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23 March 2021

You should care

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university makes the easiest option apathy.

You don’t need to accept everything as ‘just the way it is’. You have a voice as a student, and the university needs to listen to it. Every student should know they have a voice, and know how to use it when they need to.

However, student apathy isn’t only LQÀXHQFHG E\ WKH XQLYHUVLW\ :KLOH WKH ¿JKW RYHU WKH ODVW ZHHN KDV EHHQ YDOLG the SRC was embarrassingly unprepared.

If we learnt anything from the #AmINext protests, is that student action dies out without proper planning and strategy. You can only rally students for so long before they tire of marching around campus without results. Lerato, as SRC president, should have explained the course of action, rallied support, and implemented a planned out approach to achieving students’ goals.

FeesMustFall wasn’t spontaneous, and its success didn’t come from spur of the moment sit-ins. SRC, you have the potential to lead students and make UP management listen to you, and implement real change, but it won’t happen like this. Students can only care if they have strong leadership and a loud, clear voice speaking on their behalf.

I am not telling anyone to protest or not to protest, but I am saying we should all care.

Whether you support the cause the SRC is defending or not, you should know you have a voice as a student. We aren’t mindless cogs in a machine, pumping out degrees. We are all active, acting students, and should exercise our agency by caring about, discussing, engaging with and

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challenging ‘politics’ and the very real problems and issues raised by our fellow students. Support the marches or don’t, but care and challenge the apathy we’re encouraged to feel.

I’d love to know your thoughts on all of this, and how you feel about student issues and student action. Write a letter to the editor (editor@pdby.co.za) and have your voice published in the next edition. You can read the OHWWHU UHTXLUHPHQWV LQ WKH /HWWHU 3ROLF\ EHORZ Until next time,

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7KH XQLYHUVLW\ EHQH¿WV PRVW IURP VWXGHQWV dismissing real issues as ‘just politics’, or LJQRULQJ ZKDW WKH 65& WULHV WR ¿JKW DJDLQVW on their behalf. It suits UP for you to not care about the issues that students have to face. After FeesMustFall, it seems to me like the university tries its hardest to keep students apolitical, and GLVLQWHUHVWHG LQ VWXGHQW D൵DLUV DQG LVVXHV WKDW RWKHU XQLYHUVLWLHV DFWLYHO\ ¿JKW DJDLQVW 7R avoid potential student action and movements gaining momentum, we’re made to dismiss issues students face and made to think we hold QR LQÀXHQFH RU VD\ DV VWXGHQWV LQ WKLV ELJ RIWHQ LPSHUVRQDO LQVWLWXWLRQ 6WXGHQWV FDQ RQO\ D൵HFW change if they care and are involved, but the

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23 March 2021

News | 3 hours of the memorandum being handed over.

SRC continues marches The SRC and a group of students met at the Prospect Street entrance on 16 March. PDBY spoke to Ndlovu, seeking clarity on the gathering.

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ZLWK DOO VWXGHQWV DQG IXUWKHU ¿QDOLVH RXU PHPRUDQGXP RI GHPDQGV SRC president, Lerato Ndlovu, demanded that the Deputy Minister which will be submitted to the Vice Chancellor tomorrow”. She further receive their memorandum and handed it over on behalf of students. stated that the meeting sought to invite more students from different EFFSC UP hosts a mass meeting and drafts a memorandum VSDFHV WR MRLQ WKH PDUFK RQ 0DUFK WR PHHW WKH 9LFH &KDQFHOORU On 15 March, a group of students, led by the EFFSC UP, gathered 1GORYX DVVHUWHG WKDW WKH 65& ³GHPDQG>V@ WKDW KH FRPHV DQG IHWFKHV IRU D PDVV PHHWLQJ DW WKH +DW¿HOG &DPSXV 3URVSHFW *DWH WR YRLFH the memorandum”. Ndlovu explained that the SRC were told to send concerns and address issues regarding the university’s handling of an email to the Vice Chancellor as per procedure. She asserted that ¿QDQFLDO H[FOXVLRQV DQG WKH LVVXHV IDFHG E\ 16)$6 IXQGHG VWXGHQWV she does not think it would be convenient to send the memorandum ZLWK WKH ())6& 83 ODEHOOLQJ WKLV DV WKH FRPPRGL¿FDWLRQ RI HGXFDWLRQ YLD HPDLO DQG KHQFH SODQQHG WR PDUFK WR WKH (QJLQHHULQJ *DWH RQ Joined by a group of students and members of the SRC, the mass March. Representatives from SASCO, EFFSC and Faculty House meeting saw the drafting of a memorandum, which included demands Chairpersons were amongst those present in the mass meeting. to UP to waive the registration fee, revise academic exclusion critieria, EFFSC UP chairperson, Sthembiso Nkosi stated that failure to meet allow 100% of TuksRes students to return, make study material the demands stipulated in the memorandum would result in student available online, review accommodation criteria and make computers demonstrations in front of university gates, thereby restricting access to available to students on campus, among others. campus.

