Vernac News Edition 2

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Mzansi’s Voices MARCH 2015

ROBERT MANGALISO SOBUKWE 1924-1978

The Embarassment of SONA 2015

Jaaka e le tlwaelo gore ngwaga mongwe le mongwe mo Presidente wa naga o tswanetse a fana ka puo mo setšhabeng. Ka Labone Tlhakole a tlhola malatsi a le somepedi moporesidente rre Jacob Zuma o ile a fana ka puo mo palamenteng ya bo ditšhaba kwa toropong ya Kapa.

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Umlilo Entabeni, Ukushona Emijondolo Kulo nyaka sibonile isehlakalo esikulu lapha eKapa. Ngo3 uNdasa sabuka ngenkathi isango laghoboza ngaphesheya kwedolobha lethu. Izindaba nabantu be-Twitter zasitshela ukuthi kwakukhona umlilo omkhulu obeshisa entabeni.

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The origins of Tsotsi Taal Wayawaya ga re le ko kasi re utlwa mense ba ringa ka di-code.

Kasi e ngwe le engwe ha o shaya jika ko yona o thola Bro Joe wa gunta.

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DIKGANG

Ditlhong tse re diboneng ka SONA 2015

MARCH 2015

Prince Nchupang

The embarassment of SONA 2015

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aaka e le tlwaelo gore ngwaga mongwe le mongwe mo Presidente wa naga o tswanetse a fana ka puo mo setšhabeng. Ka Labone Tlhakole a tlhola malatsi a le somepedi moporesidente rre Jacob Zuma o ile a fana ka puo mo palamenteng ya bo ditšhaba kwa toropong ya Kapa.

E ne e le ngwaga wa gagwe wa borobedi a ntse a fana ka puo eo, mme mo ngwageng o dilo di tsamaile ka tsela e e sa tlwaelesegang. Tota motho mongwe a ka re gongwe fa mofu rre Nelson Mandela a ne a le teng tlhakatlhakano e e ka bo e seo.

Go tsena fela mopalamenteng ke fa go sena tlhaeletsano ka ntlha ya signale mme lekoko la DA le ne la ikuela fa go sena go tswelela go

fitlhela signale e nna teng. Morago ga metsotswana moporesidente a sena go simolola puo ya gagwe go ile ga tlhaga potso go tswa kwa molokong wa lekoko kganetso la Economic Freedom Fighters a botsa moporesidente gore o tla ntsha leng madi a a diriseditsweng go tokafatsa tshireletso kwa lelapeng la gagwe la Nkandla. Modulasetilo o o neng a tsamaisa palamente mme Baleka Mbethe o ile a leka ka bojotlhe go kganela potso eo, mme ga a kgona.

Tlhakatlhakano e ile ya tsoga morago ga gore modulasetilo a sa arabela potso ya lekoko kganetso la EFF, maloko a EFF ba ne ba ipelaetsa kgatlhanong le gore modulasetilo o sireletsa moporesidente gore a seka a

arabe dipotso tsa bone. E rile kgang e ya mogoletsa ke fa modulasetilo a laela basireletsi ba palamente gore ba ntshe maloko a EFF ka dikgoka.

Lekoko kganetso la Democratic Alliance le ile la gorolwa dipelo ke go bona mapodise e le one a ntshang lekoko la EFF mme ba tlhasela modulasetilo ka dipotso. DA e ile ya tsamaya morago ga gore modulasetilo wa khansele ya diporofense mme Thandi Modise a ba arabe ka tsela e e sa amogelesegang.

Moporesidente o ne a itumetse ebile setshego sa gagwe se le kwa godimo fa lekoko la EFF le ntshiwa ka dikgoka mopalamenteng. Le fa go ntse jalo makoko kganetso a mangwe ga ba itumelele se lekoko la ANC

le se dirileng mme ba dumalana fa ANC e ne e gatelela molao. Makoko kganetso ba re moporesidente o ne a sa ithulaganya mme le dintlha tsa botlhokwa jaaka load shedding, NSFAS, le go thapiwa ga badire ga a ka a gatelela thata mo go tsone.

Bontsi ga bo a itumelela tsamaiso ya lekoko la ANC bogolo jang kwa palamenteng.

Boradikgang ba ba neng ba na le maikarabelo a gore palamente e tlhoke signale ba solofetswe go tlhagalela ko kgotlha tshekelo.

Moetapele wa lekoko la EFF le wa lekoko la DA ba feleletsa ka gore SONA e ne e le letsatsi le le botlhoko la temokerasi (sad day for democracy).

On the 12th February 2015 the president of Republic of South Africa Mr. Jacob Zuma was addressing the nation at Cape Town national parliament. EFF MP’s were removed from the chamber after asking the president when he will pay the money he used to upgrade security at his private residence, Nkandla. DA MPs also left the chamber after Mrs. Thandi Modise gave them a rude answer about the involvement of South African Police Service in removing EFF MPs from the chamber.

The secret signal jammers were expected to appear at court. Other opposition parties that remained in the chamber for the rest of the address were not satisfied about the president’s speech as it lacked lots of “facts”.

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IZINDABA

Umlilo Entabeni, Ukushona Emijondolo Wade Smit

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ulo nyaka sibone isehlakalo esikhulu lapha eKapa. Ngo-3 uNdasa sabuka ngenkathi umlilo ughoboza ngaphesheya kwedolobha lethu. Izindaba nabantu be-Twitter zasitshela ukuthi kwakukhona umlilo omkhulu obeshisa entabeni. Abantu be-Twitter ne-Facebook babesithumelela izithombe ezikhombisa lo mlilo omkhulu. Amaphephandaba esitshela ukuthi ukushisa kwakufinyelela 42°C – 46°C. Izindlu eduze kwentaba zabantu abacebile zadilizwa ngumlilo, eSilvermine Road naseNoordhoek.

Izindaba eziningi zibhalwe mayelana namacishi bomlilo zithi labo bantu basinikeze isibonelo samaqhawe sakithi.

Kodwa amalangabi awathintanga izindawo ezicebile kuphela. Imijondolo yaseCape Flats yaziwa ngokushisa okungajwayelekile, kodwa ngo-3 uNdasa kulenyanga abekho abantu

ababikile izindaba zasemijondolo eKapa ngalolu suku. Akukakwaziwa ngokupheleleyo ukuthi kwenzekeni ngaphakathi kwezindawo lezo, kodwa izwi elikhuluma lizungeza lithi baningi abantu bakithi abashonile emijondolwini nyakana kushisa kangaka.

Manje, nyakana ukubhala, ngo5 uNdasa, umlilo uphinde wabuya ngamandla, ngoba umbani waqala ukuduma emkhathini, wabasa isihlabathi. Ukushisa kwelanga kwehla kodwa abacishi bomlilo abangu-200 basalwa ngamandla amakhulu ukucisha lomlilo. Izolo abantu bahlelile izipho ziqukethwe nokudla namanzi nezinto ezinjalo, abazinikezele abacishi bomlilo.

Nakuba intaba yadliwa ngumlilo omkhulu, uphrofesa wase-UCT wathi

umlilo entabeni waseKapa muhle ngoba kufanele kwenzeke emuva kweminyaka eyishumi nesihlanu ukuze izitshalo zeFynbos zizalwe futhi. Izitshalo lezo zihlukile kahle, futhi zibambisisa isihlabathi, kusho uphrofesa Adam West endabeni ebhalwe nguHelen Swingler kwi-South Africa.info Kuthiwa izindaba mayelana nokushona emijondolo ngo-3 uNdasa azibhalwanga ngoba abantu basulazwa ngezindaba ezintsha ezihehayo ngabacishi bomlilo. Lolu lwazi luzotholwa yithi ngezinsuku ezilandelayo. Imininingwane mayelana nezinye izigameko ezingakabikwa ngalomlilo namazinga okushisa adlulele zingatholakala kuzo zonke iziteshi zamaphoyisa eKapa ezithinteka nguloludaba. Sibuke, ufunde kabanzi.

But the flames did not only touch the rich areas. The shacks of Cape Flats are known to be abnormally hot, but on the 3rd of March there was nobody who reported the stories at the shacks in Cape Town on that day. It is still not known completely what happened within those areas, but the rumours are saying that many of our people in those shacks have died during this heatwave.

Image: flickr.com

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MARCH 2015

EDITORIAL

Taariq Amod

AMANDLA! the public for copies of our first edition.

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am kelekile to the second edition of Vernac News, and the first edition for 2015.

What a whirlwind six months it has been since the release of our very first edition last year.

In all honesty, we have received an unbelievingly welcoming response from most of our fellow students and the greater UCT community. The response ranges from each extreme with some students shedding a tear at the beauty of their languages displayed so proudly in our paper and others in shame at

their lack of ability to read and write in their mother tongues.

Nonetheless the staff and students excited by the sharpness in the Setswana articles, the deep isiXhosa poems and the kind of African expression shown in Vernac News, have celebrated our initative and continue to encourage us to keep going – in a nutshell, this year could not have started on a better note. And to think that we as a collective thought two thousand five hundred copies was too much, yet we still have requests from

Thus it is with great pleasure that among other exciting developments, we will be publishing three editions per semester this year beginning in March and the last one in May for the first semester and in the second semester we will publish in August and the last edition in October. We will also be introducing more languages in each edition to include isiZulu, seSotho, sePedi, seSwati, chiShona (and maybe Swahili). Additionally we will be having a new section in our newspaper titled Educational.

This will feature basic phrases from selected African languages in an attempt to educate non-speakers to at least be able to communicate in one of our other official languages.

Furthermore, we’ve been able to establish a fantastic Facebook following with just under five hundred likes while our recently constructed website and Instagram page have also been receiving many views.

These platforms are steadily growing in membership.

Founder & Chairperson

Our theme for this edition is Human Rights Day, or Sharpeville Day, as it was once known and our chosen hero we will be featuring is Ntate Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe. Our newspaper firmly shares the same beliefs as this great man did. Beliefs in Pan-Africanism. It was with the perceived lack of Pan-Africanism or lack of action regarding these ideals that I formed the idea for this newspaper. And so, as a fitting tribute we at Vernac News salute you Ntate Sobukwe. You might have left us 37 years ago, but your spirit and ideas live on, your wisdom endures and breathes through platforms such as this newspaper. We still remember you.

I would like to conclude with a call to action. We as Africans, are the only ones who are capable of solving the challenges and issues we face today. I therefore challenge all of you to partake in this initiative but also to create your own ones so that the change that our forefathers struggled for is quickly realised

within our lifetime. Do not be dragged down by the sceptics, naysayers and individualistic people who are deaf to the cries of our people. Before the Vernac News dream became a reality, many, including friends of mine, were sceptical about having such a platform that celebrated African languages.

