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21 June 2021


‘Hearing you, hearing me.’ | ‘Ons luister na mekaar.’ | ‘Ukungizwa, ukukuzwa.’ | ‘Mmamele ke o mamele.’

The second Kovsies Multilingual Mokete (festival) is an initiative of the University of the Free State (UFS) to promote multilingualism.  

The Mokete will include and celebrate different cultural expressions – in visual art, poetry, storytelling, drama, music, and song – by different language groups and in the different languages that are dominant at the UFS (i.e., English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, isiZulu, and Sign Language). Students and staff from various faculties and departments on our three campuses will participate in showcasing the multicultural strengths of Kovsies, hosted by the Qwaqwa Campus in September 2021. All selected items will be filmed and the Mokete will premiere on the UFS YouTube channel and the UFS website on the day of the festival.

Join us and celebrate the university’s aim to promote multicultural communication and artistic expression in English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, isiZulu, and Sign Language.

Categories:
A. Singing  
B. Dancing
C. Poems

Your item must be unique, ‘fresh from the oven’, and it must speak ‘volumes’ of multilingualism and multiculturalism. It should celebrate the fusion of our different cultures and languages and the merging of our traditions to create a unique UFS culture. There is a prize for the best artist/performer in each category. #SayItLouderForThePeopleAtTheBack

Criteria for each category:
A. Singing
a. You can either enter a group or solo singing item
b. Song should not be longer than four (4) minutes
c. Song should be in any of the four languages mentioned above, ideally incorporating more than one language  
d. Only backtracks or acoustic accompaniment can be used

B. Dancing
a. You can either enter a group or solo dance item
b. Dance item should not be longer than four (4) minutes
c. Music should be appropriate to the festival tagline

C. Poems
a. Your poem should be in any of the four languages mentioned above, ideally incorporating more than one language
b. Your poem should be no more than 20-25 lines
c. If your poem is selected, you will have the choice to either perform your own poem or have someone else perform it for you. Auditions will be held to select performers for poems.

General information
A. Submission of material:
a. Submissions must be emailed to ufsmokete@ufs.ac.za
i. Singing and dance submissions must be submitted in MP4 format via Google Drive/OneDrive/Dropbox link to above email address
ii. Scripts for poems to be submitted in PDF format
iii. Each submission must be accompanied by a submission form.

B. Dates:  
a. Monday 12 July: Final submission date. You will receive an automated confirmation that your submission has been received.   


Enquiries:
Contact UFSmokete@ufs.ac.za for more information.

Related article: 2019 Kovsies Multilingual Mokete

 


Die tweede Veeltalige Mokete (fees) is ’n inisiatief van die Universiteit van die Vrystaat (UV) om veeltaligheid te bevorder.

Die mokete behels en vier verskillende kulturele uitdrukkings – in die vorm van visuele kuns, poësie, storievertelling, drama, musiek en sang – deur verskillende taalgroepe en in die verskillende tale wat dominant is aan die UV (d.i. Engels, Afrikaans, Suid-Sotho, Zoeloe en Gebaretaal). Studente en personeel van verskeie fakulteite en departemente op ons drie kampusse sal deelneem om die multikulturele kragte van Kovsies ten toon te stel. Die geleentheid sal in September 2021 deur die Qwaqwa-kampus aangebied word. Al die gekose items sal verfilm word en die mokete sal op die dag van die fees op die UV se YouTube-kanaal en die UV-webwerf vertoon word.

Sluit by ons aan en vier die universiteit se doelwit om multikulturele kommunikasie en artistieke uitdrukking in Engels, Afrikaans, Suid-Sotho, Zoeloe en Gebaretaal te bevorder.

Kategorieë:
A. Sang  
B. Dans
C. Gedigte

Jou item moet uniek wees, ‘vars uit die oond’ en dit moet ‘boekdele’ spreek omtrent veeltaligheid en multikulturalisme. Dit moet die samesmelting van ons verskillende kulture en tale vier en die vermenging van ons tradisies om ’n unieke UV-kultuur te skep. Daar is ’n prys vir die beste kunstenaar/uitvoerder in elke kategorie. #SayItLouderForThePeopleAtTheBack

Kriteria vir elke kategorie:
A. Sang
a. Jy kan óf ’n groep- óf ’n solosangitem inskryf
b. Liedere mag nie langer as vier (4) minute wees nie
c. Liedere moet in enige van die vier bogenoemde tale wees, maar moet verkieslik meer as een taal behels
d. Slegs klankbane (backtracks) of akoestiese begeleiding mag gebruik word

