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August issue
A glamorous look never fails to bring out the best in a woman.
A word from the graduates
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YOUNG WOMAN @ WITS Be part of the knowledge cultured movement
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EDITOR: Paballo Lephondo CO-ORDINATOR & SALES MANAGER Marole Mathabatha DESIGN & LAYOUT:
truly enjoyed August not only because it’s a month dedicated to women but also because of the significance it has in many women’s lives. It is a time Skhumbuzo Mtshali to highlight the struggles that face our HR MANAGER generation today and to hear about Bandile Mbatha many women’s achievements. MARKETING Brian Mahlangu Nowell Duze This month MICampus truly dedicated FINANCIAL MANAGER most of the content to women (young Phote Monyamane and old). From books (which can be CONTIBUTORS: found on page ()) to social events. Get Rossitta Mbenze reading and you’ll surely be inspired Sibongile Mabena Masentle Ntholeng by some of the stories that have been Ranold Mthembu covered. Remember to read through an Sthandiwe Ndaba important article which focuses on reDisema Mokoena Katlego Mkhwanazi markable women that have made a difMarole Mathabatha ference all around the world on page (). It won’t come out in your tests but TO ADVERTISE it will definitely leave you feeling inmarole@micampusmag.co.za 072 248 4434 spired. SUBSCRIPTION: And I hope that all the young women SEND YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS OR CELL in mzansi find inspiration in everything NUMBER TO they do, but mostly in this magazine. distribution@micampusmag.co.za FACEBOOK Micampus magazine TWITTER @micampus1
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A word from the graduates - Sthandiwe Ndaba -
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uring the winter vacation the University of the Witwatersrand held its graduates ceremonies, an auspicious event held to honour those who have run their race and finished. Proud parents and friends came together to congratulate the newly graduates who looked just as excited about their future. Micampus mag took the time to speak to the recent graduates and to find out what tips could they share with prospectus students who will soon be joining tertiary institutions in order to fulfil their dreams and students who are working towards attaining their degrees. What better way is there to equip yourself for the journey other than asking those who have ran the race ahead and conquered? These were their views: Mamokete Matjomane.
Graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning. Career Choices Do not choose a career based on the status associated with it. You CAN make money in any career as long as you’re passionate about it. Ways of making the most of tertiary experience: Loosen up once in a while and have some fun. Socialize with other students. In my experience ‘all work and no play’ has proved disastrous because it increases stress. Coping mechanisms
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Serge Kubanza.
Graduated with Masters of Science in Development Planning
What are your tips to those who want to come to tertiary? After finishing matric you must KNOW in advance what you want to study. Choose according to your strengths and interests. Know what your goals and objectives are. You are now responsible for your own future. Coping (work load and stress) mechanisms: Masters level is stressful with 12 courses to be completed, what’s important is commitment to your goals no matter the storms that raged.
Thandeka Tshabalala.
Graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning. What are your tips to those who want to come to tertiary? • Be absolutely certain of what they what to do!! Do not try to please parents, family members and friends. Study methods: • Do it the night before and you will reap failure! • You need to listen and attend classes by all means. • Attend tutorial groups and do them before hand. • Mind maps • You need to be relaxed when studying; take breaks, walks to calm you down.
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Dudu Ndwandwe.
Graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning. Advice on career choices? Study something that you’re passionate about and you won’t have to stress about job hunting-things will naturally come to you. (Normally it doesn’t work to analyse the market, then take a career you are passionate about) Study methods: Group works always works. Choose friends carefully; be among the winners (slave drivers, hungry for success) Coping (work load and stress) mechanisms Do what works for you (scream, cry, eat, etc) but don’t do too much of it, remember that after all the stressing, work still needs to be done.
