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EDITOR’S NOTE THE TEAM

HK Publications Willem Wanneburg willemwannenburg@yahoo.com

Head of Publications Thabang M Letageng webeditor@thesetmagazine.co.za

Photography & Plakboek Marius Vermaak

Head copy editor Dennis Ngango

Article deligation Johan Taljard

Social Media Managers Johan Van Zyl Armann Reynecke

Pu b l i c a t i o n s Co m m i te eUniversity has been

known as a place where people’s dreams are built, but from what we’ve seen, other’s dreams sometimes get destroyed. The father and son system was developed for the pur-pose of helping pep-pies to get the groove of how things happen both in Mopanie and the University of Pre-toria. In previous years there were mentorship programs but such a system was developed and is bearing its first fruits. This system was

developed with the ethos of Mopanie

in mind

THE FATHER AND SON SYSTEM, A PERSPECTIVE OF A NEW FATHER AND AN OLD SON

and promotes sen-iority which is one of the key focuses in this house. The bond shared between your mentor(which in this case is called your fa-ther) is sacred and key to success as an individ-ual in your academics and in Mopanie.

As a son , you are expected to “report” to your father about the progress of your aca-demics, any problems (general to very deep issues you might be having at that time), yet bearing in mind that from this year onward you should start as-

suming a role of a young adult. As a son

you also have the responsibility to show growth (as every par-ent would like to see in their child) in terms of maturity. As you are still

the newest member of the

house, if there are thing syou don’t

understand, your father is the “go-to” person.

Since I have experienced

this system

first as son and now a father, and having blue blood running through my body, I applaud this system. To the fathers it’s really important to know your son on a per-sonal level so that whatever solutions you sug-gest fit him best.

There are places like Student Sup-port here at TUKS, and if the situa-tion demands it you should be the one sug-gesting such programs to your son. He is not there jusat to be bossed around.

The biggest problems that Peppies face are academic related. This program was never made to gratify seniors in the house, but it is there to aid you, first year’s, that are read-ing this article. When you are drowning you must cry for help- you have nothing to lose but everything to gain. You can’t be overcome by the very same challenge that your father went through. Your father

is your key to being a successful student and a true Mopaan.

First years, the ball is in your court. With the aid of your father you can “ace” everything you face.

By Jabulani Nyembe

I’ve been in Mopanie for years. Okay, that seems a bit over

exagerated. Let me start over :I’ve been in Mopanie four

years.In this time there has been few

things that I have come to know that only a Mopaan will know. I invite you to check my check-list to see if you have noticed the same things I have, and if you haven’t I hope this will make you aware.

- Your student card fits perfect-ely in the “skinkbord” slide and is just as big as the HK table is thick.

- You can sit in your room and exactly know who is walking up the stairs or is sitting in the sit-tingroom because of the peppies greeting them.

-Everybody hates stopping to unlock their bikes when exiting Campus, but, even though it is expected of us to punch our student number on our bicycles (which will spare this effort), nobody does it.

-When you are walking back from the din-ning hall you carry everything in your left hand because you know you will be shaking someone’s hand or greeting back Peppies.

-When you exit the dinning hall at 17:30 the sunlight blinds you so you have no idea who is coming in.

-When drinking beer at the Clubhouse and there are only 10 minutes left until 10 you always buy another drink even though you have such a big pee that your teeth itch.

-The new lost and found box is so small it’s possible to lose the lost and found box

-If you stand at the northen entrance of the proefplaas (over at Tuks Village) you can see the roof of the Rembrandt line up exactly with the hill behind it.

