Hola MaHigh-School - May 2019

Hola MaHigh School Volume 8, issue 5, May 2019

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Editor’s Letter

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Contributors

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Holler at us

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Youth Day

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Month of June

The Kingdom of Hawaii

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Youth Quotes

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1976: What do I tell my daughter

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what is is all about?

t en Youth Day lessons

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Real Charity

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The Ghost Galaxy

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Showtime!

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Science, anyone?

Movies in June

Da Cell - the newest

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Conspiracy

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It is just a cold - or... 38 We need writers

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Next Issue

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Sybil Otterstrom Editor and CEO

Welcome to the May edition.

What are we going to talk about?

Of course Youth Day. It is just so much and we believe that we can still learn so much.

What will the new generation tell their kids? We try to dive into that.

June is cold and we are all into getting the annual flu and cold. But is it just a cold? We have a terrible story inside.

Great, but terrible.

Black Tax? let us see what Marcia says about that Read on... also the conspiracy and food security and ...

Good read!

Sybil

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What is National Certificate Vocational (NCV)?

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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 My name is Fikile Unifire Zulu. I’m a career driven, bold, diligent, go-getter and self-motivated young lady from Evaton West in the Vaal Triangle. I’m a firm believer in reading because it nurtures ones’ mind and makes you see the world from a new perspective. I co-founded a non-profit organistation I love relaxing with nothing but a book and I enjoy writing.

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Youth Day – 16 June

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6 June 1976 was one of the defining moments in South Africa. It had an impact far beyond our borders and heralded the dawn of an era of change.

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e tend to use the word ‘watershed’ to describe these seismic shifts in everybody’s perception of reality. Did Apartheid go away in July 1976 because of the event in June? No. it took many more years, but it looks as though everybody realised that it was now going to be over.

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6 June 1976 was different in many ways. The entire world was changing. The US involvement in the Vietnam war had ended in 1973 and finally Saigon fell in April 1975. Angola and Mozambique saw independence also in 1975. African liberation movements had produced independent states throughout the continent.

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he Israeli-Arabic war of 1973 (Yum Kippur) triggered the 1973 oil-crisis and that also hit South Africa.

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herever one would look, the world was turning upside-down. And then we were faced with a government trying to pull back!

here is a good saying (Caesar? Napoleon?): “Never issue a command that will not be followed”. The meaning is clear. If you should issue a decree, a law, anything, and it will not be followed, you have only shown that you have no powers.

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aking teaching of certain subjects obligatory in Afrikaans was one of those. It was a gamble and it did not work.

ecause of the sense of a changing world also arrived in South Africa, the will and ability to resist ‘silly things’ came to the fore.

hat was important here was the spontaneity of it all. It was not a planned event. The resistance just grew out of common sense of ‘this is not right’.

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he reaction was out of all proportion and that was the clearest sign and proof that Apartheid had failed. The repression and violence against people just created more resistance and spread it to all corners of South Africa.

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une 1976 put South Africa on the world-map. And not for the best of things. e have to remind ourselves of the importance of Youth Day. It brought change and it enabled us to hope for a better future.

hat is why we should be cognisant of Youth and listen when they speak to us all.

Hawaii The former kingdom

Month of June - And this time we look at something different: the celebration of the former king of Hawaii. Yes! correct. Many things to know.

Hawaii has a great story. Look it up as well and be amazed. (WIKI!) Kamehameha Day on June 11 is a public holiday in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It honors Kamehameha the Great, the monarch who first established the unified Kingdom of Hawaii. In 1883 a statue of King Kamehameha was dedicated in Honolulu by King David KalÄ kaua There are duplicates of this statue in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. and in Hilo, island of Hawaii.

Kamehameha Day was almost meant as a replacement for Hawaiian Sovereignty Restoration Day (on July 31) which the king and ministers disliked due to its association with the Paulet Affair. The first observance of the holiday happened in 1872.

Kamehameha Day was one of the first holidays proclaimed by the Governor of Hawaii and the Hawaii State Legislature when Hawaii achieved statehood in 1959.

Today, Kamehameha Day is treated with elaborate events harkening back to ancient Hawaii, respecting the cultural traditions that Kamehameha defended as his society was slowly shifting towards European trends. The King Kamehameha Hula Competition attracts hula groups from all over the world .

The most important ritual of the celebration dates back to 190. It is the afternoon draping ceremony in which the Kamehameha Statue in front of Aliiolani Hale and Iolani Palace is draped in long strands of lei. Outside of the state, a similar draping ceremony is held in Washington DC.

