13 February 2012 Issue 2 Year74

Perdeby Tuks se amptelike studentekoerant / Official Tuks student newspaper / Kuranta ya baithuti ya semmušo ya Tuks

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Racism at Tuks

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Editorial

13 Februarie ‘12

Perdeby

Valentine’s Day: proceed with caution

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In the first editorial of the year (if you’re not one of the first years, who have already had the pleasure of my company for a full week) I am supposed to make grand promises. I am supposed to guarantee that Perdeby will have its greatest year yet, that we will strive to bring you only the best in campus news, student lifestyle and entertainment articles. And while I

am confident that all of that is incontrovertibly true, in the spirit of Valentine’s Day, and my own new philosophy on love, I will say only this: let’s take in one edition at a time, shall we?

Jumping in head first, your heart on your sleeve … well, that can end badly. That can turn messy and disappointing.

Before we proceed with this, before we get to know each other better, I have a few things I would like to get off my chest, if you wouldn’t mind? This way, we both know what we’re getting into.

There is a rumour going around (and when I say rumour I mean the kind of rumour that people have turned into stone cold fact) that I am secretly pushing an AfriForum agenda through this newspaper because the chairperson of AfriForum Youth at Tuks is my cousin. I don’t know where this rumour came from, or how much crack the person who spread it is on, but I am not related, nor have I ever been related to, the UP chairperson of AfriForum Youth. Nor am I interested, even remotely, in advancing their agenda. In fact I could care less about what AfriForum is trying to do. I could care less what any of the politically active societies on campus are trying to do. As anyone who was paying attention last year would know, I think politics on campus is all a bit of a joke and I regard it with weary cynicism. Weary, because even though I personally couldn’t care less, professionally I have to care. Because politics on campus constitutes a large part of the news that Perdeby covers. Because you, the reader, have a right to know what the SRC is up to. I would never ever let my personal political opinions slant the way we cover politics on this campus or in any way bias the articles we write.

Is it true that AfriForum has received more

From the Editor

coverage than other societies in the past? Yes, it is. The reason for this is simple: because they send out press releases. Currently, they are busy accusing the university of racism and they’re embroiled in a messy court case with UP regarding last year’s SRC election results.

Both of these are newsworthy stories. I do not see other societies generating this much news.

It isn’t my fault, and it certainly is not evidence of some conspiracy, or of a pro-AfriForum agenda, if other organisations on this campus are incapable of running a successful press office. Maybe if they had active media relations capabilities they wouldn’t have to invent petty rumours about me. We work with fact here, not opinion, and I have never published an article which has attempted to push any agenda, least of all a pro-Afrikaans, Christian-conservative one. That is the last corner you will find me defending, trust me.

Thank you for letting me clear that up.

But now that you know me a little better, maybe you want to read a few articles? Maybe you want to go see our awesome Rag page?

Rag is after all the best party of the year, even if this year attendance was a little lacklustre. Or maybe you want to read our article on Ienk? Or see our coverage of the Varsity Cup? Maybe you want to follow us on Twitter @perdebynews? Maybe after you’re done reading, we could go for a drink and forget about fluffy, sentimental Valentine’s Day for a while? And maybe later, I’ll introduce you to my friends …

Now, can we make out?

Beyers PS Tweet me things @PerdebyEditor.

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It didn’t rain on our parade

DANIELLE PETTERSON AND FRANCOIS VAN DER WESTHUIZEN On Saturday 11 February, students were in high spirits as they paraded through the streets of Hatfield. The annual charity parade was opened

by Prof. Cheryl de la Rey and Mr Kgosientso Ramakgopa, the Mayor of Tshwane, at 11:00.

Around 8 000 students were involved in building floats and escorting them through the streets. The theme this year was “Things we see when we turn on the TV”. The Simpsons was a popular take on the theme, inspiring both the Katjiepiering and Olienhout float, as well as the Curlitzia and Luminous float. Taaibos and

Magrietjie mixed sugar, spice and everything nice to make a Cartoon Network-inspired float featuring the Powerpuff Girls and Mojo Jojo.

Lilium and Kiaat built a Smurfs float, and Maroela and Klaradyn went with a Dexter’s Lab theme. Vividus ladies and Nerina deviated from the cartoon-inspired norm to build an MTV Base float, complete with gangsters and boomboxes. Kollege and Jasmyn built a Top Chef float, while Inca and Zeus built a float inspired by the movie Up. Asterhof and Vividus Men took third place with their Big Bang Theory float. Mopanie and Zinnia came in second place with their SABC News float, featuring Riaan Cruywagen and his detachable

wig. Winners Sonop and Erika built a float featuring various cartoon characters, including Buzz Lightyear and Spongebob Squarepants.

The general consensus from spectators was that this year’s parade was improvement on lasts year’s and that both the new, shorter route and the earlier starting time contributed to this, despite the heavier police presence and noticeably poorer spectator turn out. Several students said that this was probably because people did not have time to start drinking prior to the parade commencing. A handful of students felt that the parade was “still too rough”.

Felicia Fourie, who emailed Perdeby late on

Saturday night, certainly would have agreed.

“On Rag Saturday I stopped at the corner of Lynnwood and University Roads at about 5pm,” says Fourie. “There was a stream of students approaching Loftus – they looked happy, modern and made me think of my own Rag years ago. Out of the blue two male students (apparently) decided to bare their very unsightly bottoms up against the window, into the face of my passenger, an 87 year-old-lady. What low down cowardly skunks. Yuch!”

applicable campaigning rules, including the rule prohibiting any society from undertaking any marketing campaigns on behalf of any candidate in another constituency.” According to Prof. Grové, “Political societies are permitted to influence the outcome of the elections in faculties, inter alia by spending substantial amounts of money provided by interest groups from outside the university in this manner, the whole SRC election will once again become party-political in nature.

And that is something that is not in the interest of the university or its student body.”

The TRC has been appointed to perform all tasks and duties carried out by SRC until all court proceedings have been concluded and a

new SRC has been elected. The TRC will be tasked with ensuring that the various student events in the first few months of this year are “properly planned and managed,” Grové added.

The TRC is appointed by the Rector of the university and the Chairperson of the Council and comprises between 9 to 51 members, 50% of which should be members of the previous year’s SRC, while the rest are selected from various societies within the university.

