NURSES TAKE STAGE

Sthembiso Sithole

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South Africa’s largest hospital hosted Mr and Miss Chris Hani Baragwanath 2012 that was held at Chris Hani’s Baragwanath Hospital Recreational Hall.

Celeb Makahubalo and Thando Dudludlu crowned
Mr and Miss Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital

Student nurses gathered in their numbers as they looked lavish to witness their new King and Queen.

The event was aimed to boost student’s confidents about their bodies and to relax their minds as they spend most of their time studying. This is according to Londiwe Ntuli,Chris Hani Hospital project officer.

“Today’s event, we want our students to feel confident with their bodies, especially ladies. We want our students to have fun as they work hard in their studies.”

Celeb Makahubalo and Thando Dudludlu were crowned Mr and Miss Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital after entertaining the judges with their swim and formal wear attires.

Thando Dudludlu said she entered for the competition in last minutes but she is glad to have won the pageant.

“I feel overwhelmed and excited that I won to be Miss Chris Hani hospital 2012. I took my chance to enter for the competition in last minutes and I managed to take it,” Dudludlu said.

1st prince and Princess were Karabelo Sempe and Perseverance Tshabalala.  Mojalefe Maselela and Sibahle Mthembu were crowned 2rd prince and princess.

Making the pageant more interesting, organisers decided to add other categories such as Mr Money, Ms Fit nurse and Ms Fun, Fully and figured also known as Ms Fohloza.

President of Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Nursing College, Patrick Lekala said the event was a success and hopes that next year it will grow big.

“We did not have sponsors but the event managed to succeed.  We hope next year things will grow big.”

While judges looked keen to the contestants, the crowed was screaming to the music that Dj Tisetso Bokgutso played.

Former Mr and Miss Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Tshepiso Moitsheki and KeleabetsweDumpe walked on stage to say their goodbye as they make way to the new Mr and Miss Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.

MY EXPERIENCE AT FJP

Sthembiso Sithole
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Studying Journalism at Tshwane University of Technology is a great experience that led me being chosen to be part of Future Journalists Programme in Grahamstown.

FJP is a great programme that I believe has changed my life as a journalism student. It has opened my mind about the media landscape in Africa. Today I know how the western media push its own ideology in the African continent.

Yesterday we watched a short film Kony 2012 that was created by Invisible Children, Inc. It is aimed at raising awareness about Joseph Kony and the crimes that he committed in Uganda.

2012 FJP peers in the news

Everybody has dreams, my dreams are big and I can’t stop dreaming. One of the reasons why I chose journalism, it is because I want to tell those untold stories. I want to be the first to break that story. Yes, you got it right; I want to be the best in the media game.

When I was chosen to be part of FJP, I told myself that this is the time for me to grow and meet new people. I met fellow journos who have passion and love for journalism. I learned a lot from them as they expressed their views about different issues that are facing South Africa and how journalists can bring change.

First day; we learned about news writing and that was one of the sessions I enjoyed. Rhodes University lecturer Simwogerere Kyazze taught us about different ways and methods in writing for news. He emphasized the need for one to write for readers not him/herself.

One of the things that I realized about journalism, it needs someone with passion, talent, love and enthusiasm for it. FJP was a better place for me to discover my strength and weakness as a journalism student.

We were given a task to do vox pops about ‘My Democracy My write’. That was interesting because we went to the streets of Grahamstown.  We asked residents about the healthcare system in public and private hospitals. I must say they were welcoming and that made things easy for us.

Podcasting is one of the things that I am taking with me from this programme. It felt great to know that I can take my radio work in the internet. I think that makes things easy for people to hear my work and that will improve my chances of getting an internship next year. 

Don’t die this Easter, urges MEC

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KUTLWANO OLIFANT, STHEMBISO SITHOLE, ANGELIQUE SERRAO and KARABO SEANEGO

 

DON’T become a road death statistic this Easter. That’s the message from Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi, who was speaking yesterday at the 2012 Easter Road Safety Campaign launch in partnership with the Gauteng Department of Community Safety.

