Hola MaHigh-School - February 2020

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Volume 9, Issue 2, February 2020
US elections
Fake news -
2,000 years ago
We have
to talk
about it!
Movies and music

EVENTS
CALENDAR
2020
SCI-BONO
FEBRUARY
01 - 28 COMPETITION:
First Tech Challenge
Grade 8-12
DISCOVERY CENTRE
11 INTERNATIONAL DAY:
Women and Girls in Science
Public & Learners
13 CAREER CENTRE:
Careers in Manufacturing Focus Day
Grades 9 - 12
MARCH
09 - 13 /
16-20
FOCUS WEEK:
Water Week
Grades 5 - 9
21 - 29 HOLIDAY PROGRAMME:
Plant Health Holiday programme
Public & Orphanages
22 INTERNATIONAL DAY:
World Water Day
Public & Learners
23 - 27 SPECIAL PROGRAMME:
Amateur Rocketry Course
Grades 11
JUNE
13 JUN -
5 JUL
HOLIDAY PROG
Theme TBC
Public & Orpha
22 - 26 SPECIAL PROG
Amateur Rock
Grade 11
29 JUN -
03 JUL
JULY
29 JUN -
03 JUL
SPECIAL PROG
Amateur Rock
Grade 11
SPECIAL PRO
Amateur Rock
Grade 11
14 - 15 CAREER CEN
Gateway to th
Digital Career
Grade 9
TBC
(JUL/AUG)
18 INTERNATION
Sci-Bono Nels
Public & Lear
FOCUS WEEK
National Scien
SCHOOL TERMS
TERM 1: (13) 15 Jan - 20 Mar
WEEKS:
DAYS:
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS:
SCHOOL DAYS:
10
48 (50)
0
48 (50)
TERM 2: 31 Mar – 12 Jun
WEEKS:
DAYS:
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS:
SCHOOL DAYS:
11
54
4
50
TERM 3: 7 Jul – 18 Sep
WEEKS:
DAYS:
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS:
SCHOOL DAYS:
11
54
1
53
TERM 4: 29 Sep – 2 (4) Dec
WEEKS:
DAYS:
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS:
SCHOOL DAYS:
TOTALS
WEEKS:
DAYS:
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS:
SCHOOL DAYS:
10
47 (49)
0
47 (49)
42
203 (207)
5
198 (202)
APRIL
15 - 16 CAREER CENTRE:
Industry site visits - Automotive
Grades 9 - 11
15 - 21 EXTERNAL EXPO:
Sci-Fest
19 - 28 EXTERNAL EXPO:
Randshow
28 - 29 CAREER CENTRE:
Campus tours
Grade 9
MAY
04 FOCUS WEEK:
ICT
Grades 8 - 12
09 EXTERNAL EXPO:
Yebo Gogga
11 - 15 CAREER CENTRE:
Grade 10 Presentations and workshops
Grade 10
13 EXTERNAL EXPO:
Zulu Fest
17 - 28 CAREER CENTRE:
Grade 12 Presentations and workshops
Grade 12
18 - 22 CAREER CENTRE:
Grade 11 Presentations and workshops
Grade 11
AUGUST
03 - 07 CAREER CEN
Grade 8 Prese
Grade 8
10 CAREER CEN
Careers in Ag
Grades 9 - 11
13 - 14 CAREER CEN
Girl Learner P
Grades 9 - 11
17 - 21 EXTERNAL EX
Sasol TechnoX
TBC
(JUL/AUG)
FOCUS WEEK
National Scien
SEPTEM
01 CAREER CEN
Careers in Ma
Grades 9 - 11
04 CAREER CEN
RCLs & Youth
Debates
Grades 9 - 12
19 - 27 HOLIDAY PRO
Space Holiday
Public & Orph
21 - 25 SPECIAL PRO
Amateur Rock
Grade 11
28 EXTERNAL EX
Scopex

