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Editor’s Letter

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Contributors

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Holler at us

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TVET? or University?

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Poem of the month

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The role of university

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The role of TVET

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Teaching in the future

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University - Industry view

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TVER - Industry view

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February 2021

Changing tack: Marcia

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Fashion - Wintr 2021

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Starting on Master’s

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Faster than light?

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The world post-Trump

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Bamboo - a lot more

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It is movie-time

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Music - something weird

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Month of March

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We need writers

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Next issue

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Sybil Otterstrom Editor and CEO

This February issue is special - it is 64 pages (we had hoped for this being the print issue).

It is special as we have articles from industry experts. This is major!

These are the people we will all listen to. They know their story.

Their views are probably what will form our future learning experiences in many ways and that is just so important to know what it will be.

We have plenty of things to read this time. What is a TVET supposed to do? what is the role of a university? What is what? And what is for me?

Science and fashion, international and movies, it is all there for you to enjoy

Sybil

Tshwane South Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Do you youhave havea aGrade Grade 9 certificate or higher?

Have decided Do 9 certificate orEducation higher?

Have you you decided College operating under the Department of Higher and which career path to follow?

Training thepath fourthto largest TVET College in terms of enrolwhichbecame career follow? ments in 2018.

Over and above that thethe College managed to attainVocational - NC (V) and Well choose National Certificate Well don’t don’tlook lookany anyfurther further choose the National Certificate Vocational - NC(V) the fifth rank in the 2019 T119 national results.

The College was also start studying for your career path? and start studying for your career path.for the fields of Meselected as one of the Centres of Specialisation chanical Fitter, and Fitting and Turning, Electrician, Boilermaking and What is National Certificate Vocational NC(V)?

Millwright 2017.

What isinNational Certificate Vocational (NCV)?

TheNational NationalCertificate Certificate Vocational NC(V) is aand new and modern qualification The Vocational (NCV) is a new modern qualification offered

Employing ±470 staff TVET members, theTVET College aims to2007. equip students offered at Tshwane South College since offered at Tshwane South College since January It isJanuary offered at2007.

LevelsIt2,is3 and 4 with the skills required by the job market and has Alumni that work of National Framework are equivalent to Grades 10, 11 and at the Levels 2, 3Qualifications and 4 of the Nationalwhich Qualifications Framework which are for renowned Engineering companies like WBHO, to name but a few.

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It is regarded as one of quality andas high knowledge pro- skills, equivalent to Grades 10,the 11high andskills, 12. Ithigh is regarded one of the high grammes that provides experience of the workplace environment and is intended toof high quality and high knowledge programmes that provides experience Under the auspices of Department of Higher Education Training, the directly respond to the priority.

This qualification will also provide you an opportunithe workplace environment and is intended to 9directly College targets learners who have completed their Grade to 11 forrespond to the priority. ty to be admitted higher studies is subject appropriate NC (V) courses as wellatas learners who haveyou completed their Gradetoto 12be This qualification will alsoeducation provide an that opportunity admitted subject at higher combination. for NATED/Report 191 programmes. education studies that is subject to appropriate subject combination.

Duration of the qualification: The College offers Report 191 programmes N1 to N6 in Mechanical, Duration of the qualification: Civil and Electrical Engineering, N4 to N6 Management Assistant, FiNCV isManagement aisthree yearyear qualification offered at 2, 3inand Each4.level takes a full NC(V) a three qualification offered Levels 2, 4.

3 and Each level takes nancial and Hospitality Studies.

NCLevels (V)atL2-L4 Electrical year of study.

A student is issued with a certificate on the successful completion of a full year Construction, of study. A Engineering student isand issued with a certificate Infrastructure Related Design, Informa- on the successful each level of of study. tion Technology, Tourism, Officeof Administration, Civil Construction and completion each level study.

Hospitality. Learnerships are also offered at the College.

At TSC TVET we offer the following NC(V) programmes: At TSC TVET we offer the following NC (V) programmes:

Tshwane South TVET Currently comprises of the following Campuses: Atteridgeville, Centurion, •• Finance, Finance, Economicsand andAccounting Accounting Economics Odi and Pretoria West.

•• Office Office Administration Administration • Information Technology Computer Scienceskills of its Hospitality students The College’s campus in Centurion isand famed for the Science culinary • Information Technology and Computer •• Civil Civil Engineering Building Construction and for having the best machinery for practical engineering training workshops. Atteridgeville Engineering & &Building Construction •• Electrical Electrical Infrastructure Construction Campus is known for its Civil Engineering.

Pretoria Infrastructure Construction West is offering Engineering for both Report 191 and Engineering NC (V) andand hasand been identified as an Engineering Report 191 and for Engineering and IT •• Engineering Related Design Related Design courses.

The Odi campus, in Mabopane, is acclaimed for its NC (V) Tourism Programme.

•• Hospitality Hospitality •• Tourism Tourism

Want to be part of the fourth industrial revolution let TSC TVET assist you to achieve the future!

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REPORT 191: GENERAL STUDIES *N4 - N6 : • Intro Business Studies N4 • Intro Catering services N4 • Management Assistant • Financial Management • Hospitality Studies

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Tshwane South TVET College has been selected as one of the Centres of Specialisation for the elds of Mechanical Fitter and Fitter & Turning.

