Hola MaHigh-School - January 2020

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MaHighSchool Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2020

SKA Status

Grade 10-11: So much more

Movies and music

FEBRUARY SCI-BONO 01 - 28 COMPETITION: First Tech Challenge

D I S C O V E R Y C E NGrade T R8-12 E

EVENTS CALENDAR

2020

11 INTERNATIONAL DAY: Women and Girls in Science Public & Learners 13 CAREER CENTRE: Careers in Manufacturing Focus Day Grades 9 - 12

MARCH 09 - 13 / FOCUS WEEK: 16-20 Water Week Grades 5 - 9 21 - 29 HOLIDAY PROGRAMME: Plant Health Holiday programme Public & Orphanages 22 INTERNATIONAL DAY: World Water Day Public & Learners 23 - 27 SPECIAL PROGRAMME: Amateur Rocketry Course Grades 11

APRIL SCHOOL TERMS TERM 1: (13) 15 Jan - 20 Mar WEEKS: DAYS: PUBLIC HOLIDAYS: SCHOOL DAYS:

10 48 (50) 0 48 (50)

TERM 2: 31 Mar – 12 Jun WEEKS: DAYS: PUBLIC HOLIDAYS: SCHOOL DAYS:

11 54 4 50

TERM 3: 7 Jul – 18 Sep WEEKS: DAYS: PUBLIC HOLIDAYS: SCHOOL DAYS:

11 54 1 53

TERM 4: 29 Sep – 2 (4) Dec WEEKS: DAYS: PUBLIC HOLIDAYS: SCHOOL DAYS:

10 47 (49) 0 47 (49)

TOTALS WEEKS: DAYS: PUBLIC HOLIDAYS: SCHOOL DAYS:

42 203 (207) 5 198 (202)

15 - 16 CAREER CENTRE: Industry site visits - Automotive Grades 9 - 11 15 - 21 EXTERNAL EXPO: Sci-Fest 19 - 28 EXTERNAL EXPO: Randshow 28 - 29 CAREER CENTRE: Campus tours Grade 9

MAY 04 FOCUS WEEK: ICT Grades 8 - 12 09 EXTERNAL EXPO: Yebo Gogga 11 - 15 CAREER CENTRE: Grade 10 Presentations and workshops Grade 10 13 EXTERNAL EXPO: Zulu Fest 17 - 28 CAREER CENTRE: Grade 12 Presentations and workshops Grade 12 18 - 22 CAREER CENTRE: Grade 11 Presentations and workshops Grade 11

JUNE

13 JUN - HOLIDAY PROG 5 JUL Theme TBC Public & Orpha

22 - 26 SPECIAL PROG Amateur Rock Grade 11

29 JUN - SPECIAL PROG 03 JUL Amateur Rock Grade 11

JULY

29 JUN - SPECIAL PRO 03 JUL Amateur Rock Grade 11

14 - 15 CAREER CEN Gateway to th Digital Career Grade 9

18 INTERNATION Sci-Bono Nels Public & Lear

TBC FOCUS WEEK (JUL/AUG) National Scien

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03 - 07 CAREER CEN Grade 8 Prese Grade 8

10 CAREER CEN Careers in Ag Grades 9 - 11

13 - 14 CAREER CEN Girl Learner P Grades 9 - 11

17 - 21 EXTERNAL EX Sasol TechnoX

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04 CAREER CEN RCLs & Youth Debates Grades 9 - 12

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OCTOBER 02 CAREER CENTRE: National Careers Dress Up Day Science Fair Grade 7 05 - 09 FOCUS WEEK: Transport Grades 4 - 11 09 CAREER CENTRE: Grade 7 Presentations and workshops Grade 7 12 - 13 CAREER CENTRE: Industry site visits Steel & Manufacturing Grades 9 - 11 TBC COMPETITION: (OCT/NOV) Mental Maths Grade 3

NOVEMBER 02 - 06 FOCUS WEEK: Early Explorers Week Grade R - 3 10 INTERNATIONAL DAY: World Science Day Public & Learners TBC COMPETITION: (OCT/NOV) Mental Maths Grade 3