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OCTOBER
02 CAREER CENTRE:
National Careers Dress Up Day Science
Fair
Grade 7
05 - 09 FOCUS WEEK:
Transport
Grades 4 - 11
09 CAREER CENTRE:
Grade 7 Presentations and workshops
Grade 7
12 - 13 CAREER CENTRE:
Industry site visits -
Steel & Manufacturing
Grades 9 - 11
TBC
(OCT/NOV)
COMPETITION:
Mental Maths
Grade 3
NOVEMBER
02 - 06 FOCUS WEEK:
Early Explorers Week
Grade R - 3
TBC
(OCT/NOV)
10 INTERNATIONAL DAY:
World Science Day
Public & Learners
COMPETITION:
Mental Maths
Grade 3
DECEMBER
05 DEC -
10 JAN
2021
HOLIDAY PROGRAMME:
THEME TBC
Public & Orphanages
JANUARY 2021
05 DEC -
10 JAN
2021
HOLIDAY PROGRAMME:
THEME TBC
Public & Orphanages
FEBRUARY 2021
04 - 28 FOCUS WEEK:
Enquiring Minds Programme
Grades 1 - 3
QUARTERLY
SPECIAL PROGRAMME:
Speak to a Scientist
Public
THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR
LABORATORY:
Dow Chemistry Lab
All Grades
LABORATORY:
Festo Lab
All Grades
LABORATORY:
Life Sciences Lab
All Grades
LABORATORY:
MST Shows
All Grades
LABORATORY:
MST Workshops
All Grades
LABORATORY:
Birthday Parties
All Grades
LABORATORY:
Team Buildings
All Grades
SPECIAL PROGRAMME:
Electronics Club
Grades 10 - 11
COMPETITION:
First Lego League
Grades 5 - 7
CAREER CENTRE:
Grade 9 Presentations and workshops
Grade 9
CAREER CENTRE:
Psychometric assessments
By appointment only
CAREER CENTRE:
Therapy and counselling
By appointment only
CAREER CENTRE:
External expos
By invitation
EXTERNAL EXPO:
Jerk - Wheel Way Project - GDAARD
ONGOING
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Table of Conte
Editor’s Letter 06
Contributors 10
Holler at us
11
SONA 2020
New things announced
12
SONA 2020 - details 14
Month of March
16
Fake news 22
Fake news in history 24

nt
Back to the moon 26
Corona Virus! 30
Diseases - serious 34
Sci-Bono activities 36
Movies
Music - so enticing
38
40
We need writers
Next Issue
44
46
A myth! 47

Sybil Otterstrom
Editor and CEO

February 2020 - we are already into it
now.
This edition will look a the President’s
speech at the SONA 2020. There were
some interesting aspects in this one.
Corona virus is the big thing. This has
the hallmark of being far more serious
and devastating than anything in recent
memory.
Fake news? read on - Marcia has provided
some insight into this.
... and the science story is: what about
the moon? Did we forget this one?
Of course we have music, film and a lot
more for you!
Good read!
Sybil

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Meet our
contributors
Masiziba Hadebe is a final year Agricultural Economics
student at the University of the Free State
(UFS). She is driven to make a change and is a
passionate volunteer for community projects. She
loves reading and writing about science, agriculture
and anything in between. She believes you can wear
a smile whatever the weather!
My name is Marcia Ramodike
a 22 year young
lady from Limpopo
Tzaneen at lenyenye.
Besides being a student
at the university of the
free state i am also an author. I am passionate about writing and i live
to give hope and wish to change the world. I love reading and in most
of my time i write my favourite book is ‘Her Mothers Hope by Francine
Rivers and favourite quote is when the caterpillar thought it was the
end of the world it turned into a butterfly
Lesly Malose Mahapa is a singer/writer/poet. He
started writing at the age of 14 and has since been
on a journey to pursue his music and writing career.
Lesly is currently working with an indie group ‘Moz-
South’ based in Ivory park, Midrand. Lesly is also a
brand ambassador for a local clothing line “Boi Boi
apparel”

