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ast year UP had their FLY@UP marketing campaign. This campaign started to unravel at the end of the year as students realised that the campaign glossed over real issues that many students face, but also implied that the success of students was the concern of the student alone with their acronym of the Finish Line is Yours. Memes burst onto the scene as we all laughed at the audacity of the statement.

But recently, the topic has been working its way into conversations around campus as some students struggle with NSFAS, and some have even brought up the topic around the new THINK art installation in front of the Humanities building (I suppose it is performing its purpose then).

Whatever your thoughts on the topic, the idea that you represent nothing more than a number and an account balance to UP is one that I think many students will agree with.

This isn’t just a case of funding, textbooks, housing and food, although these are by far the most concerning. It also comes down to the small things too. Places to take a break around campus have been decreasing over the years, a diverse supply of affordable food that caters for different tastes, diets and budgets, over-crowding in classrooms and lecture halls, and having to walk around to main gate to go to a class you are paying for because you cannot be trusted. How can you be trusted anyways, you’re just a number.

This all has to do with student life, but on the academic side it can also be the case. If you have ever worked for UP you’ve realised that even there you can be just a number. I have heard so many people complain that performance is based on numbers — quantity over quality; a fifty and f-off.

What does that mean for the degree that you receive at the end of your stay here? Would you rather be one in a percentage or leave here knowing that the paper you receive walking onto your graduation stage has an impressive value?

Having said all this, take a trip to the other universities in South Africa. Or read around on

the news. In my expereince, the grass is greener at UP. That’s still not something to boast when green becomes an abstract marketing campaign.

We need to be careful that we don’t confuse the issue here. This isn’t necessarily an only-UP thing, this is a broader issue that affects many facets of life.

I wish I had more space to express my alienation here, but sadly we do need to cover other news, entertainment, features and sport. But you could write to me and tell me how you feel in our next edition. I’d be interested to hear from someone that feels loved, looked after, and in anyway more than a bottom line for UP finances. Send me an email at perdeby@up.ac. za and let me know how you feel.

Running a newspaper as large and impressive as I see PDBY is not easy work. A lot goes on behind the scenes to get this paper to your hands with every issue and much of that work is never seen by more than a handful of the staff even at PDBY — and all of this is done for the pure love of it. It requires quick learning, as every challenge we face is new for all of us; a level of commitment that needs to be powered by passion, love, and care; an attention to detail where it can be impossible to find every mistake; and a whole lot of pure talent.

This week, we bid farewell to one of the publications greats, Ditebogo Tshaka. If you ever see our faces working together again, beware, because we are a lethal team.

But as we close one chapter, a whole new chapter opens with the next generation of PDBaes. This is the first edition for a crop of new talent and passion, a group who I hope will continue to carry this papers name high into the future.

They are committed to bringing you your campus news, and their promise speaks volumes for PDBY’s future.

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ensemble, UP Ovuwa.

The energy remained high and vibrant thereafter, and in some instances the audience joined in.

PDBY spoke to Stuku EC member, Sphumelele Hadebe, who was in charge of the event.

Hadebe wanted to thank everyone who showed up and supported Stuku.

However, not only the turnout but also the talent was plentiful and Hadebe acknowledged and thanked the talented performers. She noted that Stuku would have liked to have more time for the Nothing but Vernac performances, as they could not fit everyone who applied to perform in the allotted timeslot. Among the crowd was SRC President, David Kabwa. Kabwa described the event as “terrific with turbulent and totally tantalising talent”. He continued to say that, in his opinion, this was the best Expression and Nothing but Vernac that UP has ever had. He congratulated all the students that performed for “getting out of their comfort zones” and thanked Stuku for organising the event. Lastly, he said this was a great opportunity for the student body to come

n 7 March 2019, Expression and Nothing but Vernac took place at the Piazza on Hatfield Campus. The event, hosted by Student Culture (Stuku), was a celebration of both heritage and the arts as UP students sang, danced and recited poetry in South Africa’s vernacular language. The night was themed “Our Africa, My Culture”. Apart from the performances, there was a display of students’ artwork, photography and written poetry. Expression and Nothing but Vernac has taken place for the past few years and gives students the opportunity to artistically express themselves in their home language.

The “Expression” part of the night started at around 18:00. Numerous day houses and residences set up stalls in the Piazza, filled with artworks for spectators to admire.

Luminous walked away as overall winner. Luminous also won best interpretation of the theme and best painting, while House Mags won best outfit. Best drawing, best poem and best photograph were shared between male day house Dregeana Photo: Leah Rees and female residence Nerina. together and have a good time. He ended by At 20:00 the “Nothing but Vernac” portion saying “from one student to another, thank you of the evening was kick-started by a traditional for expressing yourself.” song and dance performance from the cultural

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Hlompho Moichela boyfriend of a UP student was hijacked and kidnapped on University Road on Wednesday 27 February.

The 29-year-old man was waiting for his girlfriend to return from the library at around 22:30 when the incident took place.

According to Captain Colette Weilbach from Brooklyn SAPS, two suspects pointed a firearm at the man and forced him into the backseat of his Volkswagen Polo. They then drove off with him.

The female student witnessed an unknown person driving off with her boyfriend’s car and alerted the Brooklyn police station.

Brooklyn police contacted the vehicle

tracking company and found the abandoned vehicle in Mamelodi. The boyfriend was found unharmed inside the boot, with just his personal belongings stolen. The suspects escaped and a hijacking case is under investigation.

Brooklyn SAPS Station Commander Brigadier Kushie Nair expressed relief that the man was found unharmed. She commended all that were involved in rescuing the victim.

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he students has had been busy of late with stall and banners erected tables, meticulously and neatly decorated all to get the passing by students attention, from 18 to 25 February 2019. UP held its annual marketing week, an initiative used to broadcast the various societies found in and around the seven campuses of UP. As societies were in a battle royal to get the much desired signature of the student to be part of their society from humanitarian organisations to social organisations and political organisations battling it out to get the signature of the students. It is worth appreciating that the societies placed an extra effort in decorating their stalls to attract, one would liken the stalls as bed of flowers bloomed at the same time. PDBY went around interviewing different societies interviewing the various societies that were available PDBY interviewed, African Union Students Association, (AU.SA) “Our organisation is to take the values and principles of the African Union to the University. The values of the AU are democracy, good governance.

In the space of the University of Pretoria we are bringing the values on to campus.

We seek to encourage the fostering of African Solutions to African problems here on the campus” according Peace Potlaki.

South African Institute of Black Properties Practitioners (SAIBPP), “We offer experience in the real estate industry, gives students the opportunity to network. Students get to meet with industry experts.” Xitsonga Students Society, “As a society we seek to expose the Tsonga culture to the students body of UP. We seek to remove the inferiority complex within the Xitsonga perception that we feel is biased. We are trying to prevent the extinction of the Xitsonga tongue hence the society is established. Celebration Church Pretoria (C.C.P.), “Building People, Building dreams, our society stems from our church Celebration Churches International where we work with people in building a firm relationship with God, assist the students body through organising different drives to assist the students who need help in and around campus” A lot of societies shared the same, vision and missions in adding something positive and tangible to the UP.

Intervarsity news CUT (Central University of Technology) The management of CUT has met with the students to find a way forward with regards to NSFAS allocation. It is the lack of or the delay of NSFAS allowances that sparked off protests at the institution. CUT

Spokesperson, Dan Maritz says that they have decided to suspend all lectures until such a time when the institution has found a solution for the struggling students who depend on NSFAS allowances.

