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SpeakOut UP tackles sexual harrassment Pg. 3

UP Societies face funding cuts

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Five Guys notes’ firstyear Executive Director

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Aandklas Open Mic Night celebrates 3rd anniversary Pg. 6

Sasco remains a suspended society

Pg. 4 The recognition of Muslim marriages in SA

Little Wolf Brewery discusses Capital Craft Beer Festival 2018

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Pg. 7 Image: Claudine Noppe

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Editorial | 21 May 2018

Campus politics

Poetry Corner

Editorial

Never Too Late for A Miracle — David Olu Bolatimi

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e pray for the days when the sun smiles upon our face. When the wind grazes us with tranquillity, joy, and love. When the daisies and sunflowers dance in the abyss of the evergreen. When laughter and smiles and little ones remind us what innocence is. Singing and telling stories by the camp fire – stories of bravery, passion, dreams and love. Oh how we long for the days when the sky doesn’t end, and we gaze upon the stars, make a wish and hope.

There will be winters when the skies are filled with large, dark, heavy, pregnant clouds. Roaring thunders as Thor expresses mutual anger and frustration – screaming to let out the excruciating pain within, a pain we cannot explain. Secret tears, dying in silence as our world crumbles before us. Either focusing on what’s tearing us apart or what’s keeping us together.

Step out into the rain and dance for it might be your last. Stand still in the face of danger, for the grass darkness will be triumphed.

Darkness lasts for the night, but the sun shines in the morning. A new day, a blank page – brand new stories, brand new adventures waiting to be written. And we all know that every story has a silver lining.

That anger you feel, that burning rage that has veins popping from your core being. That is desire – the longing for something bigger, something better, something greater. Until you get there; Never give up. Have big dreams, you will grow into them. Don’t let your dreams stay dreams. Because it’s never too late for a miracle, it’s never too late for love. Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

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’m tired. So much happened in the last week regarding some developing news stories and political discourses on campus. To the average So keep praying. Keep hoping. Keep dreaming. It will happen. Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, student these will be small interesting (or uninteresting) live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason. stories that have nothing to do with anything really. But to a small handful of people (looking at Student Forum Perdeby often gets asked if we have a space for poetry in the as an indication, that makes about 100 students) last If you have ever been feautured in our paper. Now we do. If you think your poetry should appear in week was wild.

Poetry Corner, we would like to give you this space, send an email to perdeby@up.ac.za. Submissions Sasco is still banned. This comes after they failed a small gift. Please come to the Perdeby of more than 100 words may not be considered. Submissions to submit a report in time and hung a flag during Offices to redeem it. may not have any unusual layout features. See the Perdeby welcoming week (page 4). Sasco had some problems letter policy at perdeby.co.za for other guidelines. with the ruling, one being that SRC member in charge of Societies, Obakeng Sepeng, mishandled the processes and ultimately would have had to make the call for banning the society, but which was instead made by the SRC and communicated by SRC President Perdeby appreciates that freedom of speech is an inalienable right enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic South Africa. We encourage Kwena Moloto. But then we get news that Sepeng is our readers to engage in discussion and debate on issues that affect them through letters to the Editor, comments on our website, tweets, or having his own troubles with the societies at UP and posts on Facebook. We ask our readers to keep the following in mind: is threatening to take funding away from UP societies 1. Perdeby will not edit letters, comments, tweets, or Facebook posts in any way.

2. Perdeby will label letters, comments, tweets, or Facebook posts as opinion. These do not represent the views of Perdeby in any way. after messing around with their time (also page 4). If 3. The Perdeby editorial must approve letters, comments, tweets, or Facebook posts before they are published. we compare these events and try equate these into their 4. Perdeby will not publish letters, comments, tweets, or Facebook posts that are defamatory, or libelous, or that contain offensive content. broader political environment on campus, we get left 5. Perdeby reserves the right to practice discretion when publishing letters, comments, tweets, or Facebook posts. with a confusing mess of hypocrisy, unfair treatment, 6. Perdeby reserves the right to publish any content we receive unless the sender specifically requests otherwise. bad communication, and needless and groundless 7. Perdeby reserves the right to retract a letter, comment, tweet, or Facebook post after it has been published. rivalries. Honestly, it looks like a high school clique 8. Perdeby will not accept responsibility for any consequences the author of a letter, comments, tweets, or Facebook posts may experience as fight. All the while there are students with actual a result of the letter being published. problems that need to be addressed, as well as people 9. Perdeby will only publish letters between 150 and 200 words.

10. Perdeby will not publish letters unless the writer confirms their full name, student number and contact number. Perdeby will not publish who simply joined societies to live out their passions this information, we need it for our records. and find those with similar ways of thinking, and then they must be faced with petty quarrels.

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21 May 2018 | News

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SpeakOut UP tackles sexual harrassment Mbali Mkhithi

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n 8 May, a demonstration was held

by Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania (PASMA) at the Student Centre on Hatfield Campus where students protested using slogans such as “Femicide is a South African Curse”, “No to women killing” and “Blow the whistle on the likes of Mdu Manana”. According to PASMA secretary Olwethu Dlanga, the aim of the protest was to raise awareness about femicide, which is the killing of women by men. Dlanga said that, “People are not educated about the dangers of masculinity, misogyny and patriarchy and its toxicity. Violence perpetuated on women by men has been normalized by society to an extent whereby people are becoming desensitized to these things.” During the mass meeting which was held on the same day, questions were raised concerning the safety of victims who are forced to live within the same space as their perpetrators on campus.

Another speak out session was organised by the Hatfield Studios executive committee and held on 9 May at Hatfield Studios Lounge.

The main point of discussion was, “Are we safe?” The guest speakers at this event were senior UP students Tshegetso Moepi, Refiloe Mofokeng, Letlotlo Chabedi and Laluma Chabedi. The speak out session aimed to address issues that women face around Hatfield, to share lived experiences of student assaults and the impact that the current clubs in the area have on student safety outside campus.

Chabedi explained that, “There were multiple events which influenced the team to hold the speak out session but one topic which we all felt strongly about are the dangers which women face (even in an academic environment like Hatfield) and the national growth of femicide which is disregarded across the country. An event which was discussed is the frequency at which young women’s drinks are being spiked around the social spaces in Hatfield and the terrible events that followed as result of this.” Brooklyn SAPS’ Captain Colette Weilbach revealed that, “In most reported cases liquor was consumed before the sexual offence occurred. Young women must think carefully whether they should leave a pub or night club with someone they just met.

It is also not safe for young women to sleep over at a friend’s place where other men are residing. Cases were reported where the victim was raped by flat or roommates.”