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There is hope!
It is indeed encouraging to see that
President Ramaphosa had a few
sentences on the importance of both
TVETs and universities of technology.
These two areas, although not the
same, are immensely important in the
South African context.
We have to realise that we are a part
of the greater world. Formal education
is required for gaining a job or
start a business. The old ‘learning on
the job’ and never getting any recognition
(i.e. a certificate) is just not enough.
The amount of practical skills to learn is staggering now. South Africa
is changing and that is why we also look at the options TVETs
etc can offer.
With additional TVETs and the funding of students, we believe that
we can address the skills gap. And let us face it: we have to upskill
to stay in the game.
In the following article we try to unpack the President’s speech at
the recent SONA to see how this will be implemented.

Technical an
The recent State of the Nation Address had some rather significant sentences
on the educational landscape after matric.
Let us see what the President said:
“We are making progress with the introduction of the threestream
curriculum model, heralding a fundamental shift in
focus towards more vocational and technical education”
Here is a clue: we need to upskill youth to get a job! Learning
a trade is not ‘on-the-job’ anymore. A real education
and certificate is needed.
“Various technical vocational specialisations have already
been introduced in 550 schools and 67 schools are now
piloting the occupational stream”.
The schools are changing. The curriculum will be designed for students
to be able to go into a technical education and get a job and that means
we can start to address youth unemployment.
“We are building nine new TVET college campuses this year, in Sterkspruit,
Aliwal North, Graaff Reinet and Ngungqushe in the Eastern Cape,
and in Umzimkhulu, Greytown, Msinga, Nongoma and Kwagqikazi in
KwaZulu-Natal.”.
Is it all about TVETs? There is more:

d vocational
“We have decided to establish a new University of Science and Innovation
in Ekurhuleni”
This is also the other ‘leg’ of the educational offerings. These interventions
are aimed at providing a skills level that will enable
employment.
The SETAs must be a part of this new focus. They have to
provide additional skills to the people having a job.
The reality is: Nothing beats having a paycheck every
month!
Does it mean that the traditional university is not a focus
area? Of course they are important. Our PhD production is
still tops but can be improved. The difference is: it is to some extent in
hand. It is not where the majority of youth will or can go.
International trends are rather clear: the importance of vocational and
technical training will create a workforce which can and will.
Combine this with a salary structure that reflects the skills level and we
can make it happen.
… and I think this is the reality of South Africa right now.

Month of March – or what is it all
about
A lot is happening in March, but we have decided to
look at some strange things: the calendar and the start
of the year.
Here are the facts: The earliest Roman calendar began
on 1 March. It was the first day of spring, so it made a
bit of sense. It feels OK that March should then be the
beginning of the year.
Of course the Julian calendar played havoc with things.
UK and colonies used the Julian calendar up until 1752
and the financial year started 25 March. The introduction
of the Gregorian calendar pushed the days around
a bit so now 25 March corresponded to 6 April.
Now the financial year in the UK starts 6 April (Gregorian)
= 25 March (Julian). Confused?
Typically our financial year starts 1 march. A remnant of
the Roman calendar.
Let us try to look at the calendar year start. 1 January.
It is neither here nor there. It is mid-winter or mid-sum-

mer. But not exactly start on anything.
21 December is solstice. Could it have a link there?
Sort of yes, but remote.
March at least is having the Equinox on 21 March.
25 march is just as good as anything then. Only four
days to argue about.
What now if we should campaign for having the year
starting 21 march – Equinox. Or at least 1 March?
On the other hand, this 60 minutes and 60 seconds
and 24 hours and so on. It is confusing!
Why not try to use the decimal system in the calendar:
1 hour = 100 minutes. 1 Day = 10 hours – or
something like that.
Of course it was tried. In France. During the revolution.
Where the entire world got into the decimal
system.
1 March was the first day in the year (hoorah!), but it
still had twelve months. Every month had 3 groups
of ten days. Easy. But people quickly realised that
they only had three weekends per month! And the
working week (10 days) was rather long. Oh yes. The
‘extra’ days got added on to the end of the year.
The politics got into it and the start of Year II (yes,
roman numerals!) got to be 22 September.
The decimal time never
caught on, but the clockmakers
did do some time pieces.
Finally, Napoleon canned the
whole thing.

