SemperDie amptelike kwartaalblad van die leerders van Paul Roos Gimnasium

Official quarterly of the pupils of Paul Roos Gymnasium

Volume 71Junie 2018

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World Peace, Check!p. 2

Matrieks, let op!p. 12

World Choir What? p.5

Daniel Olivier

PRG’s League of Leg­ends team, Eternals and Hearthstone player Mat­

thias Dhont participated in the Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) National Team Trials hosted at Vereeniging Gymna­sium in June 2018. Matthias proved his mettle, se­curing a first place within the high schools’ category, and com­ing second in the country overall. PRG Eternals won all their matches and even took one game 3 vs 5 despite the fact that two players were experiencing tech­nical difficulties. All six players showed discipline by studying for the following week’s exams despite being on tour. The trip to Vereeniging received overwhelming support from both the parents of these stu­dents and Plantronics. This event allows players the opportunity to earn their National colours.Whether parents believe that e Sport is an actual sport or not, the reality is that this is a fast­growing industry interna­tionally and is now also gaining

increasing popularity amongst high schools across South Afri­ca. There are titles to be claimed, prize pools to be plundered and fierce competitors to be faced in tournaments that could even earn a player Springbok colours.As with any sport, it takes dis­cipline and many hours of hard work (and play) to succeed. Top­ranking high school com­petitors typically have more than 2 000 hours played. Gaming is clearly not always child’s play.Only one week after the launch of Imperium, PRG claimed sec­ond place out of twenty schools across the country at the On­line Interschools Championship. Contrary to popular belief, there is no such thing as an overnight victor when it comes to competi­tive gaming. All participants had already spent hundreds of hours honing their skills – long before the launch of Imperium. PRG is now reaping the rewards of their dedication.In addition to the interschools championships, two more suc­cessful events (one competitive and one social) have been hosted in the Japie Krige since February.

Fifty learners attended the PRG LAN in March and Plantronics sponsored prizes for a CSGO and Fornite Battle Royale mini­tour­nament. The committee plans on hosting another event in the third term during which trials may be held for PRG’s next eSports sea­son. Learners who would like to get involved with eSports at PRG, can apply for a position on the committee during the third term. PRG Imperium plans on con­tinuing to dominate high school eSports by managing teams in a professional manner. The com­mittee believes that coaching is the next step to achieving this goal. As high school gaming develops, the already growing eSports industry of South Africa will expand even more. So much has been achieved within the PRG eSports arena within a mere five months. So many more opportunities and challenges await. Committed players, commentators, event planners, content creators, game developers and artists all stand to benefit from the development of this exciting industry.

Let the games begineSport takes flight at PRG

• The club was founded in February 2018. • The name, Imperium, is from the Latin for “absolute power”. • Under the leadership of Mr Louis van der Merwe, the Impe­rium committee is responsible for all organisation and admin related to PRG eSports.• The club currently has 40 active players for the games Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO), Defence of the Ancients 2 (DotA 2), League of Legends (LoL) and Hearthstone. • The club is sponsored by Plantronics and Headset Solutions who served as catalysts for the development of eSports at Paul Roos.• According to Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA), Imperi­um’s Dota 2 and LoL first teams are currently ranked as the top high school teams in the country.• PRG’s CSGO teams have also been very successful in the High School eSports League, with our second team beating Grey HS’s first team 16 – 5.

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Fast facts about PRG’s eSports Club

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Current Affairs | AktueelJy maak nie jou eie keuses nie

Current Affairs | Aktueel

Daniel Strüwig

’n Afbeelding van ’n DA­plak­kaat, met ’n foto van oud­rek­tor mnr. Jannie van der West­huizen daarop, het onlangs die rondte op sosiale media gedoen. Aanvanklik is groot verbasing uit­gespreek oor mnr. Van der Westhui­zen se besluit om die politiek te betree. Semper het die geleentheid aange­gryp om die skool behoorlik in te lig, en het per e­pos ’n onder­houd gevoer met mnr. Van der Westhuizen om hom oor sy jong­ste loopbaanbesluit te ondervra. Volgens mnr. Van der Westhuizen gaan dit goed met sy gesondheid ten spyte daarvan dat hy vroeër ses maande lank intensiewe chemoter­apie deurstaan het. Hy ondergaan steeds elke drie maande instand­houdingschemoterapie om te voor­kom dat die kanker weer terugkom.Oor sy besluit om na George te ver­huis sê hy dat die Suid­Kaap nog al­tyd sy “huis” was en dat hy die eerste 35 jaar van sy lewe daar gewoon het. “Terug na my wortels,” sê hy. Hy en sy gesin is natuurlief­hebbers en die plattelandse aard van George en omgewing is dus die ideale plek vir hulle.Meneer het nog altyd ’n groot belangstelling in die politiek ge­had, saam met sport en die ekon­omie. Toe hy dus die geleentheid kry om op George se stadsraad te dien, het hy dit dadelik aangegryp. Intussen is hy as raadslid verkies en sê dat die nuwe verantwoordelikheid “uitdagend” asook “opwindend” is.

Hy het egter geen ambisies om permanent in die po­litiek betrokke te raak nie.Buiten poli­tiek, is hy tans steeds by pro­jekte in die o n d e r w y s betrokke. Hy is by twee in­stansies be­dry wig, waar hy konsulta­siewerk doen en primêr by bestuur­sontwikkel­ing betrokke is. Hy tree ook af en toe as spre­ker by onderwyskongresse op. Dit is dus duidelik dat mnr. Van der Westhuizen steeds ’n sterk leierfiguur in die wêreld van onderwys is.Meneer sê dat hy die adrenaliengevulde dae as rek­tor van Paul Roos mis en dat hy nou nog Paul Roos se vid­eo’s op die sosiale netwerke dophou om op hoogte te bly van die skool se wel en wee.Hy betree egter nou ’n nuwe fase in sy lewe en is baie geluk­kig op George, asook met sy troppie Braford­beeste* in die Kalahari. Dis geen boerdery nie, sê hy, maar bloot ’n be­langstelling en ’n stokperdjie.*Die Braford­beesras is ’n kruising tussen die Brah­man­ en en Herefordrasse en is uitstekende vleisbeeste.

Oudrektor as raadslid verkies met uitdagende nuwe verantwoordelikheid

‘Play us a Song, you’re the Piano Man’Francois du Toit

Re i n ­h ardt Grob­

belaar: Nés die skool dink dat hy o n g e k e n d e hoog tes al­reeds bereik het, word Paul Roos Gimna­

sium nogmaals deur Reinhardt Grobbelaar en sy merkwaardige musikale ta­lent verras.Verlede kwartaal is hy een van slegs vyftien leerders wêreld­wyd wat uit 7 000 aansoeke

gekies is om ’n gevorderde kla­vierprogram in Michigan, VSA, by te woon.

En op 15 Mei vanjaar is hy aangewys as die wenner van die Hugo Lambrechts Musiek­kom­petisie.Reinhardt het by mnr. Strijdom van die kompetisie by Hugo Lambrechts gehoor. Hy het dit goed gedink om die geleentheid aan te gryp, aangesien dit uitste­kende blootstelling vir hom as ’n jong pianis is.Sy prys is onder meer ’n geleen­theid om op 26 Augustus as solis by die Hugo Lambrechts Musiekfees saam met die Hugo Lambrechts­jeugorkes op te tree. Reinhardt se musiekloopbaan het op 9­jarige ouderdom begin, en ironies genoeg was hy in ’n stadium op ’n punt waar hy sy musieklesse eenvoudig gehaat het en vas van plan was om op te hou speel. Hy het nietemin probeer vasbyt.Eers in sy Graad 7­jaar het hy musiek in ’n ander lig begin sien. Ons eie mnr. Cezarre Strijdom se suster het vir Reinhardt sakso­foonlesse gegee toe hy in Graad 8 was. Op ’n dag het mnr. Strij­dom toevallig vir Reinhardt

gehoor klavier speel. Mnr. Strijdom was so beïndruk met sy spel dat hy onmiddellik sy onderwyser wou word, en dit is toe dat Reinhardt ’n passie vir klavier ontwikkel het. Reinhardt wil graag ’n kon­sertpia nis te word. Hy het hierdie jaar van Bloem­fontein af Stellenbosch toe

getrek om met sy lesse by mnr. Strijdom te kan voortgaan. Dit is dus ’n voorreg om Reinhardt ’n Paul Roos­broer te kan noem. Sy toekomsvisie behels om een van die wêreld se voorste pianiste te word.

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Just small MacNuggets or a Happy Deal?

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Alexander Aldrich

Hoekom gebruik ons nog die so­siale media ?Is dit om jou netwerk met an­

der mense in stand te hou, om na foto’s en video’s op die Matrieks 2018 “page” te kyk, of om ’n beeld van jouself te skep wat jy graag wil hê die res van die wêreld moet sien? Maak nie saak watter een van hierdie re­des jy ook al reken op jou van toepassing is nie, jy sal seker saamstem dat jy op die een of ander tyd inligting van jouself op sosiale media gesit het – tensy jy ’n fop­profiel het, natuurlik. Jy wys watter aktiwiteite jy geniet, waar jy vakansie hou en wie jou vriende is. Die antieke sosialemediaplatform, Facebook, het hierop gekapitaliseer. Die vraag is: hóékom het hulle dit gedoen, hóé het hulle dit gedoen, en is daar enige rede om bekommerd te wees?Soos ons almal weet, is die tye van poli­tiek sonder aansien des persoons lankal verby. Politici jaag stemme, en wil altyd weet hoe hulle meer kan kry. Hulle pas hul slagspreuke, hul plakkate en verkie­singsveldtogte aan gebaseer op wat húlle dink die opinie van die burger sal swaai. En dis presies híér waar sekere politici, soos Ted Cruz en Donald Trump, dit ’n stappie verder gevat het.’n Paar dekades terug het groot sakeon­dernemings kreatiewe individue byme­kaargekry om vorendag te kom met idees vir die bemarking van hul produk of diens. Hulle het saam gesit, en dan byvoorbeeld ’n slagspreuk bedink wat goed geklink het vir hulle, en dan ge­

hoop hul teikengehoor sal ook daarvan hou. Vandag, met die klem al hoe meer op ’n ooraanbod van data, is die proses omge­keerd. Bemarking begin nie nou meer bo en syfer af na die verbruiker toe nie, maar begin nou by die verbruiker.En dit is waar Cambridge Analytica inkom. As ek my begrip van hierdie maatskappy se doel in een sin kan opsom, dan sal dit wees dat hulle dieselfde prente vir almal uitdeel, maar deur verskillende filters. Bemarkers hoef nou nie meer te raai wat die verbruiker wil hê nie; deur die insameling van grootskaalse data kan die verbruiker aandui wat hulle wil hê, en hulle kan dus hul hulpbronne baie meer fokus en sentraliseer op hul ware teikenmark. Hoe meer datasteekproewe jy het, hoe beter is die raamwerk wat ver­skillende demografieë jou bied. En waar is die één plek waar jy miljoene data­monsters van individue se persoonlike inligting kan aftrek? Facebook. Facebook het die data­ontle­dingsmaatskappy, Cambridge Analytica, toegang gegee tot die inligting van hul verbruikers. Cambridge Analytica kon tot 80 miljoen individue se persoon­like data insamel: waar hulle woon, van watter flieks en musiek hulle hou, na wie se Facebook­profiele hulle kyk en al hulle vriende se inligting ook. Hulle het hier die inligting gebruik om in spe­sifiek Donald Trump se verkiesingveld­tog te weet wat die tipe individu is wat

waarskynlik vir hom sal stem, en gevolg­lik hoe hulle die bemarking moet aanpas om te verseker dat hierdie individu wél vir hom sal stem. Nadat dit bekend ge­word het dat Facebook vir Cambridge Analytica toestemming gegee het om die Facebook gebruikers se inligting te ge­bruik, was daar ’n groot gevoel van ver­ontwaardiging by gebruikers, en Mark Zuckerburg, CEO van Facebook, is deur die Amerikaanse kongres ondervra.Hierdie sin van verontwaardiging is myns insiens ongegrond want logies is

dit nie. Wanneer jy iets op sosiale media sit, dan weet jy mos dis daar buite vir die publiek om te sien. Dit is paradoksaal om persoonlike in­ligting van jouself op ’n sosiale media­platform te sit en dan ontsteld te wees as dit gebruik word. Aangesien dit open­baar is, behoort jy geensins benadeel te word as hierdie inligting gebruik word vir data­analise nie. Is dit regtig so ern­stig dat inligting soos watter koek jou gunsteling is nou beskikbaar is vir die gebruik van Cambridge Analytica?

