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SRC election results to be out soon NINA VAN WYK
According to Wesley Timm, Chief Electoral Ofcer of the Independent Electoral Committee (IEC), the election results have been calculated, but the results can only be released once the IMB has declared the election free and fair. Timm said, “The IMB is not prepared to do this before the SEC has dealt with the complaints referred to it. The SEC is sitting as we speak and considering the issues. I would prefer not to comment on the issues before the SEC has made their rulings.” Timm said that the complaints came from the IEC, but he did not want to elaborate. Students can expect the results as soon as the IMB has
Students watching the South Africa-Namibia game last week Thursday.
declared the election free and fair. Timm expressed the hope that the results will be declared this week. “However, the SEC must rst nish its proceedings and I cannot say how long this will take.” Timm also said that SASCO has withdrawn their complaint as detailed in last week’s article in Perdeby, because evidence was provided that no irregularities occurred at the station. “Oral testimony from various persons conrmed that, despite some temporary confusion, everyone who came to vote was given the opportunity to vote for both a society and a faculty candidate. The votes at Mamelodi were counted and 129 society ballots were tallied whereas 130 faculty ballots were tallied.” According to Timm, this minor difference is not problematic
and could in no way make a difference to the results. “The IMB has told me that when presented with this evidence SASCO withdrew their complaint,” said Timm. The IEC administrate the logistics of the election and authorise campaigning material. The Independent Monitoring Body (the IMB) is a separate body which monitors the election and checks for irregularities. If they discover any material irregularities they pass them on to the Special Election Court (SEC) who adjudicates the matter. Each of these bodies is independent from one another and has different chairpersons. The IMB is chaired by Professor Speckman, Dean of Students, and the SEC Professor Ogude. All three bodies have student representation on them, though the IEC is made up entirely of students.
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Thank the powers that be that there is a holiday on the horizon. I am terrically demotivated. There are six weeks left of my degree and in my head, I’ve already got it. Finished. Graduated. In my head, I’m already an honours student. I need this week off to remind myself that the nish line hasn’t quite been reached yet; there are still a few kilometres of the race to be run. September is also boring. Nothing happens. Well, nothing that makes my news pages or my life exciting. It’s all very dull. But after the holidays, it will be October – everyone knows October is exciting. So in order to keep myself amused in the interim, I have had to rely on old techniques. Some of my friends and I are planning to create a real life Packman game on campus (information on where to get man-sized Packman suits would be appreciated). We are also planning on stealing that jet that is enshrined across from the CIL labs (because nothing says excitement like grand larceny) and I have, for a while, been planning on painting the HSB bright orange by ying over it in a helicopter and dumping tons and tons and tons of paint all over it. Do you see what kinds of fantasies I have to resort to in September? Desperate times. At least lots of people have birthdays in September (clearly, people get particularly randy at Christmas time) so there are a great many parties. As another friend of mine so aptly put it, “September is a month for vodka at high velocity.” That, at least, shakes things up. Still though, campus goes through a lull at this time of the year, between the enthusiasm of August and the inexplicable excitement of
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Jacarandas (they’re only owers, but they make Pretorians go mad) and we have to try hard to keep life exciting. Recently, I have revived an old habit: does anyone else do that thing where they give nicknames to people that they see on campus regularly? We all have those people – people who you recognise from around campus – but you have no idea who they are, let alone what their actual names are, so you christen them with a random nickname. My friends and I have quite a collection. There’s JC Superstar, Alice the Wonderful, McWoof the Crime Dog, Mortitia, Kaalvoet Adam, Moses, Rodger Rodger the Cofn Dodger and my personal favourite: The Bogus Jonas, a guy who looks exactly like one of the Jonas Brothers. The Bogus Jonas, we discovered, has a brother, who then became the Bonus Bogus Jonas. All of these people, no doubt, have perfectly normal names, like Bob or Sue or John, and are probably (underneath the dreadlocks or facial hair or emo-ness) perfectly boring. But still, it’s fun to create life stories for this gallery of strangers, to sit on the grass and point and laugh. I haven’t sat on the grass judging people I don’t know at all for a while but the advent of September gave me the perfect excuse. Don’t deny that you do it too. Especially if you’re a BA kid. The BA kids are notoriously judgemental. I suppose if you are studying something else, you don’t have the time. But anyway, ’til October, children. Enjoy your holidays. And now a word from our sponsors: drink responsibly. Beyers
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Mr and Miss Tuks 2011
KOKETSO DLONOGLO On Friday 16 September 35 contestants made history during the first ever Mr and Miss Tuks beauty pageant. Thabani Mbule, who is currently studying his Masters in Animal Science, won Mr Tuks and Miss Tuks was won by Randy Kgodumo, a first-year publishing student. After their win, both Mr and Miss Tuks expressed their vision for their 2012 reign. They said that as the first Tuks ambassadors of the pageant, they aim to help make Tuks a better higher education institution by “helping to maintain our level of excellence as one of the top Universities in the continent.” Mbule also said, “I want students to be given equal
opportunities, and to ensure that Tuks keeps its cultural traditions.” The contestants were judged according to three criteria. They were judged by their first impression, their overall appearance and the crowd response towards each contestant. All contestants were given a mark out of 100 in each aspect. Zonke Mthethwa, the Vice-President of STUKU and pageant organiser said, “Every university has its own beauty queen and handsome king. We noticed a huge a gap in the University of Pretoria, after 103 years we’ve never had someone to fill that position. Someone who is a Tuks ambassador, someone who has the Tuks brains, who is fun and who students can relate to. History was written on Friday.”
