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VOLUME 4 Issue 3 2015<br />
<strong>Open</strong>-<strong>Day</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>get</strong> <strong>there</strong>!
CONTENTS<br />
04<br />
Editor’s Letter<br />
05<br />
Poems<br />
06<br />
WE NEED WRITERS!!!<br />
Get in contact with us<br />
8<br />
Meet our Contributors<br />
4<br />
10<br />
Xenophobia<br />
14<br />
<strong>Open</strong> <strong>Day</strong><br />
Universities in the spotlight<br />
18<br />
Really Silly Science<br />
10<br />
20<br />
Fashion<br />
The Trend You Are<br />
22<br />
Winter Fashion Ideas<br />
Get creative. Invent your own style<br />
24<br />
Meet the Team<br />
Lucian Fuerto<br />
2<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
28<br />
Genetically Modified Foods<br />
gmo??? omg!!!<br />
30<br />
Know your Language<br />
And be proud of it<br />
28<br />
32<br />
Book Review<br />
The Alchemist by Paul Coelho<br />
33<br />
The Quotes Game<br />
34<br />
For Each his Own<br />
The science of watching movies<br />
34<br />
36<br />
Alphabets<br />
Where did this all start?<br />
40<br />
Oxford University Press<br />
The importance of a dictionary<br />
42<br />
Asia<br />
Where Art Thou Going?<br />
43<br />
Win an Ubuntu T-Shirt<br />
Enter now to win!<br />
42<br />
44<br />
Out Next Issue<br />
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From the Editor<br />
Editor’s Letter<br />
The new edition is finally out,<br />
with lots of good things to read. As<br />
usual of course.<br />
Xenophobia is something horrible and it is<br />
again hitting us hard as a society. Sikosane<br />
has written a very insightful article on this<br />
topic. It has not been an easy article and it is<br />
nearly impossible to balance any views on it.<br />
How can we even try to be balanced when<br />
the emotions are running so high, but,<br />
Sikosane has made the best attempt I have<br />
come accross.<br />
Our fashion writer is back! Four pages this<br />
time. People, he is brilliant and has managed<br />
to advise us all on what to wear (and not) for<br />
this coming winter.<br />
The fashion pages are also starting our<br />
revamp of lay-out. Not that it needs to be<br />
‘pop’, but the colourful articles will have a<br />
less serious look. I am always looking forward<br />
to see what Sifiso has cooked up for us, and<br />
this edition is no exception.<br />
Sifiso’s story is also in this edition. These<br />
are very personal stories from our writers. I<br />
try to see if we can have a ‘meet the team’<br />
story every month now, and Sifiso’s article<br />
is a great read. It is written with passion and<br />
feelings that can be felt. This is quality stuff.<br />
Languages is always a hot topic. This time it is<br />
Sikosane who is giving it a bash. Languages do<br />
define us, but they should not dominate us.<br />
I imagine <strong>there</strong> are as many opinions as we<br />
have people on this earth.<br />
Film from Pinky: she had a stab at the music<br />
scene in the previous issue and now it is the<br />
film scene to be looked at. It is not just about<br />
the latest films, but a lot more. How do we<br />
go about watching a movie? Is it the movie<br />
or is it social? Why and how. Again, quality<br />
from Pinky and we shall expect more from<br />
her if she continues to write articles of this<br />
standard.<br />
The most difficult one I have reserved for<br />
last: Alphabets. Oh my! Fikile has been in<br />
on braille and sign language. But it touches<br />
on one thing: Alphabets! Where do they<br />
come from? How many are <strong>there</strong>? They<br />
look so different but are <strong>there</strong> any common<br />
denominators? This will in all likelihood <strong>get</strong><br />
into at least a mini-series of 3-4 articles.<br />
Of course we have really silly... something.<br />
This time it is science. And the quotes! And<br />
a bit on the outside world. And book review!<br />
Here’s to a good read as usual.<br />
Sybil<br />
holamahighschool@gmail.com<br />
www.romele.co.za<br />
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Suid Afrika, Luister<br />
Poem<br />
My provinsies is hol soos ‘n binne-oor<br />
Ek hoor hoe my bewoners roesemoes<br />
Liefde oes, verwyt, mekaar vertroos, skoor<br />
Soek met die goor hede, nooit tevrede<br />
Aanhou kibbel oor die verlede<br />
Luister, ek bewaar julle verlede<br />
My las word nou te swaar<br />
My grense raak voos van die eggo’s<br />
Te veel vloeke laat my paaie bars<br />
Jare se trane laat my riviere oorvloei<br />
So word ons saam verweer deur dit wat was<br />
My grens drade en julle gebede<br />
Fluister en knal al hoe harder om hulp<br />
Ongehoord in elke nag se ontskuld<br />
Johannes Coetzee<br />
CALL FOR POEMS<br />
I like poems. Those make my day. … and here is the challenge.<br />
Anyone out <strong>there</strong> having poems? I would be so happy to see some.<br />
But not just any poem. As you can see, Johannes is excelling in Afrikaans poems.<br />
Can we do poems in all official languages? Can we do more? Can we use this as<br />
an opportunity to excel in our mother tongue (whatever that really is)?<br />
I have one myself (not so great, but I am also learning)<br />
Time<br />
Time is my friend<br />
Time is weird<br />
Time cannot be measured<br />
And yet we have minutes and days<br />
and years<br />
Time is now but time has gone<br />
and yet to come<br />
Yesterday cannot be measured<br />
Yesterday is not here anymore<br />
And tomorrow has not arrived and<br />
it might never be<br />
The only time we have is now<br />
and now is important<br />
And what we do now will be forever<br />
although it has already passed<br />
Sybil<br />
>>>HOLA MAHIGH-SCHOOL<br />
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We Need Writers!<br />
Our writers are growing up and <strong>get</strong>ting older.<br />
Which is good. BUT... It means that they leave us!<br />
Therefore: Would you like to write for us?<br />
What is required?<br />
It is rather easy<br />
• You have to be in high-school <strong>–</strong> Grades 10 to 12;<br />
• Impeccable in your preferred language. It may not<br />
be English which you will prefer to write in. THAT<br />
we will support as we don’t want to be English<br />
only;<br />
• Passionate about your topic. No dull articles here.<br />
Do you <strong>get</strong> anything<br />
out of it?<br />
Well, not money. Unfortunately.<br />
Not yet at least... BUT...<br />
If we publish your articles you<br />
will have:<br />
• Your bio appear in the magazine;<br />
• A photograph of yourself;<br />
• You can put it on your CV;<br />
• You can use us as a reference.<br />
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Is it<br />
important?<br />
YES it is.<br />
Look here<br />
What<br />
to do<br />
Email me on<br />
ivan@romele.co.za<br />
with the following information:<br />
Name<br />
School<br />
Cell number<br />
E-mail address<br />
And we will <strong>get</strong><br />
back to you!<br />
“My name is Rofhiwa and I love to write. I think I’m a rather decent<br />
writer too. I took my talent and have used it to express my thoughts<br />
on international dealings of the world which have been published<br />
in Hola MaHigh School. It has paid off, not only is my work printed<br />
for young people in the country to read, but, it also contributed to<br />
my <strong>get</strong>ting a bursary from CNBCAFRICA to do my postgraduate<br />
studies. Would be a lot harder to <strong>get</strong> by if I didn’t have platforms<br />
like Hola to boost my future.”<br />
>>>HOLA MAHIGH-SCHOOL<br />
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Contributors<br />
Lushian Fuerte. Opinionated and enthusiastic. I’m not an expert at what I do but<br />
I do try my best to share all of my knowledge and advice with everyone through<br />
my writing. I believe in being who you are and doing what makes you content<br />
and happy with yourself. Through experience, I’ve learnt that if what defines<br />
you is what you wear, then you should be happy with yourself at all times.<br />
As always, a bolt from the blue,here comes me!!! My name is Sello Atlegang<br />
Aliaah, a seed of today, a flower of tomorrow who lives in Soshanguve, a 17<br />
year old who’s in Senthibele High. I’m here to knock you out, so watch out!!!<br />
Pinky Rapoo is a creative writer by nature and not yet by profession.She lives<br />
in Vosloorus and is currently in grade 12 at Vosloorus Comprehensive Secondary<br />
School. Listening to music is her hobby,writing is her passion. Her motto is<br />
“Think twice before speaking,think three times before acting and think thoroughly<br />
before writing”.<br />
My name is Johannes Coetzee. I’m a young man who is determined and<br />
approachable.I love being me, I like to express my feelings through<br />
writing. I’m passionate about South Africa and the world.<br />
Writing is my passion and I love and live books. I love talking and being<br />
surrounded by people. I have a bubbly personality and I enjoy laughing and<br />
living a life full of adventures. I matriculated in 2014 and I’m currently an intern<br />
with the Realema programme that aims at <strong>get</strong>ting the youth to be teachers since<br />
we have a shortage of them. I’m studying to be a teacher at my previous school<br />
with the aim to give back to my community.<br />
My name is Mbalenhle Augustine Sikosana. I was born 09 August 1996 and grew<br />
up in Ekangala. I’m currently a Grade 12 pupil at Ekangala Comprehensive High<br />
School. I love reading, listening to music and writing. Motto: Life is a blessing,<br />
enjoy it.<br />
My name is Fikile Unifire Zulu. First and foremost I’m a career driven, bold, diligent,<br />
go-<strong>get</strong>ter and self-motivated young lady from Evaton West in the Vaal Triangle. I’m<br />
a firm believer in reading because it nurtures ones’ mind and makes you see the<br />
world from a new perspective. I co-founded a non-profit organistation and I also<br />
write. I love relaxing with nothing but a book and I enjoy writing.<br />
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Editor<br />
Sybil Otterstrom<br />
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Xenophobia<br />
Being a foreign national living in<br />
South Africa it doesn’t mean that you are suddenly<br />
