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KALAHARI BULLETIN, DONDERDAG 31 JULIE 2014
Choir wins two trophies Ilse Watson BEFORE the school holidays, the Kalahari High School choir participated in the South African School Choral Eisteddfod (SASCE). This is a national competition and schools from the whole of South Africa take part. The Kalahari High School competed at regional and provincial level and secured a first place in both competitions. They won the two trophies in the categories solo soprano and female choir. During the school holidays they took part in the nationals which were held in Durban. During this event the choir secured a seventh place in the female choir category. They performed the song I enjoy being a girl. For the solo soprano category,
Morati Mothibedi sang the song Yizwa Ukukhala Kwam (Hear my cries). For this song she secured a third place.
Wise words
NELSON MANDEadd to that a LA had much to literate tongue or say. In celebration pen, then you of his birthday on have something 18 July, the Kuruvery special. man Bulletin dug ) It always out some of his seems impossible memorable quotes. until it’s done. ) Sometimes, it ) I learned that falls upon a courage was not generation to be the absence of great. You can be fear, but the that great generatitriumph over it. on. Let your The brave man greatness blossom. is not he who ) It is what we does not feel THE late Nelson Mandela. make out of what afraid, but he we have, not what who conquers we are given, that separates that fear. one person from another. ) For to be free is not merely ) A good head and a good to cast off one’s chains, but to heart are always a formidable live in a way that respects and combination. But when you enhances the freedom of others.
THE formidable choir of the Kalahari High School who recently performed at the South African School Choral Eisteddfod and achieved great results. Photo: Dalene Coetzee
Win La Grange’s book on Mandela
THE book Good Morning, Mr Mandela by Zelda la Grange provides fascinating reading material. On 18 July Madiba’s birthday was celebrated. The Kalahari Bulletin has one copy of this book to give away. A reader can win this book by sending an SMS to 079-831-5579. Include your name and surname together with the word “Mandela” in your SMS. The closing date is 5 August at 11:00. The winner will be announced in the Bulletin of 7 August.
Facts about Mandela DID you know this about Nelson Mandela? ) He became an honorary member of Manchester United when the club toured South Africa in the winter of 2006. ) Mandela’s favourite dish was tripe. Tripe is the stomach of the cow or sheep. It is also prepared in many other cultures. ) He opened South Africa’s first black law firm: Mandela opened the first black law firm in South Africa in 1952 with his friend, Oliver Tambo. ) Mandela’s other passion was boxing. “I did not like the violence of boxing. I was more interested in the science of it how you move your body to protect yourself, how you use a plan to attack and retreat, and how you pace yourself through a fight,” he says in his biography. ) Nelson Mandela has a prehistoric woodpecker (Australopicus nelson-mandelai) named after him. He also has a nuclear particle named after him. ) Nelson Mandela had been a practising lawyer since 1952 in Johannesburg. – Source: Inewmedia.org