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Meet our contributors Masiziba Hadebe is a final year Agricultural Economics student at the University of the Free State (UFS). She is driven to make a change and is a passionate volunteer for community projects. She loves reading and writing about science, agriculture and anything in between. She believes you can wear a smile whatever the weather!

My name is Marcia Ramodike a 22 year young lady from Limpopo Tzaneen at lenyenye.

Besides being a student at the university of the free state i am also an author. I am passionate about writing and i live to give hope and wish to change the world. I love reading and in most of my time i write my favourite book is ‘Her Mothers Hope by Francine Rivers and favourite quote is when the caterpillar thought it was the end of the world it turned into a butterfly Lesly Malose Mahapa is a singer/writer/poet. He started writing at the age of 14 and has since been on a journey to pursue his music and writing career.

Lesly is currently working with an indie group ‘MozSouth’ based in Ivory park, Midrand. Lesly is also a brand ambassador for a local clothing line “Boi Boi apparel”

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University and TVET What is what? and what is for me

The year has only started, but it is time to look at options now. Time to evaluate yourself. What are you good at and what do you want to do?

It is a choice between academia and practical skills. The days of university or nothing are long gone, so that should not be a consideration.

However, academia has also changed a lot over the years. It is not the distant professor type (the forgetful one) who is doing something that nobody can fathom.

I remember I once watched a classic stating “I write books about Middle-East architecture in the 1400’s. Books that probably not many people will ever read”.

Those days are no more.

Universities are also practical, but they have a different scope. Is that you?

TVETs offer skills. Skills that can be used to create a future and an income. Is that you?

We try to look at the objectives of it all, the future and getting an industry view on it all.

Use 2021 to find yourself!

What are universit University has always had the sound of traditions, revered culture, measured reasoning and old old old halls of distinct learning. Like Harry Potter.

It has obviously changed a lot over time. Of course.

But what is a university then doing? What is the purpose of it?

It is very difficult to find the mission in a few sentences, but here is at least the best I can come up with.

It is from www.epigeum.com .

We quote: • Communities dedicated to the learning and personal development of their members, especially students (this could be termed the ‘liberal’ theory); • Sources of expertise and vocational identity (the ‘professional formation’ theory); • Creators, testers, and sites for the evaluation and application of new knowledge (the ‘research engine’ theory, with an important corollary – the ‘business and industry services’ theory); • Important contributors to society and nations (the ‘civic and community engagement’ theory).

This sounds all good and fine, but can we be more specific?

The main functions will then be:

ties really doing?

• The role of universities as repositories and generators of knowledge • The obligation to equip graduates so that they can obtain viable employment • The obligation to offer rational and timely criticism in areas of public policy and social and economic life • The presence of universities as large and influential bodies in civil society and the state • The longer term role of graduates in creating cohesive and tolerant communities.

I will cling to one of these things: Generators of knowledge!

What were the first universities all about? Generating knowledge.

Here is a great quote (Professor Eric Thomas, President, ‘Universities UK’, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol): “As educational establishments, their function is to provide able, self-directed learners that are independent and confident, and will go out into society and give to society through leadership or through civic duties.

As knowledge generators, they are research institutions there to provide new knowledge, to change paradigms, to aid society in its development and in meeting new challenges as they come along” That cannot be more concise.

And TVETs? what a We all know what a TVET is. Of course. But would we be able to tell anyone? In a few sentences? Maybe.

Let us try to get close to the reason for the existence.

First of all: TVETs are international. It is a recognised term and the concept is the same: to provide ….. yes. Let us look at it.

I found a very interesting paper (TVET in South Africa and the international agenda: Transformational Impact!!! agenda: Are they transformative?), authored by Dr. Salim Akoojee of Wits in 2016. The paper forms part of a series of REAL and NORRAG Policy Briefs on TVET and TVSD in Africa.

TVETs address the skills shortage. The old system with apprentices and ‘learning on the job’ type skills transfer cannot dominate in a modern world. Skills must be learned now. And on top of, the skilled workers must be able to be employed by the industry.

TVETs must create the dualism between learning (the school) and the application of skills (the industry).

In essence: a good TVET policy will encourage the industry to employ TVET students so we end

are those all about? up with relevant skills for the industry by students who have an understanding of a job (and the salary that goes with it).

Is this now easy? no, it is not.

Germany and Denmark are two examples of how it can work to the benefit of all players.

Where are we in South Africa? According to Dr. Akoojee, we are not doing badly at all. As a matter of fact we adhere to the UN guidelines and are implementing the policies, both UN and BRICS. We quote: “…main purpose of...colleges is to train young school leavers, providing them with skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for employment in the labour market.”

It can be sharpened up a bit: The skills taught must be applicable to the industry. It must be followed by a certification of skills, standardised across all TVETs and post-matric platforms.

The challenge is to skill for the future and to provide skills here and now.

The paper also concludes that the TVETs in general must be funded and promoted in a far more aggressive fashion.

The future of the country does not only sit in research but also in application of skills.