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ost students believes that if you are financially challenged your dream to study ends after Matriculating and that finance becomes a barrier that prevents one from furthering his/her studies at universities. But this is always not the case; here is some useful information that will help you get on your horses and chase that dream again. NSFAS National Student financial Aid scheme (NSFAS) is a statutory body, funded primarily by the South African national department of education providing study loans to academically able but financially needy students who wish to study at one of South Africa’s public educational tertiary institutions. South African higher education has appointed some of higher educational institution like UJ, Wits, UP etc. to administer funds on its behalf. NSFAS loan may be used for tuition fees, Books and university accommodation fees and in some institutions it covers meals. If you wish to apply contact your chosen institution for further information www.uj.ac.za
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Funza Lushaka Bursary This is the bursary for students who consider teaching as a career. The Funza Lushaka bursary is administered is administered through NSFAS at Universities and Multi year program that promotes teaching in public schools. Full-cost bursaries are provided are provided by the national department of education and is made available to applicants studying towards a qualification in a teaching field aimed at specializing in a specific priority area. For more information go to www.NSFAS.org.za
NEDBANK bursary This is for students considering: • Accounting and CA studies • Agricultural studies • Economics • Mathematics • Property and construction • Statistics • Actuary science • Computer science • Quantity survey • Engineering • Marketing • Business finance • Business management • Human resources • IT To apply go to Nedbank website www.nedbankgroup.co.za/careers and select bursaries/learnerships and have Ref bursary 2011 handy or www.nedbank.co.za/youth If you are unable to apply online E-mail your documents to CV@theworkingearth.com If you want to find out more bursaries available visit www.uj.ac.za or a website of your preferred institution.
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outh Africa is a diverse country of people with different skills. However it becomes a problem when some skills are scarce due to a number of reasons. This month we are looking at a scarce skill which is Analytical Chemistry, a study of separation, identification and quantification of chemical components of natural and artificial materials. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS use a wide variety of techniques in their analysis including digital microscopes, spectophotometres and chemometrics. We also take a look at a qualified Analytical Chemist Sipho Mokone. QUALIFICATIONS : Diploma in Analytical Chemistry(TUT)2007, BSc in Chemistry (University of Pretoria)2009,Qualified Quality Auditor(SABS)2010 Occupation: Quality Auditor at SABS
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JOB DESCRIPTION: supervisor at a quality control lab (in charge of quality from raw materials used to manufacture products to final products) ADVANTAGES : you can work anywhere including mines, pharmaceuticals, SABS, food security research companies DISADVANTAGES: long hours since you are relying on analytical instruments which can have hiccups anytime. SALARY: it is average but it gets better with experience REQUIREMENTS: good knowledge in Mathematics and Chemistry “People are reluctant to study this course because the two subjects are not easy hence it is a white dominated industry, and schools need to give enough career guidance to learners� We have compiled a quiz to give you a start to see if you are on the right track.
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If you have answered yes to any of these questions, consider Analytic Chemistry as one of your career choices The courses are offered at the following institutions Tshwane University of Technology,National Diploma in Analytical Chemistry(3 year course) contact www.tut.ac.za and University of Pretoria BSc in Chemistry(4 year course)contact www.up.ac.za . Other institutions such as Wits also offer it-for more info go to www.wits.ac.za
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HE REARRANGED MY HAIR (title from Adrian van der Velden) trendyshorthairstyles.blogspot.com/
A nameless lodger boards the boat; broken bottles beneath his coat. Only waves and their distant noise left to grieve for his former joys. He rearranged my hair and taught me how to swear. Fixed my tie and shone my shoes; then told me not to care. Along a half-deserted street; flat cigarettes lay at her feet. A woman with a face as creased as the finger from its ring released. She rearranged my hair and spoke of her affair. Touched my cheek, fed me sweets; then told me not to stare. Michelle Lyn Vahey University of Pretoria
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MOON The earth moves a million light years underneath me while I stay asleep at night; the places where faces move through gravity travel through the dark, over to the distant light. We put our feet down on this blue earth, With dust clouding around our feet; every day there is less death than birth, and the world becomes replete. I wonder if life on the moon would be easy, and whether living there would be right; but now, the earth moves a million light years underneath me while I stay asleep at night. Adrian van der Velden University of Pretoria
Yours is a mind I want to crawl into. To massage the knots of your tangled strandsset them free and lay them out to breathe. If breathing is what water feels like to fish, then streamline yourself to this gaseous concoction and be inspired as though it were me in your socks. I fear, though, that I might overdose on one of our dialoguesand seemingly you could be that rehabilitation. Ours is a work in progress for whose process work makes me look at my reflection on a blank screen and think: “How could you not want me around you… all the time?” I might- you. In fact, if you tried hard enough you can… walk our souls to a corner where size 6 and size 10 meet to just match the colour of our eyes. Bongisa Msutu University of Pretoria