So much so that even though they entertained the idea, they cited many issues and challenges that they thought would outweigh any tangible progress in this matter. “It’s too complicated so I doubt you’ll be able to do it”, said one person. The Vernac News Team has persevered and the outcome is what you see here today. We have not done this for ourselves but instead for the people who are to follow behind us in this institution and those whose lives have been lost struggling for this day where we can be unashamedly or unrestrictedly proud of our languages, culture and identity as Africans. Be the next Vernac News. Be bigger and bolder.

Be the next one to take South Africa and Africa forward.

Letters to the editor: Dear Taariq,

A colleague of mine just brought me a copy of Vernac news, and I just wanted to warmly congratulate you on the publication. As someone working in education development, I often hear stories from students about how alienating the environment at UCT can be – and a huge part of that is the dominance of the English language. Even further, as a language activist who believes that currently marginalized languages, particularly African languages, should be legitimated in the African University intellectual space, it’s absolutely fantastic to see what you are doing. Finally, as someone who has done a lot of research on tsotsitaal, I love the inclusion of the article on page 11 (and can understand most of it!).

Huge congratulations to you and the rest of the editorial team on your achievement and I hope this becomes a regular publication at UCT. Ellen

Refentse Thathe

Vice Chairperson

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Dr Ellen Hurst Humanities Education Development Unit University of Cape Town

Molweni mawethu!

Siyabulela ngale nto eniyenzileyo! IVernac News iyasimangalisa!

Kumnandi ukufunda isiXhosa esibhalwe ngabafundi bethu apha eUCT. Eli liphulo elihle kakhulu - ndinethemba lokuba eli phephandaba lizophumelela lifumane inkxaso yabo bonke abantu abalapha eUCT. Well done on a fantastic initiative – I think Vernac News rocks!!

All you need is a bit of proof-reading to make it thoroughly professional, but no doubt that is on the cards.

All the best and nenze kakuhle kakhuuulu!

Tessa Dr Tessa Dowling African Languages Section School of Languages and Literatures University of Cape Town

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BA KWADI/INQAKU LOMHLELI

Wade Smit

Nguni News Editor

Noluvuyo Mjoli

Nguni Opinions/ Features Editor

Sharon Rankapola

Refilwe Thathe

Naledi Ntodini

Zona Magadla

Tswana & Sotho Opinions/Features Editor

Sports Editor

Co-Marketing

Design Editor

Prince Nchupang

Tswana- Sotho Editor

Tebogo Segooa

Co-Marketing

Nitesh Magan

Web Master

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March 2015

EDITORIAL

Olwethu Deliwe

Thanking the Super Care workers

Head Nguni & Education Editor

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az’enethole basebenzi b a k o w e t h u !

Masibambe ngazo zozibini kuni, senze amazwi ombulelo senjenje. Kulonyaka udlulileyo sikhuphe iphepha-ndaba lethu lelwimi zakwaNtu. Phepha ndaba elo lokuqala ukususela ngemini zamandulo, elinika umdla kwizinto zabantu abatsha abagaxeleka kuzo.

Leyo ke ibe yinto etsho wagunqa umzi kuba abaqulunkqi nababhexeshi balo ingabantu abatsha.

Enye yeenjongo zolusasazo ibikudibanisa imihlambi eyalanayo, ukwenzela abantu abamdaka ngokwebala bazidle ngobuntu babo.

Kwaye bazive beyinxalenye yoluntu ngokubanzi. Siye ke sakhwankqiseka kukubona ukuba iphepha ndaba eli aniliyekelanga yalelabafundi kuphela, nani nabonisa umdla omkhulu ngokulifunda. Sithe sisajonge leyo safumana imiyalezo esuka kuni, incoma kwaye icela amanye amaphepha (kuba nifuna ukubonisa ngawo nakubanye abantu).

Asingeze ke thina inxaso enjena siyiyekele ihambe inganikwanga ngqalelo.

Iyasivuyisa ke thina lonto ngoba kakade umnqweno wethu ngowokuba nibeyinxalenye nabafundi, nifumane izabelo ngokulinganayo. Imigushuzo

yenu isishiye sonwabile, yiyo lonto siyinika ingqalelo.

Ningabazali bethu, siphethwe nini, kodwa intlonipho enisinika yona ingaphaya kokuqonda.

Naleyo into siyayibulela.

Umsebenzi eniwenzayo, kwaye nokuqinisekise ukuba amagumbi esifundela kuwo acocekile uyabonakala.

Sizingomba isifuba nje ngokuba ngabafundi balapha, kwaye singenaxhala lokuzisa oogxa bethu abasuka

ngqalelo. Apho kunyanzeleke khona ukuba nithathe inxaxheba, zenizinze ukucinga ndilungiselele mhla waze waphel’ umbona amahashe efikile.

Amalungelo enu walweleni ukuze nifumane okungokwenu.

Ndiyakhathazeka kuba la mazwi akawi kumhlaba owomileyo, koko komanzi.

Mandingathethi ndophele ke! Inene, igama lenkampani eniyiphangelelayo n i l i p h a k a m i s i l e .

ebumelwaneni ukuba basindwendwele kungenxa yenu. Amazwi obulumnko neengcebiso zenu xa sigagana nani apho nixelenga khona awawi phantsi.

Siyancoma, kwaye sibulela ngomsebenzi eniwubambe ngongenamikhinkqi!

Ze’ ningadinwa nangomso.

Kubalulekile enikwenzayo ngokungenamkhethe.

Kwiziphithi-phithi ezenzekayo kuleDyunivesithi, z e z i n g a n i b a n g e l i okokuba nilahl’ ithemba.

Ukrwitha-krwithwano lwabasemagunyeni lwenzeka naphi na. Ubuhlanga ize ibe yinto apho ningayithatheli

Asibalibelanga oononogada bethu abadel’ ingqele mhla kubanda, siyanibona. Sibulela kubo ngokusixhasa, besenza umsebenzi obalulekileyo kakhulu wokuba sizive sikhuselekile.

Singemnki kuni, kodwa ke siyathanda okuba sigqithise umbulelo nakubafundi abathe bathabatha iphepha eli baze banomdla lilo. Ootitshala beDyunivesithi le, abathe babonisa umdla kwiphepha eli, siyabulela.

Zenenjenje ke nakwamanye amacandelo azayo. Nisiphathe kakuhle ngolu hlobo.

Nikhumbule ukuba Isandla sihlamba esinye. Siyanibona,

kwaye sinijongile. * Onomdla ngokusinika ingxelo, angenza njalo ngembalelwano kwi-emails, nefumaneka kwiphepha eli kwindawo etyhikitywe ‘disclaimer’.

Tatalahote!

Thank you Super Care Cleaners for the support of the newspaper. We acknowledge the support that we received from you – the mama’s and tata’s are our family. In as much as the newspaper was for everyone within and outside the boundaries of UCT, it was great to see that also as cleaners you took part in having to engage with the newspaper. We will forever be grateful for that.

Your hard work at UCT should not go unrecognized.

You should be able to benefit from this institution like every other person in it. Fight for your rights and keep up the good work. We also appreciate the work of our security guards that are always there to protect us – in cold and warm weathers of Cape Town. Thank you for your support of the newspaper.

The support received also from everyone else did not go unrecognized. We value and appreciate you as vernac news.

Siaybulela! #VernacNews Image: supercare.co.za

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Maemo a Temokerasi le Sechaba sa Rona The State of Our Democracy (Nation)

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a di 24 tsa Tlhakole kwa Molecular Biology Seminar room A, maloko a palament le baithuti ba UCT ba ne ba kopana go tla go buisana ka kgang ya maemo a temokerasi ya naga ya rona.

Maloko a di mekgatlo ya dipolotiki tse di farogolaneng ba tshimolotse lenaneo ka go bua ka maikutlo a bone ka State on Nation Address e ediragetseng ka maloba wa di 12 tsa Tlhakole. Moemedi wa EFF o rile a re maikaelelo a party ya EFF ka goyeng kwa State of the Nation ke a: gore Aforika Borwa e nne naga e ya bohle.

Dimaene, dibanka, dilo tse tsotlhe di wele mo mabogong a batho botlhe eseng mabogo a bathonyana ba ba malwa. O tsweletse a re, tota jaaka ma Aforika re hirile mo nageng ya rona, mme seo ga sa siama. A re dilo tse mopresidente Jacob Zuma a di buang jara le jara ke di “comestic changes”. Efang batho lefatshe la bone!

Morago ga moo gwa bua moemedi wa leloko la IFP Mkhuleko Hlengwa, o ntlha kgolo ya gagwe ene ele gore SONA ene ele kgakololo e botlhoko ya gore baeteledipele ba rona ba a tlhaelwa mo go buseng naga. Tsela e pusong e busang ka yone gompieno ga e na phaphang le ka mo puso ya maloba ya aparteiti ene e busa ka teng. Puso e busa ka go gatelela poifo! Mopresidente Jacob Zuma o bitsa diparagobe tse dire lebileng mo matlhong a re ke di kgwetlho, jaaka paragobe ya Eskom. Go dira jaana ke go se tlhoka nnete le

maAforika Borwa ka bophara.

O tswaletse ka gore- rele ma Aforika Borwa re tla ganetsana le tsaimaiso ya boeteledipele jo eleng ANC. Mike Walters wa leloko la DA ene a re o tshwengwa ke gore mo Presidente Jacob Zuma ga ese a tlise le ha ele tharabololo e nosi go raloka mathata a maemo a ekonomie ya rona.

O direle sekai ka Eskom, a re go tla nna botoka fa e tla rekisetsa Eskom mo mabogong a ba diri kgwebo gona le gore e dule mo mabogong a puso.

Motho mongwe le mongwe o tshwanetswe ke gore re a nne le tetla ya go itlhopela ka mokgo o botshelo jwa gagwe bo tsamayang ka teng. Mme go fitlha gompieno gaese re bone seo se diragala. Le kgang ya gore bo rre ba se podisa ba tsene kwa Palamente ba sa apara uniform ya bone kgatlhanong le molaotheo mogolo wa rona.

Moemedi wa puso Mmamoloko Kubayi (ANC) o tswaletse ka gore, “Aparteiti ke sengwe se re se kitlang re kgonang go selebala ka gore ke karolo ya histori ya rona. Seo se ra gore, maemo a batho ba Aforika Borwa ga a lekalekane, ebile kgang kgole sentle sentle ke yone go sa lekaneng go. Se naga ese tlhokang ke go fetola bohwa (legacy) ba naga ya rona ka go tokafatsa dithuto le bokgoni ba rona. Mme seo ga se bonolo ka ntlha ya ditiragalo tsa maloba tsa aparteiti jaaka Bantu education.”

Mmamoloko o ne a araba moemedi wa DA Mike ka kgang ya sepodisa ka gore, go

ne go tlhokagala gore sepodisa se nne teng ka bo idi idi ka gore maloko a a botlhokwa a naga ya rona ne bale mmogo mo tulong ele esi.