House Humanities in collaboration with SpeakOutUP launched an office that would address this rise of rape culture within and around UP. The project is a joint idea that was bought to life by Stephanie Cookson and Mmathabo Lekalakala. Cookson explained that, “This project could be seen as one aimed at combatting sexual harassment and assault by inspiring students to speak out about their experiences and to create awareness for and increase accessibility to the resources such students need.” The SpeakOutUp office is a centralized office for student to go to in an event of any sexual harassment, assault and misconduct. The volunteers working at the office are UP students called befrienders, these students have received training with regards to HIV sensitivities as well as issues of social justice through the Centre for Sex, AIDS and Gender. The befrienders will go through additional training so that they are sensitised with regards to issues of sexual harassment. Humanities Chairperson, David Kabwa explained that, “The reason why we are choosing the befrienders right now is because we want to get the office up and running as soon as possible. The office space has been approved, it is the logistics right now that we are working on.”

Since there is a major distinction between sexual harassment, sexual abuse and rape, the office will serve specifically for sexual harassment.

However, it will liaise with the relevant authorities that are equipped with experts who are in a better position to deal with issues of sexual abuse and rape.

There are two rape centres within close proximity to the University, one in Pretoria CBD and another in Mamelodi. The office will arrange with them in an event where a student has been a victimised. Such students are urged to visit the SpeakOutUP office where they will receive coping counselling before they are handed over to the more qualified individuals. A transport system will be set up so students do not have to transport themselves.

Kwaba explained that the activation of this office, which took place on 17 May, was so students would know about the establishment of the office before the University’s cooling

“This project could be seen as one aimed at combatting sexual harassment and assault by inspiring students to speak out about their experiences and to create awareness for and increase accessibility to the resources such students need.”

UP SHS provides papsmears Henri Uys

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P’s Student Health Services (SHS) provide Papanicolaou tests (pap smears) to students. These tests are used to test whether a female patient might have cervical cancer. If a student cannot afford a test, she can pay R55 only and the remaining R100 of the test’s cost is subsidised. However, this subsidy is limited to two students per UP campus per year.

According to an article on Marie Stopes South Africa’s website, one in 41 South African women are affected by cervical cancer. Around 16.84 million women over the age of 15 are at risk of getting cervical cancer, according to Statistics South Africa.

According to an article on Medicine.net’s website, there are no symptoms of cervical

cancer in its early stages. When symptoms do appear, these may include unusual vaginal bleeding, painful sexual intercourse and longer or heavier menstruation periods.

Perdeby spoke to SHS HOD, Sr. Hannelie Coetzee. Coetzee said that pap smears are used to detect cellular changes in the cervix, most of which are caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). If something abnormal is detected, treatment can start early to prevent the cancer from spreading and causing more harm.

Coetzee explained how the process works.

Before a pap smear is administered, there are strict criteria which needs to be followed.

Pap smears are expensive treatments, Coetzee said. A pap smear will only be administered if absolutely necessary. A full medical examination is done. This includes

off period. “We want students to be aware of the structures that are in place to assist them.

The major issue that we have had in the past was that when people report instances of sexual harassment they would go to Help Desk, reception, lecturers, security since there is no centralization. The issues in these cases are often fragmented, that was the one major thing. What the Project Speak Out seeks to do is to establish an office with a centralized location that would be able to deal with these kinds of incidents”, Kwaba said.

Since the office is currently run by student volunteers who do not yet have the necessary expertise to deal with very sensitive issues such as rape or sexual abuse, until then, students must be aware of the alternate routes they can take to receive assistance.

Kwaba said that, “We are encouraging a culture where people speak up, we are of the belief that if people speak-up that we will see a drop in the number of cases reported. If I am an offender and I’m plotting an offense, I will be less likely to do so if I know that the institution that I am in has a culture against silence because I will be deterred.”

Brooklyn SAPS’s, Captain Weilbach advised students, “Limit outings late at night.

When going out, try to stay in a group, there is safety in numbers. Trust your instincts and be cautious when strangers approach you to ask for the time, a lighter, directions etc.

Never be afraid to draw attention to yourself.

If being followed or harassed by somebody go directly to the nearest populated place and ask somebody’s help.”

“we are of the belief that if people speak-up that we will see a drop in the number of cases reported.”

UP EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBERS If students want to report rape, they can contact the Campus Student Health Clinic at 012 420 2500 or Campus security at 012 420 2310.

For unplanned pregnancies, students can contact Amato@UP at 012 342 3452 or Life-Line UP at 012 804 3619.

Within 72 hours of the sexual assault, students can contact First Aid Emergency Help at 012 354 1874 or Thuthuzela centres at 012 801 4504.

For professional counselling, they can contact the UP Counselling line 012 420 2333.

For urgent counselling, students can contact UP Care-line SADAG at 011 234 4837.

There is also Crisis Line at 0800 006 428, the UP Care-line at 0800 747 747 as well as different faculty advisors who can offer student support with studies. a pelvic examination. If any abnormalities are found, the sister can recommend a pap smear to the patient. Once a pap smear has been administered, the samples are sent to an external laboratory. The results of the test gets hand-delivered back to the SHS and kept in the patient’s file. The patient returns for a follow-up consultation where the results of the pap smear are discussed with the her.

According to an article on Healthline’s website, some women might need more frequent tests. It is advisable to go for pap smears once every two to three years, starting at age 21. The pathologist, who examines the pap smear samples, may also recommend when a patient should get another pap smear.

Coetzee said that UP SHS also provides immunization treatments for cervical cancer.

However, these treatments are expensive and patients will need to pay for these treatments themselves. Coetzee added that patients who

may have cervical cancer (after a pap smear has been administered) are treated by the SHS. Johan Maritz, senior coordinator at the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender (CSA&G) said, “This is a joint initiative between the CSA&G and Student Health Services. It is an important initiative as not all students have access to medical aids and private health care. So it is important to make this service, which is key to women’s health, more affordable and especially to those in need and who are more vulnerable.

It is however only a limited number of these tests that can be subsidised after we secured an external grant.” Maritz added if women smoke, are sexually active, are HIV-positive or have been previously diagnosed with HPV, they should get themselves tested.

The pap smear tests are available on all of UP’s campuses, where a sister is available to administer the test.

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News | 21 May 2018

say we going [sic] to address a particular matter at 15:00 and just not say anything, not even a notice of postponement or something.

This is really out of order [sic].”

On 9 May, Sepeng communicated via email with the societies chairpersons that the training would take place on 12 May. The email contained an extract from the subcouncil constitution, section 7, sub-section 7.3.5 which reads, “If societies fail to adhere to any of the duties and regulations as set out in this Constitution or as determined by the SRC Member for Societies, this may lead to the temporary suspension of the said society or the funds and any other benefits normally applicable to societies, can be suspended until restored at the discretion of the SRC Member for Societies”. On the WhatsApp

group, Sepeng had sent a message saying, “Just know if u don’t attend u won’t get access to your money. […] Not attending as per constitution you can be suspended. Trust me, action will be taken for non compliance. [sic]” Sepeng went on to say that excuses could be emailed to him, and that “Those with events send proof of approval to me.”