Another year is about to be a history and I believe it is the right time to reflect on the things that have happened this year, while this issue largely focuses on the positive side of things. We also need to address the not so positive stuff so that we can move our house forward. It is when we turn a blind eye on these issues that they tend to grow and before we know it, we have a bigger issue on our hands.We all come from different cultural back-grounds and since its election season, I

believe it’s about time one asks this questions… Shouldn’t we try harder to adapt our res culture to reflect the diversity of the members in this house? Shouldn’t we try to alter the seniority system to also better accommodate those who prefer indoor lifestyles as opposed to the traditional system of seniority that we have adopted? If we say that we are truly united and then turn around to look down on ‘Sluipers’, are we not causing di-visions in this house? When our Peppies fail to greet ‘Naledi guys’, have we stopped to ask ourselves if that makes them feel like they are truly part of this house?Time and time again we always ad-dress the issue of language, but if a few number of senior members of the house fail to respect it, the rest of the house will also follow. To be truly united, we need to fully respect and accommodate one another. I mean if I stood up in a meeting and posed a question in Sepedi, wouldn’t that be viewed as being disrespectful towards the house? It is these little things that cause divisions in our house and it is about time we dealt harshly with them.The publications team has hard worked on this issue, we hope that you will enjoy it and please feel free to send us sugges-tions on how we can improve this paper.Thabang M Letageng

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From the Chairman: There’s no coming back

Mopanie has become a brand name. An entity that is associ-ated with excellence in every field. Just when it feels as if the “glory years” we find ourselves in are drawing to an end, we get an-other boost and keep the streak going. Our reputation precedes us wherever we participate - the female reses love us and the male reses fear us!

At the start of my term as Chairman in August 2014, I was uncertain but excited about where we were going as a resi-dence. And then the first semes-ter of 2015 happened and all doubts went out the window. The

vibe has been utterly positive and our unity on a next level. I have said it before and I will say it again: we are a far stretch ahead of any other residence at Tuks. Our Ethos is faultless and the character of our residents is nowhere else to be found.

It has been an amazing ride. At the end of the year I will be packing up my things and emp-tying my room for the last time. For four years this place has been my everything. Then there will be no coming back.

It is this reality that I want to remind everyone of. Once you leave, you are gone (well, except for guys like Johan, Lem and Steyn who managed to make glorious returns). But for 98% of us, it will be the end. What I’m trying to say is this: experience everything this place has to offer, before it’s too late.

Learn about other people’s cultures, how different people’s personalities fit in with yours, how other people manage their

time, how they stay fit, how they balance their love- and family lives with their academics. Par-ticipate. Be everywhere you can. Support our teams and be at our events. It means so much more than you realize.

Don’t look back one day and think “what if?”. Leave when you feel you’ve reached the maxi-mum and back yourself to reach it.

When I come and visit next year to the greets of “Howzit, Gerbrand”, I want to find you here, living the Mopanie lifestyle. The lifestyle that prepares you for the outside world of adult-hood way better than any other lifestyle. I want to regret leaving, and I know I will. But there is a time for everything. The Mo-panie youngsters are ready to take the wheel and I am ready to see what they have to offer.

Ek is niks, Mopanie is alles!Geolé.

ORIENTATION WEEK: From a Peppie’s perspectiveThe time had come. The time to

become a student, the time to become part of something much bigger than ourselves, the time to set our feet in Mopanie. It became the peppies of 2015’s turn to insert our keys into a lock which opened a room, a room with memories seeping from the walls. The time had come to give our own memories a home here.

Most of us were at the top of the food chain in our high schools and in Mo-panie we were rightly reduced to initi-ates. Rough shards of metal in need of intense shaping and attention in the hope of one day becoming great.

This all started one fateful day as the final countdown signalled the entrance of 12 men, wearing similar suits and sporting wooden kieries. What a scary sight. It was at this time I realised we were still only schoolboys in a place meant for adults.

After we met the HK and learnt the different forms of greeting with which the ladies and Mopane were meant to be greeted we were put to the test for the first time… and failed miserably. We seemed like young boys unable to master any instruction.

The first couple days of were a shock to the system- setting a kind of base-line for what we could expect from Mopanie in the days, weeks, months and years to come.

Soon ienkmelodienk practise started and what incredible fun that was. We

came to know Senior Tinus as a man who knew only one stand-ard and that was perfection. Ienk practise quickly became a strenu-ous physical activity, tiring out our bodies. This made the sheer enjoy-ment of performing so much more rewarding, nearly as satisfying as enjoying a beer with your fellow peppies in Springbok for the first time. A timely, but limited feeling of relief.

