Sunday 24 March 2024

Poem: A man's life

It's 12am, I'm woken by a noise
Some say I'm happy
But I don't have a choice.
The women I married
Keep changing over night.

We don't see eye to eye
Without it turn into a fight
I vowed to love her till death do is apart.
The women I married keep shouting over night.

I am the man of the house
With a WOMAN who wears
Pants in the house
Every minute I spend with her

Makes me regret our vows
The woman I married
What is it I don't do right?
Our marriage turned into a fight
When it's 3AM i go to work
And when I arrived it's all war

Why didn't I see this before
That I won't be happy
But today I file in DIVORCE
I don't say much
My writing says it all

We don't communicate
It's like fire and rain
And with all that said
I laydown the ring
You never show me respect

Your actions has pushed me away.
To the woman I married
Today I leave the regret 

[Israel Xaba:  7 March 2024]

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Friday 22 March 2024

Sunday 17 March 2024

Poem: Concrete wall

I now see you fall
How I had thought
That I've seen it all
Protected was I by the wall.

A wall which I never saw a scare at my side
A wall which seemed tall and precious at my side
A wall so strong that I've never seen it cry
Today I've seen a crowed at the other side
A crowed which was as young as I

Today I'm grown, I see it no longer tall
How depressing it is to see it's back
A back which had carried us all
Had scars of scratches even on its shoulders
How I wish somebody had told us

That this is a life ready for all of us
Had I known?
Or was I once told?
Or had I not feared the unknown?
That I will one day miss home.
A place that once felt warm.
Today I stand at the backside of the wall 

[Israel Xaba:  7 March 2024]

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Sunday 10 March 2024

Poem: Scent of mercy

How of life it rains
Down to droughts of plains
Away it washes the pains of thy sins.
There hear beats again
In the chest of whom been wicked
And portrayed smiles of friendly.
There now the rain exposes
Thy hate.
Down in the shallow river that flow
Init they flow
How thy hate had hid
For smiles on faces had been.
This by far thee scent of mercy 

[Israel Xaba:  7 March 2024]

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Saturday 9 March 2024

You don't work here at all!!

A man asked his boss for a raise in salary.

The boss said: "What do you mean? You don't work here at all! Listen! There are 365 days in a year - 366 if it is a leap year. The work day is 8 hours - that's one third of a day. So, over the year that's 122 days. Then the office is shut on Sundays, so that is 52 days off, making 70. Then you have two weeks holiday - take off 14 days that's 56. There are 4 bank holidays which leaves 52. The office is also closed on Saturdays, and there are 52 Saterdays in a year. So you don't do anything here at all. Yet you ask me for a raise in salary!!!

[Thank you, Thabo!] 

Friday 1 March 2024

World Compliment Day


In the global initiative to create the most positive day in the world, World Compliment Day, is celebrated every March 1 to spread joy through simple verbal affirmations of appreciation.

It may be just the boost people need to continue in their work.

We celebrate this day by spreading encouragement and positivity far and wide.

Enjoy your day!

Friday 16 February 2024

Flashback Friday: Invited to speak at championship


Donderdag 29 September 2017

The Welkom Technical High School's debating team had been invited to attend the second edition of the Cub Grill Schools Debating Championship, hosted by the debate union of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. The event was held from Friday (22/09) to Sunday (24/09) and saw speakers from different regions in and around Gauteng and the Free State. This championship served as training for the team before the provincial competition. From the left are Shaun Mmutsi, Pule Mmula, Lesala Khetheng, Tshepiso Matlolane and Thato Parnell.

[Photo: André van Dyk]

Saturday 10 February 2024

Die sleutel tot sukses

Wat is die sleutel tot sukses?

Is dit harde werk, lang ure of net intelligensie? Of moet jy bloot geniet wat jy doen ...?