a drug dealer, you steal people’s jobs or<br />
you are here to bring the country’s economy down.<br />
There are foreign nationals who are in this country<br />
legally and are paying tax. Mostly that doesn’t seem<br />
to <strong>get</strong> to the heads of some South Africans. As a result<br />
this has sparked a<br />
wide range of xenophobia<br />
and afrophobia<br />
attacks.<br />
Xenophobia is<br />
a strong dislike<br />
of foreigners<br />
and afrophobia<br />
is also a strong<br />
dislike of fellow<br />
Africans living in<br />
another country.<br />
There are many<br />
reasons why<br />
foreigners from<br />
countries such as<br />
Zimbabwe, Somalia,<br />
Nigeria, Malawi,<br />
Kenya, etc.,<br />
come to South Africa.<br />
Some come<br />
looking for better<br />
lives and find jobs,<br />
some run away<br />
from their countries<br />
because of political reasons.<br />
South Africa, being one of the powerhouse countries<br />
in Africa, attracts many foreigners and tourists daily.<br />
Over the last days Xenophobia has made television<br />
and newspaper headlines with politicians, leaders,<br />
government officials and some ordinary South Africans<br />
calling for peace but that seems to have fallen<br />
on deaf ears because almost everyday new attacks on<br />
foreigners take place.<br />
The worst xenophobic attacks have been taking place<br />
in KwaZulu-Natal. Most belive that the comments<br />
made by the Zulu king, King Zwelithini about foreigners<br />
triggered those attacks. The king was quoted as<br />
saying “foreigners must pack and leave this country<br />
“. Obvious with the huge number of people under<br />
the king’s leadership in KwaZulu-Natal, attacks were<br />
bound to happen.<br />
Whether the king<br />
was misquoted by<br />
the media or not,<br />
he should always<br />
be careful what<br />
he says as people<br />
may blow things<br />
out of proportion.<br />
As South Africans<br />
we must understand<br />
that this is<br />
a crime against<br />
humanity. If you<br />
kill a foreigner you<br />
must know that<br />
you kill someone<br />
else’s husband,<br />
father, brother,<br />
or another family<br />
member.<br />
The issue of Xenophobia<br />
runs deep.<br />
It is more than<br />
just a strong dislike<br />
of foreigners, it is a release of anger and emotions<br />
about the situation of the country. Pity that foreigners<br />
are an easy prey.<br />
President Mandela once said: ”Never again shall it<br />
be that this beautiful land will experience the oppression<br />
of one by another.”<br />
But it is not the case as oppression, whether by race<br />
or nationality, is still rife in South Africa.<br />
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Xenophobia<br />
What is happening in our country today is a huge disappointment<br />
after 20 years of democracy. It is very<br />
clear that peace, reconciliation and Ubuntu is a far<br />
dream for many than will not be realized soon. As a<br />
country we need a strong leadership that is going to<br />
be able to carry us in this difficult time. Emotions are<br />
still running high.<br />
Even calls for a peace march<br />
organized by the eThekwini<br />
Municipality on 16 April 2015<br />
had an unexpected turnout. It<br />
so happened that some group<br />
protested against the peace<br />
march. Who would have<br />
thought that? Who wouldn’t<br />
want peace?<br />
The reason is <strong>there</strong> are still issues<br />
on ground level that need<br />
to be sorted out soon before<br />
we see a repeat of the horrible<br />
xenophobic attacks that took<br />
place in 2008. In the heart of<br />
all this, strong police presence<br />
was visible throughout the<br />
CBD in Durban. Rubber bullets<br />
were also used to disperse the<br />
masses of people promoting<br />
xenophobic violence.<br />
My heart goes out to those<br />
foreigners who are used as scapegoats to escape unemployment,<br />
inequality and poverty. That is why we<br />
have seen many incidents of looting of foreign shops<br />
and even the people attacked and harassed. These<br />
are criminal acts which should be condemned.<br />
Those who loot and take products belonging to another<br />
person are criminals, period. We must understand<br />
that how much is opportunism and how much<br />
of these acts are xenophobia.<br />
In the dark ages of apartheid, South Africans had a<br />
refuge in other African countries. They were welcomed<br />
with open arms and they were never attacked<br />
or told they must go back to their country.<br />
We should do likewise. After all we are all Africans,<br />
Some foreigners bring skills into the country. For<br />
example we have shortage of teachers, so by that<br />
they are able to assist. In the PSL (Premier Soccer<br />
League) <strong>there</strong> are foreign players who play in our<br />
domestic league. These players<br />
bring skills and fans love<br />
them. What will happen if we<br />
say foreigners must go back<br />
home. We need to look at the<br />
broader picture here.<br />
The Freedom Charter states<br />
very clearly that we ought to<br />
protect foreign nationals. No<br />
country can live in isolation.<br />
Mutual respect is golden.<br />
Foreigners are not animals,<br />
they are our fellow brothers<br />
and sisters. Let us love our fellow<br />
Africans. After all, we are<br />
all humans and we need one<br />
another. Stop Xenophobia.<br />
Promote peace. Let us live by<br />
the spirit of reconciliation and<br />
Ubuntu.<br />
Leaders, whether politicians<br />
or royalty, should think twice before making comments<br />
about foreigners as this is still a sensitive issue.<br />
Stop being opportunistic. Maya Angelou once said:<br />
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings<br />
because it has a song.”<br />
You don’t have to march to show that you are antixenophobic,<br />
the little generous act you can perform<br />
to a fellow african will go a long way. Love South Africa,<br />
Love Africa. Stop Xenophobia.<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
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<strong>Open</strong> <strong>Day</strong><br />
University of Fort Hare<br />
University of the Free State<br />
<strong>Open</strong> <strong>Day</strong><br />
Let us agree on one thing: <strong>Open</strong> <strong>Day</strong> at<br />
universities and colleges are not to be missed,<br />
but how to start?<br />
Life after Matric without Internet is in reality a nonstarter.<br />
The amount of information you will have to<br />
pick up is online, so <strong>there</strong> is no way out of it.<br />
Also look at it like this: how to do research on a<br />
university without being online? Doesn’t work, does<br />
it?<br />
The starting point is to <strong>get</strong> acquainted with your<br />
institution of choice. Get onto the Website and look<br />
at what they offer.<br />
What should you look out for?<br />
Courses: Do they have what you want? At what level?<br />
Institutional score Total 100<br />
100 University X<br />
Courses Total score = 70%<br />
Course 1 - Masters 60 30<br />
Course 2 - PhD 10 5<br />
Alternative 1 15 15<br />
Alternative 2 10 15<br />
Alternative 3 5 100 70 3 68<br />
Accommodation Total score 10%<br />
Rooms 60 60<br />
Campus 20 10<br />
Friends 20 100 10 0 70<br />
Transport T otal score 15%<br />
Combi 60 40<br />
Car 15 15<br />
Bicycle 15 0<br />
Walk 10 100 15 5 60<br />
300 95 198<br />
… and so on<br />
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<strong>Open</strong> <strong>Day</strong><br />
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University<br />
University of Pretoria<br />
It is important to see the aspects of your next move.<br />
Deadlines: you have to know. You have to be serious<br />
here.<br />
Campus: Where and how do you <strong>get</strong> <strong>there</strong>? Is<br />
accommodation available if need be? Cost of<br />
accommodation?<br />
Bursaries: What is on offere? What are the deadlines?<br />
Do you qualify?<br />
Fees: This is crucial.<br />
Life beyond studies: You do have a social life as<br />
well. Sports? Clubs? These things are important. You<br />
cannot spend the next 2-3-4-5 years locked inside<br />
your brain with just books.<br />
All of these things can be looked at online (by and<br />
large). It is a time consuming exercise. Get plenty of<br />
air time. But how else do you start?<br />
How to grade an institution? It is time to bring out<br />
the excel spreadsheet now. Try to evaluate what<br />
is important to you. Take in all the different factors<br />
above. It could easily look like: (See box on right.)<br />
Will it always work? Maybe not, but it gives you an<br />
idea of how to try to grade institutions. It gives you<br />
the chance to be a bit more ‘scientific’ about the<br />
choices you want to make.<br />
If you try to figure out what is important to you, you<br />
should also be able to quantify this. That means to<br />
put a number to it.<br />
After all is said and done, you might still vote with<br />
your heart rather than your system. Will this be<br />
wrong?<br />
Never discard your ‘gut feeling’. There is a reason for<br />
you to have a ‘feel’ for a certain institution and its<br />
environment. It is based on an intuitive understanding<br />
of things which nobody really can put a value to. That<br />
is important in making healthy decision.<br />
Intuition can also be wrong and a scientific approach,<br />
at least, will force you to consider options prior to let<br />
your ‘heart’ take over. Walking into it with your eyes<br />
wide open is the minimum you can do. This at least<br />
should give you a feel for what to go for.<br />
And now to the day itself!<br />
So, you arrive at the <strong>Open</strong> <strong>Day</strong> event. Loads of<br />
people. All very confusing.<br />
Spend time. Do not rush it. The people are <strong>there</strong><br />
to answer all your questions. Prepare yourself well.<br />
Have your list of questions made up before you<br />
arrive. Have your score sheet ready. Show them.<br />
Maybe they have comments.<br />
Talk to other students. Get a ‘feel’ for their daily day.<br />
Rhodes University<br />
University of Stellenbosch<br />
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<strong>Open</strong> <strong>Day</strong><br />
