Hola MaHigh-School - August 2017

Hola MaHigh
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Volume 6, issue 8,
August 2017

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Contents
06 Editors letter
07 Poem
08 We need writers
10 Contributors
11 Holler at us
12 Women’s Month
16 BMW - Charity in action
18 The month of August
20 Women’s rights: Voting
22 Masiziba - Friends!

Contents
24 Volkswagen Community
26 ‘Male’ jobs: Still and issue?
28 Women’s rights: Ancient times
32 Brexit: The borders are going up
36 Women behind the mask
38 Science - 3D printing. The next industrial
revolution
42 Films!!! and entertainment news
44 Conspiracy: Moon landings were
faked. They never happened!
46 Next issue

Editors Letter
August - still winter, but not for long. This month is Women’s
Month. That is mighty important. Read the news. Are we
going forward? We try to look at it in a historic perspective.
There are many things to know and to act on. Voting rights
did not come as a natural thing. 1956 was a historic day in
our common history and deserves to be mentioned every
year. So, have we gone forward? Masiziba is looking into role
models and into woment in ‘male’ jobs. Still an issue? You
judge it. Science article this month is 3D printing - the next
industrial revolution. Yes, it is a revolution out there!
What we also have is a new
writer! YES: Marcia Ramodike!
Please welcome her
on her first article for us.
Hopefully one among many.
This one is deep. Something
that talks to us all, I think.
We have something on movies
this month. Shaken, not
stirred and more for you.
... and a good conspiracy.
GOOD READ
Sybil

Time for poems:
Our mothers
The unbreakable vow
But not from Harry Potter
The bond between a mother and a child
Although the child may be a pensioner
And the mother 100+
Unbreakable, created during nine months
And some hours of agony
How can we ever repay
The mothers who carried us
Who will still do it all over again
Sybil

We need writers!
Our writers are growing up and getting older
That is og course good. BUT.... it means they are leaving us
Therefore: would you like towrite for us?
What is required?
That is easy
You have to be in grade 10-12
Impeccable in your preferred language-and
that might not be English. We
try to be more than just English
Passionate about your topic of choice -
no dull articles here
Do you get anything out of it?
Well, not money, sorrry. BUT
if we publish your articles you will
have:
Your bio in a commercial magazine
A photo of yourself
You can put it all on your CV
you can use us as a reference
... and it goes in your portfolio

Is it important?
YES it is.
Look what Rofhiwa said:
My name is Rofhiwa and I love to write.
I think I am rather decent writer too.
I took my talent and have used it to
express my thoughts on international
dealings of the world which have been
published in Hola MaHigh-School. It
has paid off, not only is my work printed
for young people in the country
to read, but it also contributed to me
gettng a bursary from CNBC-Africa to
do my post-graduate studies. Would
be a lot harder to get by if I didn’t have
platform like Hola MaHigh-School.
What to do?
Email me on ivan@romele.
co.za:
name
school
Cell number
E-mail address
... and we will talk!

Meet our contributors
I am Masiziba Hadebe. I study a BSc in Agricultural
Economics at the University of the Free State. I am
originally from a small rural town in Mpumalanga,
Balfour. My hardworking trait proves that anyone,
regardless of the background, can make it. I love
plants and animals. During leisure, I read anything
readable and interesting. Writing is and will always
be my passion, I would starve food just to write!
Pinky Rapoo is a creative writer by nature and
not yet by profession.She lives in Vosloorus and is
currently in grade 12 at Vosloorus Comprehensive
SecondarySchool. Listening to music is her hobby,writing
is her passion. Her motto is “Think twice
before speaking,think three times before acting and
think thoroughly before writing”.
My name is Marcia Ramodike, a 20 year old young
lady from Limpopo at Lenyenye. I am doing my
second year law degree at the University of the Free
State and I am also an author of a book entitled from
an empty pride to a full price which is touch based on
issues that affect black families such as black tax. I
am very passionate about writing. It is actually my
first love. I love chilling indoors while reading books
and novels; I am a fun, loving person who always
smiles and care about other people. My favourite
quote is “when the caterpillar thought it was the end
of the world it turned into a butterfly “.

