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Tuks se amptelike studentekoerant / Official Tuks student newspaper / Kuranta ya baithuti ya semmušo ya Tuks
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Sonop goes on tour
Graffiti: art or crime?
RAMfest rocks Joburg
Dans Dans Lisa CD review
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Police to clamp down on illegal parking
ANKE OLIVIER The Department of Security at the University of Pretoria is under severe pressure because of the large amount of cars that are parked in and around campus. According to Colonel Andrew Lesch, head of visible police at the Brooklyn Police station, they (along with Metro Police) are going to start towing cars that are parked in dangerous places like in front of gates and on official sidewalks. Fines are also going to be given to cars parked in other illegal places. Lesch said that around five to six thousand cars park in the vicinity of the university every day. Mr Colin Fouché, Head of Campus Security at UP, explains that there is a lot of collaboration between the
university, Brooklyn Police and Metro Police, to watch and protect cars, but unless students take responsibility for their own parking the local police are going to have to take action. “Their [the police’s] patience is beginning to dry up,” said Fouché, “We try working together and on a basis of mutual respect, but it is hard if students insist on committing serious parking violations.” Students are encouraged by the university to make use of the Park-and-Ride facilities between main campus and LC de Villiers. According to Fouché students are in a hurry and late and that causes them to be negligent. This creates prime opportunities for criminals to strike. According to him and Colonel Lesch there are not enough people to watch each and every car and students should start taking responsibility
for their property. Fouché also warns students against “parking partnership” between students and car guards, which is prevalent in the parking lots on the corner of Lynwood and Roper streets. Students give their keys to these car guards so that they can move cars in order to fill the parking lots to maximum capacity. “This is extremely dangerous,” Fouché says, “Not only do you create distance between you and your property, but you make insurance claims difficult.” Kolonel Lesch says that these car guards, or “lapswaaiers” as he calls them, are unaffiliated with any organisation and could potentially move in criminal circles. There have already been several arrests made after attempts to steal cars in the campus vicinity. Photo: Gerard Louw
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Editorial
15 Maart ’11
Oops, our bad! And introducing some new folks. www.perdeby.co.za perdeby@up.ac.za
We have an 8-pager for you this week, because we’ve had a pretty busy time while putting it together. We’ve been conducting interviews and scouting out some new talent and I’m happy to say you’ll start seeing some exciting new bylines in the paper. The new team we’ve created is awesome. Welcome guys. We were also busy planning our camp which took place over the weekend and was, as always, legendary. I think we’ve managed to corrupt a couple of minds. On that note (if you can forgive the inside joke), I’d like to give a special shout out to Sipho van der Merwe, Die Skaap, who endlessly entertained us on camp. But now it’s time I drop some behind the scenes knowledge on you. We here at Perdeby like to think of ourselves as grammar sluts (do you think I’m allowed to use that word?) and it breaks our hearts when mistakes slip into the paper. When I took over as Editor, I made it my mission to eradicate mistakes from this paper. Typos I could deal with. Outright mistakes made me a very sad panda (if you caught that reference, nd me and I’ll buy you a drink). But sometimes, especially when working on deadlines, things just slip through. Sometimes we catch them and they slip through the cracks amyway when we x them electronically.
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Dear Tukkie A week ago I wrote about the impact of the environment on the development of an individual and urged you to look at what hinders you from developing and realising your potential in your context. My topic arose from a concern about a lack of the desired response to our efforts to free you to think independently and critically (i.e. raising questions and engaging your environment). There are many who seem to depend on the lecturer, the group and even the management when they should be raising questions and searching for answers themselves. This is not in keeping with what we would like to see in an academic environment. Part of the campus vibrancy we are referring to should derive from robust engagements in open and closed spaces in an atmosphere of mutual respect. One of the Student Affairs psychologists who saw the article pointed out a very important fact which I concede, I had failed to emphasize. Reference to a “…sense of vocation to change the world” should have been followed by the explanation that it is often linked to a fashioning of one’s identity. Most of our students are going through a stage during
