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Kyk net hoe baie Pukke is ons hier Dennis Delport @Dennisdelport

oordwes-Universiteit (NWU) – dit is hoe dié universiteit van nou af moontlik bekend gaan staan. Maar wees gerus, want jy as student van die NWU se Potchefstroomkampus gaan nog steeds die geliefde kreet “kyk net hoe baie Pukke is ons hier” by geleenthede kan sing omdat die woord Pukke nog steeds op informele wyse gebruik sal word. Groot kommer en paniek is ook gesaai onder studente toe ’n SMS die rondte gedoen het wat meen dat die naam Pukke nie meer gebruik gaan word nie, asook dat koshuise se name gaan verander. Afriforum Jeug Pukke het op 30 Augustus met ’n petisie op kampus begin om die naam asook koshuise te red.

Afriforum het toe in die komende dae sy standpunt duidelik gemaak op sosiale media. “Geen besluit oor ons, sonder ons. Die term ‘Pukke’ in die naam ‘NWU-Pukke’ gee identiteit aan Puk-studente en hul kampus.” Wapad het die drukgroep Reform Puk ook genader vir reaksie oor die situasie, maar het teen druktyd nog geen terugvoer ontvang nie. “In die konsep-handelsmerkbeleid wat aan die Raad voorgelê gaan word, erken die universiteit die gebruik van byname, soos voorheen deur die Raad goedgekeur. Daar word voorgestel dat hierdie name nie meer in formele kommunikasie of as handelsmerke gebruik word nie, maar niemand sal verhinder word om dit steeds op informele wyse te gebruik nie,” het Prof Dan Kgwadi, Visie-Kanselier van die NWU, in ’n persverklaring gesê. Dit blyk ook dat die universiteit se alumni ongelukkig is oor die besluit.

Gerrie Germishuys, ’n alumnis van die universiteit, meen dat die Puk altyd die Puk sal bly, maak nie saak of hulle die naam wegvat of nie. “Dit maak logies nie sin om al drie kampusse onder een naam te bring nie. Die universiteit probeer die ou tradisies, die ou kulture van nie net die Puk nie, maar die Vaal- en Mafikengkampus verander. Dit is juis hoekom dit nie gaan werk nie omdat daar verskillende kulture is. Verder neem die universiteit jare se ou tradisies weg.” Prof Rikus Fick, dekaan van studentesake aan die NWU se Potchefstroomkampus, het bevestig dat daar nie aan koshuisstrukture verander gaan word nie. “Studente kan gerus voel. Die koshuiskleure of name sal glad nie verander nie.” Die nuwe voorsitter van die Studentekampusraad (KSR), Jacques Hugo, het ook sy sê gehad oor die situasie. “Ek is nie ongelukkig met

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die veranderinge nie. Waarmee ek wel ’n probleem het, is die feit dat daar nie met studente vroegtydig onderhandel was nie. Onderhandelinge moes alreeds ’n maand terug begin het, voordat dit aan die rade voorgelê was.”

Die koshuiskleure of name sal glad nie verander nie. Theo Cloete, direkteur van bemarking en kommunikasie van die NWU se Potchefstroomkampus, het aangaande die konsultasie gesê dat daar ’n groep deskundiges in die veld van reklame is wat die voorstel wat binnekort na die raad toe gaan moes saamstel, “ek is tussen die duiwel en die diep blou see, maar op die ou end doen ons alles moontlik om die beste

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eindproduk aan die studente en die studente-ervaring te lewer”. “Die implementering van die NWU se nuwe strategie het op 1 Julie vanjaar begin,” het prof Luvuyo Lalendle, uitvoerende direkteur van studentesake aan die NWU, gesê. “Ons is almal bewus van die nuwe unitêre universiteit. Met ander woorde een dekaan vir een fakulteit oor al drie kampusse.” Lalendle meen dat dit normaal is om simboliese veranderinge te sien as gevolg van die unitêre beleid van die NWU. “Die moontlike veranderinge word nog onderhandel met verskeie personeel en studente organisasies. Maar wat seker is, is dat die NWU stadig maar seker besig is om die dinge te doen wat gedoen moet word.” Volgens Lalendle sal sportspanne ook nou as die NWU deelneem op nasionale vlak. “Die opsies is nou soveel groter. Daar is soveel talent om van te kies.”

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Is #Feesmustfall season three on the way? Dennis Delport @Dennisdelport

ees Must Fall was yet again a hot topic when students of the University of Cape Town (UCT) gathered for a mass meeting led by Fees Must Fall activist, Athabile Nonxuba. This comes after the university’s Student Representative Council (SRC) reportedly sent students an e-mail that informed them that UCT will remove students who have yet to settle debts from residences. A Fees Must Fall activist who attended the meeting, told TimesLIVE the university was acting unfairly towards these students. “It’s about all the issues that UCT are avoiding. They are delaying and don’t want to solve problems. There have been unsuccessful negotiations and meetings. We’ve had enough‚” she said.

Athabile Nonxuba busy adressing students at UCT.

Elijah Moholola, UCT spokesman, confirmed to TimesLIVE that the protest motives were centered mainly on continuous negotiations regarding the conditions in which insourced workers are employed. “The UCT executive has worked tirelessly over the past year to address issues and to ensure the smooth insourcing of previously outsourced workers at UCT‚”

Moholola said: “The executive is still in negotiations with unions and workers on some issues and will honour this ongoing commitment to resolve any issues that may arise.” Moholola added that 23 students were on a “grace period”, following financial exclusion‚ saying the fees had been outstanding for 15 months. He was unable to comment on the extent to which classes would be disrupted‚ nor could he

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suggest what measures UCT would put in place to manage the protest. Nonxuba called for the university to shut down, and a protest was planned for the morning of 5 September. This was however cancelled as UWC obtained an interdict from the Labour Court in Cape Town, according to TimesLIVE. According to Perdeby, on 6 September, the South African Police

Service (SAPS) were stationed at the Prospect street entrance outside University of Pretoria’s (UP) Hatfield campus where a protest was planned by the EFF Student Command UP (EFFSC- UP). The planned protest was in response to the disciplinary hearings of four students who allegedly held a UP staff member hostage in the Merensky Library on 26 May. On 5 September, the EFFSC-UP posted on Facebook saying, “We will never forget those in need. Those who stood for nothing, but better conditions for the marginalised and forgotten in the institution. Tomorrow we have a date with the enemy…” In the post, they called for “solidarity against racism and institutionalized tyranny”. The post was made under the hashtag #FearFokol. Tensions we’re also high at the Cape Town University for Technology (CPUT) this week as students clashed with armed police.

Humiliation seen as the root of trauma by Opperman Lewis Colette Combrink @CombrinkColette

In her book, Apartheid: Britain’s bastard child, psychologist Hélène Opperman Lewis looks at the vital role that humiliation of the Afrikaner by the British played in creating apartheid. It took Opperman Lewis fifteen years to write this book. She states that the book is “an attempt to understand (not justify) from a psychohistorical perspective why Afrikaners created

apartheid in 1948”.

Therefore Opperman Lewis decrees that shamed people shame other people. To feel ashamed has the ability to alienate people. Shame is a kind of threat on the core of the self and one’s identity. “Humiliation is the most powerful and often longerlasting form of shame.” Cycles of violence (revenge) follows the trauma of humiliation in groups. Revenge is a futile attempt to restore lost honour in larger groups. Going into in depth neuroscience, Opperman Lewis touches the unquestionable permanent change that trauma makes to the brain. Opperman Lewis quoted psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, who noted, “after trauma, the world is experienced with a different nervous system”. Revenge,

leading to new violence – an attempt to restore esteem and lost honour – in the process creates new cycles of violence. “These psychic wounds of humiliation are collectively passed on to future generations in inter– or transgenerational trauma, to avenge their forebears’ humiliation and pain,” she said. On the cycle of revenge Opperman Lewis said that the current black South Africans are already in full enactment against the humiliation bestowed on them during British colonialism and apartheid. “We see the full enactment of the younger generations particularly in the student upheavals and the EFF.” “The current political instability and exploitation of opportunities by the political elite – causing a

worsening socio–economic situation, leading to the devastating high youth unemployment against a history of deprivation, and desperate families who had high hopes now forsaken by most – makes everything worse.” Touching on the future of South Africa, she said that we need to start learning how to deal with what happened by understanding how it all happened. It is her hope that Apartheid: Britain’s bastard child will contribute in this sense, because “we owe it to the children and future generations to understand, or they will be stuck in same shame and guilt”. She ends by stating that psychohistory at least tries to bring us closer to explaining and understanding the psychological “why”. “Why large groups instinctively

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write the next one. According to the exam section, a lot of students only come the week before the clash, or even the day that they should be writing. This causes a lot of trouble for everyone involved. The exam takes place over a period of a mere 18 days, a little time for a lot of modules, that guarantees that there will be clashes between

modules, another reason why it is extremely important to check your timetable and figure out your clashes beforehand. Unfortunately, if you write two papers on one day, but they do not clash, your choices are limited. You are going to have to write both, or sacrifice one and write it the second opportunity.