Go builwe gole go ntsi mo ngangisanong eno, mme selo se sengwe fela se ke se ithutileng: Fa ele gore nna le wena re batla go bona Aforika Borwa e tokafetse, re tshwanetse ke go simolola ka rona. Tokafatsa motho yo o mo bona mo seiponeng pele.

Mapaseka Sethlodi Head Tswana-Sotho & Education Editor

On Tuesday 24 February there was a big discussion organised by Inkulu Free Heid, about the state of our democracy. Members of parliarment from the ANC, DA, IFP and EFF as well as various student bodies were present at this vehement discussion.

The different political party representatives opened the discussion with their views on the president’s State of the Nation address which took place of February 12th.

The EFF representative said that the only agenda that they were trying to push across to the president was nationalization. On the other hand the DA representative says that what he found alarming was the extent to which the constitution was threatened during the proceedings of the SoNA. The intense security present, that the police force had to be in disguise as parliarment members and the signal jamming device were uncalled for according to Mike Walters. In response to this ANC representative Mmamoloko Kubayi said that the security levels on that day are justified by the fact that all of the country’s leaders were under one roof. So extensive security measures had to be taken.

Image: InkuluFreeHeid Facebook page gallery

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March 2015

DIKAKANYO/TSELE LE TSELE

Setso sa ka ga se dijo le moaparo fela go nna My culture is more than just food and attire to me

Silvester Thantsha

Image: moda.com/traditionalweddingdresses

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etso ke semelo, tsebo ya mohlobo yo itseng wa batho. Go hlalosa tsohle ke polelo, ditumelo tsa bona, dikosha le bokgabo. Setso ke boitshupo le seriti sa batho. Setso sa ka se hlalosa seo ke lego sona, polelo, dijo, moaparo le tumelo.

Gape setso sa ka se hlalosa mo ke tswago gona, tsebo, bokgabo le dikosha. Go ya ka nna, setso ke seriti sa motho le boitshupo bja gagwe.

Mehlobo ka moka ya batho lefaseng e na le dijo tseo di fapanego le tsa batho ba bangwe. Se se diriswa ke setso sa bona.

Ke dira dilo tse dingwe ke dumelelwa ke setso sa ka, ke ja dijo go ya ka tsela yeo setso saka se bolelago.

Afrika ke kontinente yeo e tumilego ka ditso tse ntshi tseo di sa latelwago le lehono. Go bohlokwa kudu go dumelela batho go somisa le go hlompha ditso tsa bona.

Ke nagana gore batho bao ba se nago seo ba dumelago go sona goba sona setso, ba a lahlega. Nna setso saka se na le diema, dika le direto, gomme lapa le lengwe le lengwe le na le phoofolo yeo ba e binago. Sereto sa ka se fapana le sa

motho ofe kapa ofe wa mohlobo waka.

Ruri, motho yo a senago setso ga ana seo a ka ikgantshago ka sona. Bana ba maAfrika ba swanetse go tseba gore ke bomang, ba tsebe magomo wa bona gore ba tle ba phele bophelong bjo bo amogelwago. Setso sa ka ke bophelo bjaka, go lahla setso sa ka ke go lahla boitshupo le masupatsela a bophelo bja ka.

Afrika Borwa ke naga ya tokologo, batho ba dumeletswe go ka latela ditso tsa bona. Re ja dijo ka mehutahuta ya tsona ntle le go thibelwa. Re sa apea dijo tsa setso ebile re hlompha le ditso tsa batho ba bangwe. Setso s aka ke bohwa bjaka.

Go nkgaroganya le setso sa ka ke go nkgaroganya le seriti sa ka. Setso ruri ke bophelo gomme re ikgantsha kudu go dula mmung wa Afrika,mo re phetago ditso sa rena ntle le tshitiso.

Ga re tsweleng pele ka go ikgantsha ka ditso tsa rena gomme re hlompheng le tsa bangwe. Setso saka go nna ke seriti le boitshupi, a e kaba go wena setso ke eng?

Culture is heritage. It is thus very important to allow people to follow their traditions as they wish. My culture has proverbs, unusual phrases and poems. In my culture, every family has their own poem, clan name and a certain animal or flower they represent. I think African children are supposed to know these things, and a lot about their cultures, so they can have a sense of belonging and direction. My culture is my life, and abandoning it would mean deserting my life’s direction.

Disclaimer

The Vernac News Opinions&Features section is a vehicle for expression on any topic by members of the university community or other interested parties. The opinions within this section are not necessarily those of the Vernac News collective or its advertisers.

Letters to the Editor need to be kept to a maximum of 300 words and can be sent to: taariqamod@gmail.com

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The origins of Tsotsi Taal Heita Hola! Fede? Moja!

Clifford Mongwegelwa

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ayawaya ga re le ko kasi re utlwa mense ba ringa ka di-code. Kasi e ngwe le engwe ha o shaya jika ko yona o thola Bro Joe wa gunta. A ringa phrases like “die laaitie is n moegoe maan”, a bitsa majita “laititjies or mpinchis” and banna ba hae a re ke “dinqcosi”. Ke na le ho bloma one man and ke di bale gore grand moja die taal van ons, re e qcova waar.

Nou flop ke hore ke shova ka Tsotsi taal and ke ho chaela ka yona. Taba ke hore le he ke go segela story sa yona, moet ke e spanise. Mara geen flop e re ke go bethele. Tsotsi taal ke ntho e e thomileng mzobane blind. Grand sharp, e spanisitswe strong ka nako tsa Apartheid mo Mzansi, nako e bo Ngamla ne ba worvaya bo darkie seur, nako tsa bo Sophia Town le ander Kasis. Die tyd, bo-darkie ba ne ba ringa taal tse different mara ba bloma die selde Kasis. Nou ne ba bloma kaofela and nou ne ba tlameile ba ringe taal e ba e verstanang kaofela. Taal eo ke yona e vandag re khombang Tsotsi taal.

Tsotsi taal started was back in the days, it was used quiet extensively during the apartheid regim, the times of the formation of Sophia Town. Black people who spoke different languages would be living in the same area and they saw and felt the need to establish a language they all understood.

Legama Tsotsi Taal le chunilwe ka mafoko a spinzana , Tsotsi e tsho Leghintsa and Taal e tsho ringas ka Afrikaans. So mense ba qcovile Afrikaans ba e chuna taal e ba tlo qalang ka yona and ba spanisa di-taal tse dingwe, Sesotho, diTaal tsa BaNguni (Zulu, Xhosa, Swati), go e qinisa. So nou ba shapile taal ya fruit salad hore ba shove simple soo n mphakathi.

Tsotsi taal e ne e gaya boTsoti and mphakathi chance ya go ringa ba sa jumpise hore ba ringa ka eng so ne ba missioner grand against boMenier. Ga e qala, ne e ringiwa more ke maghintsa ge ba ya roundong ba lo shapa mpondas or ba lo spina iets. BoNgamla ne e le bona ba tlatsiwang seur. Manyora ne ba e spanisa weer ge ba shova ka boNgamla. BoTsotsi entse di-term soos boGata (The Police), boKoos(Afrikaans People), nnyoko/zaka/lebotha (Money), ghedlele/ transi/mavili (vehicle), Spinza/popla/wash (alcohol), tshipi/ntjeza (Gun) and bocheri/bothekini/rush (girls). Die goedes ke tsona tse manyora a di phelelang and so qho ne ba dispanisa ga ba ringa.

Tsotsi Taal allowed “Tsotsis” as well as the entire black communities to speak about their agendas without being caught. When they were planning to commit any unlawful act, robbery or theft of anything, they would code their language. White people were the main targets back then. Black people also used it when they were talking about white people. Terms like boGata (The Police), boKoos(White Afrikaaners), nnyoko/zaka/lebotha (Money), ghedlele/Transi (vehicle), Spinza/popla/wash (alcohol), tshipi/ntjeza (Gun) and bocheri/bothekini/rush (girls) were in their everyday vocabulary since these are some of the things that Tsotsis mainly live for.

Lines like, “che my geld”, “hier kom boGata/bogata ba zwagala”, “Transi e kahabategile” or even “spinza se baie” ke taal ya everyday ya Manyora. Ba e shapa left, right and centre so boNgamla ga ba verstan gore majita a ring aka eng.

Go ringa waar, Tsotsi taal e godile and nou posi e nngwe le e nngwe e shova taal ya bona. Majita ba Eastern Cape hulle se hore “six nine” ke ho parker ka reverse (taking a dump) mara Jozi, Pitori, Rusty le Bloem “six nine” ke go shapa mfana (urinating) so wa kgona ho qcava hore nou die ding ya taal ya evolver so jive nou ke hore go ba nzima go ringa di selde iets everywhere. Altyd o tlameile o checke gore o waar then o zame go segela mense ba da grand.

As ke vaiya nou, e re ke go chaele. Rona bo-darkie re tswa ver le tsotsi taal. Tsotsi taal e tshwana le setso nou so next time ga manyora ba shova love it and embrace it.

Tse baie ke maaka. Tii Tii Pote!

Tops Thokozile!

Sharp Sharp Ouens!

Poetry

Nguwo! Nguwo!

Ngumtshato!

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Olwethu Deliwe

andenjenje xa ndivuma kuMvelingqangi.

Kubenjalo xa sibong' amabandla.

Ndisith' sidlulel' esi silo 'de yathwas' inyanga!

Ndiyavuma, ndisith' nguwo ngumtshato.

Halala-la! Yehaa-a! wadan’ usathana!

Kakade besilindele ukuba zithi phethuthu ngolu hlobo izinto Ngabanomona kuphela bebefun’ ezimbi Bak’hlala behleli kakade abayindawo.

Ngamayeye namhlanje nguwo nguwo umtshato-o!

Ngamayeye kuba nazi iimvegu neentsana kulo msitho, umlisela nomthinjana, amanene namanenekazi, amawasa namawasakazi, nezidwangube ezibalulekileyo.

Khululan' iibhatyi zenu ke nina nonwabe.

Mand'giny' ingwiqi ndenjenje.

Uk'susela namhlanje zakuthi nta iindlebe.

Imilomo yakusoloko ithe mhomhe.

Iindaba zona zakuthi thante.

'Zenizithande kuyo yonke into ephandl' apha.

Ngalondlela niz'cebul' ekuthetheni.

Undiva ke yint' engafunekiyo.

Ndandike ndava ngondoq' osis'bindi Mna ndith undoqo lunyamezelo.

Mandinamnkele emtshatweni ndenjenje!

Mandivuyisane nawe ndisithi halala.

Ngundlel' ende lo, ukrelekrele.

Ngumatyathang' omeleleyo, unesibindi.

Akujongw' emva kuyanyamezelwa.

Andikoyikisi koko ndiyancoma!

Akubalekwa ngenxa yobunzima.

Ndingatsh' ukuba hlala noba kukrakra.

Ndingatsh' ukuba phindisa ngephini kwakubakubi.

Kuyonakal' ukuhla, kodw' iintetho ziyanceda.