UFS (University of the Free State) Students and outsourced workers embarked on an unprotected strike on Thursday, 28 February which led to the disruption of classes. The workers and students blocked entrances to gates of the Bloemfontein Campus and vandalised spaces on campus. The workers are demanding insourcing and salary increases. The workers

insist that management has not implemented the settlement agreement about outsourcing reached back in 2016. Communication and Marketing director, Lacea Loade says that the executive management has been engaging with the relevant stakeholders to discuss the proposed insourcing.

TUT (Tshwane University of Technology) TUT classes on all nine campuses have remained suspended for the second time in 2019, due to fears surrounding student safety. TUT management has also asked students to vacate student accommodation premises as the threat of violent student protest action continues. The protests concern the issues surrounding meal and

accommodation allowances from NSFAS, which many students have not received.

Protests have been ongoing in recent weeks but intensified on 4 March, leading to TUT management’s decision on 6 March to suspend classes and call for student residences to be vacated

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11 March 2019

UP student assaulted by taxi driver

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The association advised the student to open a case with the police. They said that if they deal with the issue internally, n Monday 18 February, a UP student was then the driver responsible for the assault may try bribing her physically assaulted by a taxi driver in and “not show any remorse for his actions.” Subsequently Mamelodi East. the association provided the student with After being picked taxi fare to get to the police station in up near the Hatfield order to open a case. It is noteworthy to Gautrain Station, the acknowledge that the association aiding student paid for her the student differs from the one to which fare and the driver agreed to take her to the driver belongs. At the time of print, the He “smacked and Mams Mall. During an interview with Mamelodi Amalgamated Taxi Association PDBY, the student, who wishes to remain choked [her]” and that had not replied to PDBY with a comment. anonymous out of fear, said that she is a According to the student, her experience the force of the assault frequent and experienced taxi user, and at the Mamelodi East police station was it was not her first time taking a taxi that knocked off her doek unsavoury, as it took two attempts to open utilises the route in question. However, her case before finally being taken seriously. on this occasion, when they were some After explaining the circumstances of the distance away, she reminded the driver assault, the police officer aiding the student about her destination, but he claimed that refused to open the case. He claimed that the he was not driving in that direction. This perpetrator had to be present at the station was despite their monetary transaction and verbal agreement. in order for the case to be opened. Eventually the case was He proceeded to stop the taxi and told her to walk the rest of Kristin De Decker

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the way. She declined and insisted that he refund her so that she could catch another taxi. His response was that of indignation saying that “she’s just a kid” and that he did not have to listen to her. She then suggested that she would take the coins from his taxi to pay for another ride. He then grew violent and lashed out at her. The student said that he “smacked and choked [her]” and that the force of the assault knocked off her doek and broke the glass on her watch. Allegedly, the three other passengers, two elderly people and a schoolchild, watched on as he continued to violently throttle her. After the altercation, she climbed out of the taxi and proceeded to video the driver and the vehicle’s licence plate. The driver remained unperturbed by the student’s threats to report him, saying that he “doesn’t care” and is “used to people making threats.” He then drove away insulting her verbally by critiquing her clothes and suggesting that she does “something better with her hair.”

After the incident the student reported it to the Mamelodi Amalgamated Taxi Association and then to the Mamelodi East Police Station.

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This, in contrast to Captain Welibach’s comment, speaks to a climate of intimidation, vulnerability of women and apathy towards such brutality. The polarity in this discussion highlights the need for such crimes to be taken seriously, be acknowledged and further explored. On 3 May 2016, a Victims of Crime Survey, released by Stats SA, found that the “most common occurrence of assault was in the street at 39, 4%” and that the overreaching provocation was that of anger towards the victim.

The question of liability is equally important when discussing taxi-based violence and assault. While one may hold organisations like the Hatfield City Improvement District (CID) responsible for ensuring taxi-user safety, Lucas Luckhoff, the CEO of the Hatfield CID, suggests that the issues of taxi violence and assault lies “outside of [Hatfield CID’s] mandate and jurisdiction.” The Hatfield CID do, however, have Metro Police located in their office on Burnett Street that can be approached to provide information and aid.

The Hatfield CID is a non-profit organisation that seeks to enrich and advance the district of Hatfield. This entails enabling people to “enjoy [their] quality of life…” and have access to “equal opportunities in a safe, healthy and clean environment…”. This suggests that their focus is aimed at social responsibility and infrastructural improvement rather than the investigative initiative required by SAPS. On 25 June 2018, Police Minister, Bheki Cele spoke out against the nationwide, unprecedented levels of taxi violence.

He responded to the surge in such crime, stating that “we cannot allow a situation of bloodshed and lawlessness on our roads” thus echoing the vital “zero tolerance stance” towards taxi-violence required by SAPS. While the issue of finding safe transportation may be a national obstacle, UP does have some measures implemented to ensure the safety of students when travelling locally. A bus service is available to all registered students, free of charge, that transports students to a myriad of different locations and campuses. Similarly, the Green Route Project maintains that “students are the lifeblood of the University” and their safety is of the utmost importance. As part of this program, security guards can usher Photo: Elmarie Kruger students on foot to various locations from 18:00 to 06:00. Although useful, these facilities are limited to opened but only once the student was accompanied by campus and university related locations and cannot account her parents and was advised by a different officer. As for the diverse and expansive needs of all students. a result, the student has expressed her discontentment Moreover, it is both empowering and necessary to know with the police officer who refused to assist her. His what to do if you find yourself in a similar situation. The judgment and indifference towards her, fuels her plea Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT) for “policemen to do their jobs” without hesitation or outlines useful tips for taxi-passengers that can be used to personal bias. A different officer ensure their safety. They highlight that passengers should not get into taxis and spokesperson from SAPS that appear overcrowded and should Mamelodi, Michael Mbewe, told avoid taxis with drivers that appear PDBY that “investigations are to be, “under the influence of alcohol ongoing” regarding the student’s or medication, or appear over-tired, case. irrational or distracted.” Additionally, Although this specific scenario passengers feeling endangered should appears to be an anomaly, this is “speak up” and get out of the taxi at certainly not the first time the issue the next available stop. In conjunction of taxi violence has been raised in with this, passengers should also only South Africa. sit in back seat positions in taxis with Last year in June, the Pretoria “functional seat-belts”. Passengers CBD was rocked by escalating should also avoid travelling at night violence and mounting tensions and where possible, attempt to travel between various taxi associations. in groups. The Pretoria Moot Rekord An infographic released by expressed similar recommendations in an News24 reported that between 2017 and 2018 Gauteng infographic published in 2016, adding that passengers should had the most taxi-related murders. However, when always stay alert and attempt to memorize the vehicle’s license PDBY asked Captain Colette Weilbach, spokesperson plate during a crime. They also urged victims of taxi-related crimes to always report the crime to the police and seek for SAPS Brooklyn, about taxi violence and potential “trauma counselling after a traumatic incident”. Yet, although safety advice for taxi-users, she commented that it these tips appear beneficial to passengers, they can be viewed is “difficult to advise on something that we don’t get as tedious and hindering in terms of real-life application. reports on.” Upon hearing this, it can be inferred that Finally, the student who experienced the assault at the hands this lack of information could be attributed to the of the driver, verbalises her message to past and future victims under-reporting of cases. However, Captain Weilbach facing violence and maltreatment. She seeks to embolden maintains that this is not necessarily weighted in truth. others to “speak out” and “create awareness”, despite seeming It could also be that these crimes are not reported at obstacles, in order to end this oppressive and unrelenting cycle Brooklyn specifically, but rather at other stations like of violence.