Tswane University of Techology<br />
University of Cape Town<br />
Are they happy?<br />
The important aspect is: The people are interested in<br />
having you to join them. They are interested in YOU!<br />
That is something worth thinking of all the time.<br />
Should you just focus on what you think you want to<br />
do? No, please go and see everything. Who says that<br />
what you decide in 2015 is what you will major in in<br />
say 2020? Maybe what you see from other faculties<br />
will make you reconsider? Ever thought about that?<br />
National Institute for Higher Education,<br />
Northern Cape<br />
Maybe the choice is more than just education. Maybe<br />
it is a choice of an institution as well. True that what<br />
you decide now may have to feed you for the next 40<br />
years (and that is scary at best).<br />
But if you decide to only go for the educational<br />
choice, you may lose out of 3-5 years of youth. And<br />
that will never come back.<br />
My only advice is: make sure you understand all the<br />
parameters.<br />
University of KwaZulu-Natal<br />
When to start? Grade 10 is an excellent time to start<br />
going to <strong>Open</strong> <strong>Day</strong>’s. After all, the more you know,<br />
the better your choices will be.<br />
Colleges<br />
We have really only spoken about university. That is<br />
because the <strong>Open</strong> <strong>Day</strong>s are happening now. We will<br />
follow up with more on this topic.<br />
University of Venda<br />
University of Western Cape<br />
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University of South Africa (UNISA)
<strong>Open</strong> <strong>Day</strong><br />
universities in South Africa<br />
Name Location Website<br />
Cape Peninsula University of Technology Western Cape www.cput.ac.za<br />
Central University of Technology Free State www.cut.ac.za<br />
Durban University of Technology KwaZulu-Natal www.dut.ac.za<br />
Mangosuthu University of Technology KwaZulu-Natal www.mut.ac.za<br />
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Eastern Cape www.nmmu.ac.za<br />
North-West University North West www.nwu.ac.za<br />
Rhodes University Eastern Cape www.ru.ac.za<br />
Tshwane University of Technology gauteng www.tut.ac.za<br />
University of Cape Town Western Cape www.uct.ac.za<br />
University of Fort Hare Eastern Cape www.ufh.ac.za<br />
University of Johannesburg gauteng www.uj.ac.za<br />
University of KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal www.ukzn.ac.za<br />
University of Limpopo limpopo www.ul.ac.za<br />
University of Pretoria gauteng www.up.ac.za<br />
University of South Africa gauteng www.unisa.ac.za<br />
University of Stellenbosch Western Cape www.sun.ac.za<br />
University of the Free State Free State www.ufs.ac.za<br />
University of the Western Cape Western Cape www.uwc.ac.za<br />
University of the Witwatersrand gauteng www.wits.ac.za<br />
University of Venda limpopo www.univen.ac.za<br />
University of Zululand KwaZulu-Natal www.uzulu.ac.za<br />
Vaal University of Technology Mpumalanga www.vut.ac.za<br />
Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science Eastern Cape www.wsu.ac.za<br />
• National Institute for Higher Education - Northern Cape Northern Cape www.nihenc.ac.za<br />
• National Institute for Higher Education <strong>–</strong> Mpumalanga Mpumalanga www.nihemp.ac.za<br />
• The last two are brand new.<br />
Source: www.smartstudent.co.za<br />
It is important to understand the difference between<br />
university and colleges.<br />
Check out Website. We will start covering Colleges<br />
<strong>there</strong>.<br />
University of Johannensburg<br />
Vaal University of Technology<br />
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Science<br />
REALLY SILLY<br />
SCIENCE<br />
This is a most wonderful article on science<br />
taken to its extreme. I don’t understand even half<br />
of it, but probably some of you do <strong>–</strong> or should <strong>–</strong><br />
or soon will. All of this was sourced from Wikipedia.<br />
Knot theory<br />
In topology, knot theory is the study of mathematical<br />
knots. While inspired by knots which appear in daily life<br />
in shoelaces and rope, a mathematician’s knot differs<br />
in that the ends are joined to<strong>get</strong>her so that it cannot<br />
be undone. In mathematical language, a knot is an<br />
embedding of a circle in 3-dimensional Euclidean space,<br />
R3 (in topology, a circle isn’t bound to the classical<br />
geometric concept, but to all of its homeomorphisms).<br />
Two mathematical knots are equivalent if one can<br />
be transformed into the other via a deformation of<br />
R3 upon itself (known as an ambient isotopy); these<br />
transformations correspond to manipulations of a<br />
knotted string that do not involve cutting the string or<br />
passing the string through itself.<br />
The Grandfather Paradox in Time Travel<br />
The paradox is described as follows: the time traveller<br />
goes back in time and kills his grandfather before his<br />
grandfather meets his grandmother. As a result, the<br />
time traveller is never born. But, if he was never born,<br />
then he is unable to travel through time and kill his<br />
grandfather, which means the traveller would then be<br />
born after all, and so on.<br />
However, a number of hypotheses have been<br />
postulated to avoid the paradox, such as the idea that<br />
the past is unchangeable, so the grandfather must<br />
have already survived the attempted killing (as stated<br />
earlier); or the time traveller creates—or joins—an<br />
alternate timeline or parallel universe in which the<br />
traveller was never born.<br />
Liar Paradox<br />
In philosophy and logic, the classical liar paradox or<br />
liar’s paradox is the statement of a liar who states that<br />
he is lying: for instance “I am lying” or “everything I<br />
say is false”. If he is indeed lying, he is telling the truth,<br />
which means he is lying... The simplest version of the<br />
paradox is the sentence: This statement is false. (A).<br />
If (A) is true, then “This statement is false” is true.<br />
Therefore (A) must be false. The hypothesis that<br />
(A) is true leads to the conclusion that (A) is false, a<br />
contradiction.<br />
If (A) is false, then “This statement is false” is false.<br />
Therefore (A) must be true. The hypothesis that (A) is<br />
false leads to the conclusion that (A) is true, another<br />
contradiction. Either way, (A) is both true and false,<br />
which is a paradox.<br />
Really ‘Heavy’ Maths<br />
Kurt Gödel published this paper in 1930 on<br />
mathematical logic: “On Formally Undecidable<br />
Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related<br />
Systems”. Anyone?<br />
Spacetime<br />
Typically we operate in a 3-dimensional world. Add the<br />
fourth dimension <strong>–</strong> time <strong>–</strong> and we have spacetime.<br />
Spacetime can be bend by gravity. Time is not universal.<br />
The fourth dimension describes not a progression of<br />
time but of events. In any event, we need either 11<br />
dimensions or 26 dimensions to accurately describe<br />
the universe.<br />
Nibiru Cataclysm<br />
The Nibiru cataclysm is a supposed disastrous<br />
encounter between the Earth and a large planetary<br />
object (either a collision or a near-miss) which certain<br />
groups believe will take place in the early 21st century.<br />
Believers in this doomsday event usually refer to this<br />
object as Planet X or Nibiru.<br />
The idea that a planet-sized object will collide with<br />
or pass by Earth in the near future is not supported<br />
by any scientific evidence and has been rejected as<br />
pseudoscience and an internet hoax by astronomers<br />
and planetary scientists<br />
International Flat Earth Research Society<br />
Modern flat Earth societies, formerly represented by<br />
the International Flat Earth Research Society (IFERS),<br />
are present day organizations which aim to promote<br />
the idea based on a disputed quote in the Bible that<br />
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Fashion<br />
The Trend<br />
You Are<br />
Don’t you <strong>get</strong> tired? I mean all the without anyone making a fuss about it.<br />
time you open fashion pages and you read<br />
about what to wear and what not to wear? So, I guess popularity does influence the image of<br />
In a way, you let a stranger create your image. a certain brand into it being that seasonal trend.<br />
Question is, why do you follow trends? To be<br />
popular? To fit in? To make yourself feel better<br />
knowing that you own the latest item?<br />
Sure, it is ok to want to know the latest fashion<br />
and trends that are making the rounds, but, do you<br />
really have to follow every fashion trend that is out<br />
<strong>there</strong>?<br />
Last winter, Aztec prints were making the headlines.<br />
They became popular. Much to every fashion eye<br />
anticipation, the hype around them has died out<br />
and sadly, you no longer seem “cool” when you<br />
wear your Aztec dress, legging or tops that cost you<br />
a fortune. Sad isn’t?<br />
We all know how popular the Converse sneakers<br />
became last year. Every ‘kool keed’ had a pair.<br />
You felt different without Converse. Just before<br />
they became a hit again as they have done over<br />
the years, All Star was just a shoe you could own<br />
We typically don’t really know why we follow<br />
trends but we do it anyway, because that is how the<br />
human brain is programmed. But doesn’t the urge<br />
to be yourself and be unique kill you inside? The<br />
need to know that you can be different not just by<br />
how you look, but what you wear?<br />
The need to be unique doesn’t necessarily have to<br />
make you a fashion flop. You don’t have to start<br />
wearing ‘whatever’ you can put to<strong>get</strong>her in the<br />
name of being “unique”.<br />
That is totally wrong.<br />
Who doesn’t remember the Dashiki? Jogger pants?<br />
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Fashionn<br />
Delela? Capri’s? Crop tops?<br />
All these fashion items were quite a hit last year.<br />
Literally, every teenager owned at least one of the<br />
items mentioned item above.<br />
Think about it, you<br />
were just cool about<br />