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Steps to follow when your exam papers clash Megan Olivier @Meganolivier9

Exam slots clashing is a reality. This is a problem few students experience, but there are steps

that need to be taken when students find themselves in this situation.

The first step is to consult Tyrone Kozyn in F4’s exam section. He can be contacted by going there directly, by emailing him at 28218213@nwu.ac.za or by calling him – 018 299 1526. There you will have to explain your situation and fill out a paper with your details, as well the specifics of

your clashing papers. Students will have to write the papers in a special venue in F13, separate from the venue where the rest of the students write those specific papers. If both of your papers are, for example, from 09:00 to 12:00, you will write one from 09:00 to 12:00, have an hour break in which you may not leave the room, and then

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InGryp op Vaal en Mafikeng?

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Le-Lanie Ludick @le_ludick

ie toeganklikheid van die InGrypdienste blyk om ’n probleem te wees op die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Vaal- en Mafikengkampus. Die Noordwes–Universiteit se Potchefstroomkampus (NWU–Puk) se InGrypskakel op die webtuiste meld aan dat InGryp ’n “sielkundige diens is wat gebied word aan die hele Puk– gemeenskap”. Die ontoeganklikheid van die ander kampusse se sentrums lig die vraag of die Puk–gemeenskap ter insluiting of uitsluiting van Mafikeng– en Vaalkampus is. Die webtuistes van beide Mafikeng– en Vaalkampus meld nie die beskikbaarheid van ’n InGrypsentrum of ’n krisislyn aan nie. Nadat navraag deur Wapad gedoen is, aangaande of die kampusse hierdie dienste het, is daar aangemeld dat ’n krisislyn beskikbaar is vir die studente van albei kampusse. Die InGrypsentrum word hoofsaaklik gebruik vir studente wat psigologiese probleme ervaar. Sielkundiges en maatskaplike werkers moet daarvoor tot die beskikking van studente wees by hierdie sentrums. Die NWU–Puk beskik van vier senior sielkundiges en het vier junior sielkundiges wat internskappe doen. Die Mafikengkampus het slegs een. Vaalkampus het ook ’n krisislyn wat studente kan kontak in tye van ’n sielkundige noodgeval.

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Volgens suster Mapete, bestuurder van die gesondheidsentrum aan die Vaalkampus, sal studente verwys word na die kampus sielkundige in tye van nood. “Ons doen ons deel om die pasiënt te kalmeer, waarna die student

na die kampus sielkundige verwys sal word.” Alhoewel dit bekend is dat ’n krisislyn beskikbaar is vir studente op Mafikeng– en Vaalkampus, is die nommer nie beskikbaar op die

relevante webtuistes en studentekaarte nie. Die nommer van InGryp op die NWU–Puk word agter op die studentekaart van elke student geplaas. Die Psigologiese Krisislyn is 24–uur toeganklik en die InStapsentrum

bied korttermyn psigologiese hulp op weeksdae tussen 08:00 – 16:30. Tydens R&O, op die NWU–Puk, word InGryp bemark as ’n toeganklike sentrum waar studente kan aanklop om hulp.

they receive information from the mental health practitioner that a person is likely to inflict serious harm to themselves or others. However, “it is not common practice to involve the SAPS in psychological processes if a clear threat does not exist,” Wapad’s source said. According to InGryp, if students experience a psychological emergency, they have the option to conduct a telephonic conversation with a psychologist. If they prefer a physical meeting, the student has two options. The first option is that the person can see a psychologist at the InGryp offices (building E14) opposite the North–

West University Potchefstroom campus (NWU–Puk) healthcare centre. The other option for students is that the psychologist can meet them anywhere on campus. “The aim is to provide the patient with psychological aids in order to challenge the crisis and causes of the crisis, in spite of the challenges,” said the source. “If the situation includes a medical aspect, a member of the NWU emergency personnel will accompany a psychologist to the scene.” NWU–Puk emergency services contact details can be found on the back of student cards.

InGryp: Is your confidentiality ensured? JJ Denton @dentojj

Recent fears have risen in relation to a student’s identity when they call InGryp with a drug related emergency. Word on campus has it that InGryp immediately notifies the South African Police Services (SAPS) when a student contacts them with drug related emergencies. It is also said that this issue has prevented students from seeking help

because of their fears that the police will be notified. When contacted by Wapad regarding this matter, a staff member of InGryp, who chooses to stay anonymous, said that “the provision of psychological services through InGryp are handled with the highest degree of confidentiality. All facets of the process as well as information acquired during this process are included in this confidentiality.” InGryp emphasised that if a student prefers to stay anonymous then it is fully within their rights to do so. The source said that there are however implications to staying anonymous,

as they cannot react to an emergency if they do not know the location of the emergency.

It is not common practice to involve the SAPS in psychological processes. The South African Mental Health Care Act 17 of 2002 (chapter 40), states that the SAPS can only intervene if

Snoepie open nadat studente versoek Le-Lanie Ludick @le_lanie

tudente se versoeke is verlede week verhoor toe die Voorhuiseetsaal se snoepie geopen is. Dié snoepie, wat op 4 September geopen het, is soortgelyk aan die kiosks wat op kampus is. Studente wie deur liefdesteleurstellings gaan kan hul vertroosting gaan vind deur verskeie sjokolades hier aan te koop. Vir dié met ’n algemene soettand is daar die gewone Jelly Tots, Smarties en Wine Gums. Die inwoners van Weskampus wat hul nikotien verslawings wil bevredig, hoef ook nie meer vêr te loop nie, omdat die snoepie ook vir hulle voorsiening maak deur verskeie soorte

sigarette te verkoop. “Ongelukkig is die spasie van die snoepie beperk maar die gewildste produkte, soos deurgegee deur verskaffers, word hier verkoop,” het Ester Botha, hoof van Voedseldienste aan die Noordwes-Universiteit se Potchefstroomkampus (NWU-Puk) gesê. Die betaalstelsel wat gebruik word verskaf statistieke van die produkte wat die meeste gekoop word.

Ek is regtig beïndruk met die stigting van die snoepie. Die snoepie se pryse is ook baie mededingend volgens Botha. “Die pryse is dieselfde as in die Klipoog

Kafeteria.” Sy meen dat die snoepie goedkoper is as die vulstasies s’n. Zanré Janssen, eerstejaar in BEd VOO en Tegnies en inwoner van Heide vrouekoshuis, het gesê sy sal gebruik maak van die snoepie, omdat dit nader aan die koshuis is. “Ek is regtig beïndruk met die stigting van die snoepie, dit is baie gerieflik.” Die snoepie is effens weggesteek agter die Voorhuis–eetsaal, maar die oprigting van borde met aanwysings maak dit maklik om dit te vind. “Hierdie is ’n diens wat ons aan die studente bied, asseblief ondersteun ons hierin,” het Cobie Greeff, bestuurder van Voorhuis–eetsaal, gesê. Die snoepie is van Maandae tot Sondae oop. Die tye sal nog bepaal word afhangende van wanneer die snoepie die meeste kliënte het. “Hierdie eerste ruk is ’n proeflopie,” het Botha gesê.

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Groter en beter Draak Colette Combrink @CombrinkColette

et die Drakenstein restaurant se opgraderings in die begin van 2017, het meer as net die opsigtelike verander. Volgens Drakenstein bestuurder Marius Horn het ’n groot deel van dié opgraderings ondermeer gegaan aan die opgradeer van die stormdreine en vloere om oorstromings, soos in 2016 beleef, te voorkom.