PROGRAMMES OFFERED DHET TVET College Bursary Scheme (Terms and Conditions apply)

PRE-VOCATIONAL LEARNING PROGRAMME (PLP) Duration: 1 year Entry Requirements: Passed Grade 9 (did not pass placement evaluation test)

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The cell phone model demo IPRINO is named a�er his first nickname PRINO which is shortened from his first name ENGINEERING STUDIES Prince.

With the rapid growth in Computer Technology in South Africa and the world and a shi� towards the fourth Trimester 2 registration starts: 2020 Industrial Revolu�on Prince20is April keeping up with the Classes commence: May 2020of an inven�on of a technology as he has an 11 idea in mind health detec�on applica�on for the IPRINO that will Trimester 3 registration be starts: 17 August 2020 able to scan the body temperature and Classes commence: September detect if there07are any health2020 problems and recommends a healing plan for the disorder, BUSINESS SCHOOL he quoted.

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When it comes to innova�on and crea�vity Prince Sebetha a former student of Ekurhuleni East Tvet College sets a KWA-THEMA CAMPUS good example.

His journey with the College started back in 2016 when he SC enrolled in one of our campuses (Daveyton Campus) for Engineering and Related Design (fi�ng and Turning).

“My dream is22toJune see the IPRINO cell Semester 2 registration starts: 2020 phone manufactured sold in South Classes commence: 13 July and 2020

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BENONI CAMPUS “ In the year 2019, Ekurhuleni East Tvet College Placement office changed my life completely and made my dream come true when I got an opportunity to go for a Mechatronics engineering internship in Luzhou CAMPUS VocationalBRAKPAN and Technical College based in China”, said Sebetha.

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1. Student ID certified copy (x3) disadvantaged and unrecognized village”, Prince 2. Parent(s) / Guardian ID concluded. certified copy (x3) Sebetha 3. Proof of address (x3) i.e The student's home address and not a box number. If a student comes from KZN, Limpopo, Soshanguve, etc the address must be from he/she comes from. Proof of address could be: 3.1 Certified Letter from the Local Municipality bearing the Municipality logo 3.2 Municipality bills receipt certified 3.3 Any retail shops certified statement such as Edgars as an example but not a bank statement 3.4 A letter from the traditional leader if coming from a village. The letter must bear the signature of the traditional leader and a stamp from the tradition leader.

4. Certified proof of income of parent(s) /Guardian (x1) 5. Student's bank statement (x1) 6. Lease agreement (x1) signed by both the student and the property owner 7. Certified Parent(s) Death Certificates (x1) 8. Certified student's results (x3) NB: ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BEAR A CERTIFICATION STAMP NOT OLDER THAN 3 MONTHS TO APPLY ONLINE:

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We cannot continue as we did before 2020.

The following is an industry-view from an Education District.

All involved with EDUCATION are forced to CHANGE the way they think and operate when dealing with matters concerning teaching and learning.

From the perspective of the Department of Education, services such as Monitoring, Evaluation, Supporting and Reporting will also be revamped according to the new online delivery and access to education demands.

Most of the mature teaching corps will have to adapt to the idea of online content delivery. This requires re-training, re-skilling and equipping vast numbers of educators.

Social partners will have to come on-board in terms of securing and providing resources to assist with the delivery of an online curriculum as access to online resources are mainly in the hands of the middle and upper class. The traditional way of physical seating in classes will also have to adapt to accommodate Self Directed Learning and allow learners to take ownership of the learning process while learning from their remote learning sites and locations.

The days when “the teacher knows everything” are forever gone. Learners will actively engage in their own learning and this could also mean the choices of their individual curriculum will now be as per the individu-

al learner’s needs and preferences.

Career and Career Choices will also be impacted and perhaps we could be looking at more virtual spaces where information on various careers could be accessed. The crucial part will be the attitude to adapt from particularly the more mature educators while the younger graduates will adapt seamlessly because for them it is not a challenge at all. Access to connectivity and decent current devices might replace hard copies of textbooks and sharing of links of online resources might become common practice.

If access to online education could be achieved for all learners it might curb the drop-out rate because learners who are practically inclined will not be bored with content of subjects that they might feel will not serve them in their future workplace of choice. This means that in local areas learners will have to be supported by local government programmes such as availability to Wi-Fi / fibre and access to connectivity in public spaces.

Career aligned education and curriculum will then serve to directly train or educate or produce learners groomed for identified workspaces. It might also address the over-supply of certain graduates and the under supply of other crucial graduates.

The workplace and school relationship for certain careers might also improve since social partners might want to invest more in the type of graduate / school leavers that they would like to employ in their companies therefore the forging of closer partnerships might be fostered.

Edith Wynne-Trollip

(in her personal capacity) Curriculum Support: FET Overberg Education District

Universities of (an Universities are still needed in the future. Universities are places where reading, thinking and discussions take place. There is a search for truth and understanding. They create insight into the way things work, how nature works and how societies work. They also create technical skills together with the knowledge and insights.

They teach students how to learn by themselves, how to think critically, and how to solve problems – real life problems, even problems that didn’t have solutions before.

The world is burdened with problems that seem to have no solutions. University students who finish their university courses are the best ones to solve these huge problems, because they understand what is going on in the world and have great knowledge from all their reading and studying. They also know how to work on problems and keep working on them until a solution is found.