The memorandum was to be handed to Prof. Kupe on 16 March.

Rikus Delport, Director of Institutional Advancement at UP, stated The EFFSC UP also heard calls for a possible total shutdown of the WKDW ³ZH ZLOO GR HYHU\WKLQJ ZH FDQ WR HQVXUH WKDW >83@ DFKLHYH>V@ university if UP management does not deliver a response within 24 ¿QDQFLDO LQFOXVLRQ DV IDU DV SRVVLEOH ZKLOH HQVXULQJ VXVWDLQDELOLW\´ 'HOSRUW DGGHG WKDW ³ZKLOH >83@ UHVSHFWV WKH ULJKW of students to protest, we encourage them to do LW SHDFHIXOO\ ZLWKLQ WKH FRQ¿QHV RI WKH ODZ E\ following the proper processes and complying with all the COVID-19 health and safety protocols”.

The SRC and other gathered students at the 3URVSHFW 6WUHHW (QWUDQFH EHJDQ WR EORFN WUDI¿F DW the corner of Prospect and Festival Street, directing WUDI¿F WR ¿QG DQ DOWHUQDWLYH URXWH 6RPH VWXGHQWV were seen seated across the zebra crossing of WKH URDG ZKLOH ZDYLQJ DZD\ WUDI¿F 65& GHSXW\ Secretary, Thandi Mabala, told PDBY that the SXUSRVH RI EORFNLQJ WUDI¿F ZDV WR ³JHW PRPHQWXP going and demand attention.” Police arrived in the scene and monitored the mass meeting.

2Q 0DUFK WKH 65& OHG D VLW LQ DW Enterprises@UP building entrance, barring entry and exit from the building. On 18 March, at 12:00, Prof. Kupe received a memorandum of demands from the SRC. The memorandum set 23 March as the deadline for a response from the university, and requests that all academic activity be paused until a Photo: Tshepang Rihlampfu solution is agreed upon.

SRC and students marches: a recap Nokwanda Kubheka, Tshepang Moji, Amukelani Makamu, and Susanna Anbu

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he SRC, along with political student societies at UP, expressed grievances as the academic year began. They expressed disapproval at how the university handled NSFAS queries and DFDGHPLF DQG ¿QDQFLDO H[FOXVLRQV 6HYHUDO PDUFKHV KDYH EHHQ KHOG WR prepare a memorandum to deliver to Vice Chancellor and Principal, Professor Kupe, and in solidarity with Wits students protesting in Johannesburg.

UP announces registration updates On 10 March, UP announced various measures to aid students facing UHJLVWUDWLRQ DQG ¿QDQFLDO LVVXHV LQ D ELG WR HQVXUH WKDW ³QR VWXGHQW LV left behind”.

UP, in noting the delays in registration faced by students, most notably those funded by NSFAS, decided to extend the registration deadline to 31 March. The university has also exempted NSFAS-funded students from making the initial registration payment and has made available approximately R20 million in bursary IXQGV WR DVVLVW VWXGHQWV LQ ¿QDQFLDO QHHG 83 KDV also set revised dates for payment, extending the VHFRQG SD\PHQW DQG WKH ¿QDO SD\PHQW GHDGOLQHV to 30 June and 30 September respectively, and has reduced the historical debt payment required for registration from 50% to 40% - only for 2021.

83 FDOOHG RQ VWXGHQWV ZKR KDYH EHHQ ¿QDQFLDOO\ burdened in light of the COVID-19 pandemic to reach out to the university via email, to ssc@up.ac. ]D WR PDNH ¿QDQFLDO DUUDQJHPHQWV UP SRC march to DHET Following the university’s announcement, the UP SRC posted on social media platforms about a march set to take place on 11 March from Es’kia Mphahlele Drive and Struben Street in Pretoria.