One of the chairpersons on the group called Sepeng out. “This is leadership. I have to say, Obakeng your attitude is not that of a leader, you need to listen to your people and respond in a manner that will not lead to retaliation and name calling. I think the training which took place last week you were supposed to attend it to learn some communication and leadership skills, from the onset of all of this you failed to show leadership. I would suggest that you address your communication skills.”

In an interview with Perdeby, Sepeng defended his actions saying, “When I dropped the final confirmation date, it was a matter of confirming what we spoke about.”

Sepeng was asked if he received any valid reasons from the chairpersons and said, "I told them to send me official emails, and I haven't checked my emails. However, they must provide valid reasons." Sepeng went on to stress the urgency of the training and stated that if the training could not be done on Saturday 12 May, “there's no other way we're going to have training, so it's a matter of we have to do it now.”

Sepeng said that of the 117 societies registered for 2018, there was “80% overall attendance”.

When asked what consequences there would be for those who were absent from the traing, Sepeng said, “Regarding the repercussion, it has not been decided. It was discussed among the Society Sub-Council and in the Student Forum that the outcomes for those who did not come is not yet decided.

The SRC still needs to meet and will decide on the outcomes or repercussions of that matter.”

flag on campus can be said to infringe their freedom of expression”. They held that if the flag brought disrepute to the SRC, then SRC should have removed the flag themselves. “As the SRC failed to act in any way to restore their ‘disrepute’ it can be said that the SRC had indeed contributed to their ‘image being in disrepute’,” Sasco expressed.

Sasco held that Moloto “failed to engage Sasco after the lifting of the suspension

by Prof Mosia [Vice-Principal of Student Affairs and Residences] and prior to the letter of expulsion.” They believed that this was important as it proved “there was no exchange of information in the ‘investigation’ that led to the expulsion of Sasco”. Sasco concluded that this “meant that the investigation was one sided and prejudiced, which acted in the sole interest of the SRC”. “If the SRC President were to act as a liaison, it would be between SASCO and the SRC Societies Officer (who has the duty to ‘expel’ and register societies) which was not so as the SRC President has issued the expulsion letter,” they stated.

On 14 May, the final judgement for the adjudication was announced by the Tribunal at the Graduate Centre L1-56.

On the first contention, Judge Johan Coertze of the Constitutional Tribunal found that the SRC Member for Societies does not have the power to withdraw the recognition of a society by the CSG. According to the CSG’s section 22 subsection 3(g), “In exercising its powers and functions the SRC must take reasonable steps to… subject to the provisions of this Constitution, to extend recognition to and withdraw recognition from any Society under its jurisdiction in accordance with the Society Sub-Council Constitution.”

For the second contention, Judge Tineke Sinovich, held that the SRC’s intention was to keep the SRC Gazebo ‘apolitical’ during registration week, and that this “was a reasonable limitation on SASCO (UP)’s freedom of expression”.

Addressing the fourth contention, Judge Munozovepi Gwata found “SASCO (UP)

had not been able to prove on a balance of probabilities that the SRC did not follow the procedures as set out in the Constitution for Student Governance. The SRC voted unanimously to withdraw the recognition of SASCO (UP) as a society”. Gwata noted that “SASCO (UP) should have focussed on the effects of their withdrawal on the students instead of the effects on the society”.

“For the reasons mentioned above, the honourable panel dismissed the instituting party’s claims. The withdrawal of SASCO (UP) by the SRC as a society has not been lifted by the Constitutional Tribunal for the reasons set out above,” said Klopper.

Moloto said that he is very pleased with the Constitutional Tribunal’s findings and glad that his name was cleared. “Since becoming SRC President in 2017, I have never acted unconstitutionally or used my position to settle political scores. SASCO UP’s ban was a result of their conduct over the course of the 2018 registration period, which included intimidation of SRC members and UP staff, a shutdown of LC [Hillcrest] campus as well as a continued unwillingness to abide by rules and regulations put in place by the SRC”, he said.

When asked if there is a possibility that Sasco UP will be recognised as a UP society in 2018, Moloto said, “SASCO UP will not be a registered UP society until March 2019.

The 2017/2018 UP SRC is against all forms of violence and intimidation.”

When asked if they would appeal the Tribunal’s decision, Sasco UP Secretary Mishkah Sattar said, “At this point, we are in the process of discussions so I am not able to release or state anything regarding what our next act would be or whether we would appeal or not.”

Sattar said that she would “like to assure students that, although the judgement is not what Sasco wished for, we as Sasco will still be running campaigns and programmes, for example the ‘Save the semester’ campaign as many others that would be communicated as soon as possible.”

UP Societies face funding cuts Photo: Elmarie Kruger

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n 3 May, the SRC member for Societies, Obakeng Sepeng, told chairpersons of UP societies that their funding would be withheld if they failed to attend society specific training.

This came after some chairpersons of UP societies claimed that the training was poorly communicated.

According to Sepeng, he notified the chairpersons during the society sub-council meeting on 26 March that the training would take place on 10, 11, or 12 May, and asked them to reserve those dates. Sepeng created a WhatsApp group on 23 April and said the training program would be communicated on 7 May.

However, it was only confirmed by Sepeng on 9 May that the training would take place on Saturday 12 May. Sepeng communicated with the societies chairpersons in response to their unhappiness towards the short notice. He responded by saying “Please let me know not to bother my self organising training for yall [sic].” On the WhatsApp group, Sepeng added further that the chairpersons who could not attend should “keep it to your self till Monday [7 May] when I address y’all at 15:00 [sic]".

The address did not occur as Sepeng said that he had nothing to communicate. One of the chairpersons then responded, “I just want to state categorically how this is really unacceptable @Obakeng Sepeng. It is clear that we are not taken seriously here. You can’t

Sasco remains a suspended society

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n 23 January, Sasco Tukkies Branch was temporarily suspended as a society of UP. According to a letter issued to the society by the SRC, the temporary suspension comes following Sasco’s failure “to adhere to a direct order prohibiting [the] society and its members from participating in the 2018 registration period” at UP’s Hillcrest Campus.

Together with the above reason, Sasco was said to have failed to produce a Managerial Report that was requested by the SRC Member for Societies, Obakeng Sepeng, on 11 October 2017 by email. It also failed to

supply the same report at an SRC Societies Sub Council meeting that took place on 18 October 2017. The report in question was received on 8 November 2017.

On 23 March 2018, Sasco instituted proceedings against the SRC with regards to this matter.

They requested an adjudication process between their party and the SRC. The adjudication was held on 3 May in the Graduate Centre L1-68 from 09:00 to 18:00 and was chaired by the Constitutional Tribunal. Here, evidence was heard. Sasco had made four contentions, namely, that the “SRC President acted ultra vires[beyond the powers] in issuing the notice of withdrawal … [and that the] Societies Officer [Sepeng] failed administratively to carry out his duties in terms of Societies Sub Council Constitution…[and] failed administratively to collect managerial reports in a consistent and accountable manner”.

