Flashback Friday: "Wêreldsterre" sal Welkom rooi verf

Sterre soos Chubby Checker, Shania Twain, Steve Hofmeyr, Neil Diamond, Marlene Dietrich, Dozi, Luciano Pavarotti, Bryan Adams, Jacques de Koning, Shine4 en Right Said Fred sal op 27 en 28 Mei deel van die Hoër Tegniese Skool Welkom se melodrama wees.

Volgens die organiseerders is dit nie net met die MotoGP wat daar bekendes in Welkom is nie.

"Met al dié buitelandse besoekers in die Goudveld beloof hierdie twee aande ongekende hoogtepunte vir elkeen wat by ons 'n draai kom maak."

Die kunstenaars het glo ook te kenne gegee dat hulle nie ongeneë sal wees om handtekeninge vir bewonderaars te gee nie.

Die kaartjies vir 28 Mei sluit 'n ete in. Belangstellendes moet die skool dadelik bel, aangesien die kaartjies feitlik uitverkoop is.

Al die bedrywighede in en om die skool, het die skoolspook uit sy diepe slaap opgewek. Verskeie mense het hom reeds gesien rondwandel en hy sal dalk selfs 'n draai op die verhoog maak.

Vir senior burgers word op 26 Mei 'n spesiale vertoning gehou.

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Klik HIER vir foto's van 2015 se melodrama. 

Poem: Biography

I recall the voice of my father,

That used to shrink my mother.

I recall the nights when he used to imprecate my brother.

How he was welcomed by the world

That I now can't stand the image of my brother,

I now stand ambiguous of my brother,

Unclear of his love for me.

For he is now nab and beam.

This for me has become surreal,

I can't credence this happening 

My brother has become clifty.

I recall the tears my mother cried,

For they were corroboration of my mother's night.

I now loathe the sight of my father,

For I was too young to protect my mother.

I call to mind the days I never slept

I call to mind my mother's whimpering 

I call to mind my mother's friend 

Who's life was frailty for years.

As she Now lay lamented 

By deeds of a man.

I recall the innocence 

Of my laughter as a child

For it has Now passed from sight, 

For I now walk with a wound 

And I now talk from a wound 

As I now inscribe my agonizing life. 

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A active young leader

Teboho Henson has made a significant impact on his school community at Technical High School Welkom. He has been elected as Treasurer of the Representative Council of Learners (RCL) for Circuit 2 High Schools of the FS Department of Basic Education in our area. Presently serving as the RCL secretary at his own school, Teboho has once again distinguished Technical High School Welkom, affectionately referred to as 'Tekkies" in the Goldfields, by achieving further accolades. He secured awards in Arts and Culture for the year 2023. His achievements have filled his school community with immense pride, and they are committed to supporting him in his new role.

Teboho Henson featured in the Uplift Media Newspaper. Well done, Teboho.

Flashback Friday: 10-jaar reünie vir die 2001-matrieks

Mnre. John Anderson, Henry Welman, mev. Alda Welman,
Riaan Rademeyer, mev. Christa Grobbelaar, mnr. Willem Grobbelaar
en mev. Malinda Anderson  

Hoofseun aan die woord.

Reünie van die matrieks van 2001. Van Wyk Fischer was die hoofseun (VRL-voorsitter) en dit was ook hy wat die heerlike reünie gereël het. Hy het Stephan Pienaar, 2002 se hoofseun, genooi om deel te wees van die reünie, aangesien hy 2012 se reünie sou reël. Mev. Hester Bothma het 'n bederfete voorgesit, terwyl haar man, Bonnie, gesorg het vir die braai.  

Van Wyk hoef nie ver na 'n fotograaf te gesoek het
nie, die fotograafpaar is familie. Sy broer Bernard 
en skoonsus van Pink Flower Productions
het dié takie met 'n glimlag gedoen.

Gaan besoek gerus Bernard Fischer se Pink Flower Productions HIER. Hierdie kreatiewe paar het al meer as 750 troues gedoen.