7KH SRVW VDLG WKDW ³ZH DV VWXGHQWV RI WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ of Pretoria, refuse to be victims of this injustice and blatant oppression of young people”. The SRC told PDBY that the march was also a token of solidarity with Wits students who have engaged in protest action from 8 March. The march began at 08:00 and students were escorted by the Metro

Tuks meme page accused of transphobia Tshepang Moji

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ne of UP’s Instagram meme pages, known as Tuks Faculty of Memes (@tuks_facultyofmemes), has recently come XQGHU ¿UH E\ VRPH IROORZHUV IRU GLVSOD\LQJ DQG GLVFXVVLQJ what has been labelled by some as transphobic and hate speech. The page led an online discussion through polls and Q&A’s, about the recently started movement termed the ‘Super Straight Movement’, which has gained global notoriety. This resulted in the Tuks Faculty of Memes page receiving negative feedback from some followers, and a heavy response from UP’s queer society, Tuks UP&OUT(@tuks_upandout).

The ‘Super Straight Movement’, which formed the backbone of the discussion and the subsequent fallout, is a movement that claims to ‘invent’ a new queer identity known as ‘Super Straight’ - a ‘sexual RULHQWDWLRQ¶ 7XNV 83 287 H[SODLQV LV ³RQO\ EHLQJ DWWUDFWHG WR people if their Sex Assigned At Birth (SAAB) matches the gender you are attracted to”. This is seen as a strike back against the queer community by some, with proponents of the Super Straight movement claiming that their unwillingness to date a transgender individual is not transphobic and that their heterosexuality has been ‘policed’ by members of the queer community – terming this a double standard of VRUWV ZKHUH WKH TXHHU FRPPXQLW\ FDQ ³YHU\ VSHFL¿FDOO\ GH¿QH ZKR WKH\ ZRXOG DQG ZRXOGQ¶W GDWH EXW VWUDLJKW SHRSOH FDQ¶W >GH¿QH@ DQG DUH VXEMHFW WR /*%74 UXOHV´ 83 287 H[SODLQ WKDW WKH PRYHPHQW LV FRQVLGHUHG SUREOHPDWLF ³EHFDXVH LW VD\V WKDW WUDQV ZRPHQ DUH VRPHKRZ QRW HTXDO WR FLVJHQGHUHG ZRPHQ > @ RU WKDW WUDQV PHQ DUH QRW HTXDO WR FLVJHQGHUHG PHQ´ 83 287 XVHV WUDQV WR UHIHU WR DOO non-cisgender gender identities).

Tuks Faculty of Memes opened a discussion surrounding the ‘Super Straight’ movement through the page’s Instagram stories feature, which the page manager described as an act of satire aimed at the ³IUXVWUDWLRQ VXUURXQGLQJ JUDWXLWRXV XVH RI YLFWLP PHQWDOLW\ DQG GRXEOH standards regarding cancel culture and so on”. The page posted a series of polls, asking the predominantly student based followers questions around this movement. Page manager, JC Styen, explained that ³SHRSOH ZHUH FRQIXVHG DV WR ZKDW H[DFWO\ WKH UXOHV ZHUH ZLWK UHJDUGV WR DSSURDFKLQJ DQG GLVFXVVLQJ /*%74 WRSLFV DQG WKH\ ZHUH IUXVWUDWHG about the cancel culture that came with these rules”. Contrariwise, the page was also met with some backlash, most prominently by 83 287 ZKR DVVHUW WKDW ³LI \RX¶UH JRLQJ WR WDON DERXW TXHHU issues, you should involve queer people in the discussion from the EHJLQQLQJ´ DQG WKDW ³ZKHQ WKH LQIRUPDWLRQ WKDW¶V EHLQJ VSUHDG LV being spread from a cis-het [...] perspective, it can often be wrong, even if it’s completely accidental”.

In posting responses from followers, the Tuks Faculty of Memes

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UP&OUT went on to post a series of images discussing the ‘Super Straight’ movement and why it is transphobic and racist, DQG H[SODLQLQJ LWV RULJLQV 7KH\ H[SODLQHG WKDW ³WKH µ6XSHU 6WUDLJKW Movement’ has been largely popularised by Neo-Nazis on Reddit and 4Chan. Furthermore, they’ve co-opted anti-racist imagery, (like the black power symbol and the phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’)”.

