The debate was held on the 21st of
March, 9 AM in the gazelle. The motion
set was: Human Rights Day has lost its
relevance. Congratulations to the propo-
sition for winning the debate and to
Thero for being announced as the best
speaker. The teams were as follows: The
Proposition of Vusi, Teboho, and Lebo-
hang, the Opposition was made out of
Thero, Mpho and Mark
Human Rights Braai
On the 23rd of March, the first ever braai
was held by the House. The braai event
was a celebration of Human Rights Day
with an intimate setting. The residents
who attended had a chance to be better
acquainted with one another.
Culture Renewal Braai and Movie
Night
This happened after the second day of
the Cultural Renewal that was held on
the 26th and 27th of April. It was a very
successful event with a great turn out.
The braai took place for most of the late
afternoon towards early evening and, the
movie night happened well into the early
morning. The movies watched were
“The great debaters” and “20The dicta-
tor”.
Outeniqua has had an eventful 1st
and 2nd term filled with community
building. The residents had many
opportunities to meet and interact
with one another. The social and
cultural events held at the residence
have all helped in imparting Outeni-
qua’s values in the residents. Here is
a summary of the events held:
Health and Wellness Movie
Night
The first major event that took
place was the Movie Night organised
by the Health and Wellness Centre
on the 7th of February. Students
came in their numbers to watch
“Remember the Titans”; following
the pyjama party theme. The best
dressed male prize went to Wakka
and the best dressed female went to
Annamarie. The Lucky draw went to
Mpho. It was a fun filled night for all
the quaggas who attended.
Back 2 School launch party
The Back 2 School launch party took
place on the 8th of February at Oo-
long Lounge. Great turn out from
the guys and girls form Outeniqua,
sticking to the theme. It was an en-
joyable event and was a great way
for the students to relieve their
stress after rag. It was an explo-
sive start to the academic year.
Valentines Ball
The first formal event that was
hosted by the house was the Val-
entines ball on the 15th February,
in the gazellie. The atmosphere
was filled with keen people who
danced the night away with the
great music that the Dj supplied
to the party. The Social subcom-
mittee outdid themselves with the
décor and the attendees were
singing praises to the catering
provided. It was an evening of fun.
Human Rights debate
Things that most women find unattractive
about men:
Men with Big Egos
Girls don’t like guys with big egos,
Men licking ice-cream cones
Not only does it look wrong for a guy to lick an
ice-cream cone in public, but it is also a turn off
towards girls. Buy her an ice-cream and let her
have the time of her life, and you rather have a
soda.
Cheap pick-up lines
No girl wants to hook up with a guy who says,
“Girl you must be tired, you’ve being running
through my mind all day”. Yes, you can be
cheesy but not too cheesy. Pick-Up Lines can
be cute and charming but clichés and Facebook
quotes aren’t.
Men who play games
If you drag your feet trying to get her, you will end
up being friend zoned. If you want to win her, be
straight forward with her. Women are very patient
people, but they so hate to wait.
Men who wear short pants on a date
It is disrespectful and it shows no care from your
side. It reflects badly on yourself.
Men with long hair
She wants the mirror to herself. Its like you are
competing with the girl.
Men with big Ass
Its not on, but know how to dress according to
your body
Let the good times roll...
It’s a NO NO NO!!!!!!
H O U S E O U T E N I Q U A
S’truu Mafra 1 S T S E M E S T E R 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
“Without music, life would
be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nie-
tzsche, Twilight of the
Idols
Fire & Ice
P A G E 2
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” ― C.S. Lewis
The Friend zone
Team’s Note
Let’s make this a home.
How fortunate are we to live in a unisex residence? We get to hang out with the opposite sex at any given
time of the day within the bounds of our residence...other residences aren’t as privileged.
Yet, we aren’t making it a home. We complain, about the rules, about having to pay for socials, about each
other, about everything.
We need to calm down a bit and appreciate our diverse com-
munity. On the note of community, we need to build one of
friendship, family, and let go of the animosity. Let’s appreciate
each other, accept our differences and learn from each other. It
really is not difficult at all.