The first runners-up were Jonathan Mbisha and Mercylee Mokosheni. Other prizes included Mr and Miss Photogenic, awarded to Nick Taute and Jayshika Naginda respectively, and Mr and Miss Personality, won by C J Wang and Christina Walugembe. Lindiwe Khumalo, a second-year LLB student, was among the 100 supporters. He said, “Our highlight was the Hip Hop dancers and seeing the guys in their casual wear. I most especially enjoyed the crowd response when they saw Thabani and Randy walking together as a couple. She wore a pink dress and he looked handsome in a pink tie.” STUKU says that they plan to organise the pageant again next year, and aim to make it even bigger and better.
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Pledge a Pad FIFA tournament KOKETSO DLONGOLO Over 50 students took part in the Pledge a Pad FIFA tournament on Friday 16 September. Pledge a Pad is a non-prot organisation founded in May 2010 by a group of UP students. The team is lead by Aileen Hlongoane, a nal year LLB student. Pledge a Pad (PAP) aims to provide girls and women living in disadvantaged areas with sanitary pads. Research has shown that at times, these women resort to using newspaper, toilet paper and cloth because they cannot afford sanitary pads. Often the use of these materials can lead to serious infections. The event rose over 25 packs of pads and over R3000 with the help of mainly male students. After nine hours of gaming, the winner and FIFA Champion was Abdullah Ismail, a second-year Business Management student. He won a 160GB PS3 Console and a FIFA 12 game. When asked how he felt about the tournament he said, “Fantastic atmosphere, the company was great, an amazing experience, thank you Pledge a Pad for a well organised tournament.” The second runner-up was Uwais Patel, a second-year Financial Management student. According to Patel, “The nal was good and in the end the better man won.” He walked away with a FIFA 12 game and the Madden 12 American football game. Ahmed Joosub, who correctly guessed the nal winner of the tournament, walked away with a R150 BT games voucher. James Miti, a second-year Financial Management student who heads Fundraising at Pledge a Pad, organised the tournament. Miti says the FIFA tournament was created to attract male students as they are less likely to get involved. He said, “We’d like guys to know that our cause isn’t exclusively for females. Whenever guys see a pink poster they too should be excited and know about Pledge a Pad.” Evasen Niadoo a rst year Bcom investment student made it to the semi-nals, he joined the tournament because as he and his friends always play FIFA and they felt it was for a good charity, his friend Lushan Choki a (rst year BSC Computer Science) student only won in the rst round of the match but said that he would denitely come back with more players next year. Pledge a Pad has placed pink donation boxes at the CSA and at the Health Clinic for any students that would like to donate a pack of sanitary pads. Photo: Brad Donald
THE IDEAL PRODUCT In Sickness and in Health It’s spring and nothing beats our weather to make sure life, love and laughter is in the air. We are all lled with a new found energy and zest. However this is also the season for sinus allergies, fungal infections, acute diarhhoea and last but not least looming exams. Apart from just taking multivitamins and tonics, a good idea would be to consider supplementation with a Probiotic. Probiotic supplements such as Reuterina™ can be relied on to help maintain a healthy immune system as assisting when you are ill. Reterina relies on the action of a specic and proven strains of the Lactobacillus reuteri bacteria, naturally found in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of mammals. Reuterina™ products, has been found to help maintain a healthy gastro intestinal tract (GIT). Since the GIT is the body's primary site of immune defence, it follows that a healthy tummy helps to strengthen the body's natural defence against diseases8,9 - and L. reuteri PROTECTIS™ has been shown to play a role in this by assisting to: • reduce the incidence of common antibiotic related side-effects including antibiotic associated diarrhoea (AAD) • combat infectious diarrhoea and its duration • inhibit disease-causing bacteria in the GIT • enhance the immune system and increase the number of immune cells in the body • helps to prevent vaginal infections
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Pssst... Pssst... heard that Klaradyn is having a hard time becoming entrepreneurs. It’s so sad that nobody wants to buy your Melktertjies (can you blame them though). Word on the street is that Klaradyn is in so much debt that they are willing to do favours for money, which is no surprise. Pssst... would like to inform Taaibos that a cupcake sale is all about buying cupcakes that are on sale and not the ladies selling the cupcakes. Pssst... is happy to see that the Square is no longer Jasmyn infested. However, Pssst... is not happy that these ladies have now invaded Stones. Pssst... is sick of seeing your faces at the bar and so is everyone else. Pssst... has noticed that the biggest whiners at UP come from the Groenkloof campus. Pssst... has been turning a blind eye to your annoying trait for a while, but you guys just seem to get worser with each generation. Pssst... nally understands why your socials suck so much and why everyone would rather watch paint dry on the Klaradyn lions than to be seen socialising with you guys. But Pssst... should applaud Kiaat for trying to host cool socials. Pssst... would however like to briey school Kiaat: there is a ne line between being a really nice guy and being a creep. But it seems Kiaat can’t make that distinction. Pssst... is pleading to Boekenhout to please give Asterhof some breathing space. The trou vrouens are probably too nice to tell you to go dance around your Eiffel Tower or something. Remember to name and shame them on our mobile site m.perdeby.co.za.
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Houte help hunt down horn poachers GREG LAVAGNA The Republic of Olienhout and their 2012 Rag partners Katjiepiering have teamed up with the folks from stoprhinopoaching.com to help bring an end to rhino poaching. The initiative began with Save the Rhino Week (19-23 September) and will continue throughout the new HK term as their theme for Rag. “As the Rhino res, we feel a responsibility to take care of rhinos,” said Olienhout Minister of Rag, Sean Jamieson. Olienhout started their mission by selling rhino merchandise (which will be available all year long) in the Piazza on World Rhino Day (21 September), with proceeds being donated to stoprhinopoaching. com. “All the proceeds will go to training and equipping anti-poaching rangers,” continues Jamieson. “It costs R30 000 to train a ranger. We would like to try and pay for three to ve rangers.” The Olienhout men then held an antipoaching party at Herr Gunters on Friday 23 September. Herr Gunters generously agreed to sponsor R2 for every drink sold. Next, the Houte will be joining their Rag partners for a “hike” around the new walking trails on campus this Tuesday dressed in their anti-poaching gear. They have also been given special permission to open their clubhouse to have an anti-poaching social on Thursday 29 September. Proceeds will go towards the stoprhinopoaching.com website as well as building a new shelter for a black rhino which is being kept hidden from poachers.