Baie mense is bang vir hierdie tipe be­marking. Hulle voel dat hulle gemanipu­leer word, en dat hulle stem nie hulle eie is nie. Ek voel egter dat as jy volwasse genoeg is om te kan stem, jou politieke standpunt nie alleenlik beïnvloed be­hoort te word deur aangepaste bemar­king nie.Dit is wel ’n interessante gedagte om te dink dat deurdat ons op sosiale media is, ons moontlik die gereedskap voorsien vir maatskappye soos dié om ons eie opinies te kan omswaai sonder dat ons dit weet.

Alex Aldrich

“Anyone can make war but only the most courageous can make peace,” Donald

Trump told reporters when questioned why he praised the North Korean dic­tator as “very smart” and “tough”, de­spite his human rights record.The world is experiencing mixed feelings towards this historic summit. Some say that it was merely a façade; the documents that they signed were too vague to lead to any form of North Korean denuclearisation, and that the United States are getting the shorter end. Others firmly believe that this is the definitive first step towards nuclear

peace between President Trump and Kim Jung Un. In hindsight, the summit’s meaning contains a balance between both the for­mer and the latter.So, what exactly did each country want from the other?The United States quite simply wants complete denuclearisation of North Korea – that means that North Korea should change the ready status of their 60 nuclear missiles to obsolete. North Korea wants The United States to with­draw all their troops from the Korean peninsula and end their alliance with South Korea. Another motive for Kim Jong Un to work toward general peace with President Trump is to alleviate sanctions imposed on his country.Those were the two viewpoints before

the meeting, but as we all know: every deal has a compromise.The actual agreement signed consisted of very vague conclusions and pliable goals. They merely promised to “work towards” denuclearisation, with no spe­cific expectations of North Korea, nor any deadlines. The only tangible agree­ment was that President Trump agreed to freeze US­South Korean military ex­ercises as long as North Korea contin­ues to freeze its development of nuclear weapons. This seems more like a win for Kim Jong Un, seeing as he already has the nuclear power to wage world­wide war. On the other hand, Trump’s side of the deal might complicate economic

relations between the United States and South Korea.Trump wants to end the ‘war games’ as both Kim Jong Un and Trump describe the jointed military exercise between the United States and South Korea in the Korean Peninsula: this will save the United States billions of dollars.Trump’s gain out of the deal might be that it serves as proof that he is the ul­timate deal­maker­turned­president. The gain for the United States – and one might argue therefore for the world – might mean a peculiar form of peace, now with trade relations with North Korea for the first time since the Korean War.

Trump has overcome decades of hos­tility and tension by meeting with the “little rocket man” as he called the dic­tator as recently as last year. But how does the Chinese President Xi Jinping view the new friendship?During a state visit to China on 8 May 2018, Kim Jong Un allegedly told re­porters, “As long as relevant parties eliminate the hostile policy and securi­ty threats against North Korea, North Korea does not need to have nucle­ar weapons, and denuclearisation is achievable.”If President Xi Jinping’s main concern is the security of the Chinese people, and thereby the denuclearisation of North Korea, President Kim Jong Un’s quote shall lay his fears to rest. But only time will tell.

In what was regarded as a diplo­matic gesture in advance of the upcoming meeting between Trump

and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the North Korean government recently transferred three Americans from the brutal labour camps (being described as “terrible as Nazi Camps”) to a hotel near Pyongyang.Then, late on Tuesday night (8 May), after negotiating with President Trump, Kim Jong Un released the three hostag­es and handed them over to US custody.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ac­companied the three men back to the United States, where they were wel­comed by President Trump at 3am at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.As with any news with Trump, there are always mixed opinions. Many news outlets claimed that the manner in which Trump handled the situation was staged, and only meant to garner TV ratings.In which­ever light you view the wel­coming, one fact cannot be disputed: this was quite an accomplishment for the abundantly scrutinized leader. The diplomatic success was also a promising

premonition of what lay ahead for the summit between Trump and Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore. Rumours are spreading that the recent defection of two North­Korean civilians to South Korea, together with Ameri­ca’s joint military exercises with South Korea might lead to the cancellation of the summit of 12 June between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. How­ever, according to Dr James Kim at the ASAN Institute, there was “nothing to suggest” that the defection would derail the talks between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong­un.Political expression and freedom of speech is an essential component to any functioning democracy. One is entitled to disagree with the views of another, but we must also be able to use our discretion and know when something is no longer political but simply an achievement to be celebrated.Trump’s victory in freeing the refugees has made us all ponder what the future will hold for North Korea’s relationship with the rest of the world. It could have been the first signs of Kim Jong Un slack­ening his vice grip over his people, and one day, the chains might be no more.

Alex Aldrich

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Culture | KultuurCulture | Kultuur

Paul Roos ‘n Goudmyn van talent

Tian Louw

A friend asked me what my plans were for the July holiday. I replied,

“We’re off to the World Choir Games in Tshwane!” This was followed by a laugh and then a silence when he real­ised I was not joking. The World Choir Games is real and it is right here in South Africa!The Paul Roos Gymnasium Choir will indeed be attending this prestigious international choir competition from 10­15 July.A unit of 60 Paul Roosers will be participating in this monu­mental choral clash by repre­senting The Mighty Maroon in a battle against choirs from a

myriad of different countries. The choir will be singing under the leadership of Mr. Stephan Bezuidenhout (conductor), Mr. Cezarre Strijdom (accompanist/pianist) and Ms. Wikje du Preez (manager). The Paul Roos choir is known as “unique” and “experimental”.This is thanks to Mr. Bezui­denhout who took the choir under his wings in 2014. In the last five years the repertoire of the choir has always been some­thing strange but pleasing that consistently manages to capture the audience’s attention. This year is no exception. The music that the choir will be performing includes: “Bound for Jubilee” – A passionate song fuelled by faith in the glory of

God. “Do not stand at my grave and weep” – a musical rendition of a poem by the same name that captures the heart and con­fronts the issue of the loss of a loved one. An energetic African medley which (sorry for the spoiler) includes an impressive traditional gumboot dance! And finally, “Balbesit” – yes, a song about rugby! It is rough, intense, loud and weird and it will definitely draw a lot of at­tention (much like most rugby players).Something else, other than the exceptional talents of the choir’s leaders, that makes the Paul Roos choir unique is its “big show” at the beginning of a year. Last year the Epic Fail Musical was held and it was indeed an

immensely successful failure. This year the choir sang with Matthew Mole and the Bloem­hof choir, creating an unforget­table event. However, after this, the time for fun and games were over (tech­nically). The choir is well aware that what lies ahead is huge. So the mere two hours of practice they have per week now in­volves more nail­biting, yell­ing, singing and chair­throwing than ever.Every choirboy’s voice is shak­ing and burning. Every teacher involved is serious and stressed. They know what lies ahead.Before finally performing at the 10th World Choir Games, the choir (after PRG beKoor!) will have another three big perfor­

mances to serve as practice­runs for the big event: Stellenbosch High’s Awesome Foursome, the Stellenbosch Eisteddfod and the regional round of the ATKV Applous choir competition.What is Paul Roos’ main goal for the World Choir Games? “Meet some girls from Italy”. Of course this is a priority, but more than that: “To sing our hearts out in the maroon blazer and to do our best to give some of the best boys’ choirs in the world a run for their money”.Can you hear the people sing? The humming in the halls. The frantic heartbeat of a brother. A crescendo of choral music emerging from a distance. The World Choir Games are here.

World Choir What?Every choir member knows what lies ahead …beKoor

Debat en Redenaars maak opsprakeJacques Botma

Debat en redenaars by Paul Roos het die af­gelope paar jaar goed

vlamgevat en het al talle suksesse behaal. Die afgelope kwartaal was egter die een waarin Paul Roos nog die beste ooit presteer het.Aan die begin van die kwartaal het nege Paul Roosers aan die eerste ronde van die ATKV­re­denaarskompetisie deelgeneem. Twee juniors en drie senior sprekers het deurgedring na die semi­finaal wat in Mei plaasgevind het. Hier behaal vier leerders die top­tien in die streek vir hul afsonderlike kategorieë. Mihan van Zyl (Graad 11) het egter die beste presteer en wen die afdeling, Graad 10­12 on­voorbereid. Hy neem in Augus­tus aan die nasionale finaal op Buffelspoort deel.Die Oppie Tong Af­redenaars­kompetisie het ook dié kwar taal plaasgevind. Hoewel dit Paul Roos se eerste deelname aan die

kompetisie was, het dít die Paul Roosers nie gekeer om uitste­kend te presteer nie. Al die spre­kers behaal ’n B­simbool en hoër. Pellat Smith (Graad 9) en Mihan van Zyl wen beide hul katego­rieë en sal in Augustus die streek by die nasionale finaal verteen­woordig.Die debatspanne het ook uitstekend pres­teer. Die Dink­of­Sink onvoorbereide debat kompetisie het in Mei by Hoër­skool DF Malan plaasgevind. Drie spanne het deel­geneem, en die span bestaan­de uit Jacques Botma, Alex Aldrich en Mihan van Zyl het as wenners uit die stryd getree. Hulle verteen­woordig in Oktober die streek by die na­

sionale finaal in Pretoria.Verder het twee junior en 4 se­

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Wellington verteenwoordig. Twee senior­spanne het deurgedring na die semi­finaal wat in Mei plaasgevind het. Die matriekspan van Alex Aldrich en Thys Sutherland eindig vierde in die streek. Jacques Botma en Mihan van Zyl (beide Graad 11) wen die ronde en sal in Augustus die Wes­Kaap by die nasionale finaal by Buffel­spoort verteenwoordig.Paul Roos is op die oomblik een

van die top redenaars­ en debatskole in die provinsie en met sulke

resultate is dit duide­lik om te sien waar­om. Ons wens die

spanne wat ons later in die jaar nasionaal sal verteenwoor­dig alle sterkte toe. Semper sal later ver­slag doen oor die uit­slae van die

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Dié koor het glo hierdie jaar besluit dat hulle gaan doen wat hulle die meeste ge niet – medewerking met ander. Hulle het vier liedjies onder leiding van me. Marijke Roos gesing: Storm Comin’ deur The Wailin’ Jennys, Bring me little water Sylvie, Pueri Concinite en Salmo 150. Na pouse was die koor van Rhenish Girls’ High School onder leiding van me. Son-ja van Amstel aan die beurt. Hier die koor het die gehoor verras met Juig my siel, This little babe en die inspirerende lied deur Jim Papoulis, We are the voices. As gasheerskool was die Ma-roenmasjien laaste op die pro-gram. Paul Roos se koor bestaan uit ongeveer 80 lede onder lei ding van mnr. Stephan Be-zuidenhout, wat al vanaf 2014 die koor dirigeer, en mnr.