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which that is happening. They want to be assertive. They are convinced that they have all the answers the world needs. They are falling in and out of love, etc. Depending on what they are exposed to, things could go right. But the opposite could also happen. Hence I also raised the need for guidance or channelling of energies in the right direction. As already indicated last week, the environment cannot always be blamed for the way a person turns out to be. Individuals exercise their right to choose. I grew up in a context, and under conditions that could have inuenced my development in a direction which could have deprived me of the future I ended up with. It had all the recipes that created a lost generation out of many of our young people. Fighting against it would have been futile. But setting personal goals higher than the situation was like a small branch of a plant that is covered with a bucket, growing towards a small hole through which a ray of light came. I focused only on growing towards that “hole” in pursuit of the “light”. By the time I went through the “hole”, I had already passed the identity seeking stage. How did the environment impact on me? Positively. I chose to have it that way. Without me knowing, I was busy fashioning a positive identity
for myself. No ounce of poverty could derail me. No amount of oppression from the apartheid regime could block my way and no amount of alcohol or dagga (to which many of my peers turned) could tempt me away from the path I had chosen. Talking of which, I was reminded by the Chief Editor of this paper last week that there will be no news for you on 21 March as it is a public holiday. We refer to it today as “Human Rights Day”. Before 1994, we knew it as “Heroes’ Day” and before that as “Sharpville Day”. I thought that since we no longer commemorate those who died protesting against the dehumanising pass laws in Sharpville in 1960, we might choose instead, to dedicate our sobriety to them. The one thing that is threatening the future of our nation today is excessive drinking among our young people. I therefore call on all to abstain from drinking on 21 March. It does not matter where you are. Your one day sacrice will make a huge contribution towards our efforts to save this nation. I trust that you will heed this call. Best wishes Prof McGlory Speckman Dean of Students
From the Editor
Sometimes, we’ve read an article so many times that our eyes just slip past the mistake. My point: we’ve been trying to clean up the copy and I really think we’ve improved the quality of the copy and the content this year. I can tell you that last week’s issue (7 March) had 12 mistakes in it (12 too many), all of which were in articles that were written and edited on tight deadlines just before we went to print. It is unaccpetable and shouldn’t happen again. However, human error is a reality of this business and no paper in the country has completely clean copy (nd me one and I’ll buy you a drink). We’re trying really hard to produce a quality product and we hope you can forgive us if we let a few mistakes slip through. We try not to, we really do. Now go and read the stellar articles we have for you this week: we take a look at the crisis that is student parking, we review the Dans Dans Lisa debut and we get up close to the action at RAMfest. We’re taking a bit of a break this week (our rst one of the year) and will be back on 28 March. But if you start suffering from withdrawal symptoms, go check out the website. That’s pretty awesome too.
The juice is loose, Beyers
Res Update
Pssst... didn’t think they would see the day a Kollege guy did the walk of shame out of Olienhout. Pssst… is darem bly dat Olienhout hulle vyande so naby hou. Pssst… thinks the Kiaat cubs should be more careful the next time they decide to traumatise people by dancing on Springbok Bar’s tables singing “Man I Feel Like a Woman”. Pssst... would like to remind them that it all starts with a feeling, you know. It has come to Pssst...’s attention that Springbok might just be the place where Kiaat and Jasmyn’s secret affair takes place. Pssst... hears that the Slurpies try and hog the mic on every karaoke night. Pssst... however, feels that one can only pretend to be blind for so long. Pssst... thinks Zeus should just face facts and move on. Pssst... also thinks that Zinnia might just be the perfect second option for the Zeus manne, seeing as there is trouble in the Zinnia and Maroela camp. But who can blame Zinnia? It’s Maroela for crying out loud. Pssst... hears that Zinnia is on some kind of mission: having a chill session on the Kollege rocks, showing off their so-called dance moves to Maroela and serenading Olienhout’s Rodney. Pssst... is beindruk met die Groenkloof feetjies. Dit blyk soen is nie hulle enigste talent nie. Maar Pssst... moedig die Zinnia meisies aan om eerder hulle tyd op serrie oefening te spandeer. Die sympathy card gaan nie hierdie jaar werk nie, hoor. Pssst... kry darem vir Lilium jammer. Dit
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kan nie lekker wees as iemand julle HK bord steel net om dit terug te bring omdat dit so `n vernerdering is om met Lilium se HK bord gesien te word. Shame. Pssst... always thought Kiaat’s gentlemen approach was all an act and Pssst... is happy to know it was right. There is nothing gentlemanly about storming into a ladies res, like buffed up re-possessors, taking down HK boards that are older than you. Pssst... hears that threats were launched against Nerina’s mascot Nika. But Pssst... isn’t sure what made Nerina think camping outside would help protect Nika. Seeing as the ladies just fell asleep, giving twinkletoed Taaibos the perfect opportunity to redesign Nika. The operative word here being “opportunity”, one which Taaibos made no use of. Pssst... hopes the bottle of Oros and the pen that Taaibos stole from Nerina will be used as props for Taaibos’ serrie. If not then Pssst... is giving up on Taaibos. Pssst... would like to let the Inca ladies know that there are ways of getting food other than showing some skin. Shameful deeds ladies, shameful deeds. Pssst... is effens bekommerd oor die ouens van Boekenhout. Pssst… hoor hulle Serrie oefening gaan glad nie goed nie en dat die manne se opvoering hulle slegste in jare gaan wees. Pssst... sien regtig uit. Name and shame them at pssst@perdeby. co.za
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News/Res Update
15 Maart ‘11
Sonop cycles for cancer KATLEGO MKWHANAZI Sonop is gearing up for its Drommedaris Charity Cycling Tour. The Drommedaris VII project is a cycling tour from Pretoria to Middelburg (Karoo). The tour will be from 22 April until 2 May. “The cycling tour has become a tradition. It’s one of our big fundraisers,” says Jaco Joubert, the Sonop Rag HK. Sonop aims to collect funds in the ten cities they will be cycling through. All proceeds will be donated to the Just Footprints Foundation, a non-prot organisation that supports for children suffering from life threatening illnesses. The total estimated distance of the tour is 1015 km. However, it won’t just be all about hard work. The men will also stop for 2 nights at the Bloemfontein Kunstefees. “Everytime we stop we’ll be doing some fundraising,” continues Joubert. According to Joubert, what makes this tour adventurous is that the men will be cycling in different cities and sleeping anywhere they can: in tents, school halls or the open road. “Its going to be special because we are doing this tour as a res,” says Joubert. The rst Drommedaris tour was to Zimbabwe in 1966. The aim of the tour was to create hype around Sonop’s ftieth anniversary as well as to raise funds for those in need of help in Zimbabwe. Since then, Sonop holds this tour every second year. “It’s a student event must,” Joubert concludes. Sonop will also be running a sms line which people can use if they want to donate towards the cause. People should sms “drom” to 38947 or go to BlackaBuddy.co.za to donate. Smses are charged at R5. Sonop is also running a Facebook page which charts the routes they will be taking and the cities they will be visiting. They encourage anyone who can to donate. Photo: Provided
Israeli Apartheid Week NINA VAN WYK Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is a yearly series of events held on campuses around the world. This initiative aims to educate people reagrding Israel as an apartheid system, building campaigns such as Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) as part of a growing global movement. Last year, Israeli Apartheid Week took place in more than 40 cities around the world. For the past two years, IAW has had great successes for the
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. This year, UP also participated. A series of exhibitions, lm screenings and seminars took place last week (7 to 11 March). A Palestine exhibition was set up in the HSB foyer for the entire week. Zaeem Ebrahim, Chairperson of the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at UP said that the week was organised by the SRC and the MSA working with the BDS Working Group and the Palestine Solidarity Committee from the University of the Witwatersrand. Prof. MME Schoeman, Head of the Department of
Political Sciences, and the sociology department at UP were also involved. Ebrahim said that the aim of this week was to “outline the atrocities committed against Palestinian people in Israel.” He also claims hat this resembles Apartheid South Africa. On Tuesday 8 March, a seminar was held with Dr Stiaan van der Merwe and Heidi-Jane Esakov, from the Palestine Solidarity Committee, as speakers. The Palestine Solidarity Committee of South Africa was founded in 1998 to promote the rights of Palestinians, from South Africa. It is a global initiative in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle – a struggle that they say in many ways resembles our own struggle against Apartheid. Another seminar was held on Wednesday 9 March with Natasha Vally, from the BDS Working Group, as speaker. Vally is a wellknown activist supporting the Palestinian struggle for justice. The BDS Working Group is a registered non-prot organisation. The organisation works with other existing groups in South Africa involved in Palestinian solidarity. On Thursday 10 March the Palestine Ambassador came to talk at a seminar. The week ended with a seminar about “The Role of Youth and Students in the Struggle of Apartheid”. At this seminar, Mr. Steve Faulkner, currently SAMWU’s International and Equality Ofcer and long-time activist and trade unionist spoke, along with Mr. Ayongezwa Lungisa, SASCO’s provincial chairperson. IAW began at the University of Toronto in 2005. It drew criticism from its inception and continues to do so today. In 2005 it was condemned by a member of the Canadian government as a “demonisation” of the Israeli and Jewish community. In 2008 proIsrael activists countered the event with an Islamic State Apartheid Week. It was also criticised by the Israel ambassador to Canada, who called it “crude propagandism”. While IAW remains a high-prole event conducted on campuses all over the world, the Israel-Palestine conict is a highly complex issue and should be approached with cautuion by all parties. Investigation: Corlia Coetzee Photo: Michelle Prins
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Features
15 March ‘11
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Anderkant die ritssluiter MAGDALEEN SNYMAN Meeste ouens weet dat jy nooit ooit in jou meisie se handsak mag grou nie. Selfs as haar selfoon lui moet jy die hele sak optel en eerder na haar toe dra as om daai ritssluiter oop te maak en in te loer. Die selfde geld ook tot `n mate vir meisies. Ouens verkies dat jy nie weet hoeveel kontant in hulle beursie is nie en dalk, net dalk, is daar een of twee ander dinge (net vir `n noodgeval natuurlik) in die leer voue wat jy liefs nie van moet weet nie. Perdeby het ondersoek ingestel om eens en vir altyd vas te stel wat anderkant die ritssluiter is, of behoort te wees. Die basiese: Meisies se handsakke huisves gewoonlik die basiese: beursie, selfoon, sonbril en lip ice, maar as dit al was sou hulle nie daai massiewe rooi leer gedoentes met `n vakkie en sakkie elke vyf sentimeter gehad het nie. Marecia van Wyk, `n eerstejaar BSc student, sê haar handsak is amper soos om haar slaapkamer kampus toe te bring. “Ek het grimering, tissues, boeke, energy bars, `n waterbottel en selfs `n ekstra kam wat ek elke dag saambring. Dis nuttig wanneer mens lang ure op kampus spandeer en eers in die aand kan huis toe gaan.” Haar klasmaat, Bianca Le Roux, beweer mens moet altyd `n kamera by jou hê, want jy weet nooit watter “kodak moments” jou tref op kampus of in die Square nie. Tandevlos: Jy mag dalk wonder hoekom jy skielik terwyl jy klasdraf jou tande sou wou vlos, maar dit is nie al waarvoor hierdie dun draadjies gebruik kan word nie. Tandevlos is so dun soos garing, maar omdat dit meer elasties is, is dit amper onmoontlik om te breek. As jou tas se slot breek kan jy tandevlos daarom draai om dit toe te bind. Jy kan jou hare vasmaak sou jou rekkie breek. As jou skoene uitgly kan jy hulle om jou voet vasmaak. Dit mag dalk nie die mees modiese oplossing wees nie, maar dit werk soos `n bom. As jy `n koshuis student is en jy wil gou `n gewasde Ienkdrag hempie ophang voor jy hom môre moet aantrek, span die os oor jou kamer of `n bad om `n wasgoeddraad te maak. `n Kondoom: Glo dit of nie, amper elke tweede ou dra `n kondoom in sy beursie. Volgens Kyle Smith, `n tweedejaar BEng
student, doen al sy vriende dit. “Meeste van hulle het by iemand `n kondoom gekry toe hulle 18 geword het, so dis soos `n aandenking of `n simbool.” Hy glo ook dat, alhoewel meisies nie altyd van die idee hou nie, dit beter is om net vir ingeval `n kondoom by jou te hê. “Eerder safe as sorry.” Jou beste vriend se kontak besonderhede: Hierdie besonderhede kan op `n stukkie papier of `n kaartjie in jou handsak of beursie gedra word. Indien jy die handsak of beursie sou verloor kan iemand dan gekontak word aan wie dit terug besorg kan word. Dit is ook nuttig vir daardie noodgevalle waaraan mens liewer nie wil dink nie. As jy in `n toestand sou wees waar jy nie vir jouself kan praat nie, kan jou beste vriend vir die polisie of ambulans inligting gee wat dalk net jou lewe kan red. Kougom: “Daar is niks erger as om saam met iemand te moet groepwerk doen wie se asem stink nie,” sê Annine Havenga, `n eerstejaar BIS student. Jy sal baie dankbaar wees vir kougom wanneer die ou op wie jy jou oog het skielik nader stap om met jou te praat en jy onthou jy’t `n pizza vol knoffel vir middagete gehad. Maar Perdeby wil almal net versoek om dit nie oopmond te kou of borrels te blaas na elke sin wat jy sê nie. Die kans is goed dat jy simpel sal lyk en die ou vir jou sal gril. `n Tweaser: Tweasers is nie net vir wilde wenkbroue pluk nie. Matthew Mdikane, `n BCom student, sê sy meisie het toevallig `n tweaser in haar handsak gehad een aand toe daar `n glas splinter in sy voet beland het. Hy kon die splinter maklik en pynloos uithaal en het die res van sy aand geniet. Tweasers is ook nuttig wanneer mens jou sleutels verloor. Die arms van die tweaser kan gebuig word om tussen die slot en die muur in te pas, soos met `n kredietkaart of naelvyl in ieks, en die geslote deel uit die gleuf in die muur te wikkel. Volgende keer as jy wil kla omdat jy jou meisie se handsak moet oppas, onthou net dat jy dalk eendag baie dankbaar gaan wees vir wat sy in `n noodgeval daar kan uitpluk. Of jy nou klasdraf of kuier, geniet elke oomblik en maak seker dat jy die beste gereedskap het om die avontuur van studentwees aan te pak. Photo: Ester van Eeden
Graffiti: art or crime? CHANÉ MACKAY
