Upstart 1 June 2010

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Upstart 1 June 2010

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The paper for youth by youth
Tuesday 1 JUNE 2010 Vol. 3 No.3
Feel it…Upstart members get into the spirit of the World Cup. They dressed up in their soccer gear and gathered at the Indoor Sports Centre
in Extension 6 to learn the Diski Dance from dance instructor Wendy Stamper. Read about their experience on page 18.
Upstart meets Albie Sachs
Making moves with Mlu Zondi
Soccer Book Reviews
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10 days to go ..
Inside this edition:
NEWS
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UPSTART JUNE 2010
WELCOME
Welcome to a bumper issue of Upstart. From
our humble beginnings of a 12 page newspaper, due to growing demand from our members, we have now grown to a whopping 20
pager.
The highlight of this term was the launch
of the Upstart radio show on Rhodes Music
Radio. The half hour radio show was produced entirely by Upstart members under
the guidance of fourth year radio journalism students, Tshego Letsoalo and Ross
Alford. Meeting three times a week, Upstart
members conceptualised the ideas for the
shows, conducted interviews at schools and
in the community and recorded the shows
in the Rhodes Journalism department studios. Three pilot shows were produced the
first one focussing on substance abuse, the
second on teenage relationships and the
last one on the 2010 Soccer World Cup. The
shows were broadcast on Saturday mornings on the RMR Y.U.N.G Amplified show to
the huge excitement of Upstart members.
Upstart clubs listened to the shows in their
weekly meetings and provided critical feedback to the radio team. Some of their views
can be read on page 7. The three pilot shows
can be listened to on the Grocott ’s Mail website on www.grocotts.co.za
The sessions with second year Chinese students ended this term. Upstart club members knowledge of China and Chinese culture
has grown and they share this knowledge
with us on pages 4 and 5.
One of the aims of Upstart is to broaden
our member’s knowledge of the world and
inform them about events taking place in
other parts of the world. A Rhodes student
volunteer ran a workshop on the volcano in
Iceland and the impact it had on the rest of
the world. Read their story on volcanoes on
page 9.
Upstart readers have been following the
story written by Mfundo Jacobs with keen
interest and this edition carries two more
chapters on pages 12 and 13. Our members
have also been contributing to the story by
drawing pictures based on the chapters they
have read so far.
In ongoing surveys with our readers, it appears that one of the highlights of Upstart
is the poetry produced by our members. We
have bowed to the pressure from our readers and members and include an extra page
of poetry in this edition. We hope that this
will satisfy our reader’s thirst for poetry. Our
weekly poetry group continues to meet with
local poet Harry Owen and will be performing their work at the National Arts Festival.
See details of their performances on page 6.
Like the rest of the country, Upstart members have also been infected with World Cup
fever. We had loads of fun learning the Diski
Dance with an experienced dancer from the
Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts and
Culture and this fun was heightened by the
filming of our members by a Serbian film
crew who were in Grahamstown to cover
pre-World Cup events. The film crew were so
impressed by our members writing skills that
they were also asked to perform their poetry
on camera much to the delight of our members who now believe that they are “international stars”. We were also able to purchase
some books on the World Cup and some of
them are reviewed on page 19.
The Upstart team has grown with the appointment of new intern Glenda Hetula
and part-time project assistant Cathy Gush.
Glenda, a Rhodes University graduate comes
from Bathurst and is passionate about working with young people. After completing her
undergraduate degree she completed a postgraduate diploma in Media Management.
Cathy Gush was previously the Director of
the Centre for Social Development at Rhodes
University. She resigned recently in order to
pursue her passion for writing as well as to
work with young people in developing a culture of reading and writing. We are delighted
to have her working with us on a part-time
basis and are certain that her skills and
knowledge will contribute enormously to
the project.
Please continue sending us your comments
and suggestions, we look forward to reading
them and acting on them.
Shireen Badat
Upstart Project Manager
My name is Yanga Nohaji,
I am fourteen years old and I am in Grade 9 at Archie
Mbolekwa Higher Primary School. My hobbies include
watching television, playing soccer with my friends and
I also like being outdoors.
[email protected]
P.O. Box 103
Grahamstown
6140
I joined Upstart last year when I was doing Grade 8.
When I first joined Upstart I didn’t know anything about
Upstart but now I do know a lot about it and I am enjoying being a member.
When I grow up I want to be a doctor and have my own
business. I hope to complete my studies and realise my
dreams.
Vol. 3 No. 3
My name is Asemahle Diniso,
Published by the David Rabkin
Project for Experiential Journalism
Training (Pty) Ltd, 40 High Street,
Grahamstown, 6139.
Printed by Paarlcoldset
I am 14 years old and I attend school at CM Vellem Primary
School. I joined Upstart this year. My hobbies are playing
hop scotch with my friends and reading my books all the
time. I dislike people who judge others and take them for
granted. I like people who take care of others and don’t
think of themselves only.
Telephone: 046 6226277
Fax: 046 6227282
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.grocotts.co.za
Project Manager:
Shireen Badat
Project Co-ordinator:
Nompumezo Makinana
Intern
Glenda Hetula
Proofreading
Cathy Gush
Design:
Shalen Gajadhar
Layout:
Ronél Bowles
My favourite television programmes are sitcoms and
comedies. My goals for the future are to go to high school
and study in all areas that will teach me how to be a doctor. After that I will go to university and study further.
Asemahle Diniso • Grade 9
CM Vellem Primary School
By Yanga Nohaji • Grade 9
Archie Mbolekwa Higher Primary School
LETTERS
UPSTART JUNE 2010
Dear Upstart
I write this letter because I’m worried about the learners who smoke,
use drugs and drink alcohol. Guys,
where is education there? We must
feel proud about education because
through education we can get jobs
that we deserve. So how can you feel
proud about your education when
you have a black Monday at school,
disrespect teachers and parents because of drugs? Please guys let’s stop
it and focus on our education so that
we can achieve our goals and make
our dreams come true. Guys take
care of yourself and I love you all.
From Anele Gobizembe • Grade 9
Dear Upstart
I write this letter because I want every
school learner to get a lot of experience because there is lot that can be
learned. If you don’t know anything
about animals I promise you will know
if you join the Upstart programme.
You will also know what is wrong, they
teach us that drugs and alcohol are
things we must avoid because they
damage our brains. We are still young
for those things.
We must think about tomorrow and
not damage our future. We must treat
others the same way with love, care
and show respect even if it is to people the same age as us. We must share
because we are all brothers and sisters
even if we don’t come from the same
mother, we are all family.
From Sinazo Jacob • Grade 9
Dear Upstart
Dear Upstart
Aah 2010 has arrived, the year I’ve
been waiting for and talking about for
so long. I’ve heard people talking about
soccer left, right and centre. Oh yeah,
feel it, it is here the 2010 FIFA World
Cup. I’m so glad that 2010 has arrived
and everything is so beautiful. Feel it,
the game has just begun, it is around
the corner and everything is happening
so quickly.
I’m a South African so I support my
country and it is going to win because
it almost won the Confederations Cup.
The big year has arrived so let’s celebrate the 2010 FIFA World Cup. What
are you waiting for? Do something for
2010 FIFA World Cup. What a lovely year like this. Feel it, it is here. The
game has just begun. Viva 2010!
From Sisanda Mase • Grade 8
Dear Upstart
First of all I want to say thank you
for everything you have done for
me. Ever since I joined Upstart things
have changed for me, Upstart opened
my eyes to my future and even lit the
bulb for my studies. I learn everything
now that I did not know before. That
is my thanks to you guys.
From Onela Mqakamba • Grade 8
SHOUT OUTS
Hi I’d like to hala at the MP girls Odz, Silu,
Cee, Udz, Nelly, Vuyo and our stooges.
From Emihle Dlephu • Grade 9
Victoria Girls’ High School
I would like to say I love you all, especially my mother and my sister and
the teacher that has been supportive
to me. And I like to say hi to my classmates and to my friends: Grace, Siya,
Luvuyo,Thembekile and to everybody
who knows me.
From Simphiwe Mbonda • Grade 9
I’d like to send a shout out to these following peeps: Sbosh, Lezi, Dinta, Anathi,
Xaxa, Suz, Riri,Ace, Sive, Space, PJ, Zish,
Chume, Lufta,Cya and my classmates. I
love you so very much guys.
From Nosizwe Qhude • Grade 10
Nathaniel Nyaluza High School
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I’d like to send a shout out to all my V.G.
Friends: Viwe Qupe, Emihle Dlephu,
Sinalo Ngcaba, Nyasha Mapara, Unathi
Dlephu and Sinovuyo Hala. I wish you
guys great exams and enjoy the World
Cup.
From : Olwethu Tom • Grade9
I would like to send a shout out to my
Mom, my Dad, Nelly, Sihle, Asive, Teli,
Soso, sisi Vovo, Lezi and all the Grade
ten A’s from Nyaluza. The exams are
knocking guys please focus and pull
up your socks especially if you did not
do well in first term, and please keep
safe guys its winter now don’t forget to
switch off heaters before you go to bed.
From Vuyiseka Kahla • Grade10
I would like to send a shout out to
Nomnikelo, my sister, my brothers,my
philosophy
type of word: noun
I’m writing this letter to show a positive
self-image and I would like to encourage teen girls to have high self-esteem.