“We urge road users to obey the rules of the road and take necessary precautions to ensure that their vehicles are in a roadworthy condition,” said Vadi.

“The message is straight-forward – don’t become a road death statistic during this period. Make road safety everybody’s responsibility.”

Vadi asked pedestrians to make use of pedestrian crossings, or cross a road where it’s safe to do so.

And both Vadi and Community Safety MEC Faith Mazibuko warned motorists not to overload vehicles, to take rest breaks every two hours and to be courteous towards fellow road users.

Mazibuko said the unveiling of the campaign complemented the national launch presided over by Minister of Transport S’bu Ndebele in KwaThema, Springs, on March 18.

There were 272 road fatalities in Gauteng this past December.

Mazibuko said camps had been established at various locations in the province, including Moloto Road, the N1 at Wallmansthal and the N3 and N14 Petro Port Total garages. Motorists could get information and assistance and were encouraged to use filling stations to rest when tired.

Earlier, dozens of taxi drivers at the Faraday taxi rank fled as both MECs paid a surprise visit. Mazibuko said five taxis were confiscated.

Meanwhile, the Automobile Association has warned motorists that this Easter weekend will be a busy one despite rising fuel costs.

AA spokesman Gary Ronald said they were expecting the N1 to Polokwane would be the busiest route as Zion Christian Church members make their way to Moria.

The N3 and N4 will carry a lot of traffic from tomorrow morning until midday on Friday, as will the N1 and N2 to and from Cape Town.

Ronald warned motorists to be safety conscious while making their journeys and recommended that these easy steps be taken: plan your route; adhere to the six-second following-distance rule; have a rest break every 200km or two hours; adjust your speed to the prevailing conditions; and buckle up.

Traffic officials are gearing up for the Easter rush and are not taking anything for granted.

The Tshwane metro police department (TMPD) has come up with an extensive operational plan that will see it collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams comprising the SAPS, SAPS Air Wing, cross-border patrols, the Gauteng traffic police and the Road Traffic Management Corporation.

“Focal areas will include vehicle fitness, driver fitness, drunk driving, moving violations, excessive speed and overloading,” said TMPD spokesman Console Tleane.

There will be highly visible patrols and systematic checkpoints on the N1, N14, N4, Moloto Road, R80 (Mabopane highway) and R101 (Old Warmbaths Road).

“The SAPS’s Air Wing will patrol highways during peak hours on April 5-9. Sporadic air patrols will also be conducted throughout the weekend. Motorists are asked to be patient at toll gates as high volumes of vehicles are expected during peak hours,” said Tleane.

This belongs to THE STAR NEWSPAPER.

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STHEMBISO SITHOLE
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Sphelele Ngubane and Julia Payle in the newsroom

Bright Future for Journalism Students


Future Journalism Programme (FJP) is a great platform for us journalism students from different universities to share ideas about the media landscape in Africa. Yesterday we learned about podcasting. Today we will be in the streets of Grahamstown doing vox pops.

Future Journalism Programme (FJP) is a highway African initiative which is funded by a grant from the Open Society Foundation. FJP was launched towards the end of 2007.

The programme is targeted mostly at second year journalism students in tertiary institutions across the country. Its aim is to inspire young journalists through providing opportunities for them to experience the media industry and the opportunities available to them. FJP was created around five key pillars, which are to: Provide a vibrant networking opportunity for journalism students at SA tertiary institutions to engage with one another, meet media professionals and cover key events, or conferences.

Provide mentors in the media field for the students. Provide training and learning that will equip the students with media production skills, through experiential learning projects and workshops in areas such as new media writing;editing;photojournalism. Provide exposure for the students to media professionals and to developments in the media world.

Natasha Phiri a second year journalism student from Tshwane University of Technology believes podcasting is the new way to tell those untold stories.
“I learned a lot about podcasting. I believe this is a way to tell community stories.”

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