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UPSTART 10 NOVEMBER 200911Yoga, HIV/AIDS and Mandela/Rhodes ScholarsUpstart members wereinvited to the Mandela/Rhodes Scholars conferenceon 6 September to listen toZackie Achmat’s openingaddress. The Sakhuluntucultural group gave us awarm welcome with theirchoir performance. Afterthe choir performance, theRhodes Vice-chancellorwelcomed and introducedZackie Achmat.Zackie Achmat and NelsonMandelaZackie, who belongs to theTreatment Action Campaign,talked about his life story andUpstart members fromArchie Mbolekwa, TEMMrwetyana and Nombuleloschools went to a 'MakingPeace' exhibition about ChiefAlbert Luthuli and formerPresident Nelson Mandela atthe Albany Museum. Whenwe first arrived we weretaken by Mr Matshoba toa room where he showedand told us about NelsonMandela and Albert Luthuli'shistory and the difficult timesthat they have been through.He told about the similaritiesbetween them. For example,they both joined the armedstruggle, they were botharrested for treason in 1956and they both fought forpeace.We were shown poems thatwere written about the goodthings that the two men havedone for our country. Whenthey were arrested Mandelawas sentenced to spend timein prison while Luthuli wasgiven house arrest. Mandelastudied while he was inprison and got his degree inlaw and he was also a gardenboy along with his comrades.Mr Mandela and Luthulinever gave up even though itwas a difficult time for themhis journey with HIV/AIDS,how he grew up poor andhow he almost died a coupleof times because he stoppedtaking his medication. Andhe gave a special shout outMandela Rhodes scholars and Upstart members do yogaNobel Peace Prize winners Mandela and Luthuliin prison. Mandela's friendsin prison wanted him toescape but he told them thathe would wait for the whitegovernment to come set himfree all on their own becausehe was an innocent man.During apartheid when whitepeople saw you forming apower fist you were takento prison because the fistmeans 'amandla ngawethu'(the power is ours). Whitepeople believed that theywere made by God andblack people were not fromGod. Therefore they treatedblack people in a bad way.Students were forced to dotheir studies in Afrikaansand they could only becometeachers, nurses and socialworkers if they did not wantto be garden boys anddomestic workers. They weretold that those were jobs forblack people and that is whatMandela and Luthuli foughtagainst.Luthuli won a Nobel Peaceprize while he was still underhouse arrest and he wasonly allowed to go accepthis prize and come back. Hedied in 1967 when a trainhit him. Mandela continuedto the Upstart members andthat was very cool.Xolela Fatyi, Mawande Tyatyaand Lwando Manyonta Grade 10Nathaniel Nyaluza High Schoolfighting and was set free in1990. He was also given aNobel Peace Prize for makingpeace in South Africa. Nowwe are all equal in front ofthe law, it is not about beingblack or white, rich or poor, itis all about the freedom thatMandela and Luthuli broughtus. On April 27 1994, allSouth Africans voted for thefirst time and had a say in thegovernment.After the exhibition we weregiven exercises to do byMrs Nozipho Madinda. Oneof the exercises was aboutMandela's birthday whichis celebrated on 18 July. It iscelebrated by children andadults all over the world, butmostly in his home in Qunu.At his home they celebrateby cooking traditional foodand decorating his home intraditional decorations. Weas the citizens of South Africawere asked to celebratehis birthday by helpingpeople less fortunate for 67minutes everywhere. Maybeyou are wondering why 67minutes? It is because MrNelson Rholihlahla has beena political activist for 67 yearsthis year.The following day therewere four Mandela/Rhodesscholars who came toNathaniel Nyaluza to spendthe day with us. The afternoonstarted off with yoga andexercise, then we played thebroken telephone game.Later we played the planecrash game where they puta big poster on the boardwith a list of people to saveincluding a pregnant woman,an 80 year old doctor and adrug dealer. They told us wehad a few minutes to decidewhich people to save andeveryone chose according towho needed the most help.Then they showed us anotherposter that explained that thedrug dealer was your brotherand the pregnant wants anabortion and they told us tochoose who we would saveUpstart members at the Albany History Museumagain. I almost did not choosemyself. This exercise showedus that we need to think fastand that we need to thinkbefore making decisions. Wehad an awesome time and itwas helpful.Zimkitha Benni and Zintle NgoyiGrade 8 Nathaniel Nyaluza HighSchoolBy: Athenkosi Office Grade 10 Nombulelo High SchoolYanga Nohaji Grade 8 Archie Mbolekwa Senior Primary SchoolSibusiso Klaas Grade 9 Nombulelo High SchoolLutho Gqirhana Grade 9 Archie Senior Primary SchoolPhilasanda Skweyiya Grade 10 TEM Mrwetyana High SchoolDrawing by:Mcvay Boko