Vir hierdie deel van die opgraderings was die advies van deskundiges ook noodbelangrik. Bestuurder Reonette Jansen het hierop verder gesê “dié deskundigeraad is ook toegepas om beter veiligheidsmaatreëls aangaande brandvoorkoming, uitgange in noodsituasies en ander noodtoestelle soos brandalarms by te bring”. ’n Groot opsigtelike verandering wat aangebring is, is die skuif van die rokersarea na ’n kleiner meer moderne area, met ’n opgedateerde kroeg, en die hoofarea van die restaurant wat nou ’n nierokersarea is. Hiermee saam

spog die Draak met nuwe televisies op prominente plekke in die restaurant waar sportliefhebbers bymekaar kan drom om die belangrikste wedstryde te geniet. Selfs die badkamers is verskuif en opdateer om ’n skoner ervaring vir besoekers aan dié gesogte eetplek te bied. ’n Groot belangrike deel is die opgraderings van die kombuis wat ’n “veilige werksomgewing vir personeel beloof en beter kwaliteit, en vinniger diens, bevorder” het Horn gesê. Die spyskaart het nog al die oubekende geregte op, met ’n paar nuwe probeerslae om aan te smul.

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Alet Janse van Rensburg @aletjvrensburg

Die Verenigde State se Northwestern University bied nou ’n graad in “Memeologie” of te wel meme studies aan, om in pas te bly met die tegnologie-behepte samelewing. Vir diegene wat self nie bygebly het nie: ’n meme is, volgens die Urban Dictionary, ’n foto of video wat gewoonlik ook teks by het, wat vinnig oor die internet versprei. Telkemale is dit humoristies van aard. Wapad het vir studente gevra wat hulle daarvan dink dat dit nou moontlik is om ’n volskaalse studie te maak van memes. FOTO: COLETTE COMBRINK

“Ek dink dis bietjie belaglik dat daar nou ’n studierigting in memes is. Jy sal seker baie geld maak in vandag se lewe, omdat sosiale media besig is om alles oor te neem. Dis een van die dinge wat almal vandag doen – om memes met mekaar te deel.”

Herli Wilken, eerstejaar BCom Rekeningkunde “Ek dink dit sal ’n mors van tyd en geld wees. Die gevaar bestaan dat jy nie ’n werk gaan kry nie en as jy nie ’n werk kan kry met dit wat jy studeer het nie, gaan jy nêrens kom nie!”

Verushka van Wyk, tweedejaar in BEd (Onderwys) FOTO: COLETTE COMBRINK

“I can’t believe it! I know people like memes but I never thought it would go to this extent. My parents would probably not allow me to study memes. I’m sure there is a meme about the degree in memes. But if someone wants to study memes, I say go for it!”

Lutho Hopa, first year in BEng Mechanical “Hulle moet dit na Suid-Afrika bring! My ma sal my toelaat om dit te swot. Dan kan mens lekker spotprente maak van al die politici in Suid-Afrika. Of mens dit sal studeer hang maar af van watter beroep jy wil volg as jy ’n graad in memes kry.”

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Herrie van Rooy, eerstejaar BEd Seniorfase

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Studente se protes teen pers

Jené Liebenberg het vir studente gevra hoe hulle voel oor die moontlikheid dat die Noordwes–Universiteit se nuwe unitêre kleur moontlik donkerpers gaan wees. Dié verandering is aan die Universiteitsbestuurskomitee (UBK) voorgelê, maar finale besluitneming lê nog by die Raad om dit goed te keur, al dan nie.

Simone Snyman, derdejaar BCom Bedryfsielkunde

Elaine De Greef, derdejaar BCom Bedryfsielkunde

Oratile Mutebele, Public Management and Governance

“Daar is niks fout met hoe dit lyk op die oomblik nie en hulle moet nie mors met iets wat werk nie.”

“Hulle mors met iets wat heel goed werk. Dit kan ’n baie groot impak hê op ons studentelewe, maar as dit is wat hulle besluit wat kan ons daaraan doen?”

“Purple is a weird colour for a university, the maroon is better because it is more wearable in terms of it being unisex.”

Ganya Mbochane, Industrial Psychology and Neighbour Relations “The purple is not suitable with just any colour and the campus student council (CSC) will not be taken seriously, so will our university then be taken seriously?”

CT Mostert, vierdejaar LLB

Jannes Kruger, tweedejaar BCom Regte

“Ek voel nie dit is regverdig teenoor studente op die Potchefstroomkampus sowel as Mafikengen Vaalkampusse nie omrede daar is ’n vasgestelde kultuur en manier van dinge doen op elke kampus en die kleure is simboliek daarvan.”

“Elke kleur het ’n betekenis en ons ruil maroen wat gekoppel is edelheid vir pers wat gekoppel is aan seksuele frustrasie. Maroen is een van die groot dele van kampus en as ons dit verander verloor ons een van ons sleutel elemente.”

Jakkie Viljoen, tweedejaar BCom Landbou–ekonomie en Risikobestuur “Ek stem nie saam met die veranderinge van ons kleur nie. Daar is ’n sekere image wat die maroen afgee wat die pers net nie gaan kan doen nie.”

Lindiwe Twala, third year Behavioural Sciences

Lesedi Mbochane, Behavioural Sciences

“It’s quite strange because it is the introduction of a whole new world. Our university has always been maroon so if it was up to me it wouldn’t be going anywhere.”

“I feel the three colours show the diversity of our three campuses and the change in colour disturbs each campus’ identity.”

Bennie Truter, eerstejaar BA Kommunikasie

Isago Ketsane, BA Development and Management

Annami den Heyer, eerstejaar BCom Regte

Morné Pretorius, tweedejaar BCom Bemarking

“Al ons geskiedenis en tradisie is gekoppel aan die maroen van die Puk en dit is onredelik om dit te wil verander. Die kleur is simbool van NWU–Puk.”

“The colour purple has a bad connotation that will now be associated to our university and campus. It also doesn’t look good.”

“I feel the three colours show the diversity of our three campuses and the change in colour disturbs each campus’ identity.”

“Ek dink die maroen blazers en kleredrag dra ’n sekere tradisie en trots en om dit weg te vat ontneem ons van daardie tradisie.”

Home for sceptic students Megan Olivier @Meganolivier9

Mīrror is a group/community for secularists. According to Merriam–Webster, secularism is the indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations. Mīrror is a space to communicate and share non–dogmatic ideas with like–minded people. Devon du Toit, a second year Physics and Math student, and Kobus le Roux, a second year Computer Science and Physics student, started this group after inevitably discussing religion at a braai. They started this group because they want people to be more comfortable talking about atheism and abolish the stigma surrounding it. Science is also a

much–loved topic. Du Toit and le Roux were tired of going through the process of losing their religion alone. Du Toit describes it as a “lonely revolution for one”. Mīrror is a place for people going through something similar, or who have already been through this. It is a place for sharing your experiences. The group started earlier this year and tries to get together twice a month. It has grown exponentially and at peak there are 40 members. Diversity is encouraged and there are students from every faculty as well. Du Toit and Le Roux can be contacted on mirror.puk@gmail. com and encourage people to “embrace their doubt”.

Hurrican Irma trumps Harvey JJ Denton @dentojj

Less than a week after hurricane Harvey battered the United States of America’s (USA) state of Texas causing 71 confirmed deaths, and millions of dollars in damages before it’s dissipation on 2 September, an even more powerful hurricane was on its way. The hurricane Irma roared through the Caribbean as part of its projected patch toward the state of Florida in the USA. It is the strongest Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history, with wind speeds reaching 295 km/h. St Martin, one of the first islands to be hit by the category 5 hurricane, was “95% destroyed” by the powerful storm. “It’s an enormous catastrophe. I’m

in shock,” said local official Daniel Gibbs in a radio interview. Another island to the southeast of St Martin is Barbuda, they suffered “absolute devastation, Barbuda is now literally rubble,” said prime minister Gaston Browne. The World Surf League said a 16 year old professional surfer died while attempting to ride a monster wave on the same island. 35 000 people from the Caribbean are expected to be affected by the hurricane while at least 30 people have been confirmed dead. These hurricanes can cause severe flooding, tear off roofing, shatter windows and uproot trees turning, them into deadly projectiles. The hurricane preparations have caused a state of chaos in the USA. Residents in Miami, Florida went into a buying frenzy to prepare for

the hurricane. Water bottles and cat food quickly sold out, with reports of people fighting over the last remaining water bottles in retail stores. Many people evacuated the state while others were stocking up on emergency items and stacking sandbags at their properties in an attempt to outlast the storm. Shell announced that many of its gas stations had run out of gas (fuel) as people were evacuating the state. By the time Irma reached Miami, it was already downgraded to a category 4 storm. In Florida, only three deaths have been reported which were due to car accidents caused by the extreme weather conditions. Up to 6.3 million people were asked to evacuate Florida while millions were now without power in the state. Source: AFP

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Die voorbereiding en kalmte voor die stormagtige partytjie.

