19 august 2013 issue 17

Perdeby Tuks se amptelike studentekoerant / Official Tuks student newspaper / Kuranta ya baithuti ya semmušo ya Tuks

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Hatfield Steers loses trademark

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New smart card IDs: worth it or waste of money?

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2013/2014 English Premier League season

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Bewildered by the dust Nakhane Touré talks about his love of literature. Read his interview and others inside.

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Special Oppikoppi edition – ROBERT DELONG – The Perdeby interview

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Oppikoppi’s beasts come out to play

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“I could have just come and played another show but we wanted to make it something special.”

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Should Serenade change?

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The Tuks Serenade finals were held last week Friday. And as I’ve mentioned my secret obsession with musicals in a previous editorial, I’ve taken a different approach to this week’s one.

The fantastic a cappella singing of the night aside, there is one thing that really stood out like a sore thumb at this year’s Serenade, especially when you place it in the context of the new South Africa. And that was how each Serenade group had to sing Afrikaans songs. I understand that the ATKV arranges the national Serenade and is an Afrikaans culture

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group, but if this event is going to be held at Tuks, an inclusive university, then they might have to consider transforming and including more South Africans.

Now I have nothing against Afrikaans, or Afrikaans music. Afrikaans-speaking people are not only part of the country but also have certain traditions that add value to South African heritage and should not be forgotten or ignored. But I do have a problem with events that are supposed to represent the entire university and are only inclusive of certain groups at Tuks. If you want to make a black student sing Afrikaans songs, and make them learn lyrics that they might not understand, then surely the group can sing one song in an African language? Isn’t that what becoming inclusive is about?

I don’t think this is a radical question.

In this year’s Serrie and Ienkmelodienk performances some of the residences started doing this by themselves anyway. Medleys from those competitions included English, Afrikaans and African-language songs. Why can’t Serenade do the same? This isn’t about destroying tradition either, but is about making appropriate changes so that we can include as many students in an activity as possible.

I don’t believe that we should eradicate Serenade and its history, but why can’t we include other facets to it to add to the event’s longevity? I have heard people say that the only traditions or events that survive are those

that change and adapt to the times. That should be something to look at when discussing events at the university. And if that’s a problem, then only English songs should be allowed in the competition. In that way most people will understand all the songs all the time. There are enough South African bands and artists (English bands and artists) to fill medleys if the aim of the event is to promote South African talent. Oppikoppi illustrates this fact perfectly.

This is our Oppikoppi edition. We have worked all week on the Oppi pages, and I think our entertainment editor, Melina Meletakos, can be very proud. We interviewed artists, captured people in strange outfits and reported on news events that happened over the weekend. It’s a different approach to last year and I’d love to hear what you think about it.

This week’s edition also contains some other cool information. There is a piece in news about changes in res, which gives the basic rundown of what the university has said about the whole issue, and this coming week we are going to take a closer look at what students are saying. We also have some disconcerting news about the Steers at the Square and we have an EPL football preview on the back page for sport lovers.

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19 August ‘13 News 3 Hatfield Steers loses trademark due to health violations TARYN RICHMOND Last month Hatfield Steers was interdicted by the Pretoria High Court from continuing to use the Steers brand as well as using its recipes and menu. The owners of the outlet are intent on appealing the decision, feeling that the judge erred in his decision.

The application to remove the branding was made by Famous Brands, the parent company of the Steers brand. Famous Brands claimed that the Hatfield outlet was not adhering to Steers’s high standards. Local newspapers Beeld and Pretoria News reported on the court case where owners of the outlet were found to have achieved a 0% score during its last evaluation.

During the evaluation, it was observed that the surface on which food is typically prepared, which should be covered at all times to ensure that insects are kept away, was left uncovered.

Chicken breasts that had supposedly been made on the day were dry, there was oil on the floor and there were old milkshake splashes on the milkshake machine. It was also stated that the chips made at the outlet were brown because they were fried in old oil and that there was dried blood and remains of old burger meat that

should have been cleaned.

Perdeby asked UP students how they felt about the outlet. No student complained of any serious health risks while dining there or any problems with the food that they had received.

Kevin Hedderwick from Famous Brands told Perdeby that, “It is unfortunate that the students at UP are currently without a Steers brand to visit but we hope in time to correct that. In so far as the Hatfield matter is concerned, a judge recently ruled in our favour and we have nothing further to add other than what has already been reported on.”

Pretoria News recently reported that Armada Trading 008 CC, the owner of the Hatfield Steers outlet, is expected to appeal against the ruling next month in Bloemfontein. They deny delivering substandard service and state that the judge was wrong in finding that Armada was contractually obliged to obtain an 80% score in the Steers Sharp Excellence review.

At the time of going to print, Perdeby was unable to get a comment from management at Steers on the situation.

If you have experienced major health violations at Steers on Burnett Street, tweet @perdebynews.

Hatfield Steers has been interdicted from carrying the Steers brand and using its recipes and menu.

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Changes to house committee structure MARISSA BRITS A number of changes to the structure of residences’ house committees have been introduced. According to the Department of Residence Affairs and Accommodation, the house committees will be structured “in order to support the academic focus of the university”.

In previous years there was a house committee (HC) member responsible for the academics portfolio. Although this portfolio will remain, the changes to the HC structure stipulate that academics will become every HC member’s responsibility. Every HC member must be involved in the academics of the students living on their respective floor in residence and must report on any progress or problems to the vice-primaria/chairperson in charge of academics on a regular basis.

Another change is that first years will be allowed to stand for HK and serve during their second year of studies. The reason for this change is that first-year students represent 40% of the residences’ residents. The Department of Residence Affairs and Accommodation further explained that the compulsory first-year

HC member will add valuable input to the community engagement.

The only new portfolio in the revised Welcoming Week programme. structure is safety and security. The other The structure of the HC will now consist portfolios remain although some have been of a primaria/chairperson who will also be changed. For example, the culture portfolio responsible for discipline. There will also be was previously split into internal and external two vice-primarias/chairpersons. One will be culture but will now be joined in charge of academics and mentor portfolios. This to form one portfolio. The This old structure Department of Residence vice-primaria/chairperson Affairs and Accommodation will also be involved in the was “not at all stated that this old structure overseeing of the other HC supportive for the was “not at all supportive for members. The second viceacademic endeavour of primaria/chairperson will academic endeavour the be in charge of some of the the University of Pretoria”.

According to the remaining portfolios. The of the University of department, the emphasis portfolios will be assigned Pretoria”. needs to be placed on to each vice-primaria/ forming committees that chairperson by the head of residence and the primaria/chairperson. The will help organise these activities, subsequently reason for this is to provide support for the exposing more students to developing leadership skills. primaria/chairperson.

Some residence members, like Mopanie The HC members will represent the chairperson Tiaan Maartens, disagree with following portfolios: administration; residence the department’s viewpoint. “I think the facilities and maintenance; secretary; finance; safety and security; values, traditions and wellactual problem is that the decision makers are being; first-year guardian; sport; culture; and misinformed. They need to understand what

really goes on in residence. Changes can be made to a certain extent, but it’ll take more than that to dampen res spirit,” Maartens said.

A male residence student also disagrees and said, “The greater issue is that the people who make decisions that affect residences have no idea about the atmosphere, structure, participation or how stuff works. Their ideal is great, but they enforce it in a demeaning manner with severe negative consequences.”

A female residence HK told Perdeby, “I think the amount of work included in each portfolio is divided unevenly. For example, the culture portfolio now includes Ienk, Serrie, Serenade and internal culture activities. This compared to safety doesn’t make sense to me. Also, the first year that has to be chosen. This takes away the chance of a semi (second year) that was not allowed to stand for HK in their first year.

Not to mention that the first year would be inexperienced.”

Another female residence HK said that she feels that the university is taking away res traditions and she can’t understand why they would want to change something that has worked for so long.

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The City of Tshwane is currently involved in a project to bring free Wi-Fi to Tshwane. Image: Brad Donald

DANIELLE PETTERSON Tuks Hatfield campus will have free Wi-Fi by November as part of a project to provide free Wi-Fi to the Tshwane area.

The first phase of the project, to be completed

by November, is to supply free Wi-Fi to the Tshwane University of Technology’s Soshanguve campus, the University of Pretoria’s Hatfield campus, Tshwane North College, the Mamelodi Community Centre and Church Square in the CBD. This phase will cost an estimated R1 million.

According to News24, this project forms part of the City of Tshwane’s plans to embrace digital technologies, which includes facilitating access to internet services at a lower cost. IOL News reported that the city will be the first metro on an African continent to have Wi-Fi for its residents on a massive scale.

