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Une Ville Afrikaner Universitaire
... be from canada also ET NOUS A LAISSÉ PASSER... ce fut le début de nos nombreux fou-rire... le second est venu quand l'ai acheté un CD de musique traditionnelle afrikaner: certaines tounes sonnent comme le Réveil rural qui jouait a la radio dans ma prime jeunesse ca trahit mon age, non... une toune qui s'appelle DANKIE (merci en afrikaner) nous a fait aussi bien rire car nous avons changé le mot DANKIE pas DONKEY ( un ane) avec des mots appropriés... puis ce fut ...
Viva Madiba!!
... people - from the time that he began practicing law until when he retired from the presidency. "Viva Madiba!" was often heard said by people, which caused me to look up what Madiba meant. Madiba is actually Mandela's Xhosa or tribal clan. The lecture was actually a conversation between "The Arch" (which they called him - I loved it!), Dr. Pumla, and Professor Mark Solms. It was the beginning of a series called 'In Conversation With...' that included ...
The Children are Our Future
... had only been at the school for a little over 2 years, and though he had seen the pass rate for grade 12 students raise slightly, it only reached 74% last year. He told us that classrooms sometimes had 50 students per class and the enrollment of the school was 1000 students, though he might not get the full enrollment to attend regularly because some of the students had to walk 2 hours to get to the school. She shared, that like UFS, some students arrive without having had a ...
Back in Bloemfontein
... of reciprocal giving from its recipients. Post that presentation, the summit audience heard a few words from Prof Jansen as his official goodbye to the summit attendees as his schedule would not allow him to finish the event with us. Eloquent and funny as ever, he share some wonderful words to help us finish the week and encourgaged our continued learning. After another meal of soft vegetables, it was back to the hotel to get a good nights sleep for our visit to the schools in the ...
A Leisurely Morning...Sort Of.
... didn't really know what that was, but since our cultural experience was cut off the night before, I decided that I would do that instead. I definitely was on the fence...a quiet morning at a small coffee shop sounded heavenly, but I figured I could do that when I got back to the States. Well, the Basotho Village turned out to be a tourist attraction as well, but one that was done in the most respectful way possible. Nothing like our ...