I am 14 years old now. Over the past 13
years I have experienced a lot of things,
good and bad. I have seen the Lord becoming many things in my life. In life
there are good and bad times, but then
again we all have to stand the things
happening to us.
I can be positive about myself, I can
also be negative. But my secret of being positive is that every time I wake up
in my bed I make sure that I smile. If I
do that, my whole day will be positive.
Sometimes it might be hard to have a
high self-esteem, even worse when you
know you’re not doing well at school.
I always tell myself that I’m a winner
and I’ll never become a loser. There
are so many girls out there who have
bright colours at school, but their future is damaged by teenage pregnancy
mostly. But we must try to make sure
that there’s nothing that can get in our
way, we will win. Girls, I would like to
share this with you: tell yourself that
you can, even if you have a bad feeling about what you want to do in life. I
would like to say thank you to Upstart,
you have been very helpful in different
ways. We are all here and are one big
family. I love you all, thank you.
From Aviwe Menze • Grade 9
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SHOUT OUTS
I’d like to send my love to my family,
Anele, Bonganie, Vuyo, Thembanator,
Zet, Bafana, My nephews and everybody who knows me. Thanks.
Yanga Nohaji • Grade 9
[email protected]
P.O. Box 103
Grahamstown
6140
Dear Upstart
I want to say thank you for everything
you did for us. We are now learning
about the Chinese language and so
on. I want say thank you because you
have made me feel like a journalist. I
like Upstart and will never lose it because it has been great to me. I love
you.
From Ayabonga Qakamfana • Grade 8
Mary Waters High School
Dear Upstart
I would like to convince the youth to
take good care of themselves. In whatever a person is going through always
try to share the problem you have with
someone you trust and with someone who can advise you. We all have
problems and suicide is not the answer. I’m not writing this message because I want to be famous but I write
it because I care so much about us the
youth.
friends:Oza,Thash, Ane, Vuyelwa, Aya
and everybody who knows me.
From Wandisa Songongo • Grade 9
C.M.Vellem Primary School
I just wana hala at my friends: Zinzi
Feni,Siya Williams, Onke Ngcuka and
Kungeka Mzuku.
From Yolanda Sankobe • Grade 9
I would like to send my love to my parents, friends and teachers. Yanga, Ace,
Themba and all the people who know
me.
From Khanyisa Nombombo • Grade 9
I just want to say hi to my friends:
Phacks, Asanda, Asithandile, Mpumi,
Asemahle, Anam and my cousins Thulie
and Mihle. I love you all.
We are the stars of tomorrow, we are
the ones to rule the world. Let’s not
rush life, let’s stay focused on getting
so much education to fulfil our dreams.
Always think positive not negative
because negative thoughts are the
thoughts that bring life down. Peace!
From Asive Mdingi • Grade 10
Nombulelo High School
Hey, I want to say hi to the Silly Girls:
Themza, Asie, Wandie, my cousin
Akhona and all those who know me.
Love you all.
From Siphosihle Mnyamana • Grade 9
I’d like to send a shout out to my family
and the Grade 9 class at CM Vellem, especially Thembakazi zono and Siphokazi
Speckman. Girls you rock my world.
From Zikhona Ngcete • Grade 9
Ayoba! I’d like to send my shout out to
my Grade 8 class teachers and learners.
To Zenande, Khanyisa, Anda, Chuma B,
Ziyanda, Siyasanga, Thembakazi and
Yoneliswa
From Sibusisiwe Beja • Grade 8
Ntaba Maria Primary School
From Nandipha Malumla • Grade 9
is any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a
situation
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CHINA
What I learnt about China
China is the fourth biggest country in
the world, the population in China is
about 1.3 billion people and China is
believed to be the oldest counrty in the
world. China has over 200 different languages and their writing is about 5000
years old, with 20 000 or more characters. Mao Zedong (Tse-tung) was in
power of China when the country became independent and is
somehow believed to be
The Father of China. The
current president of China
is Hu Jintao.
delicate silk with the most beautiful designs. I believe that silk was also first woven there.
One of the most famous things in China
is the Great Wall which was built for the
purpose of protecting those who were
buried within it from invaders. Chinese
people are famous for Kung Fu. Kung Fu
came from the monks who mastered
it for protecting themselves, then it became
a popular sport. Even in
South Africa it has become so popular that
young and old people
Ice cream, paper and
football are just some of
practice it. The religion
followed by the Chinese
the things that were inpeople is Buddhism.
vented in China. Chinese
They believe in Buddha
people are highly intelligent and are hard workers
as their god and worship him the same as
(very good in technology
we all have our own reI believe). In China they
ligions. There is a very
have about 2340 media
stations. The way they
huge statue of Buddha
in Southwest China that
dress is very interesting.
President: Hu Jintao
tourists all over the world
They wear dresses called
go and visit. It is carved
Qi pao made from very
Confucius the philosopher
out of stone.
If you ever go to China don’t forget that when greeting a person just
say ‘’ni hao’’. The most famous tea
in China is Green tea which does not
even need the sugar or milk that we
use in our tea. Don’t miss out the
moon cake, the dumplings (Jiaozi) and
chow mein (tourists love eating that
in China).One other thing is the rice,
it is one of the most popular foods in
China that we now eat with almost every supper meal in our homes. They
use chopsticks to eat the food. In
China they make 45 billion disposable
chopsticks every year, but there are Buddha
the ones that have beautiful designs on from a very famous person who was
them that you can keep.
called Wen Jia Bao. He discovered the
Oh I almost forgot! The Chinese made art of character writing from the shell of
thousands and thousands of stone war- a tortoise. More people in China were
riors, each with a different face - they taught this writing and over time it has
were believed to wake up and protect been made easier to read. I guess China
the body of their master when invaders is really worth learning about.
came. This was found in an extremely
huge room by a peasant.
By Linda Mafele • Grade 9
The writing of characters in China came
Confucius and Education
Confucius (Kong Zi, is his Chinese name) was a Chinese philosopher
and teacher; his teachings have become known as Confucianism.
Children in Chinese schools learn all about his life and his thoughts
and what he learned through his journeys.
He lived according to the Golden Rule which says: “do not do to
others what you would not like to be done to you.” In church, they
teach us the same thing, that we have to treat others the way we
want to be treated. He believed in being honest, loyal, kind, gentle
and respectful.
Education was very important to Confucius. He believed that education was like a ladder, the more educated you get the higher you climb. This means that
even if you grew up in a poor family, if you get education you can become something big and help improve your family’s life. He also believed that people
do not stop learning, there is always something new
to learn. Confucius believed that if people do not educate themselves, there is no point in being human.
There are temples all over China dedicated to Confucius, such as
the temples in Qufu and Wen Miao.
By Siyabulela Ndokweni, Grade 8, Nombulelo High School
and Asanda Tapi, Grade 8, Benjamin Mahlasela High
School
By Ayabulela Qutywa • Grade 10; Ayabonga Qakamfana • Grade 8;
Luxolo Ntlali, • Grade 8 and Phumlani Fatyi • Grade 9
Confucius
Confucius as a child
San Zi Jing
Confucius was born on 28 September
551 BC and died 479 BC in Lu. His family was poor and so he had to work at
different places and gain different skills.
He used to work in a stable and take
care of animals and he also worked as
a bookkeeper or an accountant. He was
taught from an early age to respect his
The San Zi Jing is an old Chinese
book that was written in 1200 A.D.
Parents in China teach their children
the San Zi Jing even before they
teach them to read and write.
The book is written in verses that
teach children about Chinese culture and what Confucius believed
in. Confucius believed that people
have to be hard workers, they must
be respectful and they must be educated. It also teaches children to
grow up knowing what is right and
what is wrong.
For example in the San Zi Jing it
teaches how the parents should
treat their children, teaches how
children should treat each other and
how the government should treat
the people of the country.
The people of China write differently to us. They don’t use letters, they
use characters. They take
features of living things and create
their writing. For example, the character for tree is shaped like a tree
and the character for forest looks
like two trees together.
By Ntsapokazi Kondile, Grade 10;
Siseko Mize and Milani Ngeju • Grade
8
elders and to be polite.
Confucius educated himself. He mastered six arts: calligraphy, poetry, music, ritual, archery and history. When he
was older he worked as a government
official, he was a Minister of Justice.
By Siviwe Radu, Grade 10, Nolubabalo Ralo
• Grade 9
Ntsika High School
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CHINA
Upstart members from Mary Waters with the Chinese 2nd year students at their final meeting
Similarities between South African culture
and Chinese culture
The most popular sport in South Africa
is soccer while the most popular sport in
China is martial arts
•When a Chinese couple wants to get married, the man goes to the woman’s
family to pay dowry. In South Africa, we do the same but we call the money
ilobola
Chinese people pray to their ancestors, burning incense and many South
Africans pray to God while they believe
in their ancestors
•AsinSouthAfrica,aChinesecouplecanchoosetohaveatraditionalwedding,a
Westernweddingorboth.Thisdependsonwhatthecouplecanaffordandwhat
theyprefer
•ItisourtraditionaswellasChineseforeachandeveryfamilytocleanthehouse
properlyonNewYearsEvetosweepawayanyill-fortuneinthehopesofmaking
wayforgoodincomingluck
By Ntombizodwa Dondashe • Grade 8, Anele Belwana and Luxolo Hoyi • Grade 9
你好
你好吗 ?
