the ANC. The ANC that existed back in the days and the one that live today are totally different. The policy-makers are not seen as the true reflection of the Africans that people anticipated. The votes people put have taken the country to the route it is going today and not everybody likes it. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On 16 June (today known as June 16, Youth Day) I took a trip to Soweto, the township where the youth of 1976 started the Soweto Uprising and stood firm demanding an immediate ban of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools. This is the area where many young people were shot and some killed (roughly 176 black youth) for what they believed in. The place where people like Hector Pieterson lost their lives to the South African brutal police that used rubber bullets to disperse a crowd of angry protesters. Veterans like Tsietsi Mashinini led the uprising (even though many young people who celebrate and commemorate the day don’t even know who he was).<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As I was searching for a story to tell, I left Zondi Township and went pass by Mofolo Park where there was a huge event for the day, celebrities were entertaining about 7000 young people who attended the event and they were also advised about the dangers of HIV/AIDS. I passed by and went to Maponya Mall in Pimville but couldn’t find anything interesting. I then went back to Zondi where I managed to find a grandma (gogo) who was so vocal about her history and how it has transformed to be what it is today. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I conducted a long interview with her trying to find out exactly how she has suffered in the past and whether she is enjoying the new South Africa she is living in today. So sadden by the information she gave to me, I couldn’t handle it so I listened to her. From time to time she would ask me not to remind her of what happened in the past as it was bringing bad memories in her mind. But all she was concerned about is the comparison between the apartheid regime and the democratic government.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Below is the in interview with Moreen Hlatshwayo (70years) where she expresses her views<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The many comrades that died fighting for liberation, freedom, equality and other rights that South Africans enjoy today wouldn’t like the conditions that people are living under, today.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On the issue of the people from neighbouring countries, she said “How can you wake up from the dust and find many people on top of you? The worst part is that the people (foreigners) come with suggestions. They gain access to places we were never allowed to enter. I thought the world was coming back, I would get access, but they took over. I had a big factory in town, sewing. When the people came back from exile, in neighbouring countries, we were kicked out of Hillbrow to allow foreigners to make business. They messed up our business. They went to the shops we were sewing for and reduced their prices to kill businesses. I had to come back to the Township, and they stayed in the City” <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I started working at Hillbrow since 1983 when I left a factory. I wasn’t allowed to work in the city but I worked under a white madam. And I left the business in 1999 when foreigners took over our businesses.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“People who were supposed to get the presidency are Dr Mangosuthu Buthelezi “Gatsha”. He was one of the people who questioned the reasons for foreigners coming to South Africa. He wanted to implement a policy that would prohibit overcrowding in SA by foreigners who came to this country with the purpose of making business. The ANC sidelined him. He was removed as home affairs minister.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Asked if she agree that the people who went to exile were going to fight for liberation</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> she said “No, who were they fighting with when we were fighting here in South Africa.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Now they are enjoying millions and fighting together. We see people like (Julius) Malema fighting for power and we ask ourselves where were they (hiding) when we faced reality here”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Apartheid regime was better than today’s government. White people ruled better. Blacks would get arrested for not working, if you are seen in the township not working you would get arrested or they would give you a job in their yards. Whites were torturing us but they gave us food to eat. Today we are tortured more than back in the days.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Today we can’t go to public toilets because we get killed and robbed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">People who suffered the Soweto Uprising are neglected today by the ruling party.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“PAC deserves to be the governing party. They fought for Black people. Tsietsi Mashinini was not ANC, he was PAC. Tsietsi is the one who led the Soweto Uprising in 1976. Our mothers who were boycotting with Mandela went to drop their ID books at Pretoria. PAC also matched to Pretoria for the ban of the pass laws. They went to submit their ID books. If it wasn’t for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife) who pushed the agenda of the ANC, ANC would succeed. Mandela got popular because of Winnie.” PAC was sabotaged, and I’m happy now that they treat her like a washing towel.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Winnie told people that Mandela is in prison, he was fighting for the rights as you fight for the rights. Mandela have never beaten anyone, he never killed a white person. He was just a lawyer for the congress.