Chairman of the TRC, Mthokozisi Nkosi expressed his longing for the court proceedings to be settled and for the university and all of its student body movements to veer towards establishing a legitimate SRC. “In the event of any dispute the university should handle it quickly and this

should be done out of principle.” Nkosi also stressed that the current TRC members will display proud efficiency in carrying out their duties towards Tukkies students. Chairperson of AfriForum Youth and former SRC Chairperson, Charl Oberholzer supports the appointment of the TRC for student needs. However, he also pointed out that the TRC could experience problems as they do not possess any decisionmaking power and are permitted only to function in an administrative role before being replaced by a permanent committee. Oberholzer stated that societies within the university share a common need for a permanent SRC to be appointed in order for any political action to be fully acknowledged and administered.

According to Prof. Grové , no decisions with regard to appointing a new SRC have yet been made. “Pending the finalisation of the court proceedings, the university will not be taking any further steps and/or actions towards the reelection,” he said.

Photos: Gerhard Louw and Marius Veldhuyzen van Zaten

Court controversy leads to interim SRC DAVID CROSS

The University of Pretoria has appointed a Temporary Representative Committee (TRC) to provisionally take on the role of the SRC. This follows the 2011 SRC election controversy (for full coverage of last year’s election troubles, see our article “Why you have no SRC yet” on perdeby.co.za). Student movement AfriForum Youth has taken the university to court over the matter, demanding the 2011 election results be released. The case is set to appear before the Gauteng North High Court on 17 February.

Controversy in the 2011 elections centred around AfriForum’s distribution of pamphlets on the Hatfield campus which contained the names and pictures of faculty candidates. Under their photographs was the caption, “Vote for the AfriForum candidate in your faculty”.

Prof. Niek Grové, Registrar of the university, told Perdeby: “These aforesaid actions constitute a serious violation of the

“Pending the finalisation of the court proceedings, the University will not be taking any further steps and/or actions towards the reelection.”

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Is there racism at Tuks?

KIRSTI BUICK

UP has featured in various print media in the past few weeks, and while the circumstances differed in each story, the central issue remained the same: racism.

The Mail & Guardian published a series of articles about UP over the festive season.

The first of these, “Race row at Tukkies hots up” describes how the Higher Education Transformation Network, a “black-dominated lobby group” which claims a membership of 3 000 across the country’s various universities, stated that it “wanted to weaken the grip of AfriForum and the Freedom Front Plus on governance at Tukkies”.

In November last year, the group submitted a 14-page report, “Lack of Transformation at the University of Pretoria”, to the Department of Higher Education and Training. The organisation attributes this alleged lack of transformation to what they call the “unholy alliance” between AfriForum, the Freedom Front and university management.

Clearly, AfriForum does not believe this to be the case. Following the yet unresolved 2011 SRC elections, AfriForum released a statement describing the “Zanufication” of Tuks and blaming the withholding of election results on UP’s alleged sympathies with another contender for office, SASCO. “UP is extremely partial towards ANC-affiliated associations and with the current issues surrounding student parliament elections, it has simply reached boiling point,” claims AfriForum’s Charl Oberholzer.

The Higher Education Transformation Network has also taken issue with what they described as “a hostile working environment” for black staff, a concern that resurfaced in the Mail & Guardian a few weeks later. The article begins, “The battle to transform the University of Pretoria has taken another turn after a black

professor at the institution claimed that, over the past decade, white executives had been ganging up with his department’s head to harass him.”

The engineering professor Michael Kachienga’s case was taken on by the Higher Education Transformation Network. Kachienga, who has been working at UP since 2001, claims that he has been treated unfairly by the university, since he has not yet been promoted to a full professorship and his salary and allowances are allegedly not the same as those of other professors in the department. In response, UP stated that Kachienga had not been promoted “since he did not comply with the minimum criteria for appointment”.

Following this, the Mail and Guardian reported that Tuks had launched an investigation

Med students strut their stuff

AMY-MAE CAMPBELL The medical students on Prinshof campus once again took part in their KAALender photo shoot, where they stripped bare, for charity.

Perdeby was offered a sneak peak.

KAALender started with three medical students as a fund-raising initiative in 2010 and this will be the second year it is officially released. According to Lourens Terblanche, a fifth-year medical student at UP who codelegated and participated in the calendar, R10 000 was raised last year and donated to the Future Families charity organisation for families affected by HIV/Aids. They intend to continue supporting Future Families this year.

Any medical student can participate and although everyone appears to be nude, creative methods are used to cover up the essentials. For

the 2012 photo shoot, “secret underwear” was used to create this effect, explained Terblanche.

KAALender 2012 was financed by Sanlam and supplied the shoot with a professional makeup artist (Lynn Kennedy), a photographer (JP Hanekom) and a layout artist (Gawie Joubert).

The participants would also like to thank them for their contribution.

“It takes a lot of planning and negotiating to get people involved, but we are glad to see that a willingness to help people in need is still a priority today. It makes all the effort worthwhile in the end,” says Terblanche.

KAALender 2012 is currently available at Bookmark on Hatfield and Groenkloof campus and also during lunch-time in the cafeteria on Prinshof campus at R70 a calendar.

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against Kachienga into “possible misconduct ... resulting in repercussions in the press.”

More recently, and somewhat ironically, Tuks has been charged with racism from the other end of the spectrum. The university made an appearance on the front page of Pretoria News on 31 January. The article “Tuks race rumpus” discussed an AfriForum demonstration staged outside the offices of the Department of Higher Education, where the group painted their faces black in protest of the admission policy at UP’s veterinary institute – the only one in the country. AfriForum accused UP of unfairly favouring black students, and claimed to represent 30 white applicants, with a collective 139 distinctions, who were not accepted into the programme due to “poor academic

performance”.

AfriForum states that the country “currently has a 34% vacancy rate of veterinarians and therefore AfriForum Youth would like to bring it under the attention of the minister that top students are currently not able to enter the system and address the current skills shortage.”

AfriForum claims that, according to the university, the Department of Higher Education “has set conditions on the earmarked funding directed to the Faculty. These conditions include that racial targets are met as to improve the equity profile of the Faculty of Veterinary Science in order to meet the national demographic.” The unintended consequence of this, the organisation further states, “is that many discrepancies are taking place in the Faculty in order to meet these targets. Not only are students subjected to racial categorisation but many students with between seven and nine distinctions are not admitted to the faculty while international students and students with lesser academic performance, irrespective of socioeconomic circumstances, are admitted.”

