The Reveal

Being a first year student at varsity is a very challenging for the first few weeks, especially if you had to relocate to another province or a place you are not familiar with. you leave your family and friends behind and you become forced make new friends. You meet new people and become exposed to the freedom of being the decision maker of your own life away from home. You meet new people from different places with different dreams and goals. To survive varsity life, you need to make friends that you feel equate the visions and goals that you have set for yourself while in university. A friend is someone who admires a person’s skills and encourages them to make right choices and always avoids getting them in any trouble. Friendship is both good and necessary. Theorists have proven that we beings that need to survive together in groups. Varsity expose you to people with both good or bad intentions and it’s up to you to choose the right kind of people you want to associa...

Changes are brought into our world on a daily basis but the question could be :Are they here to make us better people or bring out the worst in this world? America recently endorsed abortion in all stages of pregnancy. One would argue that women are entitled to a rights to make a decision about their bodies. That is true. But while on the topic of rights; can we also debate the right to life? To who does it actually apply? I am not a ‘little miss knows it all,’ but let me fill you in on something: a female’s body is precious and fragile regardless of medical examinations. This means that a doctor could take you through the most expensive X-rays and give you the highest ranked medication in the cabinet, after an abortion your body will still be subject to side effects. Popular opinion says that females are to be treated with extra care and respect. So now imagine all the changes a female’s body experiences within the 9 months of pregnancy, now think about that and tell...

In a first for TUT, the University hosted a three-day long International World Camp in partnership with the International Youth Foundation. The aim of the event, hosted at the Student Centre at the Soshanguve South Campus from 15 to 17 June, was to positively influence the mindset of the youth during Youth Month. Dr Shiferaw Teklemariamat, Ethiopian Ambassador designate to South Africa. During the event, ten students received tickets to participate in the upcoming World Camp, taking place in South Korea next month. The tickets include accommodation, food and transport. With the theme for the 2018 camp,  #Youth Mind Education Training , the event empowered the youth through mindset training and lectures. The Good News Corps (GNC), organiser of the event, travels to over 180 countries every year, empowering the youth globally. The GNC also provides the youth with opportunities to travel with them as volunteers across the world. Dr Shiferaw Teklemariamat, Ethiopian...