Cezarre Strijdom wat die koor begelei. Hulle het Bound for Jubilee, Balbesit, Do not stand at my grave and weep en Vela! (’n Afrikalied) gesing, waarvan Balbesit en Vela! vir die eerste keer deur die koor uitgevoer is. Die aand was ’n groot sukses te danke aan die MAD-komi-tee (onder die bekwame leiding van mnr. Reghardt de Beer en Steven Norman) asook me. Wikje du Preez (koorbestuurder), mnr. Au-gustine, die klankspan en die skoonmakers. Uit hierdie vier uitmuntende kore gaan Paul Roos, Bloem-hof en Hoërskool Stellen-bosch mekaar weer ontmoet by die Wêreldkoorspele wat vanaf 10 tot 15 Julie plaas-vind (lees berig elders op die bladsy).

Francois du Toit

Een van die opwin-dendste jaarlikse koor-geleenthede het op 3

Mei met Paul Roos as gas-heerskool plaasgevind. Tradisoneel neem vier kore deel aan dié luisterryke ge-leentheid, naamlik Hoër-skool Stellenbosch, Bloem-hof, Rhe nish en Paul Roos. Old Boy, bekwame sanger en musiekstudent Aiden Lewis, was saam met me. Luzanne Augustine (vrou van Drum-line-guru mnr. Mark Augus-tine) seremoniemeester vir die aand. Onder leiding van mnr. Xan-der Kritzinger het Hoërskool Stellenbosch die aand afge-skop met die Bone Jesu, Eg vil lofa eina thau, In die skadu’s van my siel en Toring. Daarna het Bloemhof se Ac-celerando-koor opgetree.

die gehoor

Luke Giesler

PRG se MAD-Komi-tee het van die Open Mic-aande van so ’n

paar jaar gelede aanbeweeg na ’n asemrowende, sielsver-blindende Talentbosch 2018. In plaas van ’n platform slegs vir sangers het Talent-bosch deur Paul Roos ’n ver-hoog gebied vir die yslike verskeidenheid talente uit skole in die streek – skole soos Rhenish, Bloemhof en die Hoërskool Stellenbosch.En dié verhoog is omtrent verswelg in die oorvloed van plaaslike talent wat hierdie skole bied.Na 38 oudisies wat die beoor-delaars se koppe laat draai het, het ’n finale 16 aspirant-kunstenaars deurgedring na die eindrondte op 7 Mei 2018 in die Japie Krige. Dié aand het gesorg dat ’n goudmyn van talent ontdek word. Na die vrolike en vermaak-like vertoning deur Rhenish se Marimba-orkes het

Kringe in ’n Bos kleur gekry danksy Pieter Bruwer se opwindende voorlesing. Vir een keer kon ’n mens hoor hoe Saul se pa, Joram Bar-nard, moontlik kon klink.’n Graad 9-leerder, Jenna Tennant van Rhenish, het uiteindelik die gehoor, die beoordelaars én die meer ervare deelnemers met haar asemrowende stem betower en as wenner weggestap met ’n R2000-geskenkbewys van Paul Bothner se Musiekwin-kel en R500 kontant. Die onlangs gestigte PRG-TV se kamera-span was ook by Talentbosch en het die vertoning uitgesaai, dus kan almal ’n smakie van die tal-ente kry asook moontlike motivering vir volgende jaar.2018 se Talentbosch was dus ’n groot-sukses en Paul Roos se MAD sien uit na al die tal-ent wat volgende jaar in Stel-lenbosch se skole ontgin sal word. Hopelik is daar nie weer ’n geval van “This is why teach-ers drink!” soos befaamde beoordelaar juffrou Erasmus sou sê nie…

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A learner’s opinion piece inviting debate

Commentary | Kommentaar Reviews | ResensiesDie family jewels is dalk nie so veilig as wat jy dink nie!

Heinrich Rode

Considering the multitude of characters, motivations, storylines and settings that

had to be juggled in this film, direc­tors Anthony and John Russo have done a great job in making “The Avengers: Infinity War”. It is a film of enormous scope and ambition, and yet the simplest film of all. The plot follows all of Marvel’s fa­mous superheroes as they valiantly battle Thanos (played by a heavily CGI­influenced Josh Brolin), and his eerily malevolent lieutenants. Thanos is a seemingly invincible and unrelentingly determined pur­ple monster, who seeks the six “In­finity Stones” of mind, soul, space, power, time and reality. They will enable him to restore balance to the world, as he puts it, as he would be able to blur the lines of reality with a snap of his fingers. The superheroes include Iron Man (Tony Stark), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Bruce Banner/Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Dr Ste­phen Strange (Benedict Cumber­batch) among many others. The plot is logically structured, al­though complex, and jumps from setting to setting with such fluidity that the audience is completely free from bewilderment. It cleverly and steadily builds up to a climax and conclusion that will leave many as­tounded. The directors and actors know that they are treading on thin ice because of how specifically and historically constructed the characters and their motives are. Any wrong move, and the film would have been blamed for being incomprehensible. They avoid

any such consequences by playing it safe and by letting the plot progress scene by scene by scene, and by let­ting the superheroes react to Thanos and not the other way around; the focus is shifted from the heroes to their problems. This is indeed a film about Thanos, not the Avengers. No acting plaudits are therefore de­served, because no acting skills are required. The actors must however be forgiven, for their sole objec­tive was to exhibit their characters as they did in the previous Marvel films, and not to make any mistakes.

Film editing of high quality also plays a crucial role in keeping the story together. Scenes are swiftly and logically connected, and one is able to both understand and be en­thralled by the many battle scenes. Narrative structure aside, a steadfast formula of technical filmmaking,

that Marvel had also implemented in the previous eighteen films, is once again used. By now Marvel’s visual effects, cinematography and pro­duction design collective is so used to creating fantastical civilisations, usually in space, that I imagine the numerous colourful and futuristic settings of “Infinity War” were eas­ily come by. The sound­editing and sound­effects teams ensure that the bombastic quality that has become the generally accepted norm for su­perhero films is attained. Where, oh where did “Infinity War” lose two of its possible five stars

then?“It is a film of enormous scope and ambition, and yet the simplest film of all.” Why enormous? Why not vast, great or magnificent? Because this is a film of great quantity but mediocre quality.The directors put themselves in a cage, because every

single thing in the whole universe is used to advance the plot. Everything from time to reality to every philo­sophical ideal you can think of. The artists behind the film have to distance themselves from their sub­ject matter to protect themselves. From their own lack of talent, or from the fans who have to be en­thralled? Yes, the film is ambitious, but the ambition is simple: Connect every­thing Marvel has created and create a blockbuster. As explained in this review, this has been done well, but that doesn’t give the film any right to

be acclaimed a great film. As fluently as the scenes connect to one another, so miserably do their different tones complement one another. Once a dark and “heart­wrenching” moment is done with, an Avenger arrives to an uplifting soundtrack, and all is well. The cli­

chéd and awkward comedic mo­ments that are the norm in most box­office hits these days, are ev­er­present (for example Thor who constantly mistakes Rocket, one of the Guardians of the Galaxy, for a rabbit).The two stars are therefore claimed by all the challenging aspects of the film gone bad, while the three stars go to the unimaginatively pleasing characteristics of the film that were attained. “From their own lack of talent, or from the fans who have to be en­thralled?” Both are true. If fans are enthralled, who cares about the filmmakers’ and actors’ talent? It is indeed a film solely made for the fans, but why was it truly made then? In 2019 a sequel to “The Avengers: Infinity War” will be released. Who knows where Marvel will take us next? Perhaps some imagination still lurks in their midst. Perhaps sometime in the next de­cade the Avengers will be replaced by “the Destroyers”, featuring “Chief Africa”, a member of the long­lost and unusually peaceful Uthulu tribe, “Lord Thunder”, the long­lost cousin of Thor, “Yi Ho Ming”, a young tech­no­genius, and “Jake Lancaster”, a suave gentleman who is constantly irritated by Lord Thunder’s gruff­ness, among others. Also joining them will be “Fe­male”, an inspiring and confident woman who always has to explain how her father, Iron Man, actually named her after him. They will have to battle “Element”, an overpowering alien of unknown origin who has come to earth to claim the four pebbles of earth, wa­ter, fire and air.

A Solid Stepping Stone amid Dark Waters

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A force to be reckoned with, at all levels

Tian Louw

“Ag nee, nie weer nie.” Almal het al gehoor hoe selfone sleg is vir jou en jou

sosiale lewe skade aandoen.Juffrou Cloete het dalk tydens ’n passie­lose LOR­periode ’n passievolle storie hieroor vertel. Of ’n klasmaat het mis­kien ’n Engelse mondeling daaroor ge­lewer omdat dit die maklikste onder­werp was. Die meeste kinders word al groen in die gesig sodra hulle hoor “Selfone is sleg!” … maar as jy werklik belang stel in die effek van selfone op jou gesondheid en ons samelewing, lees asseblief verder.

Daar is dalk ’n rede hoekom jy dit weer en weer en wéér hoor.Selfone speel ’n ongelooflike rol in die moderne mens se lewe. Niemand stry dat selfone prakties, effektief en ver­maaklik is nie. Maar jy is sekerlik reeds bewus van al die voordele wat dit jou bied – hierdie verslag fokus dus op slegs twee van ontelbare negatiewe gevolge.’n Matriekklas het onlangs tydens ’n LOR­periode ’n gesprek gevoer oor die skool se Graad 8’s wat so “selfoonbehep” is.

