Navigating Life Using Heritage Orientation Week is a vital component to the future wellbeing of the first year student. It spans over five days, days during which the novice scholar is taught the ins and outs of his or her campus. The scholar learns to better navigate his or her way around the lecture halls, the eateries and particular hotspots around the campus. Furthermore, he learns of the different socities that range from culture, sports and personal interests. Universities use the Orientation Week to equip new students with the neccesary knowledge to help them fit into the life of varsity,which is seemingly fast and intolerable to a stranger whilst bearing in mind the different backgrounds from which each new student comes from. These backgrounds are a product of culture and heritage. Where you come from affects, dearly, your current livehood and the choices of life that are laden before you. And varsity is far from being different. In order to know what will grab your attention from all the interesting things seen during Orientation Week, you need to know what makes you who you are. That is, you need to know the valus that encompass and safeguard your being. These values are directly milked from your culture and heritage. In this issue of miCampus, we delve into the cultural life of a univevrsity student and learn what influences his or her heritage. Enjoy learning about the next person's culture as you page through this edition and keep in mind the historical sages' say, "Know where you come from in-order to know where you are going"
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Res Culture on Campus Cultutal Diversity in South African Universities Varsity Footbal Self-dependency vs Group-dependency Culture and heritage: Student Opinions Celebrations Arbor Week Identity Crisis: Izikhothane Esther Mahlangu an Inspirational Woman Our skin colour, our Culture I found a solution to my foot miPostgraduate Scholarships Top 10 Best Universities in the World miPostgraduate Bursaries miCultural Societies What is a Resource Economist? Celebrating our Heritage through threads Students Clothing The Heat Movie My Life on Campus Cassper Nyovest
FREE IN OUR DEC 2013 ISSUE HURRY
writes Nontobeko S Lekhuleni
Res Culture on your campus, What It is quite interesting to look at the different residents and get to see their different personalities, from its funky or conservative name to its entirely different culture.
I got to talk with two students to find out about their residents and how they are different from one another, and to learn about the different cultures of each.
Mamokete Nkaole. I stay at South Point, My name is
Norvic in Braamfontein. I am doing my second year at Wits. I have been staying at South Point for 3 months now. Last year I stayed at a different place (flats). South Point is way better than my previous place almost on every department. My previous apartment had a very poor I fell in love with south point immediately after viewing their buildings because of the professional staff, the super clean hallways and overall student accommodation feeling that it has to it. The rooms provide huge study desks which is convenient when you have many books. The maintenance is excellent on the building. We don’t have our own bathrooms or kitchens, but that helps us see and familiarise with each other constantly. Those are the main places to meet as Resmates and chit-chat. It makes the place feel less lonely. The TV rooms also help build social bridges between us. The fact that we share a TV keeps us disciplined and considerate of others. My main concern with South point would be the water problems. By 8 am we are already out of hot water and that is a huge inconvenience when your classes are starting late. What would you say is the culture at you Res and how is it special?
Keabetwe Moletsane
Name: Name and location of Res: Asterhof in Hatfield, Pretoria How long have you stayed at your Res? This is my second year there What makes it a particularly different and preferable, comparing it with other residents? The Res I went to in my first year is Tuks Naledi and comparing it with Asterhof, it is very family orientated. What would make someone choose it over other residents? Asterhof is very quiet and an ideal place to study.
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What would you say is the culture at you Res and how is it special? Asterhof is very homey; we treat each other like sisters there. We have so much respect for each other and each other space. That is it from our Res students. Having a variety of residents, gives students a choice to live where they best fit in, with the different cultures and altogether different environment, it is an interesting and wonderful way of helping to discover ‘you’ in your varsity journey.
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Cultural Diversity in So writes Pilanathi Rasmeni
South African universities have different campus student societies or organisations that promote and celebrate cultural diversity to bring about a multi-cultural society within university. Noting the history of racial discrimination and tribal conflicts in South Africa, it can then be said that different universities inspired the creation of different societies to instil a new culture of tolerance in order to embrace cultural diversity and to unify different racial and tribal groups to attain social cohesion. Xhosa Cultural Union of Students (University of Witwatersrand) For instance, in the Witwatersrand University, Xhosa Cultural Union of Students (XCUS) officially came into being October 2001. It is pointed out that Xhosa Cultural Union of Students (XCUS) “was formed by a group of WITS students who felt deeply about cultural up-liftment and development, and the lack thereof on campus. It was this premise that gave impetus to the formation of this society.� The advocates of this cultural union suggest that the fundamental principle of this union is the desire to promote and preserve our indigenous cultures and languages. Even though this society focuse on Xhosa speaking, what it promote and aim to preserve is the culture to embrace indigenous not only Xhosa language.