DREAMING OF YOU In sombre slumber When dreams of us abound my mind I walk down the memory lanes Of tomorrow’s happenings. I see the past as our future And look to the future As if it had already passed. www.ladysymphonia.com
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The whispers in my ear That you breathed yesterday Only really happened in my head, But the cruelty of the words we’ve left unsaid Rings, ripples, resonates somewhere Between a reality that lulls me to sleep And a dream that shakes me awake. Mercilessly, this world feeds me truths That compel me to swallow my pride And admit that your comforting lies Won’t do forever. In my mind, we are one. The fingers of my soul Touch the palm of your reluctant hand
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To paint a dream world in which We belong -- to each other. Shuffling feet take hasty steps Toward a nearby future, Somewhere behind us and somewhere ahead. A future whose kaleidoscope of fallacies Flirt with your fear and my fervour Caress our emptiness with conniving conviction To push us towards the grains That would fill the voids. Except the grains too are void. I reach out into the precious vacuum That lies obstinately between us These pretty, pitiful little hands Clutch onto pixie-sized hope And pretend that hope even exists. Then let go of fear And pretend it doesn’t. In the absence of yours, I clasp my own hand In a moment of solemn prayer And watch solemnity turn into Desperate desire. I ache When I wrap my arms around myself Under the glare of fading twilight And the flicker of shooting stars And imagine it’s you there. Sincerely, I implore the heavens
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Not to engulf us in their darkness. -- you’re slipping away... which hurts as if you were really ever in my arms to begin with. In my quiet moments of unseen insanity, I medicate myself with insomnia I beg that it rips me away From this intangible fantasy Of you ever belonging to me. I don’t want to swim Into my subconscious anymore. There, I’m not alone. Your aura fills the moments between my blinks And woos my eyes to close. It bargains with my faltering grip on reality And entices me to submit To the union of my lashes. -- why are you calling me towards you in my dreams, when you can’t ever be there in my waking life? I wish I knew. But I don’t. And my eyes are heavy. You win. Eyes closed... Ithuteng Mashabela UNISA
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African Mining Development Association, Vice Chairman of the Minerals and Mining Development Board advising the Minister of Minerals and Energy and she also was part of the group that draws up the South African Mining Charter and current mining legislation. Radebe is inspiring because her determination to succeed in a field that was male dominated in the 1980’s, yielded unlimited prosperity today. www. Wikipedia.com
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SHEILA CRUMP JOHNSON is the first African-American billionaire. Johnson, who was born January 25 1949, made millions through perusing her passion in music. She and her husband Robert L. Johnson founded the BET. In 1979 Johnson and her husband co-founded the cable TV network Black Entertainment Television (BET). Johnson was BET’s executive vice president for corporate affairs and head of community relations, focusing on issues affecting the communities that BET served. Johnson was passionate about creating shows that catered for AfricanAmericans. She even developed and produced a show called Teen Summit, a show that discussed the different issues that the African-American youth are faced with. In 1999 she left BET to pursue other business ventures. What makes Johnson an inspiring woman are her achievements. Johnson is the CEO of Salamander Hospitality, a company she founded in 2005. The hospitality company consists of a hotel resort, spa and golf course. She was the first female to own a professional basketball team, the Washington Mystics that play in the WNBA. Not only is she a billionaire but she is also a global ambassador for CARE, a humanitarian organization fighting global poverty.
Wangari Maathai Another inspiring woman, is WANGARI MUTA MAATHAI, a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She is well-known for getting Kenyan women to start planting trees in order to combat deforestation. Maathai, who was born in Ihithe village in Kenya on the 1st of April 1940, got a scholarship to study overseas and in 1964. She earned herself a Master of Science in Biological Sciences. She was the first east African woman to hold a doctorate. Maathai is known for her strong willed character and determination, qualities that many women adore her for. She played an important role in empowering women in Kenya. The Green Belt Movement, which she started, has helped plant a lot of trees and has also encouraged people to vote by registering voters for the elections.
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Lubna Hussein LUBNA HUSSEIN is a Sudanese reporter and women’s rights campaigner who made news when she was arrested for wearing trousers. Hussein, who is Muslim, was arrested in 2009 under restrictive decency laws, along with 12 women who wore trousers. In her trial, she spoke out against the oppression of women. She also caused a stir when she publicized her trial/case by printing and emailing 500 invitations cards that said “Sudanese journalist Lubna invites you again to her flogging tomorrow inviting”. Her trial was attended by diplomats, human rights activists and protesters. Hussein’s trial and story brought attention to women rights and got the world speaking, which is what she was aiming for. She became a figure for women’s rights and she stood up for all the women in her country that didn’t have a voice. She truly is inspiring. She was released from custody, however she has been moving house to house because of the threats she has been receiving. But she still hasn’t given up the fight.