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“If you read the bible, you’ll remember when the children of Israel when the encountered challenges on their way to Egypt, they said it was better in Egypt because we were eating and drinking. That’s why we are saying, the white rule (apartheid) was better. You wouldn’t find a person unemployed. They were torturing us but they gave us something to eat and live. There were job opportunities; you would even get arrested for not working.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sobukwe died for nothing, those are the people who fought for the nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I don’t know why we vote for the ANC, we vote for them so they can torture us going forward.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“When ANC and IFP fought, they (IFP) destroyed all the hostels. The ANC was trying to protect them and block them.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I respected the orders of the struggle comrades. When they ordered us to stay away, I did that even though sometimes my bosses<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>would shout at me and sometimes fire me,” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Important comment made by a young person, David Mbekezeli Mabaso, on the 16<sup>th</sup> June.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“For us young people in the townships, we don’t even know what democracy is and what it means. People who know what it is are in parliament eating money and pushing nepotism.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Everybody who gets power think of torturing black people. Blacks are stupid, not stupid because we are stupid but because blacks are always victimized by everybody including blacks,”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“The government should focus more on subsidizing people. If they can take an initiative to sponsor people for example; the government can take the tax money and give it to Eskom so that people won’t be required to buy the expensive electricity today, we should be only paying half prize at least.”</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-6698723679493087472012-08-13T04:01:00.000-07:002012-08-13T04:01:00.277-07:00An increase of Bullying at school is problematic <div class="Intro" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">By: Lindokuhle Mnisi</span></span></div><div class="Intro" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">@LindokuhleMnisi</span></span></div><div class="Intro" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="Intro" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">“We are aware of bullying taking place in our school but it is not on the peak level,” said Amos Dimande, a school principal at Phumzile Primary School where a number of learners live in fear because of the bullying taking place in that school.</span></span></div><div class="Intro" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Learners go to school every day with an intention of learning but get traumatised by the bullying they experience. A group of learners from the primary complained about bullying they encounter every day in their school. Under fear of being attacked again, one of the learners who are victims of bullying at Phumzile Primary spoke to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rekord</i> and pleaded not to be mentioned by name. He explained how he have been beaten on a countless number of occasions and got his money forcefully taken from him by an 18year old boy who is doing grade 5 in the school. </span></span></div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“Please do not reveal my name because Mavusana (real name Vusi) will beat me up again. He is known by every learner in the school that he is a bully,” said a learner.</span></span></div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“He forcefully took a R30 I was carrying for me and my siblings, then he beat me up... but I could not report to the teachers because he disrespects them too. If you report they do nothing to him then he comes back to beat you again,” the learner added. </span></span></div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Another learner spoke about a boy by the name of Nhlanhla Ntshinga who fought with a teacher in the school. According to this learner he also witnessed an incident where a gang of bullies locked themselves in a classroom with girls. When he heard the girls crying he walked in and the boys started beating him.</span></span></div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The school principal at the school acknowledged that bullying is their major problem but said they are dealing with it. “We deal with it through the school base support team. We also invite social workers and pastors but if it gets serious we involve our local Community Policing Forum (CPF) to come and give advice,” said Amos Dimande, school principal.</span></span></div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dimande said some of the learners live in fear as they are scared to report if they become victimised. “Some of the learners are afraid to speak. Some of the things happen behind our backs so we cannot detect what is going on. We only deal with issues that have been reported,” he added.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-12265570764027813712012-08-13T03:59:00.000-07:002012-08-13T03:59:13.778-07:00Is Citizen Journalism a threat to professional Journalism?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">By: Lindokuhle Mnisi<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Citizen journalism is the fastest growing form of reporting in the entire world and it poses a threat to professional journalism. Citizen journalism is </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">an emerging form of journalism that is radically different from traditional journalism in philosophy and in practice. It does not need a qualified person to do the reporting but it needs a resourceful individual who is willing to communicate anything to the people.