UP told Perdeby that they believe that through their campaign, AfriForum has been misleading the public with regard to the state of affairs at the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Onderstepoort. The university states that due to a restructuring of the programme, the 2012 selection criteria were more stringent, as both the 2010 and 2011 matriculant group had to be accommodated. UP also indicated that they wish to make the course more representative.

They cite the 2010 figures for the Bachelor of Veterinary Science programme: only 16 of the 140 first years, 20 of the 137 second years, and 4 of the 114 third-year students were black .

Do you see racism as a problem at Tuks?

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It’s not the cheapest car available but why spend money when you can make it? Audi is giving students from the University of Pretoria an opportunity to act as professional spotters.

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Fun & Games

Pssst...

It was Ienk last week, and boy oh boy did Pssst... have fun watching all the little first years stumble and fall … not that the older students provided much of an example. Ienk kicked off the year with a fizzle and a bang, where some of the reses impressed (and by some Pssst... means Asterhof, Boekenhout, Sonop and … and no one else). The theme of the evening seems to have been solo performances and Pssst... was not impressed.

Curlitzia made some poor unfortunate soul sing a Florence and the Machine song, and Pssst… could hear the feral cats on campus flee. While Olympus seemed to think that making two trembling gingers carry all the vocal responsibility was a good thing. Talk about butchering a melody. Pssst… liked the theme the doctors came up with, but pity they can’t sing and dance. Even to save lives.

The perennial favourites, Vividus Men seemed to hit a low note this year. Pssst... doesn’t quite understand the toddler theme: it was creepy. Paedophiles now have a new home,

13 Februarie ‘12 it seems.

Taaiboos het darem harder probeer die jaar, maar shame, hulle was “bietjie rigting bef*k”, soos een HK stilletjies gefluister het. Dalk was dit omdat hulle al weer besig is om met Maroela te baklei in die vroëe oggend ure.

Pssst… hoor julle het sleg tweede gekom, ouens. Maar dit sal alles ok wees. Julle dans darem beter as Maroela. Van wat Pssst… hoor doen Maroela niks behalwe baklei. Ons hoor julle Jool maats is nie baie beindruk met hoeveel werk julle doen nie, ouens. Dit is effens vreemd dat julle eerder saam met Taaibos wil speel as Klaradyn. Ietsie om te deel?

Inca doesn’t make it into Pssst... often. Frankly Pssst... forgets they exist most of the time. As usual, they sucked. They were rhythmless and listless. When the band can’t even play the tune to Moves Like Jagger, all is lost. Ladies, why do you even try bother leaving campus?

So gepraat van Groenkloof koshuise wat moet ophou probeer: Lilium se tema was “Sandy Summer Holidays”. Die meisies het soos `n klomp hartseer tropiese hansworse gelyk.

Pssst... vermoed die Lilium HK was hoog toe hulle die dansies uitgewerk het.

The men of Zeus seemed determined to offend someone. Unlike Kollege, who realised quickly they were going to suck and resorted to some hilarious mockery, Zeus’s back-up plan

was racism. Pssst... doesn’t think your double Indian theme worked, guys. You do know that Native Americans and people from India are not from the same place, right?

The Vividus girls were really worried about having danced well, if their post-performance whining was anything to go by. Heads up girls: you didn’t. Pssst... did like the neon thing though, if only because it was easy to see you pass out in the Square at the after party.

What do you call three Vividus girls in a heap again? On the positive side, Pssst... has always wondered why Vividus ladies always attract more talent than Zeus ladies. Then we watched Ienk. Now we know.

Speaking of small numbers and no effort, what did Jacarandia think they were doing? A house warming theme? What, because you couldn’t afford costumes? At least you get your annual mention in the Pssst.... Congrats.

Sonop had a great theme, but their costumes left little ... and we mean very little ... to the imagination. Maybe remember to wear some underwear in future guy in the front. It isn’t pretty.

Next week, Pssst… brings you all the scandal from Rag. As usual if you have any news, you can send Pssst… your tips at m.perdeby.co.za.

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BEYERS DE VOS In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I decided this would be an appropriate top ten. The top ten differences between Valentine’s Day and vodka: 1. Vodka is cheaper.

2. Vodka won’t get upset if you don’t buy it presents or forget to tell it you love it.

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Rag: The bands had quite a lot to say, and not all of it was published. Read the full interviews exclusively online!

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3. Valentine’s Day might lead to sex. Vodka definitely will.

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“Pretoria fans

Despite the poor attendance and the poor organisation, the bands and the crowd managed to rock out at the Rag Farm on Friday 10 February at the oddly named UP Beats Festival (which to normal students is still just plain old Tuks Rag). Perdeby caught up with a few of the performing acts to talk about sibling rivalry, misconstrued Afrikaans nationalism with a mention of vegetables and orifices.

Photos: Kobus Barnard & Brad Donald

Fokofpolisiekar Gig after gig, you manage to pull in a huge audience. Have you gotten used to the effect that your music has on people or does it still surprise you each time?

Wynand: It’s all pretty much repeat every show, you know what I mean. We were joking on our way here; I think we’ve played Tuks Jool every year for about seven years.

Snake: It’s pretty cool because every year there’s new first years who haven’t seen us and they have this new energy.

Why do you think your music is still relevant to young South Africans today?

Wynand: We have no idea Snake: I think the stuff Hunter wrote about is still relevant. It has a universal quality; it’s not something that will just disappear.

A recent article on Mahala said that nowadays the message behind your lyrics “seems to have been misconstrued” and that audiences interpret Fokof lyrics “as an exercise in reinvigorated Afrikaner

nationalism”. What do you think of this assertion?

Wynand: I think people will always interpret all lyrics the wrong way. It depends on how they are feeling, where they are [in] their lives. I believe that’s part of [the music] though, people make it their own.

Snake: We discovered that long ago, years ago. That’s the beauty of making music; people can interpret stuff in a different way, sometimes the wrong way.

You toured London and Amsterdam last year. How did international audiences receive your music?

Wynand: Whenever we’ve toured overseas we’ve played to South Africans. It doesn’t matter where you go, you will always find South Africans.

Is another Fokof album ever going to be on the cards?

Wynand: Of course. We’re definitely going to do an album. When, I do not know. It’s difficult with all of us being so busy.

You guys have been in the industry for 10 years now. How has it changed since you first started out?

Gareth: It’s weird, it’s changed so hectically.

It was all about who the best band was, who played the best live shows. Now it’s become like a business, which is good in some ways.

Is there a new album on the cards this year?