DECEMBER 05 DEC - HOLIDAY PROGRAMME: 10 JAN THEME TBC 2021 Public & Orphanages

JANUARY 2021 05 DEC - HOLIDAY PROGRAMME: 10 JAN THEME TBC 2021 Public & Orphanages

FEBRUARY 2021 04 - 28 FOCUS WEEK: Enquiring Minds Programme Grades 1 - 3

QUARTERLY SPECIAL PROGRAMME: Speak to a Scientist Public

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR LABORATORY: Dow Chemistry Lab All Grades LABORATORY: Festo Lab All Grades LABORATORY: Life Sciences Lab All Grades LABORATORY: MST Shows All Grades LABORATORY: MST Workshops All Grades LABORATORY: Birthday Parties All Grades LABORATORY: Team Buildings All Grades SPECIAL PROGRAMME: Electronics Club Grades 10 - 11 COMPETITION: First Lego League Grades 5 - 7 CAREER CENTRE: Grade 9 Presentations and workshops Grade 9 CAREER CENTRE: Psychometric assessments By appointment only CAREER CENTRE: Therapy and counselling By appointment only CAREER CENTRE: External expos By invitation EXTERNAL EXPO: Jerk - Wheel Way Project - GDAARD

ONGOING EXTERNAL EXPO: SAASTA/DST outreach programmes

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Editor’s Letter

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Contributors

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Holler at us

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Back to school! ... but there is hope

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Grade 10 - so new

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Grade 11 - Still there 16 Agri in the new world 22 Agri in the new world 24

ent Month of February

28

Engen - here for you

30

SKA Status

32

International - a lot!

34

Movies!!

40

Is radio still ‘it’?

42

We need writers

44

Next Issue

46

Poem of the month

46

Sybil Otterstrom Editor and CEO

Welcome back! After all, it feels good to be in the office again. Sort of missed it.

A very warm welcome to our new readers. Grade 10 is new and exciting and overwhelming. Because you are now not forced to go to school anymore. You are here because you want to. Responsibility it is called.

Grade 11 is an opportunity to do more than just school. Use it wisely as they say.

Of course a bit of international things, science and so on. ... and movies and music and poems and those other things I love as well.

Welcome to 2020!

Good read!

Sybil

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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.

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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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January has just got behind us. Back to school – the next many months looking at us. What now? What to expect? What do we want to get out of it all?

Well, first of all, there are many things to get out of the next three years. Of course we know what grade 12 is all about. We have heard it so many times now. So, we will leave that alone.

Let us rather look at what grade 10 and 11 are all about. Those are not ‘forgotten’ years, but we do not see too much about them.

That is where we will do something for you.

This issue will be about grade 10 and 11. What to expect and what YOU can do to make it all worthwhile.

Read on and be amazed!

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It is also the years where we must reflect on our surroundings. W while being in school. We are now real social individuals and that and commitment – at least to one self.

Grade 10 (and 11-12) might even involve going to a different sch really puts it into perspective that grade 10 is a new beginning. It time it even involved that one of the teachers addressed us by su

The biggest change is in the mindset. Grade 10 is now about lear It is about responsibility towards one’s own goals. If a career has should be on gaining the toolbox to get there.

That is also grade 10.

de 10 - A new life

where everything is new. The ‘year-zero’ in schooling. There is n going to school. It is now volunteering. It is YOU who have de-

ce. Because the onus is on you to make it into something you nruly and not wanting to learn? Why are you there?

e the curriculum is now on things that can be used. It is not the u are supposed to be able to read with understanding, etc.

pportunity to really think about what you would like to do later bject choices.

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Does it mean tha Absolutely not. It is also a time to test the choice Was it what I wanted?

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Grade 11 can be used for a more considerate ev More importantly: grade 11 is the time to make now. Grade 12 is a bit late for that.

Grade 11 is also a funny one. We have now got being adults. Start looking at what ‘life’ is also ab part-time job, decide

There are many more er yourself and try to joy of life.

ng! It is not new anymore (as grade 10 was) and the pressure is is in grade 12. It is just more of the same. Same teachers, same e building, same lunch box, same‌. Oh my!