According to Constitutional Tribunal documents, they also expressed administrative issues regarding the SRC Executive. They argued that “the SRC Secretary [Soraia Machado] and Society officer infringed upon their duty to provide information in terms of section 15(2) of the [CSG]”. With the last contention of “having to entertain the grounds of the expulsion as per the letter the following statements can be made”, Sasco arugued that “a flag is a form of expression and thus by not allowing any student with a

21 May 2018 | Features

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National minimum wage debate Katherine Atkinson

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outh Africa’s national minimum wage (NMW) will soon increase from R11 per hour to R20 per hour, which equates to R3500 per month. The NMW was meant to be implemented on 1 May, but there is a delay since the bill is currently with the labour department for revision, says Mail and Guardian.

The new NMW is intended to improve living conditions of the working class.

However, a worker needs to earn at least R26 per hour to break the cycle of poverty for themselves and their dependents, says Mail and Guardian. Several federations are pushing for an NMW of R26 per hour, or R4750 per month, but they believe that the new NMW is a step in the right direction. These include federations such as the Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa), the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the National Council of Trade Unions (Nactu). Fedusa stated that they are “keenly aware that a R3500 a month minimum wage is less than an ideal living wage but will certainly lift an estimated 4.5 million workers currently earning below that amount out of abject poverty,” says Fin24.

On the contrary, organisations such as South African Federation of Unions (Saftu),

National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the EFF believe that R20 per hour is insufficient. The leader of Saftu, Zwelinzima Vavi, has called the NMW a “slave wage” and says that R5400 would be more satisfactory, says Fin24.

Mail and Guardian has reported that Saftu “utterly reject the argument that this [National Minimum Wage] bill should be supported because R20 an hour is ‘better than nothing’,” as it “will still leave workers trapped in poverty”. According to Mail and Guardian, Numsa have called the NMW an insult which “takes the black and African working class back to the racist apartheid faultline”. On Wednesday 25 April protest action was taken by these groups to oppose the NMW. Here Vavi challenged politicians to live on R20 per hour.

On Freedom Day, President Cyril Ramaphosa admitted that the NMW is not a living wage, but rather a sign of progress.

“Some people have argued that the starting minimum wage of R20 an hour is not a living wage. They are correct. Some argue that the national minimum wage will not end income inequality. They too are correct,” said Pres Cyril Ramaphosa.

One of the most heated debates surrounding the new NMW is whether it will escalate unemployment. Head of the

Economics Department at the University of Pretoria, Prof Koch, says that “economic theory would argue that a minimum wage, when there are such large levels of unemployment, is simply not a good idea”.

Prof Koch says that economic theory also argues that workers “should be hired, as long as they ‘earn’ more for the company than they cost.” Focus should therefore be on creating an environment where workers are able to earn at least R20-26 per hour for their businesses. Prof Koch adds that “we do not really know enough to say for sure how many workers might lose their job compared to how many workers would receive a pay increase, because of the minimum wage.”

In attempts to counter potential unemployment in vulnerable sectors, different tiers of implementation are to be introduced, says Mail and Guardian. For 2018 the NMW will be R18 per hour for farmworkers, R15 per hour for domestic workers and R11 per hour for those on the Expanded Public Works Programme. After an estimated two-year transitional period, the NMW of R20 should be reached. This coincides with what Prof Koch believes to be the best approach to implementing the NMW. Koch says that it would be most effective to offer different minima with

annual increases in different provinces, as well as some opt-outs in some areas but not others. Prof Koch says that this would offer “society and economists the opportunity to examine the effects of minimum wage laws on unemployment, living standards, or maybe reductions in crime, amongst other things.”

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The recognition of Muslim marriages in SA Inge Beukes

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outh Africa has once again been confronted with the historical battle for the legal recognition of Muslim marriages. The Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) has launched an application in the Western Cape High Court to take the President of South Africa and executive respondents to court for the lack of a legislative framework governing Muslim marriages in South Africa.

According to WLC, their basis for this action lies in the fact that non-recognition has farreaching implications and consequences for women in Muslim marriages, as they do not have the protection offered to women in civil marriages. The application is in the name of public interest and seeks relief for women in Muslim marriages, and the children born of such marriages as well as legal protection upon the dissolution of the marriage.

According to Business Tech, the Muslim population in South Africa is over one million.

The Muslim religion has the highest projected growth among South African religions. Taking into account the growing community, minimal legal protection exists.

Associate Professor Anne Louw, who is a Family Law lecturer at the University of Pretoria, provided insight on the legal framework on marriages in South Africa.

“South Africa formally recognises three types of unions, i.e. civil marriages in terms of the Marriage Act 25 of 1961 (heterosexual monogamous marriages), civil unions in terms of the Civil Union Act 17 of 2006 (heteroand same-sex monogamous civil unions) and polygynous customary marriages in terms of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998”. She went on further to highlight that “Religious marriages, such as Muslim and Hindu marriages, are not yet formally recognised in South Africa”.

There has been a lot of speculation with regard to the reason for the non-recognition of Muslim marriages. The WLC addresses the issue of Muslim parties get legally married in terms of the Marriage Act. However, the Marriage Officer cannot register a polygynous marriage, as polygynous marriages are not recognised by the Marriage Act, and thus cannot be registered. This should not provide a reason for non-recognition by the legislature as the Recognition of Customary Marriages

Act already formally recognises polygamy.

In addressing the failure of legal recognition, Associate Professor Louw says “From a sex and gender perspective, it is nevertheless arguable that Muslim marriages cannot be recognised because some features of these marriages, such as their potential polygynous nature and manner of dissolution, violates Muslim women’s constitutional right to sex and gender equality (s 9) and dignity (s 10). These arguments, however, become less convincing when consideration is given to the number of cases in which the courts have already recognised de facto polygynous Muslim and Hindu marriages (albeit for limited purposes).”.

According to the Mail and Guardian, the battle for legal recognition dates back to 2003 when a draft Muslim Marriages bill was submitted to the justice ministry which proposed that matters concerning Muslim marriages and divorces be settled in court, with the assistance of a Muslim judge and assessors who are versed in Islamic law. Despite its progressive nature, the bill was met with a lack of consensus in the Muslim community as the need for the bill and its structure were questioned. In 2009, an unsuccessful application was brought to the Constitutional Court by the WLC in which it was argued that Parliament and the president are required by the Constitution to “prepare, initiate and enact” legislation to recognise Muslim marriage. According to the Mail and Guardian, during proceedings in the Constitutional Court, former Judge Kate O’Regan questioned the need for a special Act to govern Muslim marriages.

“The question is whether it is acceptable for the state to take over the management of a particular religion,” she said. Former Judge Albie Sachs commented that “it’s asking the courts to intrude, in a very profound way, on a very sensitive issue”.

Associate Professor Louw remarked that the event which followed this application was The Muslim Marriages Bill of 2010 which would formally elevate Muslim marriages to the status of civil marriages. The bill was published for comment in 2011 without ever being submitted to parliament for approval.