Kuyakhalwa xa kunzima, abadala baneedlebe.

Kudala yahanjwa le ndlela ayiqalwa ngoku.

Yaqalwa ngabadala, yasind' abaninzi.

Kodwa ke ayiy' intsinda badala.

La mazwi makhulu antsokothile.

Mandibuyis' unyawo ndinganeni kumhlab' ongengowam'.

Ndakuthini na ukuzibizel' amahashe ndingena mbona.

Mandityeshele ngelithi kuwe makoti.

Amahla ndenyuka eli khaya nguwe, nguw' obopha amaxonya mhla libalele, nguw' ungapha nangapha ngeemini zobunzima.

Yonwabele le dyokwe kusemtshatweni apha.

'Ze ningohlulwa zindudumo zomhlaba koko kukufa.

Mandingatheth' ndophel' mandikushiye Maleta.

Bamba le leta mntakwethu, wamnkelekile Mntakwende.

Ngxe nto yakuthi ngokophela.

Mandixolise ngobuy' neenyaw' ez'nodaka.

Xa ubethekile kubanzim' iindawo zokuhlala.

Ezamadoda ke zona zithethw' ebuhlanti.

Andingekhe ndonwabe ngabadala ndisakuphula lo mthetho.

Ndakusebenza ndigobe ukuhlawula loo matyala.

Mathol' onyongande inkulu into oyenzileyo!

Sis'phala-phala sesimomondiya sikathuthula esi.

Tatalahote nto yakhu inkulu into ozenayo!

Lubhelukazi olumanz' andonga olu.

Bubukhazi-khazi oku kwegolide.

Ukumphuncula kwakho, ingab' udangele mfondini.

Ubudoda abuzi ngokwaluswa nto yakwa Mqwambe.

Abuphelel' ehlathi Mthembu, bugqithel' nangezenzo.

Tarhu nkos' yam ndangena kumhlb' wabadala.

Mandibuye ndiqinisile ndenjenje.

Induku ke ntanga ayinamzi.

Mandiphinde nditsho nakuwe, uthethwano ngugqa phambili.

Xa kukrakra cing' into eyanidibanisayo.

Thand' inkosikazi yakho njengok' uzithanda nawe.

Silindel' inyhweba nentlutha kulo mzi ka bawo.

Mawande lo mzi negama la khona!

Camagu nkos' yam ndithethe ndophela.

Masidlan' iindlebe, nal' unqweme lenkawu.

Yonwaba mfondini kukwakho apha.

Wamnkelekile emtshatweni yaqal' inkathazo!

Nguwo! Nguwo! Ngumtshato.

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March 2015

DIKAKANYO/TSELE LE TSELE

National Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS): Wa gwanta goba o ya gae You strike or you go home N

gwaga ka ngwaga nkgao e ja nkgawane di yunibesithing tja Afrika Borwa, ke lekepekepe, go iwa godimo le fase. Segolothata ke ge baithuti ba ipelaetja kgahlanong le Lefapha la Thusho ya Masheleng le NSFAS ka kabo le tshepidisho ya masheleng a go ithuta. Bontji bo tsenela megwanto ye ka tshepo ya gore batla holega ka ge go se na se sengwe seo ba ka se dirago.

Baithuti ba bantji ba phara Lefapha la Thusho ya Masheleng le NSFAS ka molato wa tshepidishompe le kabo ya masheleng, fao baithuti ba bantji ba ihwetjago ba na le kgetho the pedi fela: Go gwanta goba go ya gae. Ka ge bontji bo tshwerwe ke tlala ya thuto gape ba na le phishagalelo ya go ďŹ hlelela ditoro tja bona, ba bona

bokaone e le go lwela seo ba se labalabelago, mme ba gwanta.

Ke nagana gore thaba ye ya taba ga e ame fela baithuti ba diyunibesithi tjeo di tsenetjego megwanto, efela Afrika Borwa ka bophara. Ke bolela ka bo dikobodimagetleng bao bana ba bona ba swanetjego ke go tlogela sekolo bakeng sa go hloka masheleng,bo komangkanna bao bana ba bona ba palelwago ke go tjwela pele ka dithuto ge go gwantwa, borakgwebo bao ba tla hlokago bashomedi ge baithuti ba ba ka rakwa sekolong le mmusho woo o lebanego ke go patella masheleng a.

Le ge UCT e sesho ya hlakana le seemo sa baithuti ba go gwanta, ke tshepa go na le baithuti bao ba gapeletjegago

go boela magaeng ka go hloka masheleng a go ithuta, kudu ka ge NSFAS e sa patelele dithuto tja gago ge go ka diragala gore o se phethe dithuto tja gago ka nako yeo e beilwego. Efela taba ye ga e fe hlogo: NSFAS e lebeletje gore moithuti yoo a hwetje moshomo gomme a lefele bjang masheleng ao a thuxitjwego ka gona a se a phetha dithutho tja gagwe?

Bothata bjo ke hlobaboroko go bahloki, kudu ka ge seemo sa ditaba se leka go laetja gore ge o se na sa gago o ka se hwetje thuto ya godimo. Se se kgahlanong le ditokelo tja botho, ka ge Freedom Charter e re mabati a thuto ya godimo a tla bulelwa bohle. Kakarapa ye ya taba e laetja gore le ge Afrika Borwa e na le mengwaga

Sharon Rankapola

e mentji e keteka letjatji la ditokelo tja botho ka la 21 March, ditokelo tja batho ba bangwe di sa gatakilwe.

Go se swane le diyunibesithi tje dingwe, Mcebo Dlamini (Mopresidente wa lekgotla la go emela baithuti yunibesithing ya Wits) le bashomikayena ba rile go lemoga gore bokamoso bja baithuti ba 2 788 bo kgauďŹ le go nwelela, ba tla ka leano la go ba thusha le go ba efosha kotsi ye.

Taba ye e boncha gore bjalo ka Afrika Borwa re hloka baetapele ba go swana le Mcebo Dlamini le bashomikayena, bao thuto le ditokelo tja botho di tlago pele go bona, gomme baka tjwa ka makatanamane go netefatja gore naga ya rena ga e wele ka leopeng.

Image: thenewage.co.za

Year after year there is some debacle over NSFAS. Every year students from various universities

across South Africa are faced with a predicament: strike and hope to get school funds or go home.

This matter affects more than just the students of the striking universities. It affects the poor whose children have to leave school because of lack of funds, the rich-whose children are denied education when classes are cancelled during strikes, the private sector- which will fall short of skilled employees because their future workers have been financially excluded, and the government which has to settle this huge debt to universities.

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IZIMVU NAMABALA ENGWE

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF): Mahlokgogedi a Palamente ya Afrika Borwa

EFF the Parliament’s attention grabber Kgomotso Ngobeni

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o swana le ma Afrika Borwa a mantji, ke be ke sa tjeele hlogong dilo tjeo di diragalago ka Palamenteng, le ge e le yona polelo ya go bohlokwa ya naga ka moPresidente Jacob Zuma, ke ra The State of The Nation Address (SONA).

Ke be kesa di fe shedi le gatee, go fihlela mokgatlo wa EFF o hlangwa.

Go se swane le tulo tje dingwe tja Palamente, ya mong-ngwaga e be e le ya makgethe, naga ka bophara go fepja mahlo, go hlaletjwe pego thwi ya SONA go tjwa Palamenteng. Bontji re be re ipotjisha gore go tla tsoga diphsheshamara tja mohuta mang ge baisa ba dioborolo the dihubedu ba thoma go fisha moPresidente ka mahala a dipotjisho.

Ke na le tshepo yeo e tiilego ya gore bjalo ka modudi wa maikarabelo o be otla rata ge Mopresidente a ka sebosha sechaba sa gagwe gore otla lefela neng masheleng ao a shomishitjwego bohlaswa ge go agwa tulo ya gagwe ya Nkandla, go swana le ka fao moetapele wa EFF Julius Malema le maloko a gagwe ba bego ba holofetje ka gona.

Go ya ka kakanyo ya ka, EFF e hlola morusu gore ba holege, efela ke bona e le kakanyo e botse gore Mopresidente wa naga a tjee maikarabelo a ditiro tja gagwe, euptja go itaetja gore maemo a gagwe a a mo shireletja ka ge mmoleledi wa Palamente a feleleditje a raka maloko a EFF ge ba be ba eme ka la gore

Zuma a arabe potjisho ya gore o lefela neng masheleng a sechaba.

Nnete ke gore EFF e raloka karolo e kgolo kudu polotiking ya Afrika Borwa, re sa lebale le Democratic Alliance (DA), yeo le yona e emelago gore Mopresidente a tjee maikarabelo go ditiro tja gagwe. Bobedi mekgatlo ye e tlishitje naga ya rena gotee, bjalo Palamente ke ya batho ka moka, le batho ba go dula mebileng ba a tseba gore go diragalang ka polotiki ya naga ya rena.

Bobedi EFF le DA di hlasela ANC ka mahlakoreng ka moka, ANC ga e na bochabelo, “mepipi ka moka e a na”. DA e hlasela ka lehlakoreng la molao, mola EFF e besha wa go fisha kudu ka ge Julius a tseba ye mentji ya

mekgwa ya yona ya go chaba ka taba.

ANC e pitlaganchitjwe ke mekgatlo ye gomme ge e le Malema yena o tla kgotla dinose tja semane go fihlela mamapo a etjwa.

Efela ge letjatji le dikela, ge go boletjwe go phethilwe, ke bona naga ya rena e lebile ka moleteng ka ge ANC e tjea nako ye ntji e lwa le manaba a yona. Se se kaya gore ga e ele hloko ka fao e swanetjego, mathata ao a bethago naga serokaphatla, go swana le go kgaotjwa kgafetjakgafetja ga mohlagase, mathata a masheleng a dithuto tja godimo le dingongorego tja bashomi ba mebaeneng. Go re retlo felela kae ka mararankodi a gona ga go tsebje, re tla bona fela ge nako e dutje e eja ke magotlo.

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Like most South Africans I wasn’t really interested in politics until I saw the EFF

getting chucked out of parliament during the SONA. Truth of the matter is that both EFF and DA believe the president should take responsibility for his actions and be accountable to the nation. These parties play a significant role in shaping South African politics. The proceedings of the SONA have certainly made more people interested in South African politics. But is that really how we want to engage our citizens in matters affecting our country? Honestly, I’m not quite sure as to where our nation is headed.

Human Rights Day

Letsatsi la Ditshwanelo tsa Botho / Usuku Lwamalungelo Abantu Xhosa / English

Sotho / English

“Igama lam ndinguZikhona Mene, ndingumfundi wase UCT. Elona lungelo loluntu libalulekileyo kum endinocinga ngayo ngoku lucoceko lwamanzi nelindle. Ngoba ekuqgibeleni ichaphazela iimpilo zabantu, kuba mna ndisuka eKhayelitsha ngeyona nto ndiyibona iyingxaki, ukubanamanzi acocekileyo nothutho lwelindle.”