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Women’s
where did it
Where does it come from – at least in a South African context? Let
us turn to Wiki:
“National Women’s Day is a South African public
holiday celebrated annually on 9 August. The day
commemorates the 1956 march of approximately
20 000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria
to petition against the country’s pass laws
that required South Africans defined as “black”
under The Population Registration Act to carry
an internal passport” That was the hated ‘dompass’.
“The women stood silently for 30 minutes
and then started singing a protest song that
was composed in honour of the occasion:
Wathint’Abafazi Wathint’imbokodo! (Now you
have touched the women, you have struck a
rock.) In the years since, the phrase (or its latest
incarnation: “you strike a woman, you strike
a rock”) has come to represent women’s courage and strength in
South Africa”
Is it significant? Yes, indeed. It was again a defining moment (1956)
and also 1994.
The International Women’s day is 8 March. The first recorded Women’s
Day was in New York in 1909. However, the 8 March is directly
related to the female textile workers demonstration in 1917 in Leningrad
and was a factor in the Russian revolution.

day in SA:
come from?
United Nations (UN) declared 8 March 1975 International Women’s
Day.
There are many areas where we as a nation need to
look: parenting, Domestic violence, sexual harassment
in the workplace or school, unequal pay, and
schooling for all girls. We need to look at what type
of society we want. We should also look at our role
models.
Role models are great inspirations and I believe
that we in South Africa have plenty of role models
from the 1956 march. Those were not afraid and
they had an impact.
What International role models do we see? Let us
look at Michelle Obama – a person in her own right.
Merkel, as unlikely as anything of becoming a role
model, but look at her track record.
The defining part is probably where we see a person as a person and
not attaching all kinds of irrelevant attributes. What is the significance
of these? Just distracting from the real issue.
Look at Merkel. She might never win a beauty contest and I don’t
think she cares. She knows herself as a person (and a very clever one
at that), whether she is a woman or not.
… and that is also in line with 1956 I think.

Women’s Day and
Let us look at something very clear about women emancipation.
This is from USA. Here is Wiki again:
Women’s Equality Day is a day proclaimed each year by the
United States President to commemorate the granting of the
vote to women throughout the country.
Women in the United States were granted the right to vote
without the compulsory requirement to submit to possible
conscription on August 26, 1920, when the 19th Amendment
to the United States Constitution was certified as law.
Every president has published a proclamation for Women’s
Equality Day since 1972. This resolution was passed in 1971
designating August 26 of each year as Women’s Equality Day
Joint Resolution of Congress, 1971. Designating August 26 of
each year as Women’s Equality Day:
• WHEREAS, the women of the United States have been
treated as second-class citizens and have not been entitled
the full rights and privileges, public or private, legal
or institutional, which are available to male citizens of the
United States; and
• WHEREAS, the women of the United States have united to
assure that these rights and privileges are available to all
citizens equally regardless of sex;
• WHEREAS, the women of the United States have designated
August 26, the anniversary date of the passage of the
Nineteenth Amendment, as symbol of the continued fight
for equal rights: and
• WHEREAS, the women of United States are to be commended
and supported in their organizations and activities,

Month: Equality
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, that August 26 of each year is designated as “Women’s
Equality Day,” and the President is authorized and requested
to issue a proclamation annually in commemoration of that
day in 1920, on which the women of America were first given
the right to vote, and that day in 1970, on which a nationwide
demonstration for women’s rights took place.
What does it mean? Every single president of the US are committed
to women equality. Or at least should be. It is significant
that there is a resolution to this effect.
There is an urgency about this as well. Let me relate a great example:
Napoleon once told his generals that they should plant
trees along the roads of France so the army could get a bit of
shade marching. They told him it would take at least 30 years
before the trees could give any shade (meaning, give it up). His
response was: Is that so. Then we need to start immediately!
This is the urgency we should have in going forward.