Wanneer 'n geleentheid aan die deur klop, MAAK OOP!! Almal sal sukses beskryf uit hul perspektief en waarby hulle baatgevind het. Wat beteken dit vir my? Hierdie is 'n baie belangriker vraag as wat dit op die oog af lyk. En die heel belangrikste van hierdie vraag is jou antwoord. Maak seker dat jy die antwoord ken. 

Mense dink dat harde werk alles in die lewe is ... dat harde werk alle drome, wense en begeertes sal vervul, maar harde werk sonder passie is soos 'n swerwer sonder rigting.

As jy geniet wat jy doen, dan word dit 'n stokperdjie en jy spandeer baie tyd aan jou stokperdjie. Dis 'n algemene feit dat as jy baie tyd aan iets spandeer, dan bemeester jy dit. Jy word 'n meester van jou belangstelling. Jy kan 24/7 daaroor praat, sonder dat dit jou verveel.

Vergeet van geld, geld is nie alles in die lewe nie. Meer geld - meer probleme. Meer kennis - meer oplossings. Die wonderlike ding van die lewe is dat niemand weet wat in die toekoms gaan of kan gebeur nie. Jy kan jouself net voorberei, so goed as wat dit vir jou moontlik is. Jou prioriteite moet reg wees en jy moet 'n ernstige gesprek hê oor wat vir jou belangrik in die lewe is. Daar is 'n spreekwoord wat sê dat bloed dikker is as water, daarom moet jou familie voor jou bloedrooi sportmotor kom, voor die duur goue horlosie, maar na jou geloof.

Geen mens kan alleen sukses bereik nie. Almal het 'n rots nodig waarop jy jou huisie kan bou, waar jy jou vuurtjie kan maak om jou teen die koue van die lewe te kan beskerm. Bou jou huis op sukses, bou jou huis op Christus. Dit is altyd moeilik, maar dit is nooit verkeerd nie. Moet nie hard werk nie, werk slim. Die wyse mense vertel ons dat hulle 99 keer misluk het, en die 100ste keer het hulle geslaag. Moet nooit 'n droom opgee omdat dit te moeilik is nie. Glo aan jou droom, jaag jou droom na, misluk liewer 99 keer en slaag die 100ste keer. Dis jou lewensdroom ... jou toekoms ... jou lewe!

Swart op wit is jou lewe klaar neergeskryf in 'n boek, weggebêre in 'n kassie. Al wat jy kort, is 'n sleutel tot sukses!!

[Theano Oosthuizen, Dux-leerder van 2022. Met hierdie wyse woorde wat hy reeds in Junie 2022 geskryf het, wil hy die graad 12's van 2024 uitdaag om hul akademie met passie aan te pak en hul skoolloopbaan suksesvol af te sluit. Onthou, die sleutel tot 'n suksesvolle toekoms is in jou hande.]    

Tuesday 6 February 2024

Think about it: Who are you?


Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody

That’s Not My Job!
This is a story about four people named: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.
Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.
Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody‘s job.
Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody would not do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Who are you? Everybody? Somebody? Anybody? Or Nobody?

Want to be somebody?

Saturday 3 February 2024

Congratulations on your well-deserved success!


Mr Johan Visser, the Provincial Manager of the Free State for FEDSAS, came to Technical High School to award Mr Rodgers a certificate of recognition for the good work he has done with the school over the last 2 years.

Congratulations on your well-deserved success! You're an inspiration, Mr Rodgers!

Sunday 21 January 2024

Molly Green: Indigo-kinders

"Ek maak kennis met 'n pragtige jong man. Sy liefde vir jong mense, eintlik kinders is amper ongelooflik. Hoewel hy self nog eintlik 'n jeugdige is, is hy meer volwasse as mense baie ouer as hy. 

Sy empatie is byna ongelooflik. Sy glimlag en sy oë straal liefde uit. Dis iemand wat 'n mens kan vertrou. Iemand op wie jy kan staatmaak. 

Vandag se lewe het méér sulke mense nodig. Mense wat 'n verskil kan maak. Indigo-kinders.

