Johnatan56
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I'm still trying to figure this out as well.
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I'm still trying to figure this out as well.
It's phonetically correct, and correctly applied in the quoted sentence...
http://allafrica.com/stories/201511161300.html
They demanding free education from the university
From twitter seems protest are still ongoing with fires still being set right now
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As far as I know it is not correct. Nyala doesn't start with a vowel or sound like one. See this rule:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/540/01/
Nyala sounds like "N-yaa-la", no vowel sounding parts there. Wikipedia even have it listed as a Nyala:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyala
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It is correct. It may be written as "an Nyala" but when you say it you are forced to add "i" so you end up with "an iNyala" (as opposed to biting your tongue) .The letter i is the equivalent of "a" "an" and "the". If left there in a written sentence...
1. The sentence would read "an an Nyala" and
2. The sentence wouldn't really be in English anymore.
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Not when I read it. I read it as is (not a Nyala but an Nyala) and its a struggle to do it without my tongue feeling funny.
Lucas Buck
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Firstly you're mother isn't expected to pay that debt you are and that is only once you start working and earn enough to start making payments.
Secondly you have been heard, what you and your ilk want is to be obeyed.
supersunbird
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When I real "a nyala was used" I have not tongue issues, "an nyala was used" feels strange though.
CPUT students make last-minute plans after call to vacate
Tammy Petersen, News24
Cape Town - With a plastic bag filled with a few items of clothing, a flustered first-year mechanical engineering student said on Tuesday he was desperately trying to find a place to stay for the next week.
This after the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) instructed those living in university residences to vacate.
“I don’t know where I am going to sleep tomorrow night,” he told News24 on Tuesday.
“My flight is scheduled for Wednesday November 25. I don’t have money to make an alternative arrangement.”
The decision to vacate the residences came after weeks of violent student protests, Vice Chancellor Dr Prins Nevhutalu said in a communique to students on Monday.
He said students had until 16:00 on Wednesday to move out if immediate plans could not be arranged.
The student, who declined to be named, told News24 the past few weeks had been “terrible”.
“I have never felt so scared in my life. The violence seen from both the protesters and the police was deeply unsettling. But having nowhere to go is even worse. At least here I had a roof over my head.”
When News24 visited the university’s Bellville campus on Tuesday, most of the students were still in the residences.
“Time is running out but three days are not enough to plan an unexpected move from here to Limpopo,” another student said.
“I was supposed to leave on the last day of the month. Now I am being kicked out two weeks ahead of schedule. Who is going to pay for my bus ticket for me to get home? My parents can’t afford it.”
Carrying a plastic bag with a pillow and a jacket, another student, who also did not want to be named, said her family had scraped together just over R600 for a bus ticket to get her home on Tuesday night.
“I have to kiss the cash I paid for my plane ticket goodbye now,” the frustrated engineering student said.
“My family is seeing what’s happening on the news and they are panicking. And while this forced move is inconvenient, I will feel so much better when I get home. The last few weeks have been very bad.”
Call for mediation
Meanwhile, an urgent call for mediation was made via a petition signed by scores of concerned CPUT staff members.
“As concerned and committed staff of CPUT, we would like to affirm some of the core values of our university: The spirit of ubuntu, the spirit of mutual respect, the principle of equity, accountability for our actions and our belief that these principles should underpin our responses to the current crisis and the decision making for a way forward,” the petition read.
It stated that the signatories acknowledged that executive management had the intention of safeguarding students and staff in the “current volatile situation in terms of its most recent decisions”.
“However, we fear that the current closure of student residences and the suspension of examinations might spur further violence. It has given rise to conditions of mistrust, resistance and fear.
“Overall, the safety of students and staff alike has been called into question by acts of violence from both sides. We, therefore, reiterate the importance of a move toward non-violent approaches on all levels.”
The staff members called for a “process of inclusive mediation and open conversation, facilitated by neutral external third parties”.
News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...st-minute-plans-after-call-to-vacate-20151117
Tammy Petersen, News24
Cape Town - With a plastic bag filled with a few items of clothing, a flustered first-year mechanical engineering student said on Tuesday he was desperately trying to find a place to stay for the next week.
