COMMEMORATING 41 YEARS OF BITTER STRUGGLE

        youth of 1976 protesting against the use of Afrikaans in school

Today we are celebrating the youth of 1976 who took part in the liberation struggle. Students from various black schools in Soweto led a protest where they fought against the use of Afrikaans and English as the medium of instruction and learning at schools. On June 16 1976, students came in their numbers at Orlando stadium where they voiced out their stance for the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction.

The march resulted in the death of a number of students who participated in the rally. Among the students who were shot death by the police were a 15 year old Hastings Ndlovu and a 13 year old Hector Pieterson who were shot at Orlando West high school. Today we are remembering the lives of those students who fought for their right to quality education.

Recently university students led a protest movement that began in October 2015 in response to fee increment at South African Universities. These protests escalated to almost all the universities in our country. The fees must fall movement became stirred violence between the police and the police that were stationed in various institutions. This movement has been going on for 3 years now and students are not backing up until their goal is achieved which is free quality education in all universities.

The #feesmustfall movement left many people wondering whether are we still living in a democratic country or not. Seeing all the violence between students and police reminds us of a very bitter struggle of Soweto Uprising in 1976. The youth of today should be inspired and have courage since this is long journey that they chose to embark on.  It’s a battle that needs to be won for generations to come.

Today marks 41 years since the youth of 1976 stood up to the racist tyranny in their schools. We commemorate their courage, bloodshed and torture this youth had to through in standing up for a black community. Most people wear school uniforms and march in remembrance of what happened 41 years ago in Soweto. Some visit the Hector Pieterson Museum to honour their struggle.

BLUETOOTH NYAOPE IN SOSHANGUVE

BLUETOOTH NYAOPE IN SOSHANGUVE

Bluetooth in technological terms is the transfer of data from one device to another. Now it is used to transfer blood from one nyaope smoker to the other. This is how most of the addicts get high in areas such as Soshanguve. One inject themselves with the drug and the others get high by drawing the blood from the one who is already high. Resulting in Bluetooth nyaope.

The community of Soshanguve are raising great concerns of this new method of nyaope. This method increasing chances of contracting diseases like HIV/AIDS. Clinics and Police are urging parents to help them fight bluetooth nyaope in the streets of Soshanguve.                                                  

                                                                                photocred:Pretoria news

Trevor Masemula who is a nyaope-user showed us how they do bluetooth nyaope in Soshanguve block H, though he didn't want his face to be showed.He says its much easier when you do it with a friend than just anyone.

FACT-BOX:

• New drug in SoshanguveIncreases blood contraction diseases
• It's not good for one's health
• It is highly addictive
• It is deadly

Nhlanhla Skosana

Anti drug

94 deaths of mentally ill patients

Acts of terrorism must not be given coverage by news organisations

Terrorism refers to an unofficial or unauthorised use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.

Acts of terrorism can be expected to psychologically affect the population of the targeted society, either directly or indirectly through the extensive media coverage of terrorist attacks. The greater the number of attacks and the more lethal those attacks are, there more people that will be psychologically affected by them.

Terrorism is designed to strike fear into the heart of the targeted audience and it succeeds in doing so. Hence news organisations must not be given that platform to cover such acts as they may also affect the economy of our country. Firstly, terrorists would damage the infrastructure of the buildings and destroy products. While costs of  rebuilding or repairing the building  might result in economic decline.  Secondly, businesses would shut down as a result.

Therefore other countries will be aware of what is happening in our country through the media. They may want to cut ties with us . That could be bad for our economy . Yes us , as journalists we are the WATCHDOG between the society and those that are in authority. But I do believe that some of the subjects we cover can be sensitive to our audience. 

For example, the issue of Vuwani in limpopo. The residents of Vuwani were practicing acts of terrorism. About 23, close to 30 schools were either damaged or burnt down. This is because they wanted to make or achieve a political goal. The Department of Basic Education in Limpopo has to fork out millions of rands which have not been budgeted for, due to costs incurred during protests earlier this year.

Media coverage of terrorist attacks affect the social lives of many people.  Thus social norms change for people living with a consistent presence of terrorism in their lives. Conversations,  daily concerns and living with the heightened risks of sudden, violent injury or death can change people's expectations, actions,outlooks and interactions with one another.

The Other Woman

The Other Woman is a 2014 American comedy film directed by Nick Cassavetes. The film follows three women-Carly(Cameron Diaz), Kate(Leslie Mann) and Amber(Kate Upton) who are romantically involved with the same man(Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). After finding out about each other, the trio decide to take revenge on Mark. Nicki Minaj, Taylor Kinney and Don  Johnson in supporting roles.The  Other Woman is rated PG-13 by the appeal for mature thematic material, sexual references and language.It was nice watching this film because it was joyful seeing such a smooth operator squirm as his schemes and are revealed and destroyed. And for a while, Diaz and Mann make for a likable couples as co-conspirators-two women who couldn't be more different clashing and connecting as they unite for a common cause. In the end, Kate took over  Mark's estates with the help of Mark's Mistresses,This movie has given me a lesson about men.

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