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“There are many women who are assaulted and who are afraid to speak out”

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The student also expressed that “she is not the only lady who is assaulted out there” and that “there are many women who are assaulted and who are afraid to speak out because… [they] are not taken seriously”.

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UP’s Trans Protocol: creating a new norm Alison Massey

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UP student, A, started coming out as transgender halfway through 2015. […] Feeling uncomfortable in both the female and male bathrooms, he often went dehydrated because he did not want to use the toilets and also because there were no places where a water bottle could be filled up anywhere other than the bathrooms”. This example, taken from a case study provided by the Centre for Sexuality AIDS and Gender (CSA&G), is the experience of many transgender (trans) students at universities.

Discrimination and stigma prevent students and staff who are transitioning genders from having a comfortable and inclusive experience while on campus. A new protocol headed by various stakeholders on campus, particularly Pierre Brouard from the CSA&G, plans to change this situation and improve circumstances for transgender and intersex students and staff.

In 2016, UP formed a new Anti-Discrimination Policy Working Group to work on an improved anti-discrimination policy aimed at campus-wide attempts to “address all forms of discrimination and their intersections at UP”, making spaces more inclusive. In light of this culture of transformation, there has been a recent proposal for a transgender and intersex protocol. This trans protocol offers a procedure as to how to treat trans students and aims to strengthen the anti-discriminatory policy at UP. PDBY spoke to Pierre Brouard, Deputy Director of the CSA&G, as well as Dr Christi Kruger, a researcher who works at the centre, to get more information about the protocol and how it is to function at the university.

The protocol will, according to Brouard, outline “steps to undertake in consulting the [trans or intersex] person, how to facilitate what they need and how to deal with discriminations as they come along”. He explains that “a separate part of the protocol would then be assisting the person to deal with bureaucracy, for example with a staff member helping them to navigate human resources issues around names, gender markers, titles and even consulting IT with things like changing email addresses”. He goes on to say that “for a student an aspect of that would be helping them change various markers, even in a temporary way, so that they can engage with various aspects of “

varsity life using the name that they prefer and the gender marker they identify with”.

As Brouard explains, discrimination towards trans individuals can come in many forms, including cases where they found difficulty “ making changes to their gender marker on their ID document, (which you can legally do in South Africa) or a name change, the university treats you by your birth-assigned gender. […] If it reads “male” on your ID, your class lists, ClickUp and email correspondence will all use that name and “Mr” or “Ms”, for example. This can all be distressing and triggering for trans people”. Brouard says that “certain instances [admin issues] can amount to a form of discrimination because bureaucratic processes by their nature are often very cumbersome and unsubtle”, something with which his colleague, Dr Kruger, agrees. She says that “in some ways it can be a worse form of discrimination because you just become invisible”. “The discrimination can come from other students, admin staff, lecturing staff or people working in the residence community”, says Brouard, who also points out the experiences of trans students who engage in campus sports which brings up “questions of where you live and which bathrooms or changing rooms you use, all of which create spaces and opportunities for people to experience some form of hatred, resistance or discomfort, which can be subtle or overt”.

These issues are all complicated by the concept of “passing”, which Huffington Post describes as “a transgender person’s ability to be correctly perceived as the gender they identify as”.

Brouard explains that “if you were to ‘pass’ as the gender which you identify and present as then it is less of a problem, but if people do find out that you are trans it can arouse fear, anxiety, consternation, judgement, anger, and hatred […]”. Dr Kruger expands on the idea of passing, saying that “there is also a lot of misinformation [about transitioning], for example the idea that sex and gender are so intrinsically linked that you can only be trans if you have gone through complete surgical transition”.

The obstacles around “passing” are most prevalent when

one uses more private, traditionally cis-gendered spaces, like bathrooms. Brouard explains that some cis-gendered people have anxiety around the idea of gender-neutral bathrooms because they think things like “am I safe?” or “am I being spied on?”.

Dr Kruger explains that gender-neutral bathrooms make life so much easier for queer people because they do not need to worry about who is in the bathroom or have to worry about explaining the complexities of gender identity to strangers.

Transphobia can happen in many different spaces but, according to Brouard, “even people who are not trans, but maybe gay or lesbian or are in some way non-conforming, including mixed race couples, can raise eyebrows at UP or be subjected to people’s scorn”.

He points out that the bigger questions the anti-discrimination policy addresses are how inclusive UP is in general toward a range of groups. This raises the question of intersectional inclusion. Brouard explains that “a black, working class and trans person might have a different experience to a white, middle class professor”. Dr Kruger elaborates on this by saying that “if one discrimination is tolerated it builds and people will feel safe to discriminate in general. Whereas, if you know that you go to a university in a space where [discrimination] is not tolerated, then I do think that reduces discrimination”. Brouard explains that “the anti-discrimination policy is not only restorative but [it] also aimed at promoting ideas of tolerance.”.

In terms of when the trans protocol can be expected to take force, Brouard was less specific, saying that “optimistically, [he] would like to see it achieve some sort of level of completion or formalisation by the middle of the year, but that is not a guarantee”. According to Brouard, “it needs to be tweaked and we need to find the space it will exist in and then a way needs to be found to popularise it”, but he also explained that he is currently arranging to meet with various member of the university, including Ronel Jordaan, one of UP legal advisors, to find a way forward with the protocol.

If you are a transgender student in need of support, you can contact the CSA&G by calling them at 012 420 4391 or by consulting their website at http://www.csagup.org/, or visiting their offices on the Hatfield main campus. You can also contact Student Counselling if you are experiencing any form of discrimination or mental distress and can find the details for each campus’ branch on the UP website. If you need a sense of community, you can meet with Up and Out, UP’s LGBT+ society, who are allied with the CSA&G.

How (and why) to be a student entrepreneur Lebogang Ramasodi

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ccording to the National Planning Commission, chaired

by Trevor Manuel, the National Development Plan 2030 (NDP 2030) aims to ensure that most of South Africa’s employment is created by small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This would require an additional 11 million jobs and reduce the unemployment rate to just 6% in 2030. Of course, this means that South Africa needs its youth to engage in entrepreneurial activity.

Last year, Professor Ahmed Bawa spoke at the student Entrepreneurship Week. This week is aimed at encouraging students to pursue entrepreneurship as a viable means of participating in the economy. Prof Bawa declared that the national unemployment rate had increased to 28% and that the youth should therefore investigate other means of employability.

But, as a student, how exactly do you go about starting your own business?

When pursuing an entrepreneurial venture as a student, you may battle to overcome obstacles such as getting funding, finding a healthy work-life balance and even deciding on a business idea.

The first step to overcoming such obstacles, as suggested

by SME South Africa, is choosing between a service-based or product-based business idea. As service-based businesses do not require much capital, students are afforded the opportunity to put skills that they are already in possession of to use. This could include work in the line of beauty, mentoring, tutoring, and babysitting. It could also include offering services inline with your course of study such as webpage development, software coding and development, writing or becoming a personal trainer.

Although product-based businesses are a bit trickier to navigate, they are not impossible. Unlike service-based businesses, a physical, tangible product is offered to clients, either as goods or through a system or software. Although they require start-up capital, whether it is to develop the system necessary to produce the product or to generate the product itself, they allow for scaling and the reuse of resources thereby limiting the amount of resources needed in the long-run. These products may include catering food services, the redistribution of used textbooks or handmade items such as headwraps and jewellery.

Starting a business may put a strain on your time, which is why Siyanda Guma, Project Leader of Enactus UP, suggests

investing in time management workshops or seeking out assistance from already existing structures such as the University of Pretoria Business Incubator (UPBI) and TuksNovation.