From prehistoric cavemen to the Roman Empire, the ancient Egyptians to the Vikings – humankind has always left traces of its history and experiences in scribbles and drawings. Grafti, dened as the rendering of marks, words and images onto walls and other public surfaces, has been described as humankind’s original cultural artefact, their rst form of art. Some people believe that art is the diary of human knowledge and culture. Is grafti a legitimate art form or an act of vandalism? Where did it begin? Why do people do it? And what impact does it have on international cultural narratives, past and present? Grafti enthusiasts use it to make visual statements that serve as a public record of events, people and the issues of their time. Unlike other genres, anyone can participate in the grafti movement, because any mark, writing or drawing on a public surface can be dened as grafti. Others argue that grafti encourages crime, littering, vandalism and disrespect for public property. Grafti calls into question the boundaries between creativity and destructive impulses linked with personal expression. A look into the origins of grafti reveals many factors that re the debate surrounding the genre. Grafti has existed for centuries: prehistoric cave drawings, ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, the names and thoughts of soldiers and travellers and the dates of signicant events left for the world to nd, are all technically grafti because, by denition, these marks were made on surfaces visible to the public. Historic grafti has provided great insight into the lifestyles, ideology and languages of ancient cultures. Rock art and cave drawings for example, show us how African natives perceived their environment, their spiritual beliefs and even their experiences of the rst white colonialists they encountered centuries ago. Modern or urban grafti, the kind involving spray paint and city walls, sidewalks, public toilets, monuments and all sorts of other public spaces, was born on the subway trains of New York City in the late 1960s. Lately, more and more art scholars and critics have been recognising the artistic value of some grafti works as public art that encourages social, cultural and political liberation and commentary. Grafti is said to express social and political messages to great effect through simple and widely accessible
mediums like spray paint, stencils, stickers and even pens. Banksy, one of the world’s most notorious and popular anonymous street artists, is an iconic gure in the well-worn debate regarding the status of grafti as an art form or a criminal offence. His work, which is highly critical of consumerism, social injustice and the harsh realities of war, mysteriously appears in various cities across the world. One of Banksy’s works declares that: “Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.” Today, various grafti pieces are on display in reputable art galleries and exhibitions around the world and are recognised as legitimate works of art. Some cities celebrate exceptional grafti in public places by protecting them as monuments of our cultural heritage. Still, various governments spend millions in support of anti-
grafti initiatives and even the works of renowned artists like Banksy are condemned as vandalism and removed. Mischke De Bruyn, a second-year BA Fine Arts student, stressed the effect of the intentions behind grafti: “Kids running around covering the city in profanities are denitely vandals. But when it’s done correctly, grafti can be very aesthetically pleasing and this type of art is denitely a valuable cultural artefact.” Sven Ouzman, a senior lecturer at the University of Pretoria’s Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, believes that “grafti is a transgressive cultural artefact” and that grafti has, and will always be around because it keeps reappearing despite the best efforts of anti-grafti initiatives. Claudi Malovich, a second-year BA Journalism student believes says, “As cities cover up each fresh layer of grafti, a wealth of history hidden in coats of paint is preserved, a contemporary sort of cultural archive.” Photo: Desré Barnard
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Entertainment
15 Maart ‘11
RAMfest rocks Joburg Funeral for a Friend
Alkaline Trio
Blk Jks
Rocking out in the front row
Desmond & the Tutus
Festival-goers
Die Antwoord
Van Coke Kartel Photos: AJ Howard
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SAD! • The DIY prole picture. You know the one we mean. Where the person in question is clearly taking the picture themselves – their entire arm stretched out in the foreground holding the camera kinda gives it away. So unless someone happened to snap you mid-pout while reaching for the cookie jar in bad lighting, you should probably get some friends. Real ones. • Facebook relationships. Those relationships played exclusively through statuses tend to get old pretty quickly. It’s like an episode of The Bachelor you can’t turn off. Just go on a date, dammit. Or, if Facebook loving is what gets you going, do us a favour and inbox message, okay? • Status wars. Another of those Facebook evils that gets old really fast. The battle for status supremacy does require a very specic technique, though. It seems that one must never directly refer to the “friend” one is abusing while engaging in combat. Experienced combatants tend to end the attack with a deadly, “You know who you are.” That way when you make up, you can both pretend you were talking about someone else. Diabolical, is it not? • Being poked. You poke me, I poke back, you poke me … Okay, this isn’t fun anymore. Can we stop now?