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outh African Universities Centre for the Advancement of Non-racialism and Democracy (NMMU) The Centre for the Advancement of Non-racialism and Democracy (CANRAD) is one of the centres in Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University that works with the Art and Culture department to create programmes that enable a platform of engagement to provide critical cultural consciousness in order to have a multi-cultural society. CANRAD also work with Culture consciousness society that is aimed at educating students about different cultures, history and art being done by different cultural groups through poetry and engagement. Culture Consciousness also visits high school in different group in South Africa.
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It’s the end of the Wits in the 2013 V ball Challenge.
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The 8-team Varsity Football series has now e succumbed to 4-1 and 2-0 defeats to NWU-M Braamies clinched an away 1-0 win over UC against UWC, NMMU and UFS. In their final game on 2 September to TUT in P in the second week of September. In the end The nine-week tournament is loosely based o the competition, as well as the semi-finals and Fixtures and results: • Round 1 Mon 22 July Wits 0 - 4 NWU-M • Round 2 Mon 29 July Tuks 2 - 0 Wits • Round 3 Mon 5 Aug UCT 0 - 1 Wits • Round 4 Mon 12 Aug Wits 0 - 2 UWC
Wits vs NWU - Mafikeng
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ended and it has proved to be a tough going for Wits. The pride of Braamfontein Mafikeng and UP-Tuks in their opening and 2nd games respectively. Although the CT in their Round 3 clash in Cape Town, they subsequently stumbled to losses
Pretoria, the Witsies pride was at stake as they could no longer make the play-offs it was a bridge too far, Wits going down 3-0 to the Pretoria boys. on rugby’s Varsity Cup format. Two games are broadcast live every Monday during d the final on 16 September. • Round 5 Mon 19 Aug NMMU 4 - 1 Wits • Round 6 Mon 26 Aug Wits 0 - 2 UFS Mafikeng • Round 7 Mon 2 Sept TUT 3 - 0 Wits Semi-finals and finals on 9 and 16 Sept respectively
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Self- dependency vs. writes Nontobeko S Lekhuleni
Studying can be depressing sometimes. You worry about how to cover the work load you have, how it becomes too much, and you end up just leaving it and resolve to procrastination- the thief of time. It is better to focus on the way you go about studying, it can help you to be more effective.
Advantages of Self-dependency
Studying on your own can helpful because: • You can work at the pace you are comfortable with • You can always stick to the timetable you plan for yourself • You don’t have to set appointments and work out a schedule according to when others are available • Allows you to be more focused and disciplined, you don’t have the distraction of talking outside of what you studying • Allows you to cover more work What to consider: • You must always be up to date and consistent with your work • You must consult with tutors and lectures as frequent as possible • You must be disciplined • It may waste time to understand material
What to consider:
• You must always be up to date and consistent with your work • You must consult with tutors and lectures as frequent as possible • You must be disciplined • It may waste time to understand material
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Studying as a group can helpful because: • It encourages participation, you become active rather than passive • Allows you to have a different perspective of a concept , because you can be wrong • Encourages critical thinking • Allows you to share the work load and learn faster • Allows you to have a deeper understanding of the concepts • Allows you to teach and learn from each other. • Allows you to learn new study skills • Enables you to overcome procrastination • Minimizes stress and anxiety
What to consider:
• You must do your own individual studying to be able to participate effectively • You must choose reliable study partners • You must be humble enough to learn and respect other people’s viewpoints • You must respect time and know how much work needs to be covered within a certain period of time • You must be active in your participation so that you learn, it won’t help if you don’t use the people you studying with • You have to establish a schedule as a group and be in agreement • Limit the number of group members, can be in a range of 4-6,it will help you to be manageable, controlled and more focused as you want to be effective, not just a socialy dependant parasite
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Culture and Heritage: s writes Nontobeko S Lekhuleni
Sometimes I wonder about how I’ve come to be a Swati girl from Mpumalanga, now living in Johannesburg, and speaking a very mixed siSwati language. It is amazing how when you come to speak to other siSwati speaking people, you realise how little you know about your own culture. Culture being the way of living, feeds of directly from our heritage, being values and guidelines that we inherit from our ancestral roots. These two factors are vital pre-requisites to our norms and standards. Culture and heritage are what has contributed into making us who we are and what we are proud of today. I spoke to different people to try to understand what their views are concerning culture and heritage, and what these two words mean to them. Name and Surname: Le-Anne Poswelletski. Field and Year of Study: I am studying Psychology 4th year. Where do you originate from?: I originate from South Africa, Johannesburg. My grandparents were Jewish, they were born in Lithuania and fled from there to come to South Africa during the holocaust. Tell us a bit moreabout the social habits of your grandparents and or/ great grandparents, the food they ate and the language they spoke: My grandparents spoke Hebrew, Yiddish, German, and English. When they came to South Africa, they learnt Zulu and Xhosa. My grandparents passed away when I was a young child, however, my mother told me her parents would make all the traditional Jewish foods such as gfilte fish, kreplach and challah. I definitely still live by the values that my grandparents believed in which are living a Jewish lifestyle and helping the community at large. That is my culture. My religious background plays a big role in who I am as well, Judaism has taught me to always be tolerant of all individuals that I interact with and to not be judgemental of them. From my grandparents they instilled in me the value of caring and assisting the underprivileged which has influenced me to be involved in many outreach programmes.