Nihao
Nihao ma?
“Hello”
“Howareyou?”
我很好
谢谢
Wo henhao
Xie Xie
“Iamverywell”
Thankyou
Chinese people celebrate New Year’s
Day differently to us South Africans. On
New Year’s Day they all wear costumes
and red dresses to chase away evil
spirits
By Ntsikelelo Dlepu • Grade 8 • Ntsika
High School and Esihle Nikelo • Grade 9,
Differences between
South African culture and
Chinese culture
Chinesepeopleeatwithchopsticks
andSouthAfricansuseknives,forks
andspoons
InChinathereareover200languages
spokenandinSouthAfricathereare
11
Chinahasthelargestpopulationwhich
isoverabillionpeoplecomparedto
over48millionpeopleinSouthAfrica
Chinesepeopleusecalligraphyastheir
handwritingandweusethealphabet
inourwriting
Ourlanguagehas26lettersofthe
alphabetwhiletheChinesehave40
000charactersintheirlanguage
By Asemahle Kepe, Nomaphelo Mapapu,
Thandokuhle Qakamfana and Zintle Veto
• Grade 10
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RADIO
A big thank you
During the past two terms we worked with intelligent Rhodes University
students Ross Alford and Tshego Letsoalo. They showed and taught us
everything there is to know about radio. The experience we’ve gained
working with them will help us one day when we want to become radio
producers and presenters. They have played a huge role in our lives and
they have become our role models.
To Ross and Tshego, on behalf of the radio team, thank you so much for an
awesome experience. We hope that you give other opportunities to many
other youngsters. We’ve gained so much more than we expected. Thank
you for being good teachers and for making us feel like second year students. It was really an amazing journey. We are very sad that your term has
come to an end, because we are losing two people that we love. We will
never forget your unconditional love.
From Xolelwa Donyeli • Grade 9, Archie Mbolekwa Higher Primary School and
Sibusiso Klaas • Grade 10, Nombulelo High School
The Upstart Radio team with mentors Ross and Tshego
Marketing
We have done three shows and we are
proud of ourselves. The Upstart radio show was on the airwaves for three
weeks and everything went well. A few
weeks ago Harriet Knight a radio journalist, junior school teacher and our new
marketer, taught us a thing or two about
marketing and advertising.
When marketing it is important to know
your target market and know what your
customers want, for you to be able to
keep and satisfy them. When you are doing that, you are ensuring brand loyalty,
you ensure that they keep coming back
to you. In our case it is the listeners. It
is important to know what our listeners
want and provide them with the information that they are interested in. This will
in turn increase listenership.
The Upstart poetry group which will perform at Spiritfest. They are pictured here with their mentor, local
poet Harry Owen.
Upstart poets to perform at Spiritfest
The Upstart poetry group has been invited to perform at Spiritfest during the National Arts Festival in
June. The group has been meeting regularly with local
poet Harry Owen, working on writing and performing
original material. There will be three cultural evenings
where the group will perform: on Monday 21st June,
Thursday 24th June and Monday 28th June. These will
take place at the Christ Church Hall in Speke Street
starting at 6pm.
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Other performers include Andrew Tracey who will be
telling stories from Zimbabwe. The performers will
not be paid for taking part in these events; all proceeds will go to the Feeding Project for Nompumelelo
Pre-school in Joza.
Tickets will cost R40 and are available at the door.
counteract
Type of word: verb
Advertising is visual so when you think
of advertising you have to think about
something that will catch the public's
eye. What better way to to do that than
by using posters, the oldest form of
advertising.
She also taught us that within marketing and communication,the best way to
counteract negative things, is to have a
lot of positive things out there. Always
focus on the positive. She taught us that
false advertising is the worst thing you
can ever do, because it lets customers or
listeners down. Lastly, the biggest challenge of marketing is negative press and
the remedy is to focus on the positives.
Story by Gcobisa Mjele,• Grade 10
act in opposition to, refuse to go along with
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Upstart piloted three episodes of a new radio show
on RMR, 89.7 fm. The shows were produced and
presented by six Upstart members. We asked the rest
of the Upstart members toWe
give
us their opinions of
We asked you why you would
asked you why you would
like to join the Junior City Council... the show.
like to join the Junior City Council...
Xa sithelekisa ezinkqubo zikanomathotholo zimbini zokuqala, mna andiyithandanga le yesibini kuba ibikhuthaza
abantwana ukuba bathandane xa beneminyaka elishumi elinesine ubudala.
Mna ndizithande zombini ezinkqubo
kuba zombini ziyasilumkisa. Eyokuqala
ibisilumkisa ngobungozi bokusebenzisa
iziyobisi, eyesibini yona yasifundisa ngobungozi bokuthandana sisebancinci.
Agcobile Makafe • Grade 9
Khutliso Daniels High School
Athenkosi Mtana • Grade 8
The topics are educational but they
should break it up with more music and
jokes.
I like that the shows talked about everyday life like dating. But there should be
more breaks between serious discussions. The second show was better than
the first, the teenage dating topic was
more relevant.
Siyanda Marcus • Grade 9
Hoërskool P J Olivier
Cara Brisley • Grade 8
Hoërskool PJ Olivier
They need more music, more jokes and
we must be able to feel the presenters’
excitement.
They must put more vooma in their
voices and the poems they play must
not be long. They need more music and
jokes.
Bianca Green • Grade 8
Elaine Lieberum • Grade 8
The presenters sound so dull and they
need to play more music.
The first topic was boring because we
talk about drugs everyday in the classroom. I’d like to hear more jokes so that
people don’t have to be so dead. The
presenters must talk less and play more
music.
Jani van Rooyen • Grade 8
Ellen van den Berg • Grade 8
Mna xa kuthelekiswa ezinkqubo zikanomathotholo zimbini ndithande le
yesibini kuneyokuqala kuba leyokuqala
ibisenziwa ngabantu abadala. Yona le
yesibini yenziwe ngabantwana.
They need to have an events guide, tell
us what’s happening in Grahamstown.
Johan Redelinghuys • Grade 9
Mna ndithande leyesibini inkqubo xa
siyithelekisa nale yokuqala. Ndiyithanda
kuba ibisifundisa indlela emasiziphathe
ngayo; izinto ezilungileyo ukuba sizenze
nezinto ezingalunganga ukuba sizenze.
Ndithande le yesibini inkqubo kuba
ibisifundisa ukuba singathandani sisebancinci kuba xa umncinci akuzoyazi
ukuba umntu ukuthanda nyhani na
okanye uthi uyakuthanda kuba efuna
ukulala nawe qha.
Sandisiwe Marcus • Grade 8
Muhle Kilani • Grade 8
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Lelethu Ndwalaza • Grade 8
patriarchy
type of word: noun
a social system in which the father is the head of the family and men
have authority over women and children
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UPSTART JUNE 2010
Justice Albie Sachs launches Ruth
First Scholarship
Upstart members Sibusiso Klaas and Lutho Gqirhana meet and pose
for a picture with Justice Albie Sachs.
Upstart members Sibusiso Klaas and Lutho Gqirhana attended the Ruth First lecture presented
by Justice Albie Sachs at Rhodes University.
The hall was full with people who came to listen to Justice Sachs giving his talk about his friend.
The purpose of the talk was to talk about a woman called Ruth First and to launch the new Ruth
First Scholarship at Rhodes University.
Justice Sachs said that Ruth First was an amazing woman who inspired many of her friends and
the founders of the scholarship. She was born on 4 May 1925 in Johannesburg during the time of
apartheid and she loved politics. She was a journalist and was involved with the African National
Congress. She died in Mozambique on 17 August 1982 because she was sent a bomb in a letter
that exploded.
The Ruth First Scholarship was founded to support students who are studying full-time at Rhodes
University for a Masters or PhD degree. Justice Sachs said that the students applying for the
scholarship should be people who are not afraid to ask difficult questions because Ruth asked
difficult questions. He said that Ruth First loved books, writing and debating. She prepared and
wrote down speeches she had to make even if they were short.
Story by Lutho Gqirhana and Sibusiso Klaas • Grade 10
YOUTH IN ACTION
Upstart members from the different schools were invited to join the SHARC/YEAH
Camp at Assegai Trails. The three-day camp, organised by Rhodes University
Students HIV/Aids Resistance Campaign, was for training the Grahamstown youth
to be HIV/Aids Peer Educators at their schools and communities.
On the first night, we were divided into five groups in which we would work during the weekend. We spent the first night getting to know each other around
the camp fire and settling in. Our first workshop was on Sexually Transmitted
Infections (STI) and proper condom use. We learnt about the different STIs, how
you get them and how to prevent them. We learnt about the safety precautions
one has to take when using a condom. For a bit of fun all the groups had a condom race, which my group won.
We had a workshop which was mainly about negotiating for safer sex. We discussed the ABCD of sex where: A stands for Abstain; B stands for Be faithful; C
stands for Condomise and D stands for Do it for yourself.
For us to become good peer educators we were taught how to deal with issues
like a peer revealing their status to you. We learnt that we should be patient,
open-minded, loving, caring and be aware of things that affect our peers.