This week, Rad vs Sad is taking on the bittersweet world of Facebook. Have you heard how Facebook is like a prison? All you do is sit around, write on walls and get poked by people. True story. While there are some denite perks to the network that cannot be ignored, sometimes having that many “friends” you’ve never met can become a problem. Perdeby is all for a “dislike” button. RAD! • Changing your relationship status before your ex. As petty as this is, we know you get a kick out of it. Hey, people will probably even forgive you for making a soppy status at this point. As long as such statuses don’t become a recurring feature. • That uploaded photo you don’t want to untag. Ah, those rare pictures that surface sporadically where you nd yourself looking fairly attractive. Unlike the other 90% that make you look fat/shiny/like you’re on crack. It will probably be your prole picture for the next three years, won’t it? • Facebook stalking. Well, if people put their business up online it’s meant to be looked at, right? This may only become a problem if those prole view trackers get worked out …
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Entertainment
15 March ‘11
Straatligkinders en Glaskas word groot LUZAAN VAN DER WESTHUIZEN Straatligkinders en Glaskas se musikale genialiteit saamgesmelt in een? Die produk heet nie Glaskinders of Straatkas nie, maar Dans Dans Lisa, Die Gids Vir Grootword. Bouwer Bosch (Straatligkinders) en Deon Meiring (Glaskas) volg in die voetspore van ander supergroepe soos Audioslave en Velvet Revolver deur hulle musiektalent saam te snoer met hierdie nuwe projek. Straatligkinders en Glaskas het afsonderlik reeds fenomenale sukses in die Afrikaanse musiekbedryf bereik. Dit kan vir kunstenaars soms moeilik wees om steeds hulle eie identiteit te behou, sou `n saamsmeltprojek soos hierdie groot hoogtes bereik, maar dit behoort nie `n probleem vir hierdie twee te wees nie. `n Mens sou dink dat Die Gids Vir Grootword jou aan die musiek van Straatligkinders of Glaskas sal herinner, maar die album is regdeur, vanaf die omslag tot by die musiekstyl, absoluut uniek. Die invloede van Dashboard Confessional, Box Car Racer en Wrestlerish word beslis in die klank en styl opgemerk. Die Gids Vir Grootword is onlangs uitgereik en aanhangers word dus nou die geleentheid gebied om beide kunstenaars in `n heel nuwe genre te ervaar. Eiesoortige akoestiese- en perkussieklanke is wat Die Gids Vir Grootword beloof. Hierdie 11-snit album sluit `n remix van hul eerste treffer “My Ek(skuus)” in, wat saam met die manne van Ekhouvanjou, okay! gemaak is. Hierdie remix laat die voete jeuk met sy disko-dans ondertone en dit behoort hordes na die dansvloer toe te lok. Louis van Rensburg se bekende “Voshaarnooi” is ook op die album te hoor en word uitstekend uitgevoer. In “Sing in Skaamte” – wat onlangs die MK-toekenning vir beste kampus treffer. gewen het – kan Bosch se kenmerklike sangstem duidelik gehoor word. Dit is moeilik om fout te vind met hierdie album. Die Gids Vir Grootword se lirieke is
boeiend en word aangevul deur Bouwer se rasperstem saam met Deon se harmonieuse klanke wat die sang komplimenteer. Dit is eintlik `n vreemde kombinasie, maar dit werk baie goed saam. Die album vloei gemaklik van snit tot snit, alhoewel die drang daar is om vinnig deur die liedjies te gaan om net weer by `n persoonlike gunsteling uit te kom. Hierdie album kan aanhoudend oor luidsprekers uitgeblêr word op `n luilekker dag, gespeel word by `n gesellige kuier, of selfs sommer oor
The mystical world of Cirque du Soleil
ANDRI NEL The spotlight in the middle of the ring, glitter in the air and trapeze artists ying high. Most of us have had that childhood dream of running away and joining the circus, but for the most part, they have stayed just that – dreams. Now for the rst time, the legendary Cirque du Soleil will bring its longest-running show to South African shores. Cirque de Soleil has 22 different shows running across the world, most of them situated in Las Vegas as permanent shows. This unique circus has branched out to numerous countries as diverse as Turkey, Taiwan, and now South Africa. Not one of these shows are alike as each has its own speciality. Anything weird and wonderful makes up these other-worldly shows, from whimsical forest animals to those quintessential French clowns. It’s not only the over-the-top costumes that look like something from a Tim Burton movie, but also the make-up which takes it a step further to create a mystical feeling and transport you to another world.