BMW Motorrad Literacy Centre est
Soshanguve, Pretoria – 31 July 2017 - Learners from DC Marivate
Senior Secondary School in Soshanguve were today provided with
a brand new literacy centre to the value of R540, 521 by the BMW
Group South Africa and BMW Financial Services South Africa.
As part of the BMW Group South Africa Associate Volunteerism
Programme (AVP) and in line with Mandela Month celebrations, the
BMW Motorrad Literacy Centre was unveiled to learners this afternoon
after finishing touches were carried out by BMW employees
from the Midrand, Menlyn and Plant Rosslyn campuses.
With the assistance of BMW Group employees an old classroom was
transformed into a fully functional literacy centre, featuring new
décor touches, furniture and R50 000 worth of new books, some of
which were donated by Exclusive Books. With the new centre, the
865 Grade 7 to Grade 9 learners will for the first time have access to
a school library.
The new BMW Motorrad Literacy Centre was established to encourage
learners to read and to assist learners struggling with basic
literacy. The focus of the BMW Group South Africa corporate social
investment (CSI) strategy is education and employee volunteerism.
DC Marivate Secondary School was brought to the attention of the
BMW Group South Africa by Rosslyn Plant based employee Obakeng
Rangwaga, who had established a reading club at the school for
struggling learners in various grades.
“We want to create platforms for all the brands in the BMW Group
to give back to the communities, particularly those surrounding
Plant Rosslyn in Pretoria and to drive social change,” explains Bongani
Mshibe, Manager: External Affairs and Government Relations.
“At the same time this is an opportunity for employees to also make
a meaningful contribution. This AVP campaign, Reason to Ride, at
DC Marivate, is about promoting literacy and fostering a culture of
reading”.

ablished for Soshanguve learners
“Reading like riding a motorcycle is a skill that has to be nurtured
and honed. Reading and riding both have the ability to open up new
worlds and create opportunities. Through Reason to Ride we want
to encourage learners to read not only to improve their performance
in the classroom but as a way to explore the world,” says Edgar
Kleinbergen, General Manager: BMW Motorrad South Africa.
In order to sustain the literacy centre the BMW Group South Africa
plans to foster partnerships with key stakeholders who could assist
with book donations and sustaining programmes like the reading
club.
With 44 years of involvement in South Africa, the BMW Group is a
committed and engaged corporate citizen dedicated to the upliftment
of South Africa and its people.

August Month: Man
Of course named after our friend Augustus, the Roman
very much focused upon in several articles; hence we h
Earth Overshoot Day. Wiki says: “Earth Overshoot Day is the date
on which humanity’s resource consumption for the year exceeds
Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year.
Earth Overshoot Day is calculated by dividing the world biocapacity
(the amount of natural resources generated by Earth), by the world
ecological footprint (humanity’s consumption of Earth’s natural
resources).
By the early 1970s, that critical
threshold had been crossed:
Human consumption began
outstripping what the planet
could reproduce (Global Footprint
Network). According to
Global Footprint Network’s
calculations, our demand for
renewable ecological resources
and the services they provide
is now equivalent to that of more than 1.5 Earths. The data shows
us on track to require the resources of two planets well before
mid-2000-century.
Advocates for Earth Overshoot Day note that the costs of ecological
overspending are becoming more evident over time. Climate
change , shrinking forests, species loss, fisheries collapse, higher
commodity prices and civil unrest. Not all agree though.
Breakthrough Institute claims that the data to calculate such complex
things are simply not there. It does highlight one thing: we
consume more than what Mother Earth can produce!

y things going on!
emperor. August is also Women’s Month and that is
ave found two unusual subjects for you. Read on
International Clown Week. Wiki says: International Clown Week is
celebrated each year during the week of August 1-7.
Clown groups often celebrate the week with special activities such
as performing volunteer shows or having their local mayor declare
the week as a city celebration to coincide with the national and
international clown week.
Clown Week was celebrated
on a limited scale in
the 1950s. In 1967 Clown
Club of America members
were urged to write to their
congressmen and senators
requesting a presidential
proclamation naming August
1–7 as National Clown
Week. In 1969 a resolution
was introduced.
The chairman Bill ‘Boom-Boom” Baily lobbied the United States
Congress and organized a visit by clowns to the senate building in
Washington, D.C.
The joint resolution was signed into law by President Nixon on
August 2, 1971.
Many clown organizations have an international constituency and
over time the National Clown Week has expanded to be International
Clown Week.
PS: fear of clowns is called “Coulrophobia”.

Voti
It may seem a bit strange. What is it about being able to vote?
Well, it is the general participation in determining where the society
is moving. To have a say in the future. This is the importance
of democracy and equal rights in the broadest context.
But what is the track record of that?
We need to get beyond WW1 for seeing
any major movement towards change in
voting rights.
Be aware as well, that although democracies
were emerging in the 1800’s, the
voting rights were typically limited to men.
On top of, they had to have a certain income
or be property owners. That removed
the right to vote from the majority of people. The process was not
only about women voting. That notion of ‘one man, one vote’ was
just not enacted before we got much later as well.
It is therefore important to not see this in isolation. The whole
(European) development of democracy also encompassed women
voting.
So let us therefore turn to this aspect. Wiki says:
“Most independent countries enacted women’s
suffrage in the interwar era, including Canada
in 1917, Britain in 1918 and the United States
in 1920. Leslie Hume argues that the First
World War changed the popular mood:
The women’s contribution to the war effort
challenged the notion of women’s physical and