Although the workshop was serious and educational we also had an opportunity to swim and just chill with our new friends. On the fun side we had a poetry
workshop with the Bua poetry society from Rhodes University and we were entertained by the Amaphiko Township Dancers who put on a dance show for us. At
Wonderfully me
Phitlhello Sedibe
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The participants and mentors of the SHARC/YEAH camp.
the end of the three days before going home there was a prize-giving ceremony
where we all received certificates.
Story by Vuyokazi Twani • Grade 10
Being me is quite an experience, as I’ve travelled the
whole of South Africa and still live to tell about it. I am
a Sepedi speaking girl who was born in HF Verwoerd
Hospital in Pretoria. When I was still a baby, my family
(mom, dad and big brother) lived in Mamelodi. We later moved to Orkney in the North West Province to live
in a city called Klerksdorp. We stayed there for a while
before moving to Carletonville where my mom worked
as a Nursing Sister.
We again moved to Dwaalboom, a small village in the
Limpopo Province. My mom got a job in Ellisras where
I did my Grade 1 at Bosveld Primary School. We packed
up and moved back to Klerksdorp to do my Grade 2 at
Klerksdorp Primary School. We stayed there for three
years before we moved back to Mamelodi in Pretoria
for a few months and then to Centurion. My brother
went to boarding school in Silverton at Corner Stone
College.
ambiguous
type of word: adjective
Then mom and I went on another adventure of course,
to the North West. We moved to the neighbouring
town to Brits, Hartebeespoort Dam. We stayed at
Bubehezi Estate for about a year and then moved back
to Centurion.
That’s my life and where are we now and where we
have ended up: My Mom used to be a Nurse Services
Manager at a big company. She is now studying
Journalism at Rhodes University; she is also working
at Anglo American at Head Office. I finished my Grade
Seven at Fleur Primary School. Now the little city girl
which would be me has moved to Grahamstown which
is another story on its own. Who am I? I am Phitlhello
Sedibe, Nana the second.
By Phitlhello Sedibe • Grade 8
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Having more than one possible meaning
FEATURE
UPSTART JUNE 2010
Mlu Zondi, a dancer, will be visiting Grahamstown to perform at
the National Arts Festival. Mlu has
proved that through hard work anyone can achieve their dreams. He
worked as a petrol attendant for
three years after high school so he
could pay for his university studies.
Upstart members had a telephone
interview with Mlu to talk about his
career.
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Meet Mlu Zondi
Where were you born?
I was born in Claremont, Durban
Tell us a little bit more about your work
I am a dancer and in my dancing I tell
stories about issues of race and politics
What inspires you at work?
I am mostly inspired by my background,
life and living. I believe in being happy,
that is the greatest gift of all. Also travelling to different parts of the world inspires me
Where did you study and how long did
it take you?
I studied at the Durban University of
Technology, majoring in Drama and
Choreography. It took me three years to
dancer?
Working long hours. There’s also lots
of chances to get injured because you
are using your body every day. It is also
important that people learn something
else so that after dancing you will have
something to fall back on.
finish my studies
We’ve read that you spent some time in
Switzerland, how was that experience?
It was the most exciting experience of
my life, because I had never been outside of South Africa before. When I arrived there everything was different, the
language and the atmosphere was different. So it was basically an eye opening
experience which helped me to grow
up quickly, because all of a sudden I had
to produce work for this big international company which required me to
be independent, find myself and live the
big life. All in all, it was like the biggest
dream coming true.
How does it feel to win the 2010
Standard Bank Young Artist Award?
It is the best experience ever. As a dancer in South Africa that’s the best recognition you can get and it gives you that
push to continue.
To young people in general, what is
your advice?
My advice to young people is that they
must know what they want to do from a
very young age. I have noticed that most
successful people in life knew what they
wanted to do from a very young age.
Take myself for example. I started dancing when I was nine years old by the
time I was twelve I knew exactly what I
wanted to do and I did just that.
What is the best thing about being a
dancer?
Most dancers are born dancers, they
have that natural talent. So the best
thing about being a professional dancer
is that you get paid for doing something
that you like. The other thing is that no
matter where you go, people will be able
to understand what you are trying to say
in your work because you are using body
language.
Story by Sibusiso Klaas • Grade 10 and
Vuyokazi Chaso • Grade 9
What is the worst thing about being a
Mlu Zondi
VOLCANO ERUPTS IN ICELAND
In the news recently there has been a story about a volcano that erupted in Iceland.
This volcano started erupting in April and scientists believe that it could still continue for months. Iceland has the most volcanic activities because it is located between two plates. The volcano started as an earthquake and when it erupted it shot
up 11 kilometres into the air and pieces of ash, glass, rock and dust were left floating in the air. These pieces are very tiny that they cannot be seen with the naked
eye but they can cause serious damage to the engines of airplanes.
As a result airplanes in most parts of Europe were not allowed to fly. We saw in
the news that people slept in the airports because their flights were not allowed to
leave the airport. Passengers were advised to take trains and ships home because
it was too dangerous.
A volcano is an opening in the earth’s surface which lets hot magma, gases and ash
to come out from below. A volcano begins as magma, melted rock inside the earth.
Magma results from the extreme heat of the earth’s interior. Magma melts and
shoots massive lava, rock fragments, volcanic ash and volcanic bombs. Volcanoes
are very dangerous; they are the most powerful natural disasters. People could be
extinct because of volcanoes.
Story by Simphiwe Mbonda, Grade 9; Olwethu Fleck, Grade 8; Xolelwa Donyeli, Grade 9;
Aviwe Menze, Grade 9 and Simamkele Singatha, Grade 8
Imibuliso ephuma ebukhosini
NdinguAmos Seti-Sonjica, imbongi ebongela iNkosi Sizwe Msuthu ohlala kwiilali zaseNgqushwa.
Ndachongwa ngomhla we-04 January 2010 ukuba ndisebenze njengembongi yalamntu umhle iNkosi
Msuthu isikhahlelo sakhe esithi ‘A! Londisizwe.’
Ndihlala kwikhaya lembongi eQonce, ndifunda khona ndifundiswa nguRhulumente. Ndiziva ndonwabile
kakhulu kuba anqabile amathuba anje. Ndibulela uncedo endilufumene kowayesakuba nguMphathiswa
weze Nkcubeko uNoxolo Abrahams-Ntantiso ukuze ndibe kanti ndikulendawo ndikuyo namhlanje.
Izinto zona zikhona ezifane zindikhathaze. izinto ezifana nabantu baseQonce ababuza ukuba njani zikhona iimbongi eQonce kuyokulandwa imbongi yaseRhini? Ndiyazama ke ukuthetha nabo kuba ndifuna
ukuba sonke sibe kwisimo esihle.
Amos Seti-Sonjica
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Nam bendinomnye wamalungu eUpstart kwaye ndiyanibulela nani ngobukho benu. Nizamile ukundinika
ithuba lokubhala izibongo zam. Ndinithanda nonke, ndibulela. Isuka kuAmos Seti-Sonjica
extinct
no longer in existence, lost or expecially having died out leaving no
living representatives
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Here are some of the activities Upstart members have
been involved with this term.
READING
WRITING
UPSTART JUNE 2010
UT & ABOUT
A film crew from Serbia is doing a
documentary on life in South Africa
days before the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
This documentary focuses on the
youth. Some of the Upstart members
will feature in this documentary doing the Diski Dance and some reading their poetry. Pictured here are the
film crew with some of the Upstart
poets.
PAINTING
CHEERING
SINGING
STUDYING
DRAWING
PLAYING
LEARNING
CLEANING
Upstart members from Khutliso
Daniels High School and Archie
Mbolekwa Higher Primary School
attended the first ILAM Outreach
concert for this year. Here they are
pictured with Professor Andrew
Tracey.
MEETING
SHOPPING
LAUGHING
JUMPING
SLEEPING
COOKING
RUNNING
A new member of the Upstart
team, Cathy Gush, seen here
working with Upstart members
on their stories for this edition
of Upstart
TALKING
TEXTING
MEETING
CHILLING
JOKING
LISTENING
SHARING
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EATING
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type of word: noun
the art of beautiful, decorative handwriting
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UT & ABOUT
READING
WRITING
Kim Webber from Pam Golding
Properties donated the soccer ball
that Upstart members will raffle
amongst themselves to raise funds
for their outings later this year.
Accepting the donation were Upstart
intern Glenda Hetula with club members Sinethemba Baxana and Xolela
Makhasi. A big thank you to Pam
Golding!
PAINTING
CHEERING
SINGING
STUDYING
DRAWING
PLAYING
LEARNING
CLEANING
Upstart members Siseko Yoli, Lulama
Fatyela and Nkosinathi Mahote from
CM Vellem won a Bronze Medal at
the Eastern Cape Eisteddfod in the
Speech and Drama category for their
poetry performance.
MEETING
SHOPPING
LAUGHING
JUMPING
SLEEPING
COOKING
RUNNING
The Upstart radio team enjoyed
breakfast while listening to the first
Broadcast of the show on RMR.
Dulce’s Café hosted the team, pictured here with their mentors Ross
Alford and Tshego Letsoalo as well
as Upstart managers Loiuse Vale and
Shireen Badat of Rhodes University
and Mandy Hlengwa.