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In every historical event, a legend is always remembered by the things
he or she did and the life they lived, but for Ceaser this did not apply.
Extraordinarily so, he is famously remembered by the way he died till
date.
We know the story: The killing of Ceasar is best known
as the Ides of March, in which he was assassinated in 44
BC. He was stabbed to death by Marcus Brutus and other
senators. The famous ‘Et Tu, Brutus?’ we all know.
Why? The claim was that Caesar wanted to be king
(which was synonymous with dictator). Surely he was
about to introduce a set of laws which would have given
him even more power.
Many Senators hated him because he would kill off the
republic.
Now here is the question. Was Brutus another Judas? Or
freedom fighter? Or rebel? Or just another assassin? And
more importantly: who wrote the story?
Let us remember that Brutus was a
senator. And all the ‘killers’ got an
amnesty. It later got invoked and
triggered civil wars.
That just shows that the resentment
of Caesar was running vey deep. Bru-

tus et al. had a lot more backing than this story let us into.
The ‘winners’ wrote the story; hence Brutus became a murderer. If
Brutus and his faction had won, then surely Octavian/Augustus would
never have been emperor. Roman empire would be Roman republic.
And history would have hailed Brutus as the saviour of the republic.
Fake news? Did the truth become victim of political considerations?
And that is what we learn today.
What we might learn is that the one with the biggest twitter followers
sets the truth and forms what we should think.
Scary thought, but this all happened 2,000 years ago! And still happens.
This shows that no matter how good you are and how
much of a great leader you think you are there will always
be people who are against you. If it does not go
your way, history might portray you in a very different
light.

Fake news – Not so new
We have been exposed to a lot of ‘fake news’ or claims of fake news lately.
But it is not a new thing. Look at Marcia’s article and re-evaluate what
you know of Brutus.
Let us look at what history tells us. All of this is inspired by an article from
The Guardian.
How about being a Taradiddler? Quote: “the
splendid old title of “taradiddler” is the one who
deliberately spreads falsehood. The noun “taradiddle”,
for the lie itself, is attested from 1796,
in Grose’s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar
Tongue, where it is defined as “a fib, or falsity”.
Here is another great word: Quote: “In 1646, the physician
and philosopher Thomas Browne published his
Pseudodoxia Epidemica. Among the rogue’s gallery of
mischievous agents of misinformation portrayed are
“Saltimbancoes, Quacksalvers, and Charlatans. “Saltimbanco”,
to mean “an itinerant charlatan who sold
supposed medicines and remedies”. The word de-

rives from the Spanish saltinbanco, which in turn comes from the Italian
phrase saltare in banco: to jump on to a bench, as the travelling quack
would do in the street to attract an audience.
Fallacy we know, but fallax?
Quote: “fallax”, from 1530, will
tell you that “fallax” is just an
obsolete form of the word “fallacy”,
but the special sense of the
former is of something either
especially likely to mislead, or
deliberately created to do so. In
his 1656 dictionary, Glossographia,
Thomas Blount defines a fallax
as “a thing that’s apt to deceive”,
and it is this sense of a powerful trap lurking in wait for the unwary that
seems worth preserving, as long as the deliberate elevation of fallax by
those in power continues.
And the best one: Quote: “mumpsimus”, in the sense of “a person who
obstinately adheres to old ways in spite of clear evidence that they are
wrong”. The Renaissance scholar Erasmus tells the story of its origin like
so: once upon a time, an illiterate English priest was scolded for having
read “quod ore mumpsimus” in the Latin Mass when he should have
said “quod ore sumpsimus” (literally,
“what we have received by
mouth”). The priest replied heroically:
“I will not change my old
mumpsimus for your new sumpsimus.”
And nor will all too many
people today.
Don’t let facts get in the way of your conviction!
Fake news? Fallax? A photo can never lie? It has
been around for many moons.

