UWC claim victory against DUT

By        : Avumile Seela

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University of Western Cape (UWC) Ladies FC claimed their first Varsity Football win against Durban University of Technology (DUT), at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) B field, on Saturday afternoon.

UWC Ladies FC moved to the 3rd spot on the group A log standing, as they had never registered a win since the tournament started, losing their first 2023 Varsity football game against the defending champions, University of Johannesburg ladies FC.

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The match’s first goal came in the 7^th minute of the game through the courtesy of Chelsea Daniels who was awarded Women of the Match trophy. The match started in style as the home team dominated the ball possession and created goal-scoring opportunities.

The Durban side never set back but they were competitive towards the home team as they managed to score before half time. DUT ladies FC created many goal scoring opportunities but couldn’t convert them into goals.

“It’s a hard loss, the girls started off slowly and they just conceded an early goal and as they tried coming back there wasn’t enough time, but we are looking forward for the next game,” said Durban University of Technology FC coach, Coach Siyabonga.

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The Western Cape continued to dominate the second half, securing an average ball possession of 65% against 35% of DUT. University of Western Cape FC desperately needed to claim 3 points from this game in order to stand a chance to qualify for the next round.

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UWC FC started Varsity Football tournament poor with the claiming unpleasing results from their last five pre-season game. The team managed to claim only two wins from the five played. The technical team continuously support and motivated players throughout the tournament.

The Western Cape will face the TUT FC on their last group A match on the 13^th August 2023 at TUT Stadium. UWC FC needs to claim 3 points on their next match with TUT ladies FC to progress to the knockout round of the tournament.

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 Alone Pilusa opens up about his journey into media

 By      : Avumile Seela

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Picture from Facebook: Umphakathi Fm

Alone Pilusa is a 38-year-old living in Randfontein, a small town in the Gauteng West district. Born and bred in Limpopo province. Like all kids who dreamt of pursuing other career paths, but due to his hometown situation, he could only get information, listen to music and drama through radio.

The radio exposure slowly and gently built an interest and developed into a passion that he has to put into practice and treat as a career. In the early 2000s, he got admission to study Bachelor of Arts majoring in media studies. This was a kick start opportunity to live the life he always desired to have.

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Post tertiary studies, he started his media career at Jozi Fm then went to VUT Fm. In 2014, he decided to start Alone Pilusa Foundation. With the information and knowledge, he had gathered, he decided to start a business in the media sector.

Alone Pilusa is one of the unrecognized media personnel in the media space and network. In 2016, he started Merafong Fm to assist community members in Carletonville township to have access to news and give young upcoming artists a platform to showcase their talent.

This radio station helps the community in terms of job creation. Many media entrepreneurs face challenges when they want to start their businesses and some still fail to sustain those funds.

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As media companies were negatively affected by the Corona Virus pandemic, the communication and market were the most affected departments and this disadvantages many media companies from receiving funds.

With the load shedding crises that the country is still facing, companies and sponsors are not willing to invest and provide funds in these businesses.

Pulisa said that he never doubted the career route he had taken and with the business’ initial vision, he had to prioritize his business by self-funding the business until it was financially stable. And his main mission was to create more employment opportunities for individuals who pursued the same career route.

“If you check in South Africa, transformation is still a problem because you still have few black individuals owning media companies, so my primary mission was to own a radio station,” added Pilusa.

In April 2022, he started Umpakathi Fm and became the first and only radio station in the Rand West City Municipality. So far, his businesses are doing well and are highly appreciated by community member from Carletonville, Randfontein and other surrounding areas.

The two stations’ listenership increases daily due to the content produced in these two stations.” I’m looking forward to have not one but more than two radio stations”, said Pilusa. The two stations are winning hearts of the societies through voices.

 

 

Youth Embraces its Beauty

By: Avumile Seela

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The Face of Azania Pageant heated up the Gauteng West region in Kagiso on the 8th July 2023 with its first Beauty Pageant event after the country suffered from catastrophic Corona Virus pandemic in the last 2 years.

Beauty pageants are seen as a platform for showcasing women empowerment, diversity, intelligence, and leadership. They are a way to promote societal connections and to encourage self-discipline, a way for today’s youth to find new opportunities, encourage self-confidence, healthy competition and charitable work, promote local economic opportunities.

“The purpose of this event was to give young individuals a platform where they can embrace their beauty, skills on a platform where the society will see the significance of having a glowing youth and to groom young ones who are not yet exposed to this platform,” said co-host, Tebogo Sehularo.

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According to Statista, South Africa is one of the best 10 countries with most beauty pageant crowns; standing on number 9 with a total of 6 crowns. Beauty pageants have long been a contested part of the culture, some see them as a hangover from a far more patriarchal era, while others defend them for helping women of all ages to feel more confident and to know their self-worth.

“Participating in this event gave me a chance to step out of my comfort zone and start looking at the positive side of my life. I was always involved in bad situations and I nearly gave up on myself,” said Tshepiso Tsiloane who was later named the Queen of Azania.

The face of Azania handed over prizes according to participants according to their respectively achievement or positions in relation to the event. The most common duty that they received was a 6 months’ contract to promote The Face of Azania Pageant page.

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Noluvo Mabuza from Tshwane University of Technology Soshanguve Campus, outlines how participating in beauty pageants from her early age helped her overcome situations that she sometimes found herself in her teen life.

Beauty Pageants help participants when it comes to their job resumes, they will have so much to talk about and show what one has done with their title through community service. Each participant has a platform to raise awareness and money. This teaches individuals to be active and give back to the community.