Groot verwagtinge vir PotchVegas Denise Robertson @Denisemybru

otchefstroom se eie musiekfees, PotchVegas, vind eerskomende naweek (15 tot 17 September) by die bekende Potchdam oord plaas. Dié musiekfees gaan groter en beter wees as verlede jaar s’n, aangesien die Potchdam oord ’n massiewe area is waar maksimum 4000 mense hul gate uit kan geniet. Hierdie fees word nie net beskou as ’n musiekfees vir Potchefstroom studente nie, maar dit staan bekend as ’n nasionale student– en jeugfees.

Verskeie areas binne–in die oord sal gemerk word vir gerieflikheid, onder meer kampareas, parkeerareas, VIP–areas en die feesarea. In die feesarea gaan daar ’n hoofverhoog en ’n B–verhoog wees, tesame met kroeë en kosstalletjies, om die olielagie vas te maak. Daar gaan ook ’n addisionele nagklub op die terrein wees wat twee ure langer as die feesarea sal oopbly. Die nagklub is opgerig sodat mense eerder verder op die terrein kan kuier en nie onder die invloed bestuur nie. Die lineup vir hierdie jaar se fees behels ’n groot verskeidenheid van kunstenaars onder andere Francois

van Coke, Chunda Munki, Jack Parow, Shortstraw, Sketchy Bongo, Matthew Mole en nog vele meer.

Dié musiekfees gaan groter en beter wees as verlede jaar s’n. Volgens Lian Fourie, die organiseerder van die fees, beplan hulle om volgende jaar groter te gaan deur ’n internasionale kunstenaar kry om op te tree.

Hierdie jaar is dus ’n proeflopie vir PotchVegas om ’n basis neer te lê vir suksesvolle toekomstige jare. Fourie is ook dankbaar vir die Tlokwe Munisipaliteit vir hul samewerking, hulp en ondersteuning, aangesien hul ’n groot hoeveelheid dinge moontlik gemaak het vanaf die begin van die organisasie van die fees. Hierdie tyd van die jaar styg die kwik al hoër in Potchefstroom en alhoewel daar verbied word om in die dam te swem, is daar ’n groot swembad vir die musiekliefhebbers van PotchVegas om hulself te verfris voor té veel sweet die liggaam oorneem.

Die pryse vir die naweek se toegang is as volg: Vrydag – R140 (op dag R180) Saterdag – R200 (op dag R250) Sondag – R70 (op dag R100) Volle naweek toegang – early bird R400, algemeen R500 en VIP R600 na R1000. Daar is verskeie verkoopspersone in Potchefstroom by wie kaartjies gekoop kan word en tydens die fees sal daar kaartjies by Impala verkoop word. Vir meer inligting oor die kaartjieverkope en die fees oor die algemeen, gaan besoek die webtuiste: www.potchvegas.com.

‘Bliksem met Liefde’ – Liefde Wen brand expanding Megan Olivier @Meganolivier9

Liefde Wen, a well-known household name, is getting bigger and better. With three outlets in Potchefstroom, Pretoria and online, they’re looking to become even bigger and expand to George in the Western Cape. New merchandise is also coming soon – glasses, flip flops, towels, swim clothes, and athletic wear. A special item they’re very

excited to launch are buffs. These are going to be launched at the music festival, OppiKoppi which is perfect timing, as you will need something to save you from the dust. The founder of Liefde Wen, Bouwer Bosch, is also part of the festival’s line–up. Bosch started Liefde Wen ten years ago as a first year BA Communication student who wanted to help people “from all walks of life”. It has come very far in the last ten years, with hundreds of projects around the country, including helping with the Knysna

Vaselinetjie omskep in rolprent Chané Jonker @Chanejonk

Die bekende roman, Vaselinetjie, is onlangs in ’n rolprent omskep en word op 22 September in fliekteaters bekend gestel. Die rolprent is baseer op die roman Vaselinetjie, geskryf deur Anoeschka von Meck. Dit handel oor haar persoonlike ervaring as ’n sorgwerker by ’n kinderhuis in die Wes–Kaap. Meer as 100 000 kopieë van die roman is verkoop en Vaselinetjie is ook as die beste rolprent by vanjaar se Silwerskermfees bekroon. Die rolprent volg Helena Bosman, bekend as “Stukkie Vaselinetjie,” tussen die 1994 en 2001, ’n tydperk van groot verandering in Suid-Afrika. Vaselinetjie word op die ouderdom van 11 uit haar tuisdorp in die Wes–Kaap verwyder en word na ’n kinderhuis in Johannesburg gestuur. Vaselinetjie se lewe in Johannesbrug verskil van haar vorige lewe in die

Wes–Kaap en sy word met die wêreld se wrede werklikheid gekonfronteer. “In plaas daarvan om dialoog en musiek te gebruik om die storie te vertel sal kykers vasgevang word in die beelde en klanke,” het Corné van Rooyen, regisseur en een van die draaiboekskrywers, in ’n mediaverklaring gesê. Die jeug–drama handel oor die soeke na identiteit. Van Rooyen is ook van mening dat beide jonger en ouer kykers by die tydlose rolprent sal aanklank vind. Vaselinetjie se rol word deur Marguerite van Eeden (ouer Vaselinetjie) en Nicole Bond (jonger Vaselinetjie) vertolk. Van Eeden het reeds baie rolspeel–ondervinding en begin ook haar rolprentloopbaan in Vaselinetjie. Van Eeden maak ook ’n verskyning in ander bekende produksies soos Sara se Geheim en Die Byl. Ander bekende akteurs, soos Arno Greeff (ouer Texan) van Getroud met Rugby: Die Sepie en Elani Dekker (Pizzaface) van die rolprent Jou Romeo– is by die lys van akteurs ingesluit.

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fires. Their main focus is acts of kindness. Jonathan Wayne, the business manager of Liefde Wen says they have a social entrepreneurial focus

and want to help people to do amazing things. “We are branding with a cause, and if you buy our merchandise, you are helping somebody; so if you see someone wearing the brand, you know that someone has been helped”, said Wayne. Liefde Wen wants to make a difference whenever and wherever. Wayne says that while he has the bigger picture in mind, it is important to focus on the smaller things and do what you can. “It’s all about giving. No, it’s about serving, and not just serving humans,

animals are just as important,” he said. An interesting fact is that not every product of Liefde Wen is made in a factory. Bosch’s mother makes a lot of the items, like pillowcases and the bags for the glasses. Together with Leandie du Randt Bosch, Bosch’s wife, she has an online clothing store called SkoonMa. You can support Liefde Wen by visiting their pop-up shop beneath Texas Rock Bar, or by some online shopping at www. liefdewen.co.za.

koffiekultuur” aan vir hul kliënte. “SLOUW Coffee het ’n baie sterk passie vir koffiekultuur,” het Louw gesê. Die waentjie bied sedert 1 Junie 2017 hul wye reeks produkte aan hul kliënte. Elke koffie gebaseerde produk het ’n dubbel–shot espresso vir meer geur en aroma. Die produkte wat aangebied word, is gepas vir koeler dae sowel as vir die warm somer wat spoedig op pad is. Volgens Louw is hul bekendste warmdrankies die toffie–neut latte en karamel dolce. Laasgenoemde is ’n warm melkgebaseerde

karameldrankie met donkersjokolade stukkies daarin. Daar is verskillende tees, gegeurde lattes en melkdrankies bv top deck, sowel as koue drankies bv yskoffie, beskikbaar. Dewald Matthee, eerstejaar in BCom Rekeningkunde, is deel van SLOUW se lojaliteitsprogram en besoek gereeld die waentjie. “Ek het nou al te veel geld daar spandeer!” het Matthee gesê. Hy beskryf die koffie as konsekwent en volgens hom is die koffie se kwaliteit baie goed. “Die eienaar, Stephan, onthou almal se gesig wat die waentjie besoek. Dit is meer as net koffie koop en vir daardie diens sal ek verseker meer betaal,” het Matthee gesê. Volgens Louw is die waentjie meer gerieflik vir geleenthede soos markte, troues, sport, ensovoorts. SLOUW is oop Maandae tot Vrydae van 07:00 – 13:00 en kan bespreek word vir geleenthede. Die somerspyskaart sal teen 18 September bekend gemaak word met ekstra koue produkte vir die warmer maande, soos frappés.