Students who are serious about entrepreneurship can also invest in Enactus UP, an international organisation that connects students, academics and business leaders that aim to empower people and communities through entrepreneurial-based projects.

When asked why Enactus UP focuses on and encourages social entrepreneurship Guma explains that “as an organisation, we understand the importance of entrepreneurship and its positive impact on the economy. We also understand the importance of sustainable living that impacts Photo: Nkululeko Ngcobo the people around us and the planet in a positive manner. These two aspects, entrepreneurship and social impact are a great combination to contribute to and build communities around us.”

In order to start a successful business, Guma advises that students should consider what impact their business will have on their immediate environment. “The best formula to start any business venture is to find a need or a problem and solve it through creative thinking. Businesses that are low maintenance, low cost and yield high return are the best for individuals still focused on their academics.”

Funding continues to be a major issue for SMEs and can be problematic for student entrepreneurs. In a study that the Small Business Institute conducted on SMEs in 2018, it was found that only 29% of South Africans are employed by SMEs. Further, it was found that, in their first year of existence, 38% of SMEs employ between two to five employees. The majority of SMEs, 58%, only have one employee who is the owner. This is to be expected since most SMEs are self-funded organisations. In fact, only 6% of SMEs receive government funding. Of those SMEs who do not receive government funding, 24% receive funding

from business incubators and 20% receive funding from big banks. The other 50% of SMEs source funding personally or from friends and family, according to SME South Africa.

As students may often require non-traditional modes of capital injection, Guma suggests looking into crowdfunding, securing angel investors, engaging business incubators and accelerators such as UPBI and TuksNovation, entering business competitions and offering product pre-sales to customers as a means of gaining exposure as well. Guma offers the following advice in closing: “you need three things to create a successful start-up: to start with good people, to make something customers want, and to spend as little money as possible. Most start-ups that fail do [so] because they fail at one of these. A start-up that has all three will probably succeed.”

Students who are entrepreneurially inclined can also seek funding from the National Youth Development Agency to obtain government grants, or assistance from the Department of Trade and Industry. Other viable forms of funding include that of financial institutions such as Nedbank and African Bank, or incubators such as Life Legacy Projects SA.

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UP’s ever-changing protest landscape Stephanie Cookson

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tudent protests are not a new or uncommon occurrence, however, the way in which UP students share their grievances seems to have changed over the past few years. During the week of 4 February, a UJ student was hospitalised, Wits faced a potential shut down, and a protesting student was fatally shot by private security at the Durban University of Technology (DUT). Despite the apparent violence and tension at other institutions, UP seems to have remained free of any contentious protests, not only during the first few months of this year, but also in recent years.

Recent history of UP’s protests Throughout the 2015/2016 protests UP only incurred R30 000 of the R800 million total national damage cost. This is in stark contrast to the North West University, which racked up the highest damage costs of R198 million. Even Rhodes University, being second lowest on the list of damage costs, which incurred over R250 000 damages. Niek Grové, the registrar of UP during the 2016 protests, said that “through ongoing communication between the university management and student leaders, it was possible to avoid incidences of violence and damage to property.”

In terms of more recent protests surrounding the fight for free, decolonised education, language policy reform, and demands regarding NSFAS and accommodation, UP has maintained relatively quiet in comparison to other institutions across the country. Michael Bongani Reinders is currently studying Master’s in Law at UP and is a former SRC member. He was also involved in the 2015/16 protests such as #OutsourcingMustFall, #AfrikaansMustFall, and #FeesMustFall. Reinders explains this quietness or nonviolence at UP, saying that “because of how hard the university came down on protesters, there wasn’t as much space for them to escalate.”

When PDBY asked Reinders how UP handled these protests, he said it depended on the protest itself, explaining that “with #OutSourcingMustFall, the campus was closed, so it wasn’t as confrontational”. He says that #FeesMustFall 2016 was a similar case where UP “just closed off campuses and a few interactions with the police, whereas [he thinks] some of the other universities would have been different because they had on campus protests.” The university’s confrontation was more “subtle and against masses of students and not an individual case like at DUT,” according to Reinders. This was particularly the case during #FeesMustFall, where the university “really rained down on protests with bringing police onto campus, massive private security bouncers that were beating up students, students were shot at with rubber bullets, tear gas was used.”

When violence broke out during 2016 and 2017 between student activists, SAPS, and campus security, the result for some students meant suspension, expulsion or even arrest and drawn out court trials for criminal charges.

Anthony Bizos from the Department of Political Sciences explained UP’s security-based approach by characterising UP’s management style as technocratic. Such an approach is “very useful when one has to steer a ship as big, diverse and complex as UP,” says Bizos, “and it is also what accounts for UP’s excellent facilities and smooth-running of daily affairs”.

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However, Bizos describes the management style as a strength and a weakness, as student protests are transformed “into matters of security” within this system, and “[the university] can now suspend constitutionality and the recognised rules of the game” and “justify and legitimise the use of extraordinary means and measures, in the name of security,” says Bizos.

The university’s prioritisation of students’ ability to continue attending class in a safe environment is part of students’ right to education and safety, and protest action has previously disrupted classes. “There is that difficulty of how these issues clash,” said Reinders, adding that he supports students who protest for their rights, such as food and accommodation, if it works towards bringing about a more open and accessible environment. Moving forward, Reinders said that “the University of Pretoria could definitely make a better space for positive constructive protest, Photo: PDBY archives, Shen Scott […] things are calm because we’ve become very securitized and militarized.”

UP’s protest landscape today When asked about how UP handles protests today, University Spokesperson and Media Relations, Thamie Mthembu says that the “university has adopted an open door policy which enables critical engagement and result-oriented discussions, towards the resolution of any and all student issues.” Mthembu emphasised that every student “has the right to peaceful assembly and demonstration on campus, and to submit petitions to the SRC and to the University Authorities.” He says that UP work closely with student leadership so that, whenever possible, the result is studentcentric.

With regard to the quietness that UP has seen over recent years, PDBY spoke to Ms Michelle Viljoen, Senior Executive Assistant at UP, who replied on behalf of herself and Vice-Principal Professor Themba Mosia. She said that UP is fortunate to have the calibre of student leadership it does because, with communication and engagement, it yields constructive outcomes. She continued to say that “a further contributing factor to stability on campus is transparency and the availability of important information to students, and the support of dedicated staff members to make sure that the information they share with students is accurate.”

David Kabwa, the SRC President, thinks it is necessary to revise UP’s emphasis on security. “Measures have been taken to ensure a greater emphasis has been placed on security and this is concerning because the conditions under which those measures were placed aren’t the conditions we find ourselves

The [university] could definitely make a better space for positive constructive protest

in now,” said Kabwa. He adds that the security needs to be “adequate and contextual pertaining to our current situation as a student body.” When PDBY asked Bizos how UP’s policy has changed in recent years, he describes UP’s technocratic reaction to past protests action as leading to the suspension of “the democratic framework (indefinitely)” and the creation of a “disciplinary community”. Bizos says that this has led to passivity and acquiesce among students and staff.

Kabwa maintains the way forwards is for students, the SRC, and the university to work together. “In 2019 specifically, we have had a series of engagements and we joined forces with security, we joined forces with management, we joined forces with the most important stakeholder which is the student body,” Kabwa said.

The university has a gathering policy which states that mass gatherings must be approved by the events committee, which, according to Kabwa, shows that “we can mobilize when we communicate adequately” in voicing students’ concerns. He suggests that communication should take place within the “parameters of policy, however, that policy must reflect our current situation.”

