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K O V S I E C U L T U R E

The annual Mosaic Day took place on 14 October at the Red Square. The event brought much en-tertainment to the Kovsie audience. Dif-ferent colleges com-peted in various art forms. Each college participated through

painting the Main Building, photogra-phy, poetry and musi-cal performances.Winning campuses will be announced today, 22 October, at the SRC Building. Paul Whitehead was announced as the winner for the pho-

Even though it was a cold

evening, the Sand Du Ples-

sis Theatre was packed

with an audience that did

not despair. The Extrava-

ganza gave a bit of extra

to everything this year. The

opening play entertained

many when the well-known

“All of me” by John Legend

was given a reggae twist to

it. Muical perfomrer Delia

M o u -m a k -

we believed that the Ex-

travaganza was more than

an opportunity to perform

but a platform to express

herself as a singer.

And the man who was be-

hind the success of the

event, Tonderai Chiyindiko,

had this to say, “The event

was a success and beyond

mainly because of the way

we took into careful con-

sideration what students

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sically involved in a drug deal. She turns

the tables on her in-

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into a ruthless warrior who

is evolved by human com-

prehension. I feel that there

has been so much hype cre-

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when one actually

takes the time to sit down and

watch it, you can’t help

but feel disappointed. It’s quite

a complicated movie, with a

simple story line, that has been

done before. Taking some

time out, and going to see the

movie wouldn't be a total waste

of your time, but I must admit,

Lucy could have done better.

tography portion of the competition. This was announced on Saturday the 18th on Facebook. White-head represented West College, includ-ing residences such as Vishuis, Outeni-qua and Imperium.

prefer as their form of

entertainment, the music

they want, performances

they like and the artists

they want to pay for. This

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where we sold out every

ticket for the Extravagan-

za, so overall I am con-

tent.”

In case you missed

the plays, Curl Up and

Dye as well as Morde-

naar from the Drama

and Arts department

– fear not. Their lat-

est production as the

year draws to an end

includes Hamlet. The

Afrikaans rendition of

the Shakespear trag-

edy will be on show

from 21 – 25 October.

Don’t miss out – tickets

are available at Com-

puticket.

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Main gate to the Qwaqwa Campus. Picture: Sourced

70 Years EditionVolume 70 | Issue 8

IRAWA, The Official Student Newspaper of the UFS

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INSIDE

Unexpected suicides Pg. 2

The New SpringbokPg. 8

Scaena EntertainsPg. 4-5

Free | GratisMahala

Sinethemba Shezi, Univer-sity of the Free State (UFS) student, was found dead on the bank of Elands River, the morning of Thursday16 October.

According to a statement issued by the university, Shezi was accosted on Fri-day 10 October 2014 at ap-proximately 20:30 whilst walking to campus with a friend. A search party con-sisting of the South Afri-can Police Service (SAPS), UFS Protection Services and the SRC worked around the clock to find the miss-ing student. The news sent

shock waves around cam-pus. According to Qwaqwa UFS SRC President Thula-sizwe Sithole, students felt that the case was not getting necessary attention from the police hence, they opted to protest in front of the cam-pus’ main gate. They also wanted the university’s management to stop classes and assessments and allow students to start their own search party.

The illegal and unprotected strike by the students re-sulted in a clash between students and police. Tear-gas and rubber bullets were shot at the students and 16 students including two SRC members were arrested.

Furthermore, on Wednesday

15 October 2014, students held protest action against the police. They marched to the Phuthaditjhaba police station to air their concerns. Amongst their grievances, students marched against what they feel as unfair treatment towards students from outside the town as well as better security for off-campus students com-muting to and from campus on a daily basis. “The other thing [sic] that we are also battling as students is, the issue of tribalism within the Phuthaditjhaba police sta-tion,” said Sithole.

Students who are not Seso-tho speaking are often faced with the problem of being expected to speak to the officers in Sesotho and not

in English. Students took to social networks to voice their complaints.