One of their long term goals is to revive the “Tour de Rhino” cycle tour to Potch. This year, however, the idea would be centred around getting companies to sponsor distances cycled by the participants. “It will be a change from partying,” explains Jamieson, although he promises that supporters will still have a good
time. So if you haven’t already partied for rhinos, support the anti-poaching social or buy the merchandise from Olienhout or stoprhinopoaching.com to help weed out poachers and save the rhino.
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TuksRes beads to break record SIYAMMUKELA MAHLANGU TuksRes, Amato Pregnancy Crisis Centre and Bethany Pregnancy Crisis Care Centre (BPCCC) have paired up in a campaign to raise awareness for unplanned pregnancies. Both centres provide services such as free pregnancy tests and post-abortion trauma counselling. The campaign aims to raise funds for both centres in order to expand and to improve the free services they currently offer. The funds will help train volunteers to counsel patients and use equipment like ultrasound machines. The funds will also establish crisis centres and safe houses for those in need. Both centres are non-prot organisations. “We
resident, says, “This campaign is good because need funds to keep the operation going,” said it assures [us] that we are never alone; even Rene Alberts, Assistant Manager of Amato. in times of crisis, we have a shoulder to lean According to Bes Liebenberg, the coordinator on.” Beads will be sold to raise funds for the of student support in residences, “The campaign. In order to Amato Pregnancy support the cause, one Crisis Centre has “This campaign is good has to buy a packet supported and still because it assures [us] that that contains a string carries on supporting beads. The beads our students who we are never alone; even in and cost R20 per metre go through this.” times of crisis, we have a and can be bought at Liebenberg says that Piazza Foods, Campus this is the main reason shoulder to lean on.” Kiosk and Coffee behind the partnership Buzz. These beads with Amato: raising can be bought by day students as well. All funds to help young women who undergo this the of beads collected will be combined in an experience. Kamogelo Makau, a TuksVillage
attempt to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest string of beads ever made. This attempt will take place on 3 October at Kolonnade Retail Park. However, on 29 September at 12:00 in the Piazza, residences will be comparing their strings. The res that boasts the longest will receive a R2 000 incentive. Liebenberg explains that TuksRes does not benet nancially from this project. Their only goal is to raise awareness about the issue of unplanned pregnancies. Vhutshilo Simba, a resident of Inca, says, “It [is] a good thing that residences get involved in such campaigns because residents will know where to turn to in such circumstances”.
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Body talk: taking it to extremes NOLWAZI MNGADI We’ve heard this many times before: your body is a temple, treat it as such. As human beings are wont to do, some people tend to go to extremes to take care of themselves and others go running as far away as possible in the other direction. Perdeby took a look at these body extremists and asked why people go to such extremes to treat, or mistreat, their bodies. Body modification, or body alteration, is the practice whereby people alter their bodies (usually non-medical) for a number of reasons, including sexual and aesthetic appeal. Body modification ranges from plastic surgery, piercings and tattoos to the more cringe-inducing nipple removal. People who undergo the more extreme body modification procedures are believed to have a mental illness called body dysmorphic disorder. These people are unusually preoccupied with their bodies and believe that they have body defects. This disorder causes anxiety among patients. The decision to alter their bodies is driven by the desire to look perfect in their own eyes, despite the fact that the alteration may seem strange to other people. Some of the more extreme forms of body modification are eyeball tattoos, tongue and penis splitting, body suspension and pointed ears. Eyeball tattooing started out as a way for people to correct defects like scarring of the cornea and leucomas. Recently it has become a way for people to decorate their eyes and change their eye colour. Tongue splitting is a procedure that involves splitting the tongue in half so that there are two independent sections. One man who underwent this procedure had an obsession with snakes and other reptiles and consequently had his
tongue split in half to imitate that of a snake. If you have ever watched Lord of the Rings or other fantasy movies and thought, “Elf ears are so cool. I’d like a pair of those,” then there is a surgical procedure just for
you. Dr Lajos Nagy, a New York plastic surgeon, created the procedure to allow patients to get the elf look they always wanted. According to him, having pointy ears also enhances the experience of listening to
music. This was later confirmed to be a hoax. Body modification may be a dangerous way for people to change how they look on the outside, but stranger things are done. There are also people who feel that their inside is not what it should be and therefore have unusual diets and exercise routines. Proponents of the raw food diet claim that this way of life is much healthier than eating cooked and processed foods. They also claim that those who live on the raw food diet are less likely to contract heart diseases and that diabetes may be reversed by eating this type of food. Unlike vegans, people on extreme raw food diets will eat uncooked meat, raw eggs and fresh milk straight from the cow. There are upsides to the raw food diet, namely that raw food is harder to chew which forces people to eat slower. Eating slower allows the body to process food easier and also prevents people from eating too much because the body is able to register when one is full. Another positive aspect of this diet is that certain vegetables are better eaten raw as nutrients are lost during cooking. There are also cons to a raw food diet. Food, especially meat and fish, must be cleaned thoroughly before it is eaten. Extreme raw food enthusiasts are at risk of contracting diseases because of the bacteria and parasites that live in raw meat. This is also true of some vegetables. So, while mutilating and altering your body is probably not the best way to improve your self-image, there is also such a thing as too much of a good thing. It is important to maintain a balance when it comes to our bodies. While you don’t want your temple (body) tearing apart at the seams, it’s also not preferable to have one that could collapse when the slightest wind blows.