“Ek weet ons almal is so baie op ons selfone”, volgens een matriekleerder. “Selfs ék dink ek is te veel daarop, maar die Graad 8’s is érg. Ons speel sokker of touchies in LO terwyl hulle op hulle fone sit. Hulle praat nie eens met me­kaar nie.” Onaangenaam om dit te hoor, maar dit is waar en dit is jammer.Aan die Graad 8’s: Die eerste stap wat gevolg moet word is om te erken dat jy verslaaf is. Die meeste mense is verslaaf aan hul selfone, maar die jonger genera­sies word die ergste hierdeur geraak. As daardie stemmetjie agter in jou kop vir jou sê: “Dalk moet ek minder op my foon wees”, dan moet jy luister, want dit is jou logiese onderbewussyn wat ’n boodskap aan jou oordra. 2018 se Matrieks wil hê dat die Graad 8’s almal broers vir mekaar moet wees, mekaar moet help en moet deelneem aan skoolaktiwiteite.Dit gaan nie gebeur wanneer selfone bo jou familie en selfs sport geprioritiseer word nie. Nou die fisieke gevolg: radiogolwe word deur selfone uitgestraal wanneer boodskappe ontvang of oproepe gemaak word. In ’n onlangse ondersoek is daar waargeneem dat ’n yslike hoeveelheid radiogolwe die mens se brein tydens selfoonoproepe binnedring, en die effek

is byna vyf keer erger by kinders.Daar word aanbeveel dat mense sel­fone, tablette en skootrekenaars na vlugmodus (dis die Afrikaans vir “flight mode”!) oorskakel sodra dit nie geb­ruik word nie. Dít verminder ’n mens se blootstelling aan radiogolwe. Soos ’n mens rondbeweeg, konnekteer jou foon met verskillende selfoontorings en word die grootste hoeveelheid radiogolwe deur die toestel vrygestel.Hierdie golwe beskadig nie iemand se DNA nie, maar wél die weefsel wat deur die strale binnegedring word. Weef­sel kan beskadig word en gewasse kan ontwikkel in areas wat konstante be­straling ondervind omdat die weefsel op ’n sellulêre vlak beïnvloed word. Baie mans loop en bestuur met sel­fone in hulle broeksakke. Dít kan ook gevaarlik wees omdat die bestraling rondom of by die reproduktiewe organe plaasvind ... Dieselfde geld vir selfone in hemp­ of baadjiesakke naby die hart.Dalk oordryf mense. Dalk soek mense net probleme waar daar nie is. Dalk... Ek kan jou nie dwing om te lees nie, maar ek kan vir jou boeke (of ’n e­boek) gee. In dié berig word jy van inligting voorsien. Wat jy daarmee maak, hang van jóú af.

Tian Louw

Stellenbosch is South Africa’s second oldest town and defi­nitely one of its most pictur­

esque. Other than it being home to Stellenbosch University, the oldest wine route in the country, amaz­ing secondary schools and so much more, Eikestad is known for its myr­iad of quaint restaurants, boutiques, cafés and art galleries. If you rank these restaurants in order of quali­ty, De Volkskombuis could arguably be placed around the top of that list. The name may not be too familiar since the building, a beautiful old labourers’ cottage, had been stand­ing vacant for an extended period before it was restored and leased as a restaurant by the Rupert family in 2016. The restaurant has a great many ties with Paul Roos Gymnasium.Firstly, the owner is Old Boy Jean Engelbrecht of Rust en Vrede wine estate, who kindly sponsored a meal for five members of the Semper ed­itorial team. Secondly, it is located right across from Paul Roos’s Volkskombuis sports field at Markötter (1876 Old

Strand Rd, Stellenbosch Central).And in the third place – the menu bears an item named after the school: Paul Roos Pizza, topped with biltong, feta and mushrooms and a absolute delight to the taste buds!The restaurant itself is decorated in both traditional and modern style, thereby offering a unique atmo­sphere to experience. The interior lighting is superb and the garden is extraordinarily well taken care of and very welcom­ing to visitors. The site’s pleasant­ly well­maintained restrooms and overall neatness also can’t be left unpraised.The menu (very reasonably priced) displays classic South African fare with a variety of different foods, starters, desserts and beverages. Whether you are a vegetarian, a piz­za­lover or meat­loving man, your needs will be satisfied. There is also a great selection of traditional boe­rekos which would make many feel at home and give visitors to South Africa an excellent idea of what good South African food tastes like. “Maraai se Hoenderpaai” is a sim­ple chicken pie with mash and gravy that brings to mind something along

the lines of “Dit proe soos nog”. Some other scrumptious meals in­clude a delicious, sweet pork belly along with homemade sauerkraut and roasted sweet potato, as well as a variety of steaks that would cater to the needs of all steak­lovers, such as a soft 350g beef ribeye which simply cannot be left unexplored.The oxtail is particularly delicious – melt­in­the­mouth quality that has to be tried, and the lamb’s rack, served medium to rare (as recom­mended by the chef) is superb.Add to all of this the list of sweet afterfare – from milk tart to a most delectable chocolate brownie – and you have a mealtime experience second to none: perfect for Father’s Day (although it’s a little late for that now!)The list goes on; so I urge you to ex­plore it first hand.I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to De Volkskombuis and was very im­pressed with the friendly and gra­cious service and kind demeanour of the people that work there. The service ambassadors are par­ticularly well­trained and im­pressed us with their profes­sional presence without ever

being intrusive.De Volkskombuis is an excellent place for food lovers, small get­to­gethers and larger celebrations, business functions or a simply an excellent family­and­friends outing. All and all: upon visiting De Volks kombuis, you will experience a comfortable, homely atmosphere in which you will be able to enjoy fine wine, exceptional food, pleasant conversation and friendly and effective service – and from which you will leave only unwillingly!With a rating of 4,7/5, De Volks­kombuis is un­doubtedly one of Stellen­bosch’s fin­est plac­es to visit.

De Volkskombuis

RS PVAlex Aldrich

How many of us are familiar with the word familicide? The Van Breda axe murders that shook

Stellenbosch two years ago brought the subject to the fore.Parricide refers to matricide and patri­cide, the killing of a mother and father. When an entire family is murdered it is called familicide, as was attempted in the Van Breda murders. Where does one even begin to under­stand where the lifegiving bond between a mother and father and their child turns into lives being taken? It turns everything that a civil society needs as basis for future loving relation­ships on its head. As a sign of respect for the family mem­bers who can no longer speak for them­selves, I will not deal with the murders directly (this has been very aptly and continuously done by the media), but will rather attempt to investigate the profile of a person who commits famil­icide.Why do children kill their parents? Dr Kathleen Heide Professor in Criminolo­gy at the University of South Florida in

Tampa has written several books on the subject. According to Professor Heide, the following three distinct categories of parricide offenders exist namely the sev­erley abused child, the antisocial child and severely mentally ill children.According to Dr Heide severely abused children kill an abusive parent to stop the abuse. They might have sought help, but the abuse has continued and no oth­er way out is seen but murder. Antisocial children kill their parents to further their own goals. It might be to inherit money, to have more freedom or to continue dating a person to whom the parents object. In other words to remove an obstacle. Severely mentally ill children kill a parent because they are mentally ill. Or might have been on medication but stopped taking it and suffered from de­lusions and hallucinations.How do we stop or prevent parricide from happening in the first place? Take all threats – even those made jok­ingly – or disturbing communication as a call for intervention. Anyone who threatens murder is sending out danger signals that cannot be ignored.

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In Review

Tristan Moses and Dexter LabuschagnePaul Roos is always a force to be reckoned with in terms of schoolboy rugby, and this year the school’s first team has managed to secure emphat­ic victories against archrivals Paarl Boys’ High and Paarl Gymnasium.For the first time in three years the first rugby team has beaten the blue­blazered boys from Paarl. The change in the style of play and, es­sentially, the outcome of the match­es, can be accredited to the leader­ship, dedication and hard work of Mr Marinus Pretorius, assisted by the newly­appointed head of rugby, Mr Ryno Combrinck, who together have brought about a change in the culture of the game. This season will inevitably go down in Paul Roos his­tory books as one of the best in re­cent years. Each performance has so far consis­tently exceeded the previous week­end’s. The Mighty Maroon Machine has made claim to South Africa’s top schoolboy rugby ranking, closely followed by Grey College. The high­ly­anticipated meeting between the two schools in Bloemfontein on 18 August is shaping up to be the sea­son decider. The team’s success has inevitably at­tracted the attention of many spec­tators and the school has therefore become the subject of scrutiny and criticism because there are no boys of colour in this year’s first team.But people tend to leave the word “merit” out of the equation when it comes to these mostly emotional re­actions. And has everybody forgot­ten how our well our boys from past teams are doing, even until today – boys like Damian Willemse, Craig Barry, Michal Haznar – to be men­tioned in the same breath as Willie le

Roux and Steven Kitshoff?Ever since the end of Apartheid 24 years ago, people of colour have been facing difficulties in establishing them­selves in some of the country’s top sporting teams.One does wonder why it is taking so long under the not­so­new regime.It is true that under apartheid non­white people were prohibited from competing at the highest level. While one can only speculate if this was noth­ing but institutionalised racism, the scars from the apartheid era still run deep.Despite the best efforts of many com­panies, groups and institutions, all South Africans do not have the oppor­tunity to achieve sporting excellence in among others rugby, hockey and crick­et – sports that require a level of facility mostly unavailable to people who live in the grip of poverty.A vast majority of South African citi­zens are of colour. And it is true that South Africans of colour remain the minority in certain starting line­ups more than two decades after the end of white­minority rule – but thankfully this does not apply to all sports. The above situation does, however, once more beg the question as to why, twenty years down the line, not much has been done with regards to properly addressing the problem.Although sports teams in South Africa are not always a true reflection of the population in terms of race, and al­though quotas seem the only way that people of colour will be given a mean­ingful opportunity to become success­ful and represent their country, a his­torically huge step forward has been made by the appointment of the first Springbok captain of colour, Siya Kolisi.It has been lauded and accepted as a

popular and logical choice, and Kolisi has already, at 27 years old, established himself as a qualified leader.Without the quota system, it may be believed that especially poor people of colour cannot be given a second thought as they do not necessarily come from the traditional background of being spotted at a public school where the levels of coaching and facili­ties are better.For someone to achieve sporting ex­cellence, talent must be spotted, har­nessed and nurtured. In the past, such mechanisms were de­signed to find only white players.So: before the transformation policy, white players were the ones who had an unfair advantage.It can therefore be argued that, here in South Africa, sport has never been about merit.Quotas are a vital means through which to reverse the apartheid policies of racial division and systemic disad­vantage. One doesn’t just wake up play­ing sport at a professional level. Talent needs to be identified and nurtured, and mechanisms should be in place to find aptitude at a grassroots level, and to ensure that this is developed.In many schools, as in PRG, these mechanisms are in place.The proposed plan to ensure that all races are represented in the national team is a highly­debatable topic that still raises many eyebrows.But thanks to these policies, it has tak­en South African cricket more than 20 years to produce a Temba Bavuma, who earlier this year became the first black cricketer to achieve a century for South Africa in Test cricket. Would Temba Bavuma been handed an opportunity without the quota sys­tem? Who knows – but Temba remains a shining example of its ability to inspire others.

Rugby at PRG

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Editorial

JD West

Nóg ’n kwartaal is ver by en net soos die seisoene van die

jaar verwissel, kan ’n mens sien hoe die seisoene in die skool verander.