We talk a lot about Mars. Mars is within reach and
the focus is very much on the technologies, the long
travel time and the most interesting one: should they
come back or just colonise Mars?
After all, what is there to learn really? We have some
rocks and a good theory of how the moon came into
being.
If we look at the list of activities (here) we can see that
the field is very wide now: China, India, Germany, UK,
South Korea and Japan are all in on it.
The thing that is not clear is: why? If we look at some
of the justifications, it is a bit vague: Like this one:
“Moon Express (MoonEx) is an American privately
held early-stage company formed by a group of
Silicon Valley and space entrepreneurs. [..] long-term
goal of mining the Moon for resources, including
elements that are rare on Earth, including niobium,
yttrium and dysprosium (wiki)”
This sounds a bit vague. How to get the ore back
here? Who will mine it? Robots?
Luna-Glob from Russia is surely advanced (wiki):

It was planned in 2008 that Luna-Glob, a “robotic
proving ground”, would be followed by a robotic
base, known in Russian as Lunny Poligon and this
base would progress with the construction of a
habitable lunar base that would have several components:
solar power station, telecommunication
station, technological station, scientific station, longrange
research rover, landing and launch area, and a
telecom orbiting satellite.
When the robotic phase is completed, the program
will continue with crewed lunar missions in the
2030s. As of 2017, Russia is planning to begin building
the lunar base in the 2030s.
At least something.
But the better option seems to be space tourism:
“Lunar tourism may be possible in the future if trips
to the Moon are made available to a private audience.
Some space tourism startup companies are planning
to offer tourism on or around the Moon, and estimate
this to be possible sometime after 2023”
Who could be interested: Bigelow could do it!
Bigelow Aerospace is an American space technology
company based in North Las Vegas, Nevada, that
manufactures and develops expandable space station
modules (wiki)
Bigelow Aerospace was founded by Robert Bigelow
in 1998 and is funded in large part by the profit
Bigelow gained through his ownership of the hotel
chain, Budget Suites of America (wiki)
There it is: Bigelow hotels on the moon as the first
step.

A realistic
prediction
Here is my take on the immediate future – that is
some 30 years.
There are two distinct initiatives: Back to the moon
and off to mars.
We have spoken about Mars. It is realistic that the
Mars missions will start within the next five years.
2025 seems to be a good prediction.
There is plenty of funding for Mars missions. Mars
mission seems to be a Earth-Mars journey.
Funding for moon missions? Not really. So let us
turn to what could just happen.
Mr. Bigelow is the owner of the Budget Suites hotel
chain in the US. He knows a bit about what people
like to do on holiday and during business trips.
Bigelow’s company is busy in developing space
habitats.
What now if he gets it all together also in 2025. The
first space hotel.
Transport up and down? We turn to Space X and
Mr. Musk. The cost of transporting people might
initially be expensive – in relative terms. The re-use
of rocketry means that the cost has come down
dramatically.

So, we have a space station where we can have
tourists. What about a five-day holiday in space?
If it makes money, the next step is rather simple.
Building a rely-station in moon orbit. Transfer from
earth station to moon station takes some three
days. But the transfer vehicle is simple. It does
need to get down to earth or down to moon. It just
needs to fly between two pints in space.
Next one is to build a hotel on the moon. Cannot
be too difficult, really.
How to get to the hotel? Again simple: the moon
space elevator. It is rather simple again. It is a real
elevator from a point in space down to the moon
hotel. It is a wire with a capsule. Know technology.
Now we can offer a great package:
3 days on the space station
3 days off to moon.
5 days on the moon with guided tours and walks
Back to earth
Cost: what if it is $10 million? Kardashians could do
it without asking for change.
The areas to improve are:
Capacity up and down to earth station: build the
space elevator from earth to station. This one is
realistic but not simple engineering.
Capacity of earth station: it should be able to cater
for at least 1,000 guests and staff and provide
artificial gravity
Additional zero-gravity capsules
Can it work? Yes, if there is money to be made and
an entrepreneur with vision. We do have those
actually