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Stretching the (student) budget MASENTLE NTHOLENG Parents have reason to complain about how often their children call them on a monthly basis asking for an extended allowance. Failing a module or three is denitely expected, but most parents/guardians/sponsors (sugar daddies, cougars and gigolos excluded) don’t anticipate how quickly a student’s lifestyle can burn massive holes in their pockets, especially in a vibrant and expensive city like Pretoria. You do, however, get the very fortunate students: their parents have “old” money. These students could probably afford to use R200 notes for toilet paper. On the other end of the spectrum are the students who try, and sometimes fail dismally, to keep up with fast and expensive lifestyles. With a fresh and bright season upon us, it would only be right to nd awesome and affordable ways to have fun without breaking the piggy bank. If you can afford to blow money fast and hard, then you can turn the page or offer some friendly and generous nancial assistance to the oke that is going to continue reading this article. One of the best things to do if you’re on a budget while in Hateld, or any other studentcentred place, is to know all the specials of the really cheap bars and maximise on them by barhopping and getting intoxicated by the alcohol specials. If you want to go clubbing, then being a lady is always an advantage, because ladies are almost always “free before 10 pm”. Another way to have an awesome time is to have a very simple picnic after a fun swimming session. You can never go wrong with a day at the public swimming pool followed by a cheap but effective hot dog lunch. This would be most
effective if you had really awesome friends to provide some free entertainment and thrills. Braais are also a good way to relax and have fun in good company, as long as you organise a BYOB (bring your own beer/boyfriend/ boerewors) where everybody invited contributes fairly. Any random venue would prove useful, from a park, to someone’s back yard or a camp ground. Many people could live in a place for a really long time and never nd out exactly how beautiful the place is. One activity that will never grow old is sight-seeing. Every place has an abundant history, and with sight-seeing you get to partake in that city or town’s heritage.
Taking time to visit your city’s main attractions can be entertaining. Student life should actually come with a survival guide, with an elaborate chapter dedicated to cheap and fun living. Perdeby decided to ask a few students what they most like to do if their budget is limited. This is what the came up with: Magnus Mbanze, a third-year applied maths student, shared how he has cheap and affordable fun with his friends: “My friends and I usually alternate between game nights and movie marathons. We order lots of pizza, buy snacks, cool drink and popcorn. Movie nights without bucketloads of avoured popcorn is regarded as sinful in my circle, so that is a denite cheap
must-have.” His sister, Rositta Mbanze, who is in her third year of BA English Studies, believes in thrift shopping as a lifestyle. “I cannot afford to buy things from expensive retail stores on my budget. I believe there is an art to buying an item for less than R30 and rocking it as though it cost more than that. I swear by the Salvation Army and second-hand stores,” she shares. There is something very adventurous and exciting about planning a nancially convenient date, shared Sanele Mthethwa, a nal-year BCom Marketing student, and Kabelo Kgoele, a second-year supply chain management student. “A great way for a guy to have fun with his lady is to have an indoor date, where they teach each other how to make their favourite dishes,” they said. This makes for convenient, creative and intimate fun. “And as for dessert …” Ryno Ellis, a nal year BA Journalism student, shared fun, free and sometimes risky adventures of the past. “For free drinks, I used to go dance at Drop Zone in the Square. They have these poles on the middle of the dance oor, and on them are these little bars for people to put their drinks. While I was dancing, I would grab someone else’s drink. It’s called to roofdop. Be careful it doesn’t backre, though. I once stole someone’s beer and ended up swallowing a cigarette butt, and that was not a particularly fun experience,” he chuckled. There is always something interesting and low-budget to do, and if that does not work, then a good idea would be to make a couple of generous and wealthy friends who will be willing to sponsor a couple of drinks after a few potent vodka shots and a cocktail or two.
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Entertainment
Sal die regte Koos Kombuis asseblief opstaan?
BEYERS DE VOS Wat noem mens Koos Kombuis? Oom Koos? Meneer Kombuis? Meneer Le Toit? Kosie? “Verskoon my, Koos? My ma het gesê ek moet jou Oom Koos noem, maar ek dink nie dit is heeltemal korrek nie.” `n Sku glimlag, `n sagte stem: “Noem my maar Koos.” Reg. Koos. Koos het stilletjies by die venue ingeglip, met `n paar mense wat hom soos `n ou vriend gegroet het. Hulle ken hom mos. Koos is tog baie vriendelik, hy voel soos `n oom wat jy lanklaas gesien het. Maar Koos is skaam. Sy antwoorde is kort. Hy beantwoord vrae byna asof hy nie mooi weet wat die antwoord is nie, asof hy `n geheim verklap, asof hy nie regtig belangstel nie.