</span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Citizen journalism correlates with developments in digital technology: rapid global growth and use of the Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">The developments in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">digital technology</b> are great improvement in the entire world. Life in the 21<sup>st</sup> century becomes easier everyday because of the advancement in technology. The form of communication has become an easy process as people manage to speak to families and friends across the borders on Earth. With the enhancement of technology on the picture, citizen journalism has emerged and is becoming a challenge to professional journalism. Citizens tend to take over the work done by qualified journalists because of the accessibility to technology/internet. Anybody is now able to communicate with the world and inform people about things happening around them, journalist’s job becomes threatened.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">The easier <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">accessibility of internet</b> across the world has given anybody a chance and platform to be a journalist (citizen journalism) and puts a challenge to professional journalism. A normal person with access to internet can witness a burning house at a small town (such as Ermelo), and that person will take pictures first and then ask around what caused the fire, then the next five minutes he will write on a facebook status or twitter. That would have been a front page story for a community/national newspaper, but because people have already seen the pictures and already know the story behind the burning house they will not buy then newspaper.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Social media</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> is also the biggest challenge to professional journalism as it allows anybody to communicate to with the public. Facebook and Twitter are the fastest growing social mediums where millions of people meet to discuss issues. Anything that is happening in this world is trending on these social mediums. When there’s a soccer match at Loftus Stadium, people who have not gone to watch the match will not wait for tomorrow’s paper of a bulletin to know how the game went because citizen “journalists” will have already broken the news via the social networks. That puts professional journalism at stake.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The increase in the number of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Start-Phone” devices</b> threaten professional journalism and hence promote citizen journalism. These phones have cameras with video cameras and they make it easier for any person to take pictures and footages and upload to their blogs, websites or even on the social media. These phones have internet access and email, any person is able to forward something to the next person and it spread to the whole world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Many media houses have taken a resolution of creating <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">online websites</b> for their publications so that their journalists can be able to publish/report stories immediately as it happens. To avoid being outdated, they have decided to pressure the journalists to act faster than citizen journalists. Now citizen journalists are also able to forward what they have witnessed to the media house of their choice. If a person collides with a story, they can take pictures and forward them to any media house.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-20703500240155215032012-08-06T04:36:00.001-07:002012-08-06T07:36:23.794-07:00Hit back!!!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">About the cartoon<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This cartoon (Hit Back) is a critique to all the people who fail to see the good side of the ANC president, Jacob Zuma. Most of those people are the white “monopoly capital” as the ANCYL normally call them. On the left hand side there are a bunch of them singing “a dick” when Zuma ask what they see when they look at him. On the bottom of the cartoon (left) it is Brett Murrey, the white guy who reworked a beautiful painting and messed it up by exposing the genitals of the man he referred to as Jacob Zuma (calling it The Spear). Murrey is laughing when his fellow white men says they see a dick on Zuma. Next to him it’s another cartoonist that I like and respect very much, Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro). Zapiro’s latest cartoon, published on the Mail&Guardian newspaper, was swearing and insulting the president, calling him “a dick” (he shouts “can’t you see?). All these people forget one important fact, that they are all colonialists who came from the west. They come here to insult our leaders for the purpose of making an income. They are all foreigners in this country, extreme racist and selfish white minority.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">#I’m not racist, it’s a “Hit Back” cartoon. We call it satire in “their” language. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Who is being satirised?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On this cartoon white people are being satirised. Brett Murray and Zapiro are also among those labelled as foreigners.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The story behind the cartoon<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This cartoon comes after the recent Zapiro’s satire (cartoon) that was published by the Mail & Guardian newspaper. On this cartoon, Zapiro, drew an erected penis and referred to it as Jacob Zuma. On the left hand side he sworn at Zuma and even called him a “Dick”. Zapiro was also taking over from where Brett Murray left. Murray, on his “Hail to the king” exhibition, he did a painting that exposed a man’s genitals. The man portrayed in the painting was Zuma. This cartoon then is the response to the people who see a “dick” on the president.