25 weeks ago but<br />
not anymore. That<br />
ought to tell you<br />
something about<br />
trends.<br />
Not all trends are<br />
bad. Some trends<br />
do stick around.<br />
And it doesn’t hurt<br />
to follow a certain<br />
trend once in a<br />
while, as long as<br />
it doesn’t end up<br />
consuming who and<br />
what you believe<br />
in with regards to<br />
fashion.<br />
Beyoncé is not the<br />
only one who can<br />
start a trend you<br />
know! So, what are<br />
you waiting for?<br />
Clothes make you happy. That is what I believe.<br />
They make you feel good about yourself and build<br />
your personality. We all know that feeling when you<br />
<strong>get</strong> a new wardrobe, you can hardly wait to start<br />
dressing up in your clothes.<br />
That’s the feeling that<br />
you should <strong>get</strong> every<br />
time you <strong>get</strong> a new<br />
wardrobe.<br />
Not like some dull<br />
old lady <strong>get</strong>ting new<br />
slippers (sorry, but you<br />
<strong>get</strong> the picture).<br />
You don’t necessarily<br />
have to be a<br />
fashionista to match<br />
really great items.<br />
Play around with your<br />
wardrobe, it is yours<br />
after all.<br />
You’re in charge, not<br />
some celebrity who<br />
<strong>get</strong>s told what to wear<br />
and what not to wear.<br />
Be YOU and do YOU.<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
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Fashion<br />
Dear Winter...<br />
We Are Ready<br />
Feels like it was just summer a few<br />
weeks ago. Winter came early this year. No<br />
need to panic, I have you sorted on what to<br />
wear this winter.<br />
Winter is my favourite month because<br />
it has less<br />
The old-school coat is still in. Don’t throw it away.<br />
Spice it up with a jean that you have packed<br />
away. Remember, coats work best with Skinny<br />
jeans or leggings. Don’t go for the skirt and<br />
leggings and coat combination. It’s really out of<br />
line and makes you look silly.<br />
If you are stuck and really don’t know what<br />
to wear with what, just wear your jeans and<br />
boots. Trust me, this combination is a killer, yet<br />
still simple. It’s really not necessary to pull a<br />
Rihanna look all the time. Sometimes plain is<br />
really stylish.<br />
Don’t throw away your Aztec prints yet. They<br />
really work well with leggings and any denim.<br />
Just be able to play around with them.<br />
Scarfs are making it back in, again another<br />
trend which will stay. Get one for yourself.<br />
Besides it being handy when it is one of<br />
those cold days, scarves really do bring out<br />
your inner cuteness.<br />
rules, unlike summer.<br />
The latter requires you to follow the rules<br />
and colours, whereas winter, well, let us be<br />
ourselves in whatever we wear. We don’t<br />
have to try so hard to piece to<strong>get</strong>her items,<br />
it just comes naturally.<br />
What is important to know about winter is<br />
that, you can use your old trendy clothes<br />
to still look stylish without having to go<br />
out and buy a whole new wardrobe. Waste<br />
of money. Remember that ripped jean you<br />
bought last summer? Winter is not about to let it<br />
go either. I always say, open your closet and play<br />
around with your clothes. They are yours after<br />
all. Stop following rules and trends, this time just<br />
do YOU.<br />
With that said, here is my advice for this winter/<br />
Autumn:<br />
Ladies<br />
Try it.<br />
Tip: Less colours, more clothes. But remember,<br />
less is more. We are not on the North Pole. Wear<br />
what suits you best and what you are happy<br />
with.<br />
Gents<br />
I know most of you don’t really like taking<br />
advice? I mean who wants to be told what to<br />
wear? Certainly not me. But here is my two cents<br />
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Fashion<br />
gents... Winter is in our favour because whatever we wear, works. So,<br />
work on your grey and black. Best colours for winter.<br />
If you own a pair of Palladium boots, wear them with any jean. You’ll<br />
see the magic they bring. Keep in mind, less colour.<br />
Any white shirt and jean outfit is a yes. Simplest outfit you can pick<br />
out. No need to fuss around if you don’t have anything to wear for<br />
the day.<br />
COATS! Why not? Get one. You’ll see how sophisticated you will<br />
look. Remember not to overdress, work on what you have.<br />
Fashion is not about having the latest clothes whatsoever, it is<br />
about wearing what you are comfortable in and what makes you<br />
happy. If you are comfortable in your own outfit, it will reflect.<br />
You’ll see.<br />
Got any fashion tips you wanna share? Tweet us! We are always<br />
looking forward to hear what you have to say.<br />
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Meet the Team<br />
Lushian Fuerte<br />
It seems weird, being able to really call<br />
myself a writer. I guess I have been a writer for as<br />
long as I can remember. Born into a family where<br />
education is valued, I was always encouraged to write.<br />
I knew writing was my passion when I wrote my first<br />
poem in third grade: Her Heart<br />
Clot Love.<br />
I was born in Johannesburg but<br />
had to move to Mpumalanga<br />
at a tender age. Raised by the<br />
strongest woman the earth<br />
has ever had, my grandmother<br />
made sure that whatever I did,<br />
I never forgot how important<br />
education was.<br />
I never had a ‘normal’<br />
childhood. I mean even I don’t<br />
know what that it is but I just<br />
never had that childhood that<br />
every kid seemed to have.<br />
I “wasted” all my time on<br />
reading. I could read all day and<br />
still want to read more.<br />
My family would sometimes<br />
scold me for refusing to go play<br />
but I knew what I wanted to<br />
do, and that was to make my<br />
grandmother proud.<br />
Fast forward to 2014, when I first read an issue of<br />
Hola MaHigh-School. I think I knew from the very<br />
first time that I read it, that I would also like to be a<br />
part of it. I sent an email to Sybil and she responded. I<br />
had already planned all my articles. And quite frankly,<br />
I was not interested in writing about Fashion. It felt<br />
like a drag for me. Yeah I love fashion, who doesn’t?<br />
It was after my first article about it that my passion<br />
grew more intense.<br />
Being a young writer for Hola MaHigh-School felt<br />
great. A feeling that I cannot explain. I was happy that<br />
I was in a place where my talent and knowledge were<br />
finally embraced and accepted. It was a new chapter<br />
for me, creating a new book.<br />
Something worth valuing? It doesn’t have to be much.<br />
I’m not saying we all should be writers, but, for every<br />
dream, <strong>there</strong> is an opportunity.<br />
We all deserve to be given the chance to share<br />
our dreams with the world.<br />
And that’s what Hola does. It<br />
empowers young people with<br />
knowledge and values their<br />
dreams and believes in them.<br />
It is not just about being part<br />
of a magazine but being a part<br />
of a family. A family that clicks<br />
with you. Isn’t it that one starts<br />
being truly happy when you find<br />
happiness within yourself and in<br />
what you do?<br />
I want to look back one day and<br />
be proud of the people I have<br />
met in my life. I have met a whole<br />
lot of celebrities but, have you<br />
ever met that certain someone<br />
whose knowledge and outlook<br />
on life made YOU start thinking<br />
so hard and try to re-evaluate<br />
your own life? That’s just how it<br />
has been ever since I met Ivan.<br />
Someone who encourages me<br />
and my goals. I know my work is<br />
good but Ivan makes me want to<br />
do it a whole lot better. It really touches the soul to<br />
find someone who believes in you.<br />
Above all I’ve said, thank you Sybil and Ivan, for<br />
everything. For being patient with me and never<br />
giving up on me. And for deciding to click on my email<br />
that day and read my article. You’ve opened new<br />
doors for me. Your support and enthusiasm means a<br />
lot to me.<br />
Hola to me is a place of discovering who I really am.<br />
The minute I start typing, I know I cannot stop.<br />
I am a train. A moving train. Ready to stop and drop<br />
off my talents then continue moving forward to gain<br />
more knowledge and share with others.<br />
Your work should not just end up being just dream.<br />
Why not turn your hobby into something real?<br />
I am Lushian Feurte, aka Sifiso Ngwenya, and this is<br />
my story.<br />
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Science<br />
Genetically modified food<br />
(GMO). That is a big topic. Is it good or bad? I<br />
have an opinion, but I am not going to tell you<br />
about my thoughts. I will provide facts in this article,<br />
then you make up your minds.<br />
Background to this<br />
We will focus on plants, otherwise we go into sciencefiction<br />
rather than trying to keep it within reason.<br />
The background for GMO is simple: better crops. If it<br />
is possible to ‘create’ new crops with a resistance to<br />
diseases and with a higher nutritional value, well, that<br />
is not so bad. That is the background.<br />
Let us look at an example: the potato. If we can make<br />
a potato immune to blight (some disease) and less<br />
prone to bruising and make it also better (healthier)<br />
when fried (chips!), then we have achieved something.<br />
GMO is not <strong>there</strong> to grow weird things or cross a potato<br />
with an elephant. It is rather pedestrian technology,<br />
really.<br />
When did it all start?<br />
GMO is not new. Even when people in Mesopotamian<br />
crossed their wheat crops with some other one’s they<br />
found, well, GMO. They did interfere with nature.<br />
When we ‘design’ a new rose, well, it is also genetic<br />
modification.<br />
Without looking at the actual DNA sequences, scientist<br />
did catalogue the different traits and how they<br />
could let these be inherited. Cross-breeding is not<br />
new.<br />
Where are we now?<br />
Via different scientific methods we can now sequence<br />
the entire DNA of just about anything. Let us look at<br />