Wat is Koos Kombuis? Is hy `n rockster of `n skrywer? `n Digter of `n rubriekskrywer? As mens oor sy musiek praat ontken hy dat hy `n goeie musikant is; praat oor sy gedigte en hy ontken dat hy `n goeie digter is. Dit is amper asof hy self nie mooi weet wie hy is nie, asof die hele ding ietwat van `n raaisel is. Reg. Kom ons begin by die begin. Koos, die musikant. Stel hy nog daarin belang om musiek te maak? “Ek sal nie meer saam met die band toer nie, ek doen nou net `n gig hier en daar,” maar hy kom tien-teen-een volgende jaar Oppi toe. Wat van die toestand van Afrikaanse musiek? Hy het ongeveer `n jaar gelede vir Rapport `n rubriek, “Die Antwoord is nie die antwoord nie” geskryf. Dink hy Afrikaanse musiek, musiek soos hy gemaak het, bestaan nog? Hy hou van Jack Parow, maar sê Die Antwoord
is fake. Hulle musiek is vervelig. Is daar iemand wat die stem van die nuwe Afrikaner verteenwoordig? Niemand waaraan hy kan dink nie. “Maar,” sê hy, “dalk weet ek nog net nie van hulle nie.” Die kinders gaan maar aan en hy bly nie noodwendig op hoogte nie. Goed. Weet hy dat hy die pa van Afrikaanse rockmusiek is? Nee. Weet ek wie die eerste Afrikaanse rockster was? Nee. James Philips (“al was hy `n soutie”) en Albertus Niemand. Nie Koos Kombuis nie. Klaar. Dan onderbreek die kelner en Koos lyk effens verlig. Hy bestel `n bottel rooiwyn. “Ek dink ek is `n beter skrywer as musikant. My liedjies is basies gedigte met baie eenvoudige wysies by.” Koos die skrywer dan. “Ek gaan waaragtig nie nog `n outobiograe skryf nie. Ek en Steve Hofmeyer het genoeg
daarvan.” Maar hy werk aan `n paar idees vir `n roman, waaroor hy huiwer om te praat. Gaan hy dit in Afrikaans skryf? Ja. Sy eerste roman as Koos Kombuis was in Engels, maar hy noem op sy webwerf dat dit “nogal sad” is dat dit in Engels was. Hoekom? Hy hou van Engels, sê hy. Mens kan goed in Engels sê wat mens nie in Afrikaans kan nie. Dit antwoord egter nie die vraag nie. Kom ons verander taktiek. Het hy onlangse verspreidingsyfers van Afrikaanse koerante gesien? Dink hy Afrikaans is in die moeilikheid? “Ek dink dit is dalk die einde van standaard Afrikaans. Maar daar sal `n nuwe dialek wees. Afrikaans sal nie uitsterf nie.” Goed so, kom ons gesels dan oor Koos die rubriekskrywer. Hy skryf gereeld op Mail & Guardian se Thought Leader blog, asook in die Rapport. Hy het vroeër vanjaar oor Desmond Tutu se “wit belasting” geskryf en skryf ook gereeld oor politieke onderwerpe. Dink hy dat dit sy nuwe roeping is, hierdie nuwe weergawe van die boodskap in sy vroeë musiek? “Dit behoort nie oor ras te gaan nie. Ons gaan nooit vorder as dit so `n groot rol speel nie.” Hy is bekommerd oor die veiligheid in ons land en oor ons hospitale en skole. Hy is `n pa, hy wil weet dat sy kinders veilig is. “Ek is nie een van daardie mense wat die land sal verlaat nie. Ek sal ook nie weet waar de f*k om heen te gaan nie, want ek kan nie aan `n ander plek dink waar ek wil wees nie.” Uiteindelik! Dit lyk asof Koos die pa, Koos die Suid-Afrikaner, wil praat. Maar die onderhoud is amper verby. Hy moet verhoog toe. `n Laaste probeerslag: gaan daar nog `n digbundel wees? Hy dink nie hy is `n baie goeie digter nie, maar hy kan goeie lirieke skryf. Hy sit maar die wysies by. Maar het hy nie nou-nou gesê dat hy `n beter digter as musikant is nie? Het hy? Dalk is hy. Een laaste vraag. Gaan hy “Lisa se Klavier” speel? Koos frons en sug effens. Hy sal seker moet, nê? Koos Kombuis is steeds `n vreemdeling: frustrerend, onverklaarbaar. Maar dan klim hy met sy bottel Beyerskloof (nie meer Tassies nie, onthou) op die verhoog en sing “Lisa se Klavier”. Koos is cool. Die hele wêreld word stil…
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SA animation: from anguish to aspirant NADINE LAGGAR Jock of the Bushveld, written and directed by Duncan McNeillie, was the rst South-African animated 3D lm to be screened to grimacing lm enthusiasts. For a movie which took three years to complete and boasted an all-star cast (Donald Southerland, Helen Hunt, Bryan Adams, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and more) Perdeby expected better. Much better. The animation was square, unnatural and struggled to convey the emotion that is implicit in the detail we’re used to seeing in contemporary animated lms. In a time of exponential technological advances, this amateur attempt was hardly conspicuous when compared to other animated lms such as Up or Rio. That is until Triggersh came along – the little animation studio in Cape Town that could. Triggersh started back in 1996 as a stopframe studio producing content for Takalani Sesame and commercials. The company then branched out, doing short lms for international clients. Triggersh also co-founded Animation SA, the representative body for animation in South Africa, whose purpose is to elevate animation in the country to a level where it can compete with the global market. They’ve done exactly that with their two new 3D featurelength lms, Zambezia and Khumba. Zambezia – directed by Anthony Silverston and written by Andrew Cook, Anthony Silverston, Raffaella Delle Donne and Wayne Thornley – is the story of a young Peregrine falcon (Kai) who rebels against his father and
leaves home for the bird city of Zambezia. Plans are hatched and a battle ensues with a horde of evil iguanas. Sound ridiculous? Maybe, but it surpasses Jock of the Bushveld’s animation and storyline by leaps and bounds. The voice overs
benetted from a spectacular cast (Samuel L Jackson, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum and Abigail Breslin) but we’re not falling for that one ... again. Zambezia is due for release next year.
In the meantime visit www.zambeziamovie. com to view the trailer. Khumba, though, will only be out in 2013 and is not, as of yet, available for scrutiny. However, judging from Zambezia, it can only get better. Khumba – directed by Anthony Silverston and written by Raffaella Delle Donne and Anthony Silverston – is about a zebra that is born with only half his stripes and is consequently blamed for the drought in the Karoo. He leaves in search of his missing stripes and embarks upon an adventure with a wildebeest and an ostrich. Originally, the concept behind Khumba was the winner of a competition in 2006 in which a story had to be submitted in 25 words or less. This concept was then expanded and adapted into a screenplay. Khumba is one of three South African lms to be presented at the Independent Film Week in New York and the rst animation script to be accepted in the week’s 30 years of existence. Both animated lms from Triggersh are being represented by the Cinema Management Group (CMG) based in Los Angeles and they have already been pre-sold to various countries all over the world, including Russia, Indonesia, China and the Middle East. Not bad for something South African audiences are yet to see. The only thing left is for the animation studios to come up with a screenplay that doesn’t involve African fauna. The narrative seen from the perspective of some poor creature in the bush and its compatriots has been exhausted.