Gareth: There’s not an album this year.

We’re going to do a short EP for the 10 year.

We want to release four new songs just to warm up for the album next year which we specifically want to write for the fans for the 10 year so we’re slowly introducing them into our set and we want to see what the fans like and then those four are going onto the EP. Do you think being related to one another makes it easier or more difficult to be in a band?

Gareth: I think the only reason we’ve been together for ten years is no matter how s**t things get, we’re family so we have to sort it out.

Paul: Gareth and I fight every day. We want to kill each other and then we can go watch movies together.

Tammy: I just shake my head and walk away.

Paul: Don’t be fooled, Tammy has the dirtiest mouth out of all of us.

At the end of the day, Rag is about giving to those in need. Are you involved in any charities?

Tumi

December Streets This is your second time playing at Rag. How does it feel to be back?

Tristan: It’s awesome. Rag is always one of the highlights of the year for us. It’s our hometown, so it’s always a party. A big, big party.

Corneil: It’s a nice vibe as well. Especially something big like Rag, it’s good for our portfolio.

You recently signed to 2 Feet Music. How did you land the deal?

Corneil: Well they actually approached us first, quite a while back already.

Everything’s going good, the album’s coming out in June.

Is your new album going to include the tracks from your EP or is it going to

consist of new material only?

Corneil: Yes, we’re going to re-record most of the stuff from the EP and then add completely new stuff.

When you turn on the radio and hear one of your songs, do you think, “Yes, we’ve made it!” or do you feel the need to constantly achieve more?

Tristan: We don’t listen to radio … No, it never gets old. We still BBM each other when we hear our stuff on the radio.

What else can fans expect from The December Streets in 2012?

Corneil: We’ll be taking our shirts off a few more times [laughs]. We’ll probably do one or two more music videos this year and then a lot of touring.

Southern Gypsey Queen Gareth: We’re not one of those bands who is like “Sannie het haar arm gebreek” now everyone is going to play a charity show. We choose like one or two charities and then all our charity work goes to them.

Do you have any party tips for the poor, unsuspecting first years?

Gareth: I have the best party tip. If you can only afford beer and you get full, bring a quarter Jack with you because after a whisky you can drink beer again. It’s the best party tip ever, I promise you.

Paul: Girls, just flash your boobs.

Gareth: Or really drunk. Stay drunk. Get sober. Then get drunk again.

You’ve said that Danyel Waro has had an influence on your music regarding the proportion of rapping vs singing. How would you say this shift has impacted on your music?

I think … he made me understand what singing is. I used to view singing as very technical, kind of like Whitney Houston where you have to be a trained singer. People sing at funerals, people sing at weddings. It permeated my music in the sense that if I feel like a song needs a melody, I just sing it. He gave me that confidence to reimagine what singing is.

How did your collaboration with Peach van Pletzen come about?

Simple. I saw Peach perform and I loved his s**t. I went up to him [and] I said, “Yo, we gotta perform together, we gotta do s**t together”. I just really loved his music. .

This is not your first Tuks Rag show. How do the Pretoria crowds, in your opinion, compare to others?

They don’t give a f**k, yo. They’re wild out. They’re like, “I paid, I’m here.”

Do you have any party tips for the poor, unsuspecting first years?

Don’t get drunk with anyone that’s not a first year because you will wake up with a carrot in your ass. Trust me. [And] no matter what, always buy the groceries first.

You’ve been nominated for an MK Award this year in the indie category for your song “Boxes of Tigers”. In one sentence, convince people why they should vote for you.

Tom: Our video has lots and lots of shiny lights in it. Everyone likes shiny lights.

You guys toured quite a bit in November and December.

What’s the best and worst thing about touring?

Tom: Touring is really cool because you get to see the country but the downside of touring is that you’re away from home, and you have to spend time with these guys …

Adrian: It just sucks when you have a job. We all have jobs.

Tom, you’re a former Tuks student. What are some of your fondest Rag memories?

I was in res in Kollege. My best memory was Rag procession in second year, I was a senior and we took a trolley from Pick ‘n Pay, sawed off the front, put a first year in it and we would have to push [him] for the entire Rag procession. We also had to give him petrol, which was papsak. My best friend in first year never made it to the end of the procession. He got picked up in an ambulance.

Is a new album on the cards for Dance, You’re on Fire in 2012?

Tom: No. This is our last show ever. We’re breaking up.

Adrian: I don’t think anyone would care.

Tom: No-one would care.

Adrian: Like three people would care – my mom, my dad and my girlfriend.

Tom: Nah, we’re just self-deprecating. We’ve got a new album coming out. We’re going to go record it on 19 March. We’re going into studio for two or three weeks. We’re basically recording with the same people that we recorded the first album with.

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Who is your favourite artist performing at Hatfield Carnival this year?

Jesse: The Newspapers, also Bittereinder. And Van Coke Kartel is one of the tightest acts we’ve seen.

If you weren’t musicians, what would you be?

All: Musicians.

Dylan: Unemployed.

Danny: Organic farmers maybe. We have a garden back in Phoenix where we grow things organically. Everything, tomatoes, brinjals ... pizza.

If you could give the students at Tuks any message, what would it be?

Well, we’re depressed because we have to go back to America after this and that the Pretoria crowd are just our best crowd ever and we love it.

What is your fondest memory so far of South Africa?

Johnny: Obviously the shows.

Dylan: The game farms even though we got the whole flood thing.

These game farms, you can’t get them anywhere else in the world.

Your single “I’m Only Joking” has done really well on South African radio, what was the inspiration behind this song?

Dylan: We actually like letting people interpret it for themselves.

People come up with some funny things. When it comes to the record we were inspired by Burundi drums and some Eastern melodies.

Who are your favourite South African musicians?

Jack Parow. Paul Simon. We’ve been listening to some traditional old township jazz. We’re into kwaito, and we’ve discovered Mandoza (who’s probably old school to you guys now but took a while to reach America).

Can your fans look forward to another South African tour in the near future?

Definitely. We’ll come back even if it’s not to tour. Pretoria fans are insane, nowhere else comes close.

Van Coke Kartel Wat is die beste deel van voor `n massiewe groep studente optree?

Francois: Ons is in general mal daaroor om in Pretoria te speel. Om hier te speel is f****n awesome, want ons songs word hier gespeel op die radiostasie.