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mental inferiority and made it
more difficult to maintain that
women were, both by constitution
and temperament, unfit to
vote. If women could work in
munitions factories, it seemed
both ungrateful and illogical to
deny them a place in the polling booth.
But the vote was much more than simply
a reward for war work; the point
was that women’s participation in the
war helped to dispel the fears that surrounded
women’s entry into the public
arena”.
The years leading up to WWII saw the
majority of countries enacting women
voting. The rest was by and large done
with in the years just after WWII.
Wiki: “The United Nations encouraged women’s suffrage in the
years following World War II, and the Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979) identifies
it as a basic right with 189 countries currently being parties to
this Convention.
PS: The last place to grant women
voting was the canton of Appenzell
Innerrhoden. It is the smallest
canton of Switzerland by population.
It was the last Swiss canton
to grant women the vote on local
issues, in 1991.

Friends and University
Believe it or not, University is a great place to network. As I speak
now, I know people who are as dedicated and passionate as I,
and they have seemed to inspire me in many more ways than I
had ever imagined.
One of my new ‘university’ friends is in Russia studying Medicine,
and has promised me to take me out to lunch when qualifying as
a doctor.
Although she was at the same university as I, she grabbed an
opportunity to study abroad. In the few months we shared, we
were able to build a long-lasting friendship with a LOT of memories.
We share pictures via email and I know a lot more about the
world because of her.
In addition, I met people who understand my language and the
need to make a difference, and not only that, they keep me on
my toes by proving that this ‘university’ journey can be enjoyable.
My university friends are the ones I seem to grow with and make
more mistakes with and creating the best memories with.
It is not about them studying the same thing I am studying but
me beneficially being friends with them because of their personality,
dreams and aspirations that influence me and them positively.
Maybe because we are all driven and determined to succeed?
Masiziba Hadebe

Sporty and also a student!
3RD year Bachelor of Education (BEd) UFS student, Gertriana Retief
is a sports star who is succeeding in netball while being a student—
the essence of multi-tasking!
In the recent 2017 Netball Youth World Cup, Retief represented
the SA baby Proteas in Botswana. Retief terms the experience as
“great” and seems to have enjoyed the game and believes to have
learnt a lot.
Her training hours are 5 days a week, stretched to 12-14 hours over
five days depending on the tournaments, etc. She claims to incorporate
her study time very well in her tight schedule.
With a height of 1.89 m, Retief plays Goal Shooter and remembers
the fondest memories of her and her sister playing on opposing
teams and indispensably believes it was one of the best experiences
ever.
Retief regards her mother as her role model. “She is a strong independent
woman with great ambition and strength” she exclaims.
Other sporting role models include Maryka Holstzhousen, also a
netball player.
One day she would love to play for Spar Proteas. She has already
represented the Free State Crinums (2016, 2017) and SA in Botswana
at the (NWYC) Junior Youth World Cup.
Retief‘s friends and family describe her as neat and a “go getter”.
Besides netball, she loves Rugby and Athletics and her favourite
food is Braai vleis, Sushi and Pizza. She positions her life as ‘doable’.
Masiziba Hadebe

Volkswagen Volunt
a Living
August 8, 2017 - Bathabile Primary School is a farm school situated
in Olievenhoutsbosch, Centurion. This school that caters for over 1
400 learners received a much needed upgrade on Saturday 5 August.
Employees and loved ones from Volkswagen
Group South Africa (VWSA)
gave their support and time to The
Volkswagen Show of Hands Volunteer
Programme which is an ongoing initiative
under the Volkswagen for Good
campaign.
Bathabile Primary School is in a very
poor community in Centurion that
experiences extreme poverty and
high levels of unemployment. A large
majority of the learners come from
migrant families and/or child-headed
households. The school caters for
learners from Grade R to Grade 7 and
has no formal infrastructure - all classrooms
are containers.
It was decided to start with upgrading the grade R classroom and
play area facilities as well as creating a library, reading corner and
planting a vegetable garden. The current classroom containers and
play areas for the Grade R’s received repairs and a bright, fresh
coat of paint.
The planting of the vegetable garden will allow the school to supplement
the food they prepare for the children and allow them to

