LEGALLY BLONDE IN THEATRE

The department of Musical Theatre from Tshwane University of Technology is having a theatre play, Legally Blonde musical which will run for about two weeks. The musical premiered on the 25^th of April and will show until the 4^th of the coming month at Breytenbach theatre, Sunnyside, Pretoria.

The play is based on the movie, legally blonde, starring Reese Witherspoon of a blonde sorority queen who decides to follow her ex boyfriend to law school after being dumped, in hope to prove her worth to him. The experience of being a law student gave her a new perspective of life, outside the border of love for her ex boyfriend.

The director of legally blonde musical, and a lecturer at the institution, Rostislava Pashkevitch, said that during the preparation of the show, the students have grown tremendously. She also believes that such productions expose students to the world of theatre, which helps produce quality performers.

“My expectation for the show is for every night to be different for the students to enjoy the show. To enjoy the audience and feel the beat in their hearts because that’s what musical theatre is all about,” Pashkevitsh said.

One of the co-stars, Zama Ngubane viewed this opportunity of starring in the musical as a life changing experience. “Not only have I grown as a performer, but also as a person as well. My confidence has improved a lot and thanks the lecturers for believing in me,” she said.

For bookings and enquiries, contact (012) 440 4834 or go to breytie@tut.ac.za

                             finding your passion

the universe is big, there are numerous things that one would do, things that one would even find to be interesting but are those things what you are passionate about?

we live in a world where before we can decide what we passionate about we have to think if that passion will make us rich, if that passion will put food in the table to a point that we choose careers based on security but not passion.

the best place to spot people who have chosen security over passion is high school, or should i say the place where pupils are forced to choose security over passion. Maths and science are are security or most parents, because their children will end up being engineers, doctors or even pilots. the problem begins when students are not given a choice to choose what they are passionate about or rather what they like or do best.
 the worse place to see what the drive to secure a job, money and wealth is the hospital. we have nurses and doctors who are into medicine not because they love it but because the salary is good and they would never go hungry. that's the very same reason we find patients neglected, shouted at, beaten or even harassed by nurses and Doctors, because they are not doing the job out of love but for the drive of making money.
when  i passed my grade 9 my dad chose maths and science and i added accounting and biology. truth is the idea of science excited me but i was scared i would fail. mind you i was an A student by June i wanted nothing to do with maths and science, as i result i changed to Business studies and Maths literacy. Yes i had accepted defeat if that's what you want to call it but i call it being realistic and realistic that i did not belong in those subjects. today i am studying towads my National Diploma in Journalism, majoring in broadcast.

By Matsombe Leila
what is an opinion?

 the dictionary meaning of an opinion is a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty. a personal view, attitude, or appraisal. My main question is: why is it that people always judge peoples opinions? why do we say someone has no respect when they voice out their opinion? doesnt the dictionary say its a personal view!!!!

 A very good example would be when Vuyo Mbuli Passed on, we had a discussion in my broadcast class, paying attribute to his work, people had a fair share to say about the good work that Mr shap shap had done during in the journalism industry. there was but one individual who i would rather not mention his name who had a different pespective or rather view of Vuyo Mbulis work, poor guy was called all the bad names  you can think about! for mearly voicing out his personal view! but why ask someone what they think if you are going to chew them alive. I for one think that Vuyo Mbuli was a legend in the Journalism industry, i loved his work, he was a very humble person, may his soul rest in peace.

 i would conclude by saying allow people to voice out their opinion, the only thing that should matter is not inciting violence or violating other peoples rights.

Online News Organisations (assignment)

Technology has improved immensely in the last 100 years; this has improved the way news is disseminated. The web has made it easy for news organisations to break a story instantly rather than waiting for the newspaper to be published, this can take either a day or even a week for weekly newspapers.

I have looked at various online news sides, and these include Daily Maverick, City Press online, Sowetan live, and Times live. All these online news organisations have a different layout and their style of writing is not the same either.  All these news sites use social network to communicate with their readers, they also use social network to break stories.

I have learned a lot from visiting all these news Organisations, The way you plan your website, determines the number of readers you have. I have noticed with Sowetan live, their home page is very simple and this can affect their figures because people prefer to see colour and images, but again they know their readers best. Of all the news organisations I read, I personally think that news24 and City press are the best in terms of layout, content and keeping good communication with their readers. News24 has a section where readers publish their own stories, i find this interesting because when readers see their own stories published they become motivated, and this might increase subscribers because they tell others about their stories being published.

I had a rather different reaction when it came to Daily Maverick (http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/) and Timeslive   (http://www.timeslive.com/)  Daily Mavericks website is rather dull and not eye catching. The use of black and white made me uninterested in even reading further, but i must say they have very beautiful photographs, and the way they position their stories is different from the rest other organisations. As for Timeslive, I think they should go back to the drawing board, their home page is very simple, it indicates laziness, it should not necessarily be a rainbow but way creative than the current one. It does however have various options such as live sports, live match’s and live traffic.

I was very impressed with the fact that News24 has an option of watching videos i saw a video on the current Oscar Pistorious court case http://www.news24.com/Multimedia/South-Africa/Pistorius-leaves-court-after-hearing-20130219 . This was a very smart move that News24 did. Honestly speaking i learned so much in a very short period of time because usually i just read the news and i never observe the layout or the presentation of most News Organisations. Although i was impressed with most of the News Organisation sites i visited, i still think there is room for improvement.

valentines day

do u ever wonder why we celebrate valentines day, why we buy each ada presents. why is it that on this day red and white are the colours of the day. well that makes the two of us. Romeo and Juliet are one of the most famous stories of love that we know. there are many versions of the story behind valentines day, one which says that Valentine fell in love with his jailer daughter, just before his death he wrote heer a not signed from your Valentine,

Today Valentines day is still celebrated all over the world. people have a different understanting of what valentine is, but nevertheless its still celebrated. couples all over the world will be making love stories of their own this valentines day, while others believe valentines day is overrated to be celebrated.
Reseach shows that many ladies send themselves roses on valentines day. i personally respect these ladies, you dont need someone to remind you how special you are. if there is no Mr right to show you then take innitiative and do it yourself. this does not only apply to ladies, gentlemen respect yourself and just take yourself or even a friend out. make everyday a valentines day.

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