How do you feel about historical sites,that is, places, buildings or monuments in South Africa that commemorate an important person or event in history? I studied Archaeology as my other major in my BSc degree, therefore when I see a south African monument, I get very excited since the monument has a great history and a story behind it that represents hardship and struggle but also shows how far South Africans have come as a united nation. What does heritage mean to you? Celebrating heritage day is about embracing cultural diversity and being to be a part of the South African nation.
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student opinions Name and Surname: Ncobile Dlozi Field and year of Study: Science ( BSc in Geology) Where do you originate from? I am from Mpumalanga, Mozambique by origin, that is in terms of my parents. I do not know Moz. , I have never been there. Tell us more about the social habits of your granparents and/ or great grandparents, the food they ate and the language they spoke?:Food, not much of traditional food, I am familiar with umcomboti (beer), a lot of green food and savouries incorporated with mealies and mealie bread. I guess there is a lot hey, I just do not know most of their names. How has it contributed to your life? I now know I do not like fast foods because of growing up around my grandparents. Culture includes your beliefs and religion, things you inherit from your home, how has that affected your life? There are superstitions that I grew up believing but as time went on I started questioning them and concluded that some of the things are not true. However, some of the valid beliefs of theirs I still keep. Actually I know that most of the things are not true but I choose to keep them, just for control. How do you feel about historical sites, that is places, buildings or monuments in South Africa that commemorate a person or an important event in history? I get excited. It's sort of natural how I really get excited of these monuments. I love them, they make me proud to a South African. What does heritage day mean to you? It defines the way of living for an ethnic group and how within that group, values are passed down from generation to generation. Going on a national level, heritage includes all cultures and historical places and monuments and also national holidays.
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ARBOR WEEK, 0 writes Nqobile Khoza
According to the National Department of Water and Environmental Affairs the National Arbor Week (Iviki Lezihlahla) serves to promote awareness for the need to plant and maintain indigenous trees throughout South Africa, especially for the many disadvantaged communities who often live in barren areas. Every Arbor Week celebration highlights two specific trees, one common and one rare species. Arbor Week intend to: Promote a better understanding of trees; particularly indigenous trees highlight the important role trees play in sustainable development and the livelihoods of people and their environment Encourage communities to participate in various greening activities within their own surroundings and Raise awareness of South Africa’s urban greening initiatives. The week 1-7 September was not just a special week in the plant world, students across the country also dedicated their time to planting trees and learning about the environment.
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01 - 07 SEPTEMBER University of Stellenbosch In the spirit of fighting climate change and in turn fight the impact that carbon emissions have on climate change. The University of Stellenbosch planted trees. These Trees were planted as part of Arbour Week (1 – 7 September 2013) celebrations. This initiative is called “Trees for green travellers” and various academics, researchers and departments take part. Other trees were planted in loving memory of the faculty staff members that recently passed away.
University of KwaZulu Natal The University of KwaZulu Natal celebrated arbour week differently. Students from the Edgewood Campus participated in a poster-designing competition at the Student Union’s Amphitheatre on September 2 that was organised Edgewood Environmental Forum (EEF). The students poster’s themes included regeneration, photosynthesis, pollution, sun, warm, butterflies, absorb and insects. The winning group, with the topic of absorb, consisted of Bachelor of Education students: Ms Elise Abraham, Ms Cherazal Sewpal and Ms Calisha Nardyan. Dr Joy Coleman, a Lecturer in Biological Sciences Education at Edgewood said that the poster competition aimed to bring a student focus to Arbor Day and promote conservancy.
The universities of Johannesburg, Pretoria and Witwatersrand partnered in creating the awareness about the Importance of preserving plant life. This event took place on the 6th of September at the Johannesburg Zoo. Two-thousand pupils were hosted and taught about cherishing the environment and ways to protect it from vandalism, littering and by-law vandalism. The event included exhibitions at the band stand by stakeholders such as, Trees for Africa, Grow a Tree, Miss Earth, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South African National Biodiversity Institute and Rand Water.