TALKING
TEXTING
MEETING
CHILLING
JOKING
LISTENING
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diligent
SHARING
EATING
showing care and effort, especially when it come to one’s work
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STORY
SITTING WITH ANDILE
Here are the third and fourth chapters of Mfundo Jacob’s story
Sitting with Andile. Mfundo wrote this story last year when he was
in Grade 10 at Benjamin Mahlasela High School. He is now in Grade
11 at Graeme College
WHERE I COME FROM
Chapter Three
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“No, it’s not like that, I am helping her with her studies” I said.
“When is she going to help you with her body?” Mandla asked.
“I am afraid her father might walk in on us” I tell him..
“Has he come home early this past week?” Sipho asked.
“No he has not” I said.
“Well what are you waiting for? All you need to do is lie to her. If you cannot do that
you do not belong in this group, brother” Mandla said.
“Nonsense, man. I am planning on proposing to her this fourth period” I say..
“Good luck, liar” Sipho said.
.
Time flew and all of a sudden it was the fourth period, time to propose to Amanda.
I know what my aim is, but I have not prepared myself for how I am going to do it.
“Amanda! Over here” I said with my heart pounding so hard as if it’s going to jump
out of my flesh.
“Amanda, I do not know how am I going to tell you this, but I have to let you know
how I feel about you,” I said as she smiled at me, making it even harder.
“I am listening” she said.
“Look, ever since I came to this school and met you, everyday and every period I
have liked you even more. Maybe you are taken, maybe you are not, but I want you
to myself and I am willing to do anything for you to be mine,” I told her as the ex-
That night all I could think about was what Mr. Jacobs told me. I was not sure if I
was going to be able to go through with this. I mean who am I to give a word of
wisdom to a guy I hardly know. What if he gets angry and wild? What if he sees the
opportunity to kill me just to get back to prison? If this guy can speak prison codes
he has no problem with going to prison because no one will harm him if he is able
to speak for himself.
What the hell? It does not matter what happens when we confront each
other. Like my ex friends used to say “When a road gets bloody, become
red yourself”.
I entered Mr Jacobs’ classroom, all of a sudden we made eye contact. I
decided to go and sit next to Amanda. What a beautiful human being she
is and the smell of her spray pulls me even closer to her. I do not know if I
should tell her or not, how I feel about her, but whenever I try to tell her it
just does not feel it is the right time. Well, what could possibly go wrong?
“Hi, Amanda” I said.
“Hello, Sive” she replied.
I had become used to being around her, so I did not think it would be so
hard talking to her. But the way she was looking at me, it was even harder
trying to focus on what I wanted to say to her.
“Look Amanda, the fourth period we have no teacher in that class. So I
was wondering if me and you could have a little chat” I said.
“Cool,” she responded with a friendly smile. Again me and Mr Jacobs
made eye contact, this time I could see something was wrong. So I told
Amanda a joke and we both laughed. Then I left her and went to go sit in
my group. As I sat down my whole group was looking at me.
“Why are you all looking at me?” I asked.
“Nothing” Mandla told me.
“Nothing, beside what?” I asked.
“You flirting with Mr Jacobs’ daughter” Mandla said.
“I am not flirting, I was telling her something and made a joke about it that Drawing by: Nkosinathi Mahote • Grade 9 CM Vellem Primary School
is all” I said.
“Have you had sex with her already” Sipho asked.
“No!” I said.
pression on her face changed like she had been shocked.
“What is taking you so long? Are you waiting for Christmas to come?” Sipho asked. “I like you too Sive, but you know that leader of that gang my father told you about.
He is my boyfriend, and you will have to kind of ask him if you may have
me” she said.
“Okay, now I understand. Let’s leave this conversation in the middle and
pick it up tomorrow. I will come around eight o’clock to get my good night
kiss,” I told her as she blushed over my words. Then I walked away from
her.
The day went by very quickly and Mr Jacobs was taking me to see this guy.
“What must I tell him?” I asked.
“Where it all started and where it ended. I am going to leave the two of
you alone to talk” he said. We arrived where this guy lives and Mr Jacobs
left me there. We introduced ourselves to each other.
“Look Andile, I was told to tell you about my past. I was born in a shack
house where later my mother died. I know nothing about my mother, the
kind of person she was or who made her pregnant. My whole life I have
been living at different places, moving from one place to another. Having
to adapt to every lifestyle. Sometimes I wonder what my mother looked
like. The worse thing is I do not even have a photograph of her. Some of
my relatives from my mother’s side took me out of the orphanage when I
was only sixteen, some said she was kind and beautiful others said the opposite.” I said. He did not look interested in what I was saying, but I knew
I had to carry on in order to get what I wanted.
Drawing by: Vuyiseka Kahla • Grade 10, Nathaniel Nyaluza High School
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STORY
MY FIRST CRIME
Chapter Four
When I got to my aunt’s house I felt like a stranger and was treated like one.
Every day when I got back from school I would be insulted and given others’ chores
to do. Every night when I went to sleep in the kitchen I would ask myself ‘What
have I done to deserve this?’. No matter how many tears I cried myself to sleep, I
would wake up in the same nightmare. On holidays my aunt would get me a job to
go work at the construction sites. Every evening when I got back from work, I would
feel like I am carrying my fat aunt on my back. Worst of all I would still have to do
my day to day chores.
At the end of the week when I have received my three hundred wage, I would have
to give it all to her. If I was on her good books that week she would maybe give
me ten rand: if she wanted to. One day while I was pushing a wheelbarrow I came
across an old man, old enough to be my grandfather.
“You are a stupid fool boy! If I was your relative I would beat you up right now. You
think this work is going to be here forever, think again because once we finish building this place we will all be unemployed again sitting in the street corner waiting for
a truck to come pick us up. It took me six months to find this job and in two weeks I
would be unemployed again,” he said with tears running down his eyes.
The sun had burned him to darkness and I could hear his stomach growling like a
lion. I tried to explain my situation to him, but just as I tried he interrupted me with
wet eyes and a broken heart.
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‘Well then, teach me’ I
said. He looked at me with
a smile and said let’s go for
a walk. It was on Saturday
evening when we left his
shack. I asked him where
we were going and he said
for a walk. It was around
past ten at night. We made
a turn on a corner and saw a
drunk guy with his girlfriend
carrying a baby on her back.
Vuyo told me he was going
to point them with a gun
and I must search their
pockets. I thought he was
making a joke, but out of
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the blue he did it.
‘Hey you two, give me all your
money and cellphones or I pop your brains out’ he said. Then he told me to search
their pockets quickly and fast. I was shocked and so were they.
‘Quickly, what are you waiting for’ he said.
‘Okay’ I said, then I took the man’s wallet and both their phones, then he told them
to run. After they ran we also started running back to his shack.
‘It is very simple, you just take what you want from a person by force and very
quick’ he said. From that day we became even closer, sometimes I did not sleep at
my aunt’s house and when I got there my cousins respected me. It felt good, but
the results from my studies were not so good at all,” I said to Andile. I could see he
was showing more interest in what I was saying.
‘When I was your age I made a lot of bad choices, but they were only made in order
to survive. My parents could not afford to take me to school so they told me to do
what I can do to see what tomorrow brings. I broke a lot of hearts in my lifetime,
but I have no regrets for what I did even though they ended me here in this place.
As a young boy I had many dreams. I dreamed of living in a big house and driving a
Look out for the next chapter of Sitting with Andile in the
fast car, even if I could go back it would not help because life in those days was not
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as resourceful as today’ he said.
All I did was stand there amazed by what he was saying. I tried again to explain
my situation to him, but then my foreman called and told me to get back to
work. An hour later the old man’s heart
gave up on him and nothing could be
done to save him. I never even bothered
spreading the news to my aunt since
I did not enjoy having a conversation
with her. The old man words stayed in
my mind:’Do whatever you can to see
tomorrow’.
Time went by and I was back in school
and had made a friend with a guy that
had dropped out of school. My aunt did
not approve of him and kept on telling
me he was a bad influence towards me
and I am going to drop out of school just
like him. All of a sudden she was concerned about me, but I did not care. Me
and Vuyo were becoming really close
and were like brothers. He always took
me out on weekend nights and we would
go get drunk. Vuyo always had money
and was neat, in clean clothes. One day I
asked him where he got his money from.
‘I work’ he said.
‘No, Vuyo you do not have a job’ I said.
‘Why are you asking me this?’ he asked.
‘Because I want to be just like you’ I said.
‘Are you sure you want to be just like
me?’ he asked.
‘Yes, I do. I want to wear expensive
clothes and be known by a lot of people’
I said.
‘Sive, I rob people and do other crimes’
Drawing by: Nozipho Sizibani • Grade 9, Nathaniel Nyaluza High School
he said.
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My one and only mom
Teachers
Love poem
I never loved
someone the way
I love you
I never saw a person like you
kind, sweet, and lovely
Teachers are the people
who really need to be thanked
because everybody in this world
comes from a teacher’s hand
If I could reach up
and capture a star for
every moment you made
me smile, I’d have the
whole evening sky in
the palm of my hand
You are that mom
a girl like me wants in her life
Someone who can hold me close to
her heart
A person who always
wants me to be happy
who cares about how I feel
you are that person mom
I always want to be next to
With you is where I’d rather be
your smile, the way you talk is what
makes me go crazy
I love you mom
By Asisispho Fulani • Grade 9
Archie Mbolekwa Higher Primary
School
Creativity
What is creativity?
