The Mamelodi Voice
Thursday, 19 September 2013
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Rape Campaign Event
On the 8th of June 2013, The Sexual and Gender-based Violence Campaign held its first rape campaign event in Mamelodi.
The Sexual and Gender-based Violence Campaign partnered with: Life Line, Itsoseng Clinic, Community Police Forum, Sonke Gender Justice Network, Izwelithini Community Development Project and the community.
The drives aims to inform rape victims about the steps that they need to take after a rape case. They also inform them about which conselling and treatment facilities they can go to.
In the video below, are some of the events that took place during the launch.
The Sexual and Gender-based Violence Campaign partnered with: Life Line, Itsoseng Clinic, Community Police Forum, Sonke Gender Justice Network, Izwelithini Community Development Project and the community.
The drives aims to inform rape victims about the steps that they need to take after a rape case. They also inform them about which conselling and treatment facilities they can go to.
In the video below, are some of the events that took place during the launch.
Mamelodi Book Drive
The Humanities Faculty at the University of Pretoria held a book drive in Mamelodi on the 1st of June 2013. The book drive was inspired by the Nelson Mandela Day Project which encourages people to give 67 minutes of their time to charity. This in commemoration of the 67 years that Mandela devoted to serving his community and country.
The purpose of the book drive is to collect and distribute books to three primary schools in Mamelodi: Mogale Primary School, Nwa Vangani Primary School and Dr IM Monare Primary School.
This year Ms Leti Kleyn, a Academic Literacy lecturer at UP, hoped to establish three reading rooms at the primary schools which are to benefit from the book drive.
In the video below we have a few people associated with the book drive initiative share their views on the importance of reading.
The purpose of the book drive is to collect and distribute books to three primary schools in Mamelodi: Mogale Primary School, Nwa Vangani Primary School and Dr IM Monare Primary School.
This year Ms Leti Kleyn, a Academic Literacy lecturer at UP, hoped to establish three reading rooms at the primary schools which are to benefit from the book drive.
In the video below we have a few people associated with the book drive initiative share their views on the importance of reading.
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Behind the scenes: 4 days to go
We only have 4 days left to work on The Mamelodi Voice and as you can see, we are working hard to produce a paper worth reading
"The Mamelodi Voice is not a job, or an assignment, it is a privilege and a lot like a roller-coaster ride."
Mart-Marie van den Berg was the editor of the Mamelodi Voice in 2010. She wrote a note on her experience
“The Mamelodi Experience,” as I like to
call it, is a fulfilling, exciting and daunting task. We barely knew each other
before we boarded the first bus that would take us to the opening of the
Gauteng Legislature at the Mamelodi Campus of the University of Pretoria. We
were a shivering, wet and miserable-looking group of journalism students who
waited a couple of hours for the Premier of Gauteng to arrive. The assignment
was easy: report on the opening of the Legislature, but it was like first year
orientation – the initial suffering will bond a group. That was our first
Mamelodi outing, and it was full steam ahead from there.
Two months later we suddenly had titles –
sub-editors, layout artists, copy editors, you name it. As editor, I kept the
fact to myself that I had no idea where we should start, or how we should go
about “this reporting thing” as one of the Mamelodi Voice journalists called
it.
So we started by visiting Mamelodi (sometimes
more than four times a week) and asked the locals what they want to read about.
Then we started having fun, fights and sleepless nights. I wanted to scream
when I had to read an article for the 35th time, but someone had to
do it, and I was not the only one. We had a great team, with the exception of
some members who literally were great at just not being there. Those who were
there everyday pulled more than their own weight and made my job easier.
It is not all hard and certainly not all
easy, but reading the first printed copy makes it all worth it. Suddenly you
forget the tears, arguments and blurry eyes from staring at the computer and
just revel in the success of the past couple of months.
My favourite moments:
Experiencing the hospitality of the Mams
locals first-hand – every time we visited.
Early morning cupcake-and-coffee sessions
with our Editorial Manager, Musi Kahimbaara, Deputy Editor, Reinart Toerien and
News Editor Marthé Kotze.
Hearing the “Mamelodi at Night”-stories
after Maryke van Staden and Musi Kahimbaara partied with the locals.
Seeing the first printed edition and
thinking, “We actually did it!”
The Mamelodi Voice is not a job, or an
assignment, it is a privilege and a lot like a roller-coaster ride: A hell of a
lot of fun with whoops of joy coming out of your mouth on the climb while the
downhill sees you trying not to pee in your pants.
Friday, 14 June 2013
What to expect, stories captured in pictures
A glimpse into the stories that each reporter is working on
Story by: Abigail Javier and Bonita Du Plessis Pictured: Koketso Dlongolo and Bonita Du Plessis enjoying a meal from a street cafe. |
Story by: Buntu Mawu and Aimee Delagay Pictured: Softball team from the Mamelodi Softball Foundation |
Story by: Simisola Jolaoso Pictured: Simisola with Bongani Nkosi, who does fossil casting |
Story by: Sungani Phiri Pictured: Tebogo Mmotlana at the Red Square social in Mamelodi |
Story by: Dikgang Kekana Pictured: Ms Earth South Africa at the Walter Sisulu Environmental Centre in Mamelodi |
Story by: Natalie Ryder Pictured: Abigail Javier with bikers Urban Fellas at a rape campaign in Mamelodi |
Story by: Neil Pretorius Pictured: Edwin Smith and Neil outside the Mae Jamison US Science Reading Room on Mamelodi Campus |
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