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-77991214143452233182012-08-02T03:15:00.000-07:002012-08-02T03:15:52.167-07:00Parents’ silence on the Limpopo Textbooks shenanigan<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">By: Lindokuhle Mnisi<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What are the parents of the Limpopo children saying about the textbooks fiasco? My perception is that "parents in the rural areas don’t even understand the real significance of education. They don’t know the values of education. They just think a child has to go to school to meet and play with children of their age." I might be wrong. But I suggest that parents have to be taken for a campaign and lessons to inform them about the relevance of education (especially those parents in the rural areas)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
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Agree with me that this Textbook crisis stroke mainly the schools in the rural areas of Limpopo. And people who are affected mostly are in the rural areas. Limpopo is not a rural village altogether but now we are talking about this issue focusing on the rural victims. The point I am making is that the parents of the affected children are so quiet about the issue, it is only a national public outcry and those parents are benefiting from that outcry. <br />
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How many campaigns have you seen, in the villages that aim at informing parents about the significance of education? This question is relevant for all provinces. Education in the rural areas is not the same as the one in the township or urban areas. The levels of understanding and the perceptions about education differ from parents from this camp to the other. Resources can be brought to the discussion to say, the lack of resources in the rural areas result to parents not knowing what education entails. Most parents in the rural areas are not educated and therefore they can't fully encourage their children about education, because they do not understand its significance.<br />
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My view still stands to say “people who are supposed to express grievances, mostly, about the Textbook fiasco are the parents, but they are not.” That is why I suggest that parents have to be taken for a campaign and lessons to inform them about the relevance of education (especially those parents in the rural areas). Parents have to be taught and trained about how to encourage children about education. Even if the parents are not educated themselves, they need to know the values of education. They need to stop thinking that education or going to school is moral thing just to keep children off the streets. Schools are not places for keeping children entertained every day. Schools are not for eradication of boredom. But education has more to that.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-22714660074562112702012-07-31T06:51:00.001-07:002012-07-31T06:55:53.062-07:00Daily Sun the leading newspaper with circulation<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">By: Lindokuhle Mnisi<br />
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</tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Daily Sun</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> is the biggest daily newspaper in this country, South Africa. It is the most widely circulated South African newspapers. With between 376,743 and 400,000 sales in Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and Northwest provinces, the national expansion of the paper to KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and the Eastern Cape will add to the existing circulation. <i>Daily Sun</i> targets readers in and around the major urban centres of South Africa. These readers are predominantly black, English-literate with a high school or greater education, and working-class earners - the economic core of South Africa. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">While a lot of people seem to have negative perspectives about this daily newspaper it still remain to be, among, the top selling and circulating newspaper. It covers a wide range of issues like any other newspaper but the manner in which the present their stories is unique. Their stories vary from politics, lifestyle to sports. And it then dwell much on the African stories that people choose to rather call it “superstitions”. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">The target market of Daily Sun is a single mother from the township who works as a domestic worker, people is LSM four or less even those unemployed. They talk to the people direct by writing about those things that other newspapers don’t want to cover. Daily Sun has given ordinary people something to keep them entertained. Their usage of language is user-friendly, they write simple English. Anybody can read it; it is something that very body talks about on the taxis.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">One of the people whom I ask about the Daily Sun spoke about what he regards as “superstition” that the newspaper covers. He says even though he doesn’t believe in them but he acknowledges the fact that they exist especially in Africa. “Daily Sun is a newspaper that reports on human stories. News are stories that are met with a “whoa” reaction from audience. People have fantasies and any media house that entertains such receives people’s interests. The problem is that some of us are not fond with superstitious beliefs even though we know they exist. The nihilism approach, that is (sic)”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">This newspaper has its unique way of writing headlines for their front page stories and other stories. They write in an attractive and sensational manner. Sometimes they over exaggerate on the headlines, before you read the story you already have a certain impression. In most cases the story (content) is not what the headline says.