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Identity Crisis: iz
writes Nosipho Radebe
The environment around a person nurtures and usually dictates the type of being he or she might become. In a country like South Africa the tradition of oral storytelling is well practiced and many people learn from stories told to them. These stories carry information and ideas about life and living and shared customs, traditions and memories passed on from parents to children. Culture is not static but always is always changing as each generation contributes its experience of the world and discards things that are no longer useful to them. Many South Africans still practice their traditions as the law also allows for such practice. Customary law governs the practices of indigenous people. But what about those who are born into a certain tradition but do not practice it? What is the role of tradition in modern society? When you think of tradition you think of the customs and practices that are passed down from one generation to another. The youth are the new leaders and new contributors in their communities and the world. So what could be said about the youth in South Africa?
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zikhothane South Africa coined a term to describe the youth, one that describes those born post-apartheid and liberated. The term used to describe children born post 1994 is the 'born-free' generation. Right now the one word that could be used to describe this generation is Izikhotane. In this current Born Free generation we can see a total disregard for the past sacrifices and the people around us, living instead for themselves and to impress others. With this attitude there is little hope in this generation. The confusion with this generation is whether their current lifestyle is an adoption of modern thinking or disregard for traditional thinking? With most things in life, only time will tell. For now though what can be said about this generation is that they need to tread lightly. Tradition and society are meant to be intertwined as they are interlinked ideas. The role of tradition is to keep order and certainty for the future. Without either the future seems almost unbearable to think about.
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Esther Mahlangu: An Inspirati
writes Pilanathi Rasmeni
Even though other tribes no longer follow their traditions and culture, the Ndebele tribe still preserves its culture and it goes from mother to daughter. As a young woman reaches puberty she withdraws from male society for three months and is taught the ceremonial patterns of Ndebele beadwork—in the nineteenth century this tradition was extended to decorative wall paintings, also executed exclusively by the Ndebele women. Born in 1935, Esther lives in the village of Weltevrede (Afrikaans for well satisfied) in the KwaMahlanga district in Mpumalanga Province. In Art Exhibition, Esther Mahlangu said “My mother and grandmother taught me to paint when I was ten years old. I have been busy with it ever since and have always liked it. When I am painting my heart is very wide, it reaches out. It makes me feel very, very happy.” Art Exhibition stated that, in 1991 she was invited to paint a prototype of the new BMW 525i model. Esther's car, eleventh in the Art Car Collection, was the first to be decorated by a woman artist and as a black woman artist from a little-known South African community to be included in a prestigious international artistic line-up of artists including Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and David Hockney made this fact all the more exceptional.
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n, arranging an exhibition of Esther’s k is no easy task as she spends alt as much time abroad as at home. In wo years that have elapsed since her Cape Town show, she has exhibited in Germany, France, Switzerland and USA. At seventy years of age, Esther inues working and teaching, spending precious time in between international bitions at home in Mabhoko in Mpuanga making art. Apart from making gallery art, she also makes time to orate her house in the traditional Ndestyle, attracting visitors from all over world to her village and her home. r societies can continue to have peoike Esther, that plays a bigger role of g a teacher to people from around her ety about art work even though she ’t go to school, a South African artist eptional ambassador, world traveller beloved grandmother then this nacan be successful. In it, there will be more complaints pertaining to governt's fail to deliver, high rate of poverty crime as everyone would take a step move out of his or her comfort zone do something that will make change. nge not only to him or herself but to r people as well.
CAART said, Esther Mahlangu is an important proponent of this tradition. She draws freehand, without first measuring or sketching, using luminous and high-contrast vinyl paints that lend extraordinary vigor to her murals. While at a glance purely abstract, her compositions are built upon a highly inventive system of signs and symbols. Mahlangu is the first Ndebele artist to transpose wall paintings onto canvases and to take the conventions of her artwork into the larger arena. People like Esther Mahlangu are inspiring everyone to stand up and do something about their lives no matter how old or young they are. There are people that didn’t go to school yet are professional bricklayers, poets, writers, singers and even political leaders. These activists realise their ability to cling to survival and end up being well known leaders that inspire others to make use of their talents no matter how minute they may be and strive to develop these talents as time goes. Esther Mahlangu has proven this by making the Ndebele culture proud and well known nation-wide. Due to this woman, Africa as a whole feels inspired to be placed on the world map, and rightfuly so.