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Legacy
continue to feed the learners nutritious meals. The upgrade of the
library and creation of special reading corners will give the learners
endless reading pleasure and allow them to continue to grow.
Volkswagen Group South Africa
has partnered with two organisations
namely, Stop Hunger SA
and the Adopt a School Foundation
(founded & Chaired by Deputy
President Cyril Ramaphosa) to
further assist Bathabile Primary
School.
Together with Stop Hunger SA,
the volunteers assisted with packing
and providing meals to the
community. The Adopt a School
Foundation will assist in extending
the improvement beyond the
volunteer day.
“As a company we know that it
is not only important to upgrade
facilities but to also leave a lasting
legacy and that is exactly what the VWSA employees and their
loved ones did.
Leaving the school with a garden to grow vegetables and creating
happy reading spaces will allow Bathabile Educators to feed the
body and minds of the learners in a vibrant learning space.,” said
Thomas Schaefer, Chairman and Managing Director: Volkswagen
Group South Africa.

Women in ‘male’ jo
According to SHE Leads Africa organisation, a passion project is
something you do on your own terms and for nobody else’s satisfaction.
It stems from your desire to create. This is what two phenomenal
women,Teboho Mofokeng and Prianka Payadachee are
doing through engineering.
Teboho Mofokeng is a civil engineer who
specializes in waste water management
and graduated from the University of
Cape Town (UCT) IN 2006.
In an interview with Infrastructure News,
Mofokeng mentions that a female engineer’s
technical capability is often taken
too lightly. Said Mofokeng “But at the end
of the day, the moment people realise that
you can contribute and add value to their
Teboho Mofokeng
project, it doesn’t really matter whether
you are female or male – gender ceases to be of relevance”.
Mofokeng echoes the sentiments
that although she has witnessed
an increase in the number of
female civil engineers and graduates,
there is still very little participation
from women in middle
management. However, she
believes that women who enter
this field should know that being
multi-skilled is essential whilst it
is important to develop personal
areas of strength within the field.
(Destiny Magazine, August 2017)

s? still an issue?
Accordingly, Prianka Padayachee, a
qualified mining engineer who is a
highly ambitious engineer believes
that female representation in mining
has improved but being an Indian
female in this industry does turn a few
heads.
Padayachee initially planned to be a
geologist, but during a site visit to one
of the mines, she knew she belonged
Prianka Padayachee there. Besides, Mining does not fall far
from a geologist’s tree, so it was a perfect fit for her.
In an article in Destiny Magazine, Padayachee mentions that her
first experience as an engineer was not all what she expected.
She believes that University prepares
you only to be a mine manager, but
when you get into the field and start
working, you have to do a lot of grunt
work and easily spend up to ten hours
underground.
However, she does remark that these
experiences are vital as they allow one
to understand the mine and later manage it well.
These two phenomenal engineers are also planning to further their
studies and are currently working for big-role players in key roles
within mining and engineering and proving that woman can also
“build the world”.
Masiziba Hadebe.

Women in a
Egypt
Men and women in Egypt had traditionally distinct powers in
society, but there was no insurmountable barrier in front of
those who wanted to deviate from this pattern.
Egyptian society recognized women as equal to men, but as
having an essential complementarity, expressed especially in
the action of producing children.
Few ancient civilizations enabled women to achieve important
social positions. In ancient Egypt, there are not only examples
indicating women high officials were not so rare, but more
surprising (for its time), there are women in the highest office,
that of Pharaoh.
More than a kind of feminism, this is a sign of the importance
of theocracy in Egyptian society. Women were also equally
important to the Egyptians because of the importance of childbirth.
It might be hard to fully comprehend this. How come that the
world looked so different some 3-4,000 years ago? What happened?
Nearly impossible to answer, but let us look at India.

ncient times
India
Women during the early Vedic period (some 3,500 years back in
time) enjoyed equal status with men in all aspects of life. Works
by ancient Indian grammarians such as Patanjali and Katyayana
suggest that women were educated in the early Vedic period.
Rigvedic verses suggest that women married at a mature age
and were probably free to select their own husbands in a practice
called swayamvar or live-in relationship called Gandharva
marriage. Scriptures such as the Rig Veda and Upanishads
mention several women sages and seers, notably Gargi and
Maitreyi.
Alas, again. A lot has changed.
And Europe and the Vikings and Japan and China and so on?
From recorded time: Not so great!
The few glimpses we have of women as significant in history
are not many. Elisabeth I in the UK, Margaret I of Denmark and
so on. Those were not mere appendages to men. But that was
just not the norm.
If interested, look it up and be amazed. Too much depended on
the marriage and that was not by consensus as the norm either.