Is it the way we do things
Or the way we say things?
Or it is simply the way we see things?
I personally think it is the way you
imagine things
The way you dream
The way you let your mind run free,
The way you let it explore things
In different ways
But what’s important is
What you think creativity is
Students who are at university
should be grateful for having teachers because
some children did not have that opportunity to learn
Teachers are the makers of this world
and they really deserve to be thanked
Teachers you are the best
I am unique
Unfair
Oh! What a lovely
thing to be the only
me I am in the world
You were a father to many
A hero to others
And most of all a lover, husband
and a friend
People can hate me
for nothing, others for
some specific reason
but I will always be unique
You had family, friends and
Fans who believed in you
And you chose none
Others will say I’m
ugly others will say
I’m useless but I
was born for a reason
You chose to leave them hurting,
scared, miserable and lonely but
Why MJ? Why did you choose
to take the sad path instead of
the happy strong path?
So you better stop
hating me for nothing
because even if you
carry on and hate my guts
I will just remain unique!
Why Michael? Why did you
have to go?
By Nathie Qwibi • Grade 9
By Lihle Magongoma • Grade 9
Ntaba Maria Primary Schoool
Your Beauty
Your beauty is like a red rose
that is meant for love
the rose that everyone loves.
Why me?
Everywhere you go
the question is always with you .
You feel angry at yourself
you cant even take a breath
‘cos you carry a heavy burden
and the question is always with you
why me?
By Akhona Pieters
TEM Mrwetyana High School
By Cebisa Nondabula • Grade 8
By Lwando Manyonta • Grade 11
Have you ever felt the pain ?
Have you ever felt so alone ?
And angry at yourself ?
Have you ever asked yourself one
question,
why me?
If I could own a farm
I’d plough all my land
roses just for you and
I’d put you and I together.
Your beauty is like a girl that is
out of this planet, the girl we don’t
know.
Suddenly I answered myself.
My answer was
God has created me for a purpose
I’m the only one chosen
And I know He can’t give me something
that I can’t get through.
The bitter, the loneliness was no longer
with me after I answered my question
why me?
By Nokuthula Yona • Grade 11
Your beauty is like a brand new
car that is spotted well and has
shiny mags.
Even if you are angry, the more beauty comes from
your natural body,
I want to hug you but I cant,
you too huge for me.
I define you as a very good looking
girl but you are just the world we live
in.
By Sinesipho Skoti • Grade 10
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to gain possession or control of
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Dear daddy I hope you can
hear me
Pappa, Pappa? Oh damn what now?
In the blink of my eye
I lost my dad, he’s six feet under
And I’m never going to see him again!
If someone could just realise all my
pain
I’m full of confusion everywhere I
search
There’s no solution, just wish he was
still here
Just wish I could get rid of all my fear
I’m never going to see him again and
that’s final!
I just wish there could’ve been something more vital
I wish I could just say goodbye
All the stuff I was told is one big lie
Now I’m going through life and it’s
rough
And full of pain, I’m so SORRY
I used God’s name in vain!!
This ain’t No song, No its a prophecy
I just wish I saw my daddy once more
That’s my philosophy!!
By Johan Redelinghuys • Grade 9
Umbuzo
Uthanda mbala mni na sithandwa
sam?
Umbala oya kufanela isinxibo sakho
semini.
Ngaba omnyama ulungile na sithandwa sam?
Kum ingathi awunakulunga
kuba kaloku ngowezila
izila elingafaneli mntu
Uthanda mbala mni na sithandwa
sam?
Oyakufanela ukuchula kwethu
Sibethwa ngumoya emathafeni
Ngathi oluhlaza ulungile
kuba ufanele oloyolo
Umbala oluhlaza, umbala wokuchula
Ndikunike obomvu na kanene?
Hayi, umbal’ obomvu walath’ ingozi
kungenjalo walath’ imfazwe
Ngoko ke thina asilwanga
Nezazela zethu azilwanga
Umbal’ obomvu walath’ imfazwe.
By Luyanda Cakuma • Grade 9
Archie Mbolekwa
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Death
I’m struggling
Dark and evil
No morals nor any ethics
Neither any social responsibility
All these days I don’t
know why I’m struggling
I pray to God
but it seems He’s not
answering my prayers.
So lonely you are
You have no one to share your victories with
Death why?
Death I fear you
But I am not afraid of you
Death I have cheated you twice
I don’t know the third time
Death change your ways
and help us live a better life
Death you are not alone
Mfundo Jacobs • Grade 11
Graeme College
The life of a street-kid
Why is it that you don’t like me?
Why is it that I’m different?
What’s so scary about who I am?
I was brought up on this earth by
three people,
But ended up with just myself.
That person that was supposed to
teach me is gone
and that person who was supposed
to feed me is gone.
The one person that was supposed to
guide me, also disappeared.
I’m struggling
Oh no, no I wonder
why I live life now?
There is nothing going
forward for me its like
I’m not suppose to be alive.
What is it that I’ve done to deserve all
this suffering?
It is because if people like you that
my heart is full of hate; people like
you that my brain is full of dirt, that
my stomach is full of hunger.
I’m struggling
which way can I go
in order to rebuild my future?
Everyone has turned their
back on me
I’m struggling
What if you were me?
Waking up with no left or right.
People looking and staring at how
you look,delivering comments.
Walk towards a bin hoping you would
find a meal.
With no education only wishes,
hopes and dreams.
By Nandipha Nqikela • Grade 9
When I look at youth
I feel ashamed because they
dont see how strong the
killer HIV is and when they get it
they say life is difficult
but I don’t see life like that
even if one is infected.
I sometimes wish that
I could help them from getting infected because HIV is really a killer
but I know I cannot because
they will not value my help
as I am young.
I wish that I can make them
feel as I feel
and make them as I want them to be.
And I like to share this with you
when I close my eyes
I see how the rights are destroying us
and when I close my eyes
I see the youth struggling.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu, what a wonderful word
it means we are human because of
the people around us
Our country South Africa has great
wealth in its people
we live with such wonderful people
who contributed to the success of
the country
I’m very proud to be a South African
because I live in a country that is
so rich with cultures and different
people
My mother she makes the best chocolate cake
That is why I love her so much
My father also says he is proud of our
country
If ever I have to leave South Africa I
don’t know what I will do
Look around you. The world is moving whether you like it or not.
I don’t understand,
We fought together
our fathers and forefathers
for this beautiful word called freedom
and this myth that we are free.
I am out of tears and have run out of
a voice
using the last tune to say what I want
to say
and go out to the field and start
searching.......
for food and answers even though I
have nowhere to start.
No directions. But I can’t live out of
pity all my life .
Although some may call it
witchcraft, curse,burden
I call it salvation
By Olwethu Mkolo • Grade 9
By Simphiwe Mbonda • Grade 9
By Ntombizandile Mkhaliphi • Grade 9
Untitled
I am born free
Loving someone sometimes hurts
‘Cause sometimes you love them
and they cannot love you back
Sometimes you miss them
and they are nowhere to be found
Just like I miss you right now.
Who am I ?
I am this African beauty
the explicit creation of God
I am black but not too black
maybe brown not too brown
I guess this means that my skin colour is
between black and brown
I am an African
I am born free!
The African that I am
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I am young and impulsive in my impulsiveness I can and
I am diligent winner
I am not a coward but I am neither too
bold
I am this African beauty
I am an African child
I bring to you hope for the future
I am born free!
By Sinaye Same • Grade 8
Hoërskool P JOlivier
explicit
If you love someone with all your heart
Then say the word before it is too late
Because not everyone in love has the
patience to wait and life is too short.
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I wonder what is going to happen to
this youth
I wonder what’s going to happen
to this youth
Because in this youth, you will see a
thirteen year old
girl pregnant
In this youth you will see a fifteen
year old drunk
I wonder what is going to happen to
this youth.
because you will see a a thirteen
year old girl
wearing a short skirt selling her body
But old people say the president
of tomorrow is this youth
When they say that I always wonder
if that will happen
If this youth will carry on doing
these things maybe South Africa
will be the first country not having a
world president.
Because of the things that the youth
does
By Funubuntu Mzizi • Grade 9
C.M. Vellem Higher Primary School
I am the shoe
I am the shoe but when I’m with
my brother we call ourselves shoes
We go together at all times
we go to different places
not that we like to go to those places
it’s because we have no choice
Because the person who stand on us
doesn’t even ask if we want to go or
not
We help lots of people
they use us everyday
but when its bed time they put us under the bed
They don’t even care if rats eat us
but that is not something we worry
about
because we meet lots of friends
we like to live with these friends
Just like we love our selves
we are what we are
we are shoes.