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Our skin color, our culture Our skin color our culture The in-depth meaning of our ancestors Our skin color our culture The two membranes, with the memories that reflects our traditions Our beliefs and the combination of our conventions Our bright colors that gives birth to a rainbow nation Yet our loud voices are transmitted through eleven languages Through the image we portray we amaze the universe Ngo thando olubanzi olujulile nje nga manzi ase mzansi Umona phansi wozani ni zojabula nathi nga lesi iskhathi In an occasion when our respectable mountains swallow boys and then spit them as man Not forgetting the Umhlanga ceremony which motivates girls to stay pure When we cold we get warmed by the blankets of ‘Basotho’ We applaud and appreciate the respect we get taught by ‘AbeZulu’ We are motivated by the ‘go getter attitude’ we witness through’ AbeXhosa’ We thank the care we receive from vatsonga The beauty of “Batswana” dance and their singing that keeps our feet tapping We thank the humbleness of the ‘Swati’ nation We thank the knowledge we’ve gained from the English and Afrikaners The Indian halal chilies that keep our love fire burning The colorful Ndebele round huts that makes us feel at home The’Vhavhenda’ domba initiation which teaches our youth to respect themselves Thanks to the leadership of King Sekhukhune After all ukhamba ne goma always illustrate ukuthi we happy and siyabonga Ngo ku zithoba inhlanla izocoma Our skin color our culture The in-depth meaning of our ancestors Our skin color our culture The two membranes, with the memories that reflects my traditions Our beliefs and the combination of our conventions
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o Cage
I found a solution for my feet Greetings, avuxeni, mollwini, sawubona, dumelang, lotshani, ndi matsheloni I dug deep down the roots of a tree and found boots I found a solution for my feet For the feet that were worn to shreds, for the feet that were frozen cold For the feet that I couldn’t tread with nor stand with I found boots which are my culture I found boots that helped me gain my true identity, strength, purpose and direction Because before me it was dark now I live in a bright and colorful nation I live in a nation that has 11 communication channel stations I live in a nation were ubuntu is pure gold and there’s no need for purification I live in a nation were through cultural education we understand each other and represent dedication May I testify Please don’t criticize but rectify Somewhere In the diversity of our cultures I have identified Yes between our customs, ancestors there is a link that justify our click A click which unit us, into one big colorful family called a rainbow nation Because fact is inside our skins our blood is red and our fingers got nails Carbon dioxide is what we exhale I live in a nation that teaches us to maintain loyalty I live in a nation were customs, wisdom, beliefs, are located in our kingdom May be the link is through the guilty of the life we scarifies of an animal For our ancestors to gave blessing and freedom May be is through musical sounds May be through the beats that cause our feet to move in motion of the melody of the beat of our cultural music May be through the food we get fed Within me I dug deep down the roots of a tree and found boots I found a solution for my feet I a found a proud Tsonga
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miPostgraduate Scholarships Fuchs Doctoral Scholarships 2013 ELIGIBILITY The Carl Fuchs and Emily Fuchs Doctoral Scholarships are available to post-graduate students who have already, or intend to register for Doctoral studies at a local South African university/university of technology only (and not for any studies abroad). FIELDS OF STUDY The two scholarships are awarded bi-annually, in any academic field of study/Doctoral program formally registered with a South African university. The Foundation annually invites applications from the various faculties at all local Higher Education institutions and the scholarships are then awarded for studies in the following/ensuing academic year SCHOLARSHIP VALUE: R100 000 per annum for each of the two scholarships TENURE Each scholarship is awarded for a period of 2 years, of which the second round is payable at the discretion of the Foundation and subject to satisfactory academic performance (based on the submission of a progress report and as motivated/substantiated by the Promoter of the student). Any extension thereafter is at the sole discretion of the Foundation CLOSING DATE The closing date for applications is 13:00 on Friday, 4 October 2013 and no late applications will be considered. Applications should be submitted by mail directly to: Doctoral Scholarships, The Carl & Emily Fuchs Foundation P O Box 1910, Halfway House, 1685.
