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Official SRC election date finally set Beni Letebele, the facilitator for the constitution, said that there will be a meeting to explain the rules of the election process The Standing Committee of Council has on Wednesday which is open to all students. finally approved the Constitution for Student According to Letebele, these rules need to Governance and Student Representative be finalised by the Independent Monitoring Council (SRC) elections will take place on Board and the chief electoral commissioner 17 October. and will therefore only be made available The electoral committee will officially on Wednesday. He said that most of the announce the election date on Tuesday at clarification is an 13:00 in the Piazza. explanation of what This will mark the is contained in the launch of the election No campaigning is election process period. annexure of the Nominations will allowed to take place constitution. open on 2 September from the beginning of the The finalised draft and close on 16 of the constitution September after nomination period until the which was approved which nominated start of the election period. by the council, students must be without changes, confirmed as eligible. was compiled by a Official campaigning steering committee by candidates can after consultations only take place after with students. Individuals and societies were those candidates have been confirmed as allowed to make written submissions and in eligible. some cases verbal presentations regarding According to the constitution, no amendments or additions they thought were campaigning is allowed to take place from necessary. the beginning of the nomination period The constitution was brought under review until the start of the election period as last year but the process was suspended after announced by the director of student affairs. disagreements about proposed changes to However, pre-campaigning activities may the constitution. As a result SRC elections take place until nominations are opened. The were postponed and a Temporary Student constitution also states that: “From the start of the nominations period, no society activity Committee (TSC), which has been in that can be linked to promoting any candidate office this whole year, was set up in place of the SRC while the review process was will be permitted on campus. The approval completed. The TSC acts as a temporary of society events during the election period student governance structure with its will be at the discretion of the director [of] members nominated by the vice-chancellor. student affairs, in consultation with the chief TSC President Jordan Griffiths told electoral officer.” DANIELLE PETTERSON
Image: Nolwazi Bengu Perdeby that as a member of the steering committee he is very happy with the process that was followed. “I believe the [constitution] is something Tukkies can be proud of and that it will promote a different kind of student politics on campus,” he said. “Most students don’t realise but currently the TSC is running with only nine members in contrast to what is usually an 18 to 20 member SRC.... I am very proud of my team and the work that they have done and continue to do. Working with such a small team, it is very hard as we have a variety of duties and sit on many different structures in the university all [of] which take time and
can harm your academics.” When asked if he would run for the SRC Griffiths said, “This is my second year in student governance and my fourth in student politics. It’s time for me to move on.” The SRC elected on 17 October will serve from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014. Letebele told Perdeby that, “[The Department of Student Affairs] looks forward to a successful implementation of the new constitution and the new electoral process and want to encourage all students to participate as candidates and voters in the upcoming election.”
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There were mixed reactions to my editorial last week. Some people agreed with me while others did not. But I expected as much. I don’t take back what I said. This is an editorial and is a space for me to raise my opinions about certain issues and events. This is also the only page where opinions are raised in the paper. The ATKV sent me an email about it. Jaco
van der Walt, who is the manager of the ATKV youth projects, raised some interesting points in his letter that I felt were important to mention. We published his letter to the editor below, but I have translated its main points for students who do not understand Afrikaans. Firstly he mentions that the ATKV held a meeting about Serenade in 2011 where universities who took part in the competition discussed including a “multicultural song” in the competition, but this proposal was not accepted by the participating universities. The matter was brought up again last year and the ATKV and participating universities decided that each university should use this opportunity to add multicultural songs to Serenade, but that the changes needed to implement at an internal level first. The idea behind this was that after each university has included a multicultural song themselves, the ATKV can then include it as a rule for the national Serenade finals. Van der Walt mentions other interesting points, but I think that these two are the most important when considering my last editorial. He adds that the ATKV is an Afrikaans organisation, but I wasn’t under the impression that it’s not. I just felt that our university, being inclusive, should allow for other cultures and languages to be represented. The fact that the ATKV is allowing universities who take part
in Serenade to add a multicultural component to their internal competition is promising though. Van der Walt mentions in his letter that the 2013 Serenade rules stated that, “It is the responsibility of each university to promote multicultural songs on campus. The ATKV encourages universities to adjust their internal rules to allow for more than two South African official languages in their repertoire.” So if you feel as strongly about this as I do, then transformation is more than possible. If enough suggestions are made to Stuku and the university, then I’m sure our internal Serenade can include an African-language song. With that change, ATKV will be able to make the change that they appear open to. Now for this week’s paper, the Perdebate about changes in res is on page 4. We also tried something new in Sport this week with an article about Usain Bolt on page 15. The change was inspired by some surveys that we have gone through. And there is an interesting article about hangovers on page 8. We have also opened applications for one more week. We are looking for sport writers in particular, so if you are passionate about sport and you love writing, then I would recommend signing up with Perdeby. Margeaux
Letter to the editor Beste Redakteur In reaksie op die redakteursbrief van 19 Augustus wil ek graag agtergrondinligting gee rakende die ATKV (Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging) se betrokkenheid by die sêrkompetisie en dat sêrgroepe aangemoedig moet word om in meer as twee van Suid-Afrika se landstale te sing. Die sêr-kompetisie is ‘n gevestigde kompetisie op die Tukskampus en word elke jaar met trots deur STUKU georganiseer. Die ATKV tree al vir baie jare op as prysborg by die geleentheid om die studente aan te moedig om hulle talente en kreatiwiteit in te span. My aanbeveling na aanleiding van so brief is dat die skrywer dalk eers die standpunt rakende die aangeleentheid van STUKU asook die ATKV kon inwin. Agtergrondinligting: • Die ATKV het in 2011 tydens die jaarlikse sêrvergadering waar al die deelnemende universiteite se verteenwoordigers om een tafel sit, voorgestel dat ons ‘n multikulturele lied deel maak van die repertoire maar dit is nie deur die deelnemende universiteite aanvaar nie. • Die ATKV het die erns van die saak besef en die punt is weer onder 2012 se verteenwoordigers se aandag gebring. • In 2012 het die ATKV in samewerking met die deelnemende Universiteite in die reëls geskryf dat die Universiteite asseblief self die aangeleentheid moet aanspreek. Die gedagte is dat as al die Universiteite hulle interne reëls