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw a headline that say “SON MARRIES HIS MUM” and when read the article it was talking about the traditional beliefs in the family. If the mother of the children was never married to the husband before he died, one of her sons have to marry her (ritually) so that the ancestors can accept her in the family. What is more hooking about the story is that the picture they used is the son and his mother are dressed in a manner that anybody can see that they are getting married (Suit for the son and a wedding white dress for the mother).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mpumalanga</b> there are many people who buy and read the Daily Sun on a daily basis. This is because they are mostly exposed to it than any other newspapers. The province is big and consists of many rural villages where the circulation of other newspapers doesn’t meet the masses. And some of the newspapers are expensive to the people and Daily Sun is the cheapest of them all. They prefer buying and reading it to get stories about the country. Some people don’t even have the knowledge capacity of analysing the content because they can’t even do comparison with anything else, the Mpumalanga News is cheaper than daily Sun but it is only sold in Mbombela and the nearby areas. They just read what they can afford to buy.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Limpopo </b>most people read the Daily Sun because of the nature of African life they are exposed to. Limpopo is stereotyped as a province which is full of witchcraft and most of the reports based on that are about people from Limpopo. People want to read which Sangoma was burnt over the weekend and which Tokoloshe raped which granny last night. That’s the reality of the matter. While some people might think such things do not exist, there are people who are vocal about their experiences and elders know. That is why most people who buy the Daily Sun in rural areas are older people. Those who are sports fanatics also buy the newspaper for only the back pages, to read which teams were playing and how it is analysed.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The list of the countries that were colonized goes on and on. South Africa gained democracy (independence) in 1994 when the ANC took power, defeating the National Party that was predominantly white minority government (apartheid). The first black and democratically elected president was Dr Nelson Mandela. South Africa never changed their colonial name until today. The name “Mzansi” is dominating on the streets but nobody is thinking of implementing it as country’s name. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Police have put on their casual clothes to clean the inside and outside places within the station. They divided into small group to speed up the process and do as much as possible. Some were cleaning the cells, scrubbing the walls in the inside while others were cutting grass, trimming trees and picking up the dirt in and around the police yard. </span></div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This job is normally done by the hired domestic and general workers but on this day police have taken upon themselves to ensure the cleanliness of their work place. </span></div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“Today’s theme is Mandela and we are celebrating it by cleaning the police station in this 67minutes. We are cleaning the inside and outside since well the station is dirty, so that the community outside can see by example that this people clean their own place than going out living their own premises dirty,” says Dikatso Thebe, Lieutenant Collonel of the Mabopane Police Station.</span></div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In this initiative they got support from the area’s CPF patrollers who have also came to offer their hands. “Our link with the police is that we are all working on fighting against crime. So we saw it important to be together on this project of cleaning the police station. So we (CPF) are also part of the community. To show the community that we’re together with the police service we decided to be part of the cleaning project today,” says Nthabiseng Lesenga, CPF coordinator.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-69002347102114459682012-07-18T07:43:00.001-07:002012-07-18T07:44:39.024-07:00Prison warders renovate a Hospice for Mandela Day's 67minutesBy: Lindokuhle Mnisi<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoCaption" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The Correctional Services Prison warders from the </span></span></div><div class="MsoCaption" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Pretoria Central Correctional centre renovating the Tumelo </span></span></div><div class="MsoCaption" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Home and Hospice on Mandela Day.</span></span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Correctional Services Prison warders from the Pretoria Central Correctional centre spent their 67minutes of Mandela Day renovating the Tumelo Home and Hospice situated at Mabopane Block B.</span></span></div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The warders contributed R10 each to buy the materials they used. Among the things they were doing are repairing window panes, cleaning the whole yard, tree cutting and trimming and also painting the inside. Each of the warders also donated one blanket to the hospice.