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blog entry 3, thats so hot right now

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 I’m always on the lookout for new trends on campus and I have discovered the trend of pushing bags. So a few days ago I was walking around campus and I heard the sound of wheels, I turned around and noticed people carrying these huge bags that almost look like suitcases, and I was wondering how someone could carry such a huge bag to campus, I mean the bags have wheels but at some point you are going to have to lift it. This trend originated from lawyers. The pushing bags were initially carried by lawyers because the bag comes with various pockets and helped them organize their files neatly and mostly because sometimes they had to carry a lot of files and they would not fit into your normal handbag or briefcase. Students here at UFS have now adopted this trend, but the irony is that the bags are not carried by law students but by students who are doing their honours, the trend has even been dubbed the “ I’m doing honours starter pack”. I spoke to an honours student name...
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blog entry 2

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During fees must fall students painted the trees with names of African political leaders they felt needed to be recognised in the campus buildings” Nkrumah” was the one that caught my attention.  Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (conceived Francis Nwia-Kofi Ngonloma, September 21,1909 – April 27, 1972) was an African political leader. He was outstanding as the main Prime Minister, then President, of Ghana. On March 6, 1957, following ten years of battling for Ghanaian independence, Nkrumah was chosen President and Ghana gained freedom from Britishrule. Nkrumah was conceived Francis Nwia-Kofi Ngonloma in Nkroful, a town in Gold Coast (the British province that was to end up Ghana) to Kofi Ngonloma, a goldsmith, and Elizabeth Nyaniba, a businesswoman, who he saw as an awesome motivation. He went to Elementary School at Half Assini where his dad filled in as agoldsmith. He additionally changed his name to "Kwame". Nkrumah came back to the Gold Coast and established the Convention People...
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blog entry human rights day

Every year on the 21 st of March in South Africa we celebrate Human rights day, now any average person knows what their rights are, but are we actually aware what these rights entail and that they go hand in hand with responsibilities as well. So today I’m going to discuss two rights that are important to me and discuss how one can exercise their rights without infringing other people’s right. The first right is the right to Freedom of expression which basically means, everyone has the right to freedom of expression, which includes— freedom of the press and other media; freedom to receive or impart information or ideas; freedom of artistic creativity; and academic freedom and freedom of scientific research.  The right in subsection does not extend to— propaganda for war; or advocacy of hatred that is based on race, ethnicity, gender or religion, and that constitutes incitement to cause harm( chapter 2, bill of rights). The reason why I chose to talk about this right is because it...
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challenges that students face

 Challenges that students face There are many challenges that the youth faces when they get to university, but one of the most common problems is funding. Most South African students have been faced with this problem at one point of their university life and with the increasing fees it has not gotten any better. The recent #feesmustfall challenges have done much to highlight the way that there are numerous fit, capable and enthusiastic students needing to guarantee a future for themselves through tertiary education. Lamentably, the truth for some brilliant would-be university graduates is that they basically don't have the money required to finish their tertiary education. Those who are less thoughtful towards challenges encompassing educational cost and settlement expenses may state that they needed to work their way through university, so why wouldn't others be able to. There are a horde of reasons why sometimes, this is not practical. A few students may as of no...
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 Introduction Hey friends, well hopefully we will be after you read my blog. When I was told to start a blog I had no idea what I would write about. I thought to myself I'm not even interesting, what in the world would I have to say about myself, then i thought that the only thing I have to do is just be myself and hopefully I will find people that can relate to me and what I have to say. So ok this is my first blog post, ok so let me tell you a bit about myself. I'm Sinesipho Nkconkwana and I'm a bookworm, well more like a book freak, I'm passionate about African literature, I'm telling you if only I read my textbooks as much as I did novels, I would be a straight A student, it is my guilty pleasure. I was born in Diepkloof hospital, Johannesburg in 1995. Growing up we did not have much but my parents always made sure we had what we needed and were no different from other children. I have two sisters who like to irritate the life out of me, but i love them reg...
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