“Lebitso la ka keNtshediseng Matla. Tokelo ya botho e bohlokwahadi key a ho lekana ha batho.”

Photographed by: Ntshediseng Matla Recorded by: N/A Interviewee: Ntshediseng Matla

Interviewee: Zikhona vMene Photographed by: Nokulunga Ngongoma Recorded by: Riyaadh Raciet

My name is Ntshediseng Matla. The most important human right is the right to equality.

Interviewee: Ntshediseng Matla, Commerce Student Council Chairperson

Robert Sobukwe Bio:

Born in Graaff-Reinet in what was formally known as the Cape Province on the 5 December 1924.

Sobukwe attended Fort Hare University where he joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in 1948 and a year later, was accepted as the new president of the Fort Hare Student Representative Council (SRC).

Tswana / English “Leina la me keOlorato Mogwera.

Nngwe ya ditshwanelo tsa bophelo ye ke e tlotlang thata ke thuto. Lobaka la se ke ka gore thuto ke selo se bohwakwa maphelong a rona, batho ga se ba bantshi ba ba fihlelang kgole ntle le thuto. Le ha motho a se a stena sekolo gwa kgonega gore a tswelelele empa a ka se fihle kgakala ka gore a se na thuto.”

Interviewee: Olorato Mogwera Photographed by: Nokulunga Ngongoma Recorded by: Nokulunga Ngongoma My name is Olorato Mogwera. Leina la me keOne of the human rights I value more than all of them is education, because to me, it’s an important thing.

A person cannot go anywhere without education. Education is the basic weapon to take people far.

Translated by: Rankapola Phate

My name is Zikhona Mene. I am a student at UCT. The one right that I feel it is important to me is that of clean water and sanitation. The reason for that it is because those affect people health at large. I am from Khayelitsha and from there, which is where I see that as a problem. There is no clean water and sanitation.

Translated by: Olwethu Deliwe

Sobukwe was an excellent orator and he established himself as an important figure amongst his fellow students after his outgoing speech as president of the SRC. It was during this time that he was influenced by the work of Anton Lembede and began embracing an Africanist position within the ANC. In 1957, Sobukwe left the ANC to become Editor of The Africanist newspaper in Johannesburg.

Sobukwe, along with others, formed the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), and was elected its first President in 1959.

On 21 March 1960, the PAC led a nationwide protest against the hated Pass Law which require black people to carry a pass book (Dom Pas) at all times. Sobukwe led one these protests in Orlando where he and others were subsequently arrested.

In another one of these protests carried out in Sharpeville, police opened fire on a crowd of PAC supporters, killing at least 69 protestors in what is known today as the Sharpeville Massacre.

Sobukwe was convicted of incitement, and sentenced to three years in prison. After serving his sentence, he was incarcerated on Robben Island.

The new General Law Amendment Act was passed which allowed his imprisonment to be renewed annually at will. This procedure became known as the "Sobukwe clause" and went on for a further three years. Sobukwe was the only person imprisoned under this clause.

Sobukwe was kept in solitary confinement with few privileges, in a separate area of Robben Island.

Sobukwe was released in 1969 and allowed to live in Kimberley with his family but remained under extremely strict house arrest.

Due to lung cancer, he was hospitalised in 1977. He died on 27 February 1978, and was buried in Graaf-Reinet on 11 March 1978.

Zulu / English “Igama lami nguSiyabonga, wakwa Ntombela and ilungelo engilibona libalulekile kakhulu kimina: ilungelo lokuphila, nelokuthi ngikwazi ukuvikeleka kulelizwe engihlala kulona.”

Interviewee: Siyabonga Ntombela Photographed by: Nokulunga Ngongoma Recorded by: Riyaadh Raciet

My name is Siyabonga Ntombela and I perceive the right to life as the most important human right and the right to security so that they may feel secured in the country in which I live in.

Translated by: Noluvuyo Mjoli

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DIKAKANYO/TSELE LE TSELE

March 2015

Ubudlelwane Ngaphakathi Kwezinhlanga Ezahlukene Wade Smit

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go-21 kuNdasa sizogubha usuku lwamalungelo lapha eNingizimu Afrika, phecelezi i-�Human Rights Day�. Kulolu suku sikhumbula okwenzeka ngo-1960 eSharpville nakwa Langa, lapho abantu abansundu babulawa ngesikhulu isihluku emuva kokuphakamisa izikhali belwa nencindezelo.

Lolusuku selabizwa ngosuku lwamalungelo nje kepha abantu base Sharpeville beholwa ngubaba uRobert Sobukwe umsunguli we Pan African Congress (PAC) baqopha umlando ngokulwela amalungelo abantu. Esikhathini samanje sekuthiwa usuku lamalungelo nje, abantu bakhohlwe nya ngokuthi abantu abangamashumi ayisithupha nanye bafa befela iqiniso: lona qiniso leli uhulumeni wabamhlophe owayengafuni ukulizwa.

Nalu lwaphela ubandlululo, sikhululekile manje. Nayo i-Immorality Act ka 1927 seyasuswa, okusho ukuthi sekuvumelekile ukuthi siphile simunye singabantu banoma yiliphi ibala.

Kodwa zisakhona izinkinga ezisathikameza lokhu.

Mayelana nobubudlelwane bezinhlanga ezahlukene, yingani kungalingwana?

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Thina, njengabantu baseNingizimu Afrika, sinamalungelo amaningi sivunyelwe ukushadana singubulili obubdwa, futhi sivunyelwe ukuthi sithandane nokuthi sishadane siyizi nhlanga ezahlukahlukene.

Kodwa uma ubheka izinto ngeso elibanzi namanje kunzima ukuphila ndawonye nomuntu wombala ohlukene kunowakho ngoba abantu abaningi abakayamukeli le Ningizimu Afrika entsha.

Bukhona ubunzima njengabanye abantu abadala besakubuka sengathi akulungile ukuthanda umuntu wombala ohlukene kunawe. Ukunikeza isibonelo: kujwayelekile ukuthi abantu abaningi abamhlope bazalelwe emndenini onemali eningi, ngenxa umlando wabo. Kodwa abanye abantu, amaNdiya, amaZulu, bonke nabanye banomlando womzabalazo.

Yize izinhlanga zahlukene kodwa banemizwa efanayo.

Kanti-ke abantu bezinhlanga ezahlukene bangathandana kanjani?

Umlando kube yinkinga ngempela? Impela kube yinkinga nje? Eqinisweni, abantu abamhlophe abaningi banomlando wokunqaba ukufunda ngezinye izizwe.

Abafuni neze ukuqonda izimpilo zabanye abantu.

Ngakho-ke abakwazi ukuzwela abanye noma ukuqhuba izimpilo zabo njengabantu abajwayelike ngaphandle kokuthi bakhumbuze abanye abantu ngokuphakama kwabo. Lokho kwenza kube nzima ke ukuthi baqonde ngezimpilo zalabo abahlukile kunabo.

Ubuhlanga kuba yinto enzima kwesinye isikhathi.

Imizimba yabantu bonke ifanayo, kodwa izimpilo, nezingqondo zabo zihlukene zonke. Uma kukhohliwe lokhu, ubudlelwane ngaphakathi izinhlanga ezahlukene mhlawumbe omunye othile uzongenisa ezindleleni zikasithandwa sakho. Lapha angisho ukuthi akumele ukuba izinhlanga zithandane, kodwa kubalulekile ukuba abelungu bakhumbule ukwahlukana ezimpilweni zabanye abantu kuqala.

Ubudlelwane kwezinhlanga ezahlukahlukene budinga ukuba bufundise abantu bobabili ukuthi impilo iqhutshwa kanjani ukuze iye phambili.

Mina ngithandana nentombi yeNdiya.

Lona wesithathu unyaka sindawonye.

Ekuqaleni, kwakunzima ngoba le nto yobuhlanga yayisibuyisela emuva kepha asidinganga ukuqala ingxoxo ngemilando yezinhlanga zethu ngoba ubudlelwane bethu bakhiwe phezu kothando.

Ukuza kwethu eNtshona Kapa, lapha UCT kwaveza inkinga esasingayinakanga: yilapho sabona khona ukuthi maye kanti ukucwasa ngobuhlanga busaphila lapha.

Saqala ukucabanga ngalokhu ngoba sathola iWestern Cape igcwele nobandlululo okwenza ukuba siphoqeleke ukukhumbunjuzwa ngomlando walesi sizwe.

Ngenhlanhla, ubudlelwane bethu bunamandla enhlizweni zethu yingakho sakwazi ukunqoba, sakwazi ukuthi sixoxe ngokukhululeka ngalezi zinto.

Kusanenkinga enkulu kabi ngokucwasana ngobuhlanga kuleli lizwe.

Sisafanelwe ukuthi siziqonde kuqala, sikhulume ndawonye ngalezi zinto, hhayi ukuthi siziďŹ hle ngoba yizo lezi ezivela kancane kancane uma kuba nezingxoxo mpikiswano phakathi kwezinhlanga zalapha.

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Ayakhuluma amaphupho N

jengomuntu okholelwayo emaphupheni, ngike ngithande ke ukuthi nami ngichaze ukuthi ngabe konke lokhu kusho ukuthini. Namuhla ngivuke nephupho elithanda ukungidida nje kancane.

Ngiphuphe sengathi kunabadala ababili. Laba bashadile mangithi ukubheka.

Sengathi badla izambane likapondo ngoba indlu yabo yinhle futhi ihloniphekile impela. Ngithe uma ngiqapha izinto abanazo endlini kwacaca ukuthi izifundiswa lezi yize nje kungathi sebathatha umhlala phansi.

Leli phupho lingisuse kulaba kwangathi sisemakhaya manje.

Angazi yini le esiyigijimisa kangaka la, kodwa bokugcwele; kunabantu abaninigi futhi bonke bayamemeza, kukhona lokhu abakujahayo ngelikhulu ijubane. Ngithe ngiyangena endlini ngiyabuza ukuthi kwenzakalani lapha, kwase kuvela ubuso ba-anti wangitshela ukuthi kujahwa isilwane. Sijwahwa ngoba sitheni lesi silwane bo?

Wachaza ke ukuthi kungoba sebekhathele ngabantu abafa

Ibhalwe nga Amazwi aphuma Kwi-Draft

mihla nezolo bebulawa yile nyoka.

Wangibekela nokuthi kukhona noseshaywe yinyoka waya kwagoqa nyawo njengoba sikhuluma nje. Ngisale seng’buza ke mina ukuthi manje akaze na acabange ukuthi mhlampe ukubulala yona le nyoka ebulala abantu kungasiza ngalokhu akhala ngakho na?

Angazi kanjani kodwa emuva kwesikhathi ngiye ngamuzwa esethi, ubuchopo bale nyona buyadingeka impela ukuze kuzoqinisa leli khambi abazolenza elizogweza zonke loku kufa.