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Human capital behind the technology in agriculture Human capital is not how much money humans have, instead it is defined as the skills, knowledge, and experience possessed by an individual or population, viewed in terms of their value or cost to an organization or country.

Ever since humans started to plant crops, the majority of ‘science’ and ‘technology’ has been around increasing crop yields.

Technology in agriculture is therefore a natural progression. The latest is robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The question is how does human experience and knowledge interact with technology?

A real-life example: irrigation probes. The main aim of the probes is to take the guesswork out of irrigation planning. The technology is very expensive, especially for an individual farmer, but it is claimed to be impossible to produce optimally without it, as it identifies and treats the cause of suboptimal irrigation as echoed by farmers.

Although the probes guarantee accuracy and reliability and are temperature-compensated - and aren’t affected by salinity, data is downloaded and processed by DFM Probe Schedule Software.

It sounds simple, but agricultural AI is immensely difficult from an IT perspective. ‘soil’ is not just soil. Micro-climate (localised winds within one square meter) can disrupt growth, etc. All of it increases the number of parameters incrementally. On top of, how to put ‘human knowledge and gut feel’ into an algorithm?

However, robotic technologies and AI will enable more reliable monitoring and management of natural resources, such as air and water quality. It also gives ‘producers’ greater control over plant and animal production, processing, distribution, and storage, which results in better efficiency of the farm.

But without the farmers understanding and being able to use the robotic technologies, they are not able to achieve what they want. Farmers must be highly skilled in using IT and AI in the future.

For this reason, I believe that a branch that will look into the relationship between human capital and technology in agriculture will be a necessity and the only way to increase agricultural output to the levels required to feed us all.

Masiziba Hadebe

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Ford announces a R1-m Student Sponsor In celebration of the many ways that learning can empower people, preserve the planet, build shared prosperity, and foster peace, Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has chosen the 24th of January, International Day of Education, to announce a R1-million donation to the Student Sponsorship Programme (SSP).

A non-profit trust, the SSP initiative provides opportunities for high-achieving learners from under-served communities to attend some of the top public and private high schools around the country.

The programme also supports Scholars with leadership development through Personal Mastery and Mentorship. The Leadership development approach and package has led to many graduates of the SSP outperforming their peers, at both high school and university undergraduate level.

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Ford has committed to sponsoring 10 academically distinguished yet economically disadvantaged students, who will each receive the SSP five-year leadership programme award, during which time they will receive a comprehensive suite of support services, including payment of the tuition, uniform, sports gear, academic monitoring, mentorship and finally entering into the SSP Alumni network.

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“The Student Sponsorship Programme is a unique opportunity to assist talented young people to achieve their full potential, thus breaking the cycle of poverty,” says Neale Hill, MD of FMCSA. “Ford is committed to making a real difference in peoples’ lives, and by sponsoring these students through this programme,

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empowering the youth to become the future of this vibrant country.�

such as American International School Johan, Selbourne College, Parktown High School , and Pretoria Boys’ High School are some of tutions that exhibit high standards, and are the nominated schools these students attend.

oung people, through SSP, have gone on to influential leadership positions in their chosen nd have positively impacted the lives of their local communities, South African society, and ader economy. Graduates from SSP also serve ors for current students through its Alumni .

e inception of the Student Scholarship Proe in 2000, over 1,500 gifted students have warded bursaries by SSP, valued at more than illion. These students have achieved a 100 per tric pass rate, and 99 per cent of SSP Scholars university acceptance.

SSP success story: Tinhiko Nkuna

The Student Sponsorship Programme has a wide range of success stories, notably Tinhiko Nkuna, SSP class of 2004, who attended St Mary’s School in Waverley, Johannesburg. She went on to obtain her Bachelor O of Education Honours in Education Management, Postgraduate Certifi- a m cation in Education, FET and Senior Phases in History and French from the University of South Africa, as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and French from Rhodes University.

Nkuna chose the path of an educator, first teaching history, and subsequently being appointed as the first black Deputy Head in 2017 - the first in St Mary’s 130-year history.

