DIKGANG October, 20142

G o ne go tsogile tlhakantshuke ya moroko le mase mo di beke tse

pedi tse di fetileng kwa palamenteng, fa go ne go sekiwa tlaleo ya go tlhoka boikanyego mo Mmuing wa Ntlokokwano Bosetšhaba, Baleka Mbethe. Tlaleo e, e tshubile magala a a bakileng dikgabo tsa molelo o o boitshegang magareng ga lekoko la ANC le makoko kganetsano.

Laboraro o latelang molelo oo o tsogile gape fa moeteledipele wa EFF, Julius Malema, o ne a latofatsa motlatsa moporesidente Cyril Ramaphosa ka go bolaya badiri ba le 34 ba moepo wa Lonmin kwa Marikana. O kaile fa Ramaphosa a tshotse madi a badiri bao mo diatleng tsa gagwe, mme o mo pateleditse go re a tsaye maikarabelo a dintsho tsa bone. Monnasetilo (Mbethe) o laetse Julius gore a gogele mafoko a gagwe morago, mme Julius o ne a gana ka tlhamalalo.

Mo motsing oo, seme segolo sa EFF, Floyd Shivambu, o ne a ema ka dinao mme a ema mafoko a moeteledipele

Dintshontsho tsa bo-Julius Malema

wa gagwe noka. Ka bobedi jo bo ne bo tsepame mo ditshwaelong tsa bone, monnasetilo o ne a pateletsega go ba koba, mme fa ba ne ba tswa Shivambu o ne a tsholeletsa motlatsa moporesidente monwana wa boraro ka thogako.

Boitshwaro jwa ga Shivambu bo tsositse ngangisano e ntšha ya go re: a mme go siame go tlhapaola motho fa o dumela fa a siamolotse baagi ba naga ya gago? (Mr Shivambu’s conduct raises a debate: is it right to use offensive “language” against someone if you believe that that person has fundamentally wronged the nation?) Fa motho a leba moono wa EFF, e kete karabo ya potso e ke “nnyaa” ka tlhamalalo. EFF e kaya fa e tsaya moono wa yone go tswa go bagale ba ba akaretsang Steve Biko le Frantz Fanon. Bagaka ba, ba ne ba ka ke ba rotloetsa maitshwaro a ga Shivambu.

EFF e lwela go bona batho ba bantsho ka kgaotswe mo dikgoleng tsa khumanego ntle le ngodiego.

Kgosi Skee

O ke moono o montle, mme bontsi jwa rona re ka dumalana le bone mo ntlheng e. Bagaka ba ba akaretsang bo Steve Biko ba ne ba lwela moono o fa ba ntse ba tshela. (This is a beautiful cause to fight for. It is something that leaders like Steve Biko died fighting for). Ka go rialo, go na le selo se se botlhokwa seo baeteledipele ba EFF ba se lebalang.

Bo Biko ba ne ba sa lwele fela “economic freedom in our lifetime,” ba ne ba aga motse. Kgololosego mo khumanegong e ne e le karolo e nngwe fela mo go bopeng MoAforika. Ka jalo he, o raya jang batho gore moono wa lekoko la gago o tlhotlhelediwa ke Biko, fa maitshwaro a baeteledipele ba lekoko a sa dumalane le dithuto tsa gagwe? Ke MoAforika yo o ntseng jang yo o rogakang motho o mogolo mo go ene (le fa a dumela fa mogolo yo a mo siamolotse)?

Go thata go sala moeteledipele morago fa maitshwaro a gagwe a sa nyalane le thero ya gagwe. (It is difficult to follow a leader when

their actions are in a direct conflict with what they preach). Shivambu a re ga a kitla a letla gore lekoko-puso le didimatse ditshwaelo tsa gagwe ka ga mokgwa o lekoko-puso le siamolotseng baagi ka teng. O nepile fa a rialo. Fela se ga se raye gore go siame go itshwara jaaka a batla. Motho o raya jang baagi gore lekoko leo a leng moeteledipele mo go lone le leka go rotloetsa SeAforika, mme ene ka nosi a sa tlhomphe maitseo, botho le bagolo – dilo tse e leng motheo wa setso sa Aforika?

Boeteledipele jwa EFF bo tshwanetse bo sekaseke maitshwaro a ga Shivambu ka boleele fa ba batla kemonokeng ya bone go tswa go baagi ba naga e atafale. (The EFF should address Mr Shivambu’s misconduct if they want enlarge the support they get from South Africans). Mo polotiking, go botlhokwa gore o kaetse batho fa se o se emelang se tsamaelana le se o se dirang. Ke MoAforika ofe yo o ka latelelang moeteledipele yo senang maitseo le botho?

It is difficult to follow a leader when their actions are in a direct conflict with what they preach

Image: http://www.economicfreedomfighters.org/ElizabethSejake

- Go thata go sala moeteledipele morago fa maitshwaro a gagwe a sa nyalane le thero ya gagwe.

IZINDABA 3

K wiminyaka elishumini elinambini eqgithileyo, sasibhiyoza singumz’

ontsundu kuba sifumene inkululeko. Ndisakuphosa iliso kubantu abathi bathatha inxanxheba ekuziseni utshintsho, injongo yabo yayikuzisa ubambiswano nobumbano. Iinjongo zabo yayingezokuba kubanjanwe izandla ukuze abo amalungelo abo atyeshelwanga bafumane imbuyekezo, ukuze abo bathe banikelwa umva babonelelwe.

Iyothusa ke noko ukufumanisa ukuba abantu abaninzi beli loMzantsi Afrika basantyumpa-tyumpeka kumatyotyombe, apho iinkonzo zoluntu zisilela khona, ingakumbi uphuhliso lwelindle kwakunye namanzi acocekileyo, njalo-njalo. Imibutho ngaphantsi kwenkululeko iyakrwitha-kwrithana. Iinkokheli zethu ziyakrwaphiliza. Iintsiba ezifanele ukuba kuxhamle abantu abahluphekayo kuzo zehla ngomlenze.

Kanti yintoni na le nkuleko yayilwelwa xa abona bantu babefudula befuna ukufumana iinkonzo bengaxhamli kuzo? Apho iinkokheli zethu esizibekileyo ukuba mazisilwele kwaye zize notshintsi ziyasilibala, zingohlohl’ esakhe? Nditsho kwa uMongameli wesizwe obekiweyo,

yint’ ityhwatyh’ embizeni ayinamephuli. Ubekwa amabala, ‘ze loo matyala aphelel’ emoyeni kungakhanage kubekho ziphumo zigqibeleleyo. Ukuba ke mhlambi kuye kwakho intlantsana engathi izakubangela ukuba kuvuthe umlilo ayipheleli ndawo. Ndibala izinto ezilingana nothotho, apho umengameli ephuma etshaya kuwo wonke amatyala nezityolo abekwa zona. Kunzima, kulukhuni, kulilitye.

Nguwele-wele nasePalamente, zintlang’ zahlukayo. Imibutho iyalwa. Ayiboni ngasonye. Eyona nto ivisa uluntu olungathathi ntweni yile yokuba nolu dushe alubangelwa yimiba yokuzisa iinkonzo eluntwini, lubangelwa ngoohlohl’ esakhe kwalapha. Ipalamente le seyiyinto yokuhlekisa. Apho amazwe angaphandle athe nqa!

Ndingalibala njani ukucikida umba ekutshona amalanga ubhentsiswa kodwa akukho tshintso? Mba lowo wokuvukelana ngobuhlanga (racisim). Kulikhuni, kulilitye eMzantsi Afrika. Ngubani na owayesazi ukuba le nkululeko izakusiphathela amahashe singenambona. Apho sizakuthi silungisa le konakale leya. Apho abantu bahlwempuzekayo kodwa iinkokheli ezibekiweyo zihlohla kubo ezipokothweni.

Isimo uMzantsi Afrika ozibona ukulo emveni kweminyaka emininzi yenkululeko

“The situation that South Aftica finds itself in after so many years of freedom”

“Iyothusa ke noko ukufumanisa ukuba abantu abaninzi beli loMzantsi Afrika basantyumpa-tyumpeka kumatyotyombe, apho iinkonzo zoluntu zisilela khona, ingakumbi uphuhliso lwelindle

kwakunye namanzi acocekileyo, njalo-njalo”

Olwethu Deliwe

Ndithetha ngeziganeko ezenzeka mihla le. Ndithetha nge-EFF edala uqhushululo ePalamente. Ndithetha nge-nkokheli ze-ANC ezingafuni ukuboniswa isiphene, koko ziyithathe lonto njengemfazwe. Ndithetha nge-DA ezama ukubonakalisa utshintsho ngakwimo yezohlanga kodwa zonke ezo nzame zibekelwa phantsi luninzi. Ndithetha ngoMongameli wethu osoloko esematyaleni. Ndithetha ngoMongameli angabanikiyo abantu iimpendulo xa bezifuna. Ndithetha ngamaphondo jikelele kweli loMzantsi Afrika, athi noko eyibona imeko yabahlali injani kodwa akho tshintso. Ndithetha ngabahlali abathi benakho ukutashintsha izinto kodwa ufumanise ukuba baxing’ etyeni.

Ndithetha ngoMzantsi Africa ongagunqqiyo kwinkuleko.Kanti yintoni na yenzekayo apha eMzantsi Afrika. Maziyeke iinkokheli zethu ukutyeshela kwaye banyashe amalungelo abenmi beli. Mabayeke abantu ukuyekela imibutho idlale ngabo. Baphi na ootata bamandulo?! Baphi oomama babeqhanqalaza belwelwa lenkululeko?! Kwathi cwaka ngathi kunduluke inkosi. Andivumi Mzantsi Afrikam, andivumi!

– It is upsetting to see that South Africans still live under poverty, lack of social services and underprivileged

circumstances

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EDITORIAL October, 20144

Founder Editor-in-chief - Taariq Amod | Email: taariqamod@gmail.com

Xhosa Editor - Naledi Ntondini | Xhosa Deputy Editor - Olwethu Deliwe

Tswana Editor - Mapaseka Sethlodi | Tswana Deputy Editor - Kgosi SkeeCo-Marketing Managers - Dimakatso Moeletsi & Refentse Thathe

Strategic Consultant - Luigi SchmidtDesign Editor -Zona Magadla

D umelang! Sawubona! Molweni! My sincerest greetings to you

all and I welcome you to the first ever edition of a truly African student newspaper at UCT, Vernac News. It is with great pleasure and honour that I have been bestowed with this platform to address you, the African leaders of the future, and to deliver to you the first multilingual student newspaper at UCT. I would like to share with you today, the story behind the birth of Vernac News.

Browsing through a copy of Varsity, I was struck by an article whose title read “What is African about UCT?” which got me thinking and eventually lead me and my team on the incredible journey of creating Vernac News . Despite a few buildings being named after African anti-Apartheid activists and a large portion of UCT’s student and staff possessing a rich African heritage, nothing really comes close to provide an answer to this monumental question. And thus, I undertook the task of attempting to address this question myself.

Some agree that, one of the most powerful ways to express culture and to influence thinking is through language. Granted English is the first official language that comes to mind with regards to South Africa, it is not inherently African nor widely considered or used as a first language by the majority of South African citizens. Additionally, English fails to express the grandeur of

Founder & Editor-in-Chief Taariq Amod our diverse cultures and traditions and a large portion of who we are is lost as we increasingly neglect our languages. Our country is richly endowed with 10 other official languages which can better promote African culture and views and positively influence thought and perceptions in our society.

One of the platforms for conversation amongst students at UCT is Varsity News, which has been running for over 70 years. However despite its free access and wide readership across UCT, it is still provided entirely in English. In that view, I believe it isn’t truly representative of African culture or voices.

By offering a vernacular, multilingual newspaper, Vernac News will be able to provide a platform for UCT students that allows them to express themselves in their home language. The paper consists of informal or formal articles and other forms of written media such as poetry as we believe in promoting diversity in both our languages and forms of expression. Our hope is to encourage other students who don’t speak or read in one of the other official South African languages besides English, to take an interest in them and hopefully begin learning to read and understand these often neglected languages in academic spaces and at our institution. This is but one of the long term goals that this vehicle, Vernac News, seeks to address and achieve.

Whilst doing the research for this

paper, a survey was conducted, with under a 100 students participating, and the results indicated a more than two thirds majority showing support for this paper. Additionally, evidence shows that Isolezwe, a newspaper in Kwazulu-Natal published in Zulu was the only newspaper publication to have shown increased numbers in readership rather than a decline as did the other English headline newspapers. These two glowing examples of support show how this kind of newspaper has potential to succeed. Vernac News fills an important niche at UCT and is something that was long overdue given the amount of time since Varsity was initiated.

Together we can expand this initiative to include as many languages as possible as well as those from the rest of Africa allowing for the possibility to express and take pride in every culture of this beautiful continent and foster some form of African Pride for us all to exhibit boldly without shame. In the words of the great Steve Biko, “Being black isn’t a matter of skin pigmentation. Being black is a reflection of mental attitude.” Remarking on Mr Biko’s quote, I would say that this newspaper shows that being African is about mental attitude and aptitude and not determined by the pigmentation of our skin. Therefore we should unite in promoting, exploring and expressing African identity regardless of our colour or creed. In closing I will say…long live Vernac News!

Dedication message

EDITORIAL TEAM

Dimakatso Moeletsi

Refentse Thathe

Co-Marketing Manager

Co-Marketing Manager

From the editor-in-chief on behalf of Vernac News, this newspaper is dedicated to:

Elliot Mshiyeni Sogoni – a great soldier of the struggle and loving father Manzebomvu Nongendzi – a caring, loving father and uncle

Lalani Kakuhle

Special Thanks to : Keenan Hendrikse, Mangi Gondwe and other members of the SRC that made the

publication of this paper possible.

The team at Vernac News and relevant writers that sacrificed their time and energy into producing, editing and promoting this paper. Without you we would not have the

quality articles that we see in this paper nor would UCT be aware of this initiative without proper promotion.

Finally this newspaper is dedicated to someone close to my heart, Refentse Thathe. Thank you for your unconditional support, advice and love throughout this journey.

Ndiyakuthanda sithandwa sam.

BA KWADI/INQAKU LOMHLELI 5

K umaxesha amaninzi silulutsha siye singayixabisi imvelaphi

yethu. Ndibona kulithuma lokuba sikhe sifunde ngevemlephi yethu. Ndingekho krwada kunjalo mandizazise, mna ndiliBhelekazi, isizukulwana sikaDlambulo, uKhuboni, uVaphi, uMbikazi. KumaXhosa iziduko zibaluleke ukwedlua iifani zethu. Ndivumeleni ndisebenzise elithuba ukuba ndinabe kulomcimbi wamaXhosa, ngobani amaXhosa. Abantu bayathanda ukubhidanisa phakathi kolwimi lwesiXhosa nabantu abangamaXhosa. Phesheya kweNciba, kukho iindidi ngendidi zabemi. Zonke ezizizwe zinezithethe namasiko ahlukileyo, lento ibonakala kakhulu kwizinxibo zabo kodwa zonke ezizizwe zithetha isiXhosa. Phesheya kweNciba umhlaba wehluwe ngeziziwe.

Olu luvo lutyikityiweyo apha lolwam. Andidali dushe namonakalo. Koko ndizama nje ukukhwebela abantwana abathi balibala ukuba bangobani, baze batyeshela imvelaphi yabo. Ngxe ke mawethu ngokungadandalazisi ngokuqgibeleleyo. Mandixolise mzi wakowethu ngamagingxi-gingxi okungcangcazela kwesandla. Intombi isafunda, kodwa izive ingakwazi ukuwuvala umlomo kwimiba etshisa ibunzi yakwaXhosa neyesiXhosa. Ndakulihlal’ ityala lam ngenye imini.

Umzekelo othi qatha nje, phesheya komlambo iThina, indawo kuthiwa

Iziziwe ezise Mphuma-Koloni; yazi imvelaphi yakho

Naledi Ntondini

yiMount Frere lena yaziwa nje ngendawo yamaBhaca. Banenkosi yabo enguMadzikane noNcapayi, esiziwe sithetha isiBhaca kodwa kuthiwa ke kwaBhaca bayayibhoba indzaba. Apha ufumana ooMadzikane, ooDzanibe, ooDzana, ooGamedze kubiza iziduko ezimbalwa, mandinganabi kakhulu kwimvelaphi yamaBhaca kodwa into ecacileyo, kukuba imvelaphi yabo idibanisa amaXhosa kunye namaSwati. Ndingaphozisanga maseko njalo, madidanduluke ndiye kwisizwe samaMpondo, bafumaneka kumhlaba waseLibode, eNtanbankhulu,e Bizana kubiza endawo ezimbalwa. Yabona ke yihlo ndithetha ngoku mbhem ngento zikaNdamase, ooFaku, ngabula amaMphondo xa ethatha. Zininzi ke ezizizwe, amaMfengu (amaBhele, ooDlamini, ooRhadebe), amaPhondomise(ooJola, ooDebeza). Isizwe sakwaXhosa ke sisizukulwana sikaPhalo noHintsa, ngabona abaziwayo jikelele apha eMzantsi Afrika, ndithetha ngoTshawe, amaKhwemnte, ooCirha kubiza iziduko emzibalwa.

Imvelaphi yethu ayisonga manzi omngqusho, kubalulekile ukuba siyazi kwaye siyixabise kakhulu. ABantu bayathanda ukuthi “amxesha ngamnye ngoku” kodwa njengentombi yamaBhele yaseMfengwini, ndingatsho ngoku qiniseka kuba ngumAfrika ayisoze itshintshe. Ngalo manzwi hla njalo uzibaxibisile iinto zamaAfrika.

M o dinaaneng tsa borrarona mogolo tse re di tlotletsweng

ke batsadi ba rona re utlwa ka basadi ba maAforika; ka mokgwa o ba neng ba le mebele ka teng, mme ba ikamogetse. Ba bolela fa basadi ba, ba ne ba le bonolo, ba le boikobo mo selelong sa bone. Basadi ba, ba ne ba baya malapa a bone kwa pele. Seno ke selebo sa mosadi wa moAforika tota. A re setse re na le basadi ba mofuta o mo nakong tsa gompieno?

Re tshela mo motsing o bobegakgang bo re gatelelang ka fa bontle le selebo sa mmele wa mosadi di tshwanetseng di nne ka gone. Ke bua ka meriri, go sega ga dintshi, diaparo, jalo jalo. (In a world where the media is bombarding us with images of the perfect figure and hair and eyebrows and dress style, is there even room to accommodate the “African figure”?)

Re tshwanetse re ithate mme re ipele ka bokima jwa dikarolo dingwe tsa mebele ya rona, re lese go akanya gore letheka le lesesane ke lona bontle. (Black woman you are beautiful). A re lese go letla bobegakgang bo re naganise gore ga re basadi ebile bo re gatelele kwa tlase. Gongwe ke makau le makawana a a sa re lebeng gabedi ao a re dirang re itshwabele. Gongwe ga ba kgatlhiwe ke banyana bao meriri ya bona e leng ya tlhago, mme le meaparo ya bone e le ya seAforika.

A re ipeleng ka borona le setho sa rona. A re tsheleng ka seriti, re ne le bopelotelele jwa gore makau a a pelokgale a a tlaa re amogela jaaka re ntse.

Lenyalo le dikgolagano tsa lorato

A re tsamaetse kgakala le setshwantsho

sa mosadi wa mo Aforika?

Gongwe go atlega mo dithutong tsa rona ke nngwe ya dilo tse di re dirang gore re bone re kgona go ikemela. Gompieno re le basadi ga re tlhole re tlhoka banna ba re tlamele jaaka pele ka go nne re kgona go itlhokomela. E bile gantsi fa maemo a le jaana, tsa bana ga re sa ditsena ka gore re batla go etelela ditlamo tse dikgolo pele, mme bana ba a re setisa.

Ga re tlhoke go sekisa kgang ya gore basadi ba le ba ntsi ga ba sa tlhole ba tshwana le basadi ba kgale ka boleele. Gongwe setshwantsho sa mosadi wa moAforika se lebetswe, mme gongwe ga se ise se nne teng. Gongwe seno se tlhotlhelediwa ke diphetogo mo ditikologong tse re nnang mo go tsona.

Mme le fa go ntse jalo, jaaka basadi ba maAforika re tshwanetse re ikgantse ka setso sa rona, mme re boe re tswelele pele ka ditoro tsa rona.

Go bonagala e kete go atlega mo nakong tsa gompieno, re tlhoka gore re dire diphetogo tse dimasisi. Re tshwanetse re fetole di kgatlhego tsa rona, ditiro tsa rona, le dilebego tsa rona tota. Ka bomadimabe se se dira re latlhegelwe ke meetlo ya seAforika. (It seems like in order to make it in this world, we are required to amend our appearances, duties, and interests and sadly some African values get compromised during this transcending transformation). Seno ga se a tswanela go dira gore re ikobonye, go sa kgathalatsege diphetogo le ditlhabologo tse re iphitlhelang re le mo go tsona.

Mapaseka Sethlodi

– “Most of the time, as youth, we tend to forget and neglect our heritage/origins”.

– “Our heritage is not something we should forget, it is important that we know and

appreciate/value it”

Imvelaphi yethu ayisonga manzi omngqusho, kubalulekile ukuba siyazi kwaye siyixabise kakhulu.

Kumaxesha amaninzi silulutsha siye singayixabisi imvelaphi yethu.

OPINIONS & FEATURES October, 20146

Asidali dushe namonakalo,Sithetha esikwaziyo nokufanelekielyo.Libalulekile kwaye alibalekwa.Ngumlilo owavutha kwamfalibe.Ayingomdlalo wabantwana; Nguwatsha hay’ uhata.Lidangatye elanyanyezelwa ngoobawo mkhuluLigqengegqenge elafuman’ ookhokho bethuNoYesu Krestu unelakh’ isikoYiyo lo nto simbiza Ngweletshetshe yesixeko sakwa Yuda

Buboy’ obungalaliswa ngeentethoLucamagusho kwabaphantsiLunqulo, kungxengxezwa kwaye kucelwaIxhanti lomzi, kwinkundla nganyeNgumkhomba ndlela kwisizukulwana selo khayaAsingekhe sibaleke enyanisweniKaloku iminyanya yinxenye yempilo yethuYiyo lo nto nezibhalo eziNgcwele ziyibeka kucaceKoovuka nabafileyo ngemini yobizoNdiyakholelwa nakwizinyanya zakowethuIyathetha nokuba asiyiboni ngelenyamaYakutyeshelwa ke iyanxakamaIba nguduntsu-duntsu konakal’ ukuhlalaEyabalel’ ukuthula iyahoywaLisiko ke kuth’ elo, ndiyacamagusha!

Ulifuman’ ekhaya kub’ uzalwa naloLisuka koobawo mkhulu, liya kwisizukulwanaAlijiki kwaye alitshintshwaNgumzila womnombo womntuNgumkhomba ndlela wesizwe sakuloNtsunduYiyo lonto kufuneka uzazileKuba kobe kube sephethelweni ngesikoSigxininisa kulo kuba libalulekile

Awenzi nothanda kwasiko, ngumzi wentloniphoAwuzithandeli kwasiko kwaye awuzikhetheliNgumzi wakhiwa mhla kuphel’ indlaloNgokhokho bethu kudala mandulo phayaLisang’ elavulwa mhla kungagungqiAkufani nakwa sithethe, kwavula sibhuqeNgenxa yokuba kukwasenzo siqalwa ngumntu buminiKwabantu bathanda ukulinganisaBabonela bade baqgithisaApho kujikwayo kuba akukho similo nasimiseloKwaqhay’ qhay’ nam ndiyafuna ukubanayoLumnka kwasiko lumnka!

“ISIKO”POETRY

Olwethu Deliwe

Awenzi nothanda kwasiko, ngumzi wentlonipho – “You don’t do as you please in the

house of tradition, you need to show respect”.

Ifika uwedwa ebunmyameni Ikuthi xhakamfu ngesixhanti enyameni

Iza okwesikhalo somntwana onesingqala Sandi eso siza sesibile xhopho ngulooo msindo wenzondo Siphatha amazembe namakrele Izitsho indlebe, zithi chasaOkwe lali isifa yindlala

Ithi yokufika ukutshosho ubalekwe ngooqhirha nezicaka ushiyeka uthe tywa kulo mondlalo nalo ngutyana inemi ngqobo,yezo ntlengu zakho zomphefumlo. Ingutyana engena inkwanca Ethi ikushiye neqabaka lobubusika kulomzimbana.

Andithethi ngasifo sikabhubhane Ndithetha ngesihelegu esehla kum nawe Nto le ifika iku uhluze ulonwabo, Okwe nja etye yashiya amathambo.

“IMVAKALELO YOKU ZIVA UWEDWA”

Thandiwe Msebenzi

DisclaimerThe Vernac News Opinions&Features section is a vehicle for expression on

any topic by members of the university community or other interested parties. The opinions within this section are not necessarily those of the

Vernac News Collective or its advertisers.Letters to the Editor need to be kept to a maximum

of 300 words and can be sent to: taariqamod@gmail.com

7IZIMVU NAMABALA ENGWE

Lixelegu lexumbululu lexolo.Ngumdak’ omnyama ongeva sepha,Sel’ egudliwe intsila ayisuki.Linyala ke el’ elingathethekiyo.Ngumqulu wehlaz’ elingapheliyo.Zizenzo zokuphenjelelwa yimikhuba kamtyholi.Bububhanxa benxila elinganangqondo.Sisimanga sesihelegu esingabukelekiyo.Yimpazamo engenakuxolelwa.Ngumkhub’ ombi ongapheliswayo. Ngumkhub’ ombi ofun’ isiko.Lisikizi elingenambaliso.

Ubom ngathi sisqalekiso.Lusizi kulowo ulixhoba .Likamva elibulawayo.Lithemba elingqongopheleyo.Likamv’ elixuthw’ ezandleni.Lixhoba leenxwaleko.Ziimvakalel’ ezimb’ ezingathethekiyo.Linxeba langaphakathi elingapholiyo.Ziintsiz’ ezimhl’ entloko.Liliz’ elambeth’ ishwangushe.Yintlung’ enganyamezelekiyo.Yinto enokusuka yenze nantoni na,Kub’ elangphakathi liphola kade.Iintlungu neembilin’ azipheli.Kodwa kaloku kobe kulunge.Ngxe mntakwethu bubom nobu.Kwamfa mlibe mandulo kwatshiwo.Kubamnyama xa kuza kukhanya.

Yiyo ke ley’ izingca ngesikizi, Ihamba ngathi konke kuhle.Izibheca-bheca oku kukathekwana.Iphemb’ umlilo wenzondo ngakumadoda.Izidla ngamabala ngathi yenz’ intwe ntle.Yombathis’ isidalwa ngelize.Izibiz’ indoda phakathi kwamanye.Izibiz’ umyeni x’ ifik’ ekhaya.Igunyazis’ utat’ umlom’ ugcwale.Kodwa ngaphakath’ iqum’ inyala. Kodwa ngaphakath’ asimntu.Ngumkhub’ ombi weenjubaqa.

Ithin’ iminyanya xa kunje?Mandulo zazikumila kunje na izinto?Sizwe sika Ntsund’ asinyakami kusi na?Sihelegu akuhambi kutheni na?Gxebe, ngeba ndibuza lo umbuzo’Dlwengulo kaz’ uyintoni na?

Ixelegu lendondaOlwethu Deliwe

Mandulo zazikumila kunje na izinto? Sizwe sika Ntsund’ asinyakami kusi na? –

- “Is this the way things were previously, during the era of our

forefathers?”

- “Black nation why are you ignoring this matter?”

Gxebe, ngeba ndibuza lo umbuzo; ’Dlwengulo kaz’

uyintoni na?

E rile ka mafelo a beke, banni ba Forest Hill, e leng baithuti ba Mmadikolo

wa Kapa ba bo ba ipelela tsatsi la ngwao mo setlhogong se se reng “Amogana Modi Wa Ditso Tsa Gago.” Merafe ka go farologana e ne e tsile ka disupiwa jaaka dijo, kapari, mmino le mefuta ya go lwa tota.

Molalediwa wa tlotla, Mme Nyambura Mwagiru o supile a sa kgwe matlhe ha e le mopaki wa gore ngwao e botlhokwa mo matshelong a batho. A re o tsamaile le mafatshe mme se neng se kgatlhisa thata ke gore merafe e santse e somaretse ngwao mo go tsitsibanyana mmele. A re ngwao e re ruta go tshela le ba bangwe, e re ruta go bontsha setshaba tsela ya go tshela e bo e re ruta le botho tota. O ne a bua jaana a galeletsa bontle jo bo neng bo phaphasela mo lebaleng la ditshupo la Forest Hill.

Mookamedi e bile e le morulaganyi wa tsatsi le, Mme Palesa Tshabalala, le ene o ne a kgatlelela botlhokwa jwa ngwao fela thata bogolo jang mo dikokomaneng tse di tlang. O tsweletse ka go supa fa tshaba e e senang ngwao le tshaba e e latlhegileng. A re go ipela e bile o bo o ikgabisa ka ngwao ya gago, go fa motho seriti le tlhompho mo setshabeng.

Banni ba Forest Hill ba ipelela tsatsi la ngwao

Thakgathi Monkgogi

OLWETHU DELIWE: The poet

Letsatsi la NgwaoLetsatsi la NgwaoImini yencubeko e-Forest Hill

Game of Thrones: Xhosa style

Bonngwe mo pharologanong!

Mopone worms lookign very delicious. An African delicacy.

Kwathang’ giye! GIYA! Kwathang’ giye! GIYA

Gaynelle Makhubele

Isinxibo sakwaXhosa. Lobeebe lwa ngwao! What a man, what a mighty good man! My Kenyan brothers.

Siphiwe Makhanye

Bontle jwa Aforika!

Khomba dzavhudi dza vhavenda

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Z ithole nd'zo ringa nje kancane nge skhathi sam

so far apha eUCT as umjita osuka kwenye ivarsity.

So ver zonke zimoja, ndiringa ngezesgela, ulife, nabanye abantu nje base campusini.

Course yam ivaya grand so far. Zibaie iwey' endiz' ncanywayo ngayo like, structure ne ndlela e(run)wa ngayo. Classmates zigrand nazo, kancane siyazana, lewei yobasazane ipushwe kakhulu zitask ze group work, iassignments if uyazthola.

Andikaz'tholi grand nge student life yalapha. Side le student academic life ndiyazthola ngalo, qha ingase ndi experience inight life, clubbing, xa ndiy'beka nges ngamla. Ndaphoswa yila gig yeGroove Afrika yayise town nge 8 ka August. Khona nje impinch yam eyathi iyasuswa pha indaba ndaba, if bekunjalo, I guess nda phoswa ke nge nxa yezmoko zam zes'gela, bend'nge phoswa ziz'fundo ngenxa yombengo ayisoundi lawey'. Otherwise from i(experience) yam eStelli

Tsotsi TaalHola!

bez'buya la wey' when it comes to clubbing ne nkintsho. Besiz' (own)a iztrato from Wednesday to Saturday, ibeyiveki yonke isgela xa sine rugby game on Monday, coz win or loose besqala Monday siyoqhina Saturday.

Andingomtu ospanisa ishuttle kangako around campus, ndi ncanywa uwalk a ngedlela ezdifferent nje ndi buke isgela kancane and to make things interesting xa ndisiya esgela. UCT campus intle ngedlelayayo, upper campus inevibes zo Harry Potter, building wise and ndiyay'fila lo wey'. Ibingezo buildings qha ezind'cazayo pha e(upper) campus, ne medi ziyatsho kanjani... mmhhh!... nje ngomye usister kwenye yeza cafe zase upper campus, wayesitho bafethu, otherwise akho wey' ingaphaya ndiyancoma nje, and'verstani kwa igama lakhe.

Concern yam ibiyile serge ye crime ecampusini na around icampus, isgelezane esi ruf 'weyo sahlukunyezwa sizhambela, emali eyetarojwa off ezinye izgelezane, ndibala nezinye iwey

ezkhe zatunakala. I guess iwey ezinje singas'lindela kwezo point iisecurity zinga tholakali kuzo. Andothukannga la wey, coz naseStelly bez'tunakala ez'wey, ndibala nekidnappinds, niya verstana? Senditshilo, ndicela nizkhathalele, nina ne wey'zenu.

Moving on. Ndizthole ukuba zibaie iweyi endinozizama in terms of extra mural activities. Ndiz'shaya ngok'ba ndikhe ndizame nje ichess nangona seyisiskhathi ndayi gqibela. Bend'khe ndaringelwa ngok'ba mandizame ushowco, nda vuma so kusamele ndi( join)e kuqala, so that ndizo kwazi ubuyisela back to icommunity, but yonke lento izodinga iskhathi, ekuzomele ndisjonge kakuhle, coz and'naskhathi, zibaie iwey endiz' tunayo apart from isgela.

With all that said, andikabinas'khathi singakho ndilapha. But nje ndithe mandishere nge wey endizcavileyo so far. Hay'ke mna ndingu anonymous wakwa anonymous futhi ndoyayshiya ne ndawo, emojweni bakhuthi.

– “my concern is around the crime that is happening on our campuses and around”

Andikaz'tholi grand nge student life yalapha. – “I am not quite getting myself / getting tuned

with student life here [at UCT]”

K e gopola fa ke ne ke sa ntse ke le kwa primary

school, ke bala grade 4. Ka ‘tsatsi le lengwe rre wa ka o ne a tla go ntsaya kwa sekolong. E rile a sena go goroga, a mpitlhela ke dutse le ditsala tsame tsa makgowa. Fa ke tsena mo koloing, ke fa a mpotsa a re “a batsetsanyana bale ke di tsala tsa gago?” Ke ne ka mo araba ka gore “ee, pa, ke ditsala tsa me,” ke be ke mo botsa gore goreng a botsa. O nkarabile a re, “tota re tswa kgakala, maAforika

Kalogo a raya eng gare ga ma AforikaMapaseka Setlhodi

Borwa.”Selo se se ne se makatsa

ntate waka ke gore ditsala tsa me tsa makgowa di ne kgona go ntsaya sentle, di mpona jaaka motho yo o tshwanang le bone fela. Ke utlwa botlhoko fa ke nagana ka seno. Ruri re tswa kgakala re le Aforika Borwa. Gore selo se sennye se se tshwanang le go tsalana le bana ba makgowa, se kgatlhe borraetsho go le go kalo tota go utlwilsa botlhoko.

Ka jalo re fitlhela ga ntsi di katlego tsa go tshwana le

graduation di tseelwa kwa godimo mo malapeng a rona. Ka nako tse dingwe o fitlhela e le gore ke wena ngwana wa ntlha mo lelapeng la gago wa go bona katlego ya go tshwana le go bona Bcom, kana BA, kgotsa yone LLB. Mo malapeng a mangwe o fitlhela e le gore ba lebile wena gore o ntshe losika mo khumanegong eo ba leng mo go yone.

Go bona ngwana wa gago a atlega mme a tswelela pele ka dithuto tsa gagwe

ke boitumelo jo bo golo tota mo motsading. Batsadi ba rona ba le bantsi ga ba kgona go fitlhela mo rona re leng teng gompieno. Le fa e ne e le keletso ya bone gore ba ithutele go ya pele, go le gantsi ga ba kgona go fitlhelela toro eo. Ka jalo batsadi ba rona ba nna motlotlo fa ba re bona re nna batho mo sechabeng.

Le gompieno ke na le go nagana ka letsatsi le ntate waka o ne a tlile go ntsaya kwa sekolong ka lone; ke na le go gopola mafoko a gagwe…

ammaruri re tswa kgakala re le maAforika Borwa. A re seke ra wetsa go dira bo mmaetsho le bo rraetsho motlotlo ka go atlega mo dithutong, mme a re fete seo, re nne lotsha lo lo tlaa tsayang naga ya rona re e isa kwa bokamosong jo bo tlaa itumedisang naga ka bophara. (Let our success not only be refined to our education, but let us further endeavour to be a youth that will propel this country into a greater future where all South Africans can benefit.)

Image:iwasshot.com/Bernard Viljoen

IZIMVU NAMABALA ENGWE

October, 201412

K umnandi khona ukufunda kwindawo

ekude nekhaya. Udibana nabantu abatsha abangakwaziyo. Ufumana nenyweba yokufunda ngemvelaphi zabanye abantu. Ibamnandi nalanto yokuthetha isiNgesi ixeshana, kodwa akhonto ibamnandi nje ngokuzazi ukuba uvelaphi kwaye uthethe ilwimi lakowenu

Singabafundi base-UCT, siziva sinyanzelekile ukuba siziphathe ngedlela ezakusibangela ukuba samkelekile eDyunivesithi. Umzekelo, umfundi ulindeleke anxibe ngendlela apho abanye abafundi bangazokummhleka ngayo. Siphuma kumakhaya ngamakhaya, abanye abasebenzisi macephe xa besitya, kodwa xa befika kwiDyunivesithi, balindeleke batye nge folokwe ne mela. Kwaye nabo abayithandi lento yokuba banyanzeleke bathethe isingesi ngamaxesha onke.

Nje ngamntu usuka eMpuma Koloni eMthatha, ndiqhele uthetha ulwimi lwam ngamaxesha onke, kodwa apha akunjalo. Ukuze umntu athethe ulwimi lwakhe imini yonke kufuneka aye kwiingingqi yamaxXhosa odwa. Apha ke kufuneka uye kwiindawo ezifana noomaGugulethu n a k o m a K h a y e l i t s h a SingamaXhosa siyalithanda

ulwimi lwethu, kunjalo nje sifumana ubunzima xa umntu kunyanzelekile athethe olunye ulwimi.

Sizintlanga ngentlanga, sithetha ngendlela ezahlukeneyo. Thina maXhosa saziwa ngokuthethela phezulu, kwaye xa kunjalo uye ungakwazi ukwehlula xa bexaban naxa bonwabile. Sifumana ubunzima ke xa kufuneka sizonwabise ngolunye ulwimi. Omye umntu ongengomXhosa uye angazifumani i-jokes xa sizithetha ngesilungu. Kulapho ke umntu anqwenele ukuba ngamaxesha onke esoloko ethetha namanye amaXhosa.

Mna ndingathi i-UCT indithathele kakhulu imvelaphi yam apha eku thetheni ulwimi lam. Ndiyazingca kakhulu ngolwimi lwam, esisingesi siza kade kum. Yiyo lonto kunzima uqala izihlobo ezintsha.

Kodwa ke ndide ndaqhela uthetha esisilungu. Qha ke ngoku, ndithi xa ndifika eMthatha, ndithethe esisilungu babe bona bengasifuni sisithethe. Kulo lantetho ithi “Isiqhelo siyayoyisa ingqondo”. Yiyo ke lonto abantu bathetha olu lwimi baliqhelileyo nalapho kufuneka bengalithethanga.

Enye into i-UCT endimoshe ngayo yeyoba ezinye zemfundiso zase khaya ndiye ndizilibale kancinci kancinci.

Ongezwa Mququ

Umzekelo, xa ndisekhaya ndiyayazi ukuba qho ngecawa ndiya eCaweni, kodwa xa ndilapha, icawa ndiphinde ndiyibone xa ndiye ndagoduka kuba kusoloko kungekho xesha. Umsebenzi wesikolo ubamninzi kakhulu.

Enye indlela esikhuliswe ngayo ngeyokuba sibengabantu abaziqenyayo ngemvelaphi yabo, kodwa kuba umntu ehlala nabantu bezinye iintlanga, ndiyanyanzeleka ukuba ndibone izinto ngeliso elifanayo nezinye iintlanga ezohlukeneyo. Umzekelo, andikwazi ukubiza amagama athile ngolwimi lwasekhaya kuba kwa eligama linye lithetha into eyohlukile futhi liyathuka kwezinye iintlanga.

Eyona nto ingamadla kuzozonke ezizinto i-UCT indimosha ngazo, ikwa yile yokunyanzeleka ukuba ndithethe isilungu ngamaxesha onke. Kuba sesisaziwa kakubi, andikwazi nokuveza indlela endiziva ngayo xa ndicaphukile kuba ndisoyika ungqinela lento bayicingayo ngathi. Umzekelo, kuthiwasikrwada, ngoku funeka noba umntu ukucaphukisilele silindeleke sithi “hayi kulungile, sukuzikhathaza ngayo” eloxesha “akulunganga”. Silindeleke sibenomoya ophantshi. “ndinguMxhosa awunolindela ba’ndithule”

Zazi ukuba ungubani!

– “UCT has taken my identity and stripped away my

language and forced me to speak English”

Mna ndingathi i-UCT indithathele kakhulu imvelaphi yam apha eku thetheni ulwimi lam.

M a n d i c a m a g u s h e k w i z i n y a n y a ,

ndinxengxeze kwimiz’ yowiso mthetho. Ngxe nakwabo bawufumanisa lo mba unzima ubangel’ umnqwazi ungaqini. Andazi nokuba ndingxengxezela nkomo ni ngoba oku kukubethana kwezimvo, kungamnandi kum kubekubi komnye, kodwa uluvo ngalunye lubalulekile; malungagatywa okanye lunyhashelwe ngokungendawo. Masincokoleni, nanku umba! Nanga amalungelo enyhashwa!

Ngumba onzima lo ogunqgisa umzi. Kwaye ububanzi bawo neziphumo zawo ziyantsokotha. Andidali dushe namonakalo ngokurhawuzelela kwesi sandla. Ndizakuthetha endikwaziyo ndishiye endingakwaziyo. Masiphos’ izimvo mawethu ukuze sikwazi ukushukuxa lo mba ungundaba mlonyeni, nekucacayo ukuba uninzi luxolele ukujina iliso nagwo. Umnqweno wokuba siwuzise ngaphambili ngowokuba kuthethwe ngawo ukuze sifikelele kwisigqibo sokuwukwamnkela lo mbono abaninzi kubo unga umtsha, yiva mna ndisatsalela emva.

Uninzi lwabantu balapha emzantsi Afrika luphefumla ngokuba ngumbono lo omtsha kwaye ongaqhelekilo kuluntu umbidi liwutsala kwisizwe sabantu abantsundu. N d i z a k u w u d a n d a l a z i s a endiqondayo ukuba umzi lo uyakutsho unyakame. Lakude liyokutshona ilanga, amndiye apho kufele khona ithole. Ndizakuthi gram-gram ndichaphazele iindawo ezibalulekileyo.

Abantu abaninzi bathetha ngeziBhalo eziNgcwele. Ndingaphefumlanga ndide ndophele kulo ndawo, kodwa umbuzo engesizibuza wona ngokuba mingaphi imithetho ebekiweyo eBhabhileni nekuthiwa ze singayophuli kodwa uninzi loluntu lugaxeleka kuyo kunge akwenzekanga nto, zonke izenzo zabo ezinxamnye nedlela kaThixo okanye eyobuKristu ibethiswe ngoyaba? Ngaphandle kwemithetho ebekiwe eBhabhileni, zingaphi zinto ekumiselweyo ukuba mazingenziwa, kwaze kwabekwa nendlela abantu abathe bophula loo mithetho mabohlwaywe

Abantu abathandana ngesini esinye

Same sex relationships

ngayo, kodwa zonke ezo zinto zifana namayelenqe abathakathi kuba ephelele esithubeni? Sithini ngothando abantu abathandana ngesini esinye abanasa? Yintoni kanye le ibangela ukuba umzi ungagunqi ngokungathi kunento mnhlambi abantu abathandana ngesini esinye abayihluthayo emntwini ngamnye kodwa ayikho?

Akunani ngokungabaxhasi ngendlela eyahlukileyo abanza ngayo izinto, andiqondi nook nabo bafuna inxaso yabantu. Kodwa ke kuyo yonke lonto, abantu abathandana ngesini esinye mabangade baxhatshazwe ngandlela zonke. Akuvumelekanga oko kwaye kunyasha amalunglo abo. Kwaye eyona nto indibangela ukuba kushukume iindonga kulomzi ka bawo ngulomxhelo wabantu oku ngathi bazibhokhwe. Urhulumente aphenduke iliso ngokunga akaboni kwanto yenzekayo kwadwa amalunge abantu, nesidima ziyalukuhlwa.

Yintoni kanti le ichasiweyo apha? Ngumtu mhlawumbi? Zizenzo? Ndithande ukubhideka. Bangaphi abantu abenza izinto ngokwahlukeneyo kunabanye kodwa abaxhelwa? Kutheni ngoku ucalucalulo lwabantu besini esinye luya luphangalela kwaye izigwebo aziwi ngakubenzi bobubi. Ndandiba mna nabo bayinxenye yenkuleko ekuxhamla nothathatha kuyo. Ayicacanga ke lento naxa kusithelwa ngesiNtu

Imbono zonke, nkalo zonke ziyawa malunga nokuba amadoda nabafazi abathandana ngesini esinye. Amadoda alala kunye nawo ayama enkundleni anqule izinyanya. Abachaswanga zizinyanya kuba emveni ngokungxengxeza, becela kuzo bayaphendulwa. Abanye baye bafikelwe lithongo kunyanzeleke ukuba bathwasa, benengulo emhlophe. Iizhlwele ke ngoko azibaxhasanga.

Ndingathetha ndophele. Kodwa okona ndifuna ukukuveza kokokuba abantu bazibhenca-bhenxe bajongisize ukuba banakho na ukudala udushe ngento abangenasisombululo kuyo, nokuba banalo na ilungelo lokugweba abantu. Kumgwebo lowo, bona ezabo izino zigwetywa njani, kwaye zigwetywa ngoobani. Mandihle!

Olwethu Deliwe

DIKAKANYO/TSELE LE TSELE

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“ke dirisa jang kitso ya me go tshameka karolo mo

tlhabololong ya puo ya etsho?”

G a gona karolo e e botlhokwa mo

tswelelong-pele ya ngwao ya morafe o o rileng jaaka puo ya one. Fa o ka gadimela kwa morago wa tlhatlhoba hisetori ya merafe e e suleng, o ka fitlhela fa puo ya merafe e, e ne e le karolo ya bofelo ya yone ya go swa. Tota le fa o ka leba merafe ya Aforika Borwa, o ka fitlhela fa bogolo ba ditso tsa rona di nyelela mme puo yone e ntse e buiwa ke beng ba merafe. Ka jalo he, Motswana wa gompieno o tshwanetse go ipotsa dipotso tse di thata fa a batla gore puo ya gagwe e tlhabologe mme e dirisiwe semmuso mo isagong.

Fa o leba botshelo jwa Motswana wa 1800, o bona fa puo ya gagwe e tsamaelana le botshelo jwa gagwe sentle. Karolo nngwe le nngwe ya botshelo jwa Motswana yo, e ne e na le loreo lo lo e tlhalosang. Gompieno ga go a nna jalo. Fa batswa-ntle ba ne ba tlisa dipuo le ditso tsa bone mo mawatleng a rona, se se kgerutse tlhabologo ya dipuo tsaetsho.

Mo malatsing a gompieno, batsadi ba rona ba re ruta go tswa kwa bonnyeng go re re tshwanetse ra ipela ka puo, ngwao le ditso tsa rona. Se se botlhokwa, mme fela ga se a lekana fa e le gore re solofela gore puo ya rona ga e kitla e nyelela mo isagong. Boipelo jwa rona bo tshwanetse bo a iponagatsa ka ditiro tsa rona. Go ipela ka ngwao le puo ya gago ga go raye fela go e bua fa o na le ditsala tsa gago kana beng ba losika lwa gaeno.

Fa re batla puo ya rona e tswelele pele, re tshwanetse re tshameke karolo mo tlhabololong ya yone. Le fa ke ipela ka Setswana, ga se kitla se na le mosola-mogolo ope mo go nna go fitlhela ke kgona go tsamaisa kgwebo ka sone; go fitlhela ke kgona go ithuta dipalo ka sone; go fitlhela ke kgona go buisa dibukana-ithuto tsa me tsa Actuarial Science ka sone.

Ka gantsi re neela maikarabelo a go tlhabolola puo ya rona le go tlhama mareo a mašwa go baitseanape le barutegi ba puo. Re bona fa

Bokao jwa puo mo go nna

What my language means to me

kitso ya rona ya puo e tlhaela, mme ga re tsaye matsapa a go ithuta Setswana go ya kwa pele. Mme boammaruri fela ke gore moitseanape yo o badileng Setswana ga a kitla a kwala kana a ranola bukana ya Statistics. Bukana ya Setswana ya Statistics ga e kitla e nna teng go fitlhela Motswana yo o badileng Statistics a tsaya maikarabelo ka nosi a go e ranola.

Puo e motho a e buang e ama mokgwa wa gagwe wa botshelo: e ama mokgwa o motho a naganang ka one; e ama boleng jwa ngwao e e rileng mo go ene. Ka jalo, fa Motswana a solofela go tsweletsa puo ya gagwe pele, o tshwanetse a tsaye maikarabelo mo tlhabologong ya yone. Go seng jalo bana ba rona ba tlaa nna makgoba a ditso tsa merafe ya seeng. Fa o na le kgatlhego ya boammaruri mo tswelelong-pele ya puo le setso sa etsho o tshwanetse wa ipotsa potso e: e le go re nna ke dirisa jang kitso ya me go tshameka karolo mo tlhabololong ya puo ya etsho?

Kgosi Skee

N asi isandla sirhawuzelela mzi wakuthi. Nanku umba otshisa ibunzi mawethu ufuna iimpendulo. Nanku umxholo

ekwakukudala uphicothwa ngabaninzi, ngabaphambi kwethu usagunqgisa umzi nanamhla. Asidali dushe namonakalo, sizakuthetha esikwaziyo sishiye esingakwaziyo. Iinjongo ingezokusombulula le ntsinda badala. Ngenene, yintoni kanye le ibonisa ubu-Afrika apha e-UCT.