O-week started only days later. For the first time we could expe-rience the university “vibe” as it was known. The peppies tended to congregate on the Aula grass most mornings in anticipation of having lunch with a female residence. I recall one lunch that was particu-larly exciting. Madelief was eating lunch with College while the pep-pies were enjoying the soft Aula grass. A brave first year from CV-ollege thought this a good time to take his chances in stealing a jottir. His bravado seemed to have been paying off… for the first twenty metres. It was then that he realised the error in his ways. A wall of blue consumed his entire field of vision- not long after the jottir was returned damage free. The brave college initiate was spared in order

to tell the tale to his peers. The rest of the week elapsed without inci-dences of similar vein. After lunch it was not uncommon to find massive groups of peppies wait-ing at the Lunnon road entrance, trying to form the largest possible group to go back to residence with. If there is one thing feared in O-week it was going back to Mopanie alone and experience a chance encounter with some of the Seniors which had moved back to res a bit early.

After O-week we had to grow up pretty quickly for RAG-week was upon us, as well as Senior-ontmoeting, the start of serrie practise, rugby and a whole host of activities. Looking back on our early weeks of experiencing Mopanie it is filled with intense feelings of pride, happiness and perhaps most importantly no re-grets. Even now as we are moving to the middle of the year I cannot help but feel excited for not only the remainder of the year, but for the coming years and decades which will succeed it and hope-fully we as a peppie group will be able to experience these coming times together… as one.

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Peppie Charl “We had a Peppie Braai at LC de Villiers, right next to the sickening, dirty river. After a couple of drinks, Charl waded into

the river with one goal in mind: to prove to everyone that he could catch a baber with his bare hands. His quest into the

dirty river started as a dare by Peppie Juan. When he couldn’t catch a baber, he made a front-summie into the river, just

to show the fish who’s boss. That same night, he drunkenly joined the festivities of the braai next to ours. Charl says that

his other drunken escapades include losing his keys 4 times, passing out on 2-3’s couch 5 times and having his bicycle

stolen…twice.”

Peppie Dewald“As you all know, Peppies have to greet the HK as one unit and during O-week, this almost always ends in disaster. One

day, we thought that our luck was about to change, since we greeted everyone perfectly and we only had one more HK

member to greet, Semi Dennis. Then, Dewald shouted “Peppies, groet Semi Sammy!”… To this day, we have no idea who

Sammy is, but at least Dewald scored a new nickname: Peppie Sammy.”

Peppie Martin “I usually make word associations to remember people’s names. Well, I learned Senior Privilege’s name by thinking about

the phrase “It’s a privilege to meet you.” Unfortunately, one day in O-week, I got confused with two phrases and called

“Peppies, groet Senior Pleasure”. My favourite connotation is still to remember Semi Thabang’s name: I’m ‘Te bang’ to ask

for his name again.”

About 20 Peppies

On the first day that the Knolle of Madelief wore their Jottirs, all of the Peppies were expecting a Jottir theft. What we

didn’t expect, however, was to see a Taaibos HK member chasing after a Kollege guy while waving his knobkerrie in the air,

as if he was Mr. Bones playing iGwara-gwara. When we saw the stolen Jotter in his hand, a bunch of us got up and tackled

the thief, right on the cement. This led to a dog pile of about 20 Peppies on top of the thief. Looks like the Kollege thief felt

the wrath of ‘the Mighty Mountain’

Peppie Theo

At a social with Curlitzia during O-week, we had a watermelon fight with our HK, which of course meant that they had

all of the watermelon and we were just there for target practice. Peppie Theo, who stood in the front line of fire, was

reminded why Senior Dean is the Sports HK. With a back-numbing shot, Peppie Theo learnt another meaning for having

blue balls.