Thobe Khanyile said, “What hurts us the most is that they are not looking for Shezi but shooting at us. Crimes that usually affects us are never taken seriously. They never bother to help at all but they are always quick to shoot us for voicing out. #bringback-ourstudent dead or alive we want him back,”

Eunice Nyambi said, “The police are not assisting with anything they are busy shooting with teargas and bullets at the students more than 10 students were ar-rested today! They are not taking this matter as a seri-ous case”

Vuyisile Kubeka @IRAWA_Post

Kidnapping causes an uproar


270 Years EditionNews

Gabrielle Berry B.Ed student who recently commited suicide. Picture: Facebook

More than twenty students from the University of the Free State were chosen to be part of the Enke Bloem-fontein Ignition program. Enke Bloemfontein is a Non-Governmental Organi-sation that aims to connect young leaders across so-cio-economic borders. By equipping young leaders with skills required to make significant differences in their communities. The selected 21 students have engaged in a training retreat at The King’s Haven 9 km outside Bloemfontein. They returned with ideas and support to run new projects over the course of eight weeks. According to Vhazeerrah Sanassiee, a second year B.Ed student, “Enke provides an opportu-nity in which young leaders

from all walks of life can share experiences, ideas and give support to each other in order to make a difference in our societies”. The projects are developed by each individual and ad-dress various social issues including health care, hu-man rights, job opportuni-ties, entrepreneurship and education. Action Setaka tweeted, “Enke Igniters are amazing thinkers who can contribute immensely in shaping our country for the better! #in-spired” The training incorporates areas of presentation and facilitation which will be utilised at the forum. The trailblazer forums focus on high school students who want to make a difference in their communities. The forum will take place at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein campus on 6 December.

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Change through Enke

Second-year Zoology stu-dent, Gabrielle Berry hung herself in a public park in Universitas Rif. Nine days later, 19 year old Morné van der Westhuizen, a second- year B.Ed student, jumped to his death from the 7th floor to the entrance hall of Medi-Clinic in Bloemfon-tein. This is after his girl-friend, Chrisna Botha was declared brain-dead. Gabrielle Berry’s cousin said, “We were dumb-founded and shocked. We are now left feeling empty and with a lot of questions.” Friends of Chrisna Botha, who saw Van der Westhui-zen at the hospital, say that he was very distraught due to the critical condition of his girlfriend. Medi-Clinic Spokesperson, Amanda Appelgryn, says the family, friends, eye witnesses and hospital staff are now re-

Ilse Bookless@Ilse0002z

ceiving counselling to deal with the traumatic incident. Clinical psy-chologist, Lerato Makhele from the Kovsie Health and Wellness Centre said, “Suicides in

September are directly re-

lated to reflection. Students

at this time of year, reflect on the past year’s work. Some students who have not achieved their desired goals, set at the begin-

ning of the year, are prone

to depression and therefore, suicidal thoughts.” The Health and Wellness Centre offers Cognitive Pro-cess Therapy for emotional problems, free of charge for registered Kovsie students. “We offer a solution based service to students, to try and solve their day to day struggles,” said Makhele.

Suicides reports are the most debated topic in psy-chiatry. In an article written for Slate, by Brian Palmer, most people go into a state of “semi-hibernation” dur-ing the winter months. As a result of shorter days, people work less and inter-act with fewer people. This means less exposure to con-flict and frustration. In con-trast, spring brings with it longer days and an overall more active lifestyle. Spring suicides, due to seasonal changes are common under farm workers who experi-ence an increase in nature related activity first hand.

Kovsies mourn unexpected deaths

Students brainstorming ideas at the training for Enke. Photo: Supplied

‘Some students who have not achieved their desired goals, set at the beginning

of the year, are prone to depression.’


Disciplinary procedures of the university, con-cerning the alleged mis-conduct of students, have stirred up controversy. Cobus Muller and Charl Blom were charged with assault and Muller was also charged with reckless driving, crimen injuria, and attempted murder on 17 February 2014. Both the students were expelled after allegedly striking Muzi Gwebu with a bak-kie, but were later acquit-ted on 9 September 2014.

The South African Hu-man Rights Commission were “unable to find any corroborating evidence to make a conclusive finding of racism and violation of human rights” in the hear-ings. Both students missed almost a year’s studies and refused to further their studies at the UFS. Prof. Jansen categorically stated to IRAWA Post: “The stu-dents were suspended, not

Radical reactions from UFS management

Prof. Jonathan Jansen at a press coference Photo:: Sourced

expelled. On grounds of the evidence available to management at the time, and concerns for student and campus safety, they were suspended pending the outcome of a court hearing.” This statement contradicts an article Jan-sen wrote for The Journal-ist, in which the opening statement reads, “The Uni-versity of the Free State re-cently lifted the expulsion of two white students ac-cused of using a bakkie to run over a black student.”