Did you know?

During the 1780s, and 1790s, chiefs often fought for power. After a series of battles that ended in 1795, all inhabited islands were subjugated under a single ruler, who became known as King Kamehameha the Great. He established the House of Kamehameha, a dynasty that ruled the kingdom until 1872.

Paulet affair: The British claimed that its citizens in Hawaii were treated unfairly. In essence: they dispatched Captain Paulet of a British gun boat and occupied Hawaii in 1843. Efforts to incorporate Hawaii met resistance from the US so the occupation only lasted for six months.

In 1887, KalÄ kaua was forced to sign the 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii. It established a property qualification for voting that effectively disenfranchised most Hawaiians and immigrant laborers. As the 1887 Constitution was signed under threat of violence, it is known as the Bayonet Constitution.

CELEBRATING YOUTH MONTH – FREEDOM PARK Honouring our Heroes and Heroines – The Youth of 1976

In Youth Month we remember the vital role that our youth played in attaining the democracy and freedom we enjoy today. It is, however, crucial that we also educate the youth of today that there are many more freedoms than only the political kind. The Constitution grants us certain rights – the right to a clean and safe environment, to sanitation and drinking water. But these rights also come with certain responsibilities. Failure to care for the environment we live or teaching our children to do so will cost us dearly in the years to come.

At Freedom Park everything is representative of our history, heritage, culture, spirituality and indigenous knowledge. Even the 360° view of the capital city from Salvokop Hill symbolises a link between the past, present and future. From here you can see the Voortrekker Monument – a reflection of the past.

The Union Buildings – our current governance; and UNISA’s Centre of Knowledge – engendering a sense of knowledge and development for the future. Freedom Park is a monument to human rights, dignity and freedom, and a memorial to those who have sacrificed their lives to secure liberty. It tells the South African and African story, dating back 3.6 billion years to the dawn of humanity, through the rise of African civilisations, colonialism, the struggle against apartheid, and on to present-day democracy. It is primarily a cultural institution comprising a series of memorial sites that express the common themes of humanity and freedom. Compelling and distinctive African architecture, archives, landscaping, sculpture, and image.

Dialogue with the elders Understanding who we are and where we come from is central to activities at Freedom Park.

Our elders have gifted us our beautiful heritage and the freedom we appreciate today. We believe that without their wisdom. We will lose a link with our own identities and our own heritage. We have a programme that we call “Youth in Dialogue with the Elders”, where we create opportunities for young people to engage with the elders and learn about our heritage.

The elders also played a significant role in the design of Freedom Park. We established an Indigenous Knowledge Committee, comprising elders from different communities, and asked them what their understanding was of our culture and heritage, and what needed.

Educating our nation’s youth ‘We have a fully-equipped education unit and arrange activities that bring together youth from diverse backgrounds to talk about culture and heritage. We also have specific programmes for basic and tertiary education and a special Youth out of School programme that teaches young people about where they come from and assists them to develop a sense of pride in their own identity. We teach young people about tolerance and acceptance, and to understand and respect each other.

We believe that racism and intolerance often result from ignorance and misconceptions about who you are. Freedom Park also focuses on school tours but is aware that accessibility becomes an acute challenge; hence the outreach programmes that aim to take Freedom Park to the people.

We have ambitious plans for the future, and my dream is that every South African child can visit Freedom Park at least once in their lifetime. We believe that we are the foundation of identity and heritage as well as the foundation of unity and diversity.

The heart and soul of South Africa We believe that Freedom Park is the voice of the South African people. Bringing together threads of our nation’s unique culture, heritage, history and spirituality, Freedom Park weaves together the previously untold South African story. We believe that Freedom Park reflects the heart and soul of South Africa, captured in one breathtaking space. .For that reason, we encourage all South Africans to visit.

For more information: www.freedompark.co.za; tours 0123364020

Quotes on Youth Youth has no age The foundation of every state is the education of its youth Diogenes

You are never too young to change the world

Message to all students from

Listen to this: Freedom Park has a survey.

Please take a few minutes to do it. https://survey.zohopublic.com /zs/osCsQG

South West Gauteng TVET College Profile South West Gauteng College is a public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), formerly, FET college, operating under the auspices of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in terms of the Continuing Education and Training Act, Act No.16 of 2006, as amended. The College is accredited by Umalusi and several Sector Education and Training Authorities (Seta’s) to offer education and training, mostly in the FET band (NQF Level 2 to 4). Some programmes are offered in the Higher Education band i.e. the N4 to N6 levels.