Peppie Lucius: “As I was washing my hands in the bathroom at Springbok (which has become notorious for bar brawls with Mopanie),

I suddenly felt a shot against the side of my face. Before I knew what was happening, one guy held me against the wall

while another guy wailed on my face and tried to steal my Peppie cap. I yanked my cap back, accidentally tearing the

visor off, which they stole. I ran out and told everyone what happened, but after a long search, we couldn’t find the guys

responsible. The spoils of war, my new Peppie Yakama, still hangs proudly on my door.

Please note that ‘All stories were written with the full consent of the Peppies involved and are depictions of how they told the story’

Orientation week: From a Peppie’s perspective

Peppie Marten

On the same night, Peppie Marten’s cap was also stolen. He chased after the guys and jumped into their get-away

car. With his legs still hanging hallway out, and angry Battaljon Seniors chasing after the car, he finally got his cap

back.

Peppie Francois and Peppie TKAt a mieliewag shift, the Battaljon Semis were itching to play some videogames. With no gaming console nearby,

Peppie Francois and Peppie TK became two new characters in Tekken. With kicks, jumps, character personas and

personalised combos, the Peppies provided some decent gaming experience for the Semis. Apparently the Peppies

can be hired by bored seniors with no gaming platforms and a passion for combat games.

Peppie Marten and Peppie RynhardThe tradition of ‘borrowing’ some golf balls for Senior chipping contests from the neighbouring driving range

always seems like a good idea. However, when a Senior asks you to do this in broad daylight, it could lead to you

being chased by security guards on golf carts. A “menacing” sight to say the least, according to Peppie Marten and

Peppie Rynhard.

Peppie Theo en Peppie GideonAt a Mieliewag shift with Soul Central Semis, Soul Central was nice enough to give these two Peppies a chance to

impress the girls. The Peppies took of their shirts and held a “rhift-off” competition, entertaining the ladies by flexing

and posing for them.

Peppie Gideon After his eyebrows were shaved off, Peppie Gideon was dubbed Peppie Voldemort, but few people know why he

did it. After a Pig’s Night, Peppie TK “fell asleep”. Gideon saw this as an opportunity and shaved one of TK’s eye-

brows. A couple of days later, TK “fell asleep” again, so Gideon shaved off his other eyebrow. However, he made a

rookie mistake: this time, he was alone with TK, so TK finally found out who shaved his first eyebrow as well. To be a

good sport, Gideon shaved off both of his eyebrows, and so “he who shall not be named” was born.

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With the new season of res league kick start-ing this semester, Mo-panie FC is expected to have a good start. With a new set of players that has recently joined the team, most impor-tantly in the striking position, the hope for goals is born. The team is expected to expand, aiming to have 2 teams, Mopanie first team and the Mopanie team B.

Last season the team played well as they were half way through the ta-ble at the end of the sea-son, having performed poorly only in a single match out of the 8 that they played. Generally the team played well, creating a lot of goal scoring opportunities but only converting a few into goals. In one other match, against

College, Mopanie were favourites and won 3-0. After the match, the College captain came to congratulate the team and said “I have never played against a team that played like this in the res league; we were looking for the ball from the beginning till the end. You really played as a team and you deserve the results that you got today.” The collective team effort that was emphasised by the coach brought good results, he said. In total the team played 8 matches in the res league- their biggest win was 3-0 against College and their big-gest defeat was the embarrassing 5-1 loss against Taaibos.

This season, there has been an influx of new

and raw talent to the Mopanie soccer team. There is a new goal-keeper who goes by the name of Spider-Kid, also known as Tebogo Bapela; on the left-back there is the reigning player of the tourna-ment in the last Top 8 residence league who brings to Mopanie great skill and experience, who goes by the name of Olerato Ntshegang; on the right-back there is the soccer-loving Phakamile Vilakazi, who is also a dedi-cated house committee member; in the middle there is the unbreakable Great Wall of Mopanie, which consists of Khomotsho Kekana , Schalk Ferreira and Vuyo Ngcoza. Further-more, on the right wing there is the very skill-

ful, unstoppable Shaun “Ronaldo”Munonoka and on the other wing there is Reginald Sethosa who is a former Mamelodi Sundowns development player. Lastly, our striker is Phumelele Malinga. However, Mopanie’s secret weapon is not the players but instead it is the new head-coach who used to be a pro-fessional soccer-player for Bidvest Wits back in the day.