This alluring world of swings and lights had its beginning in Canada in the 1980s in a small village by the name of Baie-Saint-Paul. Stilt-walkers and re-breathers were among the entertainers of this little village. It was only in 1984 during the festivities of the 450th year after the discovery of Canada that Guy Liberté, one of these performers, suggested that the Cirque de Soleil performers go on tour to bring the joy of the performance to those outside the province of Quebec. The show that is set to enthrall South African audiences is called Saltimbanco. The ofcial Cirque du Soleil website describes the show as “an abundance of joyful and colourful acrobatics in a metropolis”. It is currently showing at the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg until 20 March. Drift away into a new and exotic world of tights and acrobatics. Maybe this is the closest most of us will ever come to our red and white striped tent dream, but for at least one night we can experience it.
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jou oorfone terwyl jy op kampus rondwaggel. Die album se titel en lirieke pas hand in hand bymekaar en kan beslis as `n gids vir grootword gesien word, want dit dek die liefde, saamkuier, probleme en `n rits ander dinge waarmee die jeug van vandag kan vereenselwig. Die Gids Vir Grootword se liedjies sal beslis deel word van jou lewe en elke liedjie sal op een of ander tyd relevant “joune” kan wees. Afrikaanse akoestiese musiek op sy beste.
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Musiek • Gently Scar’d & Taryn DrumFire, Dinsdag 15 Maart, Tings & Times, 20:30. • Wrestlerish & Die Tuin Dwergies, Woensdag 16 Maart, Tings & Times, 21:30. • The Black Cat Bones, Donderdag • 17 Maart, Tings & Times, 21:00. • Michael Naranjo, Vrydag 18 Maart, Café Barcelona, 20:00. • Klopjag, Vrydag 18 Maart, Steak & Ale, 20:30. • Fokofpolisiekar & BLK JKS, Vrydag • 18 Maart, Hotbox Studios, 18:00. • Red Light Effect & The December Streets, Vrydag 18 Maart, Tings & Times, 21:00. • Stompdraai, Saterdag 19 Maart, Firkin Centurion, 21:00. Teater • Hou Jou Rokkies Bymekaar, Woensdag 16 Maart, Brooklyn Teater, 20:00. • Girls Wanna Rock, 15-20 Maart, Barnyward Menlyn, 20:30 (DinsdagSaterdag), 14:00 (Sondag). • Relationsh*t – It Could Happen To You, Donderdag 17 Maart, Centurion Teater, 20:00. Kuiers • St. Patrick’s Day, Donderdag 17 Maart, Hateld Square, 19:00. Fees • Dogfest, Saterdag 19 Maart, Wolmer Events Arena, 14:00. Ander • Photography: 1950 to 2010, 15-20 Maart, Pretoria Kuns Museum, 10:00-17:00. • Designs of Living, 16-19 Maart, Fried Contemporary Gallery, 10:00 -18:00 (Donderdag & Vrydag), 10:00-14:00 (Saterdag)
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Tuks claims crucial victory SAMANTHA EVANS Tuks put an end to the University of Johannesburg’s four-match winning streak when they beat the hosts 38-23 at the UJ Stadium on Monday 7 March. The rst 40 minutes were closely contested right until the end of the half. It took about 10 minutes for Tuks to take things to the next level and they eventually found themselves in the UJ half. However, a number of handling errors meant that they could not put any points on the board in spite of their territorial advantage. The rst points for each team came from their yhalfs and the teams were locked evenly on the scoreboard before UJ wing Aubrey McDonald went over in the corner. Tuks responded straight away and fullback Andries Coetzee put his team in the lead when he scored their rst try of the game. Not long after, UJ yhalf Theuns Kotze put his side back in the lead with a penalty after Tuks were found guilty of obstruction. The score at the break was 11-10 to the hosts. The rst few minutes of the second half saw Tuks captain and yhalf, Wesley Dunlop, put his team in front again with a penalty. A second try for Tuks came courtesy of ank Warwick Tecklenburg, widening the difference in score even further. UJ were quick to respond with a try by Lolo Waka, but their man with the boot, Theuns Kotze, struggled to send the ball
through the posts at the most important moments of the game. The nal blow from Tuks came in the form of a try each by Arno Botha and Jono Ross, putting the nal score at 38-23 to the visitors. It was clear from the start of the game that Tuks would settle for nothing less than a victory and they certainly didn’t disappoint themselves or their fans. In other Varsity Cup results: Maties beat Ikeys 37-16 Shimlas beat Pukke 37-28 NMMU beat TUT 40-15 Fixtures: Monday 14 March Pukke vs NMMU at the Fanie du Toit Stadium at 17:00 (TV) Tuks vs Maties at the Tuks Rugby stadium at 19:00 (TV) TUT vs Shimlas at the TUT Rugby Stadium at 19:00 UCT vs UJ at the UCT Rugby elds at 19:00 Photo: Hanro Spangenberg
TuksSport bite 15 minute met Gennaro Bonafede LAURA SCHLEBUSCH
CHARLOTTE KEURIS Cricket Tuks 1 managed their 18th win of the 2010/2011 season when they beat Adelaar 1 by 126 runs on Saturday 5 March. After successfully winning the NCU 45 over Knock-out League, Tuks 1 is now only one game away from winning the NCU Premier League title. In other cricket news, Tuks Ladies won their League and Tuks 2 have moved up to third place in the Premier League after beating Sinoville 1. Canoeing The TuksCanoe team won the Best One Day Race award at the recent Gauteng Canoe Union prize giving. The club won the award for the TuksCanoe Klip Challenge that they hosted in August last year. The challenge consists of a 42 km one day race and TuksCanoe will host the event again later this year. Athletics Tuks hurdler LJ van Zyl recently broke an 11-year-old record at the Absa Tuks Stadium. Van Zyl broke the record for the 400 m hurdles previously held by Llewellyn Herbert. The new South African record was set at the Yellow Pages meeting when Van Zyl’s time of 47.66 s signicantly improved on Herbert’s record of 47.80 s. Hockey TuksHockey took over the intervarsity against the University of Johannesburg with their double win on Saturday 5 March. The TuksHockey ladies overcame a poor start of 0-1 and went on to win their game with an impressive 6-1. Alex Fenwick and Janine Porteous played a signicant role in the game as they each scored two goals for Tuks. The TuksHockey men struggled a bit more but still managed to win their game 1-0 thanks to Nick Gonsalves.