Wynand: Ons is van Kaapstad, maar ons het van ons beste shows hier gehad, byvoorbeeld Vanfokkingtasties in Hatfield Square en vanaand is weer exceptionally packed. As `n venue packed is dan kry jy soveel energie van die crowd af wat dit makliker maak om te speel. Die booze flow en die audience is amped so ons kan onsself geniet.

Wie is julle gunsteling kunstenaar by Hatfield Carnival hierdie jaar?

Wynand: Heuwels as vriende en kuier-buddies definitief. Kongos, Yesterday’s Pupil, ons is goeie vriende met Peach ook. JR is bef*k obviously, ons wil `n song saam met hom doen.

Waarna kan julle aanhangers uitsien wanneer hulle die album koop?

The Newspapers

Wynand: Ons het so pas “Dis `n land” as `n single gelaunch. Die next step vir ons is om te werk aan ons volgende single wat “Tot die son uitkom” is, ons eerste regte ballad. Daar sal nog videos kom daarvoor.

En obviously gaan ons al die MK Awards wen, dis pretty exciting. Mense kan vir ons gaan stem vir die verskillende catagories. Dit sal baie nice wees as hulle doen.

Wat is julle all-time gunsteling liedjie om live te sing en hoekom?

Wynand: Ek en Jason geniet al ons nuwe songs, dis f****n lekker. Ons like veral “Doodsdreigemente”.

Hoe balanseer julle al die verskillende bands waarvan julle deel is sonder om enige projek af te skeep?

Wynand: Dis baie moeilik. Ons het al baie gehad dat iemand nie die show kan maak nie en dan staan iemand van een van die ander bands in. Dis obviously nie die ideaal nie, maar ons hou dit bymekaar.

Ons almal het `n natural connection so it became like one big f**k-fest basically.

Wat is die malste ding wat `n aanhanger al ooit by een van julle optredes gedoen het?

Francois: Ons het by Hotbox gespeel en toe het daar `n meisie na die show reg voor die stage gesquat en gepis. Dit was nogal hectic.

What is the best thing about performing in front of a massive group of students?

Stefan: Ja, die mense. Dis `n lekker crowd wat jou ook laat lekker voel. Hulle gee jou energie.

Being from Witbank you’re often compared to Prime Circle who also originated there, how do you feel about this?

Jared: Better than being compared to The Parlotones.

What was it like working with Nathan Waywell from Casette on “King Of No Book”?

Brink: Dit was cool gewees, hy’s `n baie goeie musikant.

What can we expect from the Newspapers in 2012?

Jared: Music videos, our first CD and a cookbook.

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On 11 February Hatfield was packed with colourfully clad people on stilts, bands parading up and down Burnett Street and the odd glimpse of a jumping jester leaping through the crowd. It, in other words, was Hatfield Carnival. But the real spectacles were to be found on any of the three stages, so Perdeby went into the depths of Square and a blackened-out bookstore to find out more about the artists you queued to see. Like Kongos frontman Danny has an organic farm in Phoenix and Peach and Louis are really dressed as Gregorian-space-monk-priests.

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Bittereinder Jaco, ons hoor jy is `n onderwyser wanneer jy nie optree nie. Is die kinders in jou klas aanhangers van Bittereinder en behandel hulle jou enigsins anders as die ander onderwysers omdat jy in `n band is?

Party van hulle dink ek is `n celeb. Ek gebruik dit maar om hulle soet te hou in die klas. Al die kinders in my skool is Tswanasprekend en baie van hulle gee ons groot support, maar meeste van hulle kan nie regtig Afrikaans praat nie, so ek sou hulle nie “aanhangers” noem nie, nee.

Julle het al `n hele paar collaborations gedoen, wat was sover julle gunsteling en hoekom?

Goeie vraag. Ek dink nie daar is een wat ons nie geniet het nie. Daai excitement om `n ander kunstenaar se bydrae op ons eie liedjie vir die eerste keer te hoor is flippen lekker.

Wanneer kan julle aanhangers julle volgende album verwag?

Voor die einde van 2012. Ons werk hard aan elke woord en klankie, die eerste album het ook meer as 18 maande geneem om klaar te maak.

Wat was die inspirasie agter Die Dinkdansmasjien?

Arcade Fire, criticism, instant gratification, fame, trends, TS Eliot.

JR What is the best thing about performing in front of a massive group of students?

Performing is my favourite thing but because they’re students they just want to have fun, they have no reservations. They know what they want and they’re out to get it. I specifically cater to the youth market.

Who is your favourite artist performing at Hatfield Carnival this year?

My friends, who I respect so much, Die

Watter visuele verrassings kan aanhangers na uitsien van Louis se kant af in julle komende videos en optredes?

Wel, die Gregorian-space-monk-priests het nou al 3 optredes in Potch, Stellenbosch en Pretoria oorleef, so ek is seker ons gaan nog baie in daai lyn sien. Musiekvideo’s vir twee nuwe singles is ook in die pyplyn.

Jaco, jy het altyd in Engels geskryf.

Wat het jou laat besluit om eerder in Afrikaans te begin skryf en Bittereinder te begin? `n Hele paar dinge en mense. Dis eintlik `n moerse lang storie, maar ek kan definitief groot krediet gee vir Tom Gouws, Jana Viljoen, Michael Naude, Fokofpolisiekar, Straatligkinders, Tim Beumers en Christa Badenhorst. Hulle het my almal aangemoedig om my moedertaal te konfronteer na `n lang en ingewikkelde geskiedenis met my taal.

Wat is die beste deel van voor `n massiewe groep studente optree?

Om te weet dat hulle ook almal Maandagoggend vir klas moet op-pitch.

Wie is julle gunsteling kunstenaar by Hatfield Carnival hierdie jaar?

As julle een boodskap vir die studente van Tuks kan gee wat sal dit wees?

Koop die tyd uit omdat die dae boos is.

Heuwels. Van Coke Kartel as well, I’m a really big fan and they’re some of my really good friends and they’ve solidified themselves in the industry.

If you weren’t a musician, what would you be?

I’d probably be an actor. I studied drama so I think I’d try to be an actor.

If you could give the students at Tuks any message, what would it be?

Have fun. Don’t drop out because you don’t know how hard it’s going to be. If you want to be a musician or artist there’s no guarantee of a glamorous life.

What was it like to work with Jack Parow and Die Heuwels Fantasties?

Oh my God, biggest headache of my life.

Nah just joking, he’s another one of my boys. We grew with each other’s bands.