Kabwa also encourages students to raise their concerns with the SRC, which can serve as a first point of contact for anyone wishing to organise a demonstration or gathering. “Students have the right to demonstrate, protest and to make their voices heard, and our role according to the CSG is to be the voice of the students, which is why I would encourage them to go to the SRC as the first point of contact should they not fall under any structure,” he said. Although long-term solutions are often difficult and shrouded by policy and procedure, Kabwa encourages students to raise their concerns with their SRC and “follow up on them, [and] hold the SRC to account”.

International Women’s Day 2019

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n Friday 8 March International Women’s Day was celebrated. While some may simply recognise this as the day that social media gets flooded with uplifting posts about womanhood, others one may wonder about the intricacies of the day.

According to the International Women’s Day website, the theme for centred around a #BalanceforBetter campaign, which aims to raise awareness about how to build a more gender-balanced world. The website asserts that gender balance is “essential for economies and communities to thrive” and therefore encouraged men to participate in the campaign.

The website also emphasises that this campaign is not specific to just this day and that our society should be striving for gender balance year-round.

Although the day is celebrated worldwide, it has its roots in the United States of America, specifically New York City.

In 1908, 15 000 women, known as suffragettes, marched in demand of better working hours, better pay and the right to vote, says BBC. Three years later, in 1911, the day was celebrated internationally celebrated by European countries such as Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.

However, only in 1975, the United Nations declared 8 March International Women’s Day. Despite this official fight for women’s rights being ongoing for over one hundred years, there are still many instances of gender discrimination. Al Jazeera point to the fact that women from many countries still face female genital mutilation, cannot pass their citizenship on to their children and get paid less than men.

Although the former issues are necessarily pertinent to South Africa, the latter is. According to The South African, the Global Wage Report for 2018/19 says that women earn 28% less than their male equals. This figure becomes more striking when one considers that in January 2017, the wage gap was reported to

sit at only 10%. Unfortunately, this gap is not expected to close any time soon. In fact, World Economic Forum estimates that it will take 108 years to close, according to Al Jazeera.

However, it is not only the pay gap that plagues South Africa but also gender-based violence. The Centre for Study of Violence and Reconciliation describe this as violence that “occurs as a result of the normative role expectations associated with gender, as well as the unequal power relationships between the genders within the context of a specific society.” South Africa has been dubbed one of the most gender-violent countries in the world with approximately one in three South African women getting raped in their lifetime.

Statistics such as these remind us of why days like International Women’s Day exist. It cannot be denied that the world has come a long way in terms of women’s rights, there is still a significant amount of progress to be made, especially in South Africa.

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hitched.congo: a journey from Durban to the Congo Sam Mukwamu

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itched.congo is a local travel show that follows Durbanite cousins, Luke MacDonald and Jordan Deall, and their incredible journey hitchhiking from Durban to the Congo River basin, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to find the legendary Mokole-Mbembe, a dinosaur-like water-dwelling creature from Congolese folklore. The ten-part documentary series shows their 107 day and 15 000 kilometre journey across ten countries, such as Botswana, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Zambia.

The duo start their 92 ride journey at home in Durban, South Africa, and make their way up the continent walking, hitching rides in cars, trucks and buses, catching lifts on motorcycles, bicycles, boats and trains, with the goal of spending as little money as they possibly could. Most of the journey was covered from lifts given thanks to generous strangers. Through their whole adventure they end up using less than R5000.

However, they do encounter a number of challenges along the way to central Africa; from waiting hours on end for lifts under the very obviously-harsh African sun, to sprained ankles, battling the language barrier, multiple cases of sicknesses such as malaria, and even an illegal boarder crossing. They also get stranded on a sandbank in the DRC for about ten days; this also happened to be one of the cases when they had to deal with malaria, as MacDonald got sick and Deall lost his bag with the malaria medication in it.

The two cousins also came up close with war for the first time in their lives, with DRC being a country that has been plagued by

Law House esports tournament Mahlape Makhetha

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n 8 March, the University of Pretoria Law House hosted the EFIFA Tournament, an esport competition which was held in the Graduate’s Center. The event, sponsored by FAKSEN Martineaun law firm, was divided up into three rooms, with the first two rooms utilising Sony PlayStation 4 consoles and the third using a Xbox One console.

The player entrance fee was set at R40, with prizes up for grabs for those that placed first, second and third. First prize winner received a R650 gift voucher with second place receiving R250, and third place receiving R150. In total, approximately one hundred players signed up to compete in the event. The layout of the fixtures was set up in a manner where players were pitted against each other in one-on-one knockout stage games, organised by the hosts of the event. The event was structured so that participants would compete in rounds, and on winning would advance to the next tier of the tournament.The tournament was organized and facilitated by the sports committee of Law House, initiated by Pooja Pundit, the head of sport on the Law

war for decades. “War was the biggest eye-opener. My generation hasn’t seen war up close that’s been going on so long,” said MacDonald. “It’s such an everyday thing in the DRC that there’ll be a shootout in the village and everyone runs for cover. The next day things go back to normal.”

Speaking about why they wanted to do take this journey, MacDonald said shows like this are kind of sensationalised, as “young people are given the impression that to try this sort of thing you have to be Bear Grylls”, and they wanted to dispel this myth. Speaking to IOL, Deall said, “People like to think that everything worth discovering in the world has already been discovered, and we seem to pride ourselves in ‘knowing everything’. That’s why the idea of Mokele-Mbembe has always been so exciting for us - it’s something that’s so foreign to our world and represents the idea that there are still places worth exploring and things worth discovering.” hitched.congo is a must watch, because it shows Africa in all its beauty and rawness, along with some light-hearted warmth experienced along the way. “This has been an amazing journey for us. Being able to live out our childhood dream and hitchhike through our striking continent, has been incredible and lifechanging. It allowed us the opportunity to learn so much about the diverse cultures, brought us close to so many interesting people and really exposed us to the general beauty of simplistic African travel,” said MacDonald.

The show was originally broadcast near the end of 2018 on Discovery channel, the duo plan on releasing the series on their own platform in March 2019.

House committee. When asked what the inspiration behind the tournament was, Pundit said that the idea stemmed from sympathising with students in regard to the stressful environment that comes with studying at university, specifically with regard to the work load that comes with learning for tests weeks, such as engineering week. The committee believes that students need an outlet for all the work piling on in their academic journey.

FIFA was chosen as the game of the tournament, as many students enjoy and play FIFA. This created a great opportunity for a natural relaxation with healthy competition and some fun.

Pundit explained that events like this appeal to students because it appeals to their need to find time away from the demanding environment that is university.

When asked about his experience at the tournament, Leago Tladi a third year BCom accounting student, who made it to the first round said that the event was nerve wrecking prior to his match. According to Tladi, a lot of team management, formation and sgtrategy was necessary before he was able to compete.

Listening to music that put his mind “into the game” also aided in settling his nerves. Although he did not make it further than the first round, Tladi said that he still enjoyed himself and the experience of the tournament. The winners of the tournament were Lucky Mogano in first place, Richard in second, and Devin Wykerd coming in third. Pundit added that she, along with the committee, plan on organising events such as this in the future, as frequent as is within their capacity.

Koma Spoegwolf Carina Kloppers

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ith Spoegwolf’s conception back in 2012 and the release of their first studio album, Swaartekrag, they probably had no idea as to the stir they would end up causing in the Afrikaans music scene.

How could they, a modest and alternative band based in Stellenbosch, become the first Afrikaans artists to top the Apple Music Album Charts in South Africa?