SLOUW – ’n mobiele koffiewinkel Le-Lanie Ludick @le_ludick

SLOUW Coffee, is ’n mobiele koffiewinkel wat sy kliënte wil voorstel aan ’n kwaliteit, maar tog eenvoudige koffiekultuur. Die “koffiewinkel” is ’n waentjie wat geparkeer is buite die ingang na die Astro–bane in Gerrit Dekker straat. Volgens Stephan Louw, eienaar van SLOUW, bied hulle “kwaliteit, eenvoud, konstantheid en

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The Muffinz: ‘well–intentioned soul music’ Marita Herselman @MaritaHerselman

he Award-winning and frequently SAMA (South African Music Awards)nominated group, The Muffinz will be soothing nomads at OppiKoppi for the third year with their soulful voices. They are proudest of their Silver Standard Bank Ovation Award and the ImpACT Award for Music and Singing, both received in 2012. “Both these are ‘art’ and not ‘commercial’ awards, which means both peers and fans approve and see the greater vision,” said the band. However, their star shines brighter than the awards, said the Muffinz who are currently working on content for their third studio album. They said mostly high energy material should be expected at their OppiKoppi show this year. They have also been rehearsing some of Ray Phiri’s material, the jazz veteran who passed away in July this year due to lung cancer. For them, their greatest achievement is “the ability to be

able to bring back a culture of acoustic music amongst our peers, music outside of jazz or gospel – conscious enough, ‘dancy’ enough, well–intentioned soul music.” The Muffinz have performed at

several international venues like Norway, Mozambique, Swaziland and Algeria – the next leap for them is to triumph in the European festival market. “Having worked with European

partners in Norway and Italy, we have seen possible markets there, in strange and beautiful places filled with lovers of music.” Together the (now) four of them, Simphiwe Kulla (lead electric guitar,

vocals), Mthabisi Sibanda (acoustic guitar, vocals), Gregory Mabusela (drums, vocals), Sifiso Buthelezi (lead electric and vocals) are the mix to a well-risen muffin. Their first OppiKoppi in 2012, Sweet Thing, was “a beautiful experience”. They said it was aptly titled – “a nostalgia as associated with the initial moment of ecstacy when doing something for the first time.” For them, the best part about this music festival is to discover new favourite artists in other genres but they are especially looking forward to seeing Snakeships, Beatenberg, Albert Frost and The Brother Moves on.

Their advice for first-timers 1. Prepare for dust. 2. Be comfortable and warm in the evening. 3. Plan out what acts you would like to see. 4. Stay hydrated. 5. Find yourself around a fire, always interesting characters. The Muffinz when Karabo Moeketsi, second from the right, was still their bassist.

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Indie–spice, happy vibrations, dust and a vet jol with Jerry and the Bandits their hearts that have a mind of their own. Chaos erupts. “Lie about how the stars don’t fall” – you can make up stories and lies but at the end of the day it was your heart’s choice and you will accept its fate.

Marita Herselman @MaritaHerselman

It tastes like soft caramel toffee, it feels like worn-in leather and smells like good coffee first thing in the morning. This is how the lively trio, Jerard Quaintmere, Kirstin Walters and Jason Chadinha of Jerry and The Bandits describe their sound. They are currently working towards recording their first full–length album. Last year they played at OppiKoppi 22: For the lovely young taken to THE UNSEA! on the Skellum Stage and at this year’s Oppi we’ll be dancing to their happy vibrations at the James Phillips Stage. Wapad talked to them via e-mail about their indie-spice, the recording of “Hearts Run Wild” which is yet to be released, lessons learned, and OppiKoppi–nostalgia. I hear you’ve coined the tagline “indie with a bit of spice”. If you were

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spices, who would be what and why? Jerry – oregano because he loves pizza; Kirstin – coriander because she’s unique, yet still very familiar; Jason – thyme because he’s always on time ;). And all together they make the perfect spice to almost anything! You’ve been in studio recording your new song “Hearts Run Wild”. Elaborate on the song.

Super excited about this one! The song has two meanings to it: our “hearts run wild” because they have a tendency to do their own thing and the second meaning is that the way we run our hearts is reckless. People will always try and bring you down and those people are metaphors for the ‘wolves’ in the song. The song starts with a warning that the ‘wolves’ are coming, but no one is listening because they’re all following

What are the things you want people to think of when they hear the name “Jerry and the Bandits”? We want people to think of feelgood music, music that makes them feel something real and meaningful. Our latest EP, Fiction In Folktale, has a photo of our three pairs of shoes on it, we want people to walk with us in our shoes and to create their own meaning through our songs. What is the biggest lesson about the music industry you have learned in your time as a band? To be patient and to never ever EVER give up (even in the beginning stages when you’re literally playing to just four people in the audience, all four being your family members who drove with you to the show), the hard work

eventually starts paying off and all the crappy times become so worth it. What is the most memorable OppiKoppi you have attended and why? Definitely last year, we had the most amazing crowd that made us play even harder. We had a big campsite with some of our best friends and Kirstin decorated it with lanterns, banners and fairy lights. Jerry went around Oppi with a bottle of cheap Tequila and handed out sips to anyone he walked past. There was a guy snoring so loudly in the campsite next to us that it felt like he was in our tent. The dust cough and dust tan post–Oppi definitely makes it even more memorable. Aaah good times! Catch them at the place of “great music”, “dust”, “drunk people” and a “vet jol”, four things they associate with OppiKoppi, next to you in the crowd while the likes of Bongeziwe Mabandla, Nomadic Orchestra, Medicine Boy and Josh Kempen perform.

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Oorleef jou OppiKoppi-Oktober Linzetta Calitz @LinzettaC

Ons vertrou in die stof. Die stof is ons tuiste en ons tuiste is om die draai. Hier volg ’n paar wenke vir jou om die tuiste van menigte OppiKoppi gangers te oorleef. Ten minste soortvan. Jou kaartjie my vriend – onthou jou kaartjie. En ook jou ID. Ons spaar voor Oppi, jy wil nie nodig hê om onnodig nog geld uit te gee op nóg ’n kaartjie nie. Algemene kleredrag – OMO maak meeste dinge skoon, so jy hoef nie te heilig te wees oor die klere wat jy saamvat nie. Dit hang ook natuurlik af van watter tipe Oppi mens jy is. Jy kry diegene wat in bosse induik en mense wat meer rustig is. Kies jou klere volgens jou algemene gewoontes.

Probeer semi–skoon wees – wet wipes is jou maatjie. Jaaa, jy kan stort as jy wil, maar ek dink dit neem weg van die ervaring. Kyk hoe lank kan jy uithou. Buffs, pille, pleisters – die stof is ’n ding. Dit hang af hoe sensitief jy is en of jy graag met stof op jou tande wil rondloop. Indien nie, vat een of ander vorm van lap saam (algemeen bekend as ’n buff onder die gestoffe OppiKoppers) om jou longe teen die stof te beskerm. Pille en pleister se doel is redelik vanselfsprekend. Vat ’n flits! – jy dink dalk jy kan jou kampplek uitken in die doolhof van OppiKoppi–strate, maar vriend/ vriendin, vertrou ’n derdejaar OppiKoppi–ganger, jy weet nie. Jy mis selfs soms die baken wat jy so slim daargestel het. Vat ’n flits van een of ander soort saam. Toilet papier – jou neus (of iets anders) loop dalk onverwags. Ook, soms

het die badkamers nie wat jy nodig het nie. Ondersteun die bands – Bra, dink daaroor, hoekom het jy jou R750 (of meer) betaal? Om te drink? Wend ’n poging aan om iemand nuut (of oud) op ’n verhoog te sien. Jy mag dalk net jou musieksmaak verbreed.