12 UPSTART 10 NOVEMBER 2009POETRY...SCHOOLGIVE ME...THIS INSTITUTIONTORN LIVESI'M PROUDBzzz... bzzz wake up sleepyheadAn instant torch of worryReality seeps in a place thatwas once filled with fairytalesWhere there was oncedarkness, let there be lightPeaceful snores and warmcushions soaked in saliva willmake way forCrammed, stuffy classes andcold wooden desksLike tortoises high on ecstasyWe wobble our way inand out of classes, whereindoctrination beginsThat's blue not pink, badpublicity always lasts anddemocracy stinksWe're in a hurry, we're onthe go, what's the rush? Let'stake it slow.By Ayanda TwaniGrade 10Victoria Girls' High SchoolONLY HE KNOWSWho knows me?I think many people doWho knows me?Who knows what I am aboutto say?Who knows what I am aboutto do?Who knows my thoughts?Who knows what the futureholds for me?Who knew me before I wasborn?Who is the man who forgivesall of my sins?Who knows me?Only he knowsGod knowsBy Babalwa NquruGrade 9Mary Waters High SchoolGive me reasons don't giveme choiceGive me directions don't giveme the mop'Cause I'll keep on going thesame wayGive me life but don't live itfor meGive me mind but don't thinkthrough for me.By Sinethemba BaxanaGrade 9Nathaniel Nyaluza High SchoolHOW EVERHowever I lost youHowever I lost theone of my dreamsI lost the one whomI thought he wasThe one my life my soulHowever I never noticedHe took my heart with himHe ripped my heart, my soul,my bloodI never noticed how hebetrayed my lovemy trustI never noticed how he tookthe pieces of my lifewithout saying goodbyeI never noticed how thepiecesof my life were taken withoutlooking back you destroyedevery pieceof my only life I hadHowever the one of mydreamsIs the one who betrayed mylove and trustHowever I never noticed.By Chuma NxakalaGrade 10Mary Waters High SchoolWe walk in, we walk out, ofthis institution called schoolThis institution, so much likea psychiatric hospital withpadded wallsOnly, the walls here aren'tpaddedIn Maths class theybrainwash you with x+y=z-yIn Biology the DNA strandsyou study wrap around youlike a straightjacketThe electronegativity ofatoms in Science class iselectroshock therapy to yourbrainIn Life Orientation class theymake you safe for publicconsumptionSo you don't shock thecivilians when you are finallyreleasedThey keep you locked in,trying to conform youUntil the bell rings and youare releasedOnly to repeat the processthe next dayBy Jessica WentworthGrade 10Victoria Girls' High SchoolSCHOOLOnce upon a timeI think, a few years backYou caught the eye of myfatherAppealed to my motherWho wanted more for theirdaughterThan they'd had forthemselvesAt times being near youI s arduousBut I pick myself upWaryAnd meet youPrecious hopes enter my trainof thoughtAs I weigh the losses andgains of battles foughtThe pain which the strugglebroughtBreeds in torn heartsproducinghate.Blood-deep, youngsters arebrought to this stateViolence is their expressionDeep in subconsciousdepressionAt the coast of progressionSome proceed but mostremainWas revolution in vain?To freedom fighters is insaneBut what good is freedomand all we shall gainIf not shared with our fellowsin struggle and pain?New South Africans are aminorityThe majority live and dieBehind cold steel bars ofpovertyForgotten? PossiblyMany witherDeparting into the captivespace of a coffinImprisoned from beginningto endMaybe my vision lackspatienceTime passesChained to the lives of HIVpositive youth.By Siyanda MarcusHoërskool PJ OlivierI'm proud of myselfI am active and confidentI am not shy, if I amI will not be able toMake a differenceI am proud of myselfI love myselfI respect myselfI share the happinesswith myselfI'm the impact of my societyI'm important and trustedby my peopleI'm loved by all peopleI'm the compass for the futureI'm a girl and a queenI will always love myselfI will always be myselfWhether white or IndianI remain myselfI respect every personI love and teach othersI do the right thingLet us be patient with eachotherTake care of yourselfI am proud of myselfBy Lelethu FalteinGrade 8Archie Mbolekwa Senior PrimarySchoolUKUFAKufandini ntondini engenasiziAwuphezi yini na, yini naUkuba ube isiselo sethuBesisa jonge ukufunxaLukhulu kodwa wenaWamxhwila njengokhoziBafundi nani bafundisintsaphoSulani ezonyembezi nithuleNithi tu, kuba isityaEsihle asidleliBy Sokhana HoyiGrade 8Ntaba Maria Primary SchoolBy Motolani AdesinaGrade 10Victoria Girls' High School
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