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hersien en voorsiening maak dat ‘n multikulturele lied deel vorm van die repertoire kan die ATKV saam met die deelnemende Universiteite dit as ‘n reël implementeer vir die finaal waar al die Universiteite se wenners deelneem. Die ATKV laat die bespreking van die reëls in die hande van die deelnemende Universiteite en hulle kan slegs ‘n reël verander met ‘n meerderheidstem. Die ATKV tree sedert 2006 op as hoofborg van die kompetisie en het die deelnemende Universiteite in 2006 besluit dat die ATKV die enigste konstante faktor is van die finaal aangesien die Studenterade se persone jaar na jaar verskil. Die ATKV het baie projekte wat jaarliks aangebied word soos byvoorbeeld die Tienertoneel, Applous, Muziq, Redenaars, Universiteitsdebat, Handevat, Filmfundi, Jeugberade, Jeugsimposiums, Woordveertjies, Mediaveertjies. (Die ATKV is juis betrokke weens die Afrikaanse komponent). Die ATKV as borg en beskermheer van die kompetisie wil graag die Afrikaanse taal uitbou en daarom die reël dat die eiekomposisie in Afrikaans moet wees asook een ander lied. Die ATKV wil kreatiewe Afrikaans aanmoedig en daarom die skrywer van die eiekomposisie beloon. Die gasheer-universiteit wat elke jaar die finaal aanbied is verantwoordelik om die voorgeskrewe liedjies te kies en dit is gewoonlik twee engelse liedjies.(Die
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Universiteit van Pretoria se keuse in 2011 was wel twee Afrikaanse liedjies) • Ek kan wel noem dat baie koshuise se repertoire nie net uit Afrikaans en Engelse liedjies bestaan nie en dat baie universiteite se deelnemers al sedert die bestaan van die kompetisie ander Afrikatale in hul repertoire insluit. ‘n Uittreksel uit die Sêrreëls vir die ATKVUniversiteitesêrfinaal 2013 wat in Afrikaans en Engels beskikbaar is: 1. Dit is elke Universiteit se verantwoordelikheid om multikulturele liedere op hulle kampus aan te moedig. Die ATKV moedig Universiteite aan om hulle interne reëls so aan te pas om meer as twee van Suid-Afrika se amptelike landstale in die repertoire te gebruik. 2. It is the responsibility of each university to promote multicultural songs on campus. The ATKV encourages universities to adjust their internal rules to allow for more than two South African official languages in their repertoire. Die ATKV en deelnemende Universiteite sal verseker die aangeleentheid weer op volgende jaar se agenda bespreek by die jaarlikse sêr-vergadering in Johannesburg en ondersteun die ATKV multikulturele liedere in die kompetisie. Die ATKV-Universiteitesêr vind die 31ste Augustus in Potchefstroom plaas waar al die deelnemende Universiteite se wenners gaan optree. Jaco van der Walt Bestuurder: ATKV-Jeugprojekte
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Tukkies Selfshots abuses the UP trademark
The new Tuks Selfshot Underwear page that appeared last week Thursday. Image: Brad Donald DANIELLE PETTERSON UP does not approve or support the Facebook page “Tukkies Selfshots”. The Facebook page invites students to submit naked or semi-naked photographs of themselves, known as “selfies”. The photographs do not include the subject’s face, allowing them to remain anonymous. The page came to UP’s attention last Thursday. UP told Perdeby that it cannot confirm whether the people in the photographs are in fact Tuks students but said that the page is an abuse of the UP trademark. Perdeby has not been able to locate the Tukkies Selfshots page and it appears as if the page has been shut down. UP told Perdeby
that the Tuks legal office has had no official communication from Facebook stating that the Tukkies Selfshots page will be closed. UP media liaison officer Nicolize Mulder said that UP’s legal representatives have tried to protect the university’s reputation and trademark in the past under similar circumstances but did not receive much support from Facebook. A screenshot of the page on Beeld’s website showed that the page’s description read, “Send us your self taken pictures. It can be clothed, half naked or completely naked, face or without your face. We will edit the rest and post it anon. Lets see who gets the most posts and likes.” According to Beeld, the Tukkies Selfshots page was created on 8 May and had 291 likes on 22 August. They also reported that the page was linked to a Twitter profile. Last Friday the Twitter
profile @Tuks_selfshots had just under 40 photographs posted on it and 94 followers. Potch Selfshots on Facebook was created on 3 July and has over 1 500 likes. Twitter profiles have been created for @potch_ selfshot and @ujselfies. A new Facebook page named “Tuks Selfshot Underwear” was created at approximately 22:00 last Thursday. The page has a very similar description to that of Tukkies Selfshots and the first post on the page stated that, “If you have the most likes, cash prizes can be won.” At the time of going to print no photographs had been posted on the Tuks Selfshot Underwear page.
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Changes to residence house committees MARISSA BRITS TuksRes has implemented changes to the structure of the house committees (HC) in residences. Some of these changes include that a first-year resident has to form part of the HC as well as added or altered portfolios. These changes have an influence on the whole residence and not just the HC members. It is for this reason that Perdeby spoke to a number of students around campus to see how they feel about these changes. The Department of Residence Affairs and Accommodation told Perdeby that the house
committees should be structured in this way “in order to support the academic focus of the university”. Jordan Griffiths, chairperson of the Temporary Student Committee (TSC), described the situation of residence traditions as a debate among three groups of people. He believes that the debate is between university management, residence students who participate in res activities and residence students who do not. Griffiths stated that the university management is concerned with helping students obtain degrees and it is their belief that residence traditions interfere with a student’s
“I think that if they take away these residence traditions they will be taking away the spirit of res. These traditions form part of the reason why students come here. The traditions allow students from different cultures to interact and get to know each other.” – Dudu Mazibuko, second-year auditing student from Katjiepiering
“First-years don’t have experience and won’t be able to contribute. Other residence members will not take a first-year seriously and this will cause a lot of disrespect within the residence.” – A second-year BSc student from Katjiepiering
“The socials had a purpose, it brought people together. I don’t understand why they made these changes.” – Freedom Thamaga, second-year BSc Chemistry student from Katjiepiering
ability to study. Griffiths said that the university is concerned with the safety of students and the damages made to property during or after socials. He argues that although these incidents do not happen all the time, that they do occur and that they do harm the reputation of the university. The students that actively participate in residence events and traditions make up the second group of the debate. Griffiths said that these students feel that residence traditions form a part of the residence culture. The traditions help students have a balance in both their social and academic lives.