83 287 H[SUHVVHG WKDW WKH PRYHPHQW LV SUREOHPDWLF LQ ³XVLQJ WKH iconography of a marginalised group to push a movement against DQRWKHU PDUJLQDOLVHG JURXS´ 7KH\ DGGHG WKDW ³ZKHQ \RX FRQVLGHU WKH LQWHUVHFWLRQDO LGHQWLWLHV WKH EODFN WUDQV SHRSOH ZKR KDYH RIWHQ VWDUWHG and pushed forward queer liberation movements), it’s especially horrifying”.

UP&OUT extended an invitation to the student body to ask questions and have dialogue that does not present a threat to queer OLYHV DQG VDLG WKDW ³SHRSOH FDQ VHQG WKHLU TXHVWLRQV WR >83 287@ on Instagram any time, or if they want to have a more comprehensive discussion, they can also contact upandout.tuks@gmail.com”. Tuks Faculty of Memes H[SUHVVHG WKDW ³WKH JHQHUDO SXEOLF RI FLVJHQGHU people, who are at risk of offending this community, should at the very least be given a clear idea of what they can do to avoid offending them”. UP&OUT encouraged reaching out for information, after ³PDQ\ SHRSOH DVNHG >RQ WKH SROOV@ KRZ WKH\ ZHUH VXSSRVHG WR NHHS XS ZLWK WKH UXOHV´ DQG VDLG WKDW ³WKH HDVLHVW DQVZHU LV WR DVN TXHHU people!”.

In light of this, the Tuks Faculty of Memes page issued a statement, where Steyn expressly stated that he does not support the Super 6WUDLJKW PRYHPHQW EXW WKDW LW ³DFKLHYHG LWV SRLQW´ LQ LWV PDLQ objective to express dissatisfaction with the concept of cancel culture, DQG WR VSDUN FRQYHUVDWLRQ 6WH\Q VDLG WKDW ³LW DSSHDUHG WKDW LQ WKH face of questions and critique, the UP&OUT representatives became HPRWLRQDO DQG GHIHQVLYH´ DQG WKDW KH KRSHG IRU ³PRUH FRQFUHWH answers to some of the questions [he] and [his] followers had asked”.

83 287 H[SUHVVHG WKDW LQ WKH GLVFXVVLRQ ³QRW HYHU\ VLQJOH SRVW made was overtly transphobic, but many of them were, even if unintentionally”. Steyn has invited a leader of UP&OUT, or any similar queer organisation, to further discuss the issues surrounding µ6XSHU 6WUDLJKW¶ DQG WKH TXHHU FRPPXQLW\ DQG DVVHUWV WKDW ³WKH ULJKWV RI /*%74 SHRSOH DQG PLQRULWLHV > @ ZLOO FRQWLQXH WR EH D SULRULW\´ 83 287 KDYH LQYLWHG 6WH\Q WR D ³5RXQG 7DEOH 7DON´ DERXW TXHHU issues in April.

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SRC Financial Aid Amukelani Makamu

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PDBY reached out to the SRC Treasurer, Jozias Mahube-Reinecke, and asked him a few questions with regard to the SRC budget as well as the SRC Financial Aid: How much has been allocated to the SRC budget in total for 2021?

7KH 65& EXGJHW LQ WRWDO IRU LV PDGH XS RI 5 In brief, how does the SRC plan on using this R700 000, and how much has been allocated to the Study Aid Fund.

R400 000 was allocated to operational funds, and R300 000 was allocated to the Study Aid Fund. The SRC Council made a decision to move half of the operational funds into the Study Aid Fund, to help register more students [and] to make it R500 000.

The SRC Financial Aid applications closed on 8 March and will be considered by the SRC review committee.

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23 March 2021

Health Sciences faculty assists with vaccine rollout Susanna Anbu

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he University of Pretoria’s Health Sciences Faculty is set to assist with the national rollout of vaccines in South Africa. PDBY UHFHLYHG FRQ¿UPDWLRQ IURP 3URIHVVRU 9HURQLFD 8HFNHUPDQQ Adjunct Professor: Department of Internal Medicine and Head of &29,' 5HVSRQVH Team at the University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Academic Hospital, that the hospital is “[…] is currently rolling out the JNJ vaccine to healthcare workers”.

Furthermore, Prof.

Ueckermann stated that the hospital aims to vaccinate a total of 500 healthcare workers in a day. All UP medical students undertaking their clinical years of study (years 4-6) DUH LQFOXGHG LQ WKH ¿UVW phase of the rollout of the Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) vaccinations happening at Steve Biko Academic Hospital. The JNJ vaccine is a single shot vaccine that is being rolled out in South Africa following

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by Nature Medicine for publication. Prof.