[Uittreksel: Forum - Kaleidoskoop: Sit 'n wag voor jou mond 2008]

Friday 19 January 2024

Belangrike skoolstatistiek


Skool mag dalk vervelig voel maar het jy al gedink hoe ongelooflik baie jy in 12 jaar doen? 

Hier is 'n paar berekeninge wat jy interessant sal vind:
Van graad 1 tot matriek gaan jy ongeveer 2 440 dae skool toe, dit is sowat 14 640 uur. 
Jy het ongeveer 2 440 uur pouse.
Jy het 'n gemiddeld van 17 dae saalbyeenkomste en sing die skoollied ongeveer 150 keer.
Jy doen 'n halwe jaar lank huiswerk (dis as jy jou huiswerk elke dag doen.)
Jy praat ongeveer 48 keer mondeling.
Jy loop ongeveer 650 km as y klasse wissel.
Indien jy elke dag van jou hoërskoolloopbaan 'n blikkie gaskoeldrank drink, het jy teen graad 12 al 2000 liter gaskoeldrank (slegs by die skool) gedrink.
Indien jy meer van water hou en jy drink elke dag 8 glase water (soos daar van jou verwag word), het jy teen die einde van matriek 11 500 liter water gedrink.
Jy hoor die skoolklok meer as 21 960 keer lui.
As jy elke dag van jou lewe iets by die snoepie koop, het jy teen matriek die snoepie met 'n bietjie meer as R32 000 ryker gemaak.

Twaalf jaar klink lank, maar vra maar vir enige matriek, dit vlieg behoorlik. Geniet elke dag en sing jou skoollied uit volle bors al is dit die 150ste keer. Moenie skool bank nie, want eendag gaan jy terugverlang.

Viva skool! Maak die beste daarvan.  

[Dankie vir die leerder wat hierdie interessante statistiek met ons deel. Elkeen van julle se feite gaan verskil. Met al die ekstra klasse en vakansieklasse en -kampe wat daar deesdae is, gaan julle baie meer as net 14 640 uur skool. Doen 'n bietjie somme en stuur gerus jou statistiek vir Tekkie Tonic.] 

Klas van 2023


Baie sterkte met julle uitslae. Môre staan jy met jou uitslae in jou hand. Die sleutel wat bepaal wat vorentoe gaan gebeur. Die vorige 5 jaar en veral verlede jaar se insette gaan in simboolvorm geverbaliseer word.

Mag jy kry waarvoor jy gewerk het en as jy nie tevrede is nie, is daar baie maniere om daardie uitslae te verbeter. Sit dadelik skouer aan die wiel en verbeter waarmee jy nie tevrede is nie. 

Monday 15 January 2024

Aan die 2024-Tekkies en 2024-ouers

2024 lê oop voor elkeen ... soos 'n splinternuwe boek wat wag op die jaar se hoogtepunte, laagtepunte, storms en reënboë. 

Hoe kan jy vanjaar jou skooljaar aanpak? Hoe kan jy seker wees dat jy sukses sal behaal? 

Wees altyd die beste JY wat jy kan wees, nie net vanjaar nie, maar elke jaar, nie net in akademie nie, maar op alle terreine. As jy in die wiskunde klas sit, wees die beste wiskunde leerder wat JY kan wees. As jy op die sportveld is, wees die beste sportman wat JY kan wees. Respekteer alle mense, jouself, jou skoolhoof, jou onderwysers en jou klasmaats. Mense sal jóú daarvoor respekteer. 

Wat is respek? Om almal goed te behandel, nie net diegene wat jy wil beïndruk nie.

Ouers ondersteun jou kind. Respekteer jou kind. Dit lei tot wedersydse respek. Kommunikeer gereeld met jou kind. Moedig hom aan om die beste leerder te wees. Moet asseblief nie negatief van onderwysers of die skool praat nie, veral nie voor jou kind nie. Dit beïnvloed die leerder negatief en net hy gaan daaronder ly. Indien daar iets is wat pla, maak gerus 'n afspraak by die skool. Ons kan dan saam na 'n oplossing soek. Met wedersydse respek en vertroue kan berge versit word in jou kind se akademie, sport en kultuur. Indien leerders by die huis die negatiewe op- en aanmerkings oor die onderwysers en skool hoor, kan dit die respek afbreek en negatiewe houdings lewer nie positiewe resultate nie.