</span></div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“We’ve collected money to buy the materials that we’re a using to clean this place. The Correctional service has done the donations,” says Frans Modise, Spiritual care coordinator from Pretoria Central Correctional centre. </span></div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Along with them (Warders) were other organizations that have came to offer themselves as part of their 67minutes work. Among others are Department of Health, Department of Auditor general, Department of North Star, Pick n’ Pay, Spar and others. There were also great donations that came from these companies and organizations. The hospice expressed their excitement about the initiative taken to improve the hospice. “There are donations like food, napkins and window glasses. Some are doing carpentry, building us build-in cardboards, repairing ceilings while others are cooking and cleaning. That’s the load they brought to us to show love,” Lorraine Mabusela, Founder and CEO, Tumelo Home and Hospice.</span></div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“I feel emotionally happy about what they have done for us. They came in numbers to express their love for the home,” Mabusela added.</span></div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="Bodytext" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">On this day one the grannies in the hospice, Dorothy Mosue, was also turning 94years. She enjoyed her birthday on Mandela Day in the hospice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-15162421360278966002012-07-13T10:38:00.003-07:002012-07-13T10:40:46.501-07:00It is through the battle field that we are going to take back the land - Ronald Lamola<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">BY:
LINDOKUHLE MNISI<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The African National
Congress Youth Leader convened a gathering at the University of SA (UNISA)
addressing, among others, the policies they will be representing in the
National Policy Conference that will take place in Midrand next week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The “ANCYL Policy Discussion
conference” led by the Youth League’s Deputy President Ronald Lamola touched on
the long debated Nationalization of Mines and Expropriation of Land without
compensation policies. Lamola echoed the statement he recently made that says
force will be used to accumulate the land. “It is through the battle field that
we are going to take back the land that was taken forcefully away from us,” he
said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Number of other issues arose
including the league’s call of struggle for economic freedom. This time they
dwelled much on the differences between the townships and the suburbs. “The
majority are lying in the streets of Alexandra and in deep rural areas, not
participating nor seeing the economy of the country,” says Lamola<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Commenting on one of the
South Africa’s slogans that says “SA is a Rainbow Nation state”, Lamola said
“South Africans are not united as long as blacks still go to the “mkhukhus” of
Alexandra while the whites go to the suburbs”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“United South Africa will
start when we start seeing the rainbow nation in the packed trains like Metro
rail and Shosholoza mail”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Another attack was posed
indirectly to President Jacob Zuma accusing him of “upgrading one village to
look like Hollywood”. “”Leadership must lead the nation not the village they
come from of the tribe they fall under. We are inspired by former president
Thabo Mbeki and Nelson Mandela, they did not serve their own villages but they
strived for the nation,” said Lamola.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The nation and its economy
belong to the young generation that is the future of the country. The ANCYL is
fighting for radical change in the mother body especially after the elective
conference in Mangaung late this year. “If you look at leaders in other
countries, they are very young and energetic. You never see a sleeping
parliamentarian. They even “moer” (beat) each other in debates for
socio-economic and political issues. We must fight without fear or favour,”
said Lamola <o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-27333947012315640852012-07-13T10:36:00.002-07:002012-07-13T10:36:43.464-07:00I wish I had an opportunityBy: lindokuhle Mnisi<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I wish I had an opportunity to be me<br />
an opportunity to be the best that I was born to be<br />
a lifetime chance that would clear my eyes and let me see<br />
that there was more to life than living in misery<br />
a misery that affected the majority but was caused by the unknown<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I wish I had an opportunity to see life in a different
view<br />
not the one I was subjected to by the circumstance I was going through<br />
sometimes I feel if I had a clue about life before birth <br />
I wouldn’t decide to come through to live awaiting death<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The biggest inconvenience was being born in a village<br />
growing up in a none developed vicinity during my vintage<br />
being raised by a family that was extremely disadvantaged<br />
where I couldn’t acquire the necessities that were relevant for people of my
age<br />
the chapter of my life was in a blank page<br />
and I was trapped in darkness like an innocent dove in a cage<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A good life could only be seen on a black n’ white
Television at the neighborhood house<br />
they were not superior but they had obtained part of the opportunities I wish I
had<br />
I don’t believe I was born inferior but life convinced me that I was nothing<br />
the poor education that I was exposed to is the source of my failure<br />
I wish I had an opportunity to be the best even when situations depressed me<br />