The City of Tshwane is currently running a programme called Vision 2055 to focus on firstclass service delivery for residents by 2055, 100 years after the adoption of the Freedom Charter.

Tshwane executive director for strategic development Msizi Myeya told News24 that the

key to rolling out efficient services is the way technology is used within the city.

Priority for the Wi-Fi will be given to poor and previously disadvantaged communities with the main aim being to provide young people with internet access for educational purposes. Tshwane executive mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa said that investing in education will ultimately lead to the alleviation of poverty.

Wi-Fi will be provided to more than 200 schools in Soshanguve, Mamelodi and Atteridgeville next year and by 2016 the free service will be available to government education institutions and other areas of the city.

At the project’s launch in Centurion, Ramokgopa said that, “We are investing in the Tshwane child to broaden [his or her] platform of opportunities.”

“The benefits to the local community are numerous, including access to information, education and employment opportunities. There is no administrative burden for the city and the solution is easy to use,” the city said in a statement.

According to News24, the city has connected 100 sites, including offices, libraries and its customer-care centres with Wi-Fi over the last two years.

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Final results of new constitution still on hold MOLEBOGENG MANGOALE Student Representative Council elections are likely to take place in the last quarter of this year if the Standing Committee of Council approves the proposed new constitution.

The Department of Student Affairs is currently waiting for feedback from the council and if the constitution is approved, the elections can begin. The provisional deadline for this process was 8 August but the council has not yet reached a decision.

The Department of Student Affairs maintains that its preparations for elections are at an advanced stage. Beni Letebele, a facilitator for the Student Leadership Constitution, said that it is crucial for students to get ready to participate as candidates in order to represent students’ interests. He added that efforts are being made to include the external campuses in all facets of the election process, including the management of nominations and voting.

According to Letebele, the Department of Student Affairs is finding ways to support candidates so that they are empowered

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and prepared to participate in the elections. “Particular attention is being paid to improve on all logistical arrangements around the process so that voting takes place as smoothly as possible,” he said.

The draft of the constitution which was sent to the council has been made public to students on clickUP. In the process of drafting the constitution, students and societies made written submissions and oral presentations. “We have engaged with students and organised extra consultative meetings and have considered all arguments that were presented before submission to the executive was made,” said Letebele.

Some of the amendments that have been made to the final draft of the constitution include introducing clauses for the elections to be overseen by a UP staff member or external expert, raising the eligibility benchmark to stand for office to an average of 60% and ensuring the independence of student media services by making them accountable to the national press ombudsman rather than to the SRC.

DASO “What is your struggle” exhibition

INTERVARSITY NEWS MARGEAUX ERASMUS University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Residence students at Wits are bribing security guards to allow their friends and partners to spend the night in their residence rooms.

According to Wits Vuvuzela, residence students are allowed to have visitors in their rooms, but all visitors have to leave the residence by 23:00. Regal Masau, a former resident student at Wits, told Wits Vuvuzela that he bribed security guards with “chocolate”. “When I was still a resident at Barnato I used to buy the guards ‘chocolate’ all the time. That means I would give them R20 to allow my girlfriend to sleep over,” he said.

Wits Vuvuzela reported that Enoch Mdunge, the head of security at Fidelity Services, denied that bribery took place at the university residences. “It’s a green lie [sic], the students are trying to get security officers expelled,” Mdunge said.

University of the Free State (UFS) The Facebook page “Campus Confessions – UFS” has been shut down by administrators. According to Beeld, Prof. Jonathan Jansen, the rector of the university, threatened the administrators of the page with legal action.

David Matheleda, a UFS student and one of the Facebook page administrators, told Beeld that Jansen told the six administrators that they could be expelled from the university because of the page.

Jansen told Beeld that the university is currently investigating whether the administrators of the page infringed on the UFS code of conduct by violating the rights of students and staff. Jansen said that if this is the case, the students will have to face a disciplinary hearing.

In June this year a similar page “Kovsies Confessions” was also shutdown by its administrators.

UP art students display their artwork as part of Daso’s “What is your struggle?” exhibition. Photo: Reinhard Nell

MARGEAUX ERASMUS AND BOIPELO BOIKHUTSO The Democratic Alliance Student Organisation (DASO) at UP held an art exhibition throughout last week with the theme “What is your struggle?”

DASO branch leader Mathew Cuthbert told Perdeby that they were trying to find out what students were struggling with and how they can help alleviate some of those issues. “We are trying to put forward relevant solutions to pertinent issues,” Cuthbert said.

The exhibition was launched last Monday at the Old Arts building. Gauteng provincial DA spokesperson Refiloe Nt’sekhe was a guest speaker at the event. “My struggle will end when DA is in government and can implement policies for all people irrespective of race [or] gender to stand together without fear of discrimination, thereby fully upholding the constitution of this country,” Nt’sekhe said.

Cuthbert told Perdeby that the exhibition was a forum for students to talk about issues they are facing. The photographs and charcoal drawing artworks were commissioned by DASO and were created by UP students. Artworks in the exhibition depicted struggles such as smoking, a poor self-image, transport, substance abuse and feeling out of place. Monica Blignaut, a first-year art student who took part in the exhibition, said that she felt out of

place in South Africa. “My parents are French descendants [and] I grew up in South Africa, but being white nowadays in South Africa makes you feel sidelined, so I seek a sense of belonging,” she said.

Another artist, first-year investment management student Johan Uys, depicted substance abuse in his artwork. He told Perdeby that, “I think substance abuse is prevalent among students and not only does it affect them but the people around them as well.”

On Tuesday the exhibition was placed in front of the Humanities building, where it remained for the rest of the week. Students were given the opportunity to sign petitions addressing several issues that they face. About 2 000 students signed the different petitions which addressed issues such as a student discount for Gautrain tickets and the request for another doctor in Student Health. DASO will be handing these petitions to the respective departments.

Cuthbert said that, “We are very grateful for such a positive response to our exhibition. We hope to maintain the students’ interest throughout the semester.”

Martin Kabamba, DASO treasurer, told Perdeby in a media statement that, “Our society wishes to use this exhibition as a way to bring us closer to the students and their needs and wants.”

“We are not forcing it down people’s throats, which is why we’re getting a good response,” Cuthbert said.

Rhodes University Rhodes is on the brink of temporary closure due to the water shortage in the Makana municipality.

Students at Rhodes have been without water since 6 August. According to iAfrica.com, the problem came after a pump broke at the Waainek treatment plant.

However, Makana mayor Zamuxolo Peter has blamed the problem on ageing infrastructure.

The university is considering shutting down because 11 residences are without water. Rhodes vice-chancellor Dr Saleem Badat told SABC News that, “The water crisis has gone on for nine days and the situation is dire.

We are experiencing some serious health and safety concerns.”

At the moment water is being brought to the area from the Fish River area.

Last Wednesday students and staff held a protest because of the water shortage. Oppidan Press reported that the march was led by Badat and Dr Vivian de Klerk, the dean of students. The march was meant to express their dissatisfaction with the municipality’s response to the water crisis. The university also sent an open letter to the Makana municipality.

Habitual student-targeting criminal finally charged TARYN RICHMOND

The Department of Security Services, in conjunction with Brooklyn SAPS, has successfully managed to capture and charge a woman who has made a habit of trespassing and stealing on UP campuses.

According to Colin Fouché, UP’s director for Security Services, Lucia Phosa “is one in a series of reported criminals taking advantage of students.” The female suspect has been known by UP’s Department of Security Services since before 1999 and has been caught at least 12 times over the last few years.

Fouché said that she has not been found guilty in all of the cases and has had to be released on several occasions due to a lack of evidence and the unwillingness of witnesses to testify in court proceedings.

Manager of investigations for UP’s Department of Security Services Rowan Watson explained that habitual criminals like Phosa know the environments that they get involved in and typically fit the student profile. They rely on that to take advantage of students and provide themselves with access to situations where they can act.

A few of the instances where the suspect has been caught include outside the Merensky Library with students’ belongings and student cards in her possession. She is not a student at the university but has gained access into some of the university’s

She sets up shop for a few days and takes into her possession almost anything she can lay her hands on, ranging from underwear to laptops and cell phones. residences where she sets up shop for a few days and takes into her possession almost anything she can lay her hands on, ranging from underwear to laptops and cell phones. Targeted residences include Hippokrates, Olympus and Curlitzia.

Fouché added that negligence in these situations is the aggravating factor and that in order to “mitigate the risk, we must take away the vulnerability”. He explained that students need to

be aware of what is going on around them and if anything appears suspicious, they must contact the Department of Security Services immediately by calling the 24 hour Operational Management Centre. Students need to remember that their student card is their “key to the campus” and if it gets lost, they should immediately cancel it and get a new one.