Nabeel Ismail, an executive committee member of the Muslim Student’s association at UP, said that “From the onset of the apartheid era, Muslim marriages in South Africa were never recognized as the state had full discretionary power. Ever since we

have moved to an era of democratic values and a constitutional era, there is a need for transformation and this includes the recognition of Muslim marriages[...] Muslims also suffered in the past and throughout all the suffering we see that nothing is being done for the recognition of Muslim marriages in South Africa.” When asked if the rights of Muslim people are adequately protected in a democratic society, Ismail answered in the negative. “More so Muslim women are more towards a disadvantage [sic]. Basically if a man dies intestate [without a will] women cannot inherit intestate unless they are married into civil law. If they are married into a polygamous marriage, only the woman who’s in a civil marriage will be given the intestate rights in marriage and the other wives towards a polygamous marriage have no rights because polygamy is not recognized in the

marriages act of South Africa”. This situation has adverse consequences for polygynous wives and their children. Ismail believes that to promote the right to freedom of religion and the right to culture, there needs to be a purposive and generous interpretation of the law.

It still remains a mystery as to why Muslim marriages have not yet been legally recognised in South Africa yet we are constantly reminded that the nonrecognition has been called a “constitutional anachronism” in the case of Daniels v Campbell NO and Others 2004. While the debate rages on the sensitive issue of legal recognition of Muslim marriages, Muslim women and their children still remain unprotected.

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Five Guys notes and summaries: an interview with a first-year Executive Director got independent creators who are people who take subjects that we don’t have and they do those notes for us for a percentage […] Something that’s new is what we’re calling the “faculty teams” which are made up of four creators and a faculty representative, so for example if we wanted to expand into the engineering faculty we would have one faculty rep from that faculty who would attend the partners meetings with us, talk to us a bit and basically raise the interests and concerns of his specific faculty and then he would also function as the leader of his team. So, they would duplicate what we are doing in their own faculty and then report back to us and then in that way we can spread our brand across the university.

What is about your notes that makes you say they are the best on the market?

The main concept is the compilation (that we won’t miss anything because we’ve got so many eyes and ears around listening for tips and important information), I mean there’s a quote that says “no two people see the same tree”, saying that everyone’s perspective is different from the next person so if you’ve got five or more different perspectives looking at the same topic and interpreting it in their own way, at the end of the day you’ve got a couple of different ways to understand something.

We put all our notes on google drive, which is fantastic because people send us an EFT or pay us cash and as soon as we receive their proof of payment we add them to the drive and they get an email for that specific set of notes, and the link is personalized just to that customer. So they can view the notes as much as they want but the second they email it to someone else or try to copy another person in, as soon as their friend clicks on the link we get an email saying the name of the person who tried to send the notes, the name of the person who tried to access it, the computer they tried to access it from, the time that it happened and it asks us if we would like to grant them access, an obviously we can then check our database to see if they’ve paid for the notes and

if not we can block their access. It’s google software but it’s not the free version. We’ve paid for a lot of the software and stuff that we have, just reinvesting into the business and so on. We’ve built up [some capital] over the last couple days that we decided to dedicate to a [new] website […]

So, if we can have a website where all employees can log in, upload their content, have it checked by literally any other employee, that’s great. Then we can have clients set up their own account on our website, similar to what you have on Kindle, and that they can browse through a library of labelled notes, for example “this is for statistic, this is for semester test one of first semester”.

How do you price your notes?

Initially we decided R80 per semester test but as the semester goes on there’s more and more content and some subjects have more work than others, so that didn’t work forever. At this point we really look at the [volume] of content, the [number] of hours that went into it and then we price it based on what we would have priced something similar before […] so the price for a semester test is usually still R80.

We have a lot of specials though, for example for BCom week we had bundles which were the “all in” bundle, the “double or nothing” and the “one shot” bundle. So, the one shot was R80, if you bought two it’s R140 so R70 per subject, three would be R60 per subject.

And then if we have a subject like economics which is usually only a few pages but it’s very difficult work, we charged R50 or R60. It really depends on the subject. And we all discuss it and have a few clients who we work with to see what their impression is of our marketing, for general feedback and hear from them what they think we should price it at and compare it with the market.

At the moment you only have notes for BCom and Law subjects. Do you intend to expand?

Yes, it’s been happening quite rapidly; it’s expanding at hundreds of percents [sic] per week, it’s doubling in size almost daily. From the start we’ve known that we were going to do all faculties. It’s always been a thing of go big or go

home, we’re going to do this properly and make a proper business out of it or not do it at all […]

Moving forward […] the medical team is headed by my girlfriend and one of her friends and other people she’s met in her faculty. The engineering team is headed by someone who I know and he will then be responsible for choosing other people who he knows, who he thinks could work well.

Next year we want to open up teams in every single faculty for next year’s first years. So, then our team, my specific BCom team, won’t be doing notes anymore, we will employ a team to do what we were doing and there will be a team in every single faculty which will then be duplicated very year so that eventually we should have every single subject that the university offers, any semester, any year, covered […].We’ve noticed from applications, and we receive six to ten a week from people across Tuks who want to work with us, that a lot of them don’t make notes at all but that’s the whole basis of our company.

Any lasting comments you would like to leave for our readers?

I would say that it’s extremely important for us that our clients are satisfied with our product. Out of the 15 subjects that we’ve provided only one of them has ever had less than 80 % of the test covered in the notes. Because obviously we are only students, we can only do our best to predict what will be in the test […] and we immediately sent out a public apology and offered a discount on the next set for anyone who bought that set.

Our number one priority is customer satisfaction and making sure that people are satisfied with the product. So, if you have any comments, positive or negative, please contact us or talk about it on the groups, [message us] on Instagram, whatever the case may be, talk to us, and we will always work to make it better for the client.

How can people contact you if they are interested in buying notes or joining your company?

We’ve got our email, which is fiveguysnotes@ gmail.com, where they can send an application.

But for general inquiries regarding the product I would recommend that they join the WhatsApp groups which are called “five guys first class” […] So, if you need to get in contact with us ask around and look out for us at the pay-point [weekly, outside Merensky] and we’ll send you the group link and you can send the link to whoever you want, and we put all our marketing material on there. [WhatsApp group invite link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JB84YpuP9nh9BjJnR8RCE8].

Aandklas Open Mic Night celebrates 3rd anniversary

and they want to try it out, but I believe [we should] give everyone an opportunity.” De Beer recalled a memorable performance, one he deemed the epitome of Open Mic Night, when a performer who had never been on stage before stepped on the Open Mic Night stage. “He had friends in the crowd who didn’t know he owned a guitar,” De Beer said, “and he blew minds. I honestly wish I could remember who the f*** he was.”

Zebra, a regular feature at Open Mic Night, first performed about a year ago. They got their start when lead singer Siphe Mashigo and guitarist Wildre Van Deventer were working behind the bar and sang “Little lion man” together and decided to perform together, “as a joke” said Van Deventer. Their first performance is self-described as awful but “two people clapped hands and we were like ‘Yes! Let’s do it next Sunday.’” A few months later the band picked up bassist Ivan Van Heerden, and now perform at Open Mic Night every week.