the potato again. So we know exactly the string of<br />
DNA. We know what gene is coding for what. Let us<br />
then imagine we have a few types of potatoes. One is<br />
immune to diseases and we have found which gene<br />
is coding for that. Then we take that gene and put it<br />
into a potato which grows faster and bigger. Smart? Is<br />
it any different form trying to cross them in nature? Is<br />
it not just speeding up nature a bit?<br />
But who is doing the actual gene manipulation? In<br />
essence, big industrial groups like BASF, Bayer and<br />
other chemical and pharmaceutical companies. Such<br />
companies design and build a new plant by using an<br />
existing plant as the base platform. Inserting, activating,<br />
de-activating or removing genes are all done in a<br />
laboratory under strict controls. Testing of such a new<br />
plant is extensive.<br />
The catch is that they can then ‘patent’ this new plant.<br />
The cost of development is somehow of course passed<br />
to the growers if they want to use this new plant.<br />
Is it then an economical viable solution? If a farmer<br />
must invest more money into buying seeds but the<br />
seeds will give him a higher yield, yes. It makes sense.<br />
But do we see any GMO foods? Oh yes:<br />
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Science<br />
According to Wikipedia, 90% of all mealies grown in<br />
the US are GMO. 90% of all soybeans and 45% of all<br />
sugar are GMO in the US.<br />
I will guess the percentage could be more or less the<br />
same all over the globe. The big question is of course<br />
if it is dangerous to eat GMO.<br />
GMO and Health: Is it dangerous<br />
Do we die if we eat GMO? Do we grow an extra head?<br />
Is it harmful to us? Why not just stay with what we<br />
know.<br />
Wiki has this reference: In 2012, the American Association<br />
for the Advancement of Science stated that<br />
“consuming foods containing ingredients derived<br />
from GM crops is no riskier than consuming the same<br />
foods containing ingredients from crop plants modified<br />
by conventional plant improvement techniques.”<br />
The American Medical<br />
Association, the<br />
National Academies<br />
of Sciences and the<br />
Royal Society of Medicine<br />
have stated that<br />
no adverse human<br />
health effects related<br />
to GM food have<br />
been reported and/or<br />
substantiated in peerreviewed<br />
literature<br />
to date. If this is the<br />
case, then we may<br />
ask why.<br />
Is it because the<br />
companies designing<br />
new plants actually<br />
do know what they<br />
are doing? If that is<br />
so, we should not be<br />
surprised. Companies<br />
like BASF, Bayer and<br />
the likes, are not ‘cowboys’.<br />
The other reason could be that the legislation surrounding<br />
GMO in terms of regulating the development,<br />
usage and testing is sufficient. If that is so, we<br />
ought to be proud of the legislators ...or could it be<br />
that we have just been lucky up until now. That longterm<br />
impact has not surfaced yet.<br />
What if the scientists don’t know what they are really<br />
doing. They don’t know the impact of a specific gene.<br />
They think they know, but now suddenly <strong>there</strong> is a<br />
mutant out <strong>there</strong>. And we eat it! And die! Or something<br />
similar.<br />
Here is the ‘natural selection and cross-breeding’<br />
example. Not a real one. Just one I have invented:<br />
A farmer in South Africa has found that if he takes<br />
a potato from Free State and cross it with one from<br />
South America, he can grow bigger potatoes in half<br />
the time. And 30 years from now we find out that<br />
those will cause cancer. That is a natural selection.<br />
Not GMO (really). So the dangers could be lurking out<br />
<strong>there</strong> anyway.<br />
Is it more dangerous because it is a person in a lab<br />
coat? Or is it safer?<br />
Legislation is going towards mandatory labelling of<br />
GMO products. Then the consumer can choose.<br />
Perspective<br />
So, let us go back to<br />
nature. Ecological<br />
farming. No pesticides<br />
and things.<br />
That could mean<br />
that the farmer will<br />
have to chuck 50%<br />
of all food grown<br />
because it is full of<br />
diseases (blight, insects,<br />
bruising, and<br />
much more). And<br />
the remaining 50%<br />
is low-yield. This is<br />
purely speculative,<br />
but just imagine if it<br />
is reality.<br />
How can we then<br />
feed 8 billion people<br />
on this planet?<br />
And imagine the<br />
food pricing? And<br />
who can then even afford to buy food?<br />
Maybe <strong>there</strong> is no alternative to GMO? If we want<br />
to have an expanding population, we cannot feed all<br />
with conventional methods.<br />
Conclusion<br />
If GMO is labelled, you have a choice. But be prepared<br />
to pay more for non-GMO food. Your choice.>HOLA MAHIGH-SCHOOL<br />
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Education<br />
Being You<br />
is to know your language<br />
“Our language is like a pearl inside a shell.<br />
The shell is like the people that carry the language.<br />
If our language is taken away, then that would be like a pearl that is gone.<br />
We would be like an empty oyster shell”.<br />
What I understand about the<br />
above quote, is that every person has<br />
a responsibility to protect his or her<br />
indigenous language and preserve its future so that<br />
future generations may learn from it.<br />
Being able to communicate clearly and confidently<br />
is a key function for all. Knowing how to speak your<br />
home language fluently connects a person to their<br />
ethnic group and in that way identity is shaped.<br />
Knowing where you come from as a person is vital.<br />
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Education<br />
I remember talking to my friends one day and one<br />
of them asked me if I am Zulu since I speak Zulu so<br />
fluently. My reply was that I am not a Zulu. I am an<br />
Ndebele. I was so embarrassed as I could not even<br />
utter one Ndebele word or even write one down.<br />
I went back home a thought about it deeply. I<br />
personally think it is embarrassing to say you are an<br />
Ndebeld only by surname.<br />
I don’t want to play the blame game but I think<br />
parents need to step up and teach their kids about<br />
their roots. It is no use enriching and promoting<br />
another language while rejecting and looking down<br />
on your own.<br />
Here in South Africa we have eleven official<br />
languages. There is a reason why all those languages<br />
are recognized as being official rather than one<br />
language such as English or Afrikaans. It is important<br />
to emphasize that South Africa is not a monolingual<br />
society.<br />
Many black people think that speaking English is<br />
being intelligent or it is something that has to be<br />
highly praised especially in young black people.<br />
Why don’t we take pride in your own culture and<br />
heritage? Why don’t we greet in IsiNdebele, Zulu or<br />
Tsonga for example?<br />
You find most young people talking to each other in<br />
English whereas they can speak with one another in<br />
their own African languages. It doesn’t help mastering<br />
a language that is not your own while neglecting your<br />
own mother tongue. It is like throwing your own<br />
identity away.<br />
Some young black people even go to extremes of<br />
changing the pronunciation of their surnames to<br />
make them sound more American. You’ll find that<br />
a person’s surname is Zwane, but when he or she<br />
pronounces it, it’s like “Zwe-yne” which is totally<br />
wrong.<br />
Slowly but surely African languages are dying in South<br />
Africa. I understand very well that English is a global<br />
language. Whereby at least every person must be<br />
able to write and understand English but, because<br />
of identity we ought to know our language as well.<br />
Some may argue that it us not important to know<br />
your indigenous language as a black youth these days.<br />
I talked to my sister about this issue and she said<br />
“everything revolves around English. When you<br />
communicate in English people understand you<br />
better, it is easy for people to listen to you and respect<br />
you. When you talk your indigenous languages it<br />
becomes as if you are not educated. People won’t<br />
even look at you.”<br />
She further made an interesting point that she writes<br />
her subject exams in English and job interviews are<br />
conducted in English. She concluded to say I should<br />
stop blaming black youth for abandoning their<br />
mother tongue; I should blame the education system.<br />
I completely disagree. If my sis continues with this<br />
mentality then her kids are in deep trouble. Because<br />
cultural heritage and knowledge is passed on<br />
throughout each generation by language and actions,<br />
language is integral in affirming and maintaining wellbeing,<br />
self esteem and a strong sense of identity in<br />
a person.<br />
Not enough is being done at schools to promote<br />
indigenous languages. We find that black people have<br />
to learn Afrikaans because some instructions will be<br />
carried out in Afrikaans. In black schools learning<br />
English is compulsory for all learners.<br />
Children should be taught their mother tongues.<br />
Speaking indigenous languages at home will go a long<br />
way. There is a time and place where it is necessary to<br />
speak English such as in job interviews.<br />
The media promotes America as the “wow” country.<br />
Youth envy that. Young minds <strong>get</strong> influenced easily.<br />
The importance of learning English and speaking<br />
English competently for all South Africans is not<br />
disputed.<br />
However, it is equally important for all South Africans<br />
to recognize the languages that were spoken in South<br />
Africa years ago. It is in my heart that everyone will<br />
take pride in his or her language as I am also learning<br />
IsiNdebele.<br />
One’s language is ownership, it is what we know as<br />
people, it is how people identify themselves, it is our<br />
community bond. Language recognizes and identifies<br />
you, who you are and what your are all about.<br />