Captain Visser of the Hatfield Court has confirmed that Phosa was charged for trespassing in June and received a three year suspended sentence on condition that “the accused is not found guilty of the same offence”.

Phosa has not been caught at UP since. However, Manthatha Satege, manager of safety and security at the University of Limpopo, confirms that on 12 June 2013 Phosa was caught trespassing on their campus. He explained that she gained access to their library with a stolen student card and was spotted on security cameras leaving the library with a laptop in her possession.

She was arrested by the Akasia SAPS but was unfortunately released due to a lack of evidence. After discussions with the Akasia SAPS Commissioner Colonel Sithole, Satege explained that the case was reopened and the police are currently still tracking her.

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Diary of a dirty dust fiend MELINA MELETAKOS

Day 1: Just getting started Welcome to the not-so-cushy belly of the beast, where dust cakes your lungs, sweet tunes fill the air and an overwhelming amount of onesies and mankinis assault your senses. Leave your personal hygiene at the gate but don’t forget to pack your guiltless abandon.

Not sure where you are? It’s Oppikoppi Bewilderbeast. And you’re invited.

A sweaty trek up to the Ray Ban stage and Shotgun Tori is making everyone stop and listen to her sincere, soul-baring lyrics and strangely soothing croon.

She’s followed by Shortstraw, whose unplugged set is anything but chilled. Admirers climb on tables and benches, bellowing requests for the band’s cult parody song “Keanu Reeves”.

Down the hill again and guitar god Dan Patlansky is doing mesmerising things to his guitar. Seeing his fingers move deftly across his guitar can never get old.

Later on, Fokofpolisiekar please their devout fans with a lengthy set in celebration of their ten-year anniversary. It’s the same old, same old from the Belville rockers, even after they debut a long-awaited new track.

Day 2: Feeling at home in the dustbowl It’s the second day and the weather is looking as groggy as the hungover beasts who are emerging from their tents.

Not to worry. Bongeziwe Mabandla lights up the Ray Ban stage with his acoustic maskandi-folk musings on the state of our rainbow nation. It’s a hearty set that sees an overexcited girl from the audience join the jiving Eastern Cape native on stage.

Later on, one-man folk band Matthew Mole performs for the Skellum stage crowd, most of which are doting girls. Those big doe eyes are enough to warm the cockles of even the toughest beast’s heart.

Shadowclub take to the horned Wesley’s Dome to perform some old favourites like “Guns

and Money”, but it’s their inspired new material and a cover of Nirvana’s “Breed” that make them one of the festival’s standout performances.

Shadowclub is back, and they’re letting everyone know it.

As the clock strikes 00:00, Bittereinder is making everyone dink en dans. At one point they are joined by Francois van Coke, who doesn’t appear to do much besides stand in between beatmasters Peach van Pletzen and Louis Minnaar.

It’s 01:00 and just about everyone knows that the “surprise” in place of Jack Parow is the pirate of the caravan park himself. Captain Morgan apparently abandoned sailing the high seas to bust Parow out of his fictitious stint in jail, just in time to perform to an audience rearing to exercise their gangster arms and spit out profanities along with the Afrikaans rapper.

Day 3: Things are starting to get smelly Crisis: Shortstraw and Jeremy Loops are scheduled to play in the same time slot. What’s an indie folk lover to do? Multitask, obviously.

Running between the looping whizz-kid at the James Phillips stage to Shortstraw’s second set for the weekend is worth it, as the band does an amusing cover of LCNVL’s “Sun In My Pocket” with Al Bairre’s Nicholas Preen.

Later, American electronic musician Robert DeLong proves why he’s been named one of MTV’s “Artists To Watch” as he does more than just push buttons to create sound.

Wielding a joystick, gamepads, drum pads, a drum kit and a Wii remote to control his vocals, DeLong takes live electronic music to another level with his frenetic live performance.

Straight after, Mango Groove’s first Oppikoppi performance draws one of the weekend’s biggest crowds to Wesley’s Dome. Goodness knows why it’s taken so long, but the wait is worth it for a set that includes the syrupy sound of that familiar pennywhistle and Claire Johnston encouraging everyone to dance, dance, dance some more.

Later on Deftones and Yellowcard are the perfect way to kiss goodbye a weekend of pleasure-seeking self-indulgence.

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Crazy race to the finish line MARGEAUX ERASMUS

The Oppikoppi Dustbowl Olympics saw four races take place over the long weekend.

The first was the Box Car Race. The rules were simple. Prawns had to make a box car equipped with a cupholder for every passenger in the car. There was no limit to the number of people allowed in each box car, as long as each person had a cupholder.

Only two contestants showed up for the start of the race. A female Batman, Danelle du Preez, and her male sidekick Robin, Gerhard Pretorius, appeared first in their Batmobile.

Du Preez told Perdeby that she would be happy with any outcome in the race as long as they did not come last, because the losers of the race not only had to run around the track again but would have to do so naked.

They were joined a few minutes later by unicyclist Hannes de Meyer, who was wearing a toy car on his head with a cupholder attached to it.

Because organisers began the race before the scheduled time, a third team joined the race in the last stretch. The two guys, in a pig police box car, came second, with De Meyer winning the race. The contestants were awarded

Oppikoppi 2014 tickets.

The highly anticipated Boom Street 500 Naked Dash took place on Saturday 10 August.

Nearly 30 bewildered beasts took part in the race, including four girls.

The only requirement of the race was that contestants had to wear shoes. The naked run not only attracted the largest number of participants, but it also drew the biggest crowd. Innocent bystanders who were not in the know were probably very confused when naked people ran past them. Inebriated, overly confident naked people. The winner of the naked run was Steve Newman, who donned a strategically placed red rhino horn with his sneakers. Newman ran the race for Project Rhino KZN. The third Dustbowl Olympic game was the Running of the Bewilderbeasts, which also took place on Saturday. Contestants had to be dressed in strange and funny outfits.

Despite the dust and scorching heat, contestants showed up in several animal onesies. Other fancy dress outfits included a guy in a tutu, Pikachu, two hippies, a mankini wearer and three painted zebras.

The winner of the race, Igor Zeljko, was dressed as The Joker. Zeljko told Perdeby after

Participants in the box car race. Photo: Hendro van der Merwe

the race that he was ecstatic about the win. “I’ve been dressed like this since Tuesday. I like this joker persona. I feel like it gives me power,” he said.

The last Dustbowl Olympic game was the Wil(d)abong Surf Classic. In this race people on surfboards were pulled along the track by their friends.

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Jack Parow and his guitarist Louwtjie Rothman on stage at Oppikoppi. Photo: Brad Donald

Parow’s prank unravelled MARGEAUX ERASMUS AND MELINA MELETAKOS On the Wednesday evening before the Oppikoppi weekend, a press statement was released stating that Afrikaans rapper Jack Parow had been arrested. Parow was allegedly arrested for disturbing the peace at the Vaalkop dam near Northam after “borrowing” a boat.

But media reported the next day that Parow had not actually been arrested and would not miss his prime-time set at the music festival on Friday evening.

Channel24 called it a prank that had “failed miserably” and Oppi-goers had mixed reactions about the news. Perdeby sat down with Jack Parow and spoke about the prank and how it was exposed.

“It’s not the easiest thing getting the police to play along and all of that stuff,” said Parow.

He said that people had phoned the police and found out that he was not being detained.

“The press release said that I was detained by security and not by police. That’s where it came loose a bit on some levels,” he said.

But Parow told Perdeby that the prank was for the people at Oppikoppi and not necessarily for everyone in South Africa. “99% of people [at Oppikoppi] still believed it completely till

the end. I even spoke to people afterwards who were like, ‘Tell me the truth. Was it a prank?’

And I’m like, ‘F**k, did you not just watch the video?’,” he said.

The video Parow mentions was played on a big screen at the James Phillips stage when Parow’s set was scheduled. The video showed Parow apologising for missing the show.

But this apology was interrupted by another video showing Captain Morgan rescuing Parow from prison. When the video ended, Parow appeared on stage and performed his 60-minute set.

Parow told Perdeby how the prank was planned: “The Captain approached me and asked me if I wanted to be part of it. Obviously such a rad pirate and me being the pirate of the caravan park, it was a good match.”

He also added that, “The main thing about it was to give people at Koppi something different. I could have just come and played another show [but] we wanted to make it something special.”

“Show people how to live like the Captain a little,” said Captain Morgan, who sat in on the interview.