Ngithe ngiyabona, ngabona sesibaningi sigijima ngejubane, silwa nalezi zilwanyane.

Nabo laba ababili abadala ebekukade ngibabonile ekuqaleni bebekhona, nabo benomsindo.

Omunye ubephethe umsundulo ngesandla, kuthiwa nawo uzahlinzwa kuze kwakhiwe leli khambi. Bezikhona nezinye izilwane ezinyantisa igazi, ezinye bengiziphete ngesandla kodwa ube ubona kahle ukuthi nami ngiyazesaba.

Le nyoka beseyibanjiwe. Lo mfana obeyiphethe ubebukeka ngathi uyesaba. Kanti ke mina besekudala ngizichamele ngoba bekuthusa ukuyibona iphambi kwami.

Khumbula uAnti ubeyaleze ukuthi le nyoka ingaklinywa, lo mfana ubeyibambe ngesikhumba kuphela.

Ibilokhu ishibilika lapha kuye esandleni yaze yagcina isiphunyuka. Kuye kwazanywa ukuthi iphinde ibanjwe futhi.

Nangembala yatholwa. Kuthe la isibekwa phansi ngekhanda, ilindele ukunqunywa, yabhoka inyoka, yakhaba, yashaya ngomsila, kwangathi lo mfana obeyiphethe ulimele.

Ngentukuthelo abantu bayele bayisukela futhi, beyishaya ngeziqwayi.

Wamemeza umaMjoli eyaleza ukuthi ingabulawa ngoba ikhambi layo lizosebenza uma ihlinzwa isaphila. Lenyoka ilwe yalwa, yagcina iphihlize uMacele ekhanda, sabona igazi liphophoma okomthombo kanti ukufa kwakhe lokho!

Yilapho abantu begcine sebeyiyeka.

Manje behlezi ekhishini, kusabumbizwana nje.

Bebebukeka bedanile.

Mawubheka labantu ngathi bayalamba ngoba bonke babhalwe indlala ebusweni.

Nampa futhi laba abadala ababili behlezi lapha. Umama wakhona ube ngathi ufundela labantu ipheshana.

Leli pheshana libhalwe nguye.

Kuleli phepha ubebabhalela zonke izidumbu yemindeni eseyilahlekelwe yizo solokolo bahlaliswa kabuhlungu yile bhadi lo kufa.

Lo mama uye wachaza ukuthi uma labantu befuna konke loku kuphele, kumele bathembe yena nomyeni wakhe ukuthi bazokwenza isisombululo ukuze kuphele nayo indlala. Kuphakame umlisa ke wabuza ukuthi uzoyiqeda ngendlelani indlala ngoba nawe ufana nathi uyalamba lapha emuzini wakho wakankusho. Akabanga asakhuluma lo mama, kanti nomyeni wakhe uvesane wathula sengathi akwezwile.

Kuyele kwacaca ke ukuthi laba bantu abahlezi lapha abanendaba nobuholi lapha,

into esemqoka kubo ukuthi baze basuthe baqede le ndlala. Nasiya isiqumama uZondi sinemali. Nalabantu bafuna kube yiso esizobusa kulendawo. “Ukuba bayazi ukuthi uZondi nguye umnini wale nyona elokhu ibulala abantu� ngizwe umyeni wa lo mama ehlebela owakwakhe.

Liphele lapho leli phupho.

Kumanje nje ngisahlolisisa ukuthi ngabe likhuluma ngani.

Nokho nginakho ukwazi okuncane ngalo.

Lisenga khomba udaba lokuthi sifa nje malanga onke sibulawa yinyoka ethunyelwe yilaba bantu abathi bona bayasisiza.

Sifa nje, silamba nje singama Afrika ngoba iUnited Nations ne International Monetary Fund (IMF) kanye ne World Bank sizemqolo wethu, zisimele ngophoyizini. Abaholi bethu basilambisa nje ngoba nabo baboshwe nabaketanga wayo le World bank ethanda kakhulu ukuthi bayasilekela uma besicebisa ukuthi imali zethu siyisizwe kufuze siziphathe ngandlela ni.

Nalo ke iphupho lami layizolo. Thokoza gogo!

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Uma uRhodes eqhayiswa eUCT, pho uHitler nimshiyaphi?

Noluvuyo Mjoli noWade Smit

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ningizimu Afrika igubha iminyaka yamashumi amabili ‘yenkululeko’.

Kuthiwa leli selikhululekile emaketangeni wobandlululo elaliboshwe ngawo ngesikhathi sokufika kwabelungu bamaDashi kanye namaNgesi waseYurophu (Europe) kule Azania yethu. Kuyamangaza ke ukuthola ukuthi abantu abafana no Cecil Rhodes basajatshulwelwa, beqhayiswa njengamaqhawe waku leli.

Kanti masixoxe ngecala lesifaniso esibunjiwe (statue) sikaCecil John Rhodes esibekwe e-Upper Campus.

Kwizikhungo zemfundo ephakeme efana neNyuvesi yase Kapa (UCT) izikhohlakali ezifana noRhodes, labo abangabahlukumezi abakhulu abathathela okhokho umhlaba, bahlome ngezifaniso zakwanokusho ezibeheke iKapa lonke. URhodes akehlukile neze kwindoda ekuthiwa nguHendrick Verwoerd kanye noAdolf Hitler ngezenzo zabo.

Kodwa wayengubani uCecil Rhodes?

Kulabo abangamazi, uRhodes, yile ya ndoda yase yuRophu eyaza eAfrika ithi ifuna ukwenza umcebo omkhulu ngomhlaba wama Afrika. Wazalwa e-United Kingdom ngo-5 July 1853.

Uyaziwa kakhulu ngokwezimayini

nepolitiki.

Ngamandla kanye nokuzikhandla kwabokhokho ababesebenza kanzima phansi emgodini beshaywa baze babulawe uma beke bakhononda ngamaholo amancane. Namhlanje sinemayini okuthiwa yi De Beers eyasungulwa nguye. Kuneziteleka ezifana nabo Marikana namuhla ngawona mthelela walendoda nenkohlakalo yayo; yona nkohlakalo isizukulu sakhe esisayifezekisakuze nanamuhla!

Ukuphatheka kabi kwabantu abanyamwa lapha eningizimu Afrika nge Marikana kuyavunwa ngokuqhayisa lesi sifaniso sika Rhodes eUCT. Ngemithetho yakhe elukhuni efana ne Glen Grey Act yaka 1894, uRhodes wathola imvume ebhalwe phansi ephepheni ukuthi amaAfrika kumele axoshwe noma adudulwe emhlabeni obekungowabo khona kuzohlala abelungu laba abayizifiki lapha eAfrika. Namuhla kunabantu abahlala emikhukhwini besebenzela uzukwa ongathengi ngisho nempuphu besebenzela abelungu abasephuca umhlaba ngengxa yalendoda le iUCT izigqja ngayo.

UCecil kusayiyo futhi leya ndoda eyayitshela abantu ukuthi uma ungumuntu omnyama, uyafana ncamashi nento efuneka iphathwe Image: Noluvuyo Mjoli

njengesilwane noma ingane ngoba awunanqondo yokuzicabangela wena ngokwakho. Nango ke lo mlisa umise amadlo amade eUCT, ubheke abafundi.

Siyabonakala isifaniso sakhe esibunjiwe uma wehlika izitebhiso ngendlela eya eiskhungweni sokudlala ibhola lombhoxo (Rugby fields).

Kusobala ukuthi iUCT ayifuni ukususa lesifaniso sa lo mlisa ngoba iyayiseka le nto eyayenziwa uRhodes ebantwini abamnyama. Lesi sifaniso sichaza ukuthi ubandlullulo oladalwa ngu Rhodes lusavunywa futhi lulungile ukuthi luqhubekele phambili. Ngisho ngoba le nto ifana nokuthi amaJuda axhome isifaniso sika Adolf Hitler emuva kwayo yonke leya ncindenzelo.

Thina njengesizwe sidinga ukuya phambili. Ngakho ke sifanele ukuhlangana ndawonye, sikhulume ngalizwi linye mayelana ngezinto ezithinta impilo zethu kanye na lezo abaza emuva kwethu.Bakhona abanye abantu abathi le sifaniso siyisikhumbuzo ngomlando wakithi singamaAfrika ukuthi sisuka kuphi, yingakho nje bengakuboni kungumqondo omuhle ukuthi sisiswe. Izifundiswa zalapha ekhaya zithi akumele sisiswe isifaniso salo mlisa ngoba uCecil Rhodes waye yindoda ‘eqotho’ futhi enezifiso ezinhle ngayo iNingizumu Afrika.

Mhla kugujwa usuku lwe “20 years of Freedom” lapha ekhaya ngo May, umphathi sikole waso UCT, uDokotela Max Price waphefumula wathi, “ngeke kulunge ukuba sisiswe isifaniso sika Rhodes ngoba lo mlisa nguye owasipha umhlaba wokuthi sakhe le nyuvesi.

Ngaphandle kwakhe, ngabe ayikho into okuthiwa yi UCT”. Kuyaphoxa ke ukuthi kuthiwe uRhodes wapha iUCT umhlaba. Kanti umhlaba

kwakungokabani?

URhodes wayenomhlaba ewuthatha kuphi ngoba wafika eAfrika eyedwa. Uma ngempela umhlaba kwakungoka Rhodes, pho akawuthathanga ngani wawupakisha emkhumbini wagoduka nawo waya nawo eYurophu uma efa?

Kodwa iningi alisithandi. Lifuna ukusisusa ngoba bathi abakwazi ukuya kuphambili uma inyuvesi yabo isagubha abaholi amhlophe bobandlululo.

Bathi lesi faniso asinayo imfundiso enhle emfundini omnyama eUCT ngoba lokhu kusho ukuthi abafundi abamnyama basabukeka njenge zivakashi ezweni labo.

Isifaniso sika Rhodes eUCT akuyona yodwa indawo ehlonipha lomhlisa. iRhodes Memorial phezu kwayo le nyuvesi nayo iyifa la le nsizwa. Kanti nalo iposi elike UCT ekuthiwa iRhodes Gift Post office laqanjwa ngaye. iRhodes University ese Grahamstown nayo iqanjwe ngaye. Okumqoka ukuthi nayo iRhodesi okumanje kuyiZimbabwe yayiqanjwe ngaye uRhodes ngoba kuthiwa umhlaba kaRhodes wonke lowo.

Uma sifuna ukubiza iUCT njengenyuvesi yase-Afrika, kufuze ikhombise impawu zobuntu, sisekele, siphinde sihloniphe konke okusahlukumeza amaAfrika ngoba asaluhlaza cwe amanxeba abo; amanxeba abawathola ngokuhlukunyezwa ngabantu abafana noRhodes. Mhlawumbe kufanele kugujwe abaholi baseAfrika abanje ngo-Steve Biko, noDavid Webster (umuntu owasiza kuvezwe owafunda inkohlakalo ngoHulumeni wobandlululo), noThomas Sankara nabanye.Phela laba baholi bayibeka induku ebandla.

