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Editor’s picks
from 5 September 2022 Issue 8 Year 84
by PDBY - Official student newspaper of the University of Pretoria
Ek Glo in Die Son - Fokofpolisiekar
Without You - Chunda Munki
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Sonop-Blom - Bernice West
Ngozi (feat. AKA & Mustbedubz) - Benny Chill
Belie Polisie (feat. Jacques Leonard) - Loufi
Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That - Rubber Duc
Loving Me Wrong - Dean Fuel
Stimela - Phantom Steeze (feat. Costa Titch)
Cinimin - Hello Baby
First Year - Zebra
Zonke (feat. Ricky Rick, Costa Titch) - Mustbedubz
Doef Doef (feat. Katinka, Loufi, What die Faf, & Wortel Kombat) - Synth Peter
Sondela - Venom (feat. Yumbs, Raspy, Blxckie, Ricky Rick & Tshego)
Spring has finally sprung, and the simple act of making it through winter in Pretoria should be commemorated. Below, some social September activities have been outlined which is accompanied by a sneaky September/spring playlist.
September 2022
Beefcakes Cocktail night @17:00
Beefcakes Cocktail night @17:00
Thirsty
Thursdays @ Geek House
Spring
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Thursdays @ Geek House
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Micaela Wathen
The greatest benefit of being an athlete athletes who sprint up and down a 100-metre field for nearly 90 minutes straight. The ability to manoeuvre themselves, as well as a ball, around their opponents, means they are capable of ducking and dodging zombies with ease.
– apart from the medals, the adoring fans, good health, camaraderie, and self-confidence – is that they would probably survive a zombie apocalypse. Athletes spend years training to run the 100 metres in under ten seconds, or to bat a ball at 90 km/h. They have been equipped with numerous skills and abilities that would be quite useful in fighting off rotting corpses.
Defenders in particular are sturdy enough to stand their ground in a tussle with the walking dead. There is no real combat training in a footballer’s programme. However, in a life-or-death situation, it is plausible that the creativity a midfielder may use to create plays on the pitch would allow them to utilise the resources around them to fight back. A footballer’s downfall may be the way they dramatise their injuries. On the occasion that they do fall or are tackled while being chased down, they will not be spared a moment by the approaching zombies.
Now, moving on to martial arts. Martial artists – whether their discipline be karate, judo, or taekwondo – they are masters of hand-to-hand combat techniques that include punching, kicking, blocking, and grappling. These artists therefore have acute reflexes, incredible balance, and flexibility.
A martial artist will make greater use of their ability to block and avoid the advances of zombies, rather than