Die matrieks begin al hoe moeër raak vir alles. Die onderwysers begin uitsien na Z­dag. Die Graad 11’s begin dink hulle is baas van die plaas en die Graad 8’s dink hulle is ge­soute Paul Roosers.Hierdie kwartaal het Paul Roosers in talle aktiwiteite skoonskip gemaak. Dit sluit in ons eerste rugbyspan met ’n rekord­wen oor Boishaai, ons tennisspan wat nóg ’n toernooi wen, talle kultuur­gebeurtenisse (kyk bl. 4&5) en uitmuntende akademiese prestasies soos Chris Mal­herbe wat eerste gekom het in die land vir ’n ekono­mie­opstelkompetisie (Con­cipio 296). Hierdie Semper is daar om aan dié prestasies die erken­ning te gee wat hulle verdien. Al hierdie prestasies maak

saam die skool wat

Paul Roos is en is die rede vir die feit dat Paul Roos al 150 jaar lank as een van SA se top skole beskou word. Ek glo wel prestasie is nie die ding wat Paul Roos spesiaal maak nie omdat die meeste ander skole ook presteer. So wat onderskei Paul Roos van alle ander skole? Paul Roos blink uit in om­trent elke moontlike ge­leentheid wat vir ons gebied word. Ek glo dit is wat Paul Roos spesiaal maak. Paul Roos bied vir elke een in die skool ’n kans om deel te wees of om iets te skep waarvan hy en ander na hom kan deel word (lees Mfundo Mayisha se Writing history is a Paul Roos thing op bl. 13).Dit word beklemtoon deur die voorbeeld van ons nuwe

eSports­spanne (bl. 1). Noem ’n ander

skool wat gesien word as een van die top rugby skole in die land, maar ook ’n eS­ports ­span het wat by nasi­onale toernooie uitstekend vaar. Die rede hiervoor is dat Paul Roos – en dit sluit onderwy­sers en leerders in – inisiatief neem en vir homself geleent­hede skep (kyk Tristan Mo­ses se sokkerstorie op bl.15). Paul Roos laat dit ook toe met personeel wat altyd oop is vir innovasie. Hierdie kwartaal het ek ge­praat met ’n persoon wat baie betrokke is by eSports en een van die lede is wat dit help begin het. Hy sê my dat, hoewel hy nie in die tra­disionele prentjie van Paul Roos ingepas het nie, het hy vir homself ’n geleentheid

geskep en nou is Paul Roos ’n plek waar hy ook sy talente kan uitleef. Hy het ook vir my gesê dat Paul Roos baie soos die lewe is. Daar is altyd geleentheid, maar jý moet dit sélf laat ge beur en as jy nie inpas by Paul Roos nie, is dit niemand se skuld behalwe jou eie nie.Om af te sluit wil ek sê dat ek glo die rede vir Paul Roos se uitnemendheid en wat dit onderskei van die res is dat Paul Roos vir almal kans gee om te floreer.`

In Perspective

Semper Splendidior

Ivann van der Merwe

The Heart of Paul Roos.Most of us are aware of the old cliché say­

ing: “' It’s not about the size of the dog in the fight, but rather the size of fight in the

dog”'. In contrast with this, I be­lieve we as Paul Roosers can relate. It is not about the vic­tories, the fame nor the suc­cess of the school, it is about the heart of a school – what lies within. Paul Roos has a huge diversity and flourish­es on the sport fields, in the auditorium and in the class­room, accommodating all learners irrespective of abil­ities, talents or backgrounds.Paul Roos again stepped up to the plate in making it an­other term for the history books. However, Paul Roos is not just about what we write up in those books. It is about what happens when no cam­era is looking, what happens in the change rooms before a derby and what happens on the grounds when the music starts playing. It is about the

memories we make, irrespec­tive of our achievements. So much has happened in as few as 11 weeks.It started out with our Win­ter’s Day encounter against SACS and some would say it ended with our last victory over Oakdale. However, I disagree with this statement.Natuurlik het ons uitsonder­like prestasies gehad die kwartaal. Ses van ons leerders het deel­geneem aan die Nasionale E Sports Kampioenskappe (kyk die voorblad). Ons eerste tennisspan het die Kears­ney­tennistoernooi gewen. Breyton Poole, ons skool se spogatleet, het deelgeneem aan die Statebondspele. Ons eerste sokkerspan (bl. 15) is vir die eerste keer uitgenooi na die NedBank Cup. Ons

eerste rug­byspan het tot dusver skoon­skip gemaak (bl. 16) en dan natuurlik was daar nog vele meer uitmuntende prestasies. Lees Semper en gesels saam ...Die hart van ons skool lê egter nie in die prestasies nie, maar in die oomblikke en herinneringe wat ons vir niks sal verruil nie. Die Jolla Bol­la ná die debat se oorwinnin g, die surf­kompetisies by Koeëlbaai en mnr. Alexander se: “Gentleman, let's run”. Dít is wat ons elke oggend laat opstaan en dít wat ons met trots oor die skoolgrond laat beweeg. Dit is die gees op die stands, die maroen bloed deur ons are en die trots in ons stemme wanneer ons “'Old Boys”' sing. Die gevoel wat elke Paul

Rooser ervaar wanneer jy afsak op jou regterknie vir ‘n Jolla Bolla. Paul Roos is not just an

ordinary school with aston­ishing achievements, but rather an astonishing school with great achievements. We have realised that each of us can make a difference in our book of results, but togeth­er we can make a change in the hearts of each other. As a brotherhood we have lost games, we have failed at­tempts but we certainly have not lost dignity.I would much rather lose in a maroon jersey than win in any other, because as a unit we can do more.Red

“Celebrate little victories. They create the momentum that leads to big wins.”

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Social | Sosiaal Social | Sosiaal

Simon Franken

One would assume that there is not a lot anyone can learn from Kylie

Jenner about stock prices and movements, but there is little doubt that with 24,5 million followers the Instagram queen can destroy shareholding value. One Wednesday morning Kylie took to social media and tweet-ed “Sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me … ugh this is so sad”. The Snapchat stock value dropped by more than 1,5 billion dollars, which is insane; howev-er, it once again highlights the power given to celebrities and how their opinions can shape market value even if they know little to nothing about investing and the value of a company.

One particular method of “trick-ing” the market is through the cyber universe. Just look at these examples of social media impact on investment markets:•Carl Icahn of Icahn Capi-tal announced over Twitter that Apple shares are under-valued. Within minutes the Apple stock gained 17 bil-lion dollars in market capital.• In 2016 there was a train collision in Maryland. The locals started tweeting about the train collision and within 90 minutes the stock of CSX Corp (the leading supplier of rail-based freight transportation in North America) plummeted by 500 million dollars, showing how public sentiment influenc-es the stock market and the pace with which these opinions can be shared. Individuals all over the

world can join in on the conver-sation lending a few tweeters the ability to make or break a stock.•In April 2016 the Syrian Elec-tronic Army announced on twitter that there had been two explosions in the White House and that President Obama was injured. The Industrial Aver-age Stock index lost 136 bil-lion dollars within minutes. All the above tweets may not have been intended to manipu-late markets, but the big risk to all investors is that it could happen.We have to accept that “news” on social media will have an immediate and direct impact on market movements and in-vestment markets. And that the manipulation of stocks through social media is something that, however inaccurate and fool-ish, needs to be taken into ac-

count as many individuals buy on impulsive following trends and fads without checking facts.Management of your invest-ments has become in entire-ly new ball game compared to the simplicity of stock market in previous years. The ability of fake news to in-fluence and shrink stock value is of huge concern to inves-tors, which is why people pay millions of dollars for social media icons like Kylie Jen-ner to endorse their products. Twitter specifically has a strong stock market presence with al-gorithms being written so AI can interpret tweets and then make a prediction about how stock markets will react. The algorithms take into account retweets containing word-ing that carries negative as

well as positive sentiment. Although this technology is highly complex, in the near fu-ture it may very well change how we interact with the stock market and the choices we make when buying or selling stock.So to all Paul Roos investors (ex-cept those that bought the very valuable Paul Roos 150 gold coin), be careful what you read on social media. As the lawyer said to Pip in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations: “Take nothing on its looks, take everything on ev-idence. There is no better rule.”

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Simon Franken

A while ago Alexandra from Rhenish came to Paul Roos to exercise her right to free speech. She read us a poem titled Cat Call. And while speculation and own agenda was thrown around quite carelessly, we never had the opportunity to hear Alexandra’s side of the story. This is why I went to interview her for this ar­ticle.What I heard from Alexandra was not what I was expecting. We have become so accustomed to mobs of women listing the many mistakes our predecessors have made, and to our so­called sexist nature and patriarchy be­ing blamed for every inconve­nience, that it is no wonder that many of our fellow students felt attacked by the poem, labelling it as just another criticism toward men. The general backlash came from

a disassociation, the driving force of which was the lunacy of some so­called modern feminists who state men are the scum of the earth and responsible for every evil ever created.Alexandra has clearly stated she is not one of these individuals and after speaking with her I cannot agree more. As the interview continued I re­alised that I was speaking to an intelligent girl who treated me not as the enemy but as an ally. This made me reevaluate the sit­uation as well as the poem. Alexandra stated that she not only visited Paul Roos, but her school as well and her goal was never to insult or attack men, but rather the act of cat­calling. Alexandra went on to explain she preached to the masses not because all of us are incapable of understanding how disrespect­ful and distasteful cat­calling is, but rather to make us aware and

motivate us to hold each other accountable. She furthermore went on to say that cat­calling and sexual ob­jectification was not isolated to women, but that men also often do get objectified. She believes both genders are guilty and that the issue isn’t men cat­calling women. It is that cat­calling is even a thing.The mob mentality that often goes along with cat­calling is that individuals doing it might feel safe, but the singular girl might not. It is not that you shouldn’t flirt with a beautiful girl. Cat­call­ing is an act where two individu­als most probably will never see one another again. It is cowardly, if nothing else.If you want to compliment a woman, do it to her face, plain and simple. Consider the difference in the upbringing of the two genders. While the intent of your cat­call

is either a joke or a true compli­ment, the reality is, in these times of abundant rape cases, that a woman has the right to not like it or even to be scared by it, con­sidering that a man could easily overpower a single girl. Men often don’t even consider this and we don’t live with that fear. I do disagree on certain points. Although it is necessary to ed­ucate and inform everyone that cat­calling is not a joke or even a compliment, I believe the use of a poem, which can so easily be misinterpreted, rather ineffec­tive. The very fact that such a wide­spread misunderstanding went around is because men are sick and tired of being blamed for ev­erything. We deal with a society according to which if you open the door for a woman you can be a misogy­nist and if you don’t, you’re not

a gentleman. There seems to be a picking at problems that just don’t exist which hurts the va­lidity of matters like this that do. Because no man wants to hear another talk about how bad we are, but if given context and it is explained to us we are a welcom­ing and receptive audience. Men are fairly simple creatures.My conclusion is that Alexan­dra had the purist of intent and I agree with her about the fact that this sort of act, committed by either gender, should stop if not merely for the fact that it is distasteful. This article should not be inter­preted as an endorsement for feminism, as the article has been written neither for or against it. It should stand to show us that we should not be so quick to dis­miss a possible resource and that we should always try and see the bigger picture.

Mfundo Mashiya

With the opening cer­emony of the FIFA World Cup fast ap­

proaching, international teams have selected their squads and have begun preparing for the biggest footballing contest on the planet. Fans have bought their tickets and booked their places of accommodation. The FIFA World Cup is the big­gest tournament to have graced the world, reaching almost half the world’s population at 46,6%

in 2010, right here, in our very own South Africa. This year will be no different as the Russians take on the task of hosting and bringing the rest of the world into their homes. This year’s big encounter will be missing big footballing nations like Italy and the USA, who have not been doing enough to book their spots in the prestigious tournament.The favourites for the tourna­ment are the current holders of the golden trophy, Germany, with Brazil, France and an unex­

pected Belgium all big contend­ers for the title. African teams at the tournament will also be looking to make his­tory. Egypt will be the one team everyone will be looking out for with their talisman Mo Salah on top form ahead of the major tournament. The Super Eagles (Nigeria) will also be another team to look out for as the powerhouse holds nu­merous big names playing in top­flight European leagues, such as Chelsea FC midfielder, Victor Moses, Leicester City forward,

Kelechi Iheanacho and Arsenal FC forward Alex Iwobi. Other African teams include Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia.The FIFA World Cup is un­doubtedly the world’s most excit­ing tournament.Many sides have scores to set­tle and are ready to prove to the world why they are the best. Many nations have young and vibrant players that will certain­ly want to prove their worth. Many big names such as Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo and Hazard will want to finish their careers

knowing they have the greatest of football titles in the bag. We will also be bidding farewell to greats such as Iniesta who will be taking part in his last world cup.The awaited kick­off of the big tournament was on the 14th of June and saw the hosts, Russia, take on newcomers Saudi Ara­bia and from there on, we will enjoy nothing but beautiful foot­ball while waiting to see who the eventual winners of the FIFA World Cup 2018 will be.