“Tinhiko’s passion and vision for educational transformation has been evident in her teaching and in her role as head of Phelps House,” says Deanne King, Head of St Mary’s School. “She will lead innovation through all the educational focus areas, including the social, generational, and transformational innovation that we aspire to at St Mary’s.”

According to SSP, between 2000 and 2018, SSP students have achieved an average of two distinctions in Matric, with that number climbing to an average of 3.2 distinctions from 2016 to 2018. Around 76 per cent of its graduates have secured a job within three months of completing their tertiary education, with 100 per cent doing so within a year. Approximately 23 per cent of these jobs are in the commerce, financial, and professional services sectors, with 13 per cent focusing on education, and 11 per cent selecting media, arts, and culture.

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Looking for something over-the-top? Super bowl i final is played on February 2, 2020.

Teams? to be decided. The winners of Kansas City see Titans and the San Francisco 49ers vs Green Ba Wiki says that Fox charged some $5 million per 30 tising time. And all slots have been sold by now!

There is lead-in and lead-out and TV rights sold ac all things. This is not only super bowl, it is super m

And while watching it a quick bite could be an idea “Foods traditionally eaten on Super Sunday include chili, baby back ribs, dipping sauces, pizza, and pot pizza delivery businesses see their order numbers d 60 percent of the take out ordered on Super Sunda ly 13 tons of chips, 1.25 billion chicken wings, and mole are consumed during Super Sunday. Welcom love it all!

Let us look at something a bit more austere: Meal Monday. Yes, we go to Scotland (thanks to Wiki).

Students at universities in Scotland were supposed to provide themselves with firewood for the fireplace. And provide their own food!

As they were sufficiently poor, it was oatmeal.

But here was the catch: They may have been a long way from home.

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So, the universities instituted Meal Monday (or Oatmeal Monday), enabling the students to go home and get some more oats for the coming month.

Some universities, right up until 1885, allowed one Monday per month, but as it became less ‘stressful’ to be a student, the tradition was kept, but only one Monday per year – typically 2nd Monday in February.

It has by and large gone by now. A piece of history not there anymore.

Engen applauds top matrics and mov The top students for 2019 in the Engen Maths & Science School programme have been announced, while the 413-member matric class have received a shout out for attaining an impressive 96% pass rate of which 70% attained bachelor passes.

The Engen Maths & Science School (EMSS) programme The Saturday classes are held at nine locations spread across the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, and KwaZulu-Natal.

Engen’s head of transformation and stakeholder engagement, Unathi Magida, says the EMSS programme focuses specifically on providing extra tuition in “gateway” subjects such as mathematics and science.

“The EMSS programme seeks to better the future of talented young people in difficult circumstances and to contribute to the pool of scarce skills in the country,” comments Magida, adding that “Engen is extremely proud of all matriculants but especially the EMSS top achievers.”

The top national achiever is Hillary Siphamandla Nxumalo from Orange Farm in Gauteng, who attended Leshata Secondary School and attended the EMSS programme at the Zakarriya Park Combined School.

Hillary, achieved an impressive 94% for science, 96% for maths and 79% for English.

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Second nationally is Andile Mkhungo, who attended the EMSS programme at Mangosuthu University of Technology. Andile scored an impressive 92% for science, 86% for maths and 81% for English. Andile is planning to study medicine at the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine in KwaZulu-Natal.

Third nationally is Makhoba Mhlengi from KwaZulu-Natal, who attended the EMSS programme at Howard College. Makhoba achieved 88% for science, 90% for maths and 73% for English.

“Starting off as Engen Saturday Schools over 30 years ago, EMSS is central to our efforts to contribute to the growth and transformation of the country,” says Magida.

Engen’s Corporate Social Investment Manager, Adhila Hamdulay is delighted that Engen is giving many talented learners a springboard to pursue their dreams of working in maths and science related fields.

Comments Hamdulay: “In many cases, learners who go on to achieve excellent ‘bachelor passes’, with the necessary required university criteria, may also be eligible for the Engen bursary programme.”

