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A huge Fresher’s party at Little Manhattan

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  By: Alulutho Madolo Twitter: @Lutho2022 Email: alumadolo@gmail.com Freshers took place at Little Manhattan residence on the 20 th of May 2023. The reason for the event was to freshen up students’ minds, allow them to distress them from their academic and to enjoy themselves before they write exams. Poster created by: Kevin Phehla The event was not only for the Manhattan students, some students from other residence were also invited but were charged an entrance fee of R100. Due to not having electricity on that day, the event did not start at the promised time. The residence manager had to organise a generator because it was getting late and the event hadn’t started. The event started around 19:00 and there were few people because students thought the event is no longer happening. The majority of students were wearing jeans, sneakers and jackets and some were wearing their tracksuits and T-shirts. They were bouncers were around the stage to provide for security. Image by: Z...

Killers FC won against Junction

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By: Alulutho Madolo Twitter: @Lutho2022 Email: alumadolo@gmail.com The soccer tournament was between Killer FC and Junction was held at Soshanguve South Campus on the 20 th of May 2023. The match ended up with a draw of 1-1 between the two teams and moved to penalties and Killers FC won 5-4. Image by: Sandile Zikode Obakeng Maluleki, the couch of Killers FC said, “I was happy with how my players played. As a couch sometimes it is difficult to deal with players because I am supposed to deal with their different mindset, but I am managing to train them perfectly.” He further explained that the first half was difficult because, the power of both teams was strong during of the game. “Penalties are not our strength sometimes, but I am glad they pushed so hard to win during the penalties,” Obakeng added. Image by: Sandile Zikode “The game was just fine, we got a chance to rectify our past mistakes and we tried to push more to win on the penalties, we only need to practice more and kee...

Black Labone, a home for the art talents

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  By: Alulutho Madolo Twitter: @Lutho2022 Email: alumadolo@gmail.com Every Thursday afternoon, Black Labone features youth’s live music, poetry and other arts performances. It is a busy market with artists that have incredible skills in the African Beer Eporium at Pretoria CBD. Black Labone is an abode for creatives of all kinds, mainly from around Pretoria, but also for those who hail from distant lands. This movement is five years old. It is not the first art movement of its kind in the Capital City and has proven to be the most consistent. Black labone’s purpose is create space for the youth to share their different art talents, collaborate and produce work that consistently improves upon itself. “It took time to establish Black Labone because the mission was to create a movement that is freely available as these movements were, but also it needed to be self-sustaining. A self-sustaining programme but also a long-standing programme,” said Izah Kutsh, the owner of Black Lab...