Universities should continue to do all these things. In the future, universities will go online and virtual. Already universities in South Africa are working in a more virtual way than before the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead of using the university libraries, books will be accessed online or in digital form.

There are things that cannot be done online. Students studying the sciences for example, life sciences, engineering and medicine often have to be at the university campus to do lab and workshop work.

Universities have workshops where for example, ma-

nd in) the Future chines can be made and tested (for the engineers).

They have labs where medical students learn, and final year medical students can do their practical work by treating sick people from the community. So it is not possible for all university students to learn from home all the time.

We will still need the university buildings for these reasons, but perhaps a much smaller part of the buildings, not all of them.

It is important for universities to work with other parts of society. They must work closely with industry, government and civil society. Industry is where things are produced. It includes the manufacturing of many different products. Civil society is non-government organisations, and organisations that are not businesses.

These four: universities, industry, government and civil society, are called the “quadruple helix”.

What this means is that universities must not work alone, just educating students in labs and from books.

They must also be practical.

Working with industry means that the students must learn practical skills in industry, and that the students must learn to ‘innovate’. Innovation is creating something new, especially something that can be turned into a business.

By working together with other parts of society, universities make themselves useful. The learning experiences of students are more interesting and useful.

Into the futur Preparing for the future, this is what all people need to learn: • How to innovate • How to communicate well: in speech and writing, as well as with electronic means of communication • Reading, self-learning and self-training • Computer skills: coding and programming • Business and management skills, and entrepreneurship • Understanding the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) and learning 4IR skills • Personal skills and having confidence There are very practical skills that will always be needed, such as doctors, nurses, teachers, engineers, etc.

Universities will still train people for such careers.

In the future (sooner than you think) there are many jobs that can be done just as well by AI computers. They should focus on careers that will still exist in the time of the 4IR. People in industry say that virtual reality is the way of the future. You don’t need a teacher or trainer to show you how to do things in real life all the time, only some of the time.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an important 4IR technology. A computer AI app can learn and make decisions based on what it ‘observes’. For example, the computer notices what you type, and if it sees you writing in a particular way, or making too many mistakes, it can give you a tutorial that will help you to do better. So, every learner or student can study in their own way, and as fast or as slow as they need to.

re: University

Someone from the government Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) said that ‘Industrial robots will replace people, but we need to look at this as an opportunity to work together with robots, and to protect the person rather than the job’.

The new ways of working will mean that robots/machines will do the boring or unsafe jobs that humans are doing. The other jobs will need much learning, skills and the ability to think and solve problems. Universities must train students for these jobs and not the old ones.

This is an exciting future world, but universities will have to change completely.

Ms. Jansie Niehaus (Writing in her personal capacity) Executive Director: NSTF

The following is an industry view of the importance of TVETs

Placement opportunities for TVET graduates In the first year of study, most students think they have an eternity to decide what they want to do once they have graduated. Many have decided to pursue a particular career path after graduation, while others are still indecisive. Needless to say that soon they’ll have to enter the world of work.

The Work Integrated Learning (WIL) programme encourages all graduates to join the college graduate programme. WIL regularly updates the graduate database of students and their qualifications. This allows for easy access when industry opportunities for placements arise. During the address to the NCOP 2019 Policy Vote statement Minister Dr. Nzimande identified placement of graduates in a work environment, as being part of a broader strategy by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), towards creating a seamless transition from institutions of learning to workplaces.

He further alluded to the need to address the disconnect between classroom education, and workplace training, which has created artificial boundaries, leading to masses of our young graduates being unable to enter the world of work.

One of the critical objectives of the Technical and Vocational Education

and Training (TVET) is to address this disconnect by bridging the gap between business and institutions of learning. It is in this spirit that WIL at Northlink College continue to extend an invite to business, to be involved in the student placement programme, in order to facilitate a steady increase in the number of students looking to find employment.

The participation of more businesses in the WIL programme will ensure that the employment rate increases, and that graduates can become productive citizens who can actively contribute to the country’s economy and developmental agenda. This will lessen the frustration felt by industry, regarding students who lack the required work experience, or are with qualifications that are sometimes not suited for the industry.

In trying to mitigate gramme’s resourcServices (SSS) forging ahead tion to meet demands, students correctly.

and expand the proes, the Student Support through WIL are with work orientathe economy by ensuring that are placed

A United Kingdom study, “The impact of work placement on graduate employment in computing” (Smit.

S et al 2018), found that students who were placed in the workplace while at a college were more likely to find work, than those who had graduated without completing a placement programme.

Therefore, the value of the WIL and its sustainability cannot be overemphasised.

by Mr. Thozamile Thomas Mvumvu Northlink College

Life changes and universit

In life, as we all grow up and as time goes on, we wish to have careers However, what happens when life forces you to take another path of l

When we plan our futures, whether it is a long term or a short-term, w south. I think that is why people end up falling into depreserything all of a sudden falls apart then we are forced With my own personal experience of leavleft I dropped out and stayed home for six encountered in my entire existence, but had to let go of the feeling of self-pity What I have learnt from all these experiaccept circumstances that are beyond may fail, not because we did not work can sometimes be self-centred.