Ember is another upcoming band and Open Mic Night regular, made up of lead singer Allan Collins, guitarist Brenden Skibinski and bassist Danie Hechter. Together, they described Open Mic Night by saying “It gives us a place to communicate our music, what we want to give to the world, and to South Africa.” they added, “It’s a place to jam, where we [express] our passion.”

Lungelo Moyo, a UP student and Open Mic Night veteran recalled his first performance in February 2016, “It was quite nerve-wracking.

I would start a song, and right in the middle of the song I’d stop because I made a mistake.” He credits the audience’s help in getting him through the performance, “They told me ‘Keeping going, it’s fine.’” Moyo went on to talk about the importance of the audience, saying “As an artist, as much as you’re doing it for yourself, you do it for the audience.”

A new set of faces with magnificent hair,

known as Troon Road joined Open Mic Night in February 2018, made up of lead singer Christo Serfontein and guitarist Robbie Steyn.

The duo spoke about their confusion when starting out, “We started out not knowing where to go, who to talk to, what to do.”

The duo reinforced the open environment, “Anyone can come play here. I knew we’d come here and we’d be welcome.” Steyn went on to emphasise the importance of Aandklas and its audience by comparing them to a crowd at Wembley stadium. Serfontein added “They come here, they stay here and watch you play, they don’t have to. They choose to.”

Open Mic Night is not only frequented by upcoming musicians. Christiaan Baartman, formerly on Idols, can also occasionally be seen on stage. His first Aandklas performance was over ten years ago, and Baartman jokingly confessed what he remembered, “From 2007? Not much.” Already being an established musician, Baartman appreciates Open Mic Night’s platform as a place where he can be himself. “If I’m playing for a client, I’ve got to conform to the values of the venue, where at Aanklas, I can come in and just be myself and do what I want to do.” Baartman added that he is single, “And it’s always a good place to pick up someone that’s also single.” Baartman will also open the garden stage at the Capital Craft 2018 beer fest.

Open Mic Night’s aim, defined by De Beer is to help grow music in South Africa.

His step number one, “Do what you can. I can’t necessarily sign a guy and give him one hundred million rand, but I can have an open mic. I can have a platform, a base for them.”

His second step, “Support other people doing step number one.” Open Mic Night will continue every Sunday at Aandklas, starting at 19:30, with great acts like these, and many more.

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erdeby recently interviewed JC Steyn, the Executive Director of a company called “Five Guys Notes and Summaries” that he and a group of friends started earlier this year.

The business guarantees top-quality study notes and has seen a lot of growth in the few months since its inception. Steyn explains how this came to be and what the company’s plan for the future is.

Where did you get the idea for your business?

With the original team we started out as five people who just happened to meet each other throughout orientation week, and by the end of orientation week we sat together and had a conversation where we said “let’s try to do really, really well at our studies” and then someone came up with the idea to all put our notes together, and then I said ‘let’s sell that’. The whole business concept actually started with my girlfriend who bought a set of medicine notes off one of those flyers on the noticeboards for like R300 and it was terrible. I mean, I’m sure all the content was there but it was so jumbled and terribly formatted that if you had to study for a test you wouldn’t be able to pick out the work that was important.

Nothing was labelled, nothing was clear, [there were] inconsistent fonts throughout the whole thing, it was terrible. And it was just an email so she [JC’s girlfriend] could then theoretically take that email and send it to everyone else and effectively stop the sales for this girl who had made the notes. So, for us it was just so important that our notes were really good, easy to use and that people could say “I need to revise this one topic” and open up the notes, find it on the index and go straight there and just revise it. For students, by students, in a way that we would understand.

How does your business work?

The way it works is that the business functions as a partnership. So, there’s the senior partners which are myself as the executive director, since I founded the company and I’m sort of the leader of the partners, [and] four other senior partners, two of them are founding members. Then below us [… ]we’ve got compilers (people who basically help adapt the notes to our format); we’ve

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andklas, a place that is the epitome of rock ‘n roll, celebrated the third anniversary of their open mic night on Sunday 13 May. Since it started, Open Mic Night has been a platform for many aspiring musicians to get stage experience and necessary exposure. In a series of interviews, Perdeby spoke with the organiser and acts at

the event.

The idea for Open Mic Night came in early 2015 when Aandklas owner Rudi Oosthuizen, and open mic night founder and manager Christo “Baas” De Beer watched Francois Van Coke perform at Aandklas during one of his first solo performances. After which Oosthuizen said to De Beer, “I wish we had something like this every day.” A week later De Beer approached Oosthuizen with the possibility of running an open mic night, because at the time there weren’t any open mic nights in Pretoria. For the first few months, the two co-managed the weekly event, until Oosthuizen gave complete control to De Beer. “He[Oosthuizen] said to me, ‘You know what, take it, run with it.’ So basically, it’s all thanks to Rudi, he made it all possible.”

Open mic nights like these play and important role for anyone hoping to build a career in the South African music industry. De Beer explained, “Musicians need a stage. No one is willing to give a musician a stage, unless he’s got stage experience, which he can’t get without a stage.

Which is kinda f***ed up.” Acts that perform well at open mic night are given opening slots for other acts when possible, giving them more exposure and experience. One of the popular acts at Open Mic Nights, Zebra, was given an opening slot for a Jack Parrow performance, two weeks after their first open mic night. De Beer said that he has approached a few of the acts and brought them into his company, Activation Media, to help book them for other performances. When asked about acts that perform badly, De Beer defended them, saying “Some of them improve a lot. I’ll be honest, we get guys here that are not musicians

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Seedtimes for changing times T Naomi-Lisa Kobbie

he university’s departments of Sociology and Visual Arts held a book launch on 9 May for Omar Badsha’s latest collection of photographs. The book is titled Seedtimes and features a collection of the photographer’s work spanning four decades. They capture Omar’s travels to Denmark and Ethiopia as well as the experiences of Apartheid South Africa. Omar said the purpose of his work was to find new ways of representing blackness as well as to remind viewers of their shared humanity.

The struggle icon was first inspired to take photographs while earning a living as a chemical worker. Omar was part of a workers trade union and wanted to document the poor working conditions as evidence. He began to take a more critical interest in his encounters and discussions with people, using photography as a means of expressing the black identity as well as inviting black communities to be critical of their own representation in white South Africa.

The works present images of black humanity,

such as the hardships of overcrowded classrooms, a happy couple on their wedding day, men and women protesting and a mother with her new born baby. Curator and art historian, Tembinkosi Goniwe, panelled the event and highlighted the important role of Omar in the construction of our history. He said that these images become a way of creating an alternative narrative, one in which a people’s representation is self-determined. He reminded the audience not to marginalise Omar as only a visual producer but rather to recognise him as “a political activist in the sphere of culture.”