With its head office located at Molapo Campus, Soweto and campuses spread through Soweto (3) to Roodepoort (2) and Randburg (1),Including the “LAND IS WEALTH FARM” in Sterkfontein, the College is a real citadel of education and training for communities in its wide catchment area and beyond.

With the Distance learning and e-learning mode, driven through the Technisa Campus in Randburg, it is no exaggeration to say “we now surface everywhere!”

Starting from 2007, the (FET )TVET colleges have been offering the new three year TVET curriculum, which culminates in the awarding of the National Certificate (Vocational) [NC (V)] to students. This qualification is opening two doors to the successful students. Since their education will have had a deliberate vocational slant, the students completing the NC (V) Level 4 qualification are able to enter the job market. The first cohort of NC (V) graduates came out at the end of 2009 and was received well by the economy.

The Level 4 NC (V) graduates are also able to proceed to the Higher Education and pursue some post-NQF Level 4 education at Universities or Universities of Technology, depending on their results in Level 4. If they choose this route, they do so on a very strong technical foundation, which they have obtained from their three years at the College. The entry requirements for Higher Education for students who have completed NC (V) Level 4 qualification can be obtained from the College’s Student Support or Marketing Offices and in the College Prospectus.

The important thing is that if one wants to follow a vocational direction, either in Engineering Studies, Business Studies, or Utility Studies, one does not need to stay at school until one has passed Grade 12, since colleges are offering a three-year vocational qualification. To enrol for this qualification, one only needs to have passed the minimum of Grade 9, but the qualification is more suitable for learners with a higher school grade, e.g. Grade 11 or even Grade 12.

The qualification will give students vocational training culminating in an NQF Level 4 qualification, which will open doors to the world of work for them. Students are not able to enter this National Certificate (Vocational) at Level 3 or Level 4, even if they have passed Grade 11 or 12 at school. They have to start this qualification at Level 2, and continue with it for three years, until they complete the NQF Level 4 NC (V) qualification, which is where they will be awarded the NC (V) certificate.

The Department of Higher Education and Training has also made millions of rands available for bursaries. Any NC (V) student may apply for a bursary, subject to a means test. The means test determines if the student is needy and therefore qualifies for assistance in the form of a bursary. The bursary does not only consider economic need, it also factors in the student’s scholastic academic capability.

So, good performance (results), after enrolment, guarantees continuation of the bursary until completion. The DHET bursaries also cover N-courses for needy and academically capable students. It is a condition of the bursary that the recipients commit to their studies and attend their lectures and classes regularly.

The drastic skills shortage in the economy has resulted in the Department allowing colleges to continue enrolling students in the N-courses (Report 191 NATED Courses) in Engineering, from N1-N6 and N4 to N6 in Business Studies and Utility Studies.

This arrangement is not intended to dissuade students from NC (V) to N-courses, even though the N-courses appear shorter than the NC (V) on the surface. Prospective students must note that whereas the NC (V) is a complete qualification incorporating some practical learning in a workplace, after completing N6 at the College, for a student to be awarded an N6 Diploma, he/she must find a workplace to do experiential learning for a period of 18 months.

Work hard and make our Top Ten Student List college-wide and possibly join a fully sponsored study excursion to our partner college in Holland!

College Principal

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ABOUT YOUR

FUTURE?

FOR A CAREER IN: BUSINESS, ENGINEERING OR UTILITY STUDIES

AWAKEN YOUR DREAM CAREER AND ENROLLING FOR ANY OF THE [NC(V)] PROGRAMMES BELLOW

The College is offering an opportunity to all Grade 10-12 learners as well as youth seeking to further their education or advance their careers in the fields of Engineering, Business and Utility Studies.

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BUSINESS STUDIES

National Curriculum (Vocational) [NC (V)]: Levels 2 - 4 Finance Economics & Accounting | Management | Marketing | Office Administration

We are therefore inviting all eligible and interested prospective students to visit any of our campuses for more information.

Prospective Students who wish to study at the College through NSFAS Bursary must APPLY ONLINE !

To enquire more about bursaries, contact/visit Student Support Offices at the Campuses headoffice@swgc.co.za | www.swgc.co.za |

086 176 8849

ENGINEERING STUDIES

National Certificate (Vocational) [NC (V)]: Levels 2 - 4 Civil Engineering & Building Construction | Electrical Infrastructure Construction | Engineering & Related Design

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National Certificate (Vocational) [NC (V)]: Levels 2 - 4 Education & Development | Hospitality | Information Technology & Computer Science | Primary Agriculture | Primary Health | Safety in Society | Tourism | Transport & Logistics

SWGC Period! Enough Said!

NEW BEGINNINGS START

TODAY

MAKE TODAY MATTER AND

CHALLENGE THE FUTURE

UTILITY STUDIES / GENERAL STUDIES

What do I tell my daughter? ... and her kids?

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976 was a very different year to us all. I was 10 years old at that time and schooling in Ramokgopa. That is a small village in what was Transvaal at that time. Some 50 km north of Pietersburg – before it became Polokwane.

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t was possible to sense that change was coming.

Somehow. I cannot remember that we were politically awakened at that time (and surely not as 10), but there was something cooking.

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hen the world erupted in Soweto, it also spread to Ramokgopa. We did have demonstrations by the high-school students and it also spread to all the other schools. Surely we were running through the village, but there was not any police presence as I remember it.

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think it took some time for the news to get to Ramokgopa and I think that when we finally got into it, it was on the tail end of it all.

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he bigger question is: How did it impact me?

What did it do to me? Was it just a disturbance in my life?

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lthough only 10 at that time, I started to realise that quality education for all would have to be a reality. And I started to see that change could happen. It was probably still difficult to grasp the significance, but we were not immune to the realities of life. We could all see and feel that we were getting a raw deal and that it had to change.

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976 was an eye-opener for me as this also showed that we all had a common goal. It created some sort of togetherness that I don’t think we had before.

Neither me as only 10 nor the high-school students as much older.

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976 – in terms of education at least – also lead us to 1984 and the State-of-Emergency. I was writing Matric at that time. Despite everything my class got through Matric – somehow – as the reality was very much a matter of getting an education at all costs.

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hose years taught me the value of education; hence I am adamant and always pushing and encouraging every family member to get an appropriate education.

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o what do I tell my daughter and her kids? Education is the key to unlock your potential. It will enable you to pursue your dreams.

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nd one thing is for sure: without dreams and hope, we are going nowhere!

Youth Day – 16 June

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here are many lessons to be learned. Youth Day must be a reminder to us all that youth is to be taken serious. Youth is the future and we have to realise that we can assist youth in determining the future, but we cannot dictate to youth what they must think and do.

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outh is obviously such a ‘big word’. It covers a lot of perceptions and values but is hard to pin down. Let us just go back to 1976 and see what we could mean by ‘youth’.

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he first point is that the youth of 1976 in Soweto (where it all started) were interested in their education.

The introduction of Afrikaans would in all likelihood lower their marks and that would negatively impact their future.

Youth is not irresponsible!

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he resistance was led by youth leaders. Those were fellow students. When it grew to the entire country it was still very much a student-led push-back.

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his is the next important point. Never mind that it got support from the broader (adult) community later. By and large it was youth-led.

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he impact was tremendous and that shows that youth-led initiatives must be looked out for. Those are the harbingers of things to come and will represent the ‘watershed’ in common thinking.

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re there other youth-led initiatives we could compare to?

• May 1968- Paris: Student protests resulted in general strikes and actions which to this day still marks a turning point in France.

• June 1989-China: 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Student-led protests leading to both massacres and to a re-think of the boundaries for the Chinese governments control.

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ll of these were based on a desire to change things to the better.

As the Soweto youth were interested in their exams and improving the prospect for the future.

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here are others of course, but the message and the lesson are clear: Youth-led initiatives cannot be neglected and if anyone should try to repress these, it will in all likelihood just backfire as it has throughout history.

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hether youth-led initiatives are greatly articulated or not cannot detract from the sentiment and the aspirations of being heard. ‘Clever sentences’ and ‘experience’ cannot substitute for the sense of right and wrong.

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e should learn one thing from Youth Day: Listen to the voices and the sentiments and do something about it.

Charity - the ri A group of students gather and share light!

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fficially launched in early 2018, Spirit Man Gathering or affectionately known as “SMG” is an organisation where a group of students from the University of the Free State (UFS) gather from all walks of life and share light on the issues and challenges affecting our society.

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hese sixty volunteers focus on several issues that affect our society. This includes woman empowerment (an initiative referred to as ‘superwoman’), role of the male child in the society, food and clothing distribution for disadvantaged families and for people living on the streets in the Bloemfontein CBD, and empowerment of young people in business amongst many others.