DFL UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE ADMISSIONS AND SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS 2014 VISION To be Africa’s leader in an interdisciplinary and integrated approach to Applied Drama, Arts Education and Drama Therapy. MISSION Drama for Life enhances dialogue for purposes of social transformation through research, teaching, learning and community engagement. We achieve this through a
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critical reflexive and therapeutic approach that relates to current social realities and the rich indigenous knowledge of Africa. 2014 ACADEMIC CURRICULUM 1. BADA/BAPVA Applied Drama 2. BADA/BAPVA Drama Therapy 3. Advanced Diploma in the Arts (Applied Drama) 4. BA (Hons) in the field of Applied Drama: Theatre in Education, Communities and Social Contexts 5. BA (Hons) in the field of Drama Therapy 6. MA in the field of Applied Drama: Theatre in Education, Communities and Social Contexts. 7. MA in the field of Drama Therapy 8. PhD in the field of Applied Drama: Theatre in Education, Communities and Social Contexts DATES AND DEADLINES Closing dates for the applications for Advanced Diploma, Honours, Postgrad Diploma, Masters and PhD: 30th November 2013 (South Africans Only) 31st October 2013 (International students) PG Merit Award Applications: closing date: 31. October 2013 http://www.wits.ac.za/financialaid/postgraduate/forms/11616/application_forms.html HAWORTH / WAHL SCHOLARSHIP Apply to For Attention: Ria Visser WAHL SCHOLARSHIP Private Bag X5 Menlo Park 0102 Email: rvisser@fnb.co.za 1) Peter Haworth Memorial Scholarship (male and female postgraduates) 2) Cicely Haworth Wahl Scholarship (female postgraduates) 3) Robert and Cicely Wahl Scholarship (male and female postgraduates) Availability Scholarships are tenable at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford or London only. Candidates must be postgraduates of a South African university. Annual value Variable Closing date 31 December TATA AFRICA SCHOLARSHIP Annual value Honours R25, 000 Apply to Master’s R30, 000 Department of Research Capacity Development Doctoral R50, 000 Main Building 1314, South Campus, NMMU Applications open Email: rcd@nmmu.ac.za January 2014 (date to be confirmed) Tel: (041) 504-2538 Closing date Availability Early March 2014 (date to be confirmed) • Postgraduate students ( Honours/BTech; Master’s/MTech and Doctoral) • South African Citizens only • Applications will be short-listed based on both academic excellence and financial need • Preference will be given to previously disadvantaged students • Registered Full-time students • Any field of study (excluding religious and defense studies)
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To p 1 0 B e s t U n i ve r writes Ayanda Mahlaba
Information quouted from the recebt QS World University Rankings 2013/14 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Received an overall score of 100.0 and is located in the USA. The mission of MIT is to advance and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
2. Harvard University. Received an overall score of 99.2 and is located in the USA. Harvard is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines which make a difference globally. 3. University of Cambridge. Received an overall score of 99.0 and is located in the UK. The University of Cambridge is one of the oldest universities in the world and one of the largest in the UK. Its reputation for academic achievement is known world-wide and reflects the intellectual achievement of it students, as well as the world-class original and research carriied out by the staff of the University and the Colleges.
4. UCL (University College London). Received an overall score of 98.9 and is located in the UK. UCL is a multidisciplinary university with an international reputation for the quality of its teaching and research across the academic spectrum.
5. Imperial College London. Received an overall score of 98.8 and is located in the UK. It is a university of world-class scholarship, education and research in science, engineering and medicine, with particular regard to their application in industry and commerce and healthcare.
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rsities in the World 6. University of Oxford. Received an overall score of 98.7 and is located in the UK. It's the oldest university in the English-speaking world and lays claim to nine centuries of continuous existence. as an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research, Oxford attracts students and scholars from across the globe, with almost a quarter of their students from overseas.
7. Stanford University. Received an overall score of 96.8. and is located in the USA. It was founded in 1885, is recognized as one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions, with one of the most renowned faculties in the nation.
8. Yale University. Received an overall score of 96.5 and is located in the USA. It was founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School in the home of Abraham Pierson, its first rector, in Killingworth, Connecticut.
9. University of Chicago. Received an overall score of 96.2 and is located in the USA. It was founded in 1890 by the American Baptist Education Society and oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, who later described the University of Chicago as the best investment he ever made.
10. California Institute of Technology (CALTECH). Received an overall score of 96.1 and is located in the USA. The mission of CALTECH is to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research intergrated with teaching.