Such an honour should belong to living legends like Francois van Coke or Karen Zoid. But with the release of their fourth studio album, Koma, on 14 February that is exactly what happened: Spoegwolf reached the #1 position on the Apple Music Album Charts. And deservedly so. It is very ironic that Koma was introduced to the world on Valentine’s Day, because this album is definitely not a love story.

Koma, which translates to “coma”, has been described by the band as “a concept album which deals with trauma”.

The album is about love lost and the extreme pain of moving on past this broken relationship. “The songs follow someone who undergoes terrible things – falling, getting up … falling, getting up again … and then finally realises that nothing is left apart from the essential dream of love and the bit of light that still sparks inside him.”

The listening experience is brutally raw. There is something deeply personal about Koma. This is not the age-old story of boy meets girl, they date, they fight and then they break up. No, there is nothing that generic about the broken heart splattered all over Koma’s lyrics.

The story clearly stems from a more intimate place.

The lead singer Danie du Toit’s broken up engagement with Vaselinetjie actress Marguerite van Eeden must have served as inspiration for the heartache, because it all feels so tangible.

And then there is also the inclusion of snippets from messages and WhatsApp voice notes throughout the album that even furthers this intimacy. It is authentic, raw and it is oh so beautiful. Spoegwolf’s sound is still very familiar.

They took very little risk musically and thus, Koma carries a comfort that they have been slowly building on since their start seven years ago. This makes the album feel safe. But this is a good thing. Actually, it is a very good thing. Because now Koma feels like an old friend visiting after some time spent apart. And life happened.

All the stories are new, but you know the storyteller, he is your friend, and you listen intently. Where Spoegwolf has really shown growth with their content, their lyrics.

And not just because Koma deals with more mature themes, but rather because how they chose to tackle these themes.

The way they express emotion through Koma clearly shows that the guys from Spoegwolf grew up. Koma is more than a worthy listen.

The fourteen songs, which include two instrumental arrangements, create an intricate story that will gnaw at your soul long after the last track has stopped playing.

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Entertainment Bites Fokofpolisiekar to host “Droom Hoog” photo exhibition in Pretoria Rock legends Fokofpolisiekar will be hosting a photo exhibition in collaboration with photographer Liam Lynch and the band’s drummer, Jaco S. Venter. The exhibition chronicles the band’s journey recording their eponymous Droom Hoog EP. The exhibition opens on 15 March at the Fokof Bar on 297 Lynnwood Road.

New York comedy ballet troupe heads to Montecasino From 12-14 April, New York-based comedy ballet act Les Ballets Eloelle will be performing their show “Men in Tutus” at the Teatro at Montecasino.

The group describes the show as a “clever, affectionate parody of the ballet canon, both classical and contemporary”, meaning that it will attract ballet and comedy fans alike.

St Patrick’s Day at Platteland

On 16 March, Centurion-based venue Platteland will be hosting a St Patrick’s Day celebration. The event will include food trucks, beer tents and performances by Desmond and the Tutus and the Barbosa experience, among others.

Tickets are available via Quicket.

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Towards Freedom II exhibition

When I Get Home Solange Ammaarah Mookadam

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A photograph on display in Humanities Building as part of the “Towards Freedom II” exhibition. Photograph: Mitchel van Essen

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n Friday, 1 March, students had the opportunity to hide away from the scalding sun in the foyer of the Humanities Building foyer as documentary photographer and camera journalist from the Netherlands, Mitchel van Essen hosted a walkabout of his photographs currently on display there.

The research and series are part of Towards Freedom II, an exhibition curated by Dr Siona O’Connell. This exhibition aims to give recognition and validation to those who continue to live on the edges of a post-Apartheid South Africa. The photographs capture the lives and the people in the small village of Genadedal in the Western Cape. Genadedal means “Valley of Grace”.

The village was established in 1738 and it is the oldest Moravian mission station in Africa. Van Essen compels us with his images to reconsider our ideas of home, place, trace and belonging by looking at the first mission station that was home to over a thousand slaves. “I was determined to portray the quaint village with a series of pictures that capture the idyllic picturesque feel, the village has at sundown.”

From conception to fruition, the project took approximately two and a half to three years. Van Essen displayed his photographs at Cinetol in Amsterdam back in 2017, but it was always a goal for him to do an exhibit in South Africa.

Furthermore, van Essen mentioned that he hopes the photographs can be seen from an “academic context”, because history often focuses on the stories of the missionaries, instead of the stories of the residential Khoi people. Van Essen understand that their history and stories are interlinked. “I hope people read into the history.” He also wants the photographs to generate discussion about restitution, whether it be land reform or government funding.

The photographs encapsulate a surreal potency. The images are highly contrasted and a majority are shot with an upwards trajectory. As Van Essen wanted to portray his subjects with power and respect. He wanted to give the Khoi people the acknowledgement that is so often lacking in our history books.

The photographs will only be on display until 26 March. To read more about the artist, Mitchel van Essen, and the history of Genadedal visit the website www.mitchelave.com.

olange Knowles has rightfully sculpted her place in the industry by producing ambient and artistic work, it’s her non-conformity that makes her stand out and, more importantly, makes her more authentic. Instead of being known as ‘Beyoncé’s little sister,’ Solange has built her singularity by breaking the standard image and sound accepted in the music and fashion industry. It’s her refusal to be commercialised that makes her vision so innovative and selectively appreciated. Her 2016 album A Seat at the Table broke the soundwaves of how RnB music is consumed. With her activism and aesthetic entwined, Solange detours from mainstream music and delivers a masterful neo-RnB/Soul piece of work. Solange received raving reviews and even her first Grammy win for Best RnB Performance. A Seat at the Table consisted of psychedelic beats behind themes regarding the black femme experience of living in America. Solange’s fourth album When I Get Home dropped at midnight on 1 March, connecting the exact moment of the end of Black History Month and the beginning of Women’s History Month. It’s the subtlety of the date that opens listeners to an artistic invitation to rest after releasing so much frustration and so many emotions in the world. Solange celebrates the essence of black music and creates an ode to Houston, her home town. With the sound remaining in an intriguing space between smooth, jazzy late 70s/early 80s soul and futuristic synth beats, above it all, her soft vocals float. With credentials that include some of the coolest rappers in the game right now, Solange still manages to keep her vision and sound true to its ambient nature. However, the lyrics behind When I Get Home don’t live up to its lavish production. All of the songs are under two minutes and as Solange builds to the chorus, she drops it flat and repeats the line until it becomes a mantra. Solange loses the lyrics in the beat which at first is an ethereal clash of culture and reality, but for 19 tracks it becomes an overplayed trick.

Solange and her expression of art is personal but she still makes it enjoyable. She carries the club home on “Way to the Show” with electronic pianos as a deconstructed pop song. She celebrates the essence of black culture and community representation in “Almeda.” Staying true to Women’s History Month, “We deal with the Freak’n” is a slow jazz ode to female empowerment. This is certainly an album that won’t appeal to everyone’s tastes the first time it is heard, even lovers of A Seat at the Table have been excused. But Solange’s artistic integrity to stay true to her vision is something to admire. As Solange’s most experimental album yet, When I Get Home is a vessel of joy; either carrying or sinking you in its tranquillity.