Plastiekbottel – glas bottels word ongelukkig (gelukkig) nie toegelaat in die area waar die bands optree nie. Vat vir jou ’n plastiekbottel van een of ander soort saam. Verkieslik meer as 500ml. Jy wil nie elke uur terugloop na jou kampplek toe nie.

Slaap – dit klink na ’n romantiese idee om die hele Oppi wakker te bly, maar buddy, jy gaan hard crash een of ander tyd. Waarskynlik wanneer jou gunteling band optree. Slaap ten minste ’n uur of twee voor jy die volgende dag aandurf. Nuwe maatjies – jou bure is jou vriende. Hulle bied jou dalk ’n bier, ’n funnel of selfs brunch aan. Maak seker jy mis nie uit as gevolg van anti–sosiale gedrag nie. Water water water – vriende, jy gaan water mis. Of dit nou jou dors les, jou toelaat om jou tande te borsel, of selfs jou hande af te spoel, dié vloeistof is amper nodiger as ’n drankie. Kos a.k.a snacks – van tuna tot chips tot buns, vertou my, jy gaan jou middernag snacks waardeer. Moenie vergeet om geld opsy te sit daarvoor nie. Dit spaar boonop geld op jou cashless card.

Drank – gepraat van jou cashless card. Dis lekker, maar duurder as persoonlike drankwinkelaankope. Kyk mooi na jou begroting en besluit watter opsie werk die beste vir jou. Selfone – dink mooi voor jy jou nuwe Huawei saamvat. Oppi is ongelukkig nie ’n misdaadvryesone nie. Oorweeg dalk eerder jou ou Samsung. Oppi saam met mense wat jy ken – ingeval jy iets aanvang wat dalk onverantwoordelik kan wees, sal dit help as jy saam met mense daar is wat jy vertrou. Vreemdelinge doen snaakse dinge. Maak seker jy vind jou vreemdelinge se dinge snaaks. Laastens, as iemand “Oppi” skree, skree “Koppi” terug – dit mag dalk op ’n stadium te veel vir jou raak, but don’t leave a brother or sister hanging. Dit vat niks van jou af weg om die roep te antwoord nie.

‘Treading the fine line between calm and chaos’ with Medicine Boy Marita Herselman @MaritaHerselman

Lucy Kruger and André Leo will be festival hopping between OppiKoppi and Rocking The Daisies and bands this year. The duo from Medicine Boy, who are also band members in Lucy & The Lost Boys, will have to leave Northam Thursday after their 20:00 set to play at Daisies Friday afternoon.

In 2016 both groups gigged in Northam. This year however, Medicine Boy is amped to play during the evening as they played “on a smaller stage just before sunset” the previous year. The violinist Hezron Chetty will accompany them to Oppi again this year. They have recently been spending a lot of time in studio. “We have finished tracking about 85% of the new album. (We) still need to do a few extras here and there but the heart of it is in place.” With this album they have crammed in a lot more work in a

shorter period of time than with their previous full-length album, Kinda Like Electricity (KLE). “It got pretty intense towards the end (of recording KLE) so with this one we decided to book two weeks in the studio & get it all done. We did a lot more preparation & preproduction this time around so the flow in studio was great.” They describe their musical journey as “organic” – “every album is a document of where we were at that point”. Although they do not constrain their albums with certain themes and sounds, they have excluded some songs from the new

album when they felt they touched on it with KLE. Medicine Boy elaborated on how their sound has changed and developed. “There’s an almost naïve quality to More Knives, with its simple drum loops & drones that we really love. KLE has an introverted quality about it. It is a very personal album and deals with a lot of things (we) think people can relate to.” They have had two European tours and are currently working on relocating there “for a few years”. And how does the South African audience compare to the one overseas? “Over there the first band

does not have to wait until 22:00 to play.” Medicine Boy says they “wanted to have some fun with this whole genre thing” and “love treading that fine line between calm and chaos”, so they called their mysterious and haunting sound “dream noise”. These jugglers of calm and chaos associate OppiKoppi with dust, borat costumes, Willy Mason’s set a few years back and impressive sound. “Don’t panic,” is their advice for first-time festival-goers of OppiKoppi.

either via our Facebook page or a printed edition of the newspaper. Here are our first young artists’ work:

titled (on)vertelde stories to explain the act of writing – known as the metanarrative.

Meraki Denise Robertson @Denisemybru

Meraki (v). To do something with soul, creativity or love; to put something of yourself into your work. As you can see in the above definition, Meraki is all about soulful

creativity and love. In this creative corner, Wapad wants to celebrate students’ art in all kinds of formats, as students don’t receive enough credit for their hard work and talent. Whether you are an art student, or you just enjoy art in your free time, this corner is a creative space for students to express their inner love for their own personal kind

Poem: Colette Combrink

of art. It can be poetry, drawing, painting, writing or any form that one expresses oneself in. We want to encourage amateur artists to keep on persevering to become professional one day, or just to make another soul smile because of their art. Therefore, students can feel free to send their diverse artworks to us at wapad@ nwu.ac.za, where it will be shared

Colette Combrink, Wapad’s Editor in Chief and second year BA Geography and Humanities student, is a very special poet in her free time. This is one of her profound pieces that she wrote in Afrikaans

Carma Jacobs, first year in BA Graphic Design, sketched this masterpiece with colour pencil. The work is titled: “As above so below” and contains members of the band, Red Hot Chili Peppers. What great technique and visual pleasure!

Artwork: Carma Jacobs, colour pencil

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A new season calls for a new wardrobe. With their fabulous new spring collection, Old Khaki has you covered this spring. Not to mention that they also offer a student discount of 5% every single day – so much more reason to splurge on some new items to make your closet pop. Spice up your spring wardrobe by adding flowery details and fun summer accessories. Old Khaki has both men and women covered this season. Grab your hipster outfit, before it’s cool.

Spring collection to splurge on

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Models: Heinz Schoeman–Struwig Marné Coetzee Photographers: Marné Coetzee Heinz Schoeman–Struwig Bianca Stevens Marita Herselman Designers: Marné Coetzee Heinz Schoeman–Struwig Bianca Stevens Linzetta Calitz Store: Old Khaki Mooirivier Mall 018 297 1474 | Store 64

Roman Shirt: R450.00 Mayson Wash Denim: R499.00

Carmela Knitted Fedora R250.00 Martina Cold Shoulder Blouse R450.00 Dainah Skinny Denim R599.00 Skinny Denim R399.00 Thea Shirt R450.00

Quinn Flat Peak R225.00 Walker Tee R299.00 Parker Shorts R49.00

Leeroy Shirt R499.00 Jonas 2 Chino R699.00 Gwen Dress R650.00

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Groeipyne of bloot pyne? Post-truth, fake news: made-up things Sedert 6 September se PERSverklaring, is kampus in konsultasielose chaos gesaai – almal het iets te sê, maar niemand voel of hulle gehoor word nie. Tog gaan dinge aan soos normaal, alles van ’n nuwe snoepie vir die nikotienverslaafdes op Wes-kampus tot nóg ’n tragedie wat Amerika tref. Belangriker nog is ons krieketspan besig om internasionale spanne links en regs vir sesse te slaan, met hulle oog om nóg ’n titel op tuis bodem te besorg. Terwyl ons op die groter prentjie fokus, probeer ons ook die individu in ag neem met Meraki, die nuwe platform vir jong kunstenaars om hul werk bloot te stel. Belangrikste dan terug na die bogenoemde 6 September. Saam met groei, kom daar verandering. Die groot vraagstuk is of die pyne wat in elke struktuur beleef word weens

hierdie verandering net groeipyne is en of dit die Pukke en die groter NWU eerder gaan seermaak? Is ’n eenvormige superkragtige universiteit die toekomsprent, of sal dit afbreek doen om die NWU net nog ’n akademiese instansie te maak? Wat het van ’n generasie geword as ons WhatsApp-boodskappe wat ongegrond die rondte doen ons gedagtegang en redenasie en emosies beheer? Wapad glo in studentiteit. ’n Studentiteit waar die studente en hulle aksies die kultuur bepaal, nie simboliese veranderinge nie. Kom ons wees almal maar hipsters vir ’n dag in ’n Liefde Wen pakkie en gesels oor verandering en transformasie, in enige en alle kleure, oor ’n Instagram-mooi koffie. Kaalvoet Koebaai C

Regstelling: Annerine Niemand, KSR:SJGD, is verkeerdelik in 24 Augustus 2017 se voorblad as Annerie aangekondig. Sterkte aan Annerine, en die hele KSR vir die julle termyn!