By: Sibusiso Mbonde • Grade 11
Benjamin Mahlasela High School
By Nandipha Fiyani • Grade 9
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Me myself and I, a black proud
girl
I do feel the pain
My father is my hero
I may not understand
the situation you are in
but I do feel the pain
that you’re enduring
every moment
He is no perfect man, but he inspires
me
To me he is a hero and that is how I see
him
My father is no stranger to suffering ,
yet his heart is rich
He’s the best father and the strongest
man I’ve ever seen
I can’t tell you not
to stress about it, but
I can advise you to talk
about it because when
all else fails, partners
betray and friends fade
Family will always
remain by your side
So never try fix things
if you can’t because it’s
not your place to do so
By Siphosethu Bekwa • Grade 9
My mother
Her smile so beautiful
Her hands so soft
Her voice so tender
And her caring
She laughed with me when I was
happy
She celebrated with me on my
achievements
She’s the best in all
My mother is a hero
In my eyes so brave
yet so loving
She’s the best of the best
My mother the only one
By Nkosinathi Mahote • Grade 9
I have a choice
I have a choice
choice that can make
my dreams come true
Without a choice
I’m nothing
without a choice
I’m hopeless
At times I believe Superman takes after
him
But still he does not claim to be better
than the rest
To his family he’s the best father
To his community he is the source of
good advice
I am happy and thankful to have him in
my life
From him I learn my lessons
Sometimes he’s very strict but I know he
means well
I love him with all my heart
By Vuyisa Blow • Grade 9
Untitled
True friends
True friends are like mornings
You can’t have them the whole day
But you can be sure they will be
There when you wake up
The next morning and the following
mornings
He was my North, my South, my East
and West
My working week and Sunday rest
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my
song
I thought that love lasts forever
But I was wrong
I thought that love is everything
But I fooled myself
And what doesn’t kill me
Makes me stronger
What are true friends?
True friends are those
Who never let you down but
Instead they embold you and
They are always by your side
By Siyanda Dyantyi • Grade 11
Ntsika High School
Is she a true friend?
Yes she is a good and true friend
Because she has never let me down
She has never neglected or laughed
at me
In good and in bad times she has never walked away
Is she a true friend?
No, she’s not a true friend
Because she reaped me out of her
life
She promised me that she’d keep my
heart as a
Treasure, but then she broke it
Are they true friends?
Yes they are true friends
Because they always stand up for me
They’ve been encouraging me
And one of them is GOD.
By Thandokuhle Qakamfana • Grade 10
Choice is the way
I can control my life with
I really believe that
in life you have to make a choice
WK
I found myself hard everyday
I think positive, wishing for this and
that
like that and that one
because I think life is a trial
in everything I do I must work hard
to get it
but I’m positive I’ll get it, because its
me myself and I
a black proud girl
Oh yeah education is the key to success they say!!
that’s what makes me think every
second
why must I work for education but its
the key to success ?
yes its because life is a trial and life
has many challenges and that you
have to win them
I know I can do that because its me,
myself and I, a black proud girl
Somewhere inside
Somewhere inside a hunger grows
from the need to be heard,
To be seen for what I’ve overcome
To meet my needs,
To be happy for what I am
To play my game,
To be successful with my dreams
To be loved for what I am
But if not fed today
All my dreams are ignored
Somewhere inside, my hunger
grows strong
By Zolakazi Kepe • Grade 10
Love
Do I believe in love?
Surely I don’t know
Love rules you
Love takes you to paradise
Love is good but why
Does love hurt so bad?
I don’t know, I wish
I can know the answers
Seeing people falling in love
Seeing people falling apart
Why should love be like this?
Why do we have to love?
I wish for people not to hurt
You don’t have to let go of love
And not be in love
It is hard to let go
Ouch love hurts
You have to think
Why do we love and why does it hurt?
I wish I could know
By Zimkitha Benni • Grade 9
By Sisanda Mase • Grade 8
C. M.Vellem Primary School
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I am a proud great black girl
I’ve got big dreams for my future
yes I know I have to work hard to fulfil
them
I know there’s nothing can come and
stand in my way
yes! I will survive in life, because I believe in myself
its me, myself and I, a black proud girl
By Vuyiseka Mali • Grade 10
Ntsika High School
Choice that makes me
confident about what I’m doing
Choice is mine
my very own choice
I have a choice.
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endure
type of word: verb
to carry on through, despite hardships
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Port Elizabeth- 2010 FIFA World Cup Host City
The 2010 FIFA World Cup is here and the streets of Port Elizabeth are alive and
exciting as many people are opening up guesthouses and craft markets all around
the city. Nelson Mandela Bay is proud to be one of nine cities to host the World
Cup. There will be eight games played in this city, including the third and fourth
play-off as well as a quarter final. The people of Port Elizabeth are ready to welcome the people of the world. Let’s come together bring your tickets, your vuvuzelas and your spirit!
Matches to be held in Nelson Mandela Bay
Korea vs Greece
(12 June)
Cote d’Ivoire vs Portugal
Germany vs Serbia
Chile vs Switzerland
Slovenia vs England
Top 8 play-off
Third/fourth place play-off
The countdown has begun
(15 June)
(18 June)
(21 June)
(23 June)
(26 June)
(10 July)
Compiled by Nosizwe Qhude • Grade 10
Reggie Goba
Shakira Norris
Two of our Upstart members will
be lucky enough to get a chance
to watch the World Cup matches
live. We asked them what games
they will be watching …
I’m going to see the Mexico vs. South
Africa game at Soccer City Stadium. I
would also like to see Brazil play.
I’m going to watch Brazil vs. Ivory Coast
and I will be supporting Brazil. I would
also like to see South Africa vs. Mexico
at Soccer City because Mexico is such a
great team.
Reggie Goba • Grade 8
Shakira Norris • Grade 8
Nosifundo Fabani, who comes from Extension 6 in Joza
was recently chosen to play for Banyana Banyana (National
Women’s team)’s under 20 side. Before this achievement,
she was playing for the Eastern Cape’s under 19 women’s
soccer team. Upstart members had a telephonic interview
with Nosifundo to talk about her passion for soccer
boys. Because he was injured, I continued playing for him
How old are you now?
I’m 18 years old this year.
Have you ever injured yourself while playing?
Not seriously, I’ve only had minor injuries
Which club do you play for?
I play for the African Connections Football
Which places have you visited through soccer?
I’ve toured most of the Eastern Cape and I’ve
been to Pretoria
We’ve heard that you were selected to play for the
Banyana Banyana’s under 20 side, how does that feel?
It feels really great because that is a once in a lifetime
opportunity
How long did you play for the Eastern Cape team before being picked for the national team?
I was picked for the Eastern Cape team last year. We
went for trials in East London and I was recently told
that I made it in to the Banyana Banyana team
Who inspired you to play soccer?
My brother was my inspiration. He used to tell me
that there is no rule which says that football is only for
What is your next stop in your soccer career?
I will not rest until I am selected to play for
Banyana Banyana (the senior women’s team)
How do you balance your time between soccer
and studying?
Everything has its own time
What is your advice to the youth?
I want the youth especially girls to keep themselves busy with soccer to avoid crime. To girls
who want to play soccer I would encourage
them a lot because there are not many girls
who want to play soccer
Story by Sinethemba Baxana & Xolela Makhasi • Grade 10
Rising soccer star Nosifundo Fabani
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INTERVIEW
Gerrit Bosman, 17, from Hoërskool there any higher goals that you would
PJ Olivier was awarded National still like to achieve?
Colours in Archery. Upstart member
Johan Redelinghuys interviewed him
about his achievement.
What is your full name?
Gerrit Bosman
How old were you when you started doing archery?
14 years old
Tell us more about archery
Archery is a lot of hard work and is a
sport that needs dedication. I have
been doing archery for the past three
years
How does it feel to get National Colours
in Archery?
It feels great because I am being recognised for all my hard work
Now that you have National Colours, are
Yes, I would like to have Protea Colours
When is your next competition?
The next competition will take place in
June
Have you travelled with archery?
Yes, I’ve been to National archery competitions before
Is there anything that you want to say to
your fans?
Thank you for the support because
without the people believing in me, it
is hard to believe in myself
Is there anything you want to say to your
opponents?
Good luck, may the best man win
Story by Johan Redelinghuys • Grade 9
Gerrit Bosman from Hoërskool P J Olivier was awarded
National Colours in Archery.
Upstart members from the different schools came together at the Indoor Sports
Centre in Extension 6 to learn the Diski Dance. The dance instructor was Wendy
Stamper who was quite good and fast. She told us that the dance was choreographed in Johannesburg by a man called Wendi and he is the one that taught
her the dance. She was asked to teach others and that is why she came to teach
the Upstart group.
There were not many of us at the dance but she taught us well. There were a few
difficult moves like the ‘Table Mountain’ and Sis’ Wendy was fast but we did the
dance well. We dressed up in soccer clothes and brought our vuvuzelas to blow.
It was so much fun and we were all given prizes at the end, for the best smile,
best dancer. Some of us got whistles and pens but everyone received a gift. We
even got our pictures taken by a film crew as we did our dance moves with Sis’
Wendy. It was a lot of fun.
Story by Mandisa George• Grade 9
and Siyabulela Ndokweni• Grade 8
Upstart members feel the World Cup fever by showing off some of their
Diski Dance moves while being filmed by the Serbian film crew
10 Days before kick-off
With only 10 days left before the 2010 FIFA World Cup
kicks off in South Africa, Xolela Makhasi compiled a
few facts for Upstart about his favourite football player: Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal.
Full name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Club: Real Madrid
Jersey number: 9
Position: mid-fielder
Age: 25, born 5 February 1985
Birthplace: Madeira, Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo is the last-born son of José Dinis
Aveiro; he has two sisters and one brother. He was
given the name Ronaldo because his father’s favourite
actor was Ronald Reagan. Growing up, he was never a
good student and did not like studying.
