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Last week during our event Panashe performed a powerful poem titled ' Of Monsters and Men'. Some people requested that we share this poem on the page as they would like to read it and reflect on it again. Here it goes:

Of Monsters and Men

My mother married a monster,
And on Sunday’s, the priests, they’d tell her ‘you can’t leave him, you can’t say you’re done’.
Because when you have a husband the world thinks you’ve won.
Maybe if you cooked more, smiled more, prayed more.
Oh, you only have one son? Maybe birth a few more.
Maybe if you just stayed down every time he beat you to the floor.

My father was a monster.
My father was a man.
How do you tell the difference?
I know I’m not supposed to generalise,
But it’s hard not to when every man is my father in my eyes.
My father was a farmer.
And he walked the earth armed with his greed and his seed.

My mother married a monster.
You may think I’m being a little harsh,
But maybe you would feel the same if you grew up hearing the sound of your mother’s jaw crush.
Or not knowing whether the banging you heard each night was the bang of her head bouncing against the wall,
Or the bang of his gun.

My mother married a monster.
My mother is a woman.
My mother came face to face with a monster
And she survived.


Panashe E. Marufu

Hey guys! We are pleased to celebrate woman's month with you. Please come through on Thursday and meet some of the seasoned entrepreneurs. Refreshments will be served.

Why Travel.
Why Travel is an online tour operator and destination marketing platform created (started is the better lingo) by Ayanda Cuba and Buntu Matole - both of whom are graduates of UCT Raymond Ackerman Academy.
Event theme: "Innovating for and with local communities" An introduction by a local startup from Khayelitsha

Date: 15 July 2017
Time: 09h00 - 11h00(2hours)
venue: Venue The Solution Space
GSB Satellite Campus, Philippi Village, Cwangco Crescent, Philippi, Cape Town
(directions)
There will be shuttles departing from Development and Alumni Department - (Lovers Walk Lower campus, Rondebosch, Lovers Walk, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7701)
RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/QPjMP985KEoe6nTQ2

devman.uct.ac.za Due to the overwhelmingly positive response to this invitation, we have reached capacity and are no longer able to accept additional RSVPs. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and will inform you in due course about future events.

flying our flag to post alumni

And the pen remains mightier than the sword!!
This piece of art represents our generation like a baus!!!

Believe it or not UCT ASA, we are bringing Yolisa Qunta to your doorstep. All this in celebration of women's month.❤❤

Come talk to one another, come talk to Yolisa, you might want to get yourself a copy and begin singing the songs of race and access to education.

Don't thank us, thanks to you!!!❤❤

Yolisa Qunta on her book 'Writing What We Like' Writing What We Like is a book edited by Yolisa Qunta and discusses almost everything, from the lighthearted to serious matters. Writing What We Like present...

This is a reminder to our UCT community. Come dine with us tomorrow at our opening event. *Free Gifts for all*

We're looking forward to hosting you.
Time : 18:00
venue: Kramer quad, Middle Campus
Date: 15 April 2016

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

Dear opportunist>>>Yes we have just referred to you as one.

You defined as one when you said yassss! to the UCT ASA.
Now to declare go! to the endless networking opportunities, come join us and the rest of the UCT ASA members at our grand opening event, see poster below for details.

You can also inbox us with your name and email address to RSVP, or if you just feel like chatting.

The pictures from the semester abroad welcome event. Thanks to the CIEE Cape Town Study Center and other agencies for bringing students to the event.