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miPostgraduate Bursaries writes Nyiko Cage
BILL VENTER / FAK MUSIC BURSARY FOR FURTHER OVERSEAS STUDIES Apply to The Representative FAK Music Committee PO Box 2655 Brooklyn Square 0075 Tel: (012) 326-8646 Fax: (012) 326-9171 Email: fak@fak.org.za Website: www.fak.org.za Availability One bursary awarded to a student with exceptional achievements and talent to further musical studies overseas. The winner must be willing and available to perform at a concert or other functions in S.A. Annual value R20, 000 Closing date 15 November
WHAT ABOUT BURSARIES? The Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme for Teachers enables students of high academic promise and commitment to undertake initial teacher education and upon qualification to enter the service of provincial departments of education. The bursaries are designed to help meet the national need for high caliber teachers in priority areas. For more information go to the website www.funzalushaka.doe.gov.za. Besides the usual merit bursaries of the University, the Faculty of Education also offers bursaries to students performing well in their studies. Contact the bursary office at 011 559 3769 or at email address financialaid@uj.ac.za. Apart from the above-mentioned bursary options, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) may be contacted at 011 559
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3642/3906/4035/3768/3578 on the Auckland Park Campus (APK) and 011 559 5507/5509 on the Soweto Campus (SWC). Email: nsfas@uj.ac.za Closing date for bursary applications is 1 November 2013. Please note: Students must pay their own registration fees irrespective of whether they have applied for bursaries. The registration fee this year was R3350.00. This amount will increase in 2014. You may phone the Enrolment Centre at 011 559 4555 or email myfuture@uj.ac.za to enquire about the registration fee for 2014. THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN ASSOCIATION FOR LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENCES (SAALED) Apply to SAALED National Office PO Box 55023 Northlands, 2116 Tel: (011) 325-2406 Fax: 086 1681 3547 E-mail: membership@saaled.org.za Website: www.saaled.org.za Availability The applicant must be at an institution recognized by SAALED and the diploma/ degree course shall be in the area of Special Education/Learner Support and/or Inclusive Education. Annual value R6,000 Closing date 31 October
Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Bursary for 2014 30 September 2013 Western Cape Public Works Bursary for 2014 30 September 2013 Limpopo Public Works Department Bursary for 2014 31 October 2013 The Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education Bursaries for 2014 31 October 2013 Project Naledi Bursary for 2014 31 October 2013 Other websites you can visit and see what they have in store Funza Lushaka Bursary for 2014 Notice www.sabursaries.com Transnet Bursary for 2013 and 2014 www.sabursaries.com Gauteng Government Bursary to Study Medicine in Cuba in 2014 www.sabursaries.com
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MiCampus Cultural Societies
writes Nosipho Radebe
Republic Of China Students Association at the University of Cape Town
Green Campus Initiative (GCI) (UCT)
Project W (Wits) Amnesty International (Wits)
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UCT Film Society
“His humility will sustain him, his talent will continue to feed him, and his ambition will forever guide him. You say you fear failure my king, we all do. Mine to you is to advice you to put everything in yours and the Higher Power you believe in, in place� - Tebogo Kgarume
“No South African
Student Should stay at home because they don’t have money for tertiary fees, there is a lot of money out there”
writes William George
What is a Resource Economist? Economics studies deals with scarcity, scarcity of resources that we have in our society. This is not only a national issue, but an international problem. There are people who deal with this profession of analysing and reviewing the resources we have and need to preserve, they are: Resource Economists. Their profession focuses on achieving the sustainable development goals, in developing countries such as South Africa.
– www.billdodgeautogroup.com
A Resource Economist works with creating policies and interpreting on how the micro and macroeconomics operates in terms of resources. From the dissemination of raw materials to how firms allocate them and how they are delivered as final products. Resource economists play the major role on weighing options, predictions and helping with revealing best choices on how these products and services should be allocated.
They help in explaining how we can They do research and introduce pospreserve andhelp use naturalhow resources sible ways in which the society can They in our explaining we can sparingly, in particular, the non-renewapreserve and use our natural resources utilize their resources in order to ble resources that have intheour sociesparingly, in we particular, non-renewamake sure that the next generation ty. Some these resources arein provided bleofresources that we have our society.has enough resources to sustain their by nature and are limited. Humans use by Some of these resources are provided livelihood. A resource Economist decithese resources and at times they ex-these nature and are limited. Humans use ploit them. Non-renewable are resources and at timesresources they exploit them.sions affect the entire society, so they the ones that need to be preserved the weigh options carefully and make sure Non-renewable resources are the ones that most, such as coal, petroleum and many need to be preserved the most, such as that the sustainable development key others. coal, These resources limited a petroleum andare many others.inThese is reached. sense that nature is no longer able to reresources are limited in a sense that nature produceis them, so able some no longer to scientific reproduce measthem, so ures have to be taken in order to recreate some scientific measures have to be taken them orinreplace with similar alter-them order to them recreate them or replace natives.with These arealternatives. some of the renewsimilar These are some able resources: water, animals, forests of the renewable resources: water, animals, and others. forests and others.