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Die vermaaklikheidsrevolusie
geniet. As Men’s Health en FHM vir jou bietjie te duur raak om elke maand te koop, gaan besoek gerus hierdie blog.
CHRIS VAN DER MERWE Die internet is verseker `n skitterende inligtingsbron. Kyk net hoe vinnig wend mense hul na Google as hulle meer inligting oor `n spesieke onderwerp wil kry. Natuurlik het die vermaaklikheidswêreld homself vinnig met die internet vervleg. Vandeesweek kyk Perdeby na `n paar vermaaklikheids- en leefstylblogs wat op die internet te vinde is. Gourmet Guys Aanhangers van MasterChef Australia sal hierdie blog geniet. Daar is verskeie soortgelyke blogs op die internet, maar Gourmet Guys probeer hul benadering so uniek as moontlik hou. Hulle verskaf alles van restaurantresensies tot `n resep van die week. Die unieke ding in hul arsenaal is “Tweet And Cook”. Dit werk soos volg: op `n spesieke aand gaan hulle stap vir stap deur `n resep op Twitter. Hulle sê ook ongeveer `n week voor die tyd vir die bloglesers watter bestanddele om te koop. Die doel van hierdie uitvindsel is om kosmaak pret te maak en om mense te oorreed om kos te maak wat hulle nie andersins sou nie. Bangers And Nash Daar is talle vermaaklikheidsblogs op die internet, dus is dit moeilik vir so `n blog om regtig uit te staan. Bangers And Nash kry dit egter perfek reg. Die blog handel meestal oor vermaaklikheid in en rondom Kaapstad, maar voeg egter ook `n paar snaakse en satiriese elemente daarby. Die blog is ook aktief op Twitter en Facebook met opdaterings elke paar minute rakende dinge wat gebeur in die
Wat Kyk Jy? Hierdie blog het geen bekendstelling nodig nie. Almal het sekerlik al hiervan gehoor, of dit nou is oor die grappe wat hulle publiseer, die houding van die skrywers of net die algemene lawwigheid van die hele spul. Niks in hierdie blog moet te ernstig opgeneem word nie, aangesien `n bietjie belaglikheid die hele idee van die blog is. Daar is baie interessante dinge op die Wat Kyk Jy? blog te vinde. Alles van vuil grappies tot hulle eie weergawe van UrbanDictionary.com. Dit is nie moeilik om jouself vir `n uur of wat te verloor terwyl jy dit verken nie. As jy op soek is na jou zef-wees x, dan is hierdie blog net die ding vir jou.
vermaaklikheidswêreld. Hierdie blog gaan uit en uit net oor vermaaklikheid. As jy na `n ernstige siening oor iets opsoek is, is hierdie blog nie die plek waar jy dit gaan kry nie. Mojo Dojo `n Leefstylblog met `n kinkel. Hierdie blog se medestigter is niemand anders nie as voormalige FHM Features redakteur,
Gordon Laws. Meeste van julle sal hom ken as “Captain Beer” of as die mal ou wat die aankondigings by Oppikoppi se FHMstage doen. Hierdie blog is basies soos `n aanlyntydskrif waarvoor jy nie hoef te betaal nie. Daar is enige iets van ksheidartikels tot motorresensies beskikbaar op hierdie blog. Dit is hoofsaaklik vir mans bedoel, maar daar is `n paar ligte satiriese artikels wat dames ook sal
Texx and the City Hierdie blog is baie dieselfde as Bangers And Nash in die sin dat daar ook oor vermaaklikheid in Kaapstad geskryf word, maar Texx and the City handel egter oor internasionale vermaaklikheid ook. Dit is basies `n persoonlike blog waarin die blogger haar opinie lug oor huidige vermaaklikheidsnuus. Daar is ook lukrake goed soos “Theme Tune Thursday”, waar die blogger musiek opsit wat haar bui die spesieke Donderdag pas. Dit is `n baie goeie manier om bietjie tyd te verwyl as jy in die klas sit en nie eintlik in die lesing belangstel nie.
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Friends With Benefits: Not just a chick flick
LUSANDA FUTSHANE It is very hard to stand out in the world of romantic comedies, what with all the predictable storylines and the sentimental froth that has become synonymous with the genre. But there seems to be something about the recently released Friends With Benets that makes you wonder if there aren’t a few more love triangles and airport happy endings worth squeezing out of the genre. Jamie (Mila Kunis) and Dylan (Justin Timberlake) are fresh out of relationships and are brought together by their jobs. Jamie and Dylan discover that they share a common frustration: they aren’t able to have sex without it having complicated (and disastrous) results. They decide to go against the grain and explore the tricky “friends with benets” arrangement and – as all rom-com lovers expect (possible spoiler) – they end up falling in love with each other and spend the remaining hour of the movie battling to stay faithful to their noemotions agreement. Eyebrows were raised concerning the similarity between the plot of Friends With
Benets and that of No Strings Attached (released earlier this year) but it’s safe to say that the similarity is only supercial. As a whole, Friends With Benets did what No Strings Attached was meant to do, but pithier and with a better cast. The chemistry between Timberlake and Kunis does not feel forced and you nd yourself rooting for them from the moment they meet at a luggage conveyor belt. The movie is relatively easy to digest with plenty of charming moments, like the oath taken over an iPad Bible app and pretty much any scene involving Jamie’s mother (played by Patricia Clarkson). Friends With Benets does have its share of frustrating parts, like the awkward promotion of Sony Ericsson cellphones and all the lines Shaun White delivers. The story also seems to struggle a bit in the middle, relying on cheap sexual humour to drive it to its climax (pardon the pun). Do not be discouraged, however – cameo appearances by Emma Stone, Andy Samberg, Jason Segel and Rashida Jones lend enough help to make this worth the price of a movie ticket. Also, there are ash mobs. No one hates ash mobs.