When I first heard his music I knew he was a really good rapper. He had that X-factor, or in his case the shock-factor which was a very clever brand move and he’s a lyrical genius. The Afrikaans youth needed a voice and he said the things people say behind their high fences.

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Asterhout triumphs at Ienk

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MELINA MELETAKOS Rag Week was off to a competitive start on 6 February with Ienk Melodienk, Tuks’s very own annwwal singing and dancing extravaganza.

This year’s first years brought the fantastic, the forgettable and (thanks to Kollege) comic relief to the stage.

Organised efficiently by Student Culture (Stuku) and hosted by Tuks FM’s Alex Caige, Ienk Melodienk quickly became a contest of who could best do the Pata Pata and who had the Moves Like Jagger.

“I think it went quite smoothly. We were on schedule. Overall, my team and I did a good job,” said Chené Lombaard, the External Culture Executive Committee member of Stuku.

Dressed up as Spanish bullfighters, Asterhof’s tightly synchronised routine earned them a well-deserved first place in the ladies’ category.

Asterhof’s Ienk Guardian, Carina van Niekerk,

commented saying, “I am so proud. I got very emotional. I’m looking forward to a great year with them. I’ve already learned a lot from them and I think we can learn a lot from each other in the year to come.” With scarves that cleverly doubled as a matador’s red cape, they delivered a stellar performance. Boekenhout’s Supervillains secured first place in the men’s category with their intricate choreography and noteworthy band. “We used difficult moves in our routine by incorporating dance moves from music videos like Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance. We also tried to make a show more than anything else,” said Boekenhout’s Ienk Guardian, Leander Visser. “At the moment we are the best res. We won Serrie last year and this was the only cup we still needed.” Their crowning of Julius Malema as the World’s Best Supervillain was a definite crowd pleaser.

Luminous, the new kids on the block, were awarded the prize for best mixed residence

Boekenhout

(although there were only two mixed residences competing) with their theme Chuck versus Charlie, which saw Charlie’s Angels pitted against Chuck Norris.

Sonop’s Blood theme was dubbed the most original idea in the men’s category. A doctor with an oversized scalpel mimicked an incision on one of the doors, which oozed tightly clad red and white blood cells that proceeded to sing and dance enthusiastically. Vividus Ladies earned the same prize in the ladies’ category with their 80s Aerobics theme. Sporting neon orange, yellow and pink, they impressed with their rendition of “The Time Warp”.

Another performance worth mentioning is Taaibos’s Dustbin Men Going Green. Their jampacked routine included entertaining acrobatics, a conversation between a British scientist and two South Africans, and a break dancer popping out of a dustbin. Kollege staying true to their reputation, provided the shock factor for the

night. Their crude dance moves and not so underhanded insults left the conservatives in the crowd with their mouths wide open and the rest of the audience in hysterics.

This year the judges included Frieda Lombaard, Warren le Grange, Lizandra Pretorius, Louw Breytenbach, Kobus Lourens, Masitha Hoeane and Christe Kotze. Le Grange, Creative Director at performing arts company 13th Floor, said that the judges were looking for “creativity, authenticity, [for the residences] to be original in their concepts and [displays of] high energy.”

“I think I experienced a lot of that from the guys tonight. They were super creative. Not that the girls weren’t – the guys were just absolutely pushing the bar,” he commented. Le Grange also noted the higher standard of this year’s performances. “I was a judge here last year as well. The standard has been raised and I loved that.”

Photos: Brad Donald

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Chocolate: not so sweet after all BEYERS DE VOS AND BERND FISCHER It’s Valentine’s Day and your beloved has treated you to all your heart’s desires – maybe a cheesy card declaring all his or her love, a romantic dinner for two or a big box of chocolates. But how would you feel if you knew that slaves as young as ten years old had risked their lives and sacrificed their childhood to make your favourite treat?

The Ivory Coast, a poor nation plagued by political instability and war, single-handedly produces about 40% of the world’s cocoa. The Ivorian agricultural sector depends largely on cocoa as their main source of income.

Due to low cocoa prices around the world, farmers have turned to child labour and human trafficking in a desperate attempt to decrease their labour costs. According to investigations done by CNN, child slaves work up to 12 hours a day and receive no wages. Labour is intense and often dangerous – the labourers use machetes and pesticides on a daily bais.

According to UNICEF, 15 000 children from Mali were working on cocoa plantations in the Ivory Coast. Mali’s Save the Children Fund director described “young children carrying 6 kg of cocoa sacks so heavy that they have wounds all over their shoulders.”

Research done by the International Cocoa Initiative shows that 47% of child labourers have participated in at least one hazardous farming activity, with only 23% using any protective measures.

The Harkin-Engel Protocol is an international agreement which was signed in 2001. Its goal is to end the use of child slavery and human trafficking in the production of cocoa. “We felt like the public ought to know about it and we ought to take some action to try stop it,” said Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa. But 11 years later the problem still seemingly persists. Further investigations carried out by CNN show that 97% of cocoa farmers in West Africa have never been reached or contacted to monitor the progress of the protocol.

The Ivorian government still denies that children are being trafficked, despite investigations by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) verifying that approximately

200 000 children work as child labourers in the Ivory Coast. Sangafowa Coulibaly, the Ivorian Minister of Agriculture, blames the country’s troubled past. “Thirty years of political instability caused a lot of damage to our economy generally, and to the agricultural sector particularly, and more specifically to the cocoa industry.”

Despite these claims, investigations done by Tulane University (Louisiana, USA) proved that the Ivorian civil war of 2002 actually prevented human trafficking efforts, because Ivorian borders became too dangerous to cross. Tulane University also insists that children still work in cocoa production, under conditions that include no access to schools, injury and illness. It also

calls the industry’s certification process into question, saying “it has no standards.”

International chocolate companies such as Nestlé, Cadbury and Hershey’s were some of the original singatures on the Harkin-Engel Protocol. But they have failed to reach their primary goal – to develop and implement a form of certification which proves that the cocoa they use is fairly traded without any forms of exploitation. This objective was set to be met in July 2005, but recieved a three year extension, which by 2012 still has not been met.

Accoring to CNN, in an article called “Chocolate’s bittersweet economy”, the Chocolate Manufacturers Association and the National Confectioners Association have

insisted that millions of dollars have been spent on addressing the problems across West Africa. Accroding to the CNN investigations, “there is little evidence anyone is paying much attention.” Ali Lakiss, the Director-General of Saf-Cacao, the largest cocoa exporter in the Ivory Coast told CNN, “The farmers don’t get the best price. If the cocoa price is good, then kids go to school. No money, and kids work at home [on cocoa farms].”