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Europe: the border
This is all very confusing. Europe’s aim, through EU, has been to
ease cross-border traffic and to ease any customs and tariffs regulations.
As a matter of fact, there are not many ‘hard’ borders in
Europe anymore.
EU consists of 28 member states. 22 of these have signed on to
the Schengen Area Agreement (plus another four non-EU members).
That in essence eliminates passports with this area (which is
really all of continental Europe).
HOWEVER! Ireland and UK are not members of this. Why not?
One reason is the land border between Northern Ireland (UK) and
Ireland. Is Northern Ireland a country or a province? Has never
been nailed down. Northern Ireland became a ‘country’ (if it is a
country, that is) in 1921.
Ireland and UK have a Common Travel Area – no passports needed
between them. Obviously a bit easier insofar as they together
are all islands with no land border to other countries.
And here comes BREXIT!
With the UK opting out of EU to be a fact in 2019, there are now
tons of legal aspects to consider.
Both UK and Ireland are members
of the EU Single Market.
This is the agreement guaranteeing
the free movement of
goods, capital, services and labour.
Insofar as this little piece
of agreement is an EU thing,
Ireland cannot act on its own

ed continent again
on this. This will then automatically mean border controls – hard
borders.
Can the UK then not negotiate some agreement where these
things are not executed? That is (also) a part of the negotiations.
But why would UK opt out of EU and still reap the benefits? It is
like being a member of a club with all the benefits and privileges
and not paying membership fee. The rest of EU is just not interested
in that. Either be a member or be on your own.
The next big thing is that Northern Ireland overwhelmingly voted
to stay within EU. Will the unhappiness with Brexit be against EU
(which might insist on borders) or against ‘UK’? Could it trigger a
referendum? Northern Ireland to be a part of Ireland?
Are there any precedence for this? Well, yes. Scotland nearly voted
to become a country outside of this ‘United Kingdom’.
One thing is a hard border with passports and things. Another
one is the customs and tariffs of goods crossing the new border.
The border areas are simply not geared towards customs inspections,
etc.
And look at it this way: an island where people are (more or less)
using the same language, buying the same groceries from the
same supermarket chains, watching the same TV channels, doing
the same social things, being so identical so it is hard to notice
any differences (OK, there are, like religion, but leave it for now).
And then suddenly one morning: border posts. It sounds idiotic in
2017.

Europe: the border
The UK government has come up with a positioning paper describing
their view of the future. They talk about a ‘New customs
partnership’ and ‘highly streamlined customs arrangement’. It is
very thin on details. The key one is that it envisages an approach
where there will be no borders at all between Ireland and UK
(Northern Ireland).
But the spoiler is that Ireland is not just Ireland. It is EU. And EU
might not be on the same page.
EU is interested in having some relationship with UK after Brexit
is final in 2019 of course. UK
is not going to disappear. UK
will still trade with continental
Europe. So UK will have
to talk to EU about common
approaches to things.
And then the next spoiler!
What do the people voting
for Brexit really want? If Ms.
May (the PM!) is seen as
sucking up to EU, there could
easily be a backlash. The people voting for Brexit voted for a
withdrawal from the EU initiatives.
This can only mean the free movement of people, goods and
capital etc. The core of EU in terms of the economy. So if Ms.
May is seen to be too pro-EU, could there then be another election
where she is voted out? And a hard-liner Brexit fan walks in?
time will tell.
And then we have the youth vote. The ‘old-timers’ voted Brexit.

ed continent again
The one’s that can remember the vote to join. And that was a
hard sell in those days (back in the 70’s).
But the youth overwhelmingly voted to stay! And they want a
United Europe and it is after all their future.
Predictions? Doomsday scenario:
• Youth emigrates to EU
• Scotland has another referendum and this time becomes a
country again within the EU
• Northern Ireland joins Ireland (within the EU)
• Wales joins the United Ireland
• The next government is extremely anti-EU and the attitudes
in EU hardens against UK
• UK is now only England
• Greater London wants to be a ‘free city’ within EU
• … the only thing we need is France or Germany to invade.
Could it happen?