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haun Frazao is Head of Digital and Intelligence at SPACE.TM, a global strategy agency. He is also an alumni of the North-West University School for Communication Studies. We have all had some sketchy distant relative who shared some post about how Facebook is going to steal all your information if you don’t immediately share/like/comment/ broadcast this message. This specific case study might only be a nuisance, but it is indicative of a larger issue in society: the dissemination of fake information online. A poll conducted in December and reported on by The Washington Post showed that 52% of Republicans believed that Trump won the popular vote during the 2016 US election (he lost by nearly three million votes). Another credible recent poll indicated that 67% of Trump backers said unemployment increased under President Barack Obama (despite it decreasing from 7.8 percent to 4.6 percent). During the campaign, another poll found that a third of Trump supporters believed Hillary Clinton has ties with the devil. Recently in South Africa, the country fell victim to fake news and propaganda spread by Bell Pottinger, which was commissioned by the Gupta-owned business, Oakbay Investments. We live in what has been labelled the “post-truth era,” where even the most unbelievable fallacies and lies find a receptive audience. But it’s important, perhaps more than ever, to remember that truth is not an abstract and unknowable concept. There is such a thing as objective reality. Separating fact from fiction can be done. It’s one of the core functions of journalism. In recent years, this has given way to what some observers have called “a new kind of journalism,” commonly known as fact-checking. Of course, there is nothing new about checking information to make sure it is correct. Journalists have done it for decades with their own work. Neither is it new for journalists to truth-test the pronouncements of politicians. But never has there been so much concerted effort brought to this endeavor. In the US established nonpartisan groups including FactCheck. org, PolitiFact, and the Washington Post’s Fact Checker are dedicated to fact-checking public claims and statements by politicians and lobby groups. It is a trend that has spread globally, with Africa Check performing a similar service in South Africa. The value of credible fact-checking outlets, even if they are not infallible, is greatly magnified by the advent of fake news. When a sizable share of

the population believes things that are demonstrably untrue, that presents an existential crisis in any democracy. It is time for an intervention, conducted by citizens armed with truthful information and schooled in how to make discerning judgments about the news they consume, before they pass it on. Getting the public to stop believing untrue things, especially in the hyperdishonest era of Donald Trump and Jacob Zuma, is going to take more than a handful of news operations devoted to fact-checking. Many experimental studies have shown that people prove surprisingly resistant to new information that cuts against their political views and may cling even more tightly to false beliefs after reading a correction.

It is therefore important to see factchecking for what it is: a flashlight, not a magic wand. Fact-checkers are journalistic reformers whose unifying mission has not been to clean up politics–seen as obviously futile and possibly inappropriate–but rather to change journalism. Politicians and other people with their own interests to advance are never going to become paragons of honesty. But journalists can hold them accountable for the falsehoods they concoct, and empower the public with the truth. What is the role of media if not to press for some semblance of reality amid the smoke and mirrors? After that, it’s up to the people in this democracy to decide whether or not truth matters.

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14 September 2017

Sport

Team SA laat paaltjies kantel in Sri Lanka

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Marianne Steyn @marianne_steyn

ie Noordwes–Universiteit se Potchefstroomkampus (NWU–Puk) is tans besig om as Team SA hulle krieket staal in Sri Lanka by die Red Bull World Championship of College Cricket ten toon te stel. Hulle het reeds gekwalifiseer vir die halfeindstryd nadat hulle drie groepswedstryde teen Australië, Indië en Pakistan gewen het. Suid-Afrika (SA) het in die eerste wedstryd van die toernooi stof in die oë van die Australiese span geskop deur hulle met ses paaltjies te wen. Die Pukke het die loodjie gewen en het besluit om Australië eerste te laat kolf. Team SA kon Australië tot ŉ telling van 157/9 beperk. Ruan Haasbroek en Dyllan Matthews het albei drie paaltjies geneem. Dit was veral Haasbroek se paaltjie van Australië se top puntemaker Hayden Kerr wat ŉ spyker in Australië se doodskis gekap het. SA het ŉ telling van 198/4 na 17.8 boulbeurte op die kaart gesit. Die telling is grootliks te danke aan Janneman Malan en kaptein Wihan Lubbe. Lubbe het 44 lopies van 23 balle aangeteken voor sy kolfbeurt

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Die manne van Team SA in aksie by die Red Bull World Championship of College

kort geknip is. Malan het ŉ telling van 67* van 52 balle aangeteken. Lubbe en Malan het in al drie hulle wedstryde waardevolle vennootskappe gehandhaaf deur meer as 50 lopies tussen hulle twee aan te teken tydens elke wedstryd. In SA se tweede wedstryd van die reeks het hulle die sukkelende Indië met 72 lopies verslaan. Ruan

Haasbroek het die meeste lopies gekry met ŉ totaal van 45*. Dyllan Matthews en Neil Durow het albei vier paaltjies geneem. Matthews is tans een van die top boulers in die reeks met ŉ totaal van 8 paaltjies. Die laaste groepwedstryd het SA vir Pakistan met 76 lopies laat les opsê. SA het die loodjie gewen en besluit om eerste te kolf. Hulle het ŉ totaal

van 192/7 na 20 boulbeurte opgesit. Dit was ŉ Lubbe–dag met die kolf met Wihan en Edrich Lubbe wat die meeste lopies aangeteken het. Wihan Lubbe het 44 lopies van 22 balle aangeteken, en Edrich Lubbe is van sy 50 ontneem nadat hy op 49 van 33 balle op die grens uitgevang is. SA het van Pakistan se kolforde in 18.5 boulbeurte ontslae geraak en

hulle tot 110 lopies beperk. Jean–Pierre le Roux het die meeste sukses met die bal gehad deur vier paaltjies te neem. Marques Ackerman het van 3 paaltjies ontslae geraak. Suid–Afrika speel teen Bangladesh in die eerste halfeindstryd. Hou Facebook dop vir meer inligting oor hierdie gesogte toernooi.

NWU athletes represented SA in Summer Universiade Kristien Kruger @Kris10Kruger

The North–West University (NWU) had 9 athletes which were included in the South African team who participated at the USSA World Student Games Summer Universiade in Taipei City, Taiwan.

Federation (FISU) and includes 10 compulsory sports and 3 optional sports chosen by the hosting country. The Universiade was held from 23 to 28 August. The NWU–Puk athlete who managed to perform the best at this

meeting was Rantso Mokopane who came second in the 3000 m Steeplechase with a time of 8:36.25. Another athlete who just missed the opportunity for a medal was Henco Uys, who finished 4th in the 800 m.

The Summer Universiade is held every two years and allows the best students from around the world to compete against one another. It is organised by the International University Sports

Other personal achievements were Jo–Ané van Dyk and Mpho Links, who both broke their personal bests. Van Dyk threw a 57.02 m in the Javelin and came 9th overall, and Links jumped 2.23 m and came 7th in the Men’s High Jump.

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Julia du Plessis finished in the 10th position in the Women’s High Jump event with a height of 1.80 m, and Tshepang Makhete came 8th in the Hammer Throw for men. Letitia van Vuuren participated in the Women’s Hammer Throw and came 14th with a distance of 56.81m. Johann Grobler took part in the Men’s Javelin Throw and managed to throw 70.92 m and finished in the 15th position. Pieter Conradie, a 400 m athlete, withdrew from the team because of other athletics related obligations.

Puk sewes – maak gereed vir groot dinge Kristien Kruger @Kris10Kruger

Die Noordwes–Universiteit (NWU– Puk) se sewesspan het die afgelope tyd

in toernooie gespeel ter voorbereiding vir die groter toernooie wat voorlê. Die span het al drie toernooie gespeel. Hulle het die eerste twee toernooie as die Barbarians deelgeneem. Die laaste toernooi, wat in Hartswater plaasgevind het, het hulle deelgeneem as die NWU–Puk.