Hopefully, this is go-ing to be the greatest season ever

Glory Mopanie Glory.

Inspiring Greatness.

By Mkhululi Nka-binde and Shaun.

MOPANIE FC: A GROWING TEAM

By Conrad Strasheim

A hipster culture external, a band that made Jo-lene think that we were dancing to a back-track, combat boots and sombre-ros. You can say we broke some borders. These were the ingredi-ents to a serrie that would not be forgotten.

There were the good times (Phagamile constantly searching for money, Wilco being pos-sessed by a bulldog, a joint effort from everyone to communicate the importance of double chuck day and the spontaneous cheers initiated during Ugly Heart), the bad times (let’s not forget the

wide assortment of protein farts available for taste during prac-tice), the hard times (those Sun-day mornings after a more than questionable Saturday evening) and that victorious feeling when your house arouses a standing ovation from the entire Am-phi. But ask anyone (or at least a Mexican) what their feeling about this year’s serrie was - and it will be that it was fun.

A congralutions to Tinus for getting that right. The gen-eral feeling for serrie was that it wasn’t just something to be done for seniority points or to not be a sluiper, but that it was enjoyed.

There was also, debatedly, a few things that did not count in our favour at finals. The fact that we had to go first and Taaibos last plays a role in the judging, and our average placing at prelims probably wandered in the back of their heads. That being said our serrie wás fine tuned for finals, and the crowd agreed.

The bigger picture should also

be kept in mind. 0.8% in the long run means nothing, and when it comes down to res of the year there are many other events which will count in our favour.

To close on a good note, here are some MopStats for this year’s serrie:

100% - The amount of judges that should rewatch Mopanie and Taaibos’ serrie after each other.

5th – The place Mopanie came in prelims.

1328 – The approximate amount of people that wet their pants everytime Phaks flew over the fence

0.8% - The percentage Mo-panie came second to Taaibos by.

216 – The amount of times a smoke break was called for dur-ing practice

0 – The amount of smoke breaks allowed

All of them – The amount of hearts that were won by Mo-panie’s Serrie.

Breaking Borders

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Ses jaar gelede (Toe meeste van die wat nou die berig lees, nog gesukkel het met hoërskool wiskunde), het die aanstelling van Barend Kirsten as Mopanie se hoofafrigter die koshuis in ‘n nuwe rigting gestuur. Nie-mand kon toe voorspel het dat gesonde rugby strukture Mopanie sou verander in ‘n rugby reus nie.

Mopanie rugby was in 2009 soos ‘n agt krediet module: Iets wat mens moet afhandel, maar nie iets wat mens regtig vrees nie. Die eerste wedstryd onder die aftigting van Barend Kirsten was teen ons bure ander-kant die eetsaal. Mopanie se eerste span was die oggend voor die wedstryd byme-kaar gebel, spelers het meer omgegee oor watter girls kom kyk en tydens opwarm-ing het die manne hulle meer bekommer oor die size van die opponent as oor die afrigter se woorde. Die koël was reeds voor halftyd deur die kerk en die manne het besef dit gaan meer as net ‘n uittrap vat om die gelapte span van Mopanie in ‘n swaargewig span te verander. So het die lang pad

wat uiteindelik by ‘n Varsity Cup oorwinning sou eindig, begin.