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Sport highlights for the week team beat Stoke City 4-0. The shock result of the weekend was Fulham coming from 2-0 down to hold Manchester City to a 2-2 draw, which saw City fall two points behind leaders United after dropping their rst points of the season.
MARI-LOUISE DE KOCK AND SIBONGILE MTHABELA Golf On Sunday 18 September 2011, sixteen-year-old Lexi Thompson became the youngest golfer ever to win on the LPGA Tour. Thompson’s ve-shot triumph at the Robert Trent Jones Trail’s Capitol Hill Senator Course beat the previous record held by fellow American, Marlene Hagge. This resident from Florida was clearly born with a golf club in hand, as she was also the youngest player to qualify for the Women’s US Open in 2007 – at the age of twelve. Not only did Thompson claim a new title and set a new record, but the young golfer also received a cheque for $195 000 for her historic win.
Rugby On 18 September, the Springboks played their second match in the Rugby World Cup against Fiji and produced a dominant display, absolutely thrashing the islanders 46-3. The world champions had a much less challenging match than they did against Wales, but the team will not be able to rest just yet as they still have some work to do in their remaining pool matches against Namibia and Samoa. Tuks1 had an excellent start to the 2011 National Club Championships which took place in Stellenbosch. In the opening round, Tuks1 beat the Boland champions, Roses United, 39-22. Tuks1 scored ve tries against Roses United. The tries were scored by Jono van Rensburg, Pieter Oosthuizen, Louis van Biljoen, Zane Botha and Tiaan Schoeman. Schoeman stood out in this match, as he did in Tuks1’s previous match against Police where he added 11 points with four conversions and a penalty goal in the match against Roses United.
Motor sport Casey Stoner also had a reason to pop open the champagne as he extended his lead in the MotoGP Championship after winning the Grand Prix in Aragon, Spain, on Saturday 17 September. The Australian has had a dominant season with this win being his eighth race victory this year. His teammate, Dani Pedrosa of Spain, was not far behind him in the race: Pedrosa managed to take second place. Although Stoner raced his way to success, reigning world champion, Jorge Lorenzo, nished third and now trails Stoner by only 44 points with just four races left of this season. Football The football season is now in full swing, with teams battling it out in the English Premier League. On Sunday 18 September, top-of-the-table Manchester United clashed with Chelsea, with United winning the match 3-1. Although this is United’s best start to a league season since 1985, the highlight of the match was the comical misses by star strikers Fernando Torres and Wayne Rooney. Rooney slipped and found himself on his backside as he ran up to convert a penalty which, if he succeeded, would have placed United further in the lead with a score of 4-1 and been Rooney’s second goal of the match. Moments later, Torres, who had earlier scored only his second Chelsea goal in 24 league appearances since arriving from Liverpool for a record £50 million, missed an open goal, after rounding United keeper David de Gea, only to blast the ball well wide of the empty net. Another high-prole clash took place on Sunday at White Hart
Lane, where Tottenham Hotspur continued their recovery from a poor start in the start of the season by thrashing Liverpool 4-0. Liverpool, who had both Martin Škrtl and Charlie Adam sent off, produced a worrying display and were condemned to their second consecutive defeat. The other match on Sunday saw Sutherland move off the bottom of the table, as Steve Bruce’s
Netball Jasmyn claimed the title as the best team in the Tuks Netball Res League after an impressive 25-11 win against a competitive Madelief team in the nal. Third place went to Curlitzia, fourth to Erika and fth to Onderstepoort. In the nal, Madelief opened the scoring in the rst half but Jasmyn was unfazed. In the opening minutes of the game, both teams made sure that they utilised their centre passes as scoring opportunities. By the eighth minute, Jasmyn started taking the upper hand and eventually dominated the game. The Jasmyn wing defence, Nande Kizza, made a few crucial interceptions that assisted the team in seizing control of the game. As a result, Madelief started losing a few centre passes. During the second half, Jasmyn continued with the same momentum and made sure that they stayed ahead with their continuous defence. Madelief’s defence did not make it easy for them at the goal posts but they managed to pull through. This year, Jasmyn made sure there were to be no mistakes and eventually they sealed a hard-fought victory.
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Tuks se klubkampioenskap veldtog
KEVIN VAN DER LIST Die nasionale klubkampioenskappe het vanaf 19 tot 23 September plaasgevind. Die week lange toernooi het talle klubkrieketspanne van reg oor die land byeengebring in `n stryd om die beste klubkrieketspan in die land te bepaal. Tuks 1 het hul veldtog op Maandag, 19 September by die TUT Cricket Oval teen die Crusaders (KZN) afgeskop. Tuks het die loot verloor en is sodoende deur die Crusaders ingestuur om te kolf. Alhoewel Tuks goed gespeel het, het hul die wedstryd in die laaste boulbeurt verloor. Die manne van Pretoria het 277/8 in hul 50 balbeurte aangeteken en die wedstryd met 4 paaltjies verloor. Ten spyte van die nederlaag het die Tuks 1 afrigter, Pierre de Bruyn, gesê dat hy gelukkig was met die span se vertoning.