The first step is minding your own business; this will cause less
drama.
Support the house events (pay that R2); to build relationships
with your fellow Quaggas.
On to celebrating each other, big congratulations to Nicole Dixon for obtaining the Quagga of the term
award for her 98% in OBS314, we hear it kicks ass. You’re a motivation to us all, especially now that we’re
headed for exams.
We do hope that you find the first issue of S’truu Mafra informative and entertaining
Best of luck Quaggas, do your best and your higher power will do the rest!
ble with the lady friend, so
much so that the lady draws
to the conclusion that the
male is happy being friends.
The other reason why women
will not take the “leap of
faith”, is because they feel
comfortable with a platonic
relationship and will not see a
reason why they should risk
the friendship for a romantic
relationship that could back-
fire.
The “nice guy” is generally
known to be the most suscep-
tible individual to fall into this
category. Society knows only
3 types of people and the
other types normally get the
girl. The other two types
being the “bad guy” and the
“good guy”. Now you are
probably asking yourself what
the difference with the “good
guy” and “nice guy” as well as
what a bad guy has to do with
getting a girl. It is pretty sim-
ple. The bad guy is a bit of an
obvious one. Girls like to be
agents of change and thus
when they see a guy who is
not decent and proper, they
get the urge to be the one
person who was able to
change them from bad to good.
The sad thing about that case is
that bad guys enjoy being bad.
Now the “good guy” is the one
guy who is decent and every-
body likes him. He is very firm
and most people take him seri-
ously. He generally knows what
he wants from life and more
importantly, in a girl. Now the
nice guy is the type of guy who
gets to know a girl whom he
likes but then he becomes so
scared of ruining the somewhat
comfortable relationship and
settles for being a doormat
which the girl walks all over. The
“nice guy” cannot say no to the
girl.
I know that I have used the guy
as the person who gets “friend-
zoned” in this article but I assure
you that this is a two-way street
and it can happen the other way
around. This is one zone that no
one person wants to find
themselves in. The risk of being
labelled the “Friend-Zone-King”
is enough to keep people on
their toes when it comes to
relationships.
The “friend-zone” is a platonic
relationship where one party
wishes to enter into a rela-
tionship while the other party
is simply not interested at all.
This is quite one of the most
feared and undesired states of
a relationship. Men and wom-
en equally and passionately
despise the “Friend-zone”.
There are differing explana-
tions about what causes a
person to
be placed
in the
friend
zone by
another.
One such
reason
that
stands out
the most
would be
that wom-
en do not
see their
male
counter-
parts as suitable love inter-
ests. Other reasons often
highlighted by the man on the
street is that the male will
sometimes get too comforta-
S ’ T R U U M A F R A
Sadiki #NuffSaid
Future Events:
Teekan
Teekan has been set
for 3 times a week as
of the 1st of May.
Outeniqua Formal
Date: 13 September
2013
Theme: Sophia town
Price: R250
Venue: TBA
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
Her name?
You know her far too well
Beautiful, with a smirk for a smile
And eyes that burn through your soul as a way to make your
spirit swell.
All too familiar with her existence,
Because it is in everything you do to others that screams
Lust in her name
With the hope that she's on your team for that sinful mo-
ment ..
Little do you know
she bats for both teams and when both lose?
She wins regardless
Pats herself on the back
& struts her being away, temporarily with nonchalance
a backstabber, you say?
Not a chance
She is just a woman
Up to date
Modern
With her Red Bottoms and Marc Jacobs garments
A woman
Who is always ten steps ahead, even when you plead
Down at her feet when you need her most
That Lust
That need for her to be on your team
Just for that moment
You need her most when you're hurt,
Because there's something about her touch that makes you
feel whole
But once you have her, someone else crawls to her feet
More desperate than you.
Her?
A willing opponent who is unfamiliar with the word .. Loyalty
batting for the other team
Surprised?
Everyone wants a piece of her
You
Them
Us
She knows that far too well
Her name?
Karma
Which side of your body is your left hand on, when you are looking in a
mirror?
