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]

Viva, debating

High five for the debating team!

 

HTS was the best team for the language festival

Best debating team - they won all rounds with Boitshepo Lebesa as third best speaker, Lihle Xaba second best and Sam Lukhanyo as the best speaker for the language bonanza.

Debate results

The boys won their first round and our team also got best speaker award. Congratulations to Shaun and the team. 

Father's day: Fathers are gifts from the universe ...

God's truest reflection in human form is a father ...  just as He is love, so are our fathers. 

Their love is sacrificial as they go out their way to provide comfortable lives for their families with all needs catered for.

They strive to be the best at everything so they can be inspirations to their offspring.

Their love has a gentle side to it too, this is seen through the magic of a father and child bond.

A few moments spent with them feel like a lifetime.

Just as the "fruits" are derived from the "father", the precious gems derive their beautiful souls with amazing capabilities from their fathers.

Even when no more, a father's legacy continues throughout a generation, they are the gift that keeps on giving.

Fathers who are active and present even from the other side deserve all recognition and adoration too. They are gifts from the universe ...

[Thank you, Shaun.]

Happy youth day

Shaun Mmutsi

"Look at the sun, look how it shines for you." 

It's no secret that the world cares very little about young people even if we are the leaders of tomorrow. This is why if you ever want to be great  it has to start within you.  This goes to students specially. Ensure in your years of school you take advantage of any opportunity to acquire skills and good networking for your future for being skilled is one thing, securing a good life that benefits those around you as well is a different curriculum. Happy youth day.

Congratulations to our Debating Team!

This is the HTS Debating team with Shaun Mmutsi as the coach and Caryn Petersen as the coordinator, at their end term tournament. They won 2 of the 3 debates and Nhlanhla Radebe was the team's best speaker ... From the back (left): Bulelani Radebe, Shaun as the coach, Caryn as the coordinator and Lesedi Motsoane. From the left front: Juhan Van Heerden, and Nhlanhla Radebe. The tournament was held on the 21st May 2022 at Henties Cilliers High School in Virginia. 

Well done to our debating team who have worked so hard to prepare for many debates. We are proud of you!

Dankie vir jou bydrae - dit word waardeer

'n Baie groot dankie aan elke leser wat betrokke gelees en gereageer het. 

Dankie aan elkeen wat so gereeld gedurende 2020 berigte en foto's gestuur het om hierdie blog van HTS aan die gang te hou. 2020 was nie 'n maklike jaar nie en baie leerders het hulle inligting, inspirasie en ekstra leermateriaal juis hier gekry.

'n Spesiale woord van dankie aan Alex Manise, 'n graad 12-leerder wat so gereeld die pen opgeneem het en bydraes deur die jaar gelewer het, asook een van HTS se assistente, Shaun Mmutsi.

2021 begin in 'n sekere sin waar 2020 opgehou het, daarom vra ons dat elkeen wat betrokke was, steeds sal voortgaan om inligting te stuur. Ons sien uit daarna.

To the class of 2020

Shaun Mmutsi 

Your 12 year journey is finally complete.

I'd like to welcome you officially to the real life.

Matric has never been an easy year to anyone. But given the circumstances, I am proud of every one of you for making it this far. You are indeed the miracles that God made to taste the bitter fruit of time.

Remember ... 

The war has begun.

Put on the full armor and fight as hard as you can knowing that God is giver of your strength.

Your NSC exam is the key that can either open or lock all doors to all your desired opportunities.

Your mission is to make sure that you enter into the world out there with the right key in your hands.

As you soldier up and prepare for battle.

I pray the grace and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and sweet fellowship of the holy spirit, to rest and abide in you all, now and forever more. 

Trials and tribulations are yet to come. If you build on your house on the right foundation, you will be unshakeable and conquer all that comes your way.

God bless you all.

[Shaun Mmutsi 23 October 2020]

The difference ...

 

Wise words ...

Let Go and allow God ...

We always wonder why our prayers don't get answered.
We wonder as Christians why things never go our way ...

Problem is ...

God can never reach out to you if you are in an unclean space with unclean deeds.
Let go and allow your Lord to redeem thee.

Let go and allow God to be the first in your life ...

Let go and allow God ...

[Thank you, Shaun Mmutsi]

Ouers, gee vir julle kinders goeie waardes ...

Shaun Mmutsi is uitgenooi om as gasspreker op te tree by die Ntataise Day Care Centre tydens hulle gradeplegtigheid. Hierdie is die tweede agtereenvolgende jaar wat hierdie eer Shaun te beurt val. As 'n ervare debatteerder, is dit geensins 'n moeilike taak nie.

Toekomsvisie, goeie opvoeding, leerders en ouers is onderwerpe wat hom baie na aan die hart lê en daarom het hy dan ook met hierdie ouers oor goeie waardes gepraat wat hulle vir hulle kinders moet leer en inskerp. Glo in jou kind, motiveer hom en wees daar in moeilike tye. Wees ten alle tye bewus van wat jou kind doen en wie sy maats is - vandag is groepsdruk 'n realiteit.