The time is now!An interview with AlexandraWhy is cat­calling even a thing?

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Leerlingraadskolom

Old boys Committee Corner | Komitee Hoekie

Henco du Pisanie

Die JAM­komitee het ’n besige kwartaal afgeskop met die besluit om in­

houd te behandel wat meer van toepassing is op ’n jong tienerseun, en ook dan uit die oogpunt van ’n tiener self. Van die lede het hulle getuienisse en ’n boodskap gelew­er oor hulle pad met Jesus. JAM het ook ’n gebedsweek aangebied, en het ingeskakel by Bloemhof vir hulle JIB­week wat van 7­11 Mei plaasgevind het. Verder wag die Transkei­uitreik, wat tydens die Junie­vakansie sal plaasvind.

Graad 8’s skiet diep wortelsDie leerlingraad was hier die kwartaal betrokke by “Skills Day” wat deur Jordan Dowd en Yvonne Makwara van Rhenish georganiseer is. Die doel van “Skills Day” is dat minder­be­voorregte kinders blootstelling kry aan geleenthede waaartoe hul nog nooit vantevore toegang gehad het nie. Baie van die kinders het nog nooit ’n perd of ’n astroveld ge­sien nie, iets waaaroor ons hier in Stellenbosch al blasé geword het. Die kinders is blootge stel aan rugby (hulle het glo ons eerstespan voorryspelers omge­duik), hokkie, krieket en vele ander aktiwiteite waaraan hulle nie die voorreg het om in hul eie omstandighede deel te neem nie. Daar is groot behoefte in en ron­dom Stellenbosch, en die barm­hartigheid van ’n maroen blazer, strepies of nie, word altyd ge­noodsaak.Onder die portefeulje “Projek­te” beplan Alex Aldrich ’n voor­lopige Boomplantdag vir die Graad 8’s. Die idee van die pro­

jek is simbolies van aard: dank­sy die baie geleenthede wat Paul Roos vir elke leerder bied, het elke Graad 8 die geleentheid om deur aktiewe betrokkenheid by die skool se aktiwiteite te groei as ’n Paul Rooser. Of jy rugby, hokkie, tennis, krieket, debat, koor of skaak wil doen, Paul Roos bied vir jou die geleentheid om jou wortels te skiet waar jy wil – dit hang van jou af of jy die geleentheid met albei hande wil aangryp of nie.Ek hoop dat julle Graad 8’s die waardes wat ons vir julle geleer het, in julle skoolloopbaan sal toepas en elke geleentheid wat aan julle gebied word ten volle benut sodat wanneer jy met jou matriekdas in 2022 kyk na die boom wat jy in 2018 geplant het, jy kan voel dat jy jou wortels so diep as moontlik geskiet het. Jou boom se groei is die vergestalt­ing van jou ontwikkeling as Paul Rooser tydens jou vyf jaar hier.Maak seker dat jou boom een­dag vir baie mense kan skaduwee gee, en dat sy wortels diep groei.

Francois du Toit

In die tweede kwartaal was die MAD­komitee betrokke by

twee groot kultuurgeleenthede, naamlik Talentbosch en beKoor. By beKoor, wat op 3 Mei in die Sentrum plaasgevind het, het die MAD­komitee verskillende ver­antwoordelikhede gehad. Sommige lede – wat ook koorlede is – moes die vier verskillende kore na die gegewe Paul Roos­klas­kamers vergesel, aangesien Paul Roos die trotse gasheerskool by

hierdie geleentheid was; ander was op snoepiediens en ander was daarvoor verantwoordelik om die 39 eregaste se plekke uit te hou. El­keen moes help met die opstel van die décor. Die musiekdepartement het positiewe terugvoer ontvang met betrekking tot beKoor. Die tweede belangrike geleent heid – Talentbosch, wat vanjaar vir die eerste keer plaasgevind het, was ’n reuse sukses en is op 9 Mei in die Japie Krige­saal aangebied. Talentbosch is deur die MAD­komitee self gereël. Die oudisies

vir Talentbosch het op 22 April plaasgevind, waartydens die beste kandidate gekies is om in die fi­naal op te tree. Die komiteelede het hulle goed van hul taak gekwyt en het baie moeite gedoen met die décor, die pryse, die snoepie asook die verhoogbestuur. ’n Deel van die wins wat deur die eerste kwartaal se Valentine’s Day aFair ingesamel is, is gebruik om ’n spookasemmasjien aan te skaf. Die gehoor kon dus daardie aand aan spookasem op ’n stokkie smul. Dit is duidelik dat die MAD­komi­

tee van 2018 tot dusver grootliks bygedra het tot kultuur by Paul Roos en daarna streef om van buite af ’n baie goeie indruk te skep. Dit lyk ook asof die komitee sterk op pad is om hulle finansiële doel­wit vir 2018 te bereik. Die sukses wat MAD behaal het in die tweede kwartaal sou nie moontlik gewees het sonder ure se harde werk van mnr. Reghardt de Beer, die lei­ding van Steven Norman (voor­sitter) en JD West (o/voorsitter) en die toegewyde lede van die MAD­komitee nie.

Mfundo Mashiya

PRG Productions has been a committee with great plans for showcasing what

happens on the school grounds. Initially, it would simply be a platform for learners to keep up with the activities taking place within the school.But with Paul Roos Gymnasi­um, being wat it is, one should have known it would be difficult to contain that little idea.Paul Roos has gone big once again. In partnership with Dig­iTV, it has become the first school to set up their own on­line television channel, and as always, it has been done in style.

PRG TV is a platform for all the learners and teachers to show the world who we are and what we do. It is more than just for the learn­ers and teachers. It’s for the fam­ilies who have an interest in the school and would like to know what exactly happens at Paul Roos.PRG TV is run like a normal tele­vision channel, with each learner who is a part of this wonderful initiative having their own role. The roles vary, from director, cameraman, assistant, presenter, producer and plenty more. We already have two of our very own directors who have directed and presented the first episodes

of their very own shows (sign up on DigiTV, Paul Roos, to witness the greatness). Paul Roos is creating more ave­nues in which individuals in the school can explore their talents and express everything that is in their hearts. At this point, Mr Neville Rothman, Phillip Rede­linghuys, Tauriq Henry and JD West are the people who have access to everything that happens within PRG TV.If you have not seen some of the content, sign up on DigiTV, Paul Roos, and watch all the action and if you’ve already signed up, simply log in, check out the latest content and become part of his­tory.

JAMMAD se passievolle toewyding inspireer kultuurdiere

PRG Productions

SOCIETASDaniël Rautenbach

2018 is sover ’n jaar van opwin­ding en nuwe uitdagings vir Societas.

Ongelukkig het me. Dalene Ver­meulen ons in die tweede kwartaal verlaat, maar sy het ons in die veilige hande van me. Robyn Pienaar gelaat. Ons sal nog steeds elke Dinsdag by die Kruiskerk gevind kan word, waar ons vir Stellemthombo uithelp deur vir laerskoolkinders te help

met hul huiswerk. Woensdae word ons fokus op Moe­deraarde gerig deur die Eersterivier skoon te maak. Donderdae het ons altyd die gewil­liges na die proefplaas gestuur waar hulle in die groentetuin gewerk het, maar ons moes ons program aanpas toe daar nuwe planne vir die groen­tetuin gemaak is. Ons het nou ’n groep van vyf seuns wat elke week op Donderdae Stellenbosch Hospi­taal besoek, waar hulle uithelp met

basiese take soos broodjies uitdeel, pasiёnte geselskap hou en touchies en sokker met die kinders speel.Behalwe vir die weeklikse aktiwiteite neem Paul Roosers ook deel in die gemeenskap deur mentors te wees vir kinders by Straatlig­kids. Elke week reёl die mentor ’n tydjie met sy beskermling waar hulle praat en ’n paar speletjies saam speel. Vir dié wat smiddae deur sport be­sig gehou word, is daar Straatlig­uit­reike.

Elke Dinsdagaand gaan ’n groep Paul Roosers saam met die Kruiskerk na die Braak met koffie en toebroodjies. Daar geniet ons die geselskap van die haweloses saam met ’n warm koppie koffie en ’n P&J­toebroodjie. As Societas­komitee het ons hierdie jaar sover baie geniet en ten volle benut en ons nooi elkeen van julle om deel te vorm van ons program en die res van jaar te gebruik om die gemeenskap saam met ons te dien.

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TegniesKarl Thiel

Luca de WetDaniel OlivierDirk de Waal

Corné Volschenk

Onderwyser-buite-be-heer

Hesti Van Der Mescht

AssistentredakteursFrancois Du Toit (Kultuur)Christian Render (Sport)

Tian Louw (Aktueel)Christiaan Neethling (Sport)

Tristan MosesMfundo Mashiya

André HeunisDaniël StrüwigDavid Beyers

Heinrich RodeJacques BotmaLuke Giesler

Simon FrankenLuke Rein

Willem GrönumChris Malherbe

Daniël RautenbachDaniel Olivier

Christiaan van der WaltHardus van Staden

Dexter Labuschagne

André Heunis

Op 3 Mei 2018 – no­gal die Donderdag net voor Paul Roos

vir Paarl Gimnasium op die rugbyveld oorrompel het – is vanjaar se Eerste XV op ’n be­sonderse wyse verras en vereer.

’n Onthaal is dié aand voorgesit vir vorige jare se eerstespan­ en Bitua­spankapteins van wie mnr. Johann Gerber, wat in 1953 gematrikuleer het, die oudste was.

By dié ongelooflike byeenkoms

Feesmaal van die koniningshet al die voormalige kapteins hulle rugbytruie van die jaar toe hulle gespeel het, oorhandig aan huidige spelers in ooreenstem­mende posisies.

Die spesiaalste hiervan was ongetwyfeld die oorhandiging van ’n rugbytrui van oupa na kleinseun – mnr. Attie Mostert, matriek 1956, kon sy trui aan sy eie kleinseun Juan (Mossie) Mostert oorhandig.

Die eerstespankaptein, JJ Kotze, het sy trui by Mnr. Gerber, kaptein van die 1953­eerste span gekry.