Know your language first before learning others.<br />
Know it, understand it and relate to it.<br />
And most of all, be proud of it!<br />
I am Mbalenhle Augustine Sikosana-Jali lika<br />
Thamane, a pround Ndebele and I love my<br />
language.<br />
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Book Review<br />
I DON’T NORMALLY read fables but I<br />
must say, I was intrigued by this book after a friend<br />
suggested it. The book centres on the shepherd<br />
Santiago, who has happily tended his flock of sheep<br />
and felt quite content for the lifestyle he has chosen.<br />
One night he dreams of a treasure buried at the base<br />
of the pyramids. Unsure what<br />
to do with this information, he<br />
eventually embarks on a quest<br />
to find this treasure (his personal<br />
legend) and encounters a host of<br />
people who help him, hinder him<br />
and provide insight on his journey.<br />
As an allegory, the book explores<br />
the author’s views on the<br />
meaning and purpose of life, and<br />
how we <strong>get</strong> sidetracked from<br />
doing what we truly desire (and<br />
value).<br />
At one point he meets a Muslim<br />
man who has dreamed of<br />
travelling to Mecca his entire life,<br />
but has always found excuses why<br />
not to go.<br />
Eventually, after his interactions with Santiago, the<br />
Muslim man realizes that he has not gone to Mecca<br />
because he fears realizing his life’s dream, and losing<br />
his reason to live: “Because it’s the thought of Mecca<br />
that keeps me alive. That’s what helps me face these<br />
days that are all the same, these mute crystals on the<br />
shelves, and lunch and dinner at that same horrible<br />
cafe. I’m afraid that if my dream is realized, I’ll have<br />
no reason to go on living.<br />
“You dream about your sheep and the Pyramids,<br />
but you’re different from me, because you want to<br />
realize your dreams. I just want to<br />
dream about Mecca.<br />
“I’ve already imagined a thousand<br />
times crossing the desert, arriving<br />
at the Place of the Sacred Stone,<br />
the seven times I walk around it<br />
before allowing myself to touch it.<br />
I’ve already imagined the people<br />
who would be at my side, and<br />
those in front of me, and the<br />
conversations and prayers we<br />
would share. But I’m afraid that it<br />
would all be a disappointment, so<br />
I prefer just to dream about it.”<br />
Other characters have similar<br />
obstacles that prevent them from<br />
pursuing what they desire in life. Conversely, some<br />
characters are in pursuit of their personal legends,<br />
and their interactions with Santiago help them both<br />
on their journeys (he meets an Englishman trying to<br />
learn how to turn lead to gold, and falls in love with<br />
a woman whose personal legend was to find and<br />
love him).<br />
Some Quotes from The Alchemist by Paul Coelho<br />
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”<br />
“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”<br />
“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”<br />
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.<br />
“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are,<br />
everything around us becomes better too.”<br />
“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”<br />
“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to <strong>get</strong> up eight times.<br />
“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”<br />
“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”<br />
“Remember that wherever your heart is, <strong>there</strong> you will find your treasure.”<br />
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Quotes Games<br />
Quotes<br />
John Adams was the<br />
first Vice President<br />
of the United States<br />
of America and the<br />
second President of<br />
the USA.<br />
“There is danger from all<br />
men. The only maxim of a<br />
free government ought to<br />
be to trust no man living with power to endanger<br />
the public liberty”<br />
“Our obligations to our country never cease but<br />
with our lives” This is like JFK: Ask not what your<br />
country can do for you, but what you can do for<br />
your country. Where did he <strong>get</strong> the inspiration<br />
from?<br />
Muhammad Ali<br />
Jinnah was a Muslim<br />
politician in the Indian<br />
subcontinent and<br />
leader of the All India<br />
Muslim League who<br />
founded Pakistan<br />
and served as its first<br />
Governor-General.<br />
“The prosperity and advancement of a nation<br />
depend upon its intelligentsia.”<br />
“My message to you all is of hope, courage and<br />
confidence.” <strong>–</strong> No doom and gloom here.<br />
We continue with ‘founding Fathers’.<br />
Churchill <strong>–</strong> I have to <strong>–</strong> no way out!<br />
“To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to<br />
have changed often.”<br />
“I hate nobody except Hitler<br />
— and that is professional.”<br />
“Success consists of<br />
going from failure to<br />
failure without loss of<br />
enthusiasm.”<br />
Sun Yat-sen was a<br />
Chinese revolutionary<br />
leader and statesman<br />
who is considered<br />
by many to be the<br />
“Father of Modern<br />
China.”<br />
“In the construction of<br />
a country, it is not the<br />
practical workers but the<br />
idealists and planners that are difficult to find.” <strong>–</strong><br />
Stand up and be counted!<br />
“Only powerful people have liberty.” <strong>–</strong> Says it all.<br />
“An individual should not have too much<br />
freedom. A nation should have absolute<br />
freedom.”<br />
It is claimed to be his: “To understand is difficult;<br />
to act is easy.”<br />
“Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to<br />
evil.”<br />
José de San Martin (25<br />
February 1778 <strong>–</strong> 17<br />
August 1850), was an<br />
Argentine general and<br />
the primary leader<br />
of the southern part<br />
of South America’s<br />
successful struggle for<br />
independence form<br />
Spain.<br />
“The conscience is the best and most impartial<br />
judge that a righteous man has.” <strong>–</strong> True 150 years<br />
ago. And also today!<br />
“One should be under no illusions as to the future<br />
of the Old World. The real contest in the present<br />
day is purely social.” <strong>–</strong> 150 years ago? I thought it<br />
was yesterday?<br />
“My best friend is he who rights my wrongs or<br />
reproaches my mistakes.” <strong>–</strong> Eternal<br />
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Entertainment<br />
FOR EACH HIS OWN<br />
It is said that a picture tells a thousand matters, the time spent with the loved ones and<br />
words; film just had to put those pictures in catching a movie, or is it just an excuse? Or is all<br />
motion. Like music, film also has a variety of genres. that matters keeping up with the trendy movies? Oh<br />
A few of those being comedy, fiction, horror, action well, clearly reasons vary and <strong>there</strong>’s just no definite<br />
and many others, even the sub-titled ones. For the reason why.<br />
mere fact that people do not have the same interests<br />
regarding films, is <strong>there</strong> not a genre in film that draws<br />
more audience than any other genre?<br />
Perhaps <strong>there</strong> is, yet it might depend on age groups.<br />
There’s a high chance that the youth would not watch<br />
the black and white films but our old parents, uncles,<br />
aunts and so forth love them.<br />
This may show a 100% or 0% probability that quality<br />
matters most. And again, we cannot deny the fact that<br />
<strong>there</strong> are film producers that have produced timeless<br />
films, that can still give you the same feeling you had<br />
the first time you watched it. Even watching these<br />
numerous times. Some comes to mind... Titanic, The<br />
Matrix, Lord of the Rings and many more.<br />
How or why people watch movies might not be pretty<br />
obvious as <strong>there</strong> are different ways to embrace films.<br />
Somehow it depends on the atmosphere as well.<br />
Some love being at home with their families just<br />
enjoying a movie on DVD, some love being alone at<br />
their computers, watching movies through YouTube<br />
(these are the people who like convenience), others<br />
enjoy going to the cinema to watch.<br />
Is watching that movie all that matters? Is all that<br />
We now have the epic films which are time-less and<br />
those were intended for viewing on the big screen. It<br />
was an outing to go and see a movie at the cinema.<br />
Now we may have a consumer-view on movies. We<br />
consume a movie because we have a little bit of time<br />
and need to ‘kill’ it. Do we then care whether it is a<br />
‘good’ movie or not? Does it then lower the quality? It<br />
is not an event to log into YouTube to watch a movie.<br />
It is consumption.<br />
So whereas mom and dad were carried away by ‘Gone<br />
with the Wind’ and could watch it many times, our<br />
generation tend to combine a trip to the movies with<br />
an outing. Going to the mall, do things, like shopping<br />
and then take in a movie with friends.<br />
What does it do to quality? To the amount of movies<br />
being produced? That is the right question to ask,<br />
as they say in iRobot! … but you have to answer it<br />
yourself.<br />
Pinky Rapoo<br />
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Education<br />
ALPHABETS<br />
The first thing that comes to mind when you read or<br />
hear about alphabets is ABCD and so forth. However<br />
have you ever stopped for a second to wonder how<br />
they were formed? Where they originate from? How<br />
they came about to be 26 and not 30, 10 or even 5?<br />
Well I have also wondered, hence, I decided to take it<br />
upon myself to find out.<br />
The English dictionary defines the word Alphabet<br />
The word Alphabet alone has different origins. It’s<br />
fascinating how the formation of Alphabets started<br />
out. Different language contributions made a huge<br />
impact on the modern alphabets we have come to<br />
know it and are used to. History, <strong>there</strong>fore, need to<br />
be well guarded and studied with much anticipation.<br />
Imagine if all these Alphabets weren’t formed in the<br />