Uma sifuna ukubiza iUCT njengenyuvesi yase-Afrika, kufuze ikhombise impawu zobuntu, sisekele, siphinde sihloniphe konke okusahlukumeza amaAfrika.

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Image: Todd from the Collective.

O

la hola.

Ndisaluta ndisamnkela abatsha, nabak'dala bekhona.

Eish zibaaie into eztunakeleyo since la article yokqala yetsotsi taal kwi Vernac yokqala. Holidays zifikezahamba, sgela sesqalile, sendi nemishimbililiyam yase side(ini) endiyipushayo pushayo so ndibusy laweyi laweyi, ewe imishimbilili yam yase side(ini), ukba yintoni, phoswa!

Campus.

Sizwakele kwakhona esgela for izmandane eziliqela. Akho weyi ingako etshintshileyo phandle nje kwe gesig ezintsha ezifikileyo, iiJammie zine management entsha, kwa mele ndiveze icardlam lesgela for ukwela ngenye idag. Kusa rufwa on and off campus.

Impintsh yam seyishaywe icweba engapha kwe ten sgoto. Istory, (u)mack ushiye ubucwebe ekarini, kwafika gavi ithile yaqhekeza, yamnka nobucwebe obo, ii(ipads), ama(card) ebank amatsha ne pin zawo, nokunye obekukhona yaz'dalela kanjalo ke kwezo accounts.

So bafethu singacingba si(safe) kuyarufwa apha on or off campus, zozthola sewu banjwa inkunzi net.

"Nelson Mandela: Saviour or sellout". Andiztholi nok'ba

TSOTSI TAAL

Anonymous Ruzu2!

ibiyi debate or idiscussion but ibialong ezolines, nind excu(ze) zgelezane zakuthi iiwei eziso ayiyoline yam, I'm more into iweyi ezi(technical) maar(a) all I can say kuk'ba bezbuya daar.

Bekungacengwamntu tata, ha.a! Ezinye izgelezane bezkhamizsa zityale into eziyicingayo.

Andiyiyo latype yewei ezicontrovertial, political or anything along ezo(line) but ndiyajabula ngok'ba ndiz'thole ndiyile kuyo leya by chance.

Indivule amehlo kanjani lawei.

Ndizthole ndiyi observer/analyst daar, ndizama kangangoko ukuva amanqako asoundayo abhodlwayo ngabantu.

Iweyi endiyicoshileyo from ezibezringa skhathi ndipha kuk'ba ndingabohlula ngokwama side abebewaringela.

Bekukho iside elithi uTata

uwungqayisile lomhlaba wakuthi sobawufuna back hence iargument ka authi obenetshebe etwele umnqwazi ethi "We don't want them to love us we want our land". Ndimfaka kwiqela elifuna lomhlaba kuthiwa ungqayisiwe, icala elifuna back konke okseleyo kwa leloaf, istatement sakhe size after istatement esisuka enkundleni kwesinye isgelezane sisithi iphela " ...live together and love one another". Lowo ndimfaka kwaba bathi mashere okukuncane sik'nikwayo zezgavi zis'shayileyo kwale loaf siqhubekeke siyephambili nje ngama Afrika. Ndingatsho ke ndithi aba zi " half a loaf", "quarter a loaf" or whatever amount le siyinikwayo ngababantu uTata asngqayise kubo. Abanye ke bebesithi uTata akawungqayisanga

lomhlaba wakuthi ngale sense yok'ba skhathi ephatha besingenazo izkills zok'phatha kakuhle lomhlaba ukuwusa phambili. So kum ingathi abo bathi lomhlaba ebesawudcinisile untill sibe ready but mna ndithi if kunjalo grand grand, usidcinisa njani isonka sabantwana bakho ebantwini abaze ngozozingela sona esosonka apha emziniwakho? After iskhathi idlulile le wei, imini ezimbalwanyana, ndaringa nje nenye impinchyam yase Zim ngayo lewei ka Mandela yobu savior or sellout.

Umack uzwakale nontecha esoundayo kum. Uthi ukhazi based on into ayibone eZim thina kumele sibe nestrategy esgrand esizospana soyenza leweyi yothatha back umhlabawethu, mines, banks, nezinye endingazbalanga.

Aphinde ukhazi athi

if sikhetha ukcashela ngokwenzekileyo, siqhube siyephambili, singaphinde siz'thole sikuyo la position omkhulu bethu babekuyo skhathi beshaywa ngo ngamla kuthathwa umhlaba becekiselwa phantsi. So grand grand yena uyibona ngok'ba masthathe back okukokwethu sikuthathe ngendlela eright singaz'tholi sesi nje ngeZim nathi.

Eish bafethu I'm sure niyaz'bonela indishayile la topic ka "Mandela: saviour or sellout" more than ezinye iwey ebendinoziringa. Ndiya verstana abanye abantu abazncanywa iweyi ezso ngok'ba zivusa amanxeba ewei ezathunakala mzukwana but mna ngelam ndithi asinoqhubekeka siyephambili singalungisanga ngendlela egrand ezisemva otherwise ipast izos'thola isphothe.

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Dear TRC, we are betrayed.

Sincerely yours: the black and poor South Africa I

phutha elikhulu elenziwa abaholi bethu mhlazane kuthiwa sinikwa le ‘nkululeko’ ukuthi akekho noyedwa owabuza ukuthi, siyinikwa kanjani uma izoba nemigomo esiyiphonswa ngojele bethu. Iphutha elenziwa yiKomishoni yamaQiniso, phecelezi iTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) ukuthi akho noyedwa obuzile ukuthi kuzenzeka kanjani ukuthi isidima sabantu abamnyama sibuyele esimyweni emuva kokuphila phakathi kwencindezelo isikhathi esingaka. Akekho futhi owabuza ukuthi njenga sithi siyakhululeka, ngabe nizowubuyisa na lomhlaba enawuthatha ngendlovu yangena kubokhokho?

Namhlanje ke uthola sesikulezi nkinga esibhekene nazo ngenhla kwalokho.

Image: Noluvuyo Mjoli

I-TRC yabungasa izigameko zobandlululo.

Yavula inkundla yokuvuma kwezoni ukuze kuzoba khona ukuthelelana kwamanzi kubo bonke abaseNingizimu Afrika emuveni kobandlululo olwahamba nezinkulungwane zezigidi zempilo zabantu. Kweza phambili abantu abadlula u21 00 bezochaza ngokwaba hlukumeza.

Abanye ke babezocela ushwele. Kuko konke lokho, azange kudingidwe neze ukuthi kuzokwenzwiwa njani mayelana nomhlaba owawuthathwe ngokwebiwa uma amangesi eqala ukuza lapha eAfrika. Zange futhi zibe khona ingxoxo ezithinta isimo senhlalo yokulingana.

Emashumini amabili nanye singenile kwinkululeko, Nangu uhulumeni ne-South African Roads Agency (SANRAL) esaxosha abantu kwimijondolo abazakhela yona ngoba bengenamakhaya ezweni labo. Baxoshwa nje laba ngoba abamhlophe basavikelwa yi-Land Act ka-1913 ukuthi bagcine konke lakho okwebiwa ngoyise mkhulu. Yiyona futhi lo Land Act eyakugunyaza ukuthi umuntu omnyama emhlabeni wakhe ayolahlwa le emaphandleni khona umlungu ezobusa nebala lakhe. Namuhla abelungu banamafa wezindlu namapulazi wokwebiwa.

Nanguya umuntu omhlophe uhleli esithabathabeni sendlu eConstantia uphuza itiye kodwa onsundu ufuthanisekile le eNyanga emkhukhwini, ushoda ngendawo yokuďŹ hla ikhanda.

Abantu abamhlophe baseningizimu

Noluvuyo Mjoli

Afrika sibathola benecala lokusungula incindezelo eyahlukumeza, yabopha yaphinde yabulala izigidi nezigidi zabantu abansundu.

Batholwa benecala futhi ngokusungula ukwecasa ngokwebala mhlabeni jikelele. Sibethwesa icala nanamuhla ngokwandisa isimo senhlupheko nokungalingani kwabantu kuleli lizwe ngoba abazange bakhombise ukuzisola ngesenzo abasenza. Manje ngoba sibathola benaleli cala sithini na isigwebo sabo? Balucela kanjani uxolo abantu abamhlophe uma besaqhubeka nakho konke ababekwenza okungalungile ngesikhathi sengcindecelo? Nathi sabaxolela kanjani na ngaphandle kokuthi bathole isijeziso esibafanele?

Lungaba khona ngempela uxolo uma kungezuba khona ubulungiswa?

Bayikhubaza bayiqeda abamhlophe inqondo yomuntu onsundu. I-TRC nayo yehluleka ukubuyisela isidima sabo.

Lapho na lapho la ngihamba khona ngibona abansundu kuyibo abasebenza ngokuzikhandla abe omhlophe emile ekhomba la na la ukuthi kumele kwenziwe njani. Lo mlungu umthola ethuka izinhlamba ezishwabanisa amazinyo kodwa uzothola onsundu ethulile, ethobele le mpatho sengathi uyingane encane. Omnyama uthobela lempilo wajwayela ukuthi isidima sakhe asiyilutho emlungwini.

Wamukela noma ngabe injani impatho yabamhlophe emsebenzini ngoba sekungaphakathi kuye ukuthi umlungu mkhulu ngandlela eziningi kunakuye. Bazibona bengayilutho uma bebheka abelungu ngoba akuzange kukhulunywe ngomanakalo owenziwa ubundlululo ezinqondweni zabantu enkundleni yeTRC. Iphutha elikhulu elenziwa mhlazane kuthiwa kuthelelwana amanzi ukuthi akekho owajeziswa ngezenzo zakhe zokukhohlakala. Namuhla inzondo ingaphezulu kubantu ngoba akekho ozibona enephutha. Omhlophe uzibona engu zwi lakhe: undoda kayiphikiswa ngoba engaboni phutha ngokwenziwa okhokho bakhe kubantu abanyama yingakho nje naye eqhuba ngalelo oludala. Onsundu naye usathobela ukuhlukumezwa nokwedeleleka emlungwini ngoba usabambe lokho ukuthi sisaphansi komthetho wabelungu.

This article is a factual and opinionated piece about the remnants of apartheid which were never dealt with: psychological effects: loss of dignity and a landless people.

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I talk, think and dream in English and therefore I am Noluvuyo Mjoli

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micabango yinto emqoka kakhulu futhi ungeke wayibalekela.