Corona Virus (COVID-19) - serious
It is reasonable known where and how it all started: Huanan Seafood
Market in Hubei, where live wild animals (and poultry) are sold. Maybe!
As a Corona virus is fine with jumping from animals to humans it might
just be the case.
This strain is highly contagious and spread via
respiratory droplets generated by sneezing
and coughing. That means a good sneeze can
infect hundreds of people in a crowded space
(a train?).
There are no vaccines or antiviral drugs to prevent or treat human coronavirus
infections as of yet.
A recent report from China says a lot. This I picked from BBC
• Data from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
(CCDC) finds that more than 80% of the cases have been mild, with
the sick and elderly most at risk
• The findings put the overall death rate of the Covid-19 virus at 2.3%.
• China’s latest official figures released on Tuesday 18 February put the

overall death toll at 1,868 and 72,436 infections.
• The report by the CCDC shows the Hubei province’s death rate is
2.9% compared with 0.4% in the rest of the country.
• China’s latest official figures released on Tuesday put the overall
death toll at 1,868 and 72,436 infections.
• More than 12,000 people have recovered, according to Chinese
authorities.
Looking forward, the paper finds that “the epidemic curve of onset of
symptoms” peaked around 23-26 January before declining up to 11
February.
It might mean that isolation actually has worked.
Of course we see some rather unexpected consequences:
The Diamond Princess cruise ship was
quarantined in the Japanese port of Yokohama
on 3 February, after a man from
Hong Kong tested positive. More than
450 of the 3,700 people on board have
since become infected.
A second ship, the MS Westerdam, was turned away by multiple ports
around Asia over fears it could be carrying the virus.
But the danger is that the staff still needs to move around. Confining
passengers to their cabins might not work. Lines will still have to be
changed, food prepared and distributed. And just one infected person
going from cabin to cabin with fresh towels ….
Have we got it under control?
Well, it has impacted 170 million
people in terms or travel restrictions,
quarantines and so on.
Science is telling us that it will die
out in May. But ….

We provide loans and bursaries to
students at all 26 public universities
and 50 public TVET colleges
throughout the country.

This is a bit scary! We have all heard about Corona Virus
by now. And it seems that these things are coming faster
than ever.
It may not be the truth, but…
Let us just take a stab at the recent one’s:
SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome): This was the
one from 2003 and the one that focused the world on how
vulnerable we actually are. SARS is a member of Corona
virus (where the latest one (COVID-19) is the one we now
rad about).
This is a family impacting the respiratory organs. It could
look like a flu, but …
The start is most commonly transmission from animals to
humans.
Swine flu: This is the one the world spoke about in
2009/10. It is one where pigs are the carrier (without getting
sick) and can infect people very easily. The amount of
sub-strains makes it difficult to diagnose and to treat.
As of 2015, 31,156 positive test cases and 1,841 deaths
have been reported in India alone.
Ebola: The start may be infection from a fruit bat or monkey.
From then it will spread from human to human – but
only through direct contact. That means broken skin,
blood, mucous, needles, bed linen, etc etc. It is deadly:
Average death rate is 50%.

Yellow Fever: The disease is caused by yellow
fever virus and is spread by the bite of an infected
female mosquito. In 2013, yellow fever
resulted in about 127,000 severe infections and
45,000 deaths, with nearly 90 percent of these
occurring in African nations (from Wiki).
ZIKA Virus: Has been around since 1947. However,
in early 2015, a widespread epidemic of
Zika fever, caused by the Zika virus in Brazil,
spread to other parts of South and North America.
It also affected several islands in the Pacific,
and Southeast Asia. Zika can cause birth defects
as well as neurological problems.
What can be done: Vaccines are being developed,
but the ‘better’ method is our own body.
Wiki says: “The skin of animals, prevents many
types of viruses from infecting the host.
The acidity of the contents of the stomach destroys
many viruses that have been swallowed.
A special hormone called interferon is produced
by the body when viruses are present, and this
stops the viruses from reproducing by killing
the infected cell and its close neighbours.
Inside cells, there are enzymes that destroy the
RNA of viruses.
Some blood cells engulf and destroy other virus
infected cells.
It is not doom and gloom all of it