Sterkte vir 2024. Mag ons saam die suksespad loop tot voordeel van die leerder ... jou kind! 

Monday 8 January 2024

We bid goodbye to Sano Lesoetsa


We as a Tekkie family are shocked to a standstill by the senseless murder of Sano Lesoetsa who matriculated in 2013.

We pay tribute to him who was a foreman at Harmony at the time of his death.

Sending the family the school's deepest condolences during this difficult time. May you find comfort in the loving memories of  Sano Lesoetsa. The school is keeping your family in our thoughts and prayers.

The school's flag symbolically hangs half-mast to pay respect to Sano.



Photos: Nceba Mgojo

Funeral: 13 January 2024



Back then - 2013:

Heal

Heal

Heal to you who never sleep
Heal to you who stay awake and weep
Heal to you who got nobody to go to
Heal to you who's not hopeful 

Heal
Heal to the woman who lost a child
She who prayed to recive a son
Who is now sent by hands of crime
And now lie in the silent ground 

HEAL! HEAL! HEAL!
To The woman!
This a day she'll never forget
Today the day they lay her child to rest
Here she stand to show respect
To her son who now lie dead

HEAL Heal Heal 
I say Heal to the woman 
Who now remember the past
That's joyful and full of art
Art of her son

She recalls the image saw
In the screen of a computer 
She recalls the joy
When she had imagined his Future
This really her nightmare sorrow 

Sob is the woman
Who now cries like a child
Who's pain was internal and now out
She screams to the heavens 
For her son's revive

Heal is to you a woman who lost a child

[Israel Xaba: 7 January 2024]

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Wednesday 3 January 2024

171 000 keer dankie

Joyful of absence


Joyful of absence 
Of how I wish you were not here
It now make sense
That I now stand firm and clear

Letter to a father
How your promises make me wonder
Like Christmas tree with presents under
I awaited you patiently like a wish to Santa 

 "I promise"
 "I promise"
It's all I hear 
It's as a philosophy 
That reveals you clear

Nostalgia
A feeling I never had
All due by deeds of a man
How I were a fool of what you never meant

I longed being your s.o.n
This been a DREAM from day one
Just to see and call you father 
Now I shall not say no further 
Nor will I bother to call
I am a man raised by no F.a.T.H.e.r

[Israel Xaba - 2 January 2024]

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Wednesday wisdom

Sunday 31 December 2023

Happy New Year


May this year bring new happiness, new goals, new achievements, and a lot of new inspirations on your life. Wishing every day of the new year to be filled with success, happiness, and prosperity for you. Happy New Year.

Wednesday 27 December 2023

Sunday 24 December 2023

John 3:16

A king born to a nation
A nation which soon turned against him
A son of liberation 
In the dark night of Bethlehem 

A son is born
A son of GOD
Who's heart is wrenched 
By deeds of heart

His people seem to do as they please 
With no one at his knees
His son is sent to make peace
Surrounded by the wicked 
The son was Seized

By Sanhedrin
Elderly respected priests 
Who tore his garment 
And spit to his face

Whom his presence was a mockery 
To his friends 
Today a son of God
Is born

[Israel Xaba: gr.12 24 December 2023]

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Wednesday 20 December 2023

Wednesday 13 December 2023

Wednesday 6 December 2023

Monday 4 December 2023

Saturday 2 December 2023

Ons groet 2023 ...

Die onderwys- en administratiewe personeel het Woensdagaand hulle jaarlikse eindfunksie gehou met Oscar-toekennings as hulle tema.  


















Foto's: André van Dyk en Megan van der Ross