PDBY featured artist:

Teddy Tumi T Caitlyn Walsh

umi Sithebe, also known as Teddy Tumi, is a DJ and musician from Benoni currently studying his BCom at UP. Tumi “began playing musical instruments from about seven and sang in the choir from the age of eight until matric,” however, he only started looking into the production side of things at the age of 15. Tumi plays both house and hip-hop depending on the event he is booked to play at. When asked about what his favourite part about playing music is, Tumi responded that “listening to music is a release for most of us and seeing people lose their inhibitions and just living in the moment while I’m playing is a great feeling.”

Tumi also spoke to PDBY about his achievements for the year 2018 “Last year was huge! My hip hop mix reached #7 on the global trap Mixcloud charts, I appeared on Channel O, headlined at Madison Avenue Pretoria, played my first gigs in Durban and I broke into the Joburg scene playing at clubs like Nicci Beach. I also got to open/close for the likes of Timo ODV, Kyle Cassim and Austin Cassim at various clubs and festivals. My merch sales also grew significantly.”

His one place he’d like to play at in Pretoria would be “at

Tshwanefontein. It’s a beautiful event. You even end up forgetting that it is a Sunday.”

Tumi first began performing for audiences in school musicals and plays however “with djing, connecting with the crowd is an unexplainable feeling.” When asked about his musical aspirations for the year Tumi replied “to play at more festivals.

Really get back into production and release more music on my Soundcloud page. To make each set better than the last.” Tumi wishes to play at Lentedag one day due to the amazing vibe and memories made there.

Tumi’s favourite song to play for his audiences is “‘Floyd Levine - Masala (Pablo Fierro Remix)’. It makes me so happy every time the whistles come in. 10/10 would recommend.”

Tumi would ultimately like to communicate “vibes and smiles” through his music, “I’m a very positive person and I want that to reflect through my music. No matter what you’re going through, just get up and dance a little.”

Tumi’s advice for those aspiring DJ’s in Pretoria is “Practice makes perfect. Play music you’re actually passionate about, you’ll be way more comfortable on stage. A lot goes on behind the scenes, so be prepared for late nights.”

Tumi’s musical aspirations are Kaytranada, Sam Gellaitry, Kyle Watson, Avi Subban and Tyler The Creator. His greatest songs of all time are “Thriller” by Michael Jackson, “Pink + White” by Frank Ocean and Glitter by Tyler The Creator.

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PDBY’s is meant “for students, by students”, and we would like to provide our own students a chance to shine. PDBY Featured Artist of the Edition is meant to put the spotlight on the talented artists of UP. If you are an artist, or know of any artists (musician, poet, dancer, visual artist, etc.) who deserve some exposure contact the Entertainment Editor at entertainment@pdby.co.za.

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n the midst of test weeks, late nights at Aandklas and even later nights catching up on assignments you conveniently forgot about, this time of year can seem a little tempestuous. Pssst… is on the ball though, as usual. And Pssst… never stops watching.

It seems that Pssst… was a big point of discussion among the men’s residences recently. Sorry that Pssst… outed your trashy secrets, boys, but maybe you could try treating women like humans instead of oafishly ogling them from a distance at the dining hall?

Just a thought.

Pssst… is baffled by the recent attitude UP has had towards the general student body lately. Pssst… can’t think how there’s money in their pockets for mindless statues/impractical benches, but not for textbooks.

A special shout-out goes out to Luminous this week for winning at Nothing but Vernac. Can’t be too difficult when you’re your own toughest competition though, can it?

Pssst… has always known that Morula’s boys are not too keen on academics, but the reports Pssst… has been receiving of firsties in Morula hats watching series, openly picking their noses and drooling all over desks while they nap during class have been overwhelming. Morula, Pssst… knows you aren’t too keen on working on things, but maybe try to work on this, hey?

To be honest, Pssst… has been receiving similar reports about the ladies at Madelief. Honeys, literally everyone can see when you’re watching Vampire Diaries during class, no matter how hard you try to make it look like you’re working. At least waste your time on a better show.

In conjunction with Pssst…’s cousin making some comments about6bare3feet 7 on campus9this week, Pssst…

2 would also like to add to the conversation. Pssst… is downright offended by the large2number of3students trotting 1 around 7 campus in – gasp 1 – socks and flip-flops. It’s either one or the other, friends. Unless you’re a senior citizen with gout 2 or8a tourist stereotype, 3 you are officially 9 not4 allowed to follow this trend. Pssst… doesn’t make these rules, but 1Pssst…is glad to help enforce them.

8 On to more positive news: it seems the staff at PDBY have finally 4 over learnt9how to spell “sudoku”. It’s not1for lack of trying, since the years Pssst… has had to share a page with “soduku”, “suduko” 3and “suduku” – but at least it was never “seppuku”, 6 8 Pssst…

5 which supposes is a plus.

9 2 4 3 With all the week’s beans spilled, it’s time for Pssst… to retreat for the 7 time 4 being – until the 6 next edition.

9 Where does Pssst…

5 retreat to, you ask? Pssst… bets the men’s residences would love to 6know…

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Campus Cousin 3/4/2019

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The naked truth about your bare feet on campus you know? Liberated from society, dude.

My one question to people like this is: do you want gangrene? Look, your fave has been in the situation before where, just as I disembarked from the res bus in my first year, my shoe broke. So, I lived for a day in the shoes (or lack thereof) of one of these campus hippie-wannabes. Let me tell you, it was a highly unpleasant experience. The naked foot-fad is one that has come and gone on campus over the years, but I see it making a resurgence and I’m using my powers to make it stop before it gets out of hand (or foot – I swear I’m nearly done).

The fact of the matter is that these bands of barefoot boasters have no idea just how dirty our campuses can be. Has it ever occurred to you that the paving you are allowing your precious meat wheels to walk on, unprotected, has been trod on by various other shoes, golf carts, stray cats and even the occasional College boy?

Gross, man. What about broken glass, thumbtacks, rusty nails or dried vomit? I’m pretty sure there are some rotten bits of chewing gum stuck on Hatfield campus’ paving that have been there for longer than most of you have been alive.

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TuksChess Open recap

with TuksChess Junior players with an age restriction of eleven.

Matthew Mcphail placed first with Nina van der Walt coming second and Anrea van Huyssteen third.

Kgatle gushed about the benefits of chess for adults, “chess is good for weight loss as it’s stated that a good game of intense chess can help the player lose up to 3000 calories.” Younger players could also benefit as, “chess can raise their IQ; increases problem-solving skills; improves the memory of your child.”

Kgatle extended gratitude the sponsors of the club, “TuksChess would like to thank all their sponsors and support structures such as TuksSports, TuksRes, Sci-Enza, UP-SRC, Tshwane Chess, Department of University Relations, Lucille Weyer and Sibongile Maswanganye.” The club is preparing for their season highlight with the USSA in July hosted by the University of Western Cape.

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uksChess hosted their 2019 Open tournament on Saturday 23 February at Groenkloof campus sports hall with a prize pool of R8000. The CHESSA rated tournament pulled the participation of just over a hundred players, with players coming from Pretoria, Johannesburg, Mpumalanga and Potchefstroom.

The tournament was divided into four competition sections with each section participating in over five rounds of 60 minutes per player in a round. The tournament was organised by club chairperson Godfrey Kgatle and officiated by the following arbiters, chief arbiter Fransie Grobbelaar, deputy chief arbiter Jacquie Grobbelaar and Lelanie van der Westhuizen. Kgatle believes the TuksChess Open will become one of the most popular annual tournaments in the country remarking, “2019 TuksChess Open provided players with a platform where they interacted with each other regardless of their age and background while they also engaged and tapped into their intellect and for this reason, we consider chess to be a holistic

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and dual benefiting sport.”