Ueckermann states that “[they] are continuing to look at neutralising antibodies and T-cell responses in patients who had both the previous and the new variant in South Africa”.

The UP Faculty of Health Sciences has also hosted a vaccination information session where numerous UP researchers provided clarity on vaccine modes of action and common myths surrounding them.

The session can be found using the following link: https://www.youtube.com/

Campus nostalgia UP Clothing Regulations: Denim was only allowed on campus in 1977

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n 13 March, Javett UP launched Word Woes, an exhibition by renowned South African artist Willem Boshoff. The exhibition was curated by Hélène Smuts and takes its name from an etching work in the exhibition. The exhibition is described by Javett UP as a “retrospective of works spanning the duration of Willem

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n article that appeared in a 1977 issue of PDBY (known then as Perdeby), informed students that new regulations permitted the wearing of denim on campus and to attend lectures.

The article reports that students were elated with the changes in the clothing regulations. According to our summary of the new regulations published in the 1977 article, changes included:

“Touch” by Willem Boshoff. Photo by Kayla Thomas

Boshoff’s artistic practice”, and engages broadly with language to “challenge the use of language as an instrument of cultural identity or exclusion”.

Boshoff, in discussing the artwork “Word Woes”, explains that the work consists of a list of words that make “some sense in both the English and Afrikaans languages, but of which the PHDQLQJV LQ WKH WZR ODQJXDJHV GLIIHU VLJQL¿FDQWO\´ 7KH WLWOH itself is an example, as ‘word woes’ is read as distinctly different in English and Afrikaans, and that in “English, this title laments issues dealing with words and in Afrikaans it instructs all to let go and be wild”. Other art works and installations featured in the exhibition include mixed media works “Bull”, “Blue” and “Death of Afrikaans”, as well as an interactive Braille installation.

Boshoff’s mixed media installations feature an engaging range of media from garden shears to plastic dolls, thorns, engravings and intrauterine devices/IUDs. The diverse and stimulating exhibition is RSHQ XQWLO -DQXDU\ 7R ¿QG RXW PRUH DERXW WKH LQGLYLGXDO ZRUNV IHDWXUHG YLVLW MDYHWWXS art and willemboshoff.com. To view the exhibition, tours can be booked at bookings@javettup.art.

“Blue” by Willem Boshoff. Photo by Giovanna Janos

Male students: The minimum clothing for male students on the campuses was a pair of trousers with a seam or a Safari suit. In both cases, clothing needed to be accompanied by shoes and socks and no sandals or any similar footwear were allowed. Male students were also allowed to wear “short trousers” if they were coming to campus for a practical class, write an exam, or go to straight to the library, a shirt with a collar, long socks, and shoes, and no sandals or opentoed footwear were allowed.

Female students: The minimum clothing for female students on campus was either a dress or a skirt with a blouse or jersey or seamed long trousers with a blouse or jersey, with neat shoes or sandals. Halter neck dresses, tops or beach wear were not allowed. An open stomach or slip slops were not allowed.

The 1977 article concludes that male students are now allowed to wear denim on campus after it was previously banned. This allowed only male students to have a wider range of clothing choices for campus.

Compiled by Susanna Anbu

23 March 2021

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outh Africa suffers from a serious pandemic. The violence against women and children in this country is at its highest ever. Women are becoming or are already endangered at the hand of men. After 16 days of activism against women and children abuse, the government reported that in the months leading to and during December, South Africa recorded more than twelve thousand cases of gender-based violence (GBV). South African universities and colleges are not immune to this pandemic. Violence against students from other students and others is a problem that universities are faced with. One of the effects of the ODFN RI VLJQL¿FDQW UHVHDUFK RQ *%9 LV WKDW WKLV VRFLDO LOO UHPDLQV SRRUO\ understood, both in terms of what it entails as well as its prevalence. ,Q DQ DWWHPSW WR GH¿QH *%9 3URIHVVRU 1XUDDQ 'DYLG D SURIHVVRU RI philosophy of education at Stellenbosch University, states that GBV involves physical, sexual, emotional, domestic, economic, and intimate partner violence.