Lastly, Griffiths mentioned the group of students who do not participate in res life and merely live in a residence because it is the cheapest form of accommodation around the university. They argue that residence traditions, such as greeting a mascot or referring to a senior by a specific name, do not enrich their lives. Griffiths argues that the main problem with keeping residence traditions is deciding which are good and which are bad. Perdeby spoke to students about the HC changes. This is what they had to say:
“I don’t agree with the changes. They are taking away residence traditions and the first-year experience. By taking away socials they are taking away the opportunity for people to get to know each other.” – A third-year BSc Physics student from Jasmyn
“First year HCs won’t be able to take the lead. These changes will cause traditions to fall away.” – René, first-year from Lilium
“The portfolio changes are very impractical. A lot of work is being densely compressed in one portfolio run by one person whilst some HC members have portfolios which are irrelevant. Residences know what’s best for them, and they should choose their own portfolios.” – A second-year computer engineering student from Boekenhout
“First-years are the future of the residence either way. If you look at second- and third-years, they do not fully uphold the residence traditions, whereas first-years do. If you are on the HC your academics will suffer no matter what year you are in.” – Sizwe, third-year BSc student from Olienhout
“A first-year on the HC would not be good for res. As a first-year you don’t know what’s going on and you don’t have any experience.” – Arno, first-year BCom student from Taaibos
“A first-year on the HC is good because it gives them a voice and makes them feel represented. Taking away the socials is unnecessary and poor thinking on their [UP] part since it takes away the balance of academics and having fun, which in my opinion is what varsity is about. And I think that caring about the safety of the people in res is great, but I’m not sure it needs to be its own portfolio. A HC member can only do so much regarding safety.” – A third-year BSc student from Zinnia
“I don’t like that first-year students are on the HC, they are still too young and need to focus on studying and adjusting.” – Maphuti Bibele, third-year BSc student from Jasmyn
“Tuks is implementing new rules involving first-years as HC so they can walk over them when it comes to new regulations because they won’t stand up against Tuks.” – Rogan Harwood, third-year BA Law student from Kollege “A first-year shouldn’t be on the HC because they don’t know enough.” – Morné, first-year law student from Mopanie
“The idea of a first-year being on the HC is rubbish.” – David, second-year actuarial sciences student from Maroela
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Bat eviction process finally complete on Groenkloof campus
The bat houses overlooking the pond on Groenkloof campus have been built to accommodate the largest colony of Egyptian free-tailed bats in South Africa who made Groenkloof campus their home. Experts managed the process and had to seal off openings in the campus buildings where the bats were nesting and damaging the interior and exterior of the buildings. Photo: Ilana van Heerden
TARYN RICHMOND The University of Pretoria’s Sci-Enza began a bat awareness project in 2004 involving the relocation of bats from the university’s buildings into specially designed bat houses. The project was exhibited during the natural science week in June and showcased the man-made bat houses overlooking the Groenkloof pond. According to Nigel Fernsby, a bat expert who assisted in the project, the buildings were occupied by the largest colony of Egyptian free-tailed bats in South Africa.
Over the years thousands of these bats had made the Groenkloof buildings their home due to the modern architecture creating the ideal roosting place for them. According to the Sci-Enza’s manager Rudi Horak, the bats “became a huge problem as they were nesting in the buildings, which are not well-designed due to the cement fascias where there is a nice gap for them to roost.” The project, which cost the university over R300 000, was started in 2007 when bat houses were introduced at the Technical Building on Groenkloof Campus. Over time more bat houses were erected near the dam and the sports fields.
Henry Holder, who worked extensively on the project, explains that the eviction process started in June last year and consisted of the closing of typical places where the bats would sleep. He adds that the bats were messing up the interior and exterior of the buildings and that the smell was becoming a problem for people working in the offices near the bats’ nesting spots. The whole process was managed by experts in the most environmentally-friendly way of dealing with these bats as they are a legally protected species in South Africa. Fernsby “had to physically get to the top of the buildings and seal off the places where the bats went in. This was done by means of a type of sponge material that was forced into the openings,” explains Holder. The bats that were disturbed would fly off to a safer place while some of the others would drop out of the crevices and parachute down to the ground where they were picked up and placed into the bat houses. The goal of the project is to ensure that once the bats have been moved they will not return to the same area. However, some of the bats tend to move into a different building and they need to be disturbed again. Holder explains that he hopes the bats will now move into the bat houses as they will see other bats doing so. He states that now “it is a matter of monitoring the situation and hoping for the best outcome.”
Church society teams up with SANBS to donate blood
Kobus Barnard and Lizaan Fourie donating blood. Photos: Eddie Mafa
BOIPELO BOIKHUTSO The World Mission Society (WMS) Church of God in collaboration with the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) held a blood drive last Monday. According to Dumisani Munawa, the
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chairperson of WMS, the aim of this initiative is not just to create awareness about blood shortages in the country but also to appreciate the love and sacrifice that women go through while giving birth. August is women’s month and they are taking this opportunity to help women who lose a lot of blood during childbirth.
The church members of WMS, wearing green church shirts, gathered outside the SANBS tents to donate blood. The members of the church had food packages to offer lunch to people who were joining them in the initiative because it is not safe to donate blood on an empty stomach. Wendy Manxayile, a first-year theology student said, “I cannot donate blood because I am underweight but I am here to spread the love of God through encouraging people who can to save lives.” Several people who were not church members donated blood as well, including third-year BCom Financial Management student Marco Pereira Jardim who said that this was his 11th time donating blood. “My blood type is AB+ which is rare so I am just doing my bit to help whenever I can,” Jardim told Perdeby. According to sanbs.org.za, only 3% of people have the AB+ blood type. Tshepo Motang, a third-year financial management student who also donated blood, said that his reasons for contributing were to save lives and to get “freebies while helping out”. The public relations practitioner of SANBS, Roshell Pillay, said it was a “lovely thing for WMS to approach them and help them spread the awareness, we as SANBS are really grateful.” One unit of blood can help three to six people. It is approximated that only 300 000 of the 55 million people in South Africa are donors and that the main donors are not youths. This is the reason why Munawa believes that it is important to raise awareness among the youth.