When asked whether Parow’s prank meant that he was going to be sponsored by Captain Morgan, Parow said, “We’ll see how it goes.”

Alternative Afrikaans rock band Fokofpolisiekar celebrated their ten-year anniversary at Oppikoppi this year.

To mark the special occasion, the band launched their new DVD, Forgive Them For They Suck K*k, at the music festival. It is a recording of a live show with their most wellknown songs. “It was all filmed in one night.

No overdubs,” said vocalist Francois van Coke.

Fokofpolisiekar has become a household name among young South Africans. Their popularity increased steadily over the years and their song “Hemel Op Die Platteland” became the first Afrikaans song to be part of an official playlist on national radio station 5FM. The band says their ten-year existence has given Fokofpolisiekar an inside look into the South African music industry and how it has developed.

Bassist Wynand Myburgh told Perdeby that the South African music industry has got bigger and now has a lot more festivals and bands.

“The bands are sounding way better than they did ten years ago. There is actually cool local stuff that you can listen to,” he said.

“It might not always seem that way but I think we have [a] better local band scene or industry than places like Belgium or Holland where international bands pass through there all the time and the local guys never really get a chance to get on their feet,” Myburgh added.

Guitarist Hunter Kennedy agreed that more bands are touring now than ten years ago

Fokofpolisiekar frontman Francois van Coke at the band’s 10-year anniversary celebration.

Photo: Brad Donald

Fokofpolisiekar has come a long way since they first started out. Van Coke says that in the beginning their biggest challenge was trying to make it financially.

“It was hectic, quite hectic living like that.

But I think that created something special. That desperation kind of made us do something cool for the time. I think everything worked out the way it should have,” he said.

Now that they have a decade behind them, do they still think that they are relevant to their audience?

“I don’t know if we were ever really relevant, that’s something that people made up or put on us,” Kennedy said.

Fans anticipating a new Fokofpolisiekar album will be relieved by the band’s covert answers about an upcoming album. Van Coke confirmed that another Fokofpolisiekar album is in the works, but did not say when fans could expect it.

ISO’s trailer stolen at Oppikoppi MARGEAUX ERASMUS South African band ISO had their trailer and gear stolen at Oppikoppi on the Saturday night.

The band’s trailer, with music equipment valued over R100 000, was stolen from the secured artist area at the festival.

In a press release issued last week Monday, Rachelle Crous, ISO’s publicist, said that two laptops, custom-made confetti canons, drumming gear and gear on loan from Music Connection were stolen from the trailer.

“All our instruments were in there as well as our hand-built confetti canons which are irreplaceable,” ISO frontman Richard

Brokensha told Rolling Stone.

He also told Muse Online that the whole band is feeling down because their whole lives were in the trailer.

“We don’t think it was musicians – that would be strange.”

The band has asked the public to send them any information about their gear and trailer on their Facebook page.

They played at Durban’s Live – The Venue with December Streets last Friday despite the setback.

They said: “You can steal everything we have but you can’t stop us from playing.”

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You’ve spent quite a lot of time recording your album in Joburg, would you ever make it a permanent move up north?

I’ve just made it. I’ve been going back and forth. It’s such a cool place. I’m keen to stay there for as long as I need to.

What was it like working with producer Matthew Fink?

He has all these ideas and puts so much detail into what he does, so it’s just amazing to work with him. He’s open to my ideas and he was keen to just throw out whatever ideas we could put in there, so he was cool.

You’re signed to Just Music, a label which seems to be doing pretty well in an industry where others are floundering. What do you think makes them stand out?

It’s been so cool with them because they give you so much freedom. They run everything independently. They respect their artists because they sign artists that they like and like what they are doing, so they encourage them to keep doing what they’re doing instead of changing anything.

Mole woos Oppikoppi

Review:The Home We Built

Matthew Mole performing at the Skellum stage. Photo: Reinhard Nell

MELINA MELETAKOS Matthew Mole has been the name on everyone’s lips since winning the Converse Get Out of the Garage competition in 2012. Now, a year later, the humble one-man electronic folk singer has released his debut album, The Home We Built, making South African chart history by becoming the first local artist to enter the iTunes album chart at number one.

Perdeby caught up with Mole over a smoothie and some stir-fry at Oppikoppi to talk about the infamous Mahala diagram that slated him, how his religion inspires his music and what it was like working with producer Matthew Fink on the album.

You responded really well to Mahala’s snarky diagram about you. Were you as chilled about it as you let on?

A lot of people are talking about that. It’s quite cool. I thought

it was funny, it doesn’t really matter. They’re cool, they’re dicks and stuff, but it was funny and something to laugh about, I guess.

Some people took it seriously. It’s caused people to talk about it, so it helps us both.

One of the things Mahala criticised you about is the fact that you make religious music. Do you think it could isolate certain audiences?

I don’t do anything purposefully, like play the Christian card. It’s just kind of what I write about a lot. I think a lot of people could be put off by it but everyone that’s spoken to me has been really respectful about everything I’ve written about it.

You’ve said that you try to live your life a little differently to the way most people think it should be done. What way is that?

It’s kind of just a way of saying I’m Christian. It’s just what I write about but without throwing it in people’s faces. It’s not full

For a musician who has made local chart history by being the first South African artist to enter the iTunes album chart at number one, Matthew Mole’s debut, The Home We Built, sure has a lot to live up to.

Mole’s Christianity is undoubtedly an influence on the album, his faith sometimes creeping up in more overt ways than others.

On “Autumn”, he talks about enlightening people on his beliefs (“Go see the world, speak of your understanding / Make one thing known / That we are held in merciful hands and you are the way home”), while on “It’s Simple Child” Mole reflects on the magnitude of his faith (“I, I believe in such a faith / Strong enough that it will break these worldy intentions and make a change”).

“Whale” uses the Bible story of Jonah to meditate on turning your back on religion (“If you run, run, run away and disobey your father / Then wait and see there’s a whale in the sea for you”).

But make no mistake in thinking that Mole’s musings on the big guy upstairs don’t make The Home We Built any less accessible than if he were to go all secular on us. In fact, it’s his honesty and simplicity that makes him so endearing.

Our only gripe? That The Home We Built doesn’t include more tracks that haven’t been previously released on Mole’s EP, only because they’re just so damn good.

Touré’s literary inspiration helps him make “dangerous” music MELINA MELETAKOS Nakhane Touré may have penned a frighteningly frank collection of songs for his debut album Brave Confusion, but for the singersongwriter, candidness isn’t always cathartic.

“I used to think that making music would make me feel better about certain issues, but just writing a song about it doesn’t get rid of the problem,” says Touré.

On some level, he concedes, writing music does allow him to purge some of his emotional angst as he can understand his dilemmas a little bit better.

Either way, Brave Confusion is like a storybook for Touré, who says that sometimes his songs are also reminders about things he may have forgotten about himself along the way.

“Maybe life has been too busy and then I stop and it gives me that time slot to remember it, to value those things again,” says Touré. “It’s incredible.”

On Brave Confusion, he muses about sexuality, religion, his friends and even a lover.

“It’s finding the language to talk about it and sometimes it can be difficult.”

Touré, who studied English literature at Wits, turns to his love for literature to remedy this. He channels authors like Toni Morrisson, James Baldwin, Virginia Woolf and Gabriel Garcia Marquez to find a way to verbalise what he is thinking and feeling.

He says that Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things stands out for him as it deals with a lot of issues that he delves into on his album.

“Who are we supposed to love and how you’re supposed to love, and who decides for us?” asks Touré a little incredulously.

Has his passion for reading seen Touré experiment with writing any literature himself?

“I’m three-quarters through a novel,” he admits trepidly, despite receiving positive feedback from a friend who’s a lecturer at Wits.

“I was wondering if I should talk about this at all because it might be s**t.”

After listening to the wistful, unvarnished lyrics on Brave Confusion, it’s hard to believe that his novel could be anything less like the vivid, wraithlike storytelling that the album offers.

“I feel like a lot of music is missing danger, this dangerous element. Sometimes I want to feel like everything is going to fall apart at any moment,” says Touré.

He turns to literature again to make his point, this time referencing Toni Morrission’s Beloved.

“You think, by the time I read page 150, it’s going to fall apart, but it carries itself,” explains Touré. “That’s what I put into my album.”

Nakhane Touré spoke to Perdeby about the inspiration behind some of his songs. Read more online.

Nakhane Touré performing at the Ray Ban stage.

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DeLong delivers lush live performance MELINA MELETAKOS American electronic one-man wonder Robert DeLong traces the origin of his solo debut to a rainy night in Washington. Sitting in his car, he recorded a few melodies on his cell phone. These spontaneous recordings would afterwards become the groundwork for his debut album.