Stop the Traffik, a campaign aimed at bringing an end to human trafficking, says the chocolate industry has made nearly one trillion dollars since the Harkin-Engel Protocol was signed. From this, only 0,0075% of the revenue generated has gone to improving the conditions in West Africa. Companies such as Nestlé, Hershey’s and Mars insist that progress is being made and have set a goal to reduce child slavery in the industry by 70% in 2020. But given that they have failed to deliver twice already, anti-child slavery activists remain sceptical.

Campaigners maintain that the solution possibly lies in how the consumer responds to the information about the problem and their willingness to do something about it. Stop The Traffik recommends a number of active approaches which consumers can undertake.

The easiest way to help is to buy chocolate that is labelled as “fairly traded” because these chocolate producers can trace their cocoa back to its source and prove that no child labour was used in the farming of the cocoa they use, unlike most chocolate producers, who can only trace fifth of their cocoa back to its original source.

The World Cocoa Foundation confirms that the demand for cocoa increases by 3% annually and has been doing so for the past 100 years, while 50 million people around the world depend on cocoa production as a means of living.

It’s Valentine’s Day this week, a day that celebrates love and generosity, but also a day on which chocolate prodcers expect a significant spike in chocolate sales. Maybe this year, as you eat the chocolate your dearly beloved gave you, think about where the cocoa in that bar came from.

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Kafeïen: wondermiddel, of iets meer gevaarlik?

Steve Clarke, `n direkteur by `n alkoholmisbruik voorkomingsentrum, het gesê dat studente met vuur speel indien hul alkohol saam met kafeïen gebruik omrede dit dehidrasie meebring en dikwels veroorsaak dat mens te veel drink. Clarke sê ook dat omdat die een `n stimulant is en die ander `n depressant, stuur dit verkeerde boodskappe na jou sentrale senuweestelsel wat ernstige kardiale probleme kan veroorsaak.

Afgesien van alkohol, kan `n oordosis kafeïen simptome soos naarheid, braking, diarree, maagseer en hoofpyne meebring. Verder begin mens flikkerende ligte sien, jou ore begin lui, jy begin hiperventileer en jy mag spierkrampe ondergaan.

Die kern van dié artikel is nie noodwendig dat kafeïen goed of sleg is nie, maar eerder dat ons is wat ons eet. Enige iets wat jou liggaam in oormate inneem is onvermydelik sleg vir jou.

MIGNON PEENS Is jy een van diegene wat selde kan klaarkom sonder jou daaglikse koppie koffie? Volgens `n studie wat deur die Virginia Commonwealth Universiteit en die New Scientist tydskrif gedoen is, is kafeïen die gewildste psigoaktiewe stof ter wêreld en affekteer dit dieselfde dele van jou brein as kokaïen.

Japanse navorsers het bevind dat kafeïen `n natuurlike antidepressant is, jou geheue opskerp, as `n libido dien, jou metabolisme versnel, haargroei stimuleer, spierpyn verlig, kankers en Alzeimers afweer en propvol antioksidante is. Deesdae is kafeïen selfs `n bestanddeel in sommige dieetpille, sjampoes, lip- en lyfrome en sepe.

Ongelukkig is kafeïen nie nét maanskyn en rose nie. Jou Desembervakansie is nou iets van die verlede, jou werk gaan binnekort soos `n berg voor jou lê, jy het swot en kuier op jou agenda en energieopwekkers onder studente raak meer en meer gewild by die dag. `n Tweedejaar BCom Rek student, Tamarin Peterson, sê: “Na laasjaar se eindeksamen kort ek nou drie koppies koffie `n dag al sit ek net rond en niks doen nie en tydens die eksamen moes ek omtrent twee blikkies Volt drink net om wakker te bly.”

So, hoe gevaarlik is `n blikkie Red Bull, Power Play, Monster, V, Coca-Cola en so voorts nou eintlik vir jou? Wel, die Suid-Afrikaanse Minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, het voorgestel dat energiedrankies wat meer as 150g kafeïne per liter bevat, min of meer dieselfde waarskuwing as `n sigaretboksie moet op hê. Daarom is dit belangrik om te onthou

dat jou kafeïengewoontes `n bedreiging vir jou gesondheid kan inhou.

Kafeïen stimuleer die serotonien-afskeiding in jou brein wat gemoedelike buie, woede en aggressie reguleer. Sodra jou serotonienvlakke daal, het dit onttrekkingsimptome soos naarheid, hoofpyne, irritasie, swak konsentrasie en angstigheid en kan dit jou moontlik lei op `n gevaarlike pad na kliniese depressie.

Heel verbasend, bevat `n blikkie Red Bull dieselfde hoeveelheid kafeïen as `n koppie koffie en daarom kan jy maar af en toe een drink sonder om enige ernstige newe-effekte te kry, sê Vanessa Kotse, `n dieetkundige by die Universiteit van Pretoria. Sy het ook gewaarsku teen gereelde inname, aangesien jou liggaam

weerstand daarteen opbou en dan is die kanse dat jy die daaglikse porsie van 300mg sal oorskry baie meer waarskynlik. Ander mense, wat minder sensitief is, kan weer tussen 400mg tot 600mg per dag inneem sonder newe-effekte.

Kafeïen is nie die enigste bestanddeel in energiedrankies wat `n mens se liggaam negatief kan beïnvloed nie. Volgens Sunita Potgieter, `n dosent in terapeutiese voeding by die Universiteit van Stellenbosch, bevat hierdie energiedrankies `n groot hoeveelheid suiker wat kan lei tot `n toename in gewig en bymiddels soos vitamiene B, aminosuur, taurine, glukose en kruiebestanddele. Die langtermyngevolge is nog nie vasgestel nie, maar kardiale komplikasies kan een van hulle wees.

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Die daaglike 300mg limiet: ● Red Bull – Kafeïen: 4 x 250ml blikkies met 27g suiker per blikkie ● Monster – Kafeïen: 1,8 x 480ml blikkies met 54,24g suiker per blikkie ● V – Kafeïen: 3,9 x 250ml blikkies met 27g suiker per blikkie ● Koffie – Kafeïen: 4 x 250ml koppies ● Filter Koffie – Kafeïen: 4 x 250ml koppies ● Coke – Kafeïen: 8,6 x 235ml blikkies met 40,5g suiker per blikkie ● Power Play – Kafeïen: 2,3 x 250ml blikkies

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A chance at Paralympic glory KATLEGO PHEEHA The eyes of the world will be on London this year as athletes from around the globe compete for Olympic medals. But an event that is often overlooked but of equal prestige is the Paralympics. This year Tuks’s own Emily Gray hopes to be one of the athletes who will make up South Africa’s team at the biggest event in disabled sports.

