Rageemah Jumat's Profile

Rageemah Jumat On the move:

Rageemah Jumat is the Cape Peninsula University of Technology journalism student at the Bellville campus. She was born on the 20^th of November 1991 at St Monica’s hospital in Cape Town “mother city”, Rageemah is the first born of three children.

Her family is originally from Cape Town in Goodwood she loves this place (Cape Town) because of its beaches, mountains she describe this city as “Cape Town is like a first world country on its own, it has a different vibe to the rest of the country with friendly people all around.”

Rageemah is quite a shy 20 year old woman who likes to spend her own time on the social networks such as Facebook and mXit, she likes mXit because that’s where she gets to chat with her friends anywhere she goes. 

“I log on to facebook once a day.”

She is one of the girls that like to listen to R&B and Pop music, her favourite R&B is the one and only Rihanna. 7de Laan, Smallville and Top Billing are the most entertaining shows that Rageemah can’t move in front of the Television if those shows are playing.

Her mentor is Nelson Mandela, she feels that he has made change in the world, “so I want to live the legacy.”

Before she study at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (C PUT) Rageemah was once a varsity college student in 2010, where she had privilege to work on Radio station The Voice of the Cape, “I worked as the show producer, it was really fun and an experience as well.”

For the next coming five year Rageemah would like to see herself working at the commercial radio station as producer, at the same time during her career she would love to write her columns for the newspaper.

The history of Hector Peterson "1976"

Sohlala sikukhumbula lala ngoxolo ivangeli sohlala siqhuba. VIVA!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hector Pieterson, age 13, was one the first students to be killed during the 1976 Student Uprising in Soweto. He has since become a symbol of youth resistance to apartheid. This uprising started on 16 June as a peaceful protest march organized by school students in Soweto. One of the main grievances was the introduction of Afrikaans, regarded as the language of the oppressor, as a medium of instruction in all African schools.

Many young people were inspired by the ideas of Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness Movement, giving them the necessary impetus to resist the Bantu Education system, introduced by the apartheid government in the 1950s. This system, dubbed ‘gutter education’, was designed to train African people to accept a subservient role in apartheid society.

Hundreds of students joined the protest march planned by the South African Student Movement (SASM), to the Orlando Stadium East where they intended to meet with the authorities to voice their grievances. They carried placards with slogans – ‘Away with Afrikaans’, ‘Amandla Awehtu’ (Power to the People), ‘Free Azania’ (Free South Africa) and sang ‘Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika’ (God bless Africa), now the national anthem of South Africa.

In Orlando West, police confronted the marchers and ordered them to disperse. Despite the peaceful nature of the march, the confrontation turned violent and was here that a number of students, including Hector Pieterson, were shot and killed. What was a student march, quickly erupted into an uprising, which spread to many other parts of the country. The photograph by Sam Nzima of a young man, Mbuyiswa, carrying the critically injured Hector Pieterson in his arms, captured the attention of people throughout the world and highlighted the injustices of apartheid.

After the 1976 Uprising a heightened political awareness saw the emergence of new leaders such as Cyril Ramaphosa, Murphy Morobe, Popo Molefe, Tsietsi Mashinini, Seth Mazibuko and Khotso Seatlholo. Local civic organizations strengthened and scores of young men and women crossed the country’s borders to join the military wings of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). Many were imprisoned on Robben Island (off the coast near Cape Town) where the younger generation learned much from the older ANC and PAC comrades already there and as a result Robben Island became known as the ‘Robben Island University’.

The 1976 Student Uprising changed the course of South African history and accelerated demands such as those for the release of political prisoners, the unbanning of political organizations and the formation of a new democratic South Africa. After the first democratic election in 1994, 16 June was declared ‘Youth Day’ to commemorate the contribution made by South Africa’s youth to the struggle against apartheid.

A memorial to hector Pieterson was erected in the early 1990s and is situated in Khumalo Street, a few hundred meters from where he was shot. A new museum opened in 2002 and houses photographic and audio-visual displays of the struggle.

The book review "Animal Farm" by Goerge Orwell

Who was George Orwell and why did he write?  

George Orwell was born in 1903 in Bengal in India where his father worked for government. At that time India was part of the British Empire and was being government as a colony. Orwell’s parent did not have much money, but George managed to win a scholarship to a private school in England. He finished his schooling at the famous Eton College. He did not study further, but went on to work as a policeman in the civil service in Burma for several years. During that time he began to hate the system of imperialism and colonialism. He started to write about his ideas and a well-known example is the easy, shooting an Elephant.

The Animal Farm:

Animal Farm is the simple story (Orwell called it a fairy tale), about a group of animals, whose leaders promise them a wonderful life, but who end up starving and miserable. But this fable has a deeper meaning. Georg Orwell wrote this novel to warn us about the dangers of totalirianism. He saw what happening in Russia, under the rule of Stalin and he created his story to warn us about the danger of leaders who have too much power. He was also concerned about the way in which people were swallowing Russian propaganda and accepting misinformation that distorted and twisted history. In his preface (never published) to the first edition of Animal Farm Orwell wrote.

Mr. Jones the owner of the manor farm is a bad uncaring farmer who is often drunk. He neglects his responsibility to his farm animals. One night all the animals gather in the barn. They have come to listen to old major (the pig) the farmer majestic prize-winning boar. Old major has called a special meeting for all the farm animals. The animals are described as they arrive there are the dogs, Bluebell, Jessie and Pitcher, the pigs who sit right in front , the Cart horses Clover and Boxer and Cows the cat and the ducklings more Benjamin, the cynical old monkey, Muriel the goat, the sheep and hens, pigeons. Old major makes a powerful speech he encourages the animals to stand together and rebel against their enemy, man. He warns them against taking on the evil habits of men and teaches them an inspiring song called “Beasts of England”.

In this book we see the destruction of Major’s dream of an animal utopia (an imaginary place where everything is perfect). The narrator’s point of view is still sympathetic to the common animals. But it is because they are so good and simple and naïve (i.e. foolishly ready to believe everything they are told) that they can be deceived and manipulated by the propaganda of squealer. It is easy for napoleon to seize power and control. It is easy for him to misuse his power for his own selfish and corrupt ends. In the end Orwell shows how the revolutionary leaders become just like those that they originally rebelled against. In this book Napoleon and Snowball become leaders but there is a power struggle between them.          

                                                                                                                  

George Orwell:The Animal Farm book cover: