Moses Tshibalanganda is an airline pilot with a vision to introduce rural school learners to this field by running an annual project. Read further to find out how he is doing it. * Please tell us about yourself.

My name is Moses Tshibalanganda; I grew up in Tshaulu and did most of my studies there. I completed matric in 1997 at Mbilwi Secondary School. I now work for South African Airways as a pilot and I fly Boeing 737 aircraft. Before SAA, I flew for United Nations, DHL and the Red Cross based in countries such as Sudan, Iraq, Gabon, Burundi and many more.* How long have you been a pilot?

I have been a Pilot for 8 years now.* Please take us through your typical day at work.

My typical day starts a night before a flight. I make sure I get a good night’s rest, and I can’t drink alcohol at least 12 hours before my next flight. I get to work at least an hour before my sign on time. After signing on I go through the necessary paperwork in preparation for the flight, and then we go to the aircraft and do the rest of the preparations including physically walking around the plane making sure it is safe to fly. Once that is done and our passengers are on board we start the engines and fly away to our destination. My day ends when I land back at base and sign off, go home and spend time with my family.* What are the basic academic requirements for one to become a pilot?

The academic requirements are quite easy to obtain. A minimum of “D” high grade in Mathematics and Science is required for someone to be able to get a bursary. There are a couple of flying schools all over the country; and most schools are listed in aviation magazines.* What interests you about your job?

I love my job because it is physically and mentally challenging, and everyday I go to work is an adventure on its own. I also enjoy that I work in a very

professional field. Having the privilege to fly 500 million rand machinery at speeds exceeding 900 km/h is a dream come true.* What is Mossviate Aviation Challenge about?

Mossviate Aviation Challenge is a project I created in order to share my knowledge about the aviation industry. I make it my job to go around to rural schools that were previously disadvantaged and teach them that any boy and girl can reach for their dreams as I have. It also helps to motivate the students to choose vital subjects such as mathematics and science. My overall goal is to motivate students to work and get good grades at the end of the year. In 2011 four schools were requested to participate but only three schools contributed, namely Tshivhase Secondary School, Ramogondo Secondary School, and Tshidimbini Secondary School. The competition was open to grade 10 and 11 students studying mathematics and science. The learners were required to research and submit an aviation related essay of their choice, an in addition, their maths and science results from the three quarters of the year were combined with the essay and the top students were awarded with various prizes.

Four students were awarded prizes ranging from trophies, cash and a flying experience in one of the most famous world war two fighter planes offered by SAA. Furthermore the students will come to OR Tambo airport and see for themselves how pilots get trained and get to see the cockpit of planes such as Airbus A340 (longest plane on earth) and various Boeing aircraft.* What is the long term vision for this project?

My long term vision is to see more schools getting involved and companies sponsoring this initiative, but most importantly I would like to see more students choosing maths and science

as their primary subjects. * Did you find a lot of learners interested in this field?

I was very impressed with the interest learners showed when I spoke to them about aviation. I also learned that there is more need for this project all over the country because aviation is a very small industry and mostly open to the privileged few.* When are we likely to expect this years’ project?

The next project will begin early this year and there will be more schools involved. I will also like to request those schools interested to contact me at moses@shuttas.co.za

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2 March 2012 • Year 7, Vol.02 Tel: 015 962 1008

* By Ntsieni Tshisevhe

The sky is not the Limit for

Moses Tshibalanganda!

Makoya Gossip Ain’t personal

* By Rita Dee

** CORNERSTONE ** ** GOES BACK ** ** TO STUDIO! **

** VITO DIVA ** ** GOES SOLO! **

Cornerstone is said to be getting ready for their third studio album.

Close sources told us that the album is set to be a turning point in terms

of growth. “We are going to maintain the standards and grow at the same time, we want to show maturity and try different sounds not losing focus though” said Rendani Nefale (band member). What ever these guys are taking before they compose songs is working for them; I hope they are not

working under the influence!

Mpho “Jamress” Mphephu, member of Vito Crew is going solo with a

new package, a new slim sexy body and new sound, thanks to weight

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but she was still finding it hard to release. She has worked with a lot of Local artists, from Bomo

entertainment to Pro entertainment but still nothing is out. Sometimes

you wondered if she was really recording? She has lost weight

beautifully and is coming out with a new sound signed up with SM

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with her magical Afro pop voice. If you didn’t take her serious back

then please do it now!

MAKOYA 2 2 March 2012

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How does the small jobs marketplace work?