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ccording to Elphick Fakude, founder and Chairperson of SMG, the ‘Superwoman’ department not only focuses on woman empowerment and educating women about who they are, but also distribute sanitary towels.

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akude further mentions that their aim to also educate the male figure about their role in a changing society is important because the role of the female figure is always constantly being redefined, thus this should be a two-way street. “We focus on empowering young men, educating them on business, interactions, how to behave, integrity, how to become intellectuals and how to keep the role of male figure significant in this society” says Fakude

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urthermore, SMG focuses on food distribution where they distribute grocery packages to disadvantaged families in unfavourable situations that can be redefined.

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owever, they do not only feed them for a month, as they empower and equip these families to start their own mini-businesses. “It does not help to feed a person one day and then they don’t know what they are going to eat the next day� says Fakude .

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MG also distributes food plates and clothing in the Bloemfontein CBD for the homeless. While there, they also engage with the homeless and enquire of the reasons why they are on the street and what SMG can do to get them off the street.

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o finance this initiative, SMG acquires sponsorship from volunteers, independent donors like lecturers and companies.

In addition to this, SMG does fundraising events such as raffle tickets, selling SMG branded t-Shirts, selling muffins etc. and all profit made is geared towards implementing the initiatives that enable these group of students to share light and challenge the Status Quo.

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pace is such a … strange .. and spacious place.

e are starting to understand a lot about what holds a galaxy together. And what is necessary for stars to form. Dark matter is the key to this. Dark matter is like ordinary matter, except it cannot be seen. It is like in another dimension. But it can be detected because dark matter has mass and therefore gravity.

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he trick is that there seems to be five times as much dark matter as ordinary matter. So what we see is like pasted onto dark matter. Dark matter is necessary for stars to form. Dark matter provides the gravitational pull for matter to come together and form stars and galaxies and all those things.

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o what is the problem with this new galaxy?

t is called NGC1052-DF2, which is easy to remember and pronounce. When it got spotted it was nicely bright but also had sort of lumps of stars. Fewer than a ‘normal ’galaxy’ would have. So after counting it was discovered that the entire mass was what could be seen.

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ut that is the trick. Where was the dark matter which we now all thought was necessary for stars to form and for galaxies to be held together? It was nowhere.

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ark matter has more mass than ordinary matter. It is this additional gravitational pull which is necessary for holding it all together. But that is suddenly not the case after all.

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o now we had this great theory of dark matter and its importance and now comes a galaxy without dark matter and is messing with our brains again.

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pace just throws a few curved balls at science.

olution? Nothing yet. Science does not have an explanation yet except that space is a very strange place and we simply do not know.

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ut it simply: we are only starting to understand.

t gets worse: It is accepted wisdom (for now) that dark matter constitutes some 85% of all the mass in the universe. Together with dark energy it constitutes some 95% of the universe.

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he question is of course: are we a fluke? An anomaly? And the real world is dark matter? Can they see us? Or are we ‘dark matter’ to dark matter? Think and go crazy!

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We are off to the movies. Click the poster and watch the is all info I have from https://www.vibescout.com/za/post

Jurassic park: fallen kingdom.

8 June

I have to admit one thing: I LOVE Jurassic Park. It is not the gory scenes, but that it is close to what could have happened.

This time it is the fifth movie along those lines.

According to vibescout: “Four years after the destruction of the Jurassic World theme park, Owen Grady and Claire Dearing return to the island of Isla Nublar to save the remaining dinosaurs from a volcano that’s about to erupt.

They soon encounter terrifying new breeds of gigantic dinos while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the entire planet.

I will be first in the queue for tickets!

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Oceans 8.

22 June

I simply adore these ‘Oceans movies’. Appealing to my lower instincts …. And a good laugh. This time it is Mrs Oceans who is putting the gang together to grab a necklace worth 150 million greenbacks. Look out for 22 June!

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Urban Myth

Myths tend to be old. Now we have a new one – and it is still work in progress as this myth seems to be developing.

I gleaned this from http://www.greece-is. com/urban-legends/ “Black Rock” Street: Thousands of cities around the world boast mysterious passages to other dimensions, but only in Thessaloniki do the Gates to the Unknown have an exact address.

Look for Mavris Petras Street (Black Rock Street) in the area of Ano Poli. Don’t bother looking for numbers; this is a very narrow, short alley.

Find it and you have arrived at the entrance to the Twilight Zone. Getting there is simple; knowing when the portal opens is a bit more complicated.