(FUN)TASTIC PLANTS
Celebrating the International Year of
Plant Health
21 – 29 March 2020
All living things were traditionally placed into one
of two groups, plants and animals. Plants are living
organisms that cover much of the land of planet
Earth. You see them everywhere. They include
grass, trees, flowers, bushes, ferns, mosses, and
more. Plants are LIFE. Not only do they make up
80% of the food we eat and produce 98% of the
oxygen we breathe they are also used as medicine,
for nonfood products, for aesthetics as well as scientific
and cultural uses.
Visit Sci-Bono this March school holidays as we
explore the FUNtastic world of plants. Our activities
will explore plants cells through a microscope, why
chopping an onion makes people cry, why leaves
change colour, creating your very own plant based
lip balm and more. Activities are suitable for kids 5
years and above.
For more Information about the Holiday Programme
please contact: Ms. Silindokuhle
Mbonane/ Mr. Alfred Hanyane at 011 639 8400 or
email: Silindokuhle.mbonane@sci-bono.co.za/ Alfred.hanyane@sci-bono.co.za

Water Week
16 March 2020 – 19 March 2020
Raising awareness for water issues is a way to build
a common understanding of water issues and to
create shared values on how water should be used
and managed.
It will always be an initiative of the Sci-Bono Discovery
Centre which aims to educate our learners
about water at an early age.
Objectives:
• To raise awareness and increase public understanding
of science.
•
• To highlight and excite learners, teachers & the
general public about the importance of Mathematics,
Science, Engineering and Technology in
our daily lives.
•
• To showcase career opportunities in Mathematics,
Science, Engineering and Technology.
•
• To showcase the many new frontiers of science
today that are worth celebrating and which will
enable us to build our future.
For presenters and exhibitors please contact:
Xolane Nameka xolane.nameka@sci-bono.co.
za contact us for more information on 011 639
8427/90

It’s mov
All sourced from:
South Africa reality and a gr
can we ask for? All courtesy
Knuckle city
A slice of street life in South
Africa’s Mdantsane township,
known as the boxing mecca
of South Africa, Knuckle City
follows the journey of Dudu
Nyakama (Bongile Mantsai),
a down and out ageing boxer
as he struggles to attain the
one fight that he believes will
uplift his fractured family.

ie time!
eat adventure. What more
of Vibescout
The Neverending story
While hiding from bullies in
his school’s attic, a young
boy discovers the extraordinary
land of Fantasia,
through a magical book
called The Neverending
Story. The book tells the
tale of Atreyu, a young warrior
who, with the help of a
luck dragon named Falkor,
must save Fantasia from the
destruction of The Nothing.

Imagine a movie without the music. Not possible.
The music really puts the movie into its rightful
place. Music will underline, emphasise, dramatize
and everything else.
There are a lot of elements in this. As a matter of
fact it is an entire industry. All of this is inspired
by Wiki.
It used to be a matter of the producer shooting
the film and when it is time to edit the film, the
composer gets a copy and can get to add some
music to it.
Not anymore! The composer is now a part of the
process and often the music will dictate the flow
of the film – at least some episodes.
There are plenty of examples where the producer
is adapting to the majesty of the music, especially
if it is pre-existing music. This can be a piece of a
symphony or a well-known song. Look at Titanic.
You cannot speed up Celine’s song. You have to
let the song dictate the length of the scene.
The composer might compose music. Now here
is a trick. The pace of the music must match the
movie. That means that the composer must inti-