At a very young age he started playing football at Clube
de Futebol Andorinha where his father worked as a kit
man.
When he was 18, he signed a contract
to play for Manchester United and was
the first player from Portugal to play for
the team. Last year he signed to play for
Real Madrid and has now become the
highest paid football player in history.
Not only is he a football player but he
is also a model for Nike and Coca-Cola
and has appeared in television adverts.
The last game he played was on 3 March
2010 when Portugal beat China 2-0 in
an international friendly game.
Compiled by Xolela Makhasi • Grade 10
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
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Title of the book: African
Soccer Stars & Legends: South
Africa
It is by: Manyo Bernard Besong
REVIEWS
The characters in this book are
South African soccer players such
as Itumeleng Khune, Aaron Teboho
Mokoena, Steven Jerome Pienaar,
Mark Fish and Lucas Valeriu Radebe.
The book tells us about the players’ careers from where they came from to
where they are in the present. Bafana
Bafana goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune
was born on 20 June 1987 in the North
West Province. When he was growing
up he loved playing cricket and Nicky
Boje was his favourite cricket player.
When he was a teenager he began
playing soccer for Kaizer Chiefs Football
Club as a defender but he made his
way into goalkeeper. Because he has
become so good as a goalkeeper, he
will be playing for Bafana Bafana during the 2010 FIFA World Cup games.
Matthew Paul Booth was born in Fish
Hoek in Cape Town and he started
playing soccer because his father was
a soccer player in Fish Hoek. Matthew
joined Mamelodi Sundowns in 2001
and he plays for Bafana Bafana. He
has also played for teams in Germany.
Mark Fish is now a South African legend because he does not play soccer
anymore. He was part of the South
African team that won the Africa Cup
of Nations trophy in 1996. He has
played overseas for three different
teams.
Lucas Radebe started playing soccer
because his parents wanted to keep
him off the streets and the violence
that was happening in their area. He
stopped playing soccer because he
had a knee injury. He now appears in
television adverts and works with children in South Africa.
The book is published by Cambridge
University Press and the ISBN number is
978-0-521-13894-9.
Review by Nolubabalo Ralo • Grade 9
Ntsika High School
Title of the book: African Stars
& Legends: Algeria
It is by: Manyo Bernard Besong
Title of the book: African Soccer
Stars & Legends: Nigeria
It is by: Walang Michael Abang
This book gives us all the information
about footballers and is for soccer fanatics. Well, now that it is 2010, I think
almost everyone is a soccer fanatic. It
gives information about African soccer stars and legends. It also gives us
all the information about how a soccer
game is to be played. Now I know that
Algeria has 13 soccer stars and two
legends.
The book is all about soccer players playing for the different teams in Nigeria,
some are soccer legends and others active players. Active players are players
who still play in the league or play for
the Nigerian team and legends are people who used to play but are now coaches or retired.
The soccer stars have good points and
highlights. For example, the 32 year
old Yazmin Mansouri who is among
the leading lights of football in Algeria.
35 year old Rafik Saifi who has kept the
country’s flag flying high ever since he
started playing professionally and 25
year old Karim Matmor who worked
very hard to become one of the most
cherished jewels of the academy.
These are all examples of the soccer
stars with all their good points.
But that is not all the book provides.
It also provides the laws of the game
which players should obey. It explains
fair play in football and the basics of
football. It indicates the field of play,
how the soccer ball should be, and the
number of players, equipment and the
role of the referee. There are some
facts that are given and explained such
as the duration of the match, start and
restart of play, scoring, offside, etc.
I like this book because it gives all the
information you need about the game.
If you are a footballer or soccer fanatic,
it gives you the information about the
Algerian football role models. You can
also get the book about soccer stars of
Africa and other continents. Feel it, it
is here.
University Press and the ISBN number
is 978-0-521-13849-9.
Review by Aviwe Menze • Grade 9
Some of the players featured in this book
are Daniel Olusola Shittu, Rashidi Yekini,
John Chukwudi Utaka, Patrick Olusegun
Odegbami and Ifeanyi Innocent
Emeghari.
What I like about the book is that it gives
us facts about the players, the teams
they play for and how many goals they
scored.
My favourite player in the book is Daniel
Owefin Amokachi. He is a living soccer
legend who started playing for Nigeria
when he was 18 years old. His position
was the striker. He stopped playing soccer because he had a knee injury and
became the assistant coach of Nigeria’s
Super Eagles.
This book is a must read if you like soccer
and want to know more about the soccer players in Nigeria.
University Press and the ISBN number is
978-0-521-13912-0.
Review by Onela Mqakamba • Grade 8
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Title of the book:
Bratz: Model Friendship
Author: Nancy E. Krulik
Title of the book:
Nothing but the truth
Author: John Kani
Titel van die boek:
[email protected]
Deur: Carina Diedericks-Hugo
Wow, guys you really got to check this
book out. It is a book that gives you an
exciting and cool attitude about your lifestyle, especially if you want to become
a model like me. It is written in exciting
and dramatic lines. The characters in the
story are: Jade, Chloe, Yasmin, Sasha,
Koby and Cameron. The girls have different attitudes and different personalities.
Jade is extremely cool; Sasha is a hip-hop
fanatic; Chloe is like an angel and Yasmin
is the ruler. The four girls do everything
together, especially shopping.
One day, they were in a boutique at a
shopping centre and there was a woman
at the counter that announced to Jade
about a competition to be the face of
the boutique. Jade entered it and was
very excited as she really wished to win.
When Chloe, Yasmin and Sasha heard
this, they were happy for her. However,
Chloe wished she could enter but she
knew she could not compete with her
best friend, she had to support her.
Cameron saw that Chloe wanted to enter the competition and so he entered
Chloe’s details in the competition behind her back. That caused a huge conflict between Chloe and Jade. They went
through a hard time, fighting every now
and again. Almost everything went
wrong. The girls both had good points
which were different. Chloe was a nail
perfectionist; she could do all kinds of
manicures and pedicures, while Jade
was a hair style perfectionist. At last,
they got on well with each other and
helped each other. In the competition
they got through the first three rounds,
but they didn’t win in the end and they
were happy with each other.
This book teaches us that we must know
which friends are good for us. Once
we do so, then we will be able to build
strong and constructive friendships.
There could be hard times, but stand
together in whatever happens. Once
you do so, you will not be lonely in this
world. It really is an exciting thing.
The characters are Sipho, Mandisa and
Thando. The story starts with Sipho awaiting the arrival of the body of his brother
Themba. Themba was a freedom fighter
during the apartheid years and had gone
into exile in England, 25 years previously.
Themba had asked to be buried in South
Africa, next to his parents.
Some time later Themba’s daughter,
Mandisa a fashion designer arrives with
her father’s body to make sure that his
wish is fulfilled. Sipho discovers that
his brother’s body has been cremated.
Conflict starts because Sipho is a traditional man. He wanted it to be buried with dignity. This story tells us about two brothers,
of sibling rivalry, of exile, of memory, reconciliation and of the ambiguities of freedom. This story is also about forgiveness,
truth, cultural traditions and justice.
I like this book for several reasons. Firstly
it tells us to forgive and forget as Sipho did
when Themba wronged him. It also tells
us not to forget about our roots, where
we come from, because there is no better place than home. It also teaches us not
forget about our culture and traditions.
Secondly, it tells us to be strong in what
we believe in, no matter what people are
saying and stand up for what you want and
never lose hope. Thirdly, it tells us that
it is necessary to talk about the past because the past will always be powerful in
the present. Also talk to someone if there
is something troubling you. It is important
to talk.
The best part of the story is when Sipho
told Mandisa and Thando about Themba.
He had to sacrifice many things for his
younger brother. He told them the truth,
everything they wanted to know and why
he doesn’t want to talk to him about them.
That part touched me because it is painful.
I think that many teenagers would like this
book, especially readers who enjoy nonfiction books, and teens would also like
this book, because it is about things that
are happening in our days.
The book is available at school; it is
published by the Wits University Press
and MacMillan. The ISBN number is
978-1-77030-317-1.
Hierdie boek is vir beide meisies en
seuns bedoel. Dit is vol opwinding en
verrassings en as jy dit in die aand lees
is ek seker daarvan jy sal bang raak.
Moord.net gaan oor ‘n gewone tiener seun, Thomas, en sy twee maats,
Hannes en Alexandra. Dit begin waar
Thomas-hulle na ‘n nuwe huis trek en
hy die solder as sy nuwe kamer kies.
Dan begin snaakse goed gebeur soos
sy drukker wat papiere druk waarop
goed staan soos “Jy is nie veilig nie” en
“Hy sal terug kom” terwyl die drukker
nie eers in die kragprop gedruk is nie.
So raak die lewe by sy huis al hoe meer
vreesbevange en die ergste van alles is
dat niemand hom glo nie.
Review by Vuyiseka Kahla • Grade 10
Darwing by: Ellen van den Berg •
Grade 8
Review by: Aviwe Menze • Grade 9
Die storie gaan dan ook verder waar
hy aan die perfekte plan dink om vir
Alexandra na die skooldans toe te vra.
Ek sal hierdie boek aanbeveel, met
drama wat jou hart vinniger laat klop
maar ook romanse.
Deur Cara Brisley • Graad 8

Upstart 1 June 2010

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