Ngezinye izikhathi ungazama ukuthi uthule du, uvale nento encane engathi ifuna ukukhuluma ngaphakathi kwakho, kodwa uhlezi unemicabango. Washo ne Rene Descartes, wathi “ngiyacabanga ngakho ke ngiyimi ngiyaphila”. Uke ucabange ukuthi lo mlisa wayezama ukuthini ngalokhu?

Wayingasho na ukuthi sonke sinemicabango yangaphakathi? Uma kunjalo ke sowuke wazibuza kamuva ukuthi yiliphi ulwimi olusebenzisayo uma ucabanganga?

Yebo kona kujwayelekile futhi sesakwamukela ukuthi masixoxa sisebenzise lona ulwimi lwesiNgesi.

Angithi kuthiwa isiNgesi senza ukuthi kubelula ukuxhumana nabanywe bezinhlanga ezahluka hlukene. Pho ke kudalwa yini ukuthi noma sewuwedwa emicatshangweni yakho usebenzise lona lolu lwimi futhi? Ingabe ukhona lo ozama ukumkhawulela ukuthi akuzwe futhi noma usukhuluma wedwa ngenja nemicabango yakho ingaso isiLungu?

Ngabe kwenziwa yini ukuthi umuntu onsundu naye azithole esehlela imicabango yakhe ngesiLungu?

Nami anginayo impendulo kepha ngiyacabangela ukuthi mhlawumbe lokhu kudalwa izikolo esifunda kuzo lezi ezisiqeqeshela ukuthi yonke into esiyenzayo ibengalolu lwimi. Kwabanye ke, kwenziwa nayi lezindawo abakhulela kuzo nabangani abajwayelene nabo. Ngiyazi iningi lizokuphika ukuthi licabanga ngaso isiLungu.

Abanywe bakhuluma isiLungu sodwa nasemakhaya kodwa babe bensundu. Ubanzi ngempela umonakalo owadalwa ngamaNgesi kuma-Afrika. Uqinisile ngempela uNgugi Wa Th’ingo uma ethi kumele sizihlole futhi selaphe lo monakalo.

Iyaqhuba le nsizwa ethi, “decolonize the mind” ukuze zonke zibuyele emasisweni.

Angikholwa ukuthi ukhona umlungu ocabanga ngalo ulwimi lethu thina ma-Afrika, noma ngabe uwathanda kanjani amasiko wethu.

Abafundi engike ngababuza

ngalokhu bake bazama ukuphendula lokhu. UTsunyane Tseleng ofunda iGeology uthe yena ungumSuthu kodwa imicabango yakhe uyihlela ngesingisi ngoba lokho kwenza kube lula ukuthi achazele inqondo yakhe ngamagama angehluleka ukuwachaza ngesintu. uthe loku kwenziwa ukuthi amagama amningi esiSuthwini abolekwe kusona isilungu.

Umfundi uZolani Goniwe yena ofunda iSociology uthe akazi ngikhuluma ngani mangithi kukhona abansundu abacabanga ngesilingu.

Uthe yena njengendoda yomxhosa ucabanga futhi aze aphuphe ngolimi lakubo. Uqhube wathi naso isilungu akusiyona inyo athanda ukuyikhuluma, indaba ukuthi uphoqwa yisikole afunda kuso.

Kungishaya indiva ukuthola ukuthi yize iningi labansundu licabanga ngaso isiLungu kodwa akekho noyedwa oyele aphuphe ngaso.

Uma ekhona ngicela ake angibhalele noma axhumane nami.

Loko ngiyobengikweshama.

This is an article about the subconscious mind. It's a process people go through when trying to gather their thoughts silently.

I seek to ask why do non-English first speakers gather their thoughts in a foreign language. I interviewed two students to see their take on this.

Image: Moeketsi Khoale

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TSA DITHUTO

Ithute Setswana Learn Setswana Hello

How are you?

Le kae?

Dumelang

Doo-meh-lung

Leh kaye (e-like you would say the e in “egg”)

My name is

Le ina lame ke

Leh eena (eena-like you would say the i in “in”) lah-meh (me-like you would say the me in “message”) ke (ke-like the ke in “kettle”)

Pleased to meet you Ke itumelela go go etsi Ke eetu-meh-lelah go-go (go-like you would say the g in “Gert” in Afrikaans) eetsi (tsilike you would say the ts in “thats it”)

Good-bye Sala sentle

Salah sen-tle (tle-like you would say the cl in “clever”)

Learn Sepedi Ithute Sepedi Word/Phrase (English)

Word/Phrase (Sepedi)

Pronounciation

Hello

Dumelang Thobela

Doo-meh-lung Tho-be-lah

How are you?

O kae?

Oh kaye (aye like you would say the word sky)

My name is

Leina la ka ke

Leh ina (ina-like you would say the i in “in”) lah-kah (kah like you would say “kaa” in the word kaalkop in Afrikaans ) ke (kelike the ke in “ken” in Afrikaans”)

Pleased to meet you

Ke thabela go go tseba

Ke (same as “ken” above) tah-beh-lah gogo (go-like you would say the g in “Gert” in Afrikaans) tse (like you would say the ts in “thats”)

Good-bye

O shale botse

O sha-leh (sh like you would pronounce “sh” in the word shake) bo-tse (ts like the ts in thats)

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ICANDELO ELIFUNDISAYO

Funda isiZulu Learn isiZulu Word/Phrase (English)

Word/Phrase (Sepedi)

Pronouciation

Hello

Sawubona (when greeting one person Sanibonani (when greeting more than one person Unjani? (singular)

Sah-woo-boh-nah Sah-knee-boh-nah

How are you?

Ninjani? (plural)

Oo-nja-knee Knee-nja-knee

My name is

Igama lami ngu-

Ee-gah-mah lah-mee-ngoo

Ngiyajabula ukukwazi

Ngee-yah-jah-boo-lah oo-koo-kwazee

Sala kahle (if you are the one leaving them)

Sah-lah kah-hle (The sound 'hl' is made by placing the tongue against the palate and forcing air around it)

Hamba kahle (if they are the one/s leaving them)

Hah-mbah kah-hle (Same 'hl' sound as above)

Pleased to meet you

Goodbye

Funda isiXhosa Learn isiXhosa Hello

Molo

Mo-lo (‘o’ as in the Afrikaans word ‘op’)

My name is Igama lam nguEe-gah-mah lahm ngoo-

How are you?

Unjani?

Oo-nja-knee

Pleased to meet you Ndiyavuya ukukukwazi Ndiyavuya ukukukwazi Ndeeyah-vuh-yah oo-koo-kwa-zee

c - Place your tongue at the back of the teeth and suck in, like when expressing annoyance. q - Place your tongue on the roof of the mouth and suck in, like imitating a clock's ticking. x - Place your tongue on your upper right jaw and pull it down, as if urging on a horse.

Good-bye

Sala kakuhle

Sah-lah kah-koo-hle (The sound ‘hl’ is made by placing the tongue against the palate and forcing air around it)

Clicks

Goodbye they are leaving you

Hamba kakuhle

Hah-mbah kah-koo-hle (Same ‘hl’ sound as above)

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DIKAKANYO/TSELE LE TSELE

March 2015

Do you want to be an agent for change? Do you wish to revolutionise and transform South Africa? Do you want to be part of the new African renaissance at UCT? Your call has been answered! All students from first to final year, this is your opportunity to join the new student newspaper team at Vernac News and revolutionise UCT forever!

You will be contributing to a platform of expression for UCT students who write informal or formal articles in respective African languages. Additionally, this will also encourage other students who don’t speak the African language or read it, to take an interest in it and hopefully begin learning to read and understand African languages.

Therefore if you wish to join our team please send us the information listed below to vernacnewsuct@yahoo.co.za and we will contact you shortly on your application status.

Deadline for applications: 23rd March 2015

1.

Student information:

Full name: Student Number: Email: Cell Phone: Year of study; Degree registered for: Number of years at UCT: 2.

Posts that are available:

Marketing Manager Centrespread Editor Fashion/Events &Entertainment Head and Deputy Editor*** Opinions & Features Editor Sports Head and Deputy Editor*** Swahili Editor 3.

CV and Letter: CV – one or two pages Motivational letter – one or two pages: In the letter you will need to answer these four questions below 1.

Why you want to join the Vernac News?

2.

Which position you have chosen and why you have chosen it?

3.

Are you currently part of any societies at present? Which ones and what roles do you play in them?

4.

Have you held any previous leadership or mentoring positions as well as significant achievements? *Please note that students applying for this position must be comfortable with reading and writing in vernacular Xhosa, Zulu, Tswana, Sotho, Pedi or Afrikaans. *Please send your applications to: vernacnewsuct@yahoo.co.za *Deadline for applications: 23rd March 2015

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DIKAKANYO/TSELE LE TSELE

South African languages by Region TAARIQ AMOD

Eastern Cape

Free State

IsiXhosa (78.8%) Sesotho (64.2%) Afrikaans Afrikaans (10.6%) (12.7%)

Gauteng

IsiZulu (19.8%) English (13.3%) Afrikaans (12.4%) Sesotho (11.6%)

KwaZuluNatal

Limpopo

IsiZulu (77.8%) Sepedi (52.9%) English (13.2%) Xitsonga (17%) Tshivenda (16.7%)

Melting pot of Languages

Mpumalanga

Northern Cape

North West

SiSwati (27.7%) Afrikaans Setswana (63.4%) IsiZulu (24.1%) (53.8%) Afrikaans (9%) Xitsonga (10.4%) Setswana (33.1%) IsiNdebele (10.1%)

Afrikaans (49.7%) IsiXhosa (24.7%) English (20.3%)

Izifundazwe ZaseMzansi Africa

Concentration of languages in South Africa

Proportion of the population that speaks an Nguni language at home.

Western Cape

Proportion of the population that speaks a TswanaSotho language at home.

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DIKAKANYO/TSELE LE TSELE

Sports Results Umdlalo wombhoxo/Rugby TEAM

PL

W

D

L

PD

BP

Image: wikicommons

PTS

FNB Shimlas 4 3 1 0 86 2 16 FNB Tuks 4 2 1 1 55 5 15 FNB UJ 4 3 0 1 43 2 14 FNB NWU-Puk 4 2 1 1 13 4 14 FNB Ikeys 4 2 1 1 94 3 13 FNB Maties 4 0 2 2 -50 3 7 FNB NMMU 4 1 0 3 -45 2 6 FNB CUT 4 0 0 4 -196 0 0

Umdlalo weQakamba/Krieket Pos Team

UP Tuks Maties NWU Puk UJ UWC NMMU UCT Ikeys UFS Kovsies

MP

W

L

BP

D

Pts

Net Run

7 6 1 3 0 27 +1.042 7 5 2 3 0 23 +1.535 7 5 2 2 0 22 +0.243 7 4 3 1 0 17 +0.479 7 3 4 2 0 14 -0.110 7 3 4 0 0 12 -0.394 7 1 6 0 0 4 -1.251 6 1 6 0 0 4 -1.874

Image: rugby365.com