early years? Maybe we could be using 50 complex<br />
alphabets and probably be called<br />
by another name. It is scary<br />
enough to think that.<br />
All these Alphabets have made<br />
it much easier for us to write,<br />
even though back then, it was<br />
challenging to fuse information.<br />
The scholars of the bygone era<br />
figured if two or more languages<br />
can form an incredible invention<br />
in language an Alphabet would be<br />
born.<br />
The use of alphabets traces back to<br />
ancient Egypt.<br />
Throughout history of writing<br />
systems it is also evident that<br />
vowels and alphabets are closely<br />
related. Different languages have<br />
their own alphabets for instance<br />
Burmese (Myanmar) is composed<br />
of circulat shapes that must be<br />
drawn clockwise.<br />
Sinhalese (Sri Lanka) which has<br />
more than phonemes though<br />
only 38 are frequently used in<br />
contemporary language.<br />
as a “set of letters and symbols in a fixed order used<br />
to represent the basic set of speech sounds of a<br />
language, especially the set of letters from A to Z.”<br />
The English word Alphabet comes to us by way of<br />
Latin from the names of the first two letters of the<br />
Greek ALPHA and BETA. These Greek words were in<br />
turn derived from the original Semitic names of the<br />
symbol: aleph (ox) and beth (house).<br />
Georgian has its own language and<br />
alphabet and is squeezed between<br />
Turkey and Russian.<br />
Tagalog (Philippines) originates from Indo-European<br />
scripts. It was once written from the bottom up, it<br />
began to flow from left to right and the characters<br />
were rotated 90 degrees.<br />
Hanacaraka (Indonesia) originally developed on the<br />
Indonesian island of Java. The alphabet has been<br />
ejected by the Latin system.<br />
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There are about 40 different alphabets in the world<br />
in usage today.<br />
The most commonly used pure/true alphabets<br />
(a system of writing in which symbols or letters<br />
represent all the sounds in the language) are Latin,<br />
Greek, Cyrillic, Armanian, Georgian and Korean.<br />
Hebrew and Arabic are written from left to right.<br />
Quite interesting when you think about it.<br />
Language evolves with time and it is no different with<br />
alphabets either. Perhaps a century from now a new<br />
form of writing shall be introduced no one can really<br />
tell.<br />
ABCD we have come to love has remarkable origins<br />
behind it, in some languages they are also written/<br />
read differently proves to me that as language<br />
understood differently and so are people - when you<br />
speak to them in a language they understand they<br />
will listen to you.<br />
Even though 26 alphabets we know are widely taught<br />
everywhere, <strong>there</strong> are 12 letters that didn’t quite<br />
make it to the alphabets list. And that was some<br />
2 000 years ago, and we are now stuck with what we<br />
have.<br />
Here they are:<br />
1. Thorn<br />
Derived from the Old English runic alphabet Futhart<br />
(Ye olde coward) ‘y’ was then replaced with ‘th’<br />
overtime due to Gothic style scripting made the<br />
letters y and th look similar.<br />
2. Wynn<br />
Another one of the Futhark runic alphabets, Wynn<br />
was adapted to the Latin because it didn’t have the<br />
letter that fitted the W sound perfectly. They then<br />
stick to<strong>get</strong>her two VV. However, that wasn’t quite<br />
right according to them so the idea became quite<br />
popular to the point they actually ended up stuck<br />
to<strong>get</strong>her then our beloved W was born.<br />
3. Yogh<br />
This particular letter stood for a throaty like noise<br />
that was common in the Middle English words like<br />
Bach ‘ch’. French scholars back then didn’t like the<br />
non-Latin letters and started replacing in all instances<br />
of yogh with ‘gh’ in their texts.<br />
4. Ash<br />
This letter is mostly used in Greek or Roman style<br />
text. At one time the ae grapheme was an honorary<br />
English letter back in the days of Old English.<br />
5. Eth<br />
Eth is a sister to thorn, originating from Irish. It was<br />
meant to slightly represent a different pronouncing<br />
of the ‘th sound’ more like in ‘thought’ or ‘thing’.<br />
6. Ampersand<br />
Originally it was called ‘and’ and sometimes ‘et’ (Latin<br />
word for and). & was often placed after Z and recited<br />
as ‘end per se and’ meaning and ‘and in and out of<br />
itself’ or ‘ standing on its own’.<br />
7. Insular G<br />
Referred to as Irish G, this letter was used for hard G<br />
sounds like ‘growth’ whereas yogh was used for ‘ogh’<br />
sounds such as ‘tough’.<br />
8. That<br />
Just like <strong>there</strong> was a letter for and <strong>there</strong> was also a<br />
letter for that which was a letter thorn with a stroke<br />
at the top.<br />
9. Ethel<br />
Similar to ash, ethel was once considered to be a<br />
letter at some point. It was used in words such as<br />
subpoena or foetus. Well, nowadays its only replaced<br />
by e.<br />
10. Tironian ond<br />
Marcus Tillius Tiro, Roman writers Cicero’s PA is<br />
responsible for inventing a shorthand system called<br />
Tironian notes, the letter ond was birthed <strong>there</strong>.<br />
11. Long S<br />
Since the beginning of 19th century the practise of<br />
using long s was abandoned. It is hard to believe it<br />
was an early form of a lowercase. Even though it<br />
didn’t change the pronunciation at all many thought<br />
it weird.<br />
12. Eng<br />
Alexander Gill the Elder invented this letter in 1619, it<br />
was meant to represent a velar nasal which is found<br />
at the end of words like king or ring. He’s intention<br />
was for the letter to entirely take the place of ng.<br />
Though it didn’t take off like the other letters, it still<br />
lives on in the International Phonetic Alphabet.<br />
Look forward to next month!<br />
There is more in store for you.<br />
By Fikile Unifire Zulu<br />
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How do I become a filmmaker?<br />
Before answering the question of how one becomes<br />
a filmmaker it is important to outline the scope of the<br />
film & TV industry.<br />
The Film & TV industry also referred to as the digital<br />
media or audiovisual industry, forms part of the very<br />
complex and varied media, entertainment and cultural<br />
industries.<br />
There is broadcast television with its news, sports,<br />
investigative journalism, inserts, magazine, sitcoms,<br />
game and talk shows which involve an assortment of<br />
production, research and studio skills.<br />
of the advertising world, the commercial.<br />
Choosing a career in the film and television industry<br />
is exciting for any young person. But along with<br />
the excitement, perceptions of glamour and trendy<br />
associations, comes a lot of hard work, dedication,<br />
jostling for jobs and long, long hours. In spite of these<br />
demanding conditions, many people find the creativity<br />
and excitement of bringing a film to life more than<br />
makes up for the hard times. You too can realise<br />
your dream of being part of this sector if you do the<br />
homework, understand the industry and go about the<br />
journey in the correct way.<br />
Then <strong>there</strong> is what is commonly known as ‘long form’<br />
- the mostly location-based television or drama series,<br />
or features. There is also animation, corporate or<br />
documentary productions. And lastly of course the gem<br />
For more information on the film & TV industry as<br />
well as information on educational institutions which<br />
offer filmmaking courses you can visit the Gauteng Film<br />
Commission website on www.gautengfilm.org.za<br />
Gauteng Film Commission, 56 Main Street, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa<br />
Tel +27 (0) 11 833 0409 • info @gautengfilm.org.za<br />
An agency of the Gauteng Provincial Government
Every child deserves a dictionary’ <strong>–</strong><br />
raising awareness about the value of education<br />
14 April 2015: In celebrating<br />
100 years of contributing<br />
to education in South Africa, Oxford<br />
University Press Southern Africa<br />
(OUPSA) has launched its flagship<br />
centenary campaign, “Every child<br />
deserves a dictionary”. The campaign<br />
will see the educational publisher<br />
donating 20,000 dictionaries<br />
to schools across South Africa that<br />
would otherwise not have the funds<br />
to buy such an important and valuable<br />
resource.<br />
“To celebrate 100 years of making a difference to education in our<br />
beautiful country, we aim to donate 20,000 copies of our Oxford<br />
South African School Dictionary to learners and schools across the<br />
country that do not have the funds available to buy such an important<br />
resource,” says Steve Cilliers, MD<br />
of Oxford University Press Southern<br />
Africa.<br />
“We call on the public to <strong>get</strong> behind<br />
the initiative and to show their support<br />
through our ‘Every child deserves<br />
a dictionary’ campaign which reminds<br />
South Africans of the power of knowledge,<br />
the value of education and the<br />
importance of giving our learners<br />
the chance to fully realise their own<br />
potential.”<br />
The “Every child deserves a dictionary” campaign<br />
aims to create awareness about the<br />
value of education and language. To kick-start<br />
OUPSA’s centenary, 10,000 dictionaries are<br />
currently being distributed to schools in the<br />
Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, North West, Free<br />
State, Gauteng and Western Cape.<br />
The donations are facilitated by the Adopt-a-<br />
School Foundation which has also helped select schools to receive<br />
the dictionaries, in communities where this NGO is active through<br />
educational upliftment programmes.<br />
During the second phase of the campaign, members of the public<br />
will be encouraged to place a ‘pledge’ - without any cost to themselves<br />
- on the everychild.oxford.co.za website.<br />
Each ‘pledge’ will result in one dictionary being donated.<br />
In total OUPSA aims to donate 20,000 dictionaries with a value<br />