Helgard Muller, the father of Cobus Muller, was quot-ed saying that his son’s name had been slandered publicly by Prof. Jansen and asked for a personal apology. Prof. Jansen again refuted the claim, saying “No student was slandered in public and the university will not apolo-gise for the suspension; on grounds of the evidence available at the time, the students had a case to an-swer.” The UFS code of conduct on student disci-

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pline under Reporting, in-vestigating and summary dealing with misconduct states:

“The Disciplinary Officer may for a period prohibit a student against whom a complaint is being investi-gated to enter any premis-es of the University or any part thereof, or to exercise any right or privilege that a registered student may have: Provided that such prohibition may come into effect only after the stu-dent has had the oppor-tunity to advance reasons why the prohibition should not come into effect, and the reasons have been considered and are not ac-cepted.” This procedure was not followed accord-ing to Muller’s statement indicating that Prof. Jan-sen would not hear what he had to say and that Jansen told security to lock them up. Paul Colditz, former council member, resigned in September. Accord-ing to two publications, this was due partly to how

Senate reshuffles school term

the Muller-Blom-incident was handled after their al-leged misconduct and the dismissal of former vice-rector Driekie Hay-Swem-mer. In a response to these reports, the university stat-ed: “Sadly, those reports

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370 Years EditionNews

The University of the Free State hosted a public introduction for the post of Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academics and Research. The session was facilitated by Prof. Jonathan Jansen at the Albert Wessels auditori-um, Bloemfontein Campus.The position was ini-tially available to three candidates, but only two presented. Prof. Gabriel Kabanda, who is currently Pro Vice Chancellor for

Who is filling the boots?

are inaccurate, one-sided, exaggerated and based not on facts, but on rumour, gossip and unusually per-sonal attacks on members of the university manage-ment.”

Corporate Planning and Business Development at the Open University in Zimbabwe, highlighted that the university ought to gear itself towards being a world class institution through academic achievements and research. The continuous defining of leadership, and promotion of teamwork gets the university where it should be. The acting Vice Rector for the post, Dr. Liz Lange put emphasis on the fact that the curriculum, tutoring and language are the three

most important relations to both teaching and learning. “Academic engagement should be an active process in the academic project of the university.” An open panel raised ques-tions regarding how Dr. Lange is addressing the limiting time schedule of the library and computer labs on a daily basis. Dr. Lange said “there are some abnormalities in the univer-sity. Which, I will talk to the relevant authorities”.The council will anounce their decision in November

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The Senate of the univer-sity together with manage-ment made the decision to cancel September holidays this year.Students like Tshepiso Nhlapo, a second-year B.A Communication Sciences student asks the question “Why did management de-cide to cancel September holidays this year and how did they come to the con-clusion if other universities continued with their break

and academic calander, un-altered.”The majority of classes in the week of September 29 and October 6 were can-celled. In what way has it benefited the students? Asks the majority of students. Nhlapo said, “I knew about the Septem-ber holidays be-ing cancelled through my ALC (Academic Language Course) facilitator last year. I cannot recall seeing any media communication from the university concerning this matter.”

IRAWA Post spoke to Di-rector an Communication Lacea Loader, she said, “The decision to cancel the September holidays is for

the betterment of the stu-dents. This will give the lec-turer and student more time in class.”The decision was taken fol-lowing a number of requests received for the time to be

adjusted. This was in re-sponse to Prof. Jonathan Jansen’s Monday Bulletin early last year, regarding in-sufficient class time.

Senior leadership consulted with the Senate and ap-proved of the deci-sion. It was decided to extend academ-ic teaching time

in each semester as from 2014.”Previous SRC President, Phiwe Mathe, who was in office during the agreement of deciding to increase class time throughout September

and October, refused to an-swer after several attempts. Thandiwe Nku, a second-year BA Language Practice student said, “It is depress-ing that we don’t have a break before exams and that the holidays are cancelled. This makes it even harder to prepare for exams.”Loader further explained that academic teaching and research time have prefer-ence over all other consid-erations at the university of the Free State.The Senate has however, confirmed that there will be a short break from 5 Octo-

‘The decision to cancel the September is for the better-

ment of the students.’