Produksiemotor renjaer en Tuks student Gennaro Bonafede het gou die aandag van die Suid-Afrikaanse motorsport wêreld getrek na sy eerste senior kring wedloop in 2010. Perdeby het die spoed meester vasgevang om te sien wat sy enjin maak loop. 1. Hoe het jy by motorsport betrokke geword? My pa was betrokke met motorsport vir 30 jaar en daarom het ek as `n kind met go-karts betrokke geword. 2. Is daar baie opleiding wat mens benodig vir hierdie sport ? Dit is belangrik om ks te wees, want om `n renjaer te wees neem dit baie konsentrasie in die lang wedstryde. 3. Hoe dikwels het jy resies? Ons het 9 wedren naweke gedurende die jaar vanaf Maart tot November. 4. Wat is jou doelwitte vir die 2011 seisoen? Om die Suid-Afrikaanse Bridgestone Produksiemotor Kampioen te wees. 5. Is daar ‘n spesieke geval wat jy baie uitsien? Ek sien daarna uit elke keer wat ek in my motor kan klim. 6. Wat is jou grootste prestasie soveer? Ek het vierde plek in die Karting World Championships in Italië in 2007 gekry. 7. Hoe vind jy `n balans tussen jou wedrenne, studies en jou sosiale lewe? Wanneer dit tyd is om te studeer, is dit tyd vir net dit – en die sele tel vir my wedrenne en my sosiale lewe. 8. Wat het hierdie jou sport van keuse gemaak? Die adrenalien en die feit dat ek borge gekry het (Ferodo Brakes en Monster Energie) wie ek verteenwoordig. 9. Wie is jou sport held? Oscar Pistorius. 10. Wat is jou resep vir sukses? Jy moet hard werk om hard te kan kuier. 11. Wat is jou motto vir die lewe? “Passie is die geboorteplek van sukses.”
Rugby Steinhoff Tuks House League Monday 21 March at 15:00 Steinhoff Kollege vs Steinhoff Olympus at TuksRugby A-Field Steinhoff Taaibos vs Steinhoff Kiaat at TuksRugby B-Field Steinhoff Maroela vs Steinhoff Vividus at TuksRugby C-Field Steinhoff Mopanie vs Steinhoff Sonop at TuksRugby D-Field Steinhoff Olienhout vs Steinhoff Boekenhout at TuksRugby E-Field Tuesday 22 March at 17:30 Steinhoff Ysterhout vs Steinhoff Regshuis at TuksRugby A-Field Steinhoff Sonop vs Steinhoff Vividus at TuksRugby B-Field Steinhoff Arcadia Rebels vs Steinhoff Mopanie at TuksRugby C-Field Steinhoff Boekenhout vs Steinhoff EBIT at TuksRugby D-Field Steinhoff Zeus vs Steinhoff Maroela at TuksRugby E-Field Steinhoff VOB vs Steinhoff Jakarandia at TuksRugby F-Field
Correction Perdeby would like to apologise for the mistake in last week’s article, The Big Brag Bash. In the article, Perdeby wrote that Vividus Men and Magrietjie won the event and that Klaradyn and Sonop came third. This was incorrect and the correct results for this year’s Big Brag are as follows: 1. 2. 3.
Klaradyn en Sonop Lilium and Taaibos Vividus mans en Magrietjie
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