J K Rowling This woman has changed the face of literature for the 21st century generation with her series of Harry Potter novels. ROWLING’s life is inspiring because she used her writing talent to turn her life around. Rowling came up with an idea for Harry Potter in 1990 when she was on a train from Manchester to London. When she got back to her flat she began writing out the story of Harry Potter. She already began writing fantasy stories at the age of six and read them to her sister. It was when Rowling was going through a difficult time in her life that she decided to publish her stories. Like many writers Rowling’s novel was turned down by many publishing houses, twelve to be precise. Bloomsbury publishing house in London finally bought into her idea/manuscript. Rowling was told that she might not make money from children’s books, but a few years later she had publishers fighting over the rights to publish her novel. Five months later Harry Potter won awards such as the British Book Award for Children’s Book
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of the Year and the Children’s Book Award. The Harry Potter sequel broke sales records; it sold more than 400 million copies and Rowling was named author of the year in 2000 British Book Awards. Harry Potter took new heights when it was adapted to film in 2001. Warner Bros. purchased the film rights to the first two novels. Rowling got companies such Coca- Cola to donate $18 million to the American charity Reading is Fundamental. Rowling has been hailed for contributing a lot to literature; she even received honorary degrees from numerous universities, like Harvard University. She established charitable trusts to combat poverty and social inequality. Rowling earned over $400 million for the first three Harry Potter books.
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Hawa Abdi HAWA ABDI, M.D. is a Somalian human rights activist and doctor, specializing in
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gynaecology who started a refugee hospital and camp in Somalia. The camp serves 90,000 people affected by the war. Many charities refuse to enter Somalia and help the citizens because of the war. Abdi began her humanitarian work in 1983 by opening a one-room clinic on her family farm that would help refugees that are need of medical help, e.g. war injuries, diseases. She was/is helped by her daughters Deqo and Amina, who are also doctors. What makes Abdi an extraordinary woman, is that she is one of Somalia’s first female gynaecologists. She has dedicated her life to serving her fellow Somalians by providing them with food and clean water and she does all this on her own savings and donations. Abdi even runs a school and literacy classes for women and she campaigns against female genital mutilation. Abdi brings hope where hope can easily be lost.
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AN ANNUAL CAMP FOR TEENAGE GIRLS BY THE ORGANISATION SHE RELATES OF TUKS hen you are a young woman, there is always something enticing and thrilling about the prospect of the future with regard to putting all your feminine charm, intelligence and uniqueness to work. Academics, personal-wellbeing and the potential of being an individual worth high reckoning in the work-force were the focal points of this camp for the young girls of She Relates. 30 girls were assembled from two different schools in Mamelodi by order of achievement.
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The camp was held at the Mamelodi campus and lasted 4 days, where gardening, talks with established and influential women were had. New forms of exercise were explored, and games were played. The camp ended with the young ladies feeling invigorated, with fresh dreams, and aspirations of new heights. This camp is aimed at youths aged 14-20. This camp is a great way for friends to have their unsaved friends experience the unity and love that comes with being in a relationship with God. It also a camp to help young people reignite their passion for Christ. People have a load of fun , with new friends to be made, awesome experiences to be had and a new outlook on life as you are taught the value system of living the right and fruitful way.
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he month of August is dedicated to celebrating past and present works of inspirational women residing in South Africa. We celebrate their lives for we wish to sustain their legacies so that this generation of young women is stirred to produce even greater works. In keeping with the August theme of celebrating great works by women MiCampus took the joyous task of reviewing two novels written by Zukiswa Wanner and Angelina Sithebe.