The hidden mask beh
I am a woman, heavenly sent to earth to come and plant
a seed. My womb is regarded as the fertile soil of Mother
Nature that bears fruits that come to the world to make
a change.
They say that is the most important thing for which I was
born and what I am here to do. Doctors, teachers and all
those important people are born through me and that is
actually a will every woman wishes to fulfil.
But what about me a woman with infertile soil? Am I
really woman enough? I hide a mask of tears, stress and
depression daily because I am a woman and I am supposed
to be strong. Society labels me as a “barren” and
daily when I look into the statistics of aborted children; I
lie down and soak my pillow with tears.
My marriage ended because I wasn’t woman enough and
Maya Angelou on her poem of phenomenal woman once
said “Men themselves have wondered what they see in
me. They try so much but they can’t touch my inner mystery”.
Once I hear these words it hits me that she meant it positively,
but because even the air I breathe is as negative
as being barren it makes me feel as if there can never be
a man that can see me as an important vessel because all
I am is a barren.

ind being a woman
Even though it is the 21st century and I can adopt a child
I will be told that I am too black and adoption is not for
us. Will my mother in law from the rural area even understand
my solution to something that I have not even
done to myself, the disease that prevents me to have
children was not my choice.
There is a time where I kneel down and pray, cry and
wish that I had a child and that is the festive season!
When all the in-laws gather together at our husbands
place, I would be isolated, I will not be allowed to send
their children to shops, shout at them or even beat them
up when they have done wrong because when I try to I
would be asked “do you know the pain of labour”.
My mother in law would even suggest he marries a second
wife because I failed as a wife. But one day I pray
my pain will be felt and understood and barren or not I
will be regarded as a woman enough because I did not
do this to myself. Nature chose me.
Marcia Ramodike

The next industrial re
OK, it is not called 3D printing anymore. Now it is called additive
manufacturing. That just sounds boring. 3D printing is
much better. But OK, here goes.
Let us just do the basic thing
first. We do a design. It must
of course be a 3D design. The
output is a file of sorts. That
is then communicated to the
printer which does the manufacturing.
How? A bit more complex, but
in essence: it is very thin layers of material that is added every
time the ‘printer head’ moves across the previous layer. We are
talking about things down to 16 micro-meters. That is 1x10-
6. Or 1/1000 of a millimetre. Or the width of a spider web silk
strand. It not glued together. It is ‘infused’ somehow.
That is why metal parts, plastic parts and really anything can
be manufactured with a 3D printer. Infusion can be tricky with
metal powders but in big machines this is done with laser and
high-temperature things. I
will look at it as ‘micro-welding’
but that is just me.
But why is it a revolution? I
take a design and manufacture
it? I have had designs
before, putting it on a milling
machine and off we go? What
is so special about this?

volution: 3D printing
MONEY and TIME is the trigger
here. As usual of course.
Intricate designs were difficult
and some even impossible to
manufacture in a traditional
way (forged, sculpted, etc). An
example is to place your name
inside a gun barrel. Cannot
otherwise be done. That means
that where a design otherwise had to be ‘broken’ into many
different pieces for manufacture and then be assembled, here
we just ‘print’ it in one go.
GE Aviations claims that they have now manufactured an helicopter
engine with only 16 parts instead of 900. Imagine what
that is doing to supply chain? And to labour costs in putting
900 ‘things’ together instead of 16? And time to manufacture?
Revolution indeed.
Airbus is extensively using 3D
printed parts. Why? Cost effective,
time effective and easy to
improve the design.
What we are also looking at is
something ‘boring’. For being
cost effective it was typically need to have a long production
run of a component. Changing the design and having very
small production runs was very expensive. Machines needed
to be set up for these things. And now? Change the design and
spool the file to the printer and there is the new component.

The next industrial re
I have heard that the ISS does not receive spare parts anymore.
They have a 3D printer and can just download the file for a
new … whatever it is they need.
But a revolution? Really?
The range of 3D printers are
everything from small desktop
models (less capable of
course) selling at a few thousands
to industrial machines
manufacturing really big metal
things (see Efesto.us) valued
at some millions of dollars.
However, it all goes into small production or individual production.
Imagine that you need a new pair of shoes for the
function tonight? Just download the design (and pay for it of
course) and print your new shoes right now. Buy a new toaster?
Find the catalogue online, pay and download and print
yourself.
What does that do to transporting finished consumer goods?
Exactly. The death of it.
So paying for a design will then be the next little revolution.
How you intend to print it is your problem.
And then… the spoiler! Free designs of whatever on this website!
Buy a toaster? Never! It is like listening to music – yutube
of course. So log in on a website, admire the adverts and get
your design you need.
Companies actually manufacturing things for an unknown con-