Stuku: Sêr judging was fair MARISSA BRITS The annual Tuks Serenade took place on 16 August and saw Sonop and Curlitzia taking home the overall first prizes. However, unrest over the judges’ decision started on Twitter shortly after the winners were announced. Twitter users asserted that Nerina, having achieved a standing ovation, should have made it into the top three instead of Vividus Ladies. Trends such as #ShameOnYouSTUKU, #DownWithSTUKU and #CancelSerenade began to circulate as students displayed their opposition to the judges’ decision. Twitter users claimed that Serenade could no longer be taken seriously and that the judging for the event was biased. Claims made to Perdeby accused Stuku of having personal agendas, favouring certain residences and tampering with the results. These claims base their legitimacy on the vast number of positive tweets Nerina achieved after their performance. An Erika HK told Perdeby that some of the judges seemed biased and emphasised that the judges should be chosen more carefully. HK members from Madelief and Mopanie disagree with these claims and stated that they thought the event was judged fairly. Maritza Lubbe, Stuku’s chairperson, told Perdeby: “I have personally been with Stuku for three years now and every single time after every major event we always hear these stories.” Lubbe added that the entire Serenade process is open and honest and that the HKs were allowed to view their marks and judging sheets after the event. Lubbe went on to say that Enwee Human, the vice-chairperson of the TSC, was part of the events auditing team and was involved in overseeing the entire adding process. This added a level of security for all participants. Human told Perdeby that, in his opinion, the adjudicators followed a fair process and that the teams with the best results finished at the top. Human further said that a decision was made before the event to keep all the results in his office which only he has access to. “These marks are still locked away in my office.” Lubbe said that “Every single participating HK member was given a list of judges with their CVs beforehand and were allowed to comment on them. If anyone was unhappy the judge was replaced with someone else.” Lubbe stated that the HKs could not say that the judging was unfair because the HKs were involved in choosing the judges. The judging criterion of the event is given to them by the event organisers, the ATKV. The judging sheet is made up of three sections. The first two make up the total overall marks and the last section is used to award the best own composition and the best rendition of the prescribed song. The scores from this section do not contribute to the overall mark. The judging sheets are filled in during the prelims in pencil. Judges can change these results at the end of the prelim week if they wish. The final scores are then filled in on the third attachment, the auditors’ form. Lubbe said: “The same procedure is followed with finals. Judges fill in the judging form in pencil so that they can sit down and revise their marks at the end of the night and the final scores are then recorded on the auditors’ form which gets signed off on by all parties.” The rankings are recorded in front of the judges and auditors and are kept safe until they are announced. Lubbe said, “I find it really sad that people need to make up this kind of gossip in order to take away from the winners and I also sincerely believe that wining is easy, it’s how you handle defeat that shows real character.”
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A new hope for malaria MARKO SVICEVIC A new malaria vaccine has shown promising results and has become the first vaccine of its type to possibly provide 100% protection against the disease. Before you start wondering who might be awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery, it is important to note that the vaccine does have some drawbacks. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) latest figures from March show that there are an estimated 219 million cases of malaria each year which result in 660 000 annual deaths, with children under the age of five making up most of these deaths. This amounts to about 2 000 deaths a day. Science.discovery. com, however, goes as far as placing malaria in the ninth position in the list of the world’s deadliest diseases and states the death toll at over one million people each year. It remains unclear what the exact death toll is, as the WHO explains that in continents like Africa it is difficult to record accurate malaria related deaths, causing the WHO’s figures about these deaths to range between 490 000 to 836 000 globally. According to an article by The New York Times, the vaccine called PfSPZ, developed by the American biotech company Sanaria Inc., gave full protection to a small number of volunteers. However, the vaccine was only effective under conditions deemed almost impossible to reproduce in malaria affected countries, such as the administration of the vaccine and the expenses involved. Furthermore, the vaccine only protected 12 out of the 15 volunteers, and those 12 volunteers had to be administered higher dosages for the vaccine to be effective. The idea behind the vaccine came from the knowledge that a person could naturally build
Image: Reinhard Nell up partial immunity against malaria if bitten by mosquitoes treated by radiation in a laboratory. But for this immunity to build up, you would need to be bitten roughly a thousand times. To create the vaccine, the malaria-carrying mosquitoes are first bred in a laboratory and then irradiated. The malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum (the most dangerous of the malaria parasites) is then extracted from the mosquito. The then weakened parasites are counted and placed in vials. Thereafter, the weakened parasites can be injected directly into a person’s bloodstream and immunity against the disease can be built up. Rebecca Morelle, a science reporter for
the BBC’s World Service, says that the initial clinical trial included 40 volunteers who received different dosages of the vaccine and a further 17 who received a placebo. When exposed to the malaria parasite, the only volunteers who were not infected were those who received the highest doses of the vaccine. However, the next clinical trial on 15 volunteers showed that with the administration of high doses of the vaccine, only 3 were infected with the parasite. Dr Robert Sedert from the Vaccine Research Centre at the National Institute of Health, told the BBC, “We were excited and thrilled by the result, but it is important that we repeat
it, extend it and do it in larger numbers.” He also added that, “The next critical question will be whether the vaccine is durable over a long period of time and [whether] the vaccine protects against other strains of malaria.” A Unicef article published on 14 August states that the vaccine will now be further tested in Africa, starting at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania. Although PfSPZ is still a candidate vaccine showing some promising results, it is not the only one. Another vaccine by the name of RTS, S/AS01, developed by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, has already shown some promising results. Although it is currently still being conducted, phase three of the clinical trial involved the vaccination of 15 450 children in seven African countries. This trial was conducted between March 2009 and January 2011 and aimed at studying the efficacy of the vaccine. Results from the trials showed that the vaccine protected African children against both clinical and severe malaria. Currently, there are about 20 possible malaria vaccines in clinical trials. Although the results of these trials look promising, a successful vaccine to treat malaria is not yet on the market. It would be advised that people travelling first check whether their destination is a malaria-risk area. If there is a risk of contracting the disease, necessary precautions should be taken, which most commonly include specific malaria tablets. As for the possibility of a vaccine as a preventative measure for malaria, hopes are certainly high as the impact of this disease on the African continent takes its toll. A malaria vaccine would not only aid governments in the fight against poverty, but would give millions a chance at life.
Binge-watching: too much of a good thing?
Photo: Hendro van der Merwe LUSANDA FUTSHANE The word “binge” has some negative connotations. It is generally used when you stay away from something (that is not good for you to begin with) for a very long time, and when something negative happens to you, such as getting fired, dumped or a bad mark, under the cover of darkness where no one can see you, you medicate yourself with whatever it is you like to binge on. So, automatically, the term “binge-watching” has a lot of baggage. But it also looks like the trend that could change the television landscape and redefine what precisely it means to enjoy TV.