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admits to have constructed by watching people in coffee shops around the city. The book is centred on the lives of three men who become connected to each other through friendship and relationships. Zukiswa writes about the challenges facing men in South Africa and how society influences on the decisions they make. Through Mfundo’s character who is one of the three men characters, Zukiswa deals with the issue a of modern man who decides that he does not want to be a bread winner anymore and would rather stay at home and look after his first born. The book also deals with issues of culture and sexuality, specifically the gay issue. An issue that South Africa as a society is still getting its head around. Zukiswa has done her best on this novel using
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ngelina Sithebe who was born in Soweto and a graduated from Brooklyn College in New York has published her novel Holy Hill which is set around a girl called Nana and her struggles of attempting to survive and fit in the world while on the other hand she has connections to the spiritual world. Nana uses her spiritual powers to avenge herself from those who treat her wrongly but she fails to move beyond that and uses her powers for the greater good. The author’s choice of narration style portrays Nana as this feebly weak individual who has been done wrong all her life and has no fighting power. One cannot help but feel sorry
for the lead character when the whole world around her doesn’t even try to understand her but also the author failed to give Nana her own voice in her adult life. Throughout the novel the lead is portrayed as someone who has no control over her world and what happens in it, she is depicted as someone with no sense of responsibility for her own actions, specifically her sexual relations with men and her inability to choose what she wants for herself. In contrast she becomes a weakling drowning in depression and misery. The author can be given credit for exposing the unfairness and cruelty that is aligned with boarding schools all done in the name of religion. The author also cares to expose the debates around foreigners who come into the country in search of better opportunities and believing that they are better than South Africans while they have fled from their own country escaping wars and poverty imposed by their own leaders.
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t is rugby season, the perfect time to get a bit rough, boys and girls. Whether you will be participating in games or having fun as a spectator, either choice will be a great way to celebrate the worldrenowned sport. The IRB Rugby World Cup is only a few days away, so before the real party begins, Micampus is going to equip you with some rugga background and basics. Origins of rugby The origin of rugby started as an incident during a game of English school football at Rugby School somewhere in Britain during 1823 when William Webb-Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it. Although this tale is anecdotal, the Rugby World Cup trophy was named after him. Rugby grew through the years and kept making history one tournament after the other. The
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New Zealand 1905 touring team performed a haka before each match, leading Welsh Rugby Union administrator Tom Williams to suggest that Wales player Teddy Morgan lead the crowd in singing the Welsh National Anthem, Hen WladFyNhadau, as a response to the New Zealanders’ war cry. After Morgan began singing, the crowd joined in, and this was the first time a national anthem was sung at the start of a sporting event. In 1987, the first Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand and Australia, and the first official winners of the tournament were New Zealand. Rugby was known as an amateur sport until the IRB declared the game ‘open’ in 1995, removing restrictions on payments to players, officially putting the tournament at the same international level as soccer. South Africa went
on to win the 1995 tournament, and dedicated the Cup to Nelson Mandela. South Africa repeated history by claiming the cup again in 2007 in France. Now that you are well acquainted with the history, you might want to familiarise yourself with the terminology and the rugby basics. To get you on the right track early, here are the four most important parts of rugby you may need to know before watching a match. • LINEOUT: this is when both teams line up opposite each other, but one team then throws the ball down the middle of the tunnel. Line-outs restart play after the ball, or a player carrying it, has gone out of bounds. • MAUL: this happens when a player carrying the ball is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball-carrier’s teammates bind on the ball-carrier. All the players involved are on their feet and moving toward a goal line. Open play has ended. • RUCK: One or more players from each team, who are on their feet and in contact, close around
the ball on the ground. Once a ruck has been formed, players cannot use their hands to get the ball, only their feet. • SCRUM: A contest for the ball involving eight players who bind together and push against the other team’s assembled eight for possession of the ball. Scrums restart play after certain minor infractions. Ever wondered what all that rugby jargon meant while attempting to watch a game? Well here is some terminology to help you keep up with the commentators, or even your friends. • OFFSIDE: A player is offside in general play if he is in
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• KNOCK ON: If a player drops the ball ‘forward’ – that is, towards the opposing team’s try line – or loses possession of the ball and it goes forward, a scrum is set, with the non-offending team getting the scrum feed. • What goes on at the tackle: A tackle occurs when a standing player (the tackled player) is held by one or more opponents and brought to the ground, and/or the ball touches the ground. Any opponents of the tackled player who go to ground are known as tacklers. • FOUL PLAY: Play deemed by the referee as being dangerous, obstructive, unfair play or misconduct. The offending player is penal-
ised, possibly sent to the sin bin or even sent off. The Rugby World Cup will be held in New Zealand, and everybody, non-rugby fans included, are excited to find out if South Africa will be able to retain their position as the cup holders. Have fun and participate in the world cup spectacle. As South Africans know, there is nothing like a braai and a rugby game to bring people together.