volution: 3D printing
sumer might be a thing of the past. There goes a whole industry
I think.
Transporting it? Another one gone. Brand names and labels? If
it is for free, who cares?
The battle ground will then be design. You have bought a
toaster download and when printed, it does not work! Who to
sue? Especially if it is for free. So flawless designs will be the
new thing.
Will everything then be 3D printed? Probably not, but look at
this example: In the 1970’s Swiss precision watches dominated
the market for wrist watches. Those were rather pricy because
they consisted of a lot of parts and were difficult to manufacture
(arms, springs etc.).
Then someone put
a chip in a casing
and gave it a display
instead. Much cheaper,
more precise and
easy to manufacture.
Result? 2/3 of all
Swiss watch workers
were out of a job
within a few years.
So the Swiss changed
and could stay in business although very differently.
Looking for a job? Get into design for 3D printing

Entertainment -
14 August 2017 - (CNN) The Purple One now has a new
shade to call his own.
The estate of Prince and the Pantone
Color Institute on Monday unveiled a new
purple color in honor of the late superstar
singer who died last year at the age of 57.
Love Symbol #2 is inspired by Prince’s custom-made Yamaha
purple piano and will be the official color for his brand.
“The color purple was synonymous with who Prince was and will
always be,” Troy Carter, entertainment advisor to Prince’s estate,
said in a statement. “This is an incredible way for his legacy to
live on forever.”
Pantone has long been the authority on color trends and design.
Since 2000, the corporation has released a “Color of the Year”
that influences design and marketing. Laurie Pressman, vice
president of the Pantone Color Institute, said in a statement that
it was an honor to help develop Prince’s hue.
After his death from an opioid overdose in April 2016, purple
tributes to him cropped up around the world.
Victoria Finlay, author of “The Brilliant History
of Color in Art,” told the Los Angeles
Times after Prince’s death that purple “is
the color of royalty and of the church.”
“Purple is a branding color, a very special
color,” Finlay said. “Not many people use
it.”

ight now news
CNN: Film news:
Bond, James Bond will again be played by Craig, Daniel Craig.
It was announced in July that a new James Bond film would hit
theaters in 2019. Soon after, the New York Times reported that
Craig would return.
But how many James Bond actors have had? And who was the
best one? – and the worst?
Sean Connery
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Bosnan
Daniel Craig
My vote? Worst: Timothy Dalton and Pierce Bosnan. That was like
just filling a gap before the next real one – Daniel Crag – got into
it.
The best one? Roger Moore, even above Sean. Roger was just
so very sophisticated and that white tuxedo was just Mr. Bond,
James Bond.

The moon landings
never happened!
Let us start with the best – All from Wiki: “In 1980, the Flat Earth
Society accused NASA of faking the landings, arguing that they were
staged by Hollywood with Walt Disney sponsorship, based on a
script by Arthur C. Clarke and directed by Stanley Kubrick”. How’z’t
for size?
But there are many good argument. Here are some of the best:
The flag is fluttering in the wind! There is no wind on the Moon.
Correct. It was spring-loaded so when it unfolded it ‘jumped’ around
a bit.
The angle and color of shadows are inconsistent. This suggests that
artificial lights were used.
Shadows on the Moon are complicated by reflected light, uneven
ground, wide-angle lens distortion, and lunar dust.
Who filmed Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon?
The Lunar Module did.
The Moon’s surface during the daytime is so hot that camera film
would have melted.
There is no atmosphere to efficiently bind lunar surface heat to devices.
In a vacuum, only radiation remains as a heat transfer mechanism.
… and just to make it clear: Since the late 2000s, high-definition
photos taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter of the Apollo
landing sites have captured the lander modules and the tracks left by
the astronauts.
CONSPIRACY BUSTED!

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September. Spring day. the first
month in spring.
... and Heritage Month. Where are
we coming from? where are we going?
These are things not so easy
to answer.
International? Could be time to
look at SADC. Developments with
Africa.
Science. Robotics for sure. There
are new things on a constant basis.
This is the new world we are
approaching.
We need to look at a remarkable
person again. There are role models
out there which are great.
Movies? music? gadgets? We are
gettign there.
sooo. look forward.
And a great consiracy! I love those
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