Instead of bitterness, I chose to forgive killed my dreams and I have also learnt currently doing well at school and with glad to say that next year is my final year.

If you think that your life is falling apart, and if Marcia did it then I can also do it.

Your dreams are valid, time flies and no matter what happens could ever think of.

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Do not give up! if I did not give up then you do not need to either.

University switch is not a bad t

ty switch “not bad at all”

s so that we can be able to have better futures and a good lifestyle. life and you change from one university to another?

we never leave any room for disappointments or expect things to go sion. When time comes for one to become successful and evto start from scratch because that is the only option left. ing University of the Free state with only a year months. That was the hardest thing I have ever with nothing to do but start from scratch I and start over at another university. ences are that it is okay to fail, it is okay to our control. Without family support we hard, but because our family members myself and everyone who has hurt me and to let go and move on and start over. I am all the downturns I have gone through I am Finally! you cannot go on anymore always remember that

along the way of life let giving up be the last thing and option you

thing after all but giving up is.

Marcia Ramodike

New Exhibitions

We added two new exhibitions to our collection on the floor.

The 4IR and Mirror Maze exhibitions

4IR Exhibition The 4IR exhibition currently hosts the Humanoids (two small ones and the big one called Pepper), Virtual reality Station, Augmented Reality and the interactive displays integrated with of a number of TV screens.

This concept is through the touch screen located at the entrance to the center. Interactive display section has been created where visitors are encouraged to use traditional touch screens to immerse themselves in games and content around Science Technology Engineering and Arts and Mathematics (STEAM).

Children are provided with the opportunity to play games to train their analytical ability, improve their ability to solve puzzles and chal-

lenges. They are also challenged to explore more traditional content style, such as exploration of subjects including how Artificial Intelligence works, Machine Learning, how data transfers over networks etc.

Science Exploration While traditional science teaching has complex challenges around logistics, safety and costs. VR has none of these limitations. Experiments are done as often as needed with no physical costs of materials or safety concerns. Students can learn about physics and chemistry, life science etc. in a safe environment. Within VR learning occurs without any distract but with full immersion. Learning and understanding mathematics becomes easier and more fun inside of VR due to the nature of games and how they are designed.

This is designed to make learning and exploration real fun especially for little ones. Wide learning opportunities exist through this exhibition, children have many prospects to learn on, e.g. google earth exploration experience.

With Google Earth VR, children can travel to almost any place in the world. They can fly all over the world and explore any city, any monument and landmark anywhere in the world.The exhibition has two different types of humanoids the small one (called Sanbot Max and the Bigger one called Pepper).

The Sanbot Max robot was designed to be implemented into numerous kinds of business scenarios, providing customers and staff members with intelligent and efficient services.

Pepper is a semi-humanoid robot, which means that a human has to control it. It is designed with the ability to read emotions. Pepper recognizes faces and basic human emotion.

Drones and Mirror Maze Drones Pilots at the Clubhouse Did you know that the Clubhouse has three certified drone pilots?

They also have 10 DJI Tell drones that they will used for their drone course.

They are currently putting together content for the said course.

In addition, the Clubhouse offers programmes such as Teach Fundamentals of drones, real-life applications of drones: namely surveillance using object identification and tracking to videography for commercials and other media use.

This includes python programming that covers drone automation.

Mirror Maze Exhibit A mirror is an object that reflects an image. Light that bounces off a mirror will show an image of whatever is in front of it, when focused through the lens of the eye or a camera.

Mirrors reverse the direction of the image in an equal yet opposite angle from which the light shines upon it. This allows the viewer to see themselves or objects behind them, or even objects that are at an angle from them but out of their field of view, such as around a corner.

Natural mirrors prehistoric times, water, but people turing mirrors out rials for thousands metals, and glass. metals like silver often used due to applied as a thin cause of its natuhard surface.

have existed since such as the surface of have been manufacof a variety of mateof years, like stone, In modern mirrors, or aluminum are their high reflectivity, coating on glass berally smooth and very

A maze is a path or collection of paths, typically from an entrance to a goal. The word is used to refer both to branching tour puzzles through which the solver must find a route, and to simpler non-branching patterns that lead unambiguously through a convoluted layout to a goal. The pathways and walls in a maze are typically fixed, but puzzles in which the walls and paths can change during the game are also categorised as mazes or tour puzzles Mirror Maze The mirror maze itself is a pattern, combining several characteristics of geometric patterns: repetition, symmetry and tessellation using repeated equilateral triangles. These triangles fit together without any gaps or overlaps, creating a tessellation. Mirrored surfaces all around reflect the pattern so that it repeats and appears infinite.

FASHION 2021 - L Winter is coming. Get ready!

What to wear? A choice is to look in the wardrobe and be inspired from last year. BVADR! Maybe, just maybe, if we can go out and do things again. Just a little bit. Then we could also indulge ourselves in new clothes, be fashionable and feel GOOD again.

Leave the tracksuits alone. Not even at home should they be seen. Get out of the Corona-klere!

But then, what now.

Looking around we see that it will be beige (not brown! Whatever you do, don’t do brown.

Brown is just so ….. brown!).