Like Oscar Pistorius and Natalie du Toit, Gray’s story is tragic. At the age of 11, she was diagnosed with cancer. After chemotherapy failed the decision to amputate her left leg was made. “The whole experience was traumatic.

You don’t expect someone so young to get diagnosed with something like cancer. At that age, I didn’t even know what cancer really was. My dad had to explain to me what was going on. In my case it was simply a case of life and death,” she told Perdeby.

She joined the Mandeville Sports Club in Johannesburg as a way of dealing with the prospect of never again being able to play the sports that she loved. After trying several activities including wheelchair basketball and rugby, she eventually settled on swimming. Three years later at age 15, she was representing South Africa at the Pacific School Games in Australia, earning her very first medal as an international athlete placing third.

Only five years after she lost her leg, she was on her way to the 2008 Beijing Paralympics as part of the South African swimming team. At just 17 years old, she was the youngest member of the outfit. This year she hopes to be selected again. “It’s really

scary because the team announcements are left very late. It will be made in June and by August the team has to leave for London. But having gone to the Beijing Paralympics, I pretty much know what to expect,” she said.

“Obviously I’ll be very disappointed if I am not chosen, but I am already looking towards the 2016 Paralympics in Brazil. You just have to train as if you’re going,” Gray concluded.

Emily Gray has come a long way since the 2008 Paralympics in China. She is currently ranked sixth in the world in the 400m freestyle event. She also represented South Africa at the 2011 All Africa games, winning a silver medal, and was nominated for the 2011 South African Disabled Sports Woman of the Year award.

TuksSwimming Head Coach, Igor Omeltchenko, had nothing but praise for his 20-year-old starlet. “She’s really one of my best swimmers. She is always positive and always works very hard. You see her here every day working hard. She’s a good example to the others because she never gives up. She has one leg but she swims with athletes that have both their legs and is never far behind. I cannot complain about her,” he said.

Described by Rolling Sport website as someone who “tackles life with quiet determination and dedication – whether it is international swimming, succeeding at university or fighting cancer”, few believe she will fail to make the team and wear the South African colours at the 2012 London Paralympics.

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Tuks start season on a high note

KEVIN VAN DER LIST Tuks is pleased with the start to their 2012 Varsity Cup campaign as they beat UJ 23-8 at the TuksRugby stadium on 6 February.

UJ went into the opening clash between last year’s semi-finalists as firm favourites to seal a victory. “UJ were the favourites, so a win in the first game was vital for us,” said Tuks fly-half Wesley Dunlop.

The match lacked continuity at times and it was riddled with a few too many mistakes from both sides which took their toll on the score board. However, despite the slow-paced

game, Tuks dominated possession and territory and won the game with three tries to one. Tuks capitalised on its few scoring opportunities and defended well as a unit against the UJ side who could not get onto the score board in the first half.

The game got off to a good start when Tuks scored the first try in only the 3rd minute of the game, courtesy of Hayden Groepes. Wesley Dunlop then extended his team’s lead with a further two points, courtesy of a penalty in the 8th minute. The next points in the game came in the 38th minute when Franco Mostert crossed the line to put the home side in a strong position

Five minutes with Jono Ross

KEVIN VAN DER LIST The FNB Varsity Cup, one of the biggest events on the university sporting calendar, is currently underway. Tuks had an impressive campaign last year, but unfortunately lost in the final to UCT. Perdeby caught up with last year’s Bulls under 21 Currie Cup winner, captain and Tuks 1 player, Jono Ross, for his views on Tuks’s Varsity Cup campaign this year.

Which high school did you go to?

St Stithians College in Johannesburg.

What are your hobbies?

Golf is my only hobby. Although I struggle, it’s still great fun.

How will your Bulls under 21 experience help you this year?

I think having captained the side that was coached by Nollis Marais (who is also the Tuks 1 coach) will help massively as we have

a good mutual understanding. It is also helpful to have a few of the players who won the under 21 Currie Cup in the Tuks side. However, this is a new year, a new competition with new challenges.

What will Tuks bring to this year’s Varsity Cup that other teams may be lacking?

No one team is bigger competition than the other. We will take it one game at a time and prepare for each game to the best of our abilities.

What are your hopes for Tuks in the Varsity Cup this year?

We wouldn’t be in the competition if we wanted anything other than winning the cup. It won’t be easy. There are great teams, but I think there is a quiet confidence in the team.

What are Tuks’s chances of winning the trophy this year?

This is a very long competition and we will take it step by step.

What is your dream for the future as a rugby player?

I think every rugby player is aspiring to be a Springbok. I would be lying if I said that that is not the ultimate goal. However, there’s a lot to achieve before then, so for now I’m focused on the Varsity Cup. What is your most memorable moment in a Tuks rugby jersey?

Last year was filled with ups and downs, but beating Maties at home was the most memorable. The support we received in the final at home against UCT was also right up there.

What do you enjoy doing after a tough rugby game?

The team often goes out and has a good night out, or alternatively, some good old rest.

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at the end of the first half.

The second half yielded early points for Tuks when Tuks captain Jono Ross went over the line in the 45th minute to extend the lead to 23-0. From this point on it was tough to see a way out for UJ as Tuks’s defence was still strong. However, UJ managed to pierce the Tuks defensive line in the 60th minute courtesy of a JR Esterhuizen try. Thereafter, UJ failed to capitalise on the yellow card Tuks’s Riaan Britz received 70 minutes into the game.

A new points system was implemented by Varsity Cup organisers to encourage players to play a more aggressive and running game.

Five points will still be awarded for a try while a successful penalty and drop goal will result in two points and a conversion in three points.

Dunlop said that the system has definitely worked as teams are now compelled to score tries rather than to go for posts.

The man of the match was awarded to Tuks’s Mike Williams.

“The mood will definitely be positive going into next week’s game,” said Dunlop. Tuks will face TUT on 13 February at the TUT rugby ground in their second encounter in the Varsity Cup.

Photos: Kobus Barnard & Marius Veldhuyzen van Zanten

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