Willem Grönum

Sedert oud­eerstespan kap­tein Damian Willemse ein­de 2016 sy hoërskoolloop­

baan by Paul Roos afgehandel het, het hy met sy rugby nog net groter hoogtes bereik.Damian het binne ’n jaar nadat hy nog in die skool was, sy eerste wedstryd vir die Stormers in die nommer 10­trui gespeel. En toe in 2018 het sy rugby net al hoe meer verbeter. Damian het hom­self sover so goed van sy taak gekwyt dat daar gerugte was dat hy sy verskyning in die Spring­bokgroep sou maak vir die Ju­nie­toetsreeks teen Engeland. Maar toe word Damian gekies as onderkaptein van die Junior Springbokke wat ook in Junie deelgeneem het aan die Junior Wêreldkampioenskap in Frank­ryk. Damian het saam met kaptein Salmaan Moerat die span tot ’n 33­27 oorwinning gelei in hulle eerste wedstryd teen Geor­gië.Oudhoofseun van 2016 Ben­Ja­son Dixon en Lyle Hendricks was ook lede van die span. In hulle tweede wedstryd teen Ierland is Damian kort na rus­tyd weens ’n kniebesering op ’n draagbaar van die veld af gedra. Die verlies van een van hulle sleutelspelers het ’n groot impak op die span gehad, hoewel hulle nogtans 30­17 gewen het.Damian het teruggekeer na Suid Afrika om met sy rehabilitasie­program te begin sodat hy weer

binnekort kan reg wees om vir die Stormers uit te draf. Damian is ’n rolmodel vir elke rugbyspeler nie net in Paul Roos nie, maar ook in die hele Suid­Afrika en die tekens is daar dat dit nie meer lank is voor hy die eerste keer die Groen­en­Goud oor sy kop sal trek nie.

Henco du Pisanie

Paul Roos is ’n skool van legendes; ’n uitnemende skool

wat hoëgehalte xonderwys, opleiding en ervaring lewer aan die leerlinge wat die gange vul, en die vonk in die vurige loopbane van baie oud-leerlinge wat die pad tot sukses uitgkerf het.

Christian Sadie

Christian het ’n uitstekende aanloop tot die Statebond-spele gehad toe hy in 2017 by die Paralimpiese Wêreld-kampioenskap verskeie medaljes ingepalm het. Hy het onder meer by hierdie kampioenskap drie silwer medaljes ingepalm waarvan een vir die 50m vryslag in die S7-kategorie was.

’n Jaar later neem Christian wéér aan die Statebondspele deel en wen ’n silwer medal-

je vir dieselfde item – waar-lik ’n rolmodel vir alle Paul Roosers.

Leon Schreiber

Leon Schreiber is ’n senior navorsingspesialis aan Prin-ceton Universiteit in die VSA.

Leon het in 2006 gematri-kuleer en het ook later sy PhD in Politieke Wetenskap in Duitsland verwerf. Leon Schreiber het die boek Coali-tion Country geskryf wat op 25 April 2018 bekendgestel is. Die boek handel oor die feit dat Suid-Afrika wegbeweeg van ’n eenpartyregering af.

Junior Springbokke

Drie van Paul Roos se oud-leerlinge is gekies vir die 28-man Junior Springbok span wat na ’n oefenkamp in Junie aan die onder-20 Wêreldbeker in Frankryk

deelgeneem het. Hulle is oudhoofseun Ben-Jason Dixon, Lyle Hendricks en Damian Willemse.

Springbokke

Drie Old Boys is by die Springbok-toergroep in-gesluit en het hulle tot dusver uitstekend van hulle taak gekwyt:

Willie le Roux het vir die eerste keer sedert 2016 sy verskyning in die groen-en-goud gemaak, en speel al klaar weer Bokke se agterlyn aan die brand met sy uitstek-ende vaardighede en blitsige onvoorspelbaarheid. Steven Kitshoff verteen-woordig Suid-Afrika as steunpilaar en verbete voorvegter as loskopstut, en Schalk Brits is ingesluit om sy ervaring van die Engelse te deel.

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Sport Sport

Tian Louw

Caster Semenya (27) is een van die geskiedenis se invloedrykste sport­sterre – op tartan én in die politiek van atletiek.Sy is ’n vrou, maar gebore met ’n mediese kondisie – hiperandro­genisme – wat hoër as die normale vlakke van manlike hormone (an­drogene) in die vroulike liggaam tot gevolg het. Die groot vraag is of haar mediese kondisie vir haar ’n on­regverdige voordeel bied op die at­letiekveld – nié of sy ’n vrou is of nie. Want dít is sy definitief. Die groot debat het in 2009 by die Wêreldatletiekkampioenskap in Berlyn vlam gevat. Semenya het met gemak – klaarbly­klik té gemaklik – die goue medalje in die 800m vir vroue ingepalm. Maar kort daarna het die publiek begin vrae vra, want “haar vordering was buitengewoon”. Weke vóór haar deelname aan die kompetisie het ASA (Atletiek Suid­Afrika) haar in­geroep vir ’n lukrake opkikkertoets.Dié kamtige sogenaamde “dope test” was eintlik ’n toets om haar “werklike geslag” te bepaal. ASA het geen uitslae bekendgestel voor haar deelname aan die kam­pioenskap nie, maar ná haar groot oorwinning het die IAAF (die be­heerliggaam vir atletiek) besluit om sélf ondersoek in te stel ten opsigte haar geslag.Sy is elf maande lank versoek om nie deel te neem aan enige kom­petisies nie, aangesien hulle in die proses was om te bepaal of sy wél mag deelneem as ’n vroue­atleet. Dit het haar en haar familie op ’n siel kundige vlak baie skade berok­ken. “I am a lady. I always have been a lady. I was born like I was born and who are you going to blame? God? Your parents? It’s nobody’s fault. I just want to run, but now I don’t have any rights. I have no rights in athletics”, het sy destyds opgemerk. Keer op keer is sy weerhou van eni­ge deelname en daarmee saam is daar teen haar gediskrimineer oor iets waaroor sy geen beheer het nie.ASA het haar verbied om aan alle kompetisies deel te neem en tóé het haar regspan standpunt ingeneem.

Na weke se gesukkel en baklei is sy uiteindelik weer deur die IAAF toegelaat om aan alle atletiekkom­petisies regoor die wêreld in die vroueafdelings deel te neem. Sedertdien het sy goue medaljes verower by die Olimpiese Spele (800m; 2012 en 2016), die Wêreldat­letiekkampioenskap (800m; 2011 en 2017), die Statebondspele (800m en 1500m; 2018) en vele meer.Maar skielik, na die onlangse State­bondspele, is daar nou wéér ’n pro­bleem. In April 2018 het die IAAF nuwe regulasies in plek gestel wat gemik is op vroue met afwykings in hulle seksuele ontwikkeling. Dié regu­lasies (wat op 1 November 2018 in werking sal tree) vereis dat ’n atleet met ’n afwykings in haar seksuele ontwikkeling (gewoonlik vroue met testosteroonvlakke hoër as 5 mol/L) aan spesifieke kriteria moet voldoen om in aanmerking te kom vir deel­name aan kompeterende atletiek.Dit vereis dat ’n vrou met androgene vlakke hoër as dié, haar bloedtestos­teroonvlakke moet aanpas en onder­hou om by en/of onder 5 mol/L te bly. Die ou regulasies het toegelaat dat vroue met hiperandrogenisme mag deelneem aan kompetisies, maar dié vereis dat atlete soos Se­menya hulle liggame moet verander as hulle steeds wil deelneem.Maar mans se normale testoster­oonvlakke wissel tussen 264 en 916 mol/L. beteken dit dan dat alle mans wat aan atletiek deelneem, se testos­teroonvlakke op gelyke vlak moet wees – want anders het dié met vlak­ke van 916 mos ’n “onregverdige” voordeel bo ander?Die oorspronklike vraag was of dit regverdig was vir Caster om deel te neem of nie. Nou is dit iets soos “Is dit regverdig om van vroue te vereis dat hulle hul liggame moet verander om te kan doen wat hulle wil?”Hoekom is dit alles so omstrede? Omdat dit nou die beginsels van regverdigheid in sport en die regte van vroue wat met hierdie kondisie gebore is teen mekaar laat bots. Dit is byna onmoontlik om tot ’n gevol­gtrekking te kom wat alle betrokke partye sal bevoordeel.Caster Semenya is definitief ’n rol­model vir burgers van Suid­A frika, sowel as vir atlete regoor die wêreld. Sy is keer op keer teruggehou as gevolg van hoe sy gebore is, maar sy het weer en wéér teruggekom om almal daaraan te herinner dat sy ’n uitsonderlike atleet is wat haar te­rugslae met waardigheid en grasie te bowe kom. Die IAAF se nuwe regulasies is as “skynheilig” bestempel, veral om­dat dié orgavnisasie alewig ná ’n buitengewone prestasie van Semen­ya skielik vrae vra – nooit vóór die tyd nie.Dis maar net nóg ’n terugslag vir Caster maar ons kan vertrou dat sy, net soos in die verlede, ons land se naam sal hoog hou en sterker as ooit sal terugbons. Soos sy sélf gesê het – sy vat nie nonsens nie. Sy hardloop!

‘Te vinnig om ’n vrou te wees’ … maar

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Christiaan van der Walt

Tien Paul Roosers het van 21 tot 25 Maart aan die Suid­Afrikaanse Junior Swemkampioenskap in Durban deelgeneem en ons skool trots verteenwoordig. Righardt Muller behaal ’n sil­wer medalje in die 200m vryslag asook ’n brons in die 400m vry­slag. Die O/14 aflosspan, bestaande uit Mitchel Engelke, Ruard van Reenen, Antoni van den Berg en Reuben Faure wen silwer in twee onderskeie aflosse, naamlik die 4x100m vryslag en die 4x100m wisselslag – uitnemende presta­

sies in kompetisie met 743 swem­mers van 79 verskillende spanne regoor die land!By die Senior Suid­Afrikaanse Swemkampioenskap van 23­28 April in Port Elizabeth het 6 Paul Roosers, naamlik Daniël Prins, Benno van der Merwe, Mark Kleinhans, Righardt Muller, Mitchel Engelke en Reuben Faure deelgeneem. Righardt Muller kwalifiseer vir beide die 800m en 1500m vry­slag finaal. Hy vaar uitstekend, slaan ’n WP rekord en raap ’n gesogte goue medalje op. Dié vurige swemmer wen die 1500m vry slag met 16:01:52 en verbeter

’n twaalfjaar­oue rekord met twee sekondes (wat óók deur ’n oud­Paul Rooser, Heerden Herman, in 2006 opgestel is!).Die volgende belangrike swem­byeenkoms, die SA Senior Kort­badkampioenskap, vind van 9­12 Augustus in Durban plaas. Righardt mik om al sy huidige tye te verbeter, maar ook om die 800m vryslag onder 08:20:00 en die 1500m vryslag onder 16 min­ute te swem. Ons kan nietemin ook seker wees van ’n paar voortreflike verrass­ings van die ander maroen visse! Hou hulle gerus maar dop!

Swemmers maak skoonskip!

Christian Render

Paul Roos’ first team ten­nis continued their stellar form this season by being

crowned champions of the an­nual Kearsney Tennis Tourna­ment.This tournament, hosted by Kearsney College, is one of the most prestigious on the tennis calendar and the cream of the crop of SA schools compete for the renowned title.Paul Roos, led by captain Jean Durand, ventured up to Kears­ney, determined to add yet an­other feather to their cap.PRG opened their account by thwarting Selborne College by 9­0, sending a clear message to their opponents.A 5­4 victory versus a very de­termined and well­oiled Affies team followed, as Paul Roos showed class and character to pull it through in the end.The maroon men made light work of Clifton High School as they once again steamrollered to a 9­0 victory ensuring their place in the play­offs.