7Opinion 70 Years Edition

Editorial Staff

Editor-in-Chief - Palesa Morei

Deputy Editor -Vuyisile Kubeka

News Editor - Claude van der Berg

Deputy News Editor - Zanri Koztzé

Sport Editor - Iavan PijoosSub Editor - Ilse Bookless

Layout and Centrespread - Tango Goode

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Student Life and Leadership

Office 47, SRC Building Bloemfontein Campus

IRAWA Post subscribes to the South African Press Code. If we do not live up to the code, contact the Press Ombudsman on 011 484 3612 or [email protected] part of this publication may be reproduced in any way or form without the written permission from the publisher.

In with the new.

In my first editorial piece I thought to myself what could I possibly write about? Then it came to me. With October being Press Freedom month I want to clear the gob smacking, ut-ter rubbish I hear on cam-pus about our publication, that it sensitises stories that

stream into the newsroom. In my three years of work-ing with the paper I have come to see how the paper, under different editorial, steers off in the direction the editor wants the paper to take. According to me that is not sensitising. It is just deciding whether the paper is going to focus on an investigative type of journalism, or if it is go-ing to take on a softer ap-proach. Well, for the next coming editions, I can assure that things are going to be dif-ferent. It is up to the students to believe in the motto of our newspaper ‘A voice of the students’

With that said, Happy Birthday IRAWA Post Cel-ebrating 70 years.

Palesa MoreiEditor-in-Chief @ palee_m

R.C. What is happening to the ‘S’By Mosa Leteane President of the Student Representative Council

Dearth by reading By Khanya Mali

I was mortified that a uni-versity gives us graded readers in order to en-

courage students to read. The technological age is a vice that continues to fur-ther batter our fragile cog-nisance. In simple, we are passive at becoming couch potatoes. Needless to say. Our writing skills, reflects this cancer, in a way that we remain mentally primitive. I am in no way demeaning technology, but reading is imperative in an era where everything is just a click of a button away. We live in contrast to being well rounded minutia gadgets.

Then we have that despic-able flickering box thing,

called television. It is an amusement park that depicts a twisted view of its own agendas. Take J.K Rowl-ing’s Harry Potter novels as example. I dreaded the day she sold her rights to a director who completely destroyed what was sup-posed to be the creation of the perfect scenes. Take, for example, the scene where professor Snape dies in a shrieking shack in the nov-el. In the movie he dies in a crystal house. Could not the director have more creative than that?

Do you mean to tell me that the director was afraid to create the perfect scene from reading the book?

It is amazing how we mar-vel at the depth of the ‘geni-uses’ of this world and not simultaneously take time to think of that factors that discipline them to being who they are. Speakers that have content and writers that are skilful did not study rocket science. They sim-ply spent time in the library equipping themselves with content in all sorts of ways.

Reading ought to be a part of our everyday culture. The books from our field of study are not enough to ful-ly equip us as avid readers.

Gaudeamus Igitur

Vuyisile KubekaDeputy Editor @ Vee_waar

For some of you, this might be the last time you browse through an edition of the IRAWA. This might be the last set of exams that you are going to write to get that degree. Or prob-ably the last set of exams that you are going to write for the rest of your life. It might be the best time to reminisce with friends

and classmates, about the things that you got up to on campus. Let’s reminisce about our first year experi-ence, of what an epic fail or success it was. For some of us having to doing our first academic year in phases. Phase two being complet-ed in your second or third year, meaning a more ma-ture and experienced look at the modules you take. Whichever side of the ba-ton you find yourself on, I wish you the best of luck.To those who will still be at Kovsies next year, I appeal to you to write to the paper with anything that you feel needs our attention. The paper cannot improve or reach its potential if we do not get any feedback from you. Facebook posts are just that; statuses on a so-cial media platform. Look-ing forward to serving you in the upcoming term with the new team.