Flashback Friday: 2008 staff members

Mrs Malinda Anderson

Mrs Linda Bester (Admin staff)

Mrs Hester Bothma  (Admin staff)

Mr Brand

Mrs Sanita Burrows

Mr Francois Crauwcamp

Mr Deon Fourie

Mr Willem Grobbelaar

Mrs Beatrice Hinrichs

Mr Gunther Hinrichs

Mrs Riana Hinrichs (Admin staff)

Miss Charmaine Hughes

Mr Henk Jansen van Vuuren

Mr Deon Joubert

Mrs Pikkies Lamprecht

Mrs Winnie le Roux

Mr Tobie Louw

Mr Cecil Meyer

Mr AJ Mouton

Miss Karin Munnik

Mrs Magda Nel

Mrs Marguerite Pienaar

Mr Jan Potgieter

Mrs Elsa Pretorius (Admin staff) 

Mr Fanie Pretorius

Mrs Christa Saayman

Mr Pieter Swanepoel

Mr JD van den Berg

Mr Johann van den Berg

Mrs R van Heerden

Mr Mike Visagie

Mrs Alda Welman

Youth Worker

Mr Peace Nthunya

Statistiek: 2000 e-kuiers binne een week

RCL credo

[mid-year reminder to our RCL]

 

I promise ...

to be loyal and faithful at all times 

to obey the rules of the school

to assist the principal and the staff with discipline and order of the school

to enforce good attitude, discipline and respect to reach good results

to never favour any pupil

to strive for goodwill in and outside of the school

to encourage each pupil to do their utmost best

197 000 keer dankie!

MOM

Wholeheartedly,
She loved me-
And inspired me-
With transcending devotion.

It was a blessing-
To have been her son,
To have been loved-
Without conditions.

Her words of wisdom-
Opened my eyes-
To the world-
And to myself.

By seeing the best in me,
She empowered me.
By believing in me,
She transformed me.

She grew old-
And floated away,
But her love remains standing-
Eternally by my side.”

― Giorge Leedy, Uninhibited From Lust To Love

Sy inspireer my!

Sy is nie die mooiste, simste of die rykste persoon in die wêreld nie, maar vir my is sy perfek. Sy het al die regte kwaliteite om 'n rolmodel te wees. Sy is ook 'n groot deel van my lewe, sonder haar kan ek niks doen nie. Sy inspireer my daagliks. 

Ek praat van my ma ... Die groot rolmodel in my lewe. Van kleins af was sy altyd daar vir my. Niemand beteken meer vir my in my lewe as sy nie. Sy is letterlik en figuurlik sterk. Sy weet hoe om 'n persoon gelukkig te maak, as hy die dag af voel. Sy gee om vir ander mense, meer as wat sy vir haarself omgee. Sy het in 2005 sonder werk gesit, maar nog steeds het sy 'n plan gemaak om ander mense te help.

Sy het 'n preprimêre skool begin wat vir kinders sorg wat nie meer ouers het nie. Hulle het hulle ouers hoofsaaklik verloor as gevolg van MIV/VIGS. Sy werk nou by 'n hoërskool in Kutlwanong, maar is nog steeds deel van die preprimêre skool. Sy is ook deel van 'n broodjieprojek by die hoërskool. Sy het hierdie projek begin saam met 'n paar onderwysers wat geld geskenk het vir hierdie projek. 'n Projek wat uit die personeel se eie sakke gefinansier word. 

Sy het drie kinders van haar eie waarvoor sy verantwoordelik is, asook twee van haar suster se kinders. Ek weet nie hoe sy dit alles op 'n onderwyser se salaris doen nie, maar ons het nog nie een aand honger gaan slaap nie. 

Een van haar uitstaande kwaliteite is dat ek haar nog nooit gehoor kla het oor enige iets nie. 

Al hierdie dinge maak haar die mens wat sy is. Die belangrikste is egter dat sy my ma is en dat ek baie lief vir haar is. Niemand in die wêreld kan ooit haar plek in my hart inneem nie.

Sy inspireer my!

[Dankie, Paul van Odendaalsrus, vir hierdie mooi woorde oor jou ma.]

195 000 keer dankie

Swahili

In a world of predators and prey I live by grazing near the lake 

I still remember the taste of my mother's milk 

As I now gaze at my own reflection.

They say we line in a chain 

But I think different 

I can't stand a thought of prey

So I live to be different.

Jua is seen by those who never graze 

But set to feed off those by taste

Jua kutua breaks early for my kind

Position of power has set like time.

Like scathing attacks committed on paper 

She is not as different like my petrus neighbour 

Who had profess life of ample perfidy

Only to be welcomed by the world's pit. 