This after the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) instructed those living in university residences to vacate.
“I don’t know where I am going to sleep tomorrow night,” he told News24 on Tuesday.
“My flight is scheduled for Wednesday November 25. I don’t have money to make an alternative arrangement.”
The decision to vacate the residences came after weeks of violent student protests, Vice Chancellor Dr Prins Nevhutalu said in a communique to students on Monday.
He said students had until 16:00 on Wednesday to move out if immediate plans could not be arranged.
The student, who declined to be named, told News24 the past few weeks had been “terrible”.
“I have never felt so scared in my life. The violence seen from both the protesters and the police was deeply unsettling. But having nowhere to go is even worse. At least here I had a roof over my head.”
When News24 visited the university’s Bellville campus on Tuesday, most of the students were still in the residences.
“Time is running out but three days are not enough to plan an unexpected move from here to Limpopo,” another student said.
“I was supposed to leave on the last day of the month. Now I am being kicked out two weeks ahead of schedule. Who is going to pay for my bus ticket for me to get home? My parents can’t afford it.”
Carrying a plastic bag with a pillow and a jacket, another student, who also did not want to be named, said her family had scraped together just over R600 for a bus ticket to get her home on Tuesday night.
“I have to kiss the cash I paid for my plane ticket goodbye now,” the frustrated engineering student said.
“My family is seeing what’s happening on the news and they are panicking. And while this forced move is inconvenient, I will feel so much better when I get home. The last few weeks have been very bad.”
Call for mediation
Meanwhile, an urgent call for mediation was made via a petition signed by scores of concerned CPUT staff members.
“As concerned and committed staff of CPUT, we would like to affirm some of the core values of our university: The spirit of ubuntu, the spirit of mutual respect, the principle of equity, accountability for our actions and our belief that these principles should underpin our responses to the current crisis and the decision making for a way forward,” the petition read.
It stated that the signatories acknowledged that executive management had the intention of safeguarding students and staff in the “current volatile situation in terms of its most recent decisions”.
“However, we fear that the current closure of student residences and the suspension of examinations might spur further violence. It has given rise to conditions of mistrust, resistance and fear.
“Overall, the safety of students and staff alike has been called into question by acts of violence from both sides. We, therefore, reiterate the importance of a move toward non-violent approaches on all levels.”
The staff members called for a “process of inclusive mediation and open conversation, facilitated by neutral external third parties”.
News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...st-minute-plans-after-call-to-vacate-20151117
CPUT staff calls for end to evictions
More at: http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-afr...s-for-end-to-evictions-1.1947367#.VkycH-KQ9hE
More at: http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-afr...s-for-end-to-evictions-1.1947367#.VkycH-KQ9hE
dualmeister
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Expel the ****ers
Police monitor as some CPUT students protest
More at: http://ewn.co.za/2015/11/19/Group-of-students-protest-at-CPUT-cops-monitoring
More at: http://ewn.co.za/2015/11/19/Group-of-students-protest-at-CPUT-cops-monitoring
SACP blames EFF for continuing protest at UWC
Lizeka Tandwa,News24
Johannesburg - Deputy General Secretary Jeremy Cronin blamed Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania (Pasma) for the looting and disruption of exams at University of Western Cape (UWC).
Cronin said they (SACP) needed to expose a small minority of externally funded anarchist who were seeking to use the student for their own agenda.
Cronin was speaking during a media briefing at the SACP’s Augmented Central Committee meeting in Benoni on Sunday.
“Over the past few weeks, these forces have exposed themselves. The destruction of university property and criminal actions are not the work of those who genuinely seek to transform the higher education and training terrain. On the UWC campus, 300 misguided anarchists associated with the EFF and Pasma have tried to disrupt examinations, holding 30 000 students hostage,” Cronin told reporters.
News24 earlier reported several arrests at UWC after a small group of protesting set a number of campus buildings alight.
He said the ANC led alliance needed to speak with one voice and listen to the many issues confronting students. Cronin said resources must be found to meet the commitment to a zero fee increase for 2016 and address the debt crisis confronting returning students.
Cronin said a comprehensive review must be undertaken to ensure that the government’s budgetary process are aligned with key strategic priorities of the country.