For a long time this has been the student viewing experience, but recently it has become everyone’s viewing experience. Binge-watching is nothing new but what used to be a fringe, often less-than-legal activity, has now become so mainstream that television networks have listened and started catering to it. House of Cards, an American beltway drama, was the first series to premiere an entire season online at once. The show went live on Netflix (an online streaming service) on 1 February this year and was a hit. How big a hit, you ask? Well, the show has been nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards this year, a historical first for a web series. A second season is currently in the
works. Netflix has since released other straight-toweb series that have also done well: Hemlock Grove, a horror/thriller that has been critically divisive but still managed to earn two Emmy nominations, and Orange Is the New Black, a comedy-drama about a woman who goes to prison, premiered in July to much fanfare. Netflix also revived the ill-fated cult sensation Arrested Development for a fourth season, seven years after Fox cancelled the comedy. As with House of Cards, entire seasons of these shows are available to view online at once. The 2013 Edelman Global Entertainment Study, which surveyed over 6 000 adults between the ages of 18 and 54 from all over the world, revealed that 88% of its respondents prefer to watch consecutive episodes of their favourite show one after the other. One reason for this could be time. Most adults’ lives are already filled with studies, jobs and maintaining social lives which leaves a small amount of free time over the weekend and the occasional public holiday to actually catch up on TV shows. Having all the episodes of a certain show puts you in charge of your viewing experience – you decide how much to watch and how often. Another reason could be the jaw-dropping way that episodes of most TV shows end, leaving week-long periods of suspense and torture. Most people are often anxious to move on to the next episode. What do those numbers mean? Who was that shadowy figure wielding an axe behind the door? How are they ever going to get off that island? These are the kind of questions people used to obsess over until the following week when the next episode premieres, but the success of bingewatching suggests that viewers no longer
enjoy the suspense. It is almost like reading an intense crime novel – the last thing you want is someone telling you that you cannot read the next chapter until next week. But what does this mean for the television industry? “TV executives are torn by the development: gratified that people are gorging on their product, frustrated because it’s a TV party that all-important advertisers aren’t invited to,” writes John Jurgensen for the Wall Street Journal. And therein lies the problem: this new television paradigm is difficult to monetise for networks who have relied on advertisers to fund their business for decades. Binge-watching dissidents also try to defend the integrity of serialised television and the need for breaks in between intense scenes, episodes and seasons. In an Entertainment Weekly article entitled “The case against binge-watching”, Mark Harris writes: “It has been more moving and exciting to me to watch Mad Men over six years than it would have been to watch Don and Peggy age a decade in six weeks. Breaking Bad is not one long chopped-up movie; it’s a series that is hugely enhanced by the breathing room that’s built in between each immaculately crafted hour.” At the end of the day, the ultimate argument in favour of binge-watching is freedom of choice. As with anything worth bingeing on (cake, vodka, pizza – to name a few), you have the freedom to have it all now or save it for later. And once you choose to wolf it down in one deep breath, you need to be prepared to deal with the hangover, as you will emerge from your long weekend unwashed, under-rested and covered in popcorn seasoning. But at least you found out who the axe-murderer was and that is all that matters, right?
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Hangovers and stupidity: is there a connection?
Illustration: Modeste Goutondji ANLERIE DE WET When taking a drag of a cigarette in a crowded room, there will always be a Negative Nancy who reminds you of how bad smoking is for
your health. But funnily enough, you will never get told what a hangover can do to you. According to the latest research done by Dr Lauren Owen, a postdoctoral researcher at Keele University’s School of Psychology in the
United Kingdom, a hangover or the symptoms thereof (when alcohol levels in the blood descend back to zero) impairs brain function. While the hangover itself is not entirely understood from a medical perspective, it has been found that one of the main symptoms, dehydration, and certain chemicals in alcohol, play a large role in killing off brain cells. One of these chemicals is ethanol, the most common form of alcohol in drinks. When the body breaks ethanol down, it turns it into acetate which can be expelled from the body. However, acetate may turn into acetaldehyde (a toxic molecule) for a short period of time and attach itself onto the neuronal cells in the brain, causing them to die. This means that even people who only drink alcohol occasionally are slowly turning their brains into vegetables. Although Dr Owen’s findings are only preliminary, it is already known that the working memory is mostly affected when a person consumes alcohol. This memory is situated in the forebrain or, to be more exact, in the orbitofrontal cortex, which analyses information to predict or foresee the possible outcome of an action. When this area of the brain is damaged, it is difficult to control cravings for alcohol and allows for poor decision-making. Even though this happens to people of different ages, it has been found to have worse effects on younger people, especially when they first experience a hangover. The late Dr Sydney Cohen, a researcher and a former director of the United States’ National Institution of Mental Health, pointed out that human beings are wired to accelerate learning during young adulthood and adolescence. Therefore, hangovers can have worse effects on young people because they are still in this accelerated learning phase. And to make matters worse, there is not really much of a chance to outrun the dreaded hangover with age. Although
it is a proven fact that hangovers get worse with age, it appears that the number of hangovers one has decrease as the years go by. Dr Richard Stephens, a psychology lecturer at Keele University, says that with age, “people generally suffer fewer hangovers”, but mostly because older people learn what kinds of alcohol they can and cannot handle. Redemption, an alcoholfree movement that focuses on promoting alcohol-free bars, has done their own research and found that the average hangover tends to last for 9 hours and 45 minutes. In and around this time, there is a 5-10% drop in the working memory’s performance. Dr Owen’s findings also indicate a 30% increase in brain errors while the research participants were hungover. It was also found that the reaction time of a hungover person in his/her mid-twenties was equal to that of a person in their forties. Dr Owen’s research is the follow-up study of Drs Fulton Crews and Jennifer Obernier from the University of North Carolina’s Bowles Centre for Alcohol Studies, who studied the effects of hangovers in rats (whereas Dr Owen used human participants). With Crews and Obernier’s study, rats were put in water forcing them to find their way to a platform. After giving some of the rats alcohol, they put the rats back in the water but repositioned the platform. The rats that were not given alcohol were able to find the newly placed platform, whereas the ones who were given alcohol kept going back to the place where the platform used to be and never altered their course to where the platform was moved. During adolescent and young adult years, we learn how to deal with a lot of change, such as moving away from home, dealing with the pressures of varsity and challenging the working arena. Having hangovers at this stage in life can diminish our ability to adapt to new surroundings.
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Diamond Thug: dark bass and silvery vocals MELINA MELETAKOS “If there’s one thing we can say about our band, it’s that we’re always late,” says Danilo Quieros, bass guitarist and producer for Cape Town’s new experimental electronic trio Diamond Thug. The band arrived in Johannesburg last night, but not before almost missing their flight. “Well, I was on time. I was having breakfast,” says vocalist Chantel van T. “Okay, more just me,” says Danilo. “We hope to change that though,” says drummer and producer Adrian Culhane. This isn’t the first time Diamond Thug has played for Gauteng audiences. In June they made the trip up north to play a few shows in Johannesburg. “We love Joburg,” says Danilo. “I even ended up staying a week longer,” says Chantel. Diamond Thug was formed when Danilo heard Chantel, who is also the vocalist of indie pop band LA.VI, performing at Synergy. He turned to Chantel’s boyfriend at the time, who was standing next to him, and said: “I need to make music with your girlfriend.” He was introduced to the arresting singer afterwards and they started making music together. “It was weird,” says Chantel of the electronic music they were making. “More dancey, vibey stuff,” says Danilo. “Then we sort of figured out that that wasn’t our sound and it evolved into what it is now.” Adrian was at Diamond Thug’s first gig and liked what he heard so much that he offered to join the band as their drummer. “I played like 20 instruments every time, so we could do with a drummer,” says Danilo in jest. Adrian has also helped a lot with producing Diamond Thug’s debut album, making sure that
it will be a well-manicured first release. He has a home studio that he built after touring with his previous band, a more sophisticated alternative to Danilo’s bedroom that the band used previously. The album is in the final mixing stages now, giving it a more organic feel that couldn’t be achieved before without being able to record live instruments in Danilo’s makeshift studio. “It’s a lot cleaner and we’re able to get a lot more of a professional sound, whereas in my room, where we recorded before, it’s a lot cheaper,” says Danilo. “The sound just wasn’t as clear.” The result of this more polished approach is a refreshing experimental soundscape, a bit like freak folk duo CocoRosie, but not nearly as weirdly perverse or pretentious. Diamond Thug combine hip hop beats with dark bass lines, both tied together neatly by Chantel’s sweeping, silvery voice. She is able to alter it effortlessly, from a wistful meow to an astral wail, at times even bordering on a brazen rap. How does the band think having worked on various other musical in the past helped them with the music they are making now as Diamond Thug? “I think quite a lot,” says Chantel. “I think we’re really independent,” says Danilo. “While we still jam together, we have our own roles and responsibilities and we really know it well.” And for a newfangled band, how do they plan on staying relevant? “We’ve really tried not to play too many gigs,” says Danilo. He says that crowds get over bands quickly because there aren’t that many live music venues, especially in Cape Town. “We’re just trying not to give them too much of us, but we’re quite active online.” Says Chantel: “I think we’ve had quite a good run of going with the flow.”
From top left: Diamond Thug’s Chantel Van T, Adrian Culhane and Danilo Queiros performing at Arcade Empire in Pretoria. Photos: Christelle Duvenage
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Reviews Parachute Overnight
JOHAN SAAYMAN From the quaint US state of Virginia comes a five-member pop rock band called Parachute. Their third album, Overnight, following four EPs and two full-length studio albums over 11 years, makes it easy to see how they have been active for so long. The record comes two years after the album The Way It Was, and shows how they have grown both as people and musicians. The songs seem to be aimed at a younger audience but the album is nonetheless relatable to pop rock enthusiasts of any age. On Overnight, their appeal is maintained by lyrics that are honest and sensible but not too blunt and shallow. This is accompanied by instrumentals that are adequately simple or fittingly complex, making each song an exciting experience even though some are slow and soulful. The vocal performance delivered by lead
vocalist Will Anderson is the final ingredient to their recipe of making a good album. Anderson’s range is not very wide but his tone is used cleverly in every song to make it delectable for any listener in any mood. This is showcased from the onset in the opening track “Meant to Be”, where Anderson’s smooth tone carries the instruments through a diverse set of melodies. Released as the first single from the album in May this year, “Can’t Help” has a simpler sound with a few complimenting electronic components. “Hurricane” is a slower song about love lost and mourned, with a select amount of instruments caressing the vocals in a steady, continuous pace. “Disappear” is another prominent slow-paced song but delivers an inspirational message of endurance and acceptance. Parachute is one of those bands that will stay in the shadows of mainstream artists but their music will most likely remain as admirable as it has been through the years. Someday they might offer something that will get them to the top of playlists but for now, their blue-eyed pop will remain a treasure to only those that have been following them since their Live from the Recording Studio EP days.
The Civil Wars The Civil Wars
LUSANDA FUTSHANE When musicians self-title one of their albums that is not their debut album it tends to send a strong message: forget everything else, this is what we actually want to sound like. If that was the case with the Nashville duo’s sophomore album, then fans have a bit of an adjustment to make. What The Civil Wars have always done well is produce introspective and piercing songs about all kinds of dysfunctional romances. A few of those are present on the record but surprisingly there is some hope and optimism this time around and none of it feels contrived. “Eavesdrop”, a warm and fuzzy track that feels like a window into two lovers’ “honeymoon phase”, still has Joy Williams’ formulaic cries of desperation carried steadily on the twangs of John Paul White’s guitar. However, if you find yourself missing the woebegone anthems that The Civil Wars are known for, none of them are in shortage.
Entertainment “Devil’s Backbone” is basically this album’s “Poison and Wine”, complete with lovelorn, vocal back-and-forth between Williams and White that crawls then towers, and all the romantic helplessness that one song can shoulder. “Same Old Same Old” is another song that cements itself as the backdrop of countless fans’ future heartaches and does so with a clean, basic guitar line and dire confessional lyrics that seem ripped straight out of a lovers’ quarrel. The album wanders a little too far into Lady Antebellum territory on songs like “Dust to Dust” and “Tell Mama” which both brood along cheesily, never really packing any sort of emotional or musical punch. Things take a cringeworthy turn near the end with an awkward sexed-up cover of Smashing Pumpkins “Disarm” followed by the pretentious French ballad “Sacred Heart”. But bluegrassy thumpers like “The One That Got Away” and “I Had Me a Girl” circle nicely back to the album’s thematic pain. With constant reports of fighting between Williams and Paul and a breakup always looming in their future, perhaps what they were saying by self-titling this specific record wasn’t “here we finally are” but “if we don’t come.” back, here’s what we want remembered”.
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Reviews A thriller with a conscience
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The East Director: Zal Batmanglij NAYAAB MAHARAJ The East is an eco-thriller that revolves around Jane Owen/ Sarah Moss (Brit Marling) who works for Hiller Brood, an elite private intelligence firm that protects the interests of their A-list corporate clientele. Jane is thrown into a deep undercover investigation of the eco-terrorist group The East, a cult whose sole purpose is to seek revenge against corporations who damage the environment. She soon finds herself tangled in her double life as the flaws of both sides unravel before her. Based on director Zal Batmanglij and co-writer Brit Marling’s practice of Freeganism and experiences joining an anarchist collective, The East uses the plotline of a spy movie to raise awareness of the same issues as movies like The 11th Hour
and An Inconvenient Truth. In this way, the movie focuses on those responsible for the environmental crimes and those who sabotage them instead of their effect on nature alone. Marling is riveting as the undercover agent. The East’s cult leader Benji (Alexander Skarsgard) is both equally ruthless and vulnerable in his portrayal while Ellen Page plays the fearless cult follower Izzy. Each character is unique and intriguing and makes you question who the real heroes are. The East incorporates two very different settings: corporate America against an isolated house in the woods of rural Louisiana. These settings reflect the battle between the two groups perfectly and creates a movie that is shocking, interesting and relevant to issues of illegal oil dumping, untested drugs, water contamination and other environmental problems. A viewer who enjoys big budget movies may be disappointed as it is classified as Cinema Nouveau and contains some graphic scenes. But based on its intentions, The East is a brilliant depiction of eco-terrorism, giving a whole new meaning to the mantra: reduce, reuse, recycle.