One last point of note: this is not a vacancy page for established business. We will assist these businesses with a proper vacancy advert if you want, but this initiative is rather an attempt to help those who are unemployed, but who do still have skills of some sort or another that they can use.

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When the tough get going, the going don’t get tough

CORNERCORNERBy Lesedi Milanzi

C A R EERIn research commissioned by the department of labour in 2008, it was evident that there was a shortage of medical doctors in South Africa, which classifies this field as a rare and critical profession. Dr N. Thikhathali qualified as a medical doctor at the age of 25, after completing his Bach-elor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) at the Medical University of Southern Africa (Medunsa).

The young and modest Dr Thikhathali, matriculated from Thase high school, in Ha-Muraga, a small village outside Thohoyandou and as a hard-working student he had dreams and aspirations to make it into the world of academia.

Thikhathali’s High school Physical science teacher, Mr Mamphodo, con-firmed that in matric the hard working, bright and quiet student had already distinguished himself academically by coming top of his class and by acquiring distinctions in his grade 12 subjects, including Physical science, amongst others. Mr Mamphodo also added; “this was a record set in view of the fact that no student had achieved such academic excellence at Thase high school since the school was established in 1984, and I am grateful because it seemed Ndivho had opened doors of high academic achievements for the school because subsequent to him leaving the school, we started having students ac-quiring distinctions in Physical science and other grade 12 subjects, which was never the case in the past. He proved that it could be done and to me he set a trend that became a legacy to the school”.

Dr Thikhathali is currently working at Tshilidzini hospital and has

acquired experience while doing his practicals, working at different health institution, including the Chris Hani, Baragwanath hospital, the George Mukhari hospital and the Thohoyandou health center.

“My first love was to go do actuarial science at the University of the Wit-watersrand (WITS), but unfortunately financial constraints made me go for medicine instead. I didn’t have money or a sponsor to go and study at WITS when Limpopo offered me a bursary to go and study medicine at MEDUNSA,” he said.

“As much as people still have the stereotype that Doctors are super intel-ligent people, there was a great deal of work that I put into acquiring my quali-fication and it was not easy. It needs a lot of perseverance and lots of reading, and in my case coming from a disadvan-taged family background, it didn’t make it any easier. Although poverty can be a stumbling block, how you achieve your goals is completely bestowed in you. I got to a point where I was offended by it and decided that was going to do some-thing about it. Though it was tedious and hard and I had literally became an archetypal labourer of books, I didn’t give up because I knew that one day my hard work would pay off.”

“My parents are not educated people and even though they didn’t understand all these big words from my anatomy and physiology textbook, they were always there, supporting things they knew nothing about. They have been an enormous inspiration to me, they supported me throughout, especially my senior brother who has always been like

a mentor to me. He was someone who would listen to me, about what I wanted to do, and then he gave diverse alter-natives so that at the end of the day I could make informed decisions about my life.”

“When I was young I used to love play-ing soccer, so much that I even dreamt of becoming a professional soccer player, and at that time I used to play at an amateur level for different teams. It was after I got injured that my mother commanded me not to play again. During that time it sounded like torture to me, but I think it made me concen-trate more on the important things in my life, like perfecting my academic career. I believe in sustainability and I feel even though we may possess diverse endowments, education ought to be the foundation of everything we might choose to do with our lives, and if given the chance and resources to study, use it. Poverty and hardships that we come across in life are there to make us even stronger individuals.

“My career gives me fulfillment and if am able to bring a smile on someone’s face I feel content and inwardly re-warded. In the world of medicine unfor-tunately, it’s not just about working for a salary or having your title changed but I am on a daily basis presented with the challenge of helping people. I feel that my family background made me a better doctor than I would have been, it contrib-

utes significantly to my sense of compassion. Every day I go to work, to me it’s not just about doing what I learned throughout my medical studies but it’s about SAV-ING A LIFE. This is what I was destined for.”

Dr Thikhathali, Makoya wishes you all the best throughout your career and extends our gratitude for serving our country with honour and for making time to speak and encourage our young people.

** See page 3 for more on bursaries related to medicine for 2013

Medicine with Dr. Ndivho Thikhathali

I am not one to hammer down ideas, point of views or proverbs, but I do think that the phrase, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going” should have been, “when the tough get going ,the going don’t get tough”.

It just sounds more optimistic and adds a bit of drama. My problem with the former is that it implies that you need to wait for something tough or unfortunate to happen for you to get your tough going, which for me is the same as refusing to install an alarm system even when you know there are burglers. I mean, burglers who might strike at any given moment, and you say that you will only install after they attack?