of R2.2 million. Donations to schools in KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo<br />
and the Northern Cape take place during the second part of the<br />
campaign and additional books will be dispatched to the remaining<br />
provinces during the course of the year.<br />
Established in South Africa in 1915, OUPSA is<br />
a leading publisher of educational material for<br />
schools and higher education. OUPSA is especially<br />
well-known for its trusted dictionaries<br />
and excellent literacy material.<br />
The Oxford South African School Dictionary<br />
was developed in consultation with a range of<br />
South African teachers and language experts<br />
and addresses many common usage mistakes that South Africans<br />
(learners and adults alike) make. The dictionary is aligned to the<br />
curriculum and is one of the non-fiction top-sellers in the country.<br />
“We truly believe that every child does deserve a dictionary, arming<br />
them with the resources they need to help them with their education,<br />
as education is the key to social transformation in South Africa<br />
and a way to unlock opportunities for the youth of the country,”<br />
adds Cilliers.<br />
“This campaign is not just about giving something back to the learners<br />
of South Africa; it is fundamentally about the value of words,<br />
literacy and books.”<br />
Sindiwe Magona, internationally recognised writer, activist and<br />
teacher who has built her life out of words, shares her views on why<br />
every child deserves a dictionary:<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsj<br />
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ASIA:<br />
Where Art Thou Going?<br />
We continue with a bit on continents.<br />
It was such fun doing the one on Europe.<br />
Now for Asia! This huge mysterious place.<br />
Let us do geography first.<br />
Asia is about 30% of the world’s landmass with 60%<br />
of the population - some 4,4 billion people. Asia also<br />
has deserts and empty spaces, which means that the<br />
areas that people occupy is crowded. Very crowded.<br />
Wikipedia says: In the late 1980s and early 1990s,<br />
Japan’s GDP was almost as large as that of the rest<br />
of Asia combined. In 1995, Japan’s economy nearly<br />
equaled that of the USA as the largest economy in<br />
the world for a day, after the Japanese currency<br />
reached a record high of 79 yen/US$.<br />
Economic growth in Asia since World War II to the<br />
1990s had been concentrated in Japan as well as the<br />
four regions of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and<br />
Singapore. It is forecasted that India will overtake<br />
Japan in terms of nominal GDP by 2020. By 2027,<br />
according to Goldman Sachs, China will have the<br />
largest economy in the world.<br />
Asia has got it all: oil, diamonds, gold and everything<br />
else.<br />
India has more than a million millionaires, but<br />
also 20% of the world’s poor live in India. And not<br />
all countries in Asia are rich. Look at Kazakhstan,<br />
Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Mongolia and so on.<br />
The differences are huge.<br />
What we need to remember is that Asia was<br />
devastated after World War II. There was not much<br />
development outside of Japan and the Philippines<br />
to begin with. And what was left after 1945 was just<br />
about nothing.<br />
How did they do it?<br />
We might laugh at the Japanese workers’ zeal, but<br />
let us face it. If all workers show up two hours early<br />
for work (and not expecting any pay for that) and<br />
go home 2-3 hours later than expected (and not<br />
expecting pay for that) and where taking annual<br />
leave is showing no commitment to the company (so<br />
you don’t go on holiday), well, no wonder they are<br />
so successful..<br />
With China unleashing the creativity and the zeal of<br />
its billions after waving goodbye to communism, it is<br />
no wonder that China will be the dominant country<br />
within the next 20 years.<br />
It is education. Any Asian country is focused on<br />
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educating its people. Any family is focused on<br />
educating its young. Any sacrifice is not too big for a<br />
good education.<br />
Try to <strong>get</strong> into a Japanese university? Unless you are<br />
at the very top (globally) for<strong>get</strong> it.<br />
In Singapore, chewing gum is banned as it pollutes<br />
the pavements and the entire country.<br />
We may laugh at it, but it creates<br />
dedication and respect shared by<br />
all.<br />
True that manufacturing in<br />
China or Korea are tops (cars<br />
for instance), true that IT<br />
companies (TATA, etc.) are<br />
tops, true that consumer<br />
electronics from Asia are<br />
tops, but… is it all rosy? Is<br />
it all where we should be<br />
heading? Maybe not, because<br />
it is not without problems.<br />
Wiki says: Asia’s large economic<br />
disparities are a source of major<br />
continuing tension in the region. Some nations<br />
like Japan, India and China are topping the chart, but<br />
not all are.<br />
The large number of cheap labour in the region,<br />
particularly in China and India, cannot continue.<br />
The rising standard of living will eventually lead<br />
to levelling of salaries and wages. That means the<br />
competitive advantage will go away.<br />
India and Pakistan are both nuclear powers and not<br />
exactly the best of friends. That means that military<br />
spending is a factor. China is arming as well and the<br />
expenses have to be met from the national coffers.<br />
In essence: it cannot be spent on alleviating poverty<br />
and creating more jobs.<br />
The more interesting threat for the future is the<br />
potential global danger posed by the economy of<br />
Asia as it grows the accumulation of foreign exchange<br />
reserves. The countries/regions with the largest<br />
foreign reserves are mostly in Asia :<br />
• China (Mainland) $2 454 billion<br />
• Hong Kong $245 billion<br />
• Japan $1 019 billion<br />
• India $ 284 billion<br />
• Taiwan $ 372 billion<br />
• The Republic of Korea $ 286 billion<br />
• Singapore $ 206 billion<br />
This increasingly means that the interchangeability<br />
of the Euro, USD and GBP are heavily influenced by<br />
Asian central banks.<br />
Isn’t this good? Well, yes. But if we look at what<br />
happened in Middle East in the 1970’s, we might see<br />
the same happening now. Asia is pooling so<br />
much money that they have problems<br />
spending it. The oil producers<br />
of Middle East had the same<br />
problem.<br />
Commitment of untold<br />
billions to long-term<br />
projects is good, but if<br />
<strong>there</strong> should be a hiccup?<br />
As happened in the 1980’s<br />
when the oil producers<br />
(Iran being one of them)<br />
had to re-prioritise? Then<br />
suddenly the infrastructure<br />
projects will have to slow<br />
down, the social system might<br />
have to take a knock… and then we<br />
have 4,4 billion unhappy people. And<br />
that will not be great for anybody.<br />
Pollution and energy consumption will be a growing<br />
problem. China has tons of coal, but coal is not green!<br />
The day that 4,4 billion people will be consuming<br />
energy (electricity, oil, gas, heating, air con, industry,<br />
the works) as we see in Europe and US will be the day<br />
where we are seriously running out of energy. Unless<br />
we do something.<br />
Is it all doom and gloom when<br />
looking into the future?<br />
No, as long as we have the chance to eradicate<br />
poverty and to bring the rest of the world into the<br />
same standard as we otherwise see in US and<br />
Europe. Never mind that countries like Japan,<br />
Singapore, Taiwan and so on have passed Europe in<br />
living standards. We talk about the other countreis<br />
that is not-so-well-off.<br />
Sustainable energy (wind, solar, wave) is a reality<br />
and we see Asia being on the forefront. Universal<br />
standards will mean something. The millennium<br />
goals will be achieved. And isn’t that what we want<br />
as humanity?<br />
So, the question is: Asia <strong>–</strong> where art thou going?>HOLA MAHIGH-SCHOOL 43
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What is in store for us in the next issue? Well, we should start to look at<br />
‘what next …’ and that is a bit hectic. We will try to provide some guidance<br />
but it will be based on a lot of input from different institutions.<br />
What is certain is that Fikile will carry on with the Alphabets. That is such a<br />
fantastic topic. I am looking forward to see how this develops.<br />
In Our Next Issue<br />
Where we are really short is in terms of international stuff. Rofhiwa used to<br />
write all of this, but now we have to make a plan. Is <strong>there</strong> someone who is<br />
both willing and capable out <strong>there</strong>? We are having fun with the ‘…., where<br />
art thou going?’ series. Europe and Asia are now done. Africa is such a tricky<br />
one so it takes a lot more time and Africa will<br />
be the crowning glory as the<br />
culmination of it all. Next one will<br />
probably be North America, unless<br />
someone out <strong>there</strong> has a better<br />
idea!<br />
‘Really Silly …’ I am starting to<br />
run out of ideas. No wait, I have<br />
it. Transport! Did you know<br />
that <strong>there</strong> was an idea about<br />
a nuclear powered car? They<br />
didn’t produce it because it<br />
would melt everything in a<br />
100m radius! Yes, transport.<br />
Quotes of course. I can’t<br />
live without those.<br />
I am trying<br />
to see what Pinky<br />
and Sikosane have<br />
for us. And<br />
we welcome Rosina back with<br />
us. She has a challenge… but I am not<br />
telling right now.<br />
However, it is something to look forward to.<br />
Fashion by Sifiso. Sifiso is capable of so much more, so we will have to wait<br />
and see what else he comes up with.<br />
… and look at the Website! That is where all the day-to-day stuff happens.<br />
At the same time, don’t for<strong>get</strong> to register on it. You will <strong>get</strong> automatically<br />
receive notifications of things happening.<br />
Looking forward to our next issue!<br />
Sybil<br />
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