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I wish I had an opportunity to change the world<br />
I wish I had an opportunity to change the situation that other people are going
through<o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02761935066729373501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685085773259392994.post-47826289648903739702012-05-09T07:59:00.000-07:002012-05-09T07:59:03.354-07:00Successful Freedom Day Celebration<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">By: Lindokuhle Mnisi</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">@LindokuhleMnisi</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The 18<sup>th</sup> Freedom Day celebration was held successfully at the Union Buildings, in Pretoria, where the president of the SA Republic,Mr. Jacob Zuma, and other distinguished guests gathered<a href="" name="_GoBack"></a> on Friday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Among those who attended the event was Malawian (interim) president Joyce Banda. From South Africa was Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, deputy speaker of the National Assemby, Ms Noma India Mfekelo, Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, Ms Thandi Memela, Minister of Art and Culture, Mr Paul Mashatile, the Mayor of Tshwane, Mr Kgosientso Ramakgopa and other ministers, deputy ministers and MECs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">President Zuma delivered a speech which guaranteed progress of unity, freedom, democracy, non-racial and non-sexism in South Africa since 1994 to 2012. This year’s Freedom Day theme is “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Working together to Build Unity and Prosperity</i>” and Zuma said “It takes into account our strong focus on boosting inclusive growth and prosperity. It also underscores the focus on heritage and the celebration of unity through celebrating the heroes of our struggle for freedom, to whom we owe so much”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Zuma honoured freedom fighters and heroes (black and white, and women) who have made it possible for South Africans to defeat the apartheid regime and gain freedom for all. He referred and quoted variety of the past activists and freedom fighters, which includes Lillian Ngoyi, Chief Albert Luthuli, first black President of the Republic of South Africa Nelson Mandela, former ANC president OR Tambo, General Smuts, Braam Fischer, Father Trevor Huddlestone and Ruth First. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“We recall today that our freedom was gained through blood, sweat, and tears. It is through the blood of the people of Sharpville, Soweto, Langa, kwaMashu, kwa Zakhele, Mdantsane, and many other areas, that we gained our freedom and equality,” said Zuma.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The venue, where the event was held, was crowded with an estimated number of more than 10 000 people who clapped hands and screamed for excitement when a compliment was granted to the Constitution of South Africa.“Our Constitution is among the best in the world with equality clauses, which guarantees equality before the law, right to life, and human dignity, right to privacy, freedom religion, belief and opinion, freedom of expression, freedom of association and freedom of assembly, demonstration, picket and petitions,” said Zuma.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">According to the President, a lot has been achieved in the extension of basic services since 1994, in turning South Africa around, but much more still needs to be done. The past 18 months have seen substantial recovery. In 2011 alone, employment grew by a thousand jobs a day; investments climbed by 4%; and the GDP grew by just over 3%. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The proportion of population living below a R422 a month poverty line decreased from 50% in 1994 to 34.5% in 2009. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In education, school enrolments have drastically improved since 2003 and 8.8 million learners have been put on the nutrition programme. R8.2 billion have been allocated for school infrastructure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1994, only 62% of households had access to running water, and the figure have risen to 94.5%. With regards to water infrastructure, forty-regional bulk projects will be completed by 2014, benefiting 3.2 million people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1994, only 50% of households had access to decent sanitation, which has now risen to 82%.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">By 2011, 75.8% of households had access to electricity, a huge improvement from 51% in 1994.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With his closing remarks, President Zuma made special reference to some of the ANC presidents who led the struggle for liberation over many years ago. “As a country we will honour the following former presidents of the ANC with National Orders Awards, Chief Albert Luthuli, Oliver Regionald Tambo, Sebe Moroka, A.B Xuma, Pixley ka Isaka Seme, Zac Mahabane, Josiah Gumede and Sefako Makgatho, for their outstanding role in ensuring that our country became a free and democratic society,” said Zuma.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Mayor of Tshwane took to the podium to say the closing remarks(voice of thanks) to everybody who attended the celebration and thanking the three organs of state institutions (government, judiciary and the legislature). He said their presence is “…to confirm that indeed this is a national celebration”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Today marks the occasion of the celebration of the birth of democracy in this country and we find it appropriate that this celebration is taking place on the launce of the Union Buildings, the site of the birth of democracy,” says Kgosientso Ramakgopa.</span></div>
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