Let’s face it determined, brave and alert people seem to hardly ever come across problems, but I can attest that it has more to do with the fact that they solve those problems way before it rears its ugly head. Think of insects, they start collecting food before the winter comes because they know that once the seasons change there won’t be an opportunity to venture out into the great outdoors anymore, so they get going before the tough gets going. No! That

doesn’t apply to a human being though because it is just way too complicated and unoriginal. A human would rather wait to feel the first drop of rain on his skin as a sure sign to run for cover. Even with all the warning signs going on all around him he won’t budge. I guess we are designed with a rebellious streak in our genes which causes us to be naive.

Like Thomas we need to see to believe. One thing which gets me every time is how on earth this thing called medulla oblongata operates because from this stance I don’t think it is doing its job really well. Wouldn’t the world be better if we acted against corruption before it actually happens, by creating measures which will disable the perpetrators to act? Wouldn’t you just be smiling a whole lot more if you knew that there was a plan being implemented to actually create more jobs rather than waiting for people to complain and strike first?

Sometimes it is better and more re-warding to fly out of the nest on your own rather than waiting to be pushed out of it because the landing is usually smoother.

By Risima Faith Mashila

MAKOYA 32 March 2012

Youth in Business - By Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho

* By Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho

CORNERCORNER

- Continues from p2

By Lesedi Milanzi

Bursaries related to Medicine for 2013

C A R EERC A R EER

Belinda Tshisikhawe is new blood in the fashion world, and she describes herself as a fashion designer and a

woman of charitable works. She is 21 years old, and is aiming for greatness in 2012.

“I’ve been doing my garment sewing and dress making from the home in Louis Trichardt’s Old Town,” she tells Makoya as we sit together, chatting over glasses of milk shake and lemon drinks. “I cater for those who are aiming to have a matric dance or any other ceremony, but I do things that are mainly fashion-wise.” Belinda completed her Grade 12 in 2008 from Makhado Comprehensive High School and went on to obtain a qualification in fashion design (N4) at the Sedibeng College in Vanderbjilepark in the Vaal.

“I tell myself that 2012 is the year of business, you’ll see it happen,” she speaks and smiles in self-assurance. “I’ll be opening a boutique with my business partner, optometrist Livhuwani Raphunga. We aim to locate our offices in Polokwane since I’ve also moved to Polokwane to test business there.”

As if that was only an introduction on this lady’s new year’s resolutions,

Belinda has just struck a business-and-community building relationship with Tshilidzi Ramulondi of Mad House Entertainment.

“Soon everything will be Mad House,” she says. “Mad House TV, which will serve as a platform for a reality show and documentaries; Mad House Charity; Mad House Fashion; Mad House Mu-sic … and it’s endless. We aim to put Limpopo’s performance artists in the national arena.”

This young woman has just quit work at the Sherotha Financial Services where her monthly salary was surely guaran-teed. “I felt that it’s the right time for me to pursue my dreams,” she adds.

She aspires to groom herself into a woman of substance.

Friend and cousin to Belinda, Lutendo Mantsha, has some words to say about Belinda: “It’s impressive for a young woman to reclaim such a huge platform. She aims big. She’s setting a standard for the young women, that even here in Limpopo we can do better things on our own.”

“2012 Is The Year of Business” - says Belinda Tshisikhawe

Kurh-ula na Kuna Fruit and Vegetable shop is an unassuming business addi-tion at the Hardware City complex in

Elim. The spouses, Jabulani Mashimbye

(29) and Wisani Lebea (29), say that they only started operating on the 10th of October 2011.

“Now we can’t say much in terms of development,” says Jabulani, the shop manager; “but things are going well so far.” He tells Makoya that they were

motivated to start this kind of business when they realised the void of the fruit and vegeta-ble suppliers in the Elim area.

He maintains that there are lots of markets to explore in the area, and that stall owners always have to go to places like Louis Trichardt for stock or else

vans would deliver for them.“We cater for open public and some

business-minded people who come to buy from us and supply to schools,”

he emphises. They say that they are still trying to market their brand and goods because in so doing the busi-ness might expand to satisfactory scale.

“Our dream is to operate from a big shop, and as you can see our space is quite small here,” Jabulani says. “In business, there’s nothing more important than believing in yourself. If you don’t believe in yourself, who else could do so? Youth must believe in themselves.”