The last four years has seen a gradual increase in student

votes during elections, making the recent num-ber of voters in the pre-vious elections just over 5000 participants. This has the ability to inspire and motivate anyone who is privileged enough to be voted into council. Sadly, these powerful voices have confined themselves to just that…voting. This can have serious implica-tions including an unin-formed council mandate, abuse of power, lack of transparency and a sense of little to no accountabil-ity. When students don’t own their SRC, they re-linquish their real power and their Master status. You need to start owning your right. Voting might be the first but not the only step towards owning

your right. This term, the SRC is placing more focus on student inclusivity and engagements. Asking for input (mandate) in the form of our student input engage-ment, placing more focus on empowering and working with Faculty Councils and Associations, strengthening and refining our student par-liament and security meas-ures and lastly, re-defining our social cohesion projects in the form of our Intervar-sity Indaba and the vibran-cy/difference in our cultural projects. Your participation also goes a long way towards your personal and academic de-velopment. The role of Uni-versities is not just to impart academic knowledge but to ensure that it also produces critical and conscious think-ers, graduates who demon-strate holistic development and strength as well as stu-

dents who can reason beyond the textbook. Hence the importance of getting involved in whatever way you can. The ‘R’ (Representative) aspect may well have been brought back, but it means very little if it is not utilised and upheld by the ‘S’ (Students). The SRC will however continue to reach out in whatever way we can- through consistent and innovative ways of com-munication and medi-ums. In our efforts and attempts of reaching out, we hope we can rely on your commitment to our campus and the student community. If not that, then at least on your commitment towards developing yourself out-side of the lecture halls. Own your SRC. Own your right.


70 Years Edition 8Sport

Iavan Pijoos@Iavan13

Flanker Teboho Mohoje, better known as “Oupa,” got his big break during the 2013/2014 Super Rug-by season. He got further recognition with a call up for the test against Scot-land in June 2014, which the Boks won 55-6. As the first black captain of the Shimlas, Mohoje lead them to within a whisker of the 2013 Varsity Cup Semi Finals. Mohoje was also named ‘Free State Club Player of the year’ last year. Despite the allegations surrounding Oupa’s selec-tion being based on his race, the Boks were victo-

rious as they defeated the Wallabies 28-10 at New-lands in Cape Town. After two consecutive losses against the Walla-bies and the All Blacks, the win in Cape Town gave the Boks hope as they are preparing for the World Cup in England next year.Oupa started playing rug-by in Grade 3, in 1999 at Fauna Primary School in Bloemfontein. After quit-ting the sport for some time, Mohoje eventually started playing again in High School. Mohoje said, “It was still not a serious thing but it all changed in my first season since we had a solid team at HTS Louis Botha (Hatties) that focused on developing young black players”.

Oupa Mohoje at Newlands Cape Town. Picture: Sourced

From Hatties to Newlands

“What are we?? Cham-pions!” That is what the Kovsie ladies proved on Monday, 21 October as they handed hosts to University of Pretoria Tuks their only defeat of the season to retain their Varsity Netball crown. Karla Mostert, Captain of Kovsies said, “To win

Kovsies a bunch of winners

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was our goal from the start and we trained hard and it surely paid off.” After beating North West University’s Pukke 51 – 45 respectively in the semi-final, the build-up towards the final was always going to be an exciting one. She-herezide Duimpies, Centre for Kovsies believes that, “Whether you were sitting on the bench or playing, the team stood together

as one. Without God we wouldn’t have made it.”Kovsies dominated ball possesion in the opening exchanges, leaving Tuks to fight for a point.The first and second quarter was quite a tight affair as both teams went head to head, not giving their opponent a slight chance to take the lead. Kovsies made the most of their early oppor-tunities, dominating the

first half with a 22 - 16 lead.Tuks took their power play early as the third quarter ended with Kovsies going into the fourth and final quarter with a hard fought 8 point lead 39-31. Despite a strong come-back effort from their ri-vals Tuks, Kovsies ended the game as victors, with a final score of 49-42. Lau-ren-Lee Christians, Centre

for Kovsies, walked away with the FNB Player of the match, and Karla Mostert earning the over-all player of the tourna-ment award.Shaunese van der Merwe, a third-year B.Ed student said, “I am a proud Ko-vsie supporter and it was quite a special feeling to see Kovsies crowned as champions second time around.”

Kovsie netball team wins Varsity Netball at the University of Pretoria. Photo:Sourced


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