The schools are being converted to include STEM/ STEAM subjects in 2020, to empower the learners and educators in preparation of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR).

“Engen is committed to building tomorrow’s leaders and if we want to ensure that the youth of tomorrow are prepared for a rapidly changing world, we need to ensure that they have the right mix of skills, for them to reach their full potential,” concludes Magida.

SKA has been a bit quite recently. Or has it?

A lot of things have happened, but all in the ‘boring’ planning phases.

Let us look at the recent achievements (all from their website www.skatelescope.org).

SKA was agreed upon in the astronomical community in 2010. It has taken time to set the objectives. What is it supposed to do? what type of technology will be required to do it and when can we expect it to be there?

These things are just not so easy to determine.

Sounds trivial? It was predicted (in 2011) it would generate an exabyte per day – that is 1018 bytes. Anybody guessing that has been exceeded dramatically since 2011?

It is now predicted that SKA will generate more traffic than the entire internet is doing right now.

This goes for nearly all elements. Of the entire project.

On top of, accommodation, water, sewage, electricity and everything engineering must also be catered for. Tons of concrete to be

poured for the buildings and the antennae.

Point to any area of such a mega-project and realise it is bigger than anything we have ever done before. And it is stretched out globally.

So what has happened?

All the workgroups have been working frantically since 2013 and have now produced the final architecture and design of it all. OF IT ALL. That has been accepted by 19 December 2019.

Quoted from the SKA website: “…‘The team has really been outstanding and I speak not only of the team here at the HQ but also the broader team from our member institutions,” said Dr. Joe McMullin, Programme Director and Deputy Director-General of the SKA. “Having this milestone is really the foundation for everything in 2020. This is the year where we have to pull together the construction proposal itself.”

Now the final costing can be done and the tenders issued for the construction.

It is at this phase it will start to go fast.

The ‘real’ work is scheduled for 2027 and we shall indeed be following SKA.

What to look out for in 2020? There are a lot of things that we know will come to pass and then then we have all kind of surprises anyway.

Let us look at what we know about: Brexit: Oh dear! Well, Boris the PM got his majority in parliament and has now put in a bit of legislation: UK is out by 21 January and no extensions are legal. On top of, by 31 December 2020 a trade agreement must be in place.

EU has already said that is impossible to negotiate a total deal and it might have to be focused on doing some few key arears by December only.

Collision course!

US Presidential Elections: Scheduled for November 2020. But will Trump be impeached before that? If the party is not sure he can be re-elected, they might just vote for impeachment so they can get a new person in before the elections in November. But who?

Some of the states are not putting anyone else forward in support of Trump.

Here is my prediction: The party realises that the tariff wars are back-firing and that the escalation with Iran will bring a war instead. That means oil prices going through the roof and body bags will start to arrive back in the US.

We will see a sudden swing in the republicans now ‘forcing’ Trump out. Timeframe? Last minute of the impeachment trials.

US-Iran Totally un-predictable. Was the assassination of the Iranian general Trump’s way of deflecting attention away from his impeachment hearings? If so, will US now rally behind him and he is ‘safe’ for another term?

If so, it is high-risk strategy when real weapons are involved.

US-China The trade war has to be stopped. Nobody is winning from multiple tariffs being imposed.

Trump has now cancelled the latest host of tariffs.

Suddenly US realised that the imports from China are vital to US industry.

An example is certain car parts. US does not manufacture certain parts anymore. It is cheaper to buy in China. In comes 25% tariff. The Chinese manufacturer loads his price with an additional 25% and is still selling to the US as there are no other options for the car people to source it.

Who is then paying the additional tariff? Correct!

The US consumer. Suddenly their cars are now getting more expensive to buy.

And this goes for a lot of different products

US-Europe This is something that also touches on tariffs and embargoes and NHI in the UK (National Health Insurance).

Boris the PM and his merry men (and women) have had talks with the US to map out a post-Brexit future.

A document has been produced (and leaked!) and it spells some horror stories which we all hope cannot be true.

US would like to see a free pass for US drugs into UK under the NHI umbrella. Food security laws (EU agreed stuff) should be relaxed, labour laws should be relaxed (and a lot more).