[Israel Xaba: 1 May 2024]

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2024: Newly appointed staff

Newly appointed staff featured in the Vista Newspaper today.

World Earth Day

Poem: 11:35 P.M.

Girl in my dream

How your eyes seem to charm

The spark into me.

They so bright like the sun rays into me

Is it me or you are like a flower?

Planted so rich like kadupul flower.

Your love so rare

That I've felt it for an hour

Soreal was you,my kadupul flower

Just before midnight

I saw you bloom

Right to make you my wife

Your 'love' so true

But live in my eyes I saw you doom

You perished before dawn

Like I've never seen before

And just like orchid lover

Nor oligarch, neither was I able to 

Pick you off the ground 

[Israel Xaba:  7 March 2024]

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Together the RCL will ...

* be a positive role model and set a good example at all times to other learners through compliance with school rules, regular attendance, punctuality, appropriate dress and good presentation, responsible behaviour at all times, achieving a positive work rate and meeting deadlines with homework.

* exhibit positive personal qualities such as reliability, responsibility, leadership skills, communication skills, co-operation with both peers and adults, self-discipline, politeness, confidence to speak in public, helpfulness and be capable of earning the respect of peers and adults.

* act as mentor or ‘buddy’ for younger students, offering help, support and advice.

* act as the voice of the learners in school meetings.

* willingly assist with the smooth running of the school during the school day by regularly and reliably performing duties.

* act as an ambassador for the school at school events, within both the school and local community.

* ensure that school rules are adhered to, promote and uphold appropriate behaviour and dress around the school environment, supervise corridors and aid the smooth movement of pupils around school to prevent pupils congregating in certain areas.

* be involved with all aspects of school life, both within the school day and in their own time including extra-curricular activities, charity work, assemblies and trips.

* be willing to give up their own time when required to assist with events such as Open Evening, Parents Evenings and Prizegiving Evenings.

* show initiative and be able to work independently and as part of a team, in order to generate new ideas and develop them.

Poem: Save me

Save me the joy you experience

When you live the life aside of mine

Save me the calls of experiences 

When you on the life's alter.

Save me the colour Red

For it has never been kind

Save me the moments of joy

For I have never had mine

Save me

Save me the beauty of sunrise

For I have witnessed trauma in my eyes

Save me the smell of coffee

For I had only smelled the crafts of a coffin

Save me 

Save me

Save me from my life

For it has seen many nights

Of kids who die with scars

Save me the night full of stars

And not the dice of cards

For life had played me

Far too long

Save me

Save me from this dark hole

For I still lust the love of Home 

[Israel Xaba:  7 March 2024]

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You make the difference

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. Nothing can stop a person with the right mental attitude from achieving their goal, nothing on earth can help a person with the wrong mental attitude.

You just can’t beat a person who never gives up!

TAKE ACTION! Find a method that will work for you. See the positive! Have a clear understanding of what a difference you can make. Know you have the ability to make a difference! And do it!!!

Nkosi sikelel Afrika

Composed by Enoch Sontonga.

A man who embodied hope

Or one could perceive him as a believer

In 1897 as a compensate

To those who really long a savior.

 Maluphakanyisw' uphonddo lwayo

Reign of higher state!

He cried to 'HER' motherland

 *Uit die blou van onse Hemel

Within the sadness of our people

CJ Langenhoven criedout for saves of everyone.

 Oor ons ewige gebergtes 

Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso

Gathered are we like stanzas,

As we pray and await for answers

So that one day we maybe as brothers

That when the sound call to come together,

We shall sing and shout for Hours

As we strive for freedom

Written by our beloved brothers.

[Israel Xaba: 28 March 2024]

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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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World Water Day

Social Work Day: Thank you, pastor

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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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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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!] 

In the power systems' class

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!

Awarded for hard work

 This article was published in the Vista Newspaper today. Read all about it right here!

Taking the lead at school for 2024

Front: Khotso Moeletsi (treasurer), Lihle Xaba (vice-chairperson); back: Teboho Henson (secretary), Zaid Rodgers (chairman) and Kamohelo Tshabala (vice-treasurer). Introducing THS RCL to the public. This article featured in the Vista Newspaper. 

Click HERE to read the article.

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]

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.]    

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?

174 000 keer dankie

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!