Hy het almal gelukgewens en daarna was daar 'n heerlike ete vir diegene teenwoordig.

Mev. Radebe, maatskaplike werkster, die SGB-
voorsitter, Shaun Mmutsi en mev. Malifelile
Lenka,skoolhoof.

Die ervare bakkiepakker ...

Afrika Mokhosi

So een keer 'n maand wys die bakkie se neus in die rigting van die Noord-Kaap. En daar is altyd iets wat iewers afgelaai moet word. Op hierdie stadium is dit die NK se terug-skool-toe-projek waaraan Afrika en Shaun kliphard gewerk het. Boekies, uitveërs, inkleurprente en potlode is maar van die items wat hulle na die kleuterskole in die Noord-Kaap stuur.

En dan is daar ook nog so 'n bietjie Kersfees tussendeur vir die senior burgers van Ons Huis. Hierdie twee, saam met mevv. Karin Herbst en Alda Welman het hierdie Kersfees gekonsentreer op die afdeling vir die verswakte bejaardes. So dikwels vergeet 'n mens dat hierdie mense ook flinke, hardwerkende jong mense was en dat as hulle 'n keuse sou gehad het, sou hulle nie in hierdie afdeling wou wees nie... Maar die lewe loop soms ongemaklike draaie met 'n mens en daarom het hierdie spannetjie besluit om hierdie afdeling te bederf.

Matrieks se laaste ... heel laaste dag!

2019 het vinniger gegaan as wat dit gekom het. 'n Handjievol matrieks het tot die laaste dag getrou ekstra klasse bygewoon en vraestelle uitgewerk. Baie baie sterkte vir julle met julle uitslae wat 7 Januarie 2020 aan julle "deur" gaan kom klop.

Hier vir oulaas voor die Afrikaanse klas se deur staan Tsholo Mopeli, Karabo Tsipane, Makwanyane Shomaele en Shaun Mmutsi.

Robbie se toekomsvisie het hy op die agter-
kant van sy matriektrui aangebring: "Own
the day." 

Projek NK: Terug-skool-toe-2020

Afrika Mokhosi

Afrika Mokhosi en Shaun Mmutsi is twee ou hande as dit by liefdadigheids- en uitreikprojekte kom. Hulle weet presies hoe om te herwin en wat om te herwin, sodat dit tot voordeel van ander kan strek. Hulle praat en dink al net soos lede van die Groen Party wat die aarde wil red.

Hier teen die einde van 'n skooljaar, is daar baie blaaie wat herbruik kan word, en dit is net hier waar dié twee groenes besluit het om nie net te herwin nie (save the tree), maar ook om uit te reik. 'n Goeie 246 boekies is al aanmekaar geslaan. 347 potlode is skerpgemaak, afgetel, verpak en wag vir gretige handjies om te leer skryf. En moenie bang wees om foute te maak nie, die 117 uitveërs kan hierdie sakie regstel. 

Hulle twee se wens is dat daar leerders op die eerste skryftreë van die lewe suksesvol sal wees as mense.

Shaun Mmutsi

Die eerste skoolhoof op sy laaste dag ...

Shaun Mmutsi het 'n baie spesiale band met sy preprimêre skoolhoof. Hy was die eerste leerder wat by dié skool ingeskryf is en deur die loop van skoolloopbaan het hy altyd sy eerste skoolhoof gaan groet en haar op hoogte gehou van sy prestasies. En die dag wat hy sy laaste matriekvak geskryf het (Engels Huistaal vraestel 3) het hy vir mev. Malifelile Lenka gaan groet en vir haar bedank vir die rol wat sy in sy lewe gespeel het.

Kritiek in die lewe is altyd volop, maar die dankies is heelwat minder. Wat 'n besondere verhaal van 'n jongmens wat kan terugloop op sy spoor, maar wat ook vir almal dankie-sê vir hulle bydrae op sy lewenspad.

Shaun, Tekkie Tonic se redaksie is baie trots op jou en wens jou die allerbeste toe vir jou toekoms.

Heritage Day

We all know this as a celebration of tradition

Where we embrace our cultures as God's creation

The painful reality is ...

Humanity has lost its heritage

The celebration of our traditions has turned into a spiteful act of hypocrisy

The fiery furnace of hatred towards our own kind leads to a lot of unnecessary blood shed

My people my people

Instead of celebrating love and life and peace in abundance

We mourn for thousands of our own

Heritage Day has turned into a blue for Africa

Heritage Day

(Shaun Mmutsi)

The reality of grade 12 ...

In the beginning of the matrix year
Plans were made
Plans after that ultimate day
Where we all received our results

Reality is giving us the shock of our lives,
as most of us are at risk of being modulated
Fearful as Israelites were in the desert for 40 years
this has become our new reality

What does 2020 have on in store of us?
Will our dreams ever become a reality???

We knoweth not
The only things to know is that we are all the drivers of our own success
Modulated or not
All matrix learners should know

A dream with no opposition is a fantasy

Matrix is here to stay
Lets all drive ourselves to our own destinies

(Shaun Mmutsi)