“Ons het heeltyd geweet dit gaan `n moeilike stryd wees.” De Bruyn het bygevoeg dat dit `n “bitter pil was om te sluk” om te verloor na al die harde werk en voorbereiding vir die toernooi, maar dat die manne goeie individuele bydraes gelewer het. Tuks se indrukwekkende vertonings in die wedstryd het van die kolf van Leon Nel gekom. Hy het `n 107 in 110 balle aangeteken. Nog `n ster in die Tuks-span was Francois le Clus wat 75 uit 91 balle aangeteken het. De Bruyn het die Crusaders se wen toegewys aan die drie provinsiale spelers, Kyle Abbott, Vaughan van Jaarsveld en David Miller wat in hulle span is. Al drie het goeie vertonings met die kolf gelewer. Abbott het `n 58 aangeteken, wat `n vyftigtal vennootskap met Van Jaarsveld ingesluit het. Die vennootskap was kort daarna gebreuk, wat Miller na die
kolfkampie gebring het. Van Jaarsveld en Miller het verder bygedra met `n 84 lopie vennootskap van 97 balle. Miller se paaltjie is vir 35 deur Rickus Weideman geneem. Van Jaarsveld het tot die einde van die Crusaders se kolfbeurt gekolf, en het op 114 geëindig, wat 10 grenshoue ingesluit het. Tuks se tweede wedstryd is op 20 September teen Vrystaat (CUT) op die Tuks Cricket Oval gespeel. Tuks het die wedstryd met 108 lopies gewen en sodoende `n bonuspunt verseker en ook verbeter op die vorige dag se spel. Tuks se kaptein en openingskolwer, Maurice Aronstam, is as speler van die wedstryd aangewys. Hy het die hele kolfbeurt gekolf en 107 lopies uit 138 balle aangeteken. Hy het ook goed geboul en 6 paaltjies in 8.2 boulbeurte verower en net 31 lopies afgestaan. Aronstam het na die wedstryd gesê dat hy beïndruk was met sy spel en sy
span se vertoning. “Dit was lekker om terug te kom met `n oorwinning.” Hy was in `n 154 vennootskap met spanmaat Graeme van Buuren. Beide spelers het verseker dat Tuks `n telling van 243/7 in hul 50 boulbeurte aangeteken het. Van Buuren het bygedra met `n telling van 82 lopies uit 95 balle. Na die wedstryd het De Bruyn gesê dat die vertoning van Tuks “klinies en professioneel was.” Tuks het Woensdag en Donderdag hul wedstryde met bonuspunte gewen. Hulle het Woensdag 256 aangeteken vir die verlies van vyf paaltjies en het Boland vir slegs 150 uitgeboul. In Donderdag se wedstryd teen WP het Tuks hul teenstaanders vir `n 114 uitgeboul en hulle het die telling bereik met net drie paaltjies kwyt. Hierdie is die resultate wat met druktyd beskikbaar was.
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AmaTuks continue unbeaten season CARLO COCK The University of Pretoria drew 1-1 with Bay United at Absa Tuks Stadium on Friday 16 September in their fth National First Division (NFD) game of the 2011/12 season. With the draw, AmaTuks maintained their unbeaten start to the new league campaign, issuing a clear statement of intent to their NFD promotion rivals. Having won their rst three games against Altie FC, African Warriors and Dynamos respectively and playing out a credible goalless draw away at Chippa United in their opening four games, AmaTuks went into this one as favourites. Bay United had lost to former Absa Premiership side Vasco Da Gama in their previous game and had only won one of their rst three xtures coming into the game. The rst half was tightly contested and although AmaTuks had less possession, their “route one” tactics, relying mostly on long balls to initiate attacks, saw them create a number of chances but woeful nishing saw those chances wasted. Despite four shots at goal, Modiri Marumo was rarely forced into action in the Bay United goal as only one of those shots was on target. Bay United was guilty of some wayward shooting themselves, having created a couple of chances to test AmaTuks’ keeper, Siya Ngoma. Ngoma was rather fortunate not to be sent off after a late challenge on Bay United striker Mojalefa Mputhi prevented a goalscoring opportunity. The second half followed a similar pattern, with a youthful AmaTuks side producing better
chances but failing to capitalise on any of them. Bay United was limited to sporadic forages into the AmaTuks penalty area despite playing the more aesthetic football. With the game still scoreless heading into the last ten minutes, it appeared destined to be the second consecutive
goalless draw for AmaTuks. That was until Phelani Khwela curled a stunning right-footed shot past Marumo in the 80th minute to give AmaTuks the lead. With only ten minutes left, Khwela’s goal seemed likely to be the winner, but a lapse in concentration at the back saw
AmaTuks concede an equaliser in the 83nd minute as Michael Mulaudzi’s header from a well-worked corner earned the visitors a share of the spoils. AmaTuks coach Steve Barker admitted after the game that he thought Khwela’s late goal would be enough to claim the win. “Yeah, it was a very tight game and I thought that we had done enough, when we got the goal, to see us through but unfortunately not. I’m not sure whether [Bay United’s goal] should’ve been a corner or not but I think they gave us as much as we gave them, so a draw was probably a fair result,” said Barker. Barker also admitted that there were a few areas of concern which will have to be addressed if AmaTuks is to have a successful season. “There are a number of things we can still work on. I don’t think our strikers are holding the ball up for us. There wasn’t enough link-up play and defending from set-pieces. Once again we conceded from a corner so there are denitely a few things we need to go back on work on,” added Barker. Barker has made several changes to his squad and has brought in a number of young players, while retaining some of last season’s top performers such as Aubrey Mgoma and Thokozani Sekotlong. Whether or not the new-look AmaTuks will be able to sustain a serious promotion challenge in the now singlestream NFD remains to be seen, but after such a positive start, there are signs that perhaps this could nally be the year Barker achieves that elusive promotion.
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