Maroon and other subdued colours will be fine.

Light toffee colours, yes (and that is not brown, please).

Jeans are always a choice, but what about

LOOK YOUR BEST! something more stylish. You deserve it after 2020.

Skirts and dresses will be the thing. Look like it!

Length? Anything will do, but style means just above knee length. And that also means that the stockings can be a thing again.

Boots? As long as it is not brown we will applaud you. Get it to match with the outfits.

Scarfs, wellll….. maybe…. But please don’t use a scarf as a dress. It is just ugly. Like that. Ugly.

Look for a coat this year. Contrasting colours will be great and that is what will be the ‘inthing’.

Bright colours can be good, but use those as contrasts, not the main event.

And the most important thing: look good! 2020 was not fun, so make 2021 fun instead!

Master’s: Re Master’s degree: the titbits I’ve picked up thus far.

At age 21, I am taking on another challenge: A Master’s degree.

I am currently doing my MSc in Agricultural Economics focusing on Bio-economic optimisation of surface water and shallow groundwater in irrigation agriculture.

Yes, that might sound like a mouthful, but that’s what a Masters is really about. Immersing yourself in subject knowledge so that after the degree, you could be a ‘Master’. That is the end goal.

The journey however is a double edged sword. What do I mean by that? There is both happy and hectic times. Note: I use the word hectic because I am not necessarily implying bad times but referring to the time where you feel tested and it seems like you are colliding head on with a brick wall.

The good thing is that unlike undergraduate studies, I don’t have to attend classes and write tests. For the purpose of this article, I will refer to the undergraduate activities above as ‘studying’.

Studying does not allow you the freedom to critique and challenge what you are being taught. You are taught and you have to absorb the content. However, in very small instances, this can be a disadvantage.

Ever came across something that you did not agree with but

eal science were taught in school? In addition, for the sake of the exam and test, you had to take it from that perspective you did not agree with because you were not given the opportunity to ‘seek’ evidence to support your perspective? That’s how I describe studying.

With a Master’s degree however, I am given the opportunity to read on all the available content and find reasons to argue the content in the subject matter. If I disagree with an aspect, I can work on it and investigate further.

Thus the key words for Master’s degree activities are: argue, investigate and read. The collective term for the activities I referred to in a Masters will be ‘research’. This is the best part about a Master’s degree.

In addition, the Master’s degree allows you to apply and build on what you learnt in undergraduate studies. Expanding on concepts, verify and validate methods and conclusions made on certain studies to even introducing new ways to solve the same or new problems.

I would thus recommend pursuing a master’s degree.

Of course, to successfully pursue a master’s degree, you need to meet all the internal and external requirements in the institution of choice and must have secured funding to undertake the research.

Masiziba Hadebe

It is always fascinating to look at impossibilities. Faster than light travel is such an impossibility – we all think. But is it? All inspired by wiki and others.

With Einstein’s E = mc2 in hand, we can deduce quite a lot. Here is a quote from https://wtamu.edu/ “Scientists have found that the faster you go, the more your spatial dimension in the forward direction shrinks and the slower your clock runs when viewed by an external observer.

If you look at the equations which are at the core of Einstein’s theories of relativity, you find that as you approach the speed of light, your spatial dimension in the forward direction shrinks down to nothing and your clock slows to a stop.

A reference frame with zero width and with no progression in time is really a reference frame that does not exist. Therefore, this tells us that nothing can ever go faster than the speed of light, for the simple reason that space and time do not actually exist beyond this point.

Because the concept of “speed” requires measuring a certain amount of distance traveled in space during a certain period of time, the concept of speed does not even physically exist beyond the speed of light. In fact, the phrase “faster than light”

is physically meaningless. It’s like saying “darker than black.”

That is the best explanation I have ever seen!

But of course we can argue things anyway. What now if Einstein was wrong?

“The restriction that nothing can travel faster than light is not as limiting as it seems. A more accurate statement of the principle would be, “nothing can locally travel faster than light.”

For instance, if wormholes exist, you could use one to take a shortcut from earth to the North Star. Compared to a bit of light that travelled from earth to the North Star and did not go through the wormhole, you would have been traveling faster.

In other words, you would have reached the North Star first. This is allowed because you never locally exceeded the speed of light. As another example, there are some distant stars in the universe that are moving away from each other at a speed faster than light. This is allowed because it is not a local speed.

So, let us now turn the page and look at some particles.

We are now into heavy theory.

Some scientists one late afternoon, after tea I believe, came to imagine a new particle, the Tachyon. This one travels faster than light and has an imaginary mass, they speculated.

However, the same physics that govern our ‘slower’ particles (you and I), must also apply to those tachyons.

A Lorentz transformation (look it up) shows that if the speed is greater than speed of light, the denominator in the equation for the energy is imaginary, as the value under the radical (1-speed/c) is negative. Because the total energy must be real, the numerator must also be imag-

inary: i.e. the rest mass m must be imaginary, as a pure imaginary number divided by another pure imaginary number is a real number.

Wiki: One curious effect is that, unlike ordinary particles, the speed of a tachyon increases as its energy decreases. In particular, E approaches zero when c approaches infinity. Therefore, just as normal particles are forbidden to break the light-speed barrier, so too are tachyons forbidden from slowing down to below c, because infinite energy is required to reach the barrier from either above or below.