Later that year he graduated from university after following in the footsteps of his father, a jazz drummer, and studying drumming. DeLong began giving drumming lessons while also playing the instrument for various indie and folk bands. He was bored though, and to curb his tedium, he started writing music.

A year later he went to an electronic music festival for the first time and was so enamored with what he heard, that he went home and spruced up his original indie pop compositions with electronic elements.

Fast-forward a bit and DeLong has signed to independent label Glassnote and released his debut album Just Movement, elaborately weaving together house, electro, moombahton, indie pop and rock ‘n’ roll.

“I use a lot of the tools that I learned in school, composition and things like that to try hold everything together,” says DeLong of skillfully yoking all these genres.

“It’s also a lot of trial and error. You just have to try something and if it doesn’t work, you try the next thing.”

What’s even more startling about DeLong’s brand of electronic music, is that it is essentially lyric-driven. He uses Just Movement to explore his interest in evolution, identity and spirituality.

“I write lyrics and I have no idea how those lyrics came about afterwards,” says DeLong.

“I write music all the time but with lyrics I have to be in a weird place.”

In this way, DeLong’s vocals take a front seat, making his sound quite different to any other regular dance track.

Explains DeLong: “I love just instrumental music, especially as a function. You go to dance to dance music. But I wanted to take that energy and apply it to pop songs.”

Perhaps what is most impressive about the burgeoning young electronic artist are his lush live performances which border on the theatrical. He has an irrepressible energy as he nimbly moves

Robert DeLong performing songs from his debut album Just Movement. Photo: Hendro van der Merwe

between all his equipment, layering loops of sound. His setup looks like something out of an intergalactic adventure, with MIDI interfaces, guitar, drum pads, keyboards, laptops and game controllers. And just when you think one person couldn’t possibly do more, DeLong gets behind a drum set to display his manic drumming skills.

“The adrenalin keeps me going the whole time. I’m always tired

afterwards though,” he says.

DeLong’s performance at this year’s Oppikoppi was everything it was anticipated to be, despite his laptop crashing mid-set and DeLong asking the audience, “Africa, what are you doing to me?”

And what is DeLong’s experience of the country so far?

“Totally unique and different to any other place I’ve played, but I love it,” he says. “It’s really been amazing.”

“These are the songs we enjoy playing”

Vocalist Kobus “Rot” de Kock and bassist Chris van der Merwe entertain the Oppikoppi crowd with their rock ‘n’ roll blues.

Photo: Reinhard Nell

HEIN PAPENFUS Perdeby caught up with eccentric rock ‘n’ roll blues band Black Cat Bones somewhere between them ordering a generous number of shooters and guitarist Andre Kriel attempting to ride a motorbike he found backstage.

Kriel, bassist Chris van der Walt and drummer Jason Hinch talk about the strangest beast they saw at Oppikoppi, which act they looked forward to seeing most and how they adapt their frenetic

live performance for a festival setting.

What’s the best thing about Oppikoppi?

Andre: The vibe, the loyalty and the f*****g professionalism.

Chris: From a backstage point of view, the professionalism.

Andre: Just the way they run f*****g things.

Chris: But then front of house, the best thing is drinking in the heat and drinking in the cold [laughs].

What’s the strangest beast you’ve seen so far?

Jason: It’s our Sondag competition winner.

Chris: I think his name is Gareth Wilson.

Jason: Ja, Mr Gareth Wilson be the beast.

Which act are you most looking forward to seeing at Oppi?

Chris: Mango Groove. And like Deftones and stuff as well, but I think if Mango Groove starts playing, everyone is going to dance.

Andre: Mango Groove is going to kill it. They are going to take this Koppi, without a doubt.

Black Cat Bones won this year’s MK Award for Best Live Act. What do you think goes into a good live performance?

Chris: Everything you’ve got, man.

Andre: Everything.

Jason: It’s doing what we enjoy man, and we’ve been asked that question lots today. The reason we’re so good live is because we f*****g love what we do.

Chris: These are the songs we enjoy playing and we enjoy playing together. We have fun and there is a lot of energy. When we play there is no tomorrow, there is no hour from now, it’s all about then, there and now.

How does your live performance change in a festival setting as opposed to a more intimate gig?

Chris: We actually do cater very widely. We’ve got a great variety of songs at The Black Cat Bones. We can play songs where we literally don’t rock out at all. We’ve got acoustic evenings.

Tomorrow at the top stage we are doing The Black Cat Bones: Deboned and it’s all soft and acoustic kind of songs.

Andre: It depends on the gig hey.

Chris: It’s completely different to a festival where it’s more like an explosion.

Andre: You have to be visual.

Chris: At a festival you also have to have a set that’s powerful and entertaining and grabs the audience straight away because if you lose them it only takes a split second for them to turn around and walk away, there is so much going on.

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The dusty catwalk As the pearly gates of Oppikoppi opened, the strange beasts came out to play.

Some people wore the regular festival staple of gumboots, hats and buffs while others left their sartorial inhibitions at home.

Perdeby was there to scout the weird, the wacky and the wonderful.

We found a few festival-goers who embraced the Oppikoppi theme with animal onesies while others donned leopard-print attire.

And then there were those with brightlyhued hair and bold outfits who bewildered the other beasts.

Photos: Brad Donald and Reinhard Nell

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Curlitzia and Sonop go to Ser nationals

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MELINA MELETAKOS The University of Pretoria’s a cappella spectacular, Serenade, took place on Friday night in the Musaion.

Men and women’s residences went up against each other for the chance to compete with other universities at a national level.

Dressed in royal blue overalls, Curlitzia took home the overall prize in the ladies category with their garbage cleaner theme. One of the highlights of their performance was their rendition of Jack Parow and Gazelle’s “Hosh Tokolosh”.

Vividus Ladies came second with their Pearl Harbour theme, while Magrietjie’s evil queens came third.

In the men’s category, Sonop’s mafiosos came first overall. Their mock gun fight and props, like a black body bag that they dragged onto stage, were a clever touch to their performance.

In second place was Mopanie’s Mops Barber Shop, while Vividus Men’s dapper waiters came third.

Maritza Lubbe, the chairperson of STUKU, said that the standard of this year’s performances was high.

“We saw new stars rise in the competition that were not always so prominent in the past and the day houses can be very proud of what

Vividus Ladies

Photos: Brad Donald and Ilana van Heerden

they presented,” says Lubbe.

Commenting on Tuks’s chances of winning Serenade at the national competition, which will take place in Potchefstroom on 31 August, Lubbe says she completely trusts the decision the judges made and believes they selected the groups that will best represent Tuks at nationals.

“With a little bit of refining, I think our teams stand a good chance of walking away with the title, however this will definitely not be easy,” says Lubbe.

Category winners Men’s best theme: Taaibos Ladies’ best theme: Madelief Men’s best own composition: 1. Sonop 2. Mopanie 3. Vividus Men Women’s best own composition: 1. Madelief 2. Curlitzia 3. Erika Men’s best prescribed song: 1. Vividus Men 2. Mopanie 3. Sonop Ladies’ best prescribed song: 1. Curlitzia 2. Madelief 3. Magrietjie

Broadway musical comes to local audiences ERENE OBERHOLZER The University of Pretoria’s drama department is bringing the worldwide cult musical Bat Boy: The Musical to local audiences this week.

Based on the book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming, Bat Boy tells the story of Edgar, a half-boy half-bat who finds himself amongst people for the first time after being rescued from the dark, lonely cave he has been living in his whole life.

Director Anitra Davel transformed the original American rock musical into a South African context to bring it closer to home.

“There are themes of discrimination, tolerance, prejudice and acceptance,” says Davel. “It fits so well into the history of our country.”

The geographical setting of Bat Boy is also rather apt, says Davel.

“It’s set in a coal mining town where the coal is dried up and they are forced to farm cattle to survive. We are looking at the translation

from Broadway theatre into the South African with the cast, something that helps make it more theatre. So it fitted that criterion.”

South African.

Why did Davel try to make “We started off exploring our a well-known musical like Bat own backgrounds and our own Boy relevant for South African cultural heritage and our own audiences? ideas about life,” said Davel of “I think musical theatre is in the process. a bit of a crisis in our country.

With music and lyrics from We have this amazing history Laurence O’Keefe, Davel says of South African musical that the music is challenging. theatre, which came out of “The music is so hard and protest theatre. And suddenly so difficult. Even the band is after that has dialed down, challenging. It’s really a difficult there is no more money for show musically.” protest theatre because we To solve the problem, Davel don’t have to protest anymore,” roped in musical director Dr says Davel.