The book’s title was inspired by South African poet, Mafika Gwala, who wrote a resistance poem with the same title. Gwala’s poem was directed at the apartheid state but his words still resonate with the persistence of political resistance in today’s society. Omar wanted his work to echo this same timeless quality. The photographer said, “Seedtimes means the growth of our time.” The work reminds the reader to take a critical look at society as well as the history of what it means to be a South African.

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uks FM, the university’s radio station in association with Budweiser, is having their brand relaunch rooftop party on the 25th of May at 012 Central on the Prinschurch rooftop.

The party will be starting at 18:00 until 01:00, featuring performances by deep house DJs DJ Loko, Abby Nurock, Leeu and Mvelo, who played at Mieliepop. The party is hosted

by Summerhouse and King of communes.

TuksFM, well known for its alternative and rock and roll style, is working towards a relaunch of its brand. From April, the radio station has undergone full format changes, including the launch of an all new programme line up which aims to cement the radio station’s new emphasis on being “for the youth by the youth”. These programme changes have already

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he Craft Beer Festival will take place on the 16 June at the Botanical Gardens, Pretoria. Among the performers that will be gracing the stage, one of them is Janie Bay, a South African singer-songwriter who released her latest album, Miscellany, last year September. In her preparation for the event, Perdeby decided to sit down with her to find out more about her upcoming performance, upcoming projects and more.

You have done an impressive number of gigs and you’ve toured all over the country for a few years, what is your favourite part about performing live?

Even though it is a vulnerable thing to share your own music, that is by far the most ful-

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erdeby sat down with Cape Town based brewing company, Little Wolf, to chat about the upcoming Capital Craft Beer Festival. If you are an avid beer drinker or even just interested in the artisanal beer scene, the 2018 craft beer fest will be held on 16 June at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden.

For our readers who do not know about Little Wolf, describe the brewery in five words.

Using science to create art

What can patrons expect from you at this year’s Capital Craft Beer Festival?

Dry and delicious ciders, including our collaboration Elderflower cider with Alpha Craft, as well as the ever-popular Hoppy Wheat.

What aspects of a beer festival keeps Little Wolf breweries coming back?

Chatting with our fans and introducing new people to our drinks. We love being able to personally interact with drinkers and shatter their preconceptions of what beers, cider and other drinks can be.

Which of the Little Wolf beers would you recommend to someone who is a novice at the art of beer drinking?

Hoppy Wheat for sure! Seriously aromatic and flavourful but oh so easy to drink.

Little Wolf produces a myriad of products including a Cape Dry Tonic. With the rise in the popularity of the humble G&T will the brewing company ever dabble in gin production to go with the tonic?

We would love to but nothing on the cards yet. There are so many great Gin makers out there, I think we’d prefer to work with those brands out that that are really pushing the boundary and bring our skill sets together to make something wonderful.

started on the 1st of May. The new programme features Hip Hop Nights, a whole hour at 18:00 on Wednesday evenings dedicated to the hip hop scene locally and internationally. Another one of the new segments is an hour of Locals Only on Tuesday 18:00.

“Tuks FM wants to reach the youth of Pretoria by providing music and programming that is relevant to them. We are now playing a mix of Hip Hop, EDM, Pop and alternative music. This is much more accessible to a wider audience than has been the case before. We are sending the message that we are for the youth, by the youth,” Mike Bower the Tuks FM’s programme manager said.

Hard copy early bird tickets can be bought from TuksFM representatives. Tickets at the gate will be sold at R100. You can check their Facebook page for more information and details.

Janie Bay ahead of the Capital Craft Beer Festival

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Little Wolf Brewery discusses Capital Craft Beer Festival 2018

fulling part of performing live. Sharing your heart and art is a privilege.

As a follow up to that question, is there anything you find terrifying about performing in front of a live audience?

It is kind of the same answer. As amazing and rewarding as it is, it can be scary too.

You’ll be performing at this year’s Craft Beer Festival, what should your fans expect from this particular performance?

I will be performing my songs from my latest album with a full band for the first time. This is a very special thing for me.

What else from this year’s Craft Beer Festival, aside from your performance, are you excited about?

I still have a few singles coming out with music videos from my album Miscellany.

I will also be writing for a new album and will [...] be doing another collab with a very awesome SA artist, another one of my dreams coming true.

Do you have any upcoming projects or shows in the pipeline that fans can look forward to?

Look out for that collab.

You once said in a channel24 interview that you’d love to collaborate with John Mayer or James Bay, but if you had to pick one person to go on tour with, who would it be?

Probably also Bay or Mayer. They are still considered as singer-songwriters [by] many and that is where my heart will always be.

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new bar is opening next door to Latino’s Bistro, on what many are referring to as “the Lynnwood strip”. The Grind bar and grill has been born out of necessity, as The Grind radio was in search of a new home.

The Grind radio was located at Arcade Empire, and then moved their studio to Open Window with plans to expand. With the moving, founder and station director Jarryd Wood decided that The Grind radio needed a permanent setting, something they could call their own. Wood came together with a friend, Raynard, and the two decided to create a new place to host The Grind radio. In an interview with Perdeby, Wood spoke about the inspiration behind The Grind bar and grill, “the idea was, a band comes in, does an interview, chills and has a few drinks. So that’s how it all started.”

The new studio for The Grind is in a familiar space. Moving in to the location previously occupied by Drink Inc, Wood and Raynard had the building completely redone. Filthy walls replaced with sleek black tiles and a dancefloor surrounded by graffiti of Homer Simpson and Rick Sanchez, The Grind bar and grill is a colourful and creative space. With the studio for The Grind radio stationed beside the dancefloor, Wood hopes to bring back the social feeling

of the radio station, and to create a sociable environment. “We were at Arcade, and had been at Aandklas, that setting of being in a sociable environment where you could hear guys chatting or having a shooter, that really appealed to listeners.”

Wood and Raynard hope to cater to a mix of different patrons. The Grind has brought in chefs from Box Car Deli to cater their food, with a menu filled with good quality and affordable options. During the day they hope to host a laid-back environment where patrons of all ages are welcome. At night, The Grind hopes to attract and cater to students and patrons that enjoy loud music, offering affordable drink prices and hosting some live performances.

When it comes to the music, Wood says to expect something different, “it’s not just house nights every single night, with beats in your face. It’s got to be something different.”

The Grind will also host different events during each week, with Saturdays aimed at accommodating rugby fans, Sundays reserved for fans of the English Premier League, and their own quiz night on Wednesdays. With the 2018 Soccer World Cup approaching, The Grind hopes to provide a space for fans to gather and watch games.

The Grind bar and grill is set to open on Saturday 26 May.

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TuksRugby women: The road to A ‘Brand’ new success with Kemisetso Baloyi cricketing star

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erdeby spoke to TuksWomensRugby seven’s player Kemisetso Baloyi to talk about her experience as a rugby player. Baloyi has been playing rugby for five years and joined TuksRugby in 2016.

Why did you decide to join TuksRugby?

I wanted to be a part of one of the most successful teams in the country, I knew joining the club would [help] [me] grow […] as a player.