mately know what the producer intentions
are.
Producers and composers may form a
life-long bond. This might also result in the
best movies after all.
Sometimes, the recording of the music (if
it is like a huge symphonic orchestra with
choirs and all trappings) is done in front of
a massive screen playing the movie. The
conductor will have a click-track in his ear
as well, ensuring that he/she is guiding the
musicians as to the right pace.
But are there not companies who specialise
in film music? Here is my favourite: Two
Steps from Hell.
Wiki: Two Steps from Hell is an American
production music company. The company
focuses predominantly on movie and trailer
music, and has supplied tracks to films
such as Interstellar, Harry Potter, Pirates of
the Caribbean and Aquaman. Video games
and TV series also contracted them.
Their music became so famous so they
produced a set of albums with their music,
have done major concerts, produced
singles and eBooks.
… and trust me: there is money in this!
Just to find the music can warrant a fee of
up to $2 million. But the real money is a
package deal doing the orchestra and all.
Now we talk real millions!

Ever wondered about why music can
make us cry? Or wanting to dance? Or
break out in song? Why is music so
emotional?
There are a lot of explanations in this,
but I found this for us. Here.
I have picked the most interesting
one’s for us.
It reminds us. It can be of an event in
the past, like a funeral where we heard
a hymn. This can trigger a piece of
memory. It can also be a good thing,
like wedding. Many options. But in essence
the music can trigger memory.
Listening and movement are connected.
Our brain has a hard-wired
connection between audio and motor
reflexes. We want to move in accordance
with the music. We want to
dance or to march.

Music is like a drug. A certain piece of music
evokes a feeling of say happiness. We want
to be happy and we choose to listen to the
same piece of music over and over. Because it
makes us happy!
We want to be surprised. If we expect a piece
of music to do something and it does something
else, we can be surprised. And that may
make us feel good. Or our expectations can
be met and we feel good because we could
predict something. This is a bit deep, I know.
And here is the bigger one of them all: AWE.
This is a direct quote from the article: “Music
often makes us feel like crying, because we
experience a sense of awe and admiration.
The feeling is a kind of wonder at realizing
what other minds are capable of creating. Awe
is described as sensitivity to greatness, accompanied
by a sense of being overwhelmed by
the object of greatness (Emmons, 2009).
In response to these emotions, we may experience
goosebumps and motivation for the
improvement of self and society”
Ever had goosebumps because of a piece of
music? I think we all have. And what about
crying? If you have not had a bit of broken
voice after Titanic, you are not human! When
Jack …. Oh, I can’t even write about it! – so we
know what we are talking about here.
Now we know why music is ‘big’.

We need writers!
Hola MaHigh-School is YOUR magazine. That is why we
would love to see students writing for students about student
life and everything of importance to a student in any
grade10-12 across the country.
What is required? That is easy:
You have to be in grade 10-12 -
somewhere
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

Is it important?
YES it is.
Look what Rofhiwa said:
My name is Rofhiwa and I love
to write. I have used my skills to
express my thoughts on international
dealings of the world which
have been published in Hola Ma-
High-School.
What to do?
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.
Email me on ivan@romele.co.za:
name
Cell number
E-mail address
... and we will talk!
Would be a lot harder to get by if
I didn’t have a platform like Hola
MaHigh-School.

Next Issue
Open-Day, TVETs, deadlines and bursaries.
We are getting closer to all these things.
The next issue will be a guide to how to
get the most out of this. And remember:
Grade 10 and 11 are both involved in this.
One of the things which is fascinating is
music. In all its forms. I think we should
have a stab at that.
The US election is heating up and it will
impact on us all, so we have to go there.
At least not Brexit anymore. Here I take a
break!
Look forward!
Sybil

The Myth
We all like the moon landing. PS: the moon landing
was real. It was not a hoax.
This time we look at what Armstrong actually
said.
What he said was: “one small step for man, one
giant leap for mankind”
Well, he was supposed to say: “one small step for
a man, one giant leap for mankind”.
Maybe he was a bit tired after all the flying
around, or just maybe he decided that what the
PR ‘oke’ in Houston had cooked up did not have
the right ‘zest’.
However, what he said actually sounds better. It
is really cool.
PS: These astronauts were also ‘naughty’. Alan
Shepard smuggled a golf club and two balls into
the lander and was making a movie of himself
‘putting’ up there.