Steinhoff het in 2009 die koshuis liga komponent van die Varsity Cup bekend gestel. Al die deelnemende universiteite se koshuis liga wenners het dit uitgespook in die kompitisie vir die titel van beste rugby koshuis in Suid Afrika. ‘n In diepte ontleding van elke elke seisoen sal die volume van ‘n Chemie handboek beslaan, dus sal net die belangrikste punte hier bespreek word. Van 2010 tot 2014 speel Mopanie vir vyf jaar in ‘n ry, elke jaar in die finaal van die eerste span liga. In 2011 wen Mopanie die liga en kwalifiseer vir die 2012 Varsity Cup. ‘n Paar kritiese beserings en ‘n swak toer kos Mopanie se kanse en die jaar eindig onsuksesvol. Einde 2012 wen Mopanie egter weer die liga en kon hulle vir die tweede jaar in ‘n ry aan die Varsity Cup deelneem. Tuks rugby se inmenging met spankeuses en spelers wat op papier sterre is, maar nie lekker met die span gel nie kos Mopanie weereens die Varsity Cup. Teen die tyd

beplan die afrigters om af te tree, maar Barend Kirsten besluit om vas te byt vir nog een gooi van die dobbel-steen.

So gebeur dit toe dat Mopanie in 2014 die finaal teen Maroela wen en vir ‘n derde keer kwalifiseer vir die Varsity Cup. Daar is egter ‘n paar lesse geleer uit twee on-suksesvolle veldtogte en die Mopanie Rugby administra-sie benader die 2015 Varsity Cup ietwat anders. Anders as in die verlede word daar einde 2014 ‘n groep spel-ers geidentifiseer wat oor die af-seisoen moet oefen. Daar word ook opwarm-ings wedstryde gereël om te verseker dat die span nie geroes is met die aanbreek van die eerste Varsity Cup wedstryd nie. Met uitson-dering van Potchefstroom se Patria wen Mopanie al sy wedstryde gemaklik en eindig onoorwonne met ‘n finaal wat in Bloemfontein wag teen die tweemalige kampioen, Vishuis van Bloemfontein.

Die finaal word regstreeks uitgesaai en die opbou word oorskadu met media konferensies, onderhoude

met Volksblad joernaliste en SuperSport wat inligting oor die spelers soek. Die busrit Bloem toe vind plaas sonder enige drama en Mopanie ar-riveer in die platstad met ‘n wil om te wen. ‘n Baie span-nende finaal eindig met die telbord op 29-23 in Mopanie se guns. Met die wedstryd wat op TV uitgesaai is kan mens verseker wees die Huis Komitee van Mopanie gaan ‘n paar ekstra oproepe kry van ouers wat oortuig is hulle seuntjie gaan ‘n Spring-bok word.

Mopanie rugby is vir ewig in die geskiedenis gegiet as die eerste Tuks span wat daarin slaag om die Varsity Cup huis toe te bring. ‘n Buitestander sal dalk dink dit was ‘n gelukskoot, maar enige iemand wat betrokke was sal ‘n ander storie vertel. Om so ‘n veldtog suksesvol af te sluit het duisende man ure (Van beide afrigters en spelers) vereis. Dit het ook oefening in yskoue aande gekos en finansiele bystand om oefen voorraad en toerusting te koop. Met die voorbereiding kon enige van die spelers of afrigters die tou ingegooi het. Maar hulle

STUKU organ-ized the inaugural Inter-House debating competition this year and Tuks-Village also organized their own Top Four Resi-dence debate com-petitions. Mopanie featured in both these competitions. The Inter-House competition had preliminary rounds. Over three evenings after which the top four contenders would then battle it out on the fourth and final day of the competition. These debates were conducted in the British Parliamentary style conducted. Willem Wannenburg was in charge of the training, preparation and coaching, so that the team could focus on the debate.

On the first day of the com-petition Mopanie faced Lumi-nous. On Mopanie’s team was Tinus Ferreira, Dennis Ngango, Johan Taljaard and Peppie Len. It was indeed a successful out-ing as Mopanie triumphed over Luminous. The second day of the competition the house had to face Huis Curlitzia who were

MOPANIE FIRST DEBATE OUTING, A SUCCESFUL TALE

later crowned champions. There was a shuffle in the team and Johan Taljaard, Peppie Dean, Peppie Len and Peppie Andre took to the podium and fought a good fight for the house in a very dramatic debate of which Curlit-zia snatched the victory.