The “Black Rock Street” urban legend is a relatively new one and still a work in progress. Even if you are unsuccessful in your quest for a shortcut to a parallel universe, you can admire the majestic, amphitheaterical view of the city, which is unexpectedly revealed to you from this narrow unassuming part of town.

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It is just a cold or?

We have all heard about the Plague – Black Death – and we know Ebola.

But that is not something for us? Is it?

It might be closer than we think! This is based on an article on BBC from 7 May.

Plague deaths: Quarantine lifted after couple die of bubonic plague – The Black Death!

A quarantine imposed in Mongolia after two people died from the bubonic plague has been lifted, allowing a number of tourists to leave the area.

The Mongolian couple contracted the illness after eating the raw meat of a marmot, a type of rodent.

Following their deaths, a six-day quarantine was declared on 1 May in Mongolia’s western Bayan Olgii province bordering both China and Russia.

The couple had eaten raw marmot meat and kidney, thought to be a folk remedy for good health, Ariuntuya Ochirpurev of the World Health

Organisation (WHO) in Ulaanbaatar told the BBC. Suspicion the two victims had developed the highly contagious pneumonic plague led to the decision to impose the quarantine, Ms Ochirpurev added.

According to Ms Ochirpurev, 118 people had come into contact with the couple and were isolated and treated with antibiotics for prophylaxis.

Media reports however, put the number of tourists much higher saying travellers from Russia, Germany and the US were barred from leaving the area due to the quarantine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After the quarantine [was announced] not many people, even locals, were in the streets for fear of catching the disease,â&#x20AC;? Sebastian Pique, a US Peace Corps volunteer living in the region, told the AFP news agency.

How dangerous is the plague now?

While rare, the plague still continues to be a threat to humans.

The disease - typically transmitted from animals to humans by fleas has a 30% -60% fatality rate if left untreated.

Symptoms of the plague include high fever, chills, nausea, weakness and swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpit or groin.

It can be hard to identify in its early stages because symptoms, which usually develop after three to seven days, are flu-like.

The Black Death, as it was known at the time, caused about 50 million deaths across Africa, Asia and Europe in the 14th Century. That was anything between 25% - 60% of the entire population in Europe.

In the 19th Century, there was a plague outbreak in China and India, which killed more than 12 million

It is just a cold or?

DR Congo Ebola deaths pass 1,000 This is based on an article on BBC from 3 May 2019 DRC’s Ebola outbreak began in August 2018 and is the second deadliest in history.

World Health Organization deputy director Dr Michael Ryan said mistrust and violence was harming efforts to tackle the disease as it spread through the east of the country.

There have been 119 documented attacks on medical centres and staff since January, Dr Ryan said.

WHO staff anticipated “continued intense transmission”, he added, in a briefing to reporters in Geneva.

Health workers have plenty of vaccines - more than 100,000 people have already been given the treatment. But continuing violence in the east of the country where militias are present, as well as mistrust of doctors, was hindering their programme, Dr Ryan said.

“We still face major issues of community acceptance and

trust,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The DRC is also suffering from an outbreak of measles which has killed more than 1,000 people, with 50,000 cases reported. WHO staff have confirmed measles in 14 of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 26 provinces, in both rural and urban areas.

Ebola is still contained within two provinces in the DRC but it is becoming harder to monitor the spread of the virus because of violence. The WHO said the risk of a global spread is low, but it was very likely cases would spread into neighbouring countries.

Most Ebola outbreaks are over quickly and affect small numbers of people. Only once before has an outbreak been still growing more than eight months after it began - that was the epidemic in West Africa between 2013 and 2016, which killed 11,310 people.

What is Ebola?

Ebola is a virus that initially causes sudden fever, intense weakness, muscle pain and a sore throat.

It progresses to vomiting, diarrhoea and both internal and external bleeding.

People are infected when they have direct contact through broken skin, or the mouth and nose, with the blood, vomit, faeces or bodily fluids of someone with Ebola.

Patients tend to die from dehydration and multiple organ failure.

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Next Issue July is cold. And it is also back again for the last stretch. But July has got one major thing: Nelson Mandela.

Not all countries universal globally We do!

have an icon, a recognised icon.

It is not so easy in a box and laâ&#x20AC;&#x153;This is Mandela. more than anyhe would not have would he?

to put Mandela bel it and say: No, He was a lot thing - otherwise been an icon,

So let us ask around a bit and see what response we get.

Oh yeh, we still have conspiracies and movies and a lot more to read about.

Therefore: Enjoy the nippy air and have a good read!

Sybil