The problem is of course that we talk imaginary mass. So it may not even exist.

As we are now doing virtual meetings all the time, we could also look at ‘virtual particle’ in this context.

Wiki: “The term (virtual particle) is somewhat loose and vaguely defined, in that it refers to the view that the world is made up of “real particles”. It is not. “Real particles” are better understood to be excitations of the underlying quantum fields. Virtual particles are also excitations of the underlying fields, but are “temporary” in the sense that they appear in calculations of interactions.

The accuracy and use of virtual particles in calculations is firmly established, but as they cannot be detected in experiments, deciding how to precisely describe them is a topic of debate.

The trick is that such things can have negative mass and energy. (what?). That can then make them interact via virtual photons. Faster than speed of light is then possible.

Maybe!

What is NSFAS?

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is a government entity under the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)

What does NSFAS do?

Supports access to and success in, higher education and training for students from poor and working-class families who would otherwise not be able to afford the cost of studies at a public university or Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college.

• Provides financial aid to eligible students who are studying or plan to study at any of the 50 TVET colleges or the 26 public universities in South Africa • Identifies students who qualify for the bursary • Provides bursaries to students

Who qualifies for NSFAS funding?

• All South African citizens • All SASSA grant recipients • Applicants whose combined household income is not more than R350 000 per annum • Persons with disabilities with a combined household income of not more than R600 000 per annum • Students who started studying at a university before 2018 and whose household income is not more than R122 000 per annum

What does the NSFAS bursary cover?

• Registration • Tuition • Book allowance • Accommodation allowance • Transport allowance • Food allowance • Personal care allowance

Does the NSFAS bursary offer any additional support for students with disabilities?

Yes, NSFAS further supports funded students with disabilities through an additional allowance that covers: • Medical assessments • Assistive devices • Human support to cover for the cost of a caregiver, guide dog, scribe or tutor.

How, where and when can one apply for NSFAS? The 2021 application season will be communicated through media, social media and the NSFAS website www.nsfas.org.za.

Applications are submitted online through the NSFAS website: www.nsfas.org.za

To apply for NSFAS funding students must have a registered myNSFAS account.

If you plan to study in 2021 and require support from NSFAS, you may open your myNSFAS account now to keep updated with the latest funding information.

Connect with us using the following channels: National Student Financial Aid Scheme

myNSFAS

myNSFAS

NSFAS Connect: www.nsfas.org.za and log into your myNSFAS account NSFAS Connect gives you access to quick facts and frequently asked questions. Applicants and students can also submit and track a query for further assistance.

US Policy after Trump Whichever way we look at it, the international agenda for the next few years will be set by President Biden in the US. Biden is determined to reverse a lot of Trump’s policies. After all, that is what he got elected on. Bringing a bit of sanity back into US foreign policy.

The danger is keeps ‘reversing’ every four years, boring.

Nobody can build relationship with a is uncertainty of de-

that if US everything it becomes a longer-term country if there cisions made.

That is why we need to look at what Biden wants to ‘reverse’.

Paris climate agreement: This is a key agreement in terms of climate change. It is the foundation for a lot of later activities.

Trump cancelled the US participation and that led to the emphasis on ‘Coal is King’.

That is of course good for the ‘rust belt’ in the US where a lot of Trump voters are. Pollution targets down the drain on the altar of ‘big industry and jobs’. However, it is just not sustainable, neither short-term nor long-term. Climate change is reality and it is NOW. Iran nuclear agreement (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action -JCPOA): this is the agreement between Iran and the rest of the world where Iran will not refine Uranium and Plutonium to bomb-grade levels. In return the sanctions on Iran will be lifted.

It was a master-stroke of Obama as it was not a US-Iran agreement, but was lifted into a UN resolution, backed by China, France, Germany, EU, Russia, UK and US. So, Trump pulled out, invoked sanctions and Iran started refining to bomb-grade. On top of, killing of Iranian generals does not improve any peaceful talks.

Biden wants to get it back in force.

But that might be difficult now. Also because EU (as a consequence of the US stance that companies trading with Iran will be sanctioned in the US) has started a move away from US dollars as the currency for oil trade. EU companies trading with Iran has not been sanctioned but subsided by EU. How to get the genie back in the bottle?

North Korea: It started so well with trump doing something positive. It was an achievement to get talks started with Kim Jong-Un. It was a rare sight to see that agreements and tentative easing of hostilities could be achieved.

The background is a bit convoluted. North Korea has been building a nuclear capability. It is my opinion that it is a bargaining tool to get the sanctions go away. Sort of: ”Lift the sanctions and we will stop the nuclear build programme”. It makes perfect sense.

Kim Jong-Un has to to get the economy the population at the dictatorship. Maysomething serious can

get the sanctions lifted going. The risk is that large can turn against be not a revolution, but happen.

After a good start trump got it mixed up. The message to North Korea was changed to one of get rid of the nuclear arsenal and then we will lift the sanctions. Trust us.

That is not working. So Kim Jong-Un said: “lift the sanctions first, and then we will get rid of the nuclear arsenal. Trust us”.