Die eerste twee toernooie was teen Noordwes–klubspanne wat klubs soos Impala, Klerksdorp, Fochville en Potch–dorp ingesluit het. Hierdie toernooi was ter voorbereiding vir die University Sport South Africa (USSA) sewes toernooi wat oor twee weke in Margate afskop.

Die NWU–Puk neem daarna in Desember ook aan die Varsity sevens in Durban deel. Hein Kritzinger, ŉ senior in die span noem dat hulle “tot dusver onoorwonne was. Hulle het hulle wedstryde gereeld met 50 of meer punte gewen met enkele naelbyters.” Daar is nog nie ŉ vaste span nie, aangesien daar spelers is wat na afloop van die koshuisrugbyseisoen by die sewesspan sal aansluit.

Daar is ook Luiperdsspelers wat betrokke is wat nog uitgeklaar moet word. Tot dusver het die span verskil van toernooi tot toernooi, maar die finale span sal binne die volgende 2 weke bekend gemaak word. Daar sal ook ŉ Luiperdsspan gekies word wat in die North Region sevens toernooi teen ander noordelike provinsies soos die Bulle, Pumas en Leeus te staan sal kom.

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Patria vier hul sewende koshuisrugby titel.

Koshuis-eerstes: Patria wen 7de titel Kristien Kruger @Kris10Kruger

aput Manskoshuis kon nie vanjaar daarin slaag om Patria Manskoshuis van hulle titel as koshuisrugbyligawenners te beroof nie. Patria het die koshuisrugbyliga al vir ses jaar in totaal en vier agtereenvolgende jare gewen en alhoewel hulle struikelblokke deur die seisoen ervaar het, was vanjaar geen uitsondering nie.

Ondersteuners het vanjaar in Patria getwyfel nadat hulle deur die seisoen twee wedstryde verloor het, waarvan een teen Caput was. Op Woensdag 6 September was die Fanie du Toit Sportgronde se pawiljoene gepak met gretige studente wat in die opgewondenheid gedeel het. Patria het eerste punte aangeteken nadat ’n strafskop toegeken is en kort daarna is ’n drie gedruk wat die telling op 8 – 0 laat staan het. Caput het in die twaalfde minuut

hulle eerste drie gedruk nadat Caput se skrumskakel, Visser van der Bank, die bal in die hoek van Patria se doellyn gedruk het. Daarna het Edwin Gower, Caput se heelagter, die bal tussendeur die pale geskop. Net voor die halftydfluitjie geblaas het, was dit Caput se vleuel wat nog ’n drie gedruk het en die halftyd telling was 17 – 8 in Caput se guns. Patria het die tweede helfte met nuwe motivering opgedraf en vinnig ’n drie gedruk. Daarna was

dit die buitesenter Maghiel le Roux wat vanaf die kwartlyn man alleen deur Caput se verdediging gebreek het en die bal onder die pale gedruk het. Die bal is oorgeskop en Patria was weer voor met ’n telling van 22 – 17. Dit was Patria se haker, Christo Badenhorst, wat die volgende drie aangeteken het en die heelagter wat die bal oorgeskop het om die telling te verskuif na 29 – 17. Caput het nie opgegee nie en hard teruggeveg. Hulle het ’n drie onder die pale gedruk en oorgeskop

om die punteverskil te verklein. Caput het in die laaste minute van die wedstryd geweldig op Patria se doellyn gespeel, maar Patria het nie onder die druk ingegee nie. Patria het in die laaste minute van die wedstryd ’n strafskop gekry en oorgeskop om die wedstryd op ’n hoogtepunt af te sluit. Die eindtelling was 32 – 24, en Patria was weereens die oorwinnaars. Gevolglik sal Patria weereens die Noordwes–Universiteit verteenwoordig tydens die Varsity Cup se koshuisliga in 2018.

Koshuis tweedespanliga eindstryd: Patria staan terug vir Overs Kristien Kruger @Kris10Kruger

In die tweedespankoshuisrugby eindstryd het Over de Voor Manskoshuis (Overs) vir Patria Manskoshuis, met ’n punteverskil van 19, verslaan om as die algehele wenners aangewys te word. Die tweedespaneindstryd het gedien as ’n voorsmakie vir die eerstespaneindstryd, maar het net soveel opgewondenheid opgelewer. Overs het in hierdie wedstryd, op Woensdag 6 September, opgemaak vir die afwesigheid van hulle eerstespan wie in die halfeindstryde uitgeval het en nie die eindstryd gehaal

het nie. Die eerste 15 minute van die wedstryd het geen span geleentheid gekry om punte aan te teken nie.

Minute voor halftyd het Overs nog ’n drie gedruk.

Jurgen Faber, die flank van Overs, het wel eerste aksie verseker toe hy deur Patria se verdediging gebreek het om onder die pale te druk. Na ’n oorskop was die telling 7 – 0. Minute voor halftyd het Overs nog ’n drie gedruk te danke aan die talentvolle handewerk deur die span

se binne– en buitesenter. Charlie Meyer het die bal vir JM du Plooy aangegooi, daarna het hy die drie gedruk om nog vyf punte vir Overs by te voeg. Patria het daarna heelwat teen Overs se doellyn gespeel, maar kon nie die balbesit omskakel in punte nie. Die telling was daarom halftyd 14 – 0. Overs het na halftyd ’n strafskop gekry en 20 minute later het ’n spanpoging gesorg vir nog ’n drie waarna die haker, Liamzer James, die bal agter Patria se doellyn gedruk het. BF van Staden se foutlose skopwerk het deurlopend verseker dat al die skop geleenthede omgesit word in punte.

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Patria het in die laaste vyf minute van die wedstryd ’n drie gedruk en

Varsity Netbal maak reg vir derde titel – steeds oorwonne Kristien Kruger @Kris10Kruger

Die Noordwes–Universiteit se Potchefstroomkampus (NWU–Puk) se eerstenetbalspan maak reg vir hulle derde Varsity Netbal titel in ŉ ry. Na die afloop van die vyfde rondte se wedstryde staan die NWU–Puk steeds onoorwonne en eerste op die punteleer. Daar sal sewe rondtes gespeel word voor die beste vier spanne in die halfeindstryde, op 2 Oktober,

teen mekaar kompeteer vir ŉ plek in die finaal wat op 9 Oktober sal plaasvind. Die NWU–Puk was aan die begin van die toernooi tweede op die punteleer na die Universiteit van Stellenbosch (Maties). Hulle oorwinning oor Maties, op 11 September, het hulle voorsprong op die ander spanne vergroot. Hulle het vir Maties met een punt, 37 – 36, oorwin. Die Universiteit van die Vrystaat (Kovsies) is tweede met 19 punte en in die derde plek op die punteleer is die Universiteit van die Pretoria (Tuks). Maties het afgeskuif

na die vierde plek met 17 punte. Die afrigter van die span, Dorette

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Badenhorst, wil in haar laaste seisoen as afrigter graag vanjaar weer, nes die vorige twee jaar, die titel neem. Sy het aan Varsity Sport gesê dat hulle dit “graag drie uit drie wil maak, maar dat dit nie gaan maklik wees nie”. Pukke het die vorige wedstryde sonder te veel moeite gewen. Al die wedstryde sluit groot tellings in vir Pukke, met die uitsondering van hulle wedstryde teen Tuks en Maties. Tuks is met 6 punte oorwin deur die Pukke. Die grootste telling was in hulle wedstryd teen die Vaal Universiteit van Tegnologie wat

ten einde van die wedstryd was die telling 24 – 5 in Overs se guns.

hulle met die weglooptelling van 94 – 15 gewen het. Die NWU–Pukke se volgende wedstryd sal teen Nelson Mandela Metropolitaanse Universiteit (Madibaz) op 18 September. Daarna, in rondte sewe, sal Pukke teen die Universiteit van die Vrystaat te staan kom. Die span sluit in: Anja Esterhuizen, Jessica du Plessis, Mandy Hermanus, Romé Dreyer, Chanté Bester, Monique Reyneke, Simoné Rabie, Marike Maree, Didi Keebine, Nicole Amiras, Zandre Erasmus en Claudia van den Berg.