PRG continued their flawless performance by dispatching with Pretoria Boys’ High 6­0 in their semi­final clash as they entered the final beaming with confidence.PRG once again faced off against arch­rivals Grey College as they did in the final of the Gerrie Berner tournament.Historically, this is always the penultimate schoolboy tennis clash as these teams more often than not battle out for the no.1 spot.PRG were absolutely ruthless as they defeated Grey College 6­0 to claim their second major scalp of the season. By doing so, they confirmed their status as undisputed leaders in the rank­ing.It has been one of the best sea­sons the first team has had in years.The future of PRG tennis looks extremely bright as the winning outfit only has one matric in it.Credit must be given to Mr. Jacobus Swanepoel (better known as Swannie) for all his hard work and dedication that

he puts in season after season. And a hearty well done to our first team for not only beating their opponents, but also blow­ing their opponents straight off­court.Onwards and upwards!

Kings of KearsneyHow to blow your opponents straight off-court

Tristan MosesIt is, at this stage, quite safe to say that football at Paul Roos has become increasingly popular af­ter the school’s first XI managed to secure convincing victories against arch­rival Grey College for two consecutive years. These victories, among others, have provided a solid foundation to build upon in order to achieve future success.Six Paul Roos boys have already been reaping the benefits of this solid foundation and have acquired admirable success af­ter being selected to represent themselves, their school and their country in an international soccer tournament taking place in Italy, in July 2018. The San Marino Cup is the largest Italian youth soccer tournament suited for young, promising footballers with a desire to showcase their talent. The tournament includes more than 100 teams from 18 different countries, playing host to approximately 3000 partici­pants each year. This year com­memorates the 17th edition of the tournament which will be played in the Rimini Riviera and San Marino Republic of Italy.The boys competed in a series of exigent trials attended by players from all over the Western Cape who were determined to make the cut. Ciaran Dammert (Grade 10), Mfundo Mashiya, Samu­el Raats, Joshua Whitely, Tim Norton (Grade 11) and Nich­olas Brokaar (Grade 12) were successfully able to impress and have earned themselves a covet­ed spot in the Cape Town Invi­tational team traveling to Europe later this year. The selectors were satisfied with the way in which the respective players were able

to demonstrate their proficient ability on the soccer field. The boys were hand­picked out of a select few to join the squad on their travels to Lo Stivale (the bootshaped country) from the 8th to the 13th of July. The San Marino Cup serves as a great opportunity for these skilled footballers to broadcast their talent on an internation­al level. Many players dream of receiving the exposure gained from participating in a tourna­ment that is hosted by one of Europe’s finest footballing na­tions. Along with their selection, these young men have also been awarded the honourable respon­sibility of being ambassadors for South Africa. This is undoubt­edly a great sporting, social and cultural experience characterised by a unique international atmo­sphere.Eighteen of PRG’s finest footbal­lers will look to repeat an excel­lent performance at the annual U/19 Kloof High School football tournament in Durban. The group matches will take place on 22 and 23 June, with the knockout matches taking place on 24 June. The boys will be competing among South Africa’s elite foot­balling schools with a goal of eventually being crowned cham­pions. Only 6 of the 18 players are in matric. Hopefully, the combination of experience and youthfulness will bring the team as much success as it did in pre­vious years. The Paul Roos firsts and will be looking to avenge themselves af­ter being knocked out by Glen­wood in the quarter finals at last year’s edition of the highly­cov­eted tournament.

Football fired up for success

Henco du Pisanie

The exam time normally signi­fies an end to the first half of the hockey season, but this year is a bit different, like every other aspect of Paul Roos hockey this year. The late revamping of the Maties astro has led to a few difficulties in the Paul Roos hockey diaries. PRG Hockey had a false start to the season with trials and prac­tices starting weeks after the reg­ular date, due to the astros that were not finished.Paul Roos hockey players have nevertheless shown depth and quality with their results this term, with wonderful games against SACS, PBHS, Somerset College, Bridge House and DF Malan. Paul Roos’ short preparation time did, however, catch up on them when they faced schools with similar depth, like Bishops and Grey PE.

But the first XI did well this term in the context of their pre­sea­son, which was forced to be fit­ness­focused because of the lack of time on the green carpet. The first team showed few incon­sistent pockets, with some out­standing performances – like the thrashing of Somerset College (16­0)– and a brilliant display against Grey PE that nevertheless ended in a 1­2 loss.The 16As did not fully achieve the high standards expected of them. They lost more games than expected and lost some games where they were the overwhelm­ing favourites.All of the above highlights the fact that Paul Roos needs an as­tro of its own. Players cannot improve their technical skills because of limited facilities in terms of individual practising. If you look at the players mak­ing under 14B/C teams, you will see that they usually stay in the B or C teams until matric, because

they cannot practise on their own and challenge the players above them.Paul Roos has the best coaches in SA, but not the facilities. This raises the question, why do we spend more money on sports of which the facilities already give pupils the competitive edge, but do not provide the facilities where they are sorely needed?On a more positive note, there are juicy interschools matches awaiting Paul Roos after the June holidays. The Cape Town Schools Hockey Festival is coming up, which will entail matches against the great hockey schools in the Western Cape, not to mention the on­coming clash against Grey Col­lege. Paul Roos’ fixtures are all that a hockey enthusiast wants and much more. There is certainly much to look forward to in Paul Roos hock­ey this year, and in the years to come.

Hockey shows depth and quality despite lack of practice time on the astro

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Die volgende manne het die skool by bogenoemde O/19­proewe verteenwoordig – en elf van hulle is gekies om in die ver­skillende O/18 WP­rugbyspanne

te speel tydens die Cravenweek.Sewe Paul Roosers speel in die Cravenweekspan: Tiaan Preto­rius, Kade Wolhuter, Brendan Venter, Juan Mostert, Hanro Ja­cobs, Robbie Rodgers en PRG se Eerstespankaptein, JJ Kot­zé. Remy Engelbrecht en Mat­thew Cordy is gekies vir die WP

Links op die foto is Kade Wolhu-ter, Robbie Rodgers, JJ Kotzé, Hanro Jacobs en Brendan Venter.

O/18­Vyftiental en Reagan van der Westhuizen en Jarrod Cairns is in die WP Akademiespan in­gesluit.Die Cravenweek word vanjaar op die velde van Boishaai aangebied van die 9de tot die 14de Julie.Ons wens ons manne sterkte toe met die toernooi.

Paul Roos (WP) Rugby

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Christian Render

Paul Roos se eerste rugbyspan er­vaar tot dusver vanjaar eenvou­dig ’n droomseisoen.

Die span word deur talle kenners, onder andere deur internasionale skeids regter Jonathan Kaplan, beskou as dié beste Paul Roos­span in dekades.Die span van 2018 het tot dusver werk­lik die droogte van die afgelope paar jaar gebreek deur skitterrugby te speel en het tot dusver twaalf wedstryde ge­wen uit die twaalf wat gespeel is. Dis egter die manier waarop oorwin­nings behaal word wat die prestasie nóg merkwaardiger maak.Paul Roos het hierdie jaar ’n uitste­kende balans tussen voor­ en agterspe­lers, met ’n sterk dog mobiele pak voor­spelers, wat deur flink agterspelers met groot spoed en hope balvaardighede ondersteun word.Die twee merkwaardigste oorwinnings tot dusver was sonder twyfel die een van 32­13 oor Paarl Gimnasium en die oor­rompeling (44­8) van Paarl Boys’ High. Paul Roos het dit in albei wedstryde reggekry om ’n droogte van drie jaar te breek.Toe die titaniese stryd tussen die eerste spanne Paul Roos en Hoër Jongenskool afskop, was Markötter vol hoë verwag­tings ten spyte van die feit dat die meer­derheid van PRG se spanne nederlae gely het.Maar soos verwag het die wedstryd die kenmerke getoon van ’n interna­sionale rugbywedstryd, en is selfs deur ’n internasionale skeidsregter, Rasta Rashivhenge, gehanteer. Paul Roos het vroeg die voortou ge­neem met goeie afrondingswerk deur Tiaan Pretorius in die hoekie om punte op die bord te kry. Boishaai het egter nie op hulle laat wag nie en het kort daarna self ’n baie goeie d rie gedruk. Danksy uitstekende skopwerk deur Paul Roos

se heelagter, Kade Wolhuter met sy bril­jante skopskoen, wat ’n verdere 9 punte op die bord gesit het, het Paul Roos teen rustyd met 16­8 voorgeloop.Dit was egter eers teen die tweede helfte dat die maroen masjien op volle vaart gekom het. Te danke aan baie goeie han­

tering deur veral Jarod Cairns het Paul Roos kort na rustyd gedruk en ’n moei­like skop is weer eens deur Wolhuter oorgesit.Paul Roos het hierna net die tempo gelig en, gelei deur kaptein JJ Kotze wat werklik die voorbeeld gestel het, het

Paul Roos vir Boishaai in alle fasette ore aangesit. Paul Roos het op die ou einde met ’n rekordoorwinning van 44­8 weg gestap en sodoende hul opponen­te heeltemal verneder – ’n ongelooflike vertoning deur ons manne, wat werklik hulle stempel afgedruk het as een van die

top­skolespanne van 2018. Die sei soen is egter nog nie verby nie. Greykollege lê nog voor, en dié sal waarskynlik op die ou end as die skolerugbywedstryd van die jaar onthou word.

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Christiaan Neethling

Paul Roos se gholfspelers is dié jaar beslis aan die kook. Daar lê nog baie gholf vir 2018 voor, maar

hier is solank enkele hoogtepunte.Die seisoen skop elke jaar met die Bo­land Somerliga af. Paul Roos se eerste span het vyf wedstryde gespeel, waarvan vier gemaklik gewen was. Die opponen­te sluit in Paarl Gimnasium, Somerset College, Parel Vallei en Bridge House. ’n Naelbytstryd teen die Hoër Jon­genskool Paarl het egter op ’n nederlaag uitgeloop, en die Paul Roosers uiteinde­lik derde in die Somerliga geëindig.In April het die span in die Noorde gaan toer. Hulle het deelgeneem in die Affies Gholftoernooi en het vir meeste van die

Pretoriase skole gewys hoe om gholf te speel. Die top gholfskole in die land het aan hierdie toernooi deelgeneem. Die spe­lers het op baie bekende en moeilike gholfbane gespeel, soos Pretoria Coun­try Club en Silver Lakes Golf Estate, en het hard gewerk om ’n uitstekende derde plek in die toernooi te behaal.Nog ’n hoogtepunt was toe die span tydens Winters Day vir SACS ore aan­gesit het – die eerste keer in jare dat die twee skole kragte meet. By die Boland High School Champs het PRG in die 4de plek geëindig. Worces­ter se wind het die manne se koppe blykbaar deurmekaar gewaai, maar ’n hoogtepunt van die dag was nogtans dat daar drywers op ’n 136m baansyfer

3 teen die bekende Noordwestewind van Worcester geslaan is!’n Groot hoogtepunt vir Paul Roos Gholf was toe hulle Grey PE in die jaar­likse derby geklop het. Die eerste span het ’n sege van 5­1 behaal, die tweede span ’n oorwinning van 3,5­2,5 en die derde span het gelykop 3­3 gespeel. James Joubert is gekies vir die Boland se O/15­span en Louis Loubser is gekies vir WP se O/17A­span.Die spanne is tans besig om in die Bo­land Winterliga te speel. Daarna volg die jaarlikse derby teen Grey Bloem. Doen jouself ’n guns en gaan kyk ’n bietjie hoe goed die Paul Roosers vanjaar hul gholf­stokke swaai.

Die 2018-droom is nou ’n werklikheid

PRG se opwindende gholfjaar 2018

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