On the final day of the pre-liminary rounds Mopanie faced Taaibos in a debate for the books and the crowd’s favourite in the prelims. There was a last shuffle in the team and the representa-tives were Johan Taljaard, Jabu-lani Nyembe, Peppie Andre and Peppie Len. It was a very tightly contested debate, but Mopanie couldn’t make it to the final round on points, although the guys showed great character and fought well till the end. The sup-port we got from the other team

members who didn’t get a chance to take the po-dium is appreciated.

Tuks-Village hosted their own debate compe-tition of which their Top Four Resses were Tuks-Village, Mopanie, Olym-pus and Curlitzia. They would battle it out in one round against each

other. Each residence had only two representatives and from Mopanie it was Janulani Nyembe and Johan Taljaard who fought a good fight and brought home the silver prize. House Olympus were triumphant with Mopanie coming second with just a few points to spare.

It was an amazing journey and all the guys stood and fought for Mopanie, like they were expe-rienced in Varsity debate. On Mopanie’s first debate outing, the guys were already contending for the win. In residence debate Mopanie is now known as a force to be reckoned with and will undoubtably be crowned champions of residence debate in upcoming years.

het nie. Soos Robert Frost skryf: “I took the road less travelled –And that has made all the difference:

Spelers en Afrigters tydens die finaal: Steinhoff Mopanie: 15 Lourens Wey-

ers, 14 Ruben Opperman, 13 Ruan van Rooyen, 12 Wynand Bezuidenhout,

11 Werner Gous, 10 Dean Alberts, 9 Albert Jordaan, 8 Hein Schoeman, 7 Christiaan du Toit, 6 Stephan Smith, 5 Wihan Landman, 4 Paul Kruger, 3 Helgaart Gous, 2 Lean van der Walt, 1 Tiaan Heenop. Plaasvervangers: 16 Wihan Barnard, 17 Pepler Stander, 18

Pieter Erasmus, 19 Michael Snyman, 20 Zander Cronje, 21 Rynhardt Bezuiden-hout, 22 Charl van der Merwe, 23 Andreas de Lange.

Afrigters: Barend Kirsten. Frik Kirsten, Henco Barnard. Piet Joubert. Johan Swart. Jacques “Die Lem” Burger

MOPANIE CROWNED CHAMPIONS

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By Wilco Du Toit

Like all of us (the more ma-tured house members) know, is that the Peppies do not always understand the internal politics and power balances that is ever-present in Huis Mopanie. It is therefore refreshing to step into the world of a Peppie and view ourselves from their low, very low, at the bottom of the food chain, crap-place. Some of these results are well-placed, like a penalty kick from Dean, and some more like almost anything Gielie tries to achieve.Only the Seniors will know the Dif-ference...

Most Intimidating Senior-Reynhardt Meyer. Hardly a surprise there...

Stoutgat Senior John Whitehead.

Gentleman Senior Albert Jordaan. I doubt the Peppies were allowed to choose someone else.

Coolest Car in House Mopanie Jan Swart. Clearly the Peppies didn’t attend Tjorskou!!!

Most exciting House Mo-panie event thus far Oesdag. Please note that the Peppies had not yet been as active in the Club-house at that time.

P-bomb Champion No clear winner could be deter-mined, but the Soul Central Semis are clear winners. John Whitehead therefore still holds his title.

Mopaan with the best nickname Trille, Wilco, Trilco* Well it isn’t getting any shorter... A notable mention goes out to Vuilhond (Hannes) and Fudgie (Gideon).

Senior with the hottest girlfriend 1st place: Zander Cronje. 2nd place: John Whitehead. 3rd place: Rikus Smit. *Congrats Gents, please be so kind to explain to your girlfriends why Trilco is the best nickname for my sake.

Casanova Senior 1st place: Albert Jordaan. Hy laat die kat/te meow!! 2nd place: Adrian. 3rd place: Sloppy seconds Adrian. Eina, Do apply some Aloe Vera!

Favourite Make-out spot 1st place: Mielies 2nd place: Parking Lot These Peppies are classy, sjoe!

Best sitting room

Most socially awkward Senior Pieter Prinsloo. Luckily now he has a new room-mate to practice his charisma on.