Harold Mortimor, whose trip was “Now the big producers sponsored by the United States will only produce shows Embassy.

Bat Boy director Anita Davel that they know are going to “He is so knowledgeable and Photo: artistconnection.co.za make money. We see a lot of brings so much and the students musicals that don’t speak to us learn so much from him. They will as South Africans.” take it with them in their careers for the rest of Davel’s student production was workshopped their lives,” says Davel.

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scorned exes and dirty pictures

Image: Oan de Waal and Brad Donald

BERND FISCHER “Oh, to be young and in love” today is far less simple than what it used to be when our parents and grandparents met. We live in a time where our every move is recorded and posted for the whole world to see – and sometimes, it may be a move intended for your significant other’s eyes only. Yet somehow, your dirty picture found its way onto the Internet without your permission.

Let’s face it: most break-ups are nasty (consider yourself lucky if you’ve managed to end a relationship amicably). Some may suggest that the best way to get over someone (and to pretend that you’re fine without your ex) is to get under someone else – though judging by the nature of most rebound relationships, these are short-lived and a scorned partner might not feel like they have had their vengeance. It’s usually those partners who have led to the creation of what has been called “revenge porn”.

Revenge porn is sexually explicit media of an ex-partner distributed online in a deliberate attempt to humiliate them.

These private mementos are either posted on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter or on porn sites that specifically cater for revenge porn, which has gained a niche of its own in the porn industry. These (mostly) amateur websites allow the anonymous submission of explicit material from just about anybody. Victims of revenge porn do not, however, remain unidentified since the ex who submits the photographs or videos often has the choice to include the name and address of the victim, as well as a direct link to the victim’s Facebook or Twitter profile.

Ruth Jeffery, a 24-year-old computer science graduate from Loughborough University, tells The Sun how she fell victim to revenge porn when her ex-boyfriend Shane Webber started posting nude pictures of her online. Within weeks of the breakup, more than 50 sexually explicit pictures of Jeffery had made it onto revenge porn sites. This led to hundreds of messages from unknown men either asking Jeffery for sex or sending her pictures of themselves performing sex acts. “It became apparent that someone pretending to be me had sent naked pictures of me to websites. Emails came flooding in – they were absolutely disgusting,” Jeffery said. Webber also had access to Jeffery’s Facebook and email accounts and went as far as sending explicit images of her to all of her contacts. The humiliation and shame Jeffrey experienced led her to contemplate suicide and she aborted her pregnancy.

There are hundreds of similar stories being shared by victims of revenge porn. Canadian teenager Amanda Todd shared her story on YouTube about being a victim of revenge porn and the subsequent bullying she had to endure at school after naked pictures of her were posted online. Unfortunately, despite changing schools and finding a new group of friends as well as being treated for depression and anxiety, Todd committed suicide in October last year, the Huffington Post reported.

Blogger and The Guardian writer SE Smith says about revenge porn that, “Someone sent data with the expectation that it would be private. And when that information is made public for purposes of humiliation, shaming or anything else, we should be able to agree that’s not okay.” Smith also says that a lot of people tend to blame the victim, arguing that they should

be more careful. Similarly, in an article published by The Age last month, writer Amy Gray said that some people will dismiss these concerns, insisting that it is the victim’s fault for taking and sending such pictures. Gray believes that it is common in our society “to place guilt on the victim rather than the truly guilty, the person who deliberately broke trust in an attempt to humiliate their victim.”

Apart from the humiliation and psychological distress experienced by victims of revenge porn, these private images that have become public tend to haunt the victims for the rest of their lives. “Images like these can be used as grounds to fire people, not hire them in the first place, refuse to rent to them, or investigate them as unfit parents, among other things,” says Smith.

This is exactly what happened to Holly Jacobs, a 29-year-old PhD student from Florida. Jacobs’s ex-boyfriend Ryan Seay sent private photos and videos of her to revenge porn websites as well

Apart from the humiliation and psychological distress experienced by victims of revenge porn, these private images that have become public tend to haunt the victims for the rest of their lives. as to her co-workers and friends for years. Eventually she had to change her name in order to escape the embarrassment of internet search results. She also quit her job when her employer found out about the degrading content.

While most revenge porn sites focus largely on women, many sites also feature men, especially those already well-known to the public. Often referred to as “the most hated man on the internet”, Hunter Moore’s revenge porn site IsAnyoneUp.com became one of the first and most popular revenge porn sites. The website, which was eventually shut down last year, featured as many men as women, if not more, especially if those men were famous band members.

Zack Merrick, bassist of American band All Time Low, tells the Alternative Press of a picture submitted to IsAnyoneUp.com by an ex-girlfriend: “I tried not to make it seem like it was a big deal, but it sucks. I was [on tour] in Brazil, this beautiful country, [when the photo went viral] and I’m just thinking, ‘What do I tell my parents if they find out? What do I tell all my friends?’”

The explicit photo drew so much attention that Merrick became a trending topic on Twitter.

When asked why he started the website, Moore tells the Alternative Press that it is “some sort of high” for him to see someone he knows naked and “to point and laugh or get turned on”. However, Moore states that he is willing to remove any content if the victim uses the removal form on his site. Merrick disputes this claim and says that All Time Low’s management

has asked for his picture to be taken down numerous times to no avail.

“Once you press ‘send’, you are likely no longer in control of that content. You probably have given ownership of the property – in this case, a picture in which you happen to be naked – to someone else,” says Danny Alvarez Sr, a partner at Sanchez Law Offices in Tampa, Florida.

According to TheAwl.com, a website focusing on current events and culture, revenge porn websites in the USA are protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. The act protects internet service providers, including websites and blogs, who publish information provided by thirdparty members as long as the material is not illegal, such as child pornography or copyrighted images.

The New York Daily News reports that the only state in the US with a revenge porn law is New Jersey. The law was passed in November 2010 after Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi committed suicide earlier that year after a private video of him and another man was posted online by Clementi’s roommate.

Awareness is being raised and some progress is being made concerning this form of “cyber rape”, as Jacobs describes the violation that is revenge porn on EndRevengePorn.org, an advocacy group started by Jacobs which allows people to petition for revenge porn laws. Jacobs has gone on to sue her ex and is campaigning for laws and harassment bills in the state of Florida.

California has also started debating whether more stringent measures need to be taken. In May this year, the Huffington Post reported that if the bill is to be passed, it would make the distribution of revenge porn a misdemeanour offence under Californian law, punishable by a $1 000 fine and/or up to a month in jail. “This is a common sense bill that clamps down on those who exploit intimacy and trust for revenge or personal gain,” says California state senator Anthony Cannella.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the first-ever social networking-related sentence was given in Australia to 20-yearold Ravshan “Ronnie” Usmanov after he uploaded naked pictures of his ex-girlfriend on Facebook. Deputy-chief magistrate Jane Mottley, who sentenced Usmanov to six months in jail, says that she was “deterring both the offender and the community generally from committing similar crimes” as “incalculable damage can be done to a person’s reputation by the irresponsible posting of information through [such a] medium”.

Perdeby spoke to Keneilwe Radebe, a lecturer who assists with the teaching of Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Media Law at UP, to find out about laws in SA that protect victims of revenge porn. “In South Africa there is no legislation exclusively dealing with revenge porn. However, a victim has the right to take legal action against the perpetrator and the publisher (website) based on defamation, the unlawful invasion of the victim’s right to privacy and the infringement of one’s personality rights,” Radebe says.

Even if action is taken against scorned exes, the reality is that once something is posted online, it never really disappears.

Search engines are still going to be able to name and shame those who have fallen victim to revenge porn.

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New smart card IDs: worth it or waste of money?

MARKO SVICEVIC A select few South Africans were presented with their new smart card IDs last month. With the rest of SA expected to apply soon, Perdeby conducted a survey to see how many students were aware of the new smart card IDs. Only 39% of students were aware of the new IDs, but 70% of those students felt that the new IDs are a positive change for South Africa.

The new smart card IDs were officially introduced in July. The new ID cards resemble a driver’s licence and are said to have “impenetrable features”. According to the Department of Home Affairs, the new ID cards will make identity scams and forgery nearly impossible.

Minister of Home Affairs Naledi Pandor said that the new ID cards have two security features. The first feature is a physical one, involving holograms, laser engravings and personal details which will allow for visual verification of the card and would allow for the easy identification of tampered cards. The second feature is a “logical security feature” which includes embedded fingerprint biometrics and biographic data in the ID card’s chip.