What has been your best memory out on the field?

It’s difficult to pick one but it is between winning the Stanislas 7s and the Oktoberfest 7s, and winning bronze at the Dubai 7s.

Rugby is often presumed to be a male’s sport, have you, as a woman, ever experienced social or gender barriers in sport?

The mere fact that some people still get surprised when they learn that there is women’s rugby, is a challenge on its own. I feel that we do not get as much media coverage and opportunities as our male counterparts.

How do you overcome these challenges?

We try as much as we can to promote our team on social media platforms, that way we attract a lot of attention towards the sport.

Do you feel TuksRugby women challenges the stereotypes about rugby and women?

Absolutely, there is a common misconception about how rugby players look and behave, and I can certainly guarantee that we are the exact opposite of what would be described as “a typical rugby player”.

What keeps you motivated to push through any other tough times that you may experience?

My passion for the sport is one of my biggest motivators. Without it, I would not have had the resilience and heart to constantly tell myself that I can push through no matter how tired I am.

What or who do you attribute your success to?

My coaches for their guidance and my teammates for always having my back and pushing me to reach my full potential.

Are there any upcoming competitions for the team that you are looking forward to?

Our first tour to Europe for the year where we will play at the Stanislas 7s in France where we are the defending champions, followed by the Centrale 7s also in France two days later, Benidorm 7s in Spain.

What advice would you give to other women wishing to be successful in Sevens rugby as well?

Hard work, passion, resilience and the drive to improve will always lead to success.

Always take the time to improve your skills and one can never be too fit.

Exposing yourself to the sport by watching the World Series circuit and other elite tournaments is a great way to learn more about what makes teams like New Zealand and Australia so successful.

But most importantly play every match like its your last, play for your sisters who are with you on the field.

TuksNetball seeks to continue with their winning streak Mariesa Potgieter

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n 13 May, at Ellis Park Indoor Arena, the Gauteng Jaguars beat the Southern Stings 51-43. The Gauteng Jaguars, which comprises mostly of TuksNetball players, had a great start to the Brutal Fruit Netball Premier League, continuing their winning streak from last year. A total of 26 TuksNetball players will be representing four different teams in the Brutal Fruit series. Apart from currently competing in the six week long Brutal Fruit series, TuksNetball are also taking part in the Tshwane Super League.

The Brutal Fruit Netball Premier League is the TuksNetball players’ and coach’s main focus throughout May and June.

Perdeby spoke to Head Coach of TuksNetball and of the Gauteng Jaguars, Jenny Van Dyk, to get an insight into the world of TuksNetball.

When asked about how she will approach the upcoming weeks of the Brutal Fruit series, she said, “It must be approached game for game, day for day and also just step for step”. She added, “We’ve got our process goals […] it’s not thinking of the big picture the whole time and it’s breaking it up into smaller achievable goals.” Van Dyk feels that because it is such a long series, “[one can] lose focus and it can become overwhelming” and that is why steps are needed to approach these types of competitions.

The netball team has to work hard and practice often to achieve their set goals. One of Van Dyk’s goals for the team is, “to build on their performances from last year.” While Van Dyk want them

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to continue with their winning streak, she said she would also like them to focus on putting a great standard up at all times. When it is a competition day for the team, her game plan is, “to have patience on the attack, to be in control and to set the pace of the game.”

“My key to success is consistency,” Van Dyk shared. She added that team building is an essential tool in forming solid relationships within the team. “ We don’t do it throughout the year,” she said. However, there are specific times when she brings it in, particularly in the beginning of tournaments. “It’s been working well for us and it has made a huge difference for the team,” she said. TuksNetball has a rigorous training regime where they train from Monday to Thursday. They continue their week by competing on a Friday and Saturday and finally taking a break on a Sunday.

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n 27 April, after five days of exhilarating cricket, the Assupol TuksCricket team was crowned the Momentum National Club Champions premier cricketing side as they retained their title of champions for a consecutive year. The UP side cruised to victories over Crusaders, NWU Pukke, Wellington, Yorkshire and Fort Hare on their way to being crowned champions. Although it was a team effort and every member of the squad put in a performance when the team needed them to do so that ultimately lead to success, Neil Brand was undoubtedly the brightest shining star as he earned himself the player of the tournament award.

Brand has all-round ability which allows him to contribute with both bat and ball. The left-handed batsman said his “batting strength is definitely stronger at the moment”. Brand described the past six months as “a bit of a roller-coaster” as only a few months ago, he was in England hoping to get into Glamorgan’s 2nd XI in county division two cricket. However, due to visa issues, he was forced to return to South Africa in November.

England’s loss was Assupol TuksCricket’s gain as head coach Kruger van Wyk gave Neil Brand the opportunity to join the UP ranks in January, an opportunity Brand has taken with both hands.

Brand aims to succeed in South African cricket and said, “At the moment, I definitely won’t go back overseas”. He added that he has goals of following in the footsteps of AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis, Aidan Markram, and Lungi Ngidi who all represented UP before going on to represent the Multiply Titans and eventually the Proteas.

Brand said that Varsity Cricket is a great platform for young cricketers to showcase their talent and highlighted the work of the coaches and management saying, “The coaches have been on a different level to anything else I’ve experienced”. With a two month break coming up after a successful season for Assupol TuksCricket, Brand hopes to use the tools provided to him to take his game to the next level.

Roland Garros 2018 Paul Gray

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he French Open, otherwise known as Roland Garros, takes place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris from 27 May to 10 June. This year’s version of the Grand Slam sets up to be a highly contested one, with the return of Serena Williams to Grand Slam tennis after the birth of her child.

In the men’s competition, Rafael Nadal, the current World number one, returns to defend his title. This seemed improbable after a wrist injury as well as a bout of bad form, but having recovered from the injury and a couple wins on clay court under his belt pits him to be a serious contender. If he does win the French Open, he will break a record for eleven wins. The Sunday Express shows how monetary gain could be a spark to get the defending champion ready for the tournament, “Rafael Nadal could walk away with a cheque for €2,200,000 if he takes victory at the French Open”.

The French Open is in its 127th year and is the only Grand Slam held on clay. Its slow playing surface and seven-rounds make it one of the most demanding tennis tournaments to participate in.

These particular conditions make for interesting tennis, as it takes away the potency that big servers and serve-and-volleyers have on other surfaces.

World number two, Roger Federer, has withdrawn from the tournament, leaving breathing room for Nadal, as well as other contenders eyeing the trophy, featuring the likes of Jean Martin Del Potro and Alexander Zverev. South Africa’s Kevin Anderson, who is currently placed eighth on the ATP ranking, is also someone to look out for. In the WTA, possible contenders could be last year’s winner, Jelena Ostapenko, world number one, Simona Halep, and Caroline Wozniacki, who won the 2018 Australian Open.

With various injuries, recoveries and a shift in dynamics of the ATP and WTA player rankings, the French Open is set to be a great two weeks of tennis action for viewers and participants alike.

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