- www.climatesshifts.org
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Celebrating our heritage through threads writes Sibongiseni Khumalo
"if you know your history, then you'll know where you're going", the legendary Bob Marley said. Today most South Africans celebrate their heritage in many different ways. Some use music as a tool, dancing, others clothing and many other forms of art. So why not look back, learn and appreciate the history of our clothes. In modern South Africa, most young people celebrate tradition through threads, commonly known as the urban streetwear. The urban streetwear is simply a distinctive style of wear from the streets. Rooted in the streets of California in the US, it has grown to encompass the elements of hip hop. Like many other South African cultural movements, streetwear has been notoriously difficult to define. While under a constant evolution of fashion trends, streetwear has always been consistent. It has timelessly centered on casual comfortable pieces such as denims, 5panel caps and sneakers. This movement is generally accepted to have been born out of the classical sitcom, The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air in the late 80's. Inspiration of this was drawn from sports like basket ball. Nike even captured the famous soonto-be basketball superstar, Micheal Jordan. The brand saw an increase and began making endless appearance in popular hip hop videos and tv shows, example is the 90's undoubtedly popular Air Jordan V which was worn by the young Will Smith in the opening theme of the fresh prince. This proved to be a huge turning point as Nike dominated the urban streetwear, especially in the sneaker market. Till this day, urban streetwear still has an impact on people, more especially student culture, and not only in South Africa but the world at large. An online store named RHTC (Returning Home To Create) founded by a Wits graduate, Mpumelelo Mfula is a typical example. The store simply celebrates African Heritage by selling culture through threads. There’s also Retrofontein Apparel, which is best known by designing tribal prints and other cool African garments. So MiCampus Magazine wanted to hear this from a student's perspective, so we decided to have an interview with a sophisticated young dynamic gentleman who loves culture and streetwear.
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1. first and foremost, what’s heritage in your own words? "something i inherited from my past, a legacy i had in spirit" 2. why street wear? "my fascination for urban street wear expressing myself in street culture" 3. when did it start, your love for street culture? "back in my years when i was still in high school. i've been in this ish for quite some time now ;)" 4. what makes it unique from other commercial designs? "my different look, i know how to strike different materials at once" 5. who inspires your wardrobe? "well on that one i prefer saying my own imagination of how im suppose to look in street style" 6. do you think African garments like Babatunde were established in truly celebrating African heritage or was it just to gain street cred? "Yes!!! the colours that Babatunde outfits has marks the African originality" 7. you're one of the few people who own a tribal printed dashiki tshirt, can you tell us why the tribal print? i mean you could have gone for other designes "i've always been into Ndebele prints, reason for me to own a tribal printed dashiki was to compliment my look" 8. in terms of clothing, tell us how are you planning to celebrate your heritage day? "i'll be rocking my colors in style.... umswenko" 9. what do you dislike about fashion trends? imitations - same designs with different look" 10. 5 of your all time favorite sneakers? i. Air Jordan Retro 5 ii. Nike Air force 180 iii. Nike Airmax 1 iv. Nike Airmax 90 v. Visvim New Balance Hybrid Nash 11. anything you would like to say? "don't hate a nigga for being kool"
One on one interview with Katlego Mashego, a PC Training & Business College graduate in Braamfontein. #miHeritage 41
MiMovies Review: The Heat A comedy film, with some action starring: Sandra Bullock from Miss Congeniality (2000), The Proposal (2009) and co-star Melissa McCarthy from Identify Thief (2013), The Hangover Part III (2013). The Heat was directed by Paul Feig, who directed The Bridesmaids and other television series such as The Office and Freaks and Geeks In this film Sandra Bullock plays an FBI agent, who goes by the name Sarah Ashburn and Melissa McCarthy plays a local Detective Shannon Mullins. Sarah Ashburn who is smart, overconfident and sophisticated, is paired with a local Detective Shannon Mullins who is garrulous and takes non-conventional extreme measures when dealing with suspects, she would rather take matters into her own hands by fighting and threatening them. 44 #miReviews
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They both have to work together despite their differences, in order to bust a mobster by the name Larkin. The movie can be compared to The Other Guys (2010) were two different policemen are required to work together by putting their differences aside, also can be compared the movie Due Date (2010), whereby two people have to go through a journey even if they don’t like one another. The Heat duo starts to understand and learn about each other’s past, they go through ups and downs, which eventually helps to build a sisterhood-like relationship. That ends in a good note; the film will be available on DVD and Blu- ray Disc in early October 2013, with special features. This is a must have in your collection. #miReviews 45
Mi Life on Campus by Thando S. Msibi
I Interviewed Ayanda Panda whose a environmental science graduate from uDubs (UWC). She's one of the few female students who prides herself of her grades and is looking forward to completing her honors this year. This is how our interview subsequently went on. I’m Ayanda Panda from the Eastern Cape, currently studying at the University of the Western Cape. I started my degree in environmental and water sciences in 2010 ,which I subsequently completed it in 2012. I graduated on the 20th of March 2013 and I'm currently doing my honors degree this year. The reason why I chose to pursue this particular field is because of my passion for the environmental consciousness and how everything in nature is linked to each other. Hence we have a fundamental responsibility to preserve our natural sources in our day to day life. Hence for where do I see myself in the next 5 years well that’s for God to decide however I know that it will be exactly where I’m supposed to be. Particularly given the fact that I love what I’m doing within my chosen field.
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