Biden has to come up with a good plan on this.

China: This is even worse. The trade war with China is hurting US industry as the imports from China are essential to the functioning of US industry. US industry and consumers are the ones paying the new tariffs as the Chinese suppliers are just adding it onto their pricing.

China is now also a military stand-off in feeling the pressure.

flexing its muscles in the region. Taiwan is

Biden needs China to keep the pressure on North Korea and US industry needs China as parts-supplier and food exporter.

It does not make it easier that China is now the dominant economy.

Maybe a good talk between Biden and Xi can get it back on track, but somebody has to be frank with China.

Russia and surroundings: Russians seems to have other former Soviet retheir ‘dictators’. It might better.

Democracy is breaking out! had enough of Putin as publics also revolt against get messy before it gets

Europe: Time for US to regain the trust of Europe. And that might be the hardest part of it all. A world-order where the 2nd biggest economy (EU) is deliberately hurting number 3 (US) cannot be a solution.

We wish Biden the best of luck. If he should need advice we will leave or contact details.

Bamboo in Africa Africa has the largest untapped tropical bamboo forests: 1.5 – 3 million ha. Other reports indicate that the new economic force of ‘Bamboos’ on the continent is generating massive income, creating jobs and protecting the environment.

The following is gleaned from many sources, the main one being here: So far 18 African countries with natural bamboo have joined the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR), which is assisting them with bamboo information, technology transfer, capacity building and policy formulation.

According to INBAR, as the population in Africa increases, the massive harvesting of firewood and charcoal will be unsustainable.

Bamboo is an alternative to burning tree-based woods for cooking purposes. As bamboo can quickly grow back, bamboo will combat deforestation, soil erosion and impacts of climate change.

However, Energy use and development in Africa varies widely across the

continent, with some African countries exporting energy while others lack even basic infrastructures or systems to acquire energy.

On the other hand, The World Bank has declared 32 of the 48 nations on the African continent to be in an energy crisis. This translates to Bamboo’s potential as an energy source in Africa being large.

Is it all great then? Well, Bamboo is a ‘thirsty’ thing. Excessive amounts of bamboo forest will impact on the ground water and the water table in the region. If the water table gets lowered, other plants might suffer (wheat, potatoes, etc). We have to balance the needs with the available water resources.

On the economic specfarming has the posands of jobs, since Bamboo plants maintained and In Ghana, about employed when project was The bamboo some $60 bn down-stream industhis number.

trum, commercial bamboo tential to create thouit is labour intensive. are typically planted, harvested by hand.

1,500 people were a commercial initiated. industry is worth globally but the try should be added to

However, the role of technology in commercial bamboo is not well documented. Little information on the potential of this aspect in the commercial setting may make this statement temporal and likely to change as time moves on.

Although bamboo can grow nearly anywhere, areas in the likes of KZN would be prime areas. However, that is where we also see sugar cane growing. And sugar cane is just as thirsty.

Can a balance be achieved?

Masiziba Hadebe

The Facts Who is INBAR?

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Matrix 4 OK, I know this is giving fair warning, but …

Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith and Lambert Wilson rejoin Lana Wachowski (who directs solo here) for the fourth installment of the blockbuster sci-fi action series, with Neil Patrick Harris joining the cast.

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Elevator Musik - hor It is of course a bit more complicated! But we all know this one. There is something playing in the background. At least it takes away the noise of colliding trolleys, babies crying and all other things.

There is a story behind Muzak. As a matter of fact, it started as a company. Muzak LLC in the US. 1950s saw the strategy of directly impacting behavior. Now was the time of increasing productivity on the factory floor by very scientific means.

Muzak was one of them. By cutting music into 15 minute blocks alternated with 15 minutes of no music, it was proven that productivity could be increased.

Although original was used, it was the muzak that The Muzak had many business model over time.

However, we still ing’ of muzak (lower inferior. Something that is non-artist.

artists and content the packaging of mattered. company has owners and the has changed sit with the ‘feelcase!) as something clubbed together by some

Well, yes and no. It is correct that ‘easy listening’ music is another word for muzak. Some classical pieces are toned down and tuned up. Now it is muzak.

James Last from Germany was declared ‘King of Elevator Music’ exactly because it was ‘easy listening’.

rror? but a goldmine Money? Wiki says: “Last is reported to have sold an estimated 200 million albums worldwide in his lifetime, of which 80 million were sold by 1973 - and won numerous awards including 200 gold and 14 platinum discs in Germany. His album This Is James Last remained a UK best-seller for 48 weeks, and his song “Games That Lovers Play” has been covered over a hundred times.

And James Last was just one. How much ‘easy listening’ has been produced?

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Next Issue March is a setttle-in month in many ways.

The newness is gone and now it all looks the same.

But it is not!

Whatever 2020 did to us, we will still feel the impact.

That is why we look at the core of ‘education’. What is it really we want to get out of it? and what will it do for us?

These are hard questions, but we also have the fun: conspiracies., music, movies and all the things we know we all love!

Good read!

Sybil

Coronavirus

Protect yourself

Wash your hands with soap for 20 seconds How long is 20 seconds?

Hum the first verse of our national anthem: Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika

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