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Now You See Me Director: Louis Leterrier
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Director Louis Leterrier is an expert at creating blockbuster films and has directed movies such as Transporter and The Incredible Hulk. Although these films are often ranked high on the entertainment scale they generally lack substance. Now You See Me is a step in the right direction but unfortunately follows the same path. It is an entrancing movie with impressive special effects and catchy dialogue that draws you into the personal story of each character. These personal stories, however, are too thinly veiled and there is a sense of haste in the arrangement of the details of the plot. The film is about how four mediocre street magicians team up as “The Four Horsemen” to produce a magic show. The show moves from Las Vegas to New Orleans to New York leaving stunned and delighted audiences in its wake as well as a few angry FBI agents. The cast boasts names like Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Morgan Freeman, which adds promise to the film that has an Ocean’s Eleven feel. Unfortunately, the complicated storyline weakens the final product, turning Now You See Me into a good movie instead of a great one. Images: cdn.pastemagazine.com and collider.com
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Usain Bolt breaks world record MAXINE TWADDLE The fastest man in the world is now one of the most successful athletes in the world. Usain Bolt made history two weeks ago with his vital contribution to the Jamaican men’s 4x100m relay team’s victory at the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) World Championships in Moscow, Russia. The gold medal from the event was Bolt’s third of the 2013 championship and his tenth medal at a World Championship, making him the most successful athlete in the history of the tournament. Bolt’s ten World Championship medals consist of eight gold and two silver medals, placing him higher than Carl Lewis and Allyson Felix who have each accumulated eight gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the World Championships. Born in Trelawny, Jamaica in 1986, Bolt showed from a young age that he was a talented athlete. His sport career began on the cricket pitch and Bolt was determined to become an international cricketer until his high school cricket coach, noticing the speed Bolt displayed in his bowling run ups, persuaded him to focus on athletics instead. Olympian Pablo McNeil and former National Football League (NFL) wide receiver Dwayne Barrett became Bolt’s coaches. In 2003 Bolt dominated the u/19 sprints at the Jamaican High School Championships despite being two years younger than his competitors. Bolt turned professional the following year and quickly showed the athletics world what it could expect from him. He became the youngest person to run the 200m in under 20 seconds at the Carifta Games, an annual Caribbean athletics competition and Bolt’s first professional competition. Bolt qualified for the 2004 Athens Olympics but was eliminated in the first round of the 200m event after suffering from injuries to his leg muscles. Further injuries and a car accident in November 2005 affected Bolt’s development as an athlete. He adopted a less intensive training schedule and was forced to withdraw from the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Bolt returned to competition in May 2006, focusing on the 200m event. He finished third behind Xavier Carter and Tyson Gay at the Athletissima Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland in his first major competition since his injuries.
Water polo club to hold trials for a men’s team GABRIELLA FERREIRA Tuks’ water polo club will be expanding after holding trials for a men’s squad later this year. The introduction of a men’s squad comes as a result of the great success of the women’s squad. The university has only had a women’s squad for the past four years. The squad competed in various competitions and performed very well. This year the team came third in the South African Nationals Currie Cup and had eight members selected for the national water polo squad. Club manager Claudia Brasler said that the introduction of a men’s side will give TuksAquatics a bigger competitive advantage in the University Sports South Africa (USSA) aquatic tournament due to take place in November. In previous years the University of Pretoria has missed out on vital points due to the absence of a men’s water polo squad in their aquatics team which resulted in Tuks having to forfeit men’s water polo events. To schedule a trial, contact Claudia Brasler on 082 450 2865 or email brasler@telkomsa. net.
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Bolt’s first medal since is comeback came two months later with another third-place finish at the IAAF World Athletics Final. Bolt then won a silver medal at the IAAF World Cup in Athens, finishing 0.9s behind gold medalist Wallace Spearmon. Bolt began competing in the 100m event in 2007 after winning a bet with coach Glen Mills. Mills was reluctant to let Bolt run 100m but agreed that Bolt could participate in the event if he broke the 200m Jamaican record, which Bolt did, running the 200m at the Jamaican Championships in a time of 19.75s to beat Don Quarrie’s 36-year-old record by 0.11s. Bolt’s rise to real athletic prominence began in the build up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Bolt ran his first sub-ten second 100m in 2007 at the Jamaica Invitational. He finished the race in a time of 9.76s. Another quick run came at
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the Reebok Grand Prix in New York where Bolt won the 100m with a time of 9.72s. This was only Bolt’s fifth attempt at the distance at a senior level but his time was enough to break Asafa Powell’s 100m record. When the Beijing Olympics began Bolt was determined to win both the 100m and 200m races. He broke his own world record to win the 100m gold in 9.69s. This astonishing time could have been even faster as replays show Bolt slowing down noticeably due to his shoelaces coming undone. Officials estimated that if Bolt had maintained the speed with which he ran the race’s first 60m he would have finished in a time of 9.52s. Bolt became the first athlete to win both the 100m and 200m Olympic events since Carl Lewis in 1984. He won the 200m with a new world- and Olympic-record time of 19.30s. After his dominant performance at the
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PHILIP STOFBERG Investigations into financial irregularities at Stellenbosch University’s (SU) rugby club could have far-reaching repercussions for rugby in South Africa. Chris de Beer, former chairperson of the rugby club, was fired at the end of last year after he had allegedly transferred money from students’ accounts into a personal account for interest benefits. The investigation that had brought this to light implicates other officials who have ties with the South African Rugby Union (SARU). SARU chief executive officer (CEO) Jurie Roux confirmed that he was aware of the investigation at SU. Roux was the chairperson of the SU rugby club before he became SARU CEO and was succeeded by De Beer. SARU has still not explained the 107% bonuses and 21% salary increases for its officials at the end of the 2012 financial year despite an 87% fall in profits. A R45 million Springbok museum in the Waterfront and the controversial promotion-relegation Super Rugby situation has also been causing controversy for SARU. SU will continue their investigation into the matter but no deadline for this has been set.