Cronin lashed out on detractors of Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande. He said the SACP refused to be dragged in the mud with some political leaders who were publicly attacking Nzimande.
Attacks orchestrated
Earlier this year, in an exclusive interview with News24, ANC Youth League president Collen Maine blamed Nzimande and his department for the wave of student protests over fee increases.
Cronin said these attacks were orchestrated by factions inside the ANC for their own agenda. “Its quite blatant that some of the personalised attacks on the minister (Nzimande) were not intended to assist in finding solutions to the challenges faced by the students sector, they were directed against a minister in practice by entirely factionist group inside the ANC with an agenda. We decided not to respond in kind but we will be raising in this at the Alianace Political Council.”
"If the minister cared enough he would have dealt with these issues just after Wits because this was an indication that more was coming," said Maine.
Students led protest against fee increases dominated headlines last month. Several universities across the country took part in the protest which led to President Jacob Zuma scrapping fee hikes for 2016.
News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/sacp-blames-eff-for-continuing-protest-at-uwc-20151122
Lizeka Tandwa,News24
Johannesburg - Deputy General Secretary Jeremy Cronin blamed Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania (Pasma) for the looting and disruption of exams at University of Western Cape (UWC).
Cronin said they (SACP) needed to expose a small minority of externally funded anarchist who were seeking to use the student for their own agenda.
Cronin was speaking during a media briefing at the SACP’s Augmented Central Committee meeting in Benoni on Sunday.
“Over the past few weeks, these forces have exposed themselves. The destruction of university property and criminal actions are not the work of those who genuinely seek to transform the higher education and training terrain. On the UWC campus, 300 misguided anarchists associated with the EFF and Pasma have tried to disrupt examinations, holding 30 000 students hostage,” Cronin told reporters.
News24 earlier reported several arrests at UWC after a small group of protesting set a number of campus buildings alight.
He said the ANC led alliance needed to speak with one voice and listen to the many issues confronting students. Cronin said resources must be found to meet the commitment to a zero fee increase for 2016 and address the debt crisis confronting returning students.
Cronin said a comprehensive review must be undertaken to ensure that the government’s budgetary process are aligned with key strategic priorities of the country.
Cronin lashed out on detractors of Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande. He said the SACP refused to be dragged in the mud with some political leaders who were publicly attacking Nzimande.
Attacks orchestrated
Earlier this year, in an exclusive interview with News24, ANC Youth League president Collen Maine blamed Nzimande and his department for the wave of student protests over fee increases.
Cronin said these attacks were orchestrated by factions inside the ANC for their own agenda. “Its quite blatant that some of the personalised attacks on the minister (Nzimande) were not intended to assist in finding solutions to the challenges faced by the students sector, they were directed against a minister in practice by entirely factionist group inside the ANC with an agenda. We decided not to respond in kind but we will be raising in this at the Alianace Political Council.”
"If the minister cared enough he would have dealt with these issues just after Wits because this was an indication that more was coming," said Maine.
Students led protest against fee increases dominated headlines last month. Several universities across the country took part in the protest which led to President Jacob Zuma scrapping fee hikes for 2016.
News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/sacp-blames-eff-for-continuing-protest-at-uwc-20151122
Exams at CPUT Bellville postponed
More at:http://ewn.co.za/2015/11/23/Exams-to-commence-at-various-CPUT-campus-today
More at:http://ewn.co.za/2015/11/23/Exams-to-commence-at-various-CPUT-campus-today
akescpt
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hooligans messing with other peoples futures. why don't they fsuck off already and let the people who want to write do that. 'democracy' in action
Exams postponed at CPUT's Bellville campus
More at:http://ewn.co.za/2015/11/23/CPUT-postpones-exams-at-Bellville-campuspus
More at:http://ewn.co.za/2015/11/23/CPUT-postpones-exams-at-Bellville-campuspus
43 CPUT students arrested in clashes with cops
More at:http://ewn.co.za/2015/11/23/Over-40-CPUT-students-arrested-in-clash-with-cops
More at:http://ewn.co.za/2015/11/23/Over-40-CPUT-students-arrested-in-clash-with-cops