Mhlawumbi iindidi ngeendidi zabanfundi abahlangane apha kweli ziko nakwizinala ibangela okokuba sithi iDyunivesiti le ibonisa ubu-Afrika. Mhlawumbi intlanganisela yeentlanga ngeentlanga ezisuka mbombo zone zehlabathi ingasisizathu. Ulwamnkelo lweelwimi zalapha ekhaya, ekufundiswa ngazo, nekuthethwa ngazo ingangunobangela. Eneneni ininzi into esinokuthi siyikhankanye ukuzama ukubhentsisa umxholo esiphezuli kwawo. Asingeze ke sigqibe ukuthetha zizama ukubhentsisa lo mba. Kodwa, kram-kram jwi, rhabul’ aph’ ungafinci.

Ngumbuzo lo ubani nobani anokuwucazulula kwaye awuphendule nanjani na. Zininzi indlela neenkalo esinokuwuzoba lo mfanekiso. Izimbono ezahlukeneyo ezidandalaziswayo. Ndingagatyi okanye ndixhase nayiphi na impendulo, kodwa ke nalu olwam uluvo. Ndibamba ngazo zozibini ndibulela kumava engxongxo mpikiswano, nezakudala ukuba umzi unxakame yindlela endizakuthi ndiphendule ngawo lo mbuzo.

Eyona nto ndiyaziyo ngokuba ngummi weli loMzantsi Afrika yimfobe nobambiswano. Umoya woBuntu ngunqga phambili. Ngenene, asingeze sithi ezi zinto azikho kule dyunivesiti ngenxa yempixano apha naphaya. Masikhumbule mawethu, sakujonga emva kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini enkululeko, noko utshintsho lukhona. Kwaye ukombathisa ubu-Afrika, i-UCT ngenye yeeDyunivesiti ezinkqenkqeza phambili ukubonisa oko.

Inxaso abafundi abayifumanayo malunga nezifundo zabo kumathala onke eencwadi ibonisa ubambiswano. Ulwamnkelo lweentlanga-ngeentlanga, ibonisa ubunye nobumbano. Ukanti, iilwimi ezithethwayo nezithe zamnkelwa leli ziko ibonisa ukuphangalala. Amathuba engqesho kwiintlanga zonke ibonisa ukuzimisela ekutshintsheni kwimiba yengcinezelo. Ezi ke zizinto ezithe ngcu ngaphantsi komthunzi wegama elithi ‘ubuntu’. Akungeze ke konwabe wonke ke umntu ekuzameni ukubonisa indlela ephuhle ngayo le-dyunivesithi. Kodwa ke singavuma okokuba babini bathathu abachaseneyo nezi zinto zingasentla. Akonakelanga nto kuba kaloku iimbono zabo zizakubangela ukuba sincambaze sisiya ngasetshintshweni ukubonisa ulwamnkelo lomntu wonke.

Eyona nto ndizama ukuyipphuhlisa kulomxholo, ngeyokuba zininzi izinto le dyunivesiti ephuhlileyo zizo ukuqgamisa umnyhadala wokuba ngeyase Afrika. Eneneni, kwindlela i-UCT yayingalo mfalibe mandulo, itshintshile. Nokuba utshintso olu luyangcambaza, kwaye lubetha ngenyawu lonwabu kodwa ke luyazama. Ingenguye wonke ubani onokungqinelana nezimvo zokuba i-UCT iphangalele ekuzingceni ngobu-Afrika, kodwa ke abo bavumelanayo, ibonisa lukhulu lonto. Masiqhubekeni ke mawethu siphicotha lo mba umile kunje. Ekuqgibeleni, ukhona umvuzo.

What is African about UCT? Olwethu Deliwe

Image: flickr/Ian Barbour

Image:www.tac.org.za/sourced

IZIMVU NAMABALA ENGWE

October, 201414

Do you want to be an agent for change? Do you wish to revolutionise and transform South Africa? Do you want to be part of the new African renaissance at UCT? Your call has been answered! All students from first to final year this is your opportunity to join the new

student newspaper team at Vernac News and revolutionise UCT forever!

By offering a vernacular newspaper in one of the other official languages, a platform for UCT students can be provided by students who write informal or formal articles in that specific language. Additionally, this will also encourage other students who don’t speak the language or read it, to take an interest in it and hopefully begin learning to read and understand other languages in addition to English. Therefore if you wish to join our team please send us the information listed below to vernacnewsuct@yahoo.co.za and we will contact

you shortly on your application status.

Please note that students applying must be comfortable with reading and writing in vernacular Xhosa/Zulu or Tswana/Sotho/Pedi/Afrikaans (Kaaps Taal) and Venda

Deadline for applications: 20th October 2014

Application information:

1. Student Information:Full name:Student Number:Email:Cell Phone:Year of study;Degree registered for:Number of years at UCT:

2. Posts that are available:

Deputy EditorCopy EditorNews EditorOpinions & Features EditorMarketing ManagerEvents and Entertainment editorSports editor

3. CV and Letter:CV – one or two pagesMotivational letter – one or two pages:In the letter you will need to answer these four questions below1. Why you want to join the Vernac News?2. Which position you have chosen and why you have chosen it?3. Are you currently part of any societies at present? Which ones and what roles do you play in them?4. Have you held any previous leadership or mentoring positions as well as significant achievements?

*Students applying must be comfortable with reading and writing in vernacular Xhosa/Zulu or Tswana/Sotho/Pedi/Afrikaans (Kaaps Taal) and Venda.

*Please send your applications to: vernacnewsuct@yahoo.co.za

*Deadline for applications: 20th October 2014

EXTRAS

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South African languages by RegionSouth African languages by Region

Eastern Cape

Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal

Limpopo Northern Cape

North West Western Cape

Mpumalanga

IsiXhosa (78.8%)Afrikaans (10.6%)

Sesotho (64.2%)Afrikaans (12.7%)

IsiZulu (19.8%)English (13.3%)Afrikaans (12.4%)Sesotho (11.6%)

IsiZulu (77.8%)English (13.2%)

Sepedi (52.9%)Xitsonga (17%)Tshivenda (16.7%)

SiSwati (27.7%)IsiZulu (24.1%)Xitsonga (10.4%)IsiNdebele (10.1%)

Afrikaans (53.8%)Setswana (33.1%)

Setswana (63.4%)Afrikaans (9%)

Afrikaans (49.7%)IsiXhosa (24.7%) English (20.3%)

Izifundazwe ZaseMzansi AfricaMelting pot of Languages

Proportion of the population that speaks an Nguni language at home.

Proportion of the population that speaks a Tswana-Sotho language at home.

Concentration of languages in South Africa

TAARIQ AMOD

TSELE LE TSELE/ NOLWAZI JIKELELE

METSHAMEKO/SPORTS/ EZEMIDLALO October, 201416

UCT vs LimpopoJuly 21, 2014

1 – 1

UCT vs TuksJuly 28, 2014

1 – 2

NMMU vs UCTAugust 4, 2014

2 – 1

UCT vs NMMU14 Sept. 2014

16 – 45

KOVSIES vs UCT20 Sept. 2014

71 – 17

UCT vs UJ22 Sept. 2014

40 - 62

SPORTS RESULTS

Ibhola ekhatywayo/kgwele ya dinao:

Ibhola yezandla/kgwele kya diatla:

Image: http://unionnewsdaily.com/ JR Parachini

Image: Richard Huggard

NWU vs UCT August 11, 2014

6 – 0

UCT vs UFSAugust 25, 2014

0 – 2

UCT vs UWCSeptember 1, 2014

3 – 3