MAXINE TWADDLE Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) NMMU beat Rhodes University, the University of Fort Hare and Walter Sisulu University at the intervarsity tournament, which includes various sporting codes, held in Port Elizabeth over the weekend of 17 August. NMMU attained 398 points over the tournament, beating second-placed Rhodes by 62 points. NMMU won 15 of the 23 of the events. This is the sixth time in a row that NMMU has won the intervarsity tournament. Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) TUT remained unbeaten after five rounds of the Varsity Football Challenge competition. TUT are on top of the competition’s log with 13 points and have already qualified for the semi-finals. They have won four games and drawn one. TUT will face NMMU and the University of the Witwatersrand in the last two rounds of the competition’s round-robin stage.
Olympics, journalists and experts speculated that Bolt had the potential to be one of the best athletes the sport had ever seen. Bolt proved them right and became the first man to defend the 100m and 200m Olympic double, running with respective times of 9.63s and 19.32s. Bolt had a quiet start to the 2013 athletics season and his first major appearance came in June at the Golden Gala meeting in Italy, where Bolt was beaten by Justin Gatlin by just onehundredth of a second in the 100m race. Bolt then beat Gatlin at the World Championships by 0.8s for his first medal of the tournament. Six days later Bolt won the 200m race in a time of 19.66s. In his last event of the championships, Bolt powered his way through the final leg of the 4x100m relay to cement his status as one of the world’s greatest athletes.
TuksWrestling perform well in Johnnie Reitz Big 5 Wrestling Tournament GABRIELLA FERREIRA TuksWrestling performed well in the Johnnie Reitz Big 5 Wrestling Tournament earlier this month at the University of Pretoria. A total of 32 of the club’s members took podium positions across several weight classes. TuksWrestling’s Elandre Beukes and Dylon Marais both won two first-place positions in two different events. Ndlovu Siswe, Zander Geringer, Luanco Stans and Henry van der Walt also performed very well, all achieving first place in one event and second place in another. Zander Smith came second in two events. Other results regarding TuksWrestling members included first places from Leon Myburgh, Zandre Labuschagne, Dian de Wet, Xander Coetzee, Ruan Botha, Ruben Smit, Zumicke Geringer and Bennie Labuschagne in their respective weight classes. Arno van Zijl, Wernich van Dyk, Arnold van Nieuwkoop, Cobus le Roux, Ockie Pienaar and Werner Kruger all finished as runner-ups in their events and Niel du Toit, Christiaan le Roux, Werner Steenkamp and Willie Louw all placed third in their weight classes.
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Tuks win first Varsity Football away game
Tuks and UFS during their Varsity Football Challenge match in Bloemfontein. Images: varsitysportssa.co.za
MAXINE TWADDLE Tuks beat the University of the Free State (UFS) 4-0 at Shimlas Park Stadium on 19 August. The win is their first away fixture of the inaugural Varsity Football Challenge. Tuks scored only one goal in the first half, with the remaining three goals coming in the second half. Tuks dominated possession and goalscoring opportunities throughout the match. Tuks began the game strongly, playing attacking football from the start of the match. They played most of the opening minutes inside UFS’s half and won an early free kick that was knocked away by UFS defenders for a corner.
Tuks capitalised on the opportunity and Mosa Sesele jumped to head the ball into the goal after it had been curled into the box. Although Tuks continued to control possession, UFS had more shots on target as they looked for an equaliser. UFS did not recover from the early setback and the score remained 1-0 at halftime. Tuks started the second half much like the first and they were awarded another penalty a few minutes into the half. Mbongeni Masilela’s penalty kick was on target and Tuks were 2-0 up early in the second half. UFS changed their style of play to more attacking football to try and reduce the deficit. Many changes were made to the UFS team
as coaching staff substituted strikers and midfielders in an attempt to create goal-scoring opportunities. This tactic looked to be paying off as UFS dominated possession during the next period of play. Tuks goalkeeper Tristyn Coetsee played well to prevent all of UFS’s ontarget shots from reaching the back of the net. UFS’s best scoring opportunity came with a free kick from captain Ricco Sutil but his shot hit the Tuks defensive wall. Tuks found the form they had started the match with and took back control of the play. They began to counter-attack and create scoring opportunities. Claudio Barreiro scored the team’s third goal when his shot found the top
right corner of the goal. A UFS defensive mistake gave Tuks another free kick in the last few minutes of the game. Thabo Ndlovu made the most of the opportunity and scored Tuks’ fourth goal of the game. The win means that Tuks stays fourth on the Varsity Football Challenge log with ten points. Tuks need to take one point from their remaining two league matches in order to qualify for the semi-finals. The Tshwane University of Technology is currently leading the competition and has already attained a semifinal spot.
World Championships just a start for Beneke PHILIP STOFBERG
PC Beneke clears a hurdle while training at UP’s Sport campus. Photo: Ilana van Heerden
Born in Bloemfontein on 18 July 1990, PC Beneke attended President Brand Primary School and then Grey College from 2004, matriculating in 2008. It was during his school years that Beneke developed his passion for running hurdles. After school Beneke attended the University of the Free State (UFS) and started studying education but focused more on his training to represent South Africa as an athlete. Under the supervision of his coach Ans Botha he was able to improve the times he achieved in each tournament. “She got me to where I was at that point,” Beneke told Perdeby, saying that it was very difficult for him to leave his coach when he decided to transfer to the University of Pretoria. The expert coaching that Hennie Kotze would provide was one of the deciding factors for Beneke’s transfer. Under the instruction of Kotze, Beneke continued to improve on his times, cutting off more than a second during the last year. Beneke qualified for the World Student Games (WSG) at the Athletics Gauteng North League competition in February with a time of 50.61 seconds and broke the 50-second barrier in March.
Earlier in the year SASCOC (South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee) withdrew support for South African athletes due to an argument between the organisation and ASA (Athletics South Africa). This would have meant that 27 athletes would not have been able to compete at the WSG in Kazan, Russia. Beneke was eventually able to compete because of independent sponsors. He said that although the situation was unfortunate, it had to happen so that people could realise what athletes have to go through in South Africa. “People shouldn’t blame athletes if they don’t win medals as these things have an effect on you.” Despite the controversy, Beneke still managed to win a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay event with Pieter Conradie, Jacques de Swardt and Wayde van Niekerk. Beneke further improved his time at the South African Championships to 49.18 seconds, which qualified him for the 2013 IAAF World Championships. Despite not qualifying for the semi-finals at the World Championships, Beneke thoroughly enjoyed the experience and told Perdeby that, “It was a dream come true to warm up a few feet away from the likes of Usain Bolt.”
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