Biggest Asshole Senior 1st place: Cornell Greyling. 2nd place: Reynhardt Meyer. 3rd place: Uwe Muhl John Whitehead Theo Jonker. Ai, dis nou HARTSEER, Theo...

Biggest Shaper Senior Dean Alberts. Probably the only Mopaan to win the coveted Diepseun award for doing something good. Unlike John...

Biggest sluiper Senior O&G. We never would have seen that one coming... If only we could find someone to congratulate.

Senior with the most at-tractive sister 1st place: Ruan Nel. 2nd place: Locky van der Merwe. 3rd place: Willem Wannenburg.

Peppie with the most attractive sister Karlo Els. The Seniors of Huis Mopanie also voted and came to the same conclusion. I feel these two lovely young ladies should fight it out! I’m quite sure the winner will get a standing ovation...

Smartest Senior Thinus Ferreira. A class strategist, this man schedules a week of Serrie during Eng-week...smart man!

Rag/Jool Senior of the year Cassie Rossouw. A notable mention goes out to Marius Ver-maak.

Most mysterious room/area in Mopanie And O&G keeps on surprising us. One should probably take the lift to get there. That place is harder to find than Neverland!!

Most Liked Senior corridor

Most Underrated Senior Marius Vermaak. I would just like to mention that Oom Ger-brand (Mein Fuhrer) also had a few votes. I always thought that man should be Prim one day...

THE PEPPIES HAVE SPOKEN

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The Mopanie mielie – probably one of the most recognizable possessions that any Mopaan boasts. It screams honour and pride, making it one of the many things that sets Mopanie apart from the rest. This mielie is irrigated by blue blood and is raised through brotherhood. The thing is that the Mo-panie mielie does not only grow in our mielie land, but it grows inside each of us. It is the Blou Bloed crop that turns the boy inside of us into a man, through unity still higher.

In 2010 Oesdag was introduced to celebrate the excellence that Mopanie exerts and this year we hosted the biggest Oesdag ever! Attendance was almost 4 times that of previous years, activities were larger, more alcohol and food was served, a massive stage and sound was setup, aKing per-formed and the cut-off time could be extended to 12 o’clock! The event purpose, that being a fund-raiser, was definitely fulfilled as a massive amount of money was collected.

Oesdag preparation began early January when the miele seeds were planted. The Oesdag com-mittee was hard at work through the semester to ensure that Oesdag would be the success it was. Through this time the mielies were being watched over at night to make sure that no jealous intrud-ers would come and ruin the land. We want to prevent this, as we all know that only a Mopaan will truly experience the Mopanie Mielie pride.

On the 16th of May this year, Oesdag com-menced at approximately 2 o’clock and all the activities started. The bar only opened at 4, giv-ing the gentelemen of Mopanie 2 more hours to recover from Proesdag. When 4 o’clock struck the

party kicked off. Corridors participated against each other in various activities in order to prove their physical strength to each other. Other corri-dors only participated in the drinking games, this was in order to demonstrate the strength of their livers. The mielie eating competition result was no surprise, as the largest guy at the event took the first place.

Mejuffrou Mielie boasted the most beautiful girls on campus and were accomodated on stage by celebrity faces, as well as the two very attractive presenters. Donated prizes helped please the girls that got a place at this prestigious event.

When aKing finally arrived, the crowd of more than 5000 was ready for the show of a lifetime, and that was exactly what they experienced. aKing was vuurwarm. They gave an amazing show doing some classic favourites everyone know and love as well as a few new numbers from their latest album. Om die minste te sê, aKing het die bacon huis toe gebring.

Overall Oesdag was a massive success and the Oesdag committee would like to thank each and every member that helped and attended Oesdag. The future is looking very bright for Oesdag and it can only get bigger and better. As all of you know by now, the Oesdag experience is something that we wish for future Mopane to experience as well. Help us in preserving the idea and spirit of this magic day by ensuring that the younger among you do your part in the coming years of Mopanie. May there be many more!

Geolé

OESDAG 2015