The right side.
The left side.
Both sides.
It depends on what you're looking at in the mirror.
Is it possible to draw a 6-sided Star of David without lifting your pen or
pencil from the paper?
No
Yes
Goldfish are very stupid animals, with a memory span of just 5 seconds.
It takes only 4.5 seconds to read this question. Could a goldfish answer
this question?
Yes, with 0.5 seconds to spare.
No.
Wait, I forgot, what was the question again?
How many times can you fold a plastic drinking straw in half?
0
1
2
3
4
5
Unlimited
A straight road runs through a forest that is 100 miles across. You have
10 gallons of gas in your car, and your car gets 10 miles per gallon. How
far can you drive into the forest without running out of gas?
50 Miles
90 Miles
100 Miles
200 Miles
Exactly how many 0.5 inch slices can you cut from a whole loaf of bread
that is 10 inches long?
1
10
Corridor Games 20th of April 2013 marked the day that the 9 corridors came together to battle it out to see which corridor is the best. The corridors were split into four teams with corresponding corri-dors teaming up together. Teams were split up into the Red Team, Blue Team, Black Team as well as a “Colour-blocked” team. There were 3 games played by all the teams and the two top teams took part in an obstacle course where 10 members of the team took part. The Red team and the Black team had the prestig-ious honour of battling it out for top honours. The Black team battled bravely albeit controversy around the final event (what is an event without
a bit of controversy?), but the Red team came out on top and they cele-brated their victory with great delight. The Outeniqua RC Sport and his committee did a splendid job and it is sure that the House Outeniqua com-munity would not mind having this event annually, maybe even once every semester. The Outeniqua stamp of approval is well deserved there. Soccer League Results. The Outeniqua football side has seen some ups and downs in the early stages of the season. Although this is the case, the team has climbed up to the second place on the Kovsie Football League Second division after 3 games played. Outeniqua has managed to get 6 points of a possible 9 points sitting in second place on the log. With plenty
of matches remaining in the season, the team will look to try and win the league title and gain promotion to the first division. Captain of the side, Samuel Bontse and his troops will look to take re-group after the nar-row loss to Legatum. The results of the first 3 games are shown below. Imperium 0 – 16 Outeniqua Veritas 0 – 12 Outeniqua Legatum 4 – 3 Outeniqua Cricket The Outeniqua cricket combined with House Conlaures to form a cricket team which took part in the residence league. The team was known as Continiqua. The team lost to Veritas by 9 wickets. The following
three games were can-celled and it was unfor-tunate since the team was taking shape and looked a very competi-tive side. Veritas went on to win the league title. House Outeniqua congratulates them on their victory. Tennis The Outeniqua female
tennis team has proved
to be tough opponents
on the tennis courts. Anseri Boje,
Bonang Makhetha, Jay-dene Schultz
and Alida Peete have performed well
thus far winning 3 of their 4 singles
matches. House Outeniqua hopes
these performances will be carried
out throughout the tennis season
and stake our claim on the tennis
front.
S’truu Mafra Team
Marck “Software Guy” Maphori
Unarine “Una Ramses” Ramaru
Refilwe “Fifi” Matene
Vuyisile “Vee waar” Kubeka
Thero “Spokes” Ntsoane
Lindsay “That’s Right” Mathe
Stagedoor
The first year guys and girls from
Outeniqua outdid themselves.
They gave their competition a run
for their money with their capti-
vating stage presence and their
great interpretation of the char-
acters and songs they delivered.
Outeniqua made a great debut
into the stagedoor arena and
have set the pace for the years to
come showing all competitors
that Outeniqua has arrived.
Stagedoor
The first year guys and girls from Outeniqua
outdid themselves. They gave their competi-
tion a run for their money with their capti-
vating stage presence and their great inter-
pretation of the characters and songs they
delivered. Outeniqua made a great debut
into the stagedoor arena and have set the
pace for years to come, showing all competi-
tors that Outeniqua has arrived.
“The man who does not
read has no advantage
over the man who can-
not read.”
― Mark Twain
Like a Boss