In layman’s terms, this is the capturing and storing of data which is unique to individuals, such as fingerprints and even DNA. Student opinion on the matter varied somewhat. Ruani Oberholzer, a first-year industrial engineering student, said that it’s good when a country like South Africa is raising its standard to keep up with the latest initiatives. However, not everyone feels that the new IDs are necessary. Aaron Facoline, a first-year mechanical engineering student, said that he was not aware of

Fact Box First time ID applicants will not be charged a fee for their new smart card IDs, but current Tuks students will have to apply for the new ID and will need the following: 1. An issuing fee of R140. If you are a South African citizen, you will need your current green barcoded ID, birth certificate and proof of address. If you are a permanent resident in the country, you will need to bring your current green barcoded ID, permanent residence certificate and proof of address.

2. It is also expected of you to give in your old green barcoded ID for it to be cancelled.

3. Applicants will not need to bring photographs with them when applying. Instead, the application office will cater for the ID photographs.

4. According to Home Affairs, if the application is a successful and “straightforward” one, you should receive your new ID card within 14 working days of applying and you will need to collect it from the same office where you applied.

5. Tuks students will have three options in Gauteng where they can apply: Byron Place in Pretoria, Harrison Street in Johannesburg, and Soweto.

6. The card will display your names, gender, citizenship status, date of birth and ID number.

turnaround time than the 54 days estimated for the production of the green barcoded ID books.

According to the Department of Home Affairs, senior citizens above the age of 80 will be the first to be issued with the new ID cards. Thereafter, applicants will be invited to apply according to their date of birth.

The SABC reported that several government officials and senior citizens were handed their new IDs on 18 July this year.

Among those were President Jacob Zuma, deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe, former presidents Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and FW de Klerk, archbishop Desmond Tutu and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

Although the new IDs do not need to be renewed, you will, however, need to apply for a new smart card ID if you lose the card or if the card is damaged. In instances where your name changes as a result of marriage, divorce, or for any other reason, the department advises that you apply for a new smart card ID. In either circumstance, you will need to pay for the new ID card.

According to SouthAfrica.info, Pandor expects the public to be invited to take part in the process in October, by which time the department aims to have 27 pilot offices installed with the necessary technology to process the new smart cards IDs. Perdeby has compiled a list (in the fact box provided) of what you will need as soon as you are allowed to apply for your new smart card ID. Infographics: Marko Svicevic

the new IDs. He said that the improvement of the security of ID cards is a good thing, but added that no security system is foolproof. “Someone will find a way to get past it,” he said, and added that, “Money and effort can be put into more important matters.”

During a media briefing on 4 July Pandor said that, when introducing the first implementation stages of the new smart card IDs, it is expected to take between six and eight years before all South Africans will have the new IDs. The new ID cards will coexist with the old green barcoded ID books during this transition phase.

Applicants will receive their new IDs in about 14 working days, according to SouthAfrica.info. This is a far better

Just crazy talk or something more sinister?

ANLERIE DE WET Remember Amanda Bynes? That kid who had her own TV show on Nickelodeon and later went on to making popular teen movies such as She’s the Man and Hairspray? Yes, the same actress who recently started a fire in a random elderly woman’s driveway as well as accidentally soaking her dog in gasoline and setting her own pants on fire.

At first glance, the media depicted the now 27-year-old as just another child star who fell off the wagon. However, after being arrested and placed under involuntary psychiatric care last month, several doctors who have been observing Bynes’s behaviour believe that she could be suffering from schizophrenia.

According to the non-profit resource website Helpguide. org, schizophrenia is “a brain disorder that affects the way a person acts, thinks and sees the world”. People who suffer from schizophrenia have an “altered perception of reality”. The most

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common misconception about schizophrenia is that its victims have “split personalities”. However, this is an entirely different disorder known as dissociative identity disorder. Schizophrenia, on the other hand, is when a person’s mental functions are “split” from reality. The cause of schizophrenia is complex and as of yet not fully understood. A connection between genetics and environmental factors has been found to be the most likely cause of the disorder.

Helpguide.org explains that when it comes to genetics, an individual has a 10% chance of developing schizophrenia if his or her parents have had the condition. In total, 40% of schizophrenics have had family members with the disorder.

According to Schizophrenia.com, genetics only make a person more prone to developing schizophrenia but environmental factors such as stress can trigger the disorder. Another cause that plays a role in the development of the disorder is the abnormality of an individual’s brain structure. Many diagnosed schizophrenics have enlarged brain ventricles where there is very little activity in the frontal lobe (part of the brain responsible for reasoning and decision-making).

Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. in New Jersey found that schizophrenia is more severe in men than it is in women because men develop schizophrenic behaviour at an earlier age. It is argued that men are more likely to hit their head and cause brain damage during sports at a young age, increasing the risk for schizophrenia. The fact that men have more violent and threatening breakouts than women also adds to the equation. Men are more likely to develop schizophrenia between their teens and their 20s, whereas women are more likely to develop it in their 20s or 30s. The younger a person is when he or she develops the disorder, the worse it is.

Although schizophrenia is a rare condition, it can still be found among students. According to Kobus du Plooy, a clinical psychologist at UP Student Support, there have been cases of schizophrenia at UP, “albeit very few,” he says.

Du Plooy says that it only affects about 1% to 1.5% of the total population. Because it is such a rare condition and because every patient tends to show different kinds of signs and symptoms, it is difficult to diagnose a person as schizophrenic.

Schizophrenia can be a devastating disorder for the victims and also for their friends and family. If the condition is not treated properly or if it is ignored, the effects can include disruptions in relationships, drug and alcohol abuse and a high risk of attempted suicide.

Although schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness, there is

still hope of a good balanced life. If schizophrenia is properly diagnosed and effectively treated, those suffering from it may improve and carry on living functional lives, according to Du Plooy, whereas the wrong diagnosis and treatment can worsen the condition.

The responsibility to help a person with schizophrenia lies with his or her family and friends. Anyone who has this mental disorder will not even realise that their problems are fueled by an illness. If they are unwilling to seek help from a psychiatrist or psychologist, it is best to inform the police or any other emergency services who can legally detain your loved one for medical analysis. Registered students at UP who suffer from this condition can receive free medical services along with psychotherapy from Student Support.

With the right support and treatment, schizophrenia is a disease that can be kept under control.

Early warning signs and symptoms of schizophrenia Signs: • Withdrawal from social life • Depression • No concern for personal hygiene • Irrational statements • Inability to show true emotions Symptoms: • Delusions: schizophrenics have a strong belief (despite rational evidence) that reality is fake. They may feel like someone is out to get them and/or to control them or they may believe that they are somebody else.

• Hallucinations: schizophrenics hear voices or sounds that seem real to them (these voices are commonly cruel and vulgar). It tends to be worse when they are alone.

• Disorganised speech: they can start a sentence saying one thing and then trail off to another topic entirely. They often repeat themselves and make up words.

• Disorganised behaviour: their daily activities and functions take a toll for the worse, which makes them unable to take care of themselves. This is because they have no impulse or inhibition.

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Pssst… welcomes the long break before the next Serenade where Pssst… will have to hear the residences perform, or try to perform, again.

Pssst… recommends that Kiaat decide what their theme and song choices will be now already so that they don’t have to go through the embarrassment of forgetting their lyrics on stage again. But Pssst… wonders if the Kiaat boys really forgot the lyrics to the songs or if they just realised how horrible they sounded and wanted to spare themselves and the audience from further suffering. It would also probably help to have a few less shots of Old Brown Sherry before you try to entertain us next year.

Pssst… was also not impressed with Olympus’s theme.

Let’s just say that they may not be the go-to people for any medical emergencies. Pssst… is still concerned about Olympus. Last year they were butchers at Ienkmelodienk

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Fun and Games and now they’re mad scientists at Serenade. These themes haven’t exactly put Pssst… at ease about their future medical endeavours.

Pssst… is all about being able to laugh at yourself, but Pssst… thinks Madelief’s fat camp theme might be taking things a bit too far. There are other less awkward ways to express your appreciation for the dining hall. Speaking of bad life decisions, Pssst… would like to strongly discourage Erika from rapping ever again. Channel your inner Fresh Prince of Bel Air somewhere else, preferably far away from Pssst…. Magrietjie seemed to be quite impressed with Erika. It took Pssst… a few minutes to realise that the group was Magrietjie’s Serenade girls and not Erika first years.

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Mopanie beat Olienhout in residence rugby

Success for TuksBasketball GABRIELLA FERREIRA

Mopanie (orange) and Olienhout (red). Photo: Ilana van Heerden

KHUMO MEKGWE Mopanie beat Olienhout 16-11 last Tuesday to make it through to the finals of the residence rugby league.