This is exactly why EU (and Ireland) see the hard border coming into play. If UK imports chicken washed in chlorine (as US is doing and wants to have legalised in UK) it can be sold in Northern Ireland (as part of the UK). With no hard border it can be exported to Ireland and then it is all over in Europe.

One way of breaking up all the legislation on food security in Europe. Other examples are just as good.

With a hard border, it is not possible to do this little trick.

Where Boris the PM has envisaged a great trade deal with the US, it just might not be possible.

Because of UK having to align itself with US and accept relaxations of all kind of laws designed to protect the workforce, the consumer etc, we might see a Europe which will gather itself up and reject UK. After all, EU consists of some countries with a bit of loyalty towards UK, but the new countries like Poland, Latvia, Romania etc, might not feel any need to keep UK in EU. I foresee a shift in EU towards the former Eastern Europe Communist-dominated countries having much more influence and starting to run much more of the show. ‌ And that will leave UK very vulnerable and at the mercy of Trump!

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Is radio still it?

From the golden oldie’s to the new school from R&B, soul, pop, rock n roll and hip hop, radio has always been that platform that introduced us to what is hot and happening in the entertainment industry.

A lot of the worldwide superstars we know have all started their careers by being played on radio and till this day it still continues to be a number one worldwide platform.

Besides music, there is a lot of informative news, sports, education and other fun factors that radio brings. However, we will focus on ‘music’ in its most generic form as that is the ‘thing’ on online radio.

Every up and coming artist has a dream to hear their song being played and talked about on the radio as it is one of the mediums that solidify and makes an artist feel like their hard work at the studio working on those hits has actually paid off. Trust me, nothing feels better than hearing your song play for the first time and hearing the radio DJ and the listeners praising the work that has been put into it.

One may say that with internet, radio doesn’t have as much impact as

it had back in the days. That is actually not true! ‘radio’ may not be the physical thing our parents used. With the growth of Internet use ‘radio’ has become much easier to access and you can basically listen to your favorite radio station anywhere in the world as long as you have a smartphone.

Unlike streaming platforms it does not cost a lot of money to hear your favorite artists songs play and you also get access to new artists that you might not have known about, and you have a choice to actually listen to the type of music that you want thanks to Internet radio and apps. However, playing music does not constitute ‘radio’. Radio is also ‘live’ with people DJ’ing and providing more than just ‘music’. Radio is not only youtube.

If you are passionate about radio and want to pursue a career in it there are a lot to choose from. Consider that the internet gives you the freedom to be your own boss and in charge of a ‘radio station’. It is now an app on the cell phone really. … and that is why ‘radio’ is still ‘it’

By Lesly Malose Mahapa aka Lezy De Yong

We need writers!

Hola MaHigh-School is YOUR magazine. That is why we would love to see students writing for students about student life and everything of importance to a student in any grade10-12 across the country.

What is required? That is easy: You have to be in grade 10-12 somewhere Impeccable in your preferred language-and that might not be English. We try to be more than just English.

Passionate about your topic of choice - no dull articles here.

Do you get anything out of it?

Well, not money, sorrry. BUT if we publish your articles you will have: Your bio in a commercial magazine A photo of yourself You can put it all on your CV you can use us as a reference

Is it important?

YES it is.

Look what Rofhiwa said: My name is Rofhiwa and I love to write. I have used my skills to express my thoughts on international dealings of the world which have been published in Hola MaHigh-School.

It has paid off, not only is my work printed for young people in the country to read, but it also contributed to me gettng a bursary from CNBC-Africa to do my post-graduate studies.

Would be a lot harder to get by if I didn’t have a platform like Hola MaHigh-School.

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Next Issue The year is already in full swing. March is already half-way into the first half of the year.

It means that grade 12 must now seriously get into Open-Day, bursaries, TVETs and also focus on exams. Phew!

Grade 10 and 11 should mainly do the same. Open-Day and bursaries can indeed be explored. Grab the opportunity!

And then music, fun, movies, conspiracies, new gadgets and everything else I can find for you.

Good read!

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