The four sections are according to the players chess rating which a player has the opportunity to gain by participating and winning rate tournaments. Section A was composed of players with ratings of 1490 and above and players who are International Masters having played and won international games. Chris Kolver (1974) and Mfundo Masiya (1976) club members competed against other players in this tournament.

Daniel Cawdrey (2458), Joseph Mwale and Chris Kolver were the top three players in this section and Riekie Wolmarans walked away with the Best Lady prize.

The purpose of the section divisions was discussed by Kgatke as, “These three sections generally are for players that still need coaching and are more for players in their chess developing phase.” Section B was made up of players with ratings between 1190 and 1510. Nqobile Mguni, Seth Sikhwivhilu and Frans Ratlabala were the top three players for section B. Section C had players with rankings ranging from 500-1210. Jayden Smith, Georg Nieuwoudt and Natasha Janse van Rensburg were the top three players in this section. Section D was mostly filled

Tuks’ first Cue Sports team Ricardo Teixeira

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s of February 2019, the University of Pretoria now has its own cue sports team, open to all, whether your interest is in playing pool competitively, or socially. PDBY sat down to interview club founders David Malangu, Daniel Coetzee and Cameron Thomson about the new club. An avid pool player with professional experience, Malangu initially came up with the idea to start the club when he discovered the absence of a cue sports club at UP. Before this discovery, Malangu said he “started noticing some things, the same people [were] coming [to] the club over and over, and I was like, okay clearly these people must like playing pool, why doesn’t Tuks have a pool club?” adding, “almost every other varsity has a pool club, there’s also a Varsity cup competition for pool”. Malangu then decided to supply the demand for a pool club and registered with TuksSport. Founded partially with the intention to change the perception that pool is “a dirty sport, or a bar sport”, rather it has its own leagues and players can compete at professional levels in Europe or America. Thomson added

that the club hopes “to make people aware that there are leagues here in Pretoria that you can play [in], much more than people are aware of”. The club intends to compete in as many local leagues as possible. Members have been divided into those who want to play socially, in the club’s own league for members, and those who would like to play competitively. The club has registered with University Sports South Africa Cue Sports league, and currently has two teams ready to compete. Other leagues that the club has registered for are the Cue Masters leagues in Gauteng. Currently the club aims to compete in the mid-level leagues, and university leagues, such as the Varsity cup pool tournament.

Coetzee hopes that one day the club will compete at the highest level, saying “TuksRugby isn’t TuksRugby because they want to play for fun, TuksCueSports I feel will follow the same ethos.

We obviously want to compete at the highest level there is”. Coetzee further added that for this to be possible, the club would require funding and facilities to practice. “these pro sides, especially at a varsity level, they all have their own facilities, which is obviously where

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we are lacking”. Currently, the club practices at Corner Pocket on Lynnwood Road, but aims to one day have gain support from the university so that they can have their own facilities. The club not only practices at Corner Pocket, but also has

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TuksRowing wins at the Buffalo Regatta

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n February, the 123rd Buffalo Regatta was held in East London. At this prestigious event, UP took home eight gold medals. PDBY talked to Thabelo Masutha, who is the youngest person ever to win the Buffalo Regatta in the Silver Single Sculls-race as well as the first black person to win the gold.

Thabelo Masutha, who studies a BSc in physical science, said that, “There was not really a lot said about my name and no one really expected it.” Winning at, “one of the oldest sporting events in Africa” brought a lot of attention to the 19-year-old UP rower. He explained that, “I always said it is something I want to win before I retire” and then he challenged himself and said, “How young can I do it” and therefore for him, the Buffalo Regatta was, “A pretty big win”. Masutha did not plan to come to UP after high school, but “[He thought] it was the best choice”, because “The national team is based in Pretoria, we have the best university here and the training system is a world

class standard.”

When PDBY asked what adjustments had to be made to ensure that Masutha did his best at the Regatta, he commented that these adjustments, “were very tricky”. He felt that his training in November and December, “wasn’t going too well” because, “I wasn’t putting out the same big numbers”. In order to overcome this, he had to, “trust the system” and had to, “keep getting the training done”. His thought process was that he needed to, “pull smart”, not hard when rowing in a race because he felt he isn’t as strong as the other UP rowers. He felt that his two major competitors at the Buffalo Regatta were Luc Daffarn and David Hunt. Reflecting on the race, he said, “There was a point in the race where all three scullers (Masutha, Daffarn and Hunt) were level” and before the race he, “anticipated [this] exact moment”. He knew that the sprint needed to start at this point and for him, “everything fell into place”.

Many major South African rowers have won the Silver Sculls at the Buffalo Regatta such as Lawrence Brittain (who is an Olympic silver medalist) and John Smith (who is an Olympic

gold medalist) and Masutha is following in their footsteps by trying to qualify for the Olympic Games. He says that he has, “Olympic qualifications in September” and he is looking to improve his pace by about, “ten seconds” for him to, “Get into the Top 11 athletes in the world” to be able to qualify for the Olympic Games in 2020. Masutha says, “What I’m most excited for this year is what can be done.”

Mpumi Geza, coach of the UP rowing team, praises the team effort, saying “Everyone put out their best performances and it proved to be our strength on the day.” In future training, he would like to see, “consistency in training, keeping ourselves honest and aiming to be the best we can be.” He believes that as a coach, he has been able to pay, “attention to detail” and he makes sure that, “I cater for my teams needs as opposed to worrying about my own wants.” He feels that, “We all want to win, but we need to put the work in to help the team get there.”

At the moment, the UP rowing team is training for the USSA-R Sprints in April and Geza would like the team to, “Defend our USSA-R Boat race titles”.

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uksTennis held their annual club championships over the course of two weekends running from 2, 3 and 9 March. The purpose of this event before the season officially starts is to establish a ranking list of club members for the current season. All players that wish to join the team must participate in the event, only players with valid excuses for missing the champs may be allowed to challenge into the team.

This ranking then serves as a guide to create different teams and player placements for events. Challenges will regularly take place before the USSA later in the year, as players may move up or down in club rankings.

The fixtures for 9 March were as follows: Men’s final Reinhard Pelser vs Reynard Steenkamp Men’s 3 & 4 playoff: Henco Doman vs Dylan Hanslo Men’s 5 to 8 playoff: Kevin Freel vs Andre Snyman, Kylan Chetty vs Rynhardt Knoetze Ladies final: Amy Olivier vs Kyla Yelverton Ladies 3 & 4 playoff: Ronelle Naude vs Chanelle Oosthuizen Ladies 5 & 6 playoff: Mione Heyneke vs Cath Pringle Ladies 7 & 8 playoff: Zaskia Bischoff vs Riana Wassenaar Kyla Yelverton, 2018 chairperson and club member discussed the objectives of the upcoming season, “the objectives of the club is very result driven this year, in other words we just want to produce positive results.”

Although the club prepares for each tournament or event seriously Yelverton mentioned that, “USSA, however, is the most important tournament of the year and it is the tournament which the club works towards the hardest.” In the 2018 USSA,

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TuksTennis placed second overall.

The first tournament which the club is focused on is the InterVarsity at Sun City coming up on 13 to 16 April. Yelverton reviewed the preparation going into the event, “the team is preparing in terms of designated practices in the week. After club championships has concluded, designated team training sessions will also take place.”

As with any sport a new season brings new talent and spectators have a chance to follow players from previous seasons and new players, Yelverton discussed the players to keep a look out for this season,“this season we have some new, some old and some very improved players. The first years are always the ones to watch with players this year with Andre Snyman and Mari-Zet. Both players currently having a successful start to their season.”

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