Defending champions Mopanie took no time in trying to dominate the match. They immediately took a scrum in the early minutes of the game in an effort to push the ball forward into Olienhout’s territory. They were rewarded with a penalty which was missed by Evan Erasmus. Olienhout’s defence was strong and the game fell into a defence-orientated match.

A line-out awarded to Mopanie allowed the ball to move deep into Olienhout’s territory and Mopanie were given another penalty. Erasmus converted it to give Mopanie a three-point lead.

Olienhout broke into Mopanie’s territory with a convincing pass from Olienhout’s inside centre Nic van Wyk to outside centre Joggie Vermooten. Mopanie forced a line-out which took the ball back into the middle of the field while Olienhout were given a chance to restructure their attacking line.

The intensity of the match increased as the game moved into an advantage phase with intervals of line-outs and scrums until ten minutes before the half-time whistle.

Olienhout played a running game and managed to tire Mopanie’s defence, with Van Wyk finding a gap in the Mopanie defence and scoring a try to give Olienhout a two-point lead.

Mopanie were given their third penalty after an Olienhout scrum infringement just before half time. Fly-half Christiaan Strydom converted the penalty to give Mopanie a 6-5 lead.

Olienhout started the second half with fast, attacking play. A mistake from Olienhout gave Mopanie another penalty, which Strydom converted to make the score 9-5. A penalty given to Olienhout was converted by Henri Terreblanche, reducing Mopanie’s lead to 9-8.

Mopanie outside centre Helgaard Gous stole the ball mid-air and ran for the try line to score his team’s only try of the match.

Strydom converted the try to make the score 16-8. Olienhout scored another penalty to make the final score 16-11.

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TuksBasketball were undefeated on 4 August at the University of Pretoria when they went up against North-West University (NWU-Pukke), Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) and Vaal University of Technology (VUT).

The most exciting fixture was arguably the Tuks women’s match as the side took on a VUT team made up solely of players who represent their countries on an international level.

The match was very competitive and the Tuks women won by a narrow margin, with the game ending on a final score of 66-62.

VUT took an early lead in the first quarter but Tuks managed to come back and dominate the remaining three quarters.

Tuks 1 men played TUT, winning the match 85-37. Tuks were easy victors and dominated in all areas of the game and will look to maintain their good form.

Tuks 2 men were meant to play NWU-Pukke 2, but due to NWU-Pukke’s failing to attend the game, Tuks won 20-0 by forfeit. The match was meant to be a very important game for both teams as it would determine who would occupy the top position on the log.

These victories add to TuksBasketball’s current good form, which took the teams to the semi-finals of the University Sports of South Africa basketball tournament last month.

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Tuks score five against UCT

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ISHMAEL MOHLABE Tuks beat the University of Cape Town (UCT) 5-0 in their fourth-week Varsity Football Challenge match at TuksStadium on 12 August. Tuks scored twice in the first half and completed the rout in the second half of the match.

Tuks made it clear from the start that they would dominate the game and scored the opening goal with just under seven minutes played. The ball found Sphelele Khuzwayo who tapped the ball past UCT keeper Bevan Adonis after a throw in from Mosa Sesele to make it 1-0. Adonis produced a brilliant save to deny Tuks a second goal after Mcebisi Mtshali blasted in an attempt from the edge of the 18-yard box.

Tuks’ next scoring opportunity came on the half-hour mark when Sesele’s shot went just inches wide of the far post. They doubled their score in the 32nd minute as Dean Wilkinson scored from the right flank.

UCT had their only scoring chance five minutes before the interval. Moeketsi Modiba failed to capitalise on a cross from Jonathan Meladowitz.

UCT began the second half with some brilliant and promising exchanges of passes between Thami Mehlo and Anees Cozyn but could not stop Tuks from scoring their third goal in the 62nd minute through Mbongeni Masilela.

Ten minutes later second-half substitute Keegan Boulle scored Tuks’ fourth goal after a chip from Claudio Barreiro found him the box. Boulle completed his brace in the 82nd minute to wrap up the vital three points for Tuks.

The victory put Tuks in fourth position on the log with seven points.

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Robin van Persie (Manchester United), Gareth Barry and Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Juan Mata (Chelsea) and Per Mertesacker (Arsenal). Images: www.skysports.com

GABRIELLA FERREIRA August represents the beginning of the football season for many sport fans. The start of the most popular league in the world, the English Premier League (EPL), is arguably the most anticipated impending event. The 2013/2014 EPL began last weekend and will see a number of new players, managers and teams introduced.

This new season will be significant because it is the first season in which goal-line technology will be used. Hawk-Eye computer systems will be used to determine whether a legitimate goal has been scored, thus limiting human error from affecting the final score.

The new managers at Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City, Everton and Stoke City will all hope to introduce winning dynamics at their clubs. Manchester United will be without Sir Alex Ferguson for the first season in 27 years. Former Everton manager David

Moyes will have great expectations set by the club and its fans.

The season also sees the return of José Mourinho to Chelsea. Mourinho, who is often hailed as one of the greatest managers ever to work in the Premier League, won six trophies in three seasons with Chelsea between 2004 and 2007. He will undoubtedly be under pressure from Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to better his previous achievements.

Manchester City have brought in Manuel Pellegrini from Málaga to replace Roberto di Matteo. This will be Pellegrini’s first season in the Premier League. Pellegrini’s success at Málaga will be expected to continue at his new club.

Roberto Martínez, who won the Football Association Cup with Wigan Athletic last season, will replace David Moyes at Everton.

Martínez will have a similar role to Moyes in trying to win the respect of fans after having

replaced a much-loved and successful manager.

Finally, Mark Hughes will take over at Stoke City, the fifth club he has managed in the Premier League.

Newly promoted teams this season are Hull City, Cardiff City and Crystal Palace. Each team will aim to maintain their status as a Premier League side by the end of the season.

The following can be seen as some of the most important matches for the first five months of the new season: Manchester United v Chelsea (24 August) This will be the first big match for both Moyes and Mourinho this season. Both managers will be hoping to prove that their appointment at their respective clubs was the right decision and a win will give either team an early advantage in the season.

Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur (31 August) The North London derby is always a massive fixture. Two of London’s biggest rivals will

attempt to get the advantage over the other in this early derby. This game may be a deciding factor on which of these two teams receives a Champions League qualification spot.

Manchester City v Manchester United (21 September) The Manchester derby has proved to be an exciting fixture in the last few seasons, with the winning team going on to win the league in the last two seasons. Winning the local derby will help the new managers in gaining the fans’ support.

Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea (28 September) This fixture sees Tottenham manager André Villas-Boas taking on his former club.

Tottenham proved last season that they are capable of competing for a top-four position and an impressive performance in this match will help them affirm that.

Tuks athletes shine at IAAF

Marc Mundell, Orazio Cremona, PC Beneke, Toby Sutcliffe, Lynique Prinsloo, Anneri Ebersohn, Kobus van der Walt, LJ van Zyl and Hennie Kotze. Photo: Ilana van Heerden

KHUMO MEKGWE Nine athletes from TuksAthletics have been chosen to represent South Africa at the 14th IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federation) competition in Russia this month.

Marc Mundell Degree: Honours in sport psychology and sports management Age: 30 Event: 50km race walk World ranking: 141 Personal best: 3h 55m 32s 50km race walk at the 2012 London Olympics.

Honours: First South African race walker to compete in the Olympics since 1960. Current

South African and African 50km race walk record holder.

Orazio Cremona Age: 24 Event: Shot-put World ranking: 15 Personal best: 20.55m Honours: Two-time South African champion.

PC Beneke Degree: Bachelor of Sports Sciences Age: 23 Event: 400m hurdles World ranking: 31 Personal best: 49.77s Honours: Ranked third in South Africa. Won

bronze in the 4×400m relay at the World Student Games. Fifth in the 12th IAAF Junior World Champs 2008.

Lynique Prinsloo Age: 22 Degree: Bachelor of Sports Sciences Event: Long jump World ranking: 25 Personal best: 6.81m Honours: Won bronze at the 2012 African Championships.

Anneri Ebersohn Age: 23 Degree: LLB Event: 400m hurdles

World ranking: 28 Personal best: 55.87s Honours: Ranked second in the women’s 400m hurdles in South Africa. Bronze in the 4×400m women’s relay at the World Student Games 2013.

LJ van Zyl Age: 28 Degree: BEd (Hons) Education Management, Law and Policy Event: 400m hurdles World ranking: 23 Personal best: 47.66s Honours: Three-time African Championships gold medallist. Two-time Diamond League meeting winner. Two-time World Athletics Final silver medallist.

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