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With the rise in statistics of GBV, higher learning institutions have had to create policies that will try to eradicate this pandemic. However, these policies are not as effective as one would hope, as most of them are limited to sexual harassment and male-on-female violence. The policy framework addressing gender-based violence in post-school education is founded on the argument that GBV is a male-on-female violence.

This view is undoubtedly biased and ineffective; we must acknowledge that physical and sexual violence is

not only directed at women and girls. Queer individuals, in particular, also experience such threats and violations. They are discriminated against on the basis of being non-conforming, as they do not practice KHWHURVH[XDOLW\ ZKLFK LV VHHQ E\ PDQ\ DV WKH ³QRUP´ ,Q KHU SDSHU 3URI David shows an analysis of policies in South African universities. This analysis shows how a lot of emphasis is placed on sexual harassment, and, therefore, how policies are overlooking other violence that may EH SHUSHWUDWHG $FFRUGLQJ WR WKH 'LUHFWRU RI WKH 7UDQVIRUPDWLRQ 2I¿FH 1RQWVLNHOHOR /RWHQL 83¶V SROLFLHV DUH QRW RQO\ OLPLWHG WR PDOH RQ female violence, and “any form of violence against anyone irrespective of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, etc is not acceptable”. *%9¶V FDXVDO IDFWRUV DUH FRPSOH[ DQG LQWULFDWH EXW WKH\ DUH XVXDOO\ founded in deep social and patriarchal constructs. These social and patriarchal beliefs are as widespread in society as they are in university DQG FROOHJH VSDFHV 3DWULDUFK\ LV H[SUHVVHG LQ D PDQQHU WKDW KROGV maleness as central, as opposed to femaleness, which is deemed as secondary or other. This view leads to the belief by men thinking they have power over the female body, and enables rape culture by positioning women and queer people as inferior or secondary. .DUDER 6RQR 6WXGLRV#%XUQHWW¶V ¿UVW IHPDOH VWXGHQW FRPPLWWHH FKDLUSHUVRQ DQG D VXSSO\ FKDLQ PDQDJHPHQW VWXGHQW DW 83 H[SODLQHG KRZ SDWULDUFK\ LV RQH RI WKH IDFWRUV LQÀXHQFLQJ *%9 LQ XQLYHUVLW\ spaces. She explains that inasmuch as it is a learnt social construct, it can be unlearnt. In dealing with a case lodged by a male student, Sono emphasised the importance of noting that “male students can [also] be sexually harassed”, despite the patriarchal perception that men are always the perpetrators.

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Captain Weilbach noted that “statements with regards to gender-based violence and other sensitive cases are taken in private in a Victim )ULHQGO\ 5RRP 9)5 ´ ,Q VRPH FDVHV ³D SROLFH RI¿FLDO PD\ DWWHQG WKH crime scene […] and where possible more statements will be obtained”.

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Another objective of this reporting tool is to create an integrated management system that will connect complainants to all the relevant stakeholders in GBV or discrimination case management. The UHSRUWLQJ WRRO ZLOO DOVR FRQQHFW VWXGHQWV DQG HPSOR\HHV RI 83 WR WKH Counselling Unit and Employee Wellness Unit, to offer them emotional and psychological support. “The system will be able to provide a complainant with a case reference number, an acknowledgement of receipt of the complaint, a progress update as the case is referred to the various stakeholders for processing. It should be noted that this system does not replace face-to-face case reporting or email case logging, or the human resources grievances reporting system. Employees should continue to utilise these, as they will be integrated into the new process.

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s a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of the major sporting events that were scheduled to take place in 2020 were postponed.

One such anticipated tournament was the 2020 Summer Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo, Japan. The commencement of the games would have seen competitors from different countries competing on a global scale.

However, the Olympic games are now set to commence on 23 July 2021 and will conclude on 8 August 2021. The Olympic Games include a wide variety of sports, including hockey. The inclusion of hockey at the Olympic Games will grant the opportunity to the National South African Women’s Hockey Team to participate.

With the participation of South Africa at the Olympics, students from the University of Pretoria might also get the chance to be part of the competition, through the University of Pretoria hockey team, TuksHockey. The players are: Lerato Mahole, Marizen Maria, Edith Molikoe, Onthatile Zulu, and Jean-Leigh du Toit.

Inky Zondi, who is the TuksHockey Head of Programme and Head Coach, will also get an opportunity as the Assistant Coach for the National Women’s Hockey Team. Zondi has been the Head Coach of the women’s team since 2015 and has led TuksHockey to various competitions, including the Varsity Hockey competition.

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