Consider this example; “A group of five ladies enter the shop. Two of them buy a box of green apples each and walk out the door. Another buys a bag of potatoes while the remaining two leave without having bought any-thing. I advise you to mix your stock of apples,” says one lady who has just come in. “You need to also get ones which are still raw in colour – that’s for long shelf life.”

This kind of information is not only to the client’s advantage though; as it also helps us stall owners because sometimes our goods do not go as fast as we wish. Accommodating the client proves to be good medicine in business, Kurhula na Kuna Fruit and Vegetable seem to understand this.

Kurhula na Kuna Fruit and Vegetable shop

• The south African Medical Association (SAMA) bursary schemeTenable: Wits, Pretoria, Natal (Medical), Stellenbosch, UCT, Free State, MEDUNSA Who Can Apply: Matric students who want to study for MBChB. Must have (A aggregate). Closing Date: 16 September - for return of forms Address: The SA Medical Association (SAMA), Bursary Officer, P O Box 74789, Lynnwood Ridge, 0040

• The medical education for South Africa (MESAB)Tenable: Wits, Durban, Natal (Medical), Stellenbosch, UCT, MEDUNSA Closing Date: Differs with different universities Address: Medical Education for SA, Blacks (MESAB), Application done at universities bursary offices

• SA Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)Tenable: Wits, Pretoria, Natal (Medical), Stellenbosch, UCT, Free State, MEDUNSA Who Can Apply: The award is based on financial need and academic merit. Closing Date: 31 October - for return of forms Address: SA Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR), Bursary Department, P O Box 32597, Braamfontein, 2017

Makoya Gossip Ain’t personal

* By Rita Dee

** P. POSTMAN **** SMOKING WITH ** ** THE BIG GUNS! **

** CHANGING ** ** COLOURS FROM **

** RAINBOW TO BLOND **An insider told Makoya that T-Man Gavin is

looking for “LOVE” The kwaito star is said to be trying to find a girl and settle. The big question

is “are you the perfect lady that the kwaito star is looking for?” As far as we know, he has

a thing or two for light skins, it’s just a tip! Thivhulawi Emmanuel Ndou, stage name T-man

Gavin, has a new look and now some say its 2012 change. He did it again when he started his image with a Green suit and a white spring tie with big shades. Now it’s blond, shorts and

branded t-shirts like back to his age. He finally decided to flUsh the old age suits

away. Halleluiah! Does this mean he cleaned up his act too? 55% said it suits him as he looks like a charmer boy now, “CHAMELLION”! He is signed with Rita DEE’ Entertainment whereby

he is also a share holder. He launched his latest Album “Mmbwa ya la inwe ai noni” and he is busy with road tours promoting his album.

Before

After

Percy P.Postman Mukwevho is pimped up Vito’s Lil

Wayne; He recently pulled a new image DC boy that is what the ladies call

him. Still the same hairdo just that

this time they are washed and clean. Wayne Swag is his new attire(new

look) P.Postman has signed up with Rudebwoy Entertainment and is

going to Launch a new album called Got you already. “He will be shooting

his music video in Cape Town in March.56% love his new pimped up style. P.Postman is one of Venda’s

finest. Big tings a gwaan!

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MAKOYA 4 2 March 2012

* By Ngerezah

MakoyaIt’s FreshIt’s RealIt’s

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He is the trace of the finest gene that travelled the seeds of history and never lost its grip. By saying that I think it should give you an idea about who we are talking about and you forgot ladies and gents, I am talking about Percy “P. postman” Mukwevho. The single “I’m a Legend” has four tracks and already I has a personal rendition “Ndo Enda”. This single, in my own personal terms, is a synonym of “magic” for lack of better word to describe it. The single is said to be receiving a wonderful reception in the USA and Europe. It includes tracks such as: - I’m a Legend, Got you already, Ndo Enda and the acoustic version of Ndo Enda. Those who have been following Percy will know what I am talking about.

Artist: SIR McKLekerAlbum: Sophisticated HousePublisher: Sheer PublishingRatings: 4/5

The Album is a 13 track issue with a blend of Tribal, Afrotech, Deep and electro Dance sounds. Most of elements in this masterpiece are fine works of SIR since his childhood, and as such it is the journey and times of this unforgiving Guru. I like the track “Flying Away” featuring Mpho, which to me I still believe it’s a sample and I know it’s not true. I’ve known him for some time and at the moment after the release of this album I also wanted an autograph. It was produced in partnership between Pro-Entertainment and Solid Wave production. It’s currently available on order and will be available nationwide soon. Big tings are gwaan!

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