B. Dans
a. Jy kan óf ’n groep- óf ’n solodansitem inskryf
b. Dansitems mag nie langer as vier (4) minute wees nie
c. Musiek moet pas by die feesslagspreuk

C. Gedigte
a. Jou gedig moet in enige van die vier bogenoemde tale wees, maar moet verkieslik meer as een taal behels
b. Jou gedig moet nie langer as 20-25 reëls wees nie
c. As jou gedig gekies word, sal jy die keuse hê om dit self voor te dra of iemand anders kan dit vir jou voordra. Oudisies sal gehou word om voordraers vir gedigte te kies.

Algemene inligting
A. Indiening van materiaal:
a. Voorleggings moet per e-pos gestuur word aan ufsmokete@ufs.ac.za
i. Sang- en dansvoorleggings moet in MP4-formaat via Google Drive/OneDrive/Dropbox-skakel na bogenoemde e-posadres gestuur word
ii. Teks vir gedigte moet in PDF-formaat ingedien word
iii. Elke voorlegging moet vergesel wees van ’n voorleggingsvorm.

B. Datums:  
a. Maandag 5 Julie: Finale datum vir indiening. Jy sal ’n outomatiese bevestiging ontvang dat jou voorlegging ontvang is.   
b. Vrydag 9 Julie: Geselekteerde items vir oudisie word per e-pos aangekondig.  
c. Maandag 19 Julie: Begin met die verfilming van items.
d. Vrydag 17 September: Mokete word aanlyn vertoon.

Navrae:
Kontak UFSmokete@ufs.ac.za vir meer inligting.

Verwante artikel: 2019 Kovsies Veeltalige Mokete

 

Umbungazo wesibili woBuliminingi eNyuvesi yaseFrey Stata uyisinyathelo seNyuvesi yaseFrey Stata sokuqhakambisa ubuliminingi.

Umbungazo uzobandakanya uphinde ubungaze izimvo ezehlukahlukene zamasiko – sibala kwezobuciko bezandla, izinkondlo, izindaba ezixoxwayo, izindaba eziwuchungechunge, umculo, nengoma – konke lokhu kuzokwenziwa izinhlanga ezehlukahlukene ezilimini ezehlukahlukene ezibusa eNyuvesi yaseFrey Stata (njengesiNgisi, isiBhunu, isiSuthu, isiZulu, nolimi lweZandla). Abafundi Kanye nabasebenzi abavela emakolishi naseminyangweni eyehlukahlukene (ye-UFS) kuzo zontathu izikhungomagatsha zenyuvesi bazozibandakanya ukuqinisekisa amandla obusikongxube benyuvesi obuzobe busingethwe uphiko lwaseQwaqwa kuMandulo wezi-2021. Zonke izinto ezihlabahlosile zizoshuthwa kanti nawo uMbungazo uzovela esiteshini i-UFS YouTube nasekhasini lenyuvesi ngalo usuku lomcimbi.

Hlanganyela nathi ubungaze intshisekelo yenyuvesi ekuqhakambiseni ukuxhumana nokucikoza okubuliminingi okungesiNgisi, isiBhunu, isiSuthu, isiZulu, noLimi lweZandla

Imikhakha Ehlabahlosile:

A. Ukucula
B. Ukudansa
C. Izinkondlo/Ukuhaya

Into yakho kumele kube eyekhethelo, ‘kube unyanyavu oluphuma ebhokisini’, futhi kumele ishiye abantu ‘bebambe ongezansi’  kwezobuliminingi nobusikongxube.  Kumele iqhakambise ukuxubana kwamasiko ethu ehlukahlukene nezilimi Kanye nokukhula kosikompilo lwethu ukudala usikompilo oluyilo lweNyuvesi yaseFrey Stata. Kunomklomelo obekelwe inkunzi ezishaya zonke kumkhakha nomkhakha. Sihamba ngalesi siqubulo #SayItLouderForThePeopleAtTheBack

Imibandela Yomkhakha Nomkhakha:
A. Ukucula

a. Ungakhetha ukucula wedwa noma ucule neqembu
b. Iculo/ingoma ingeqi emizuzwini emine
c. Iculo/ingoma kumele ibe noma yingaluphi ulimi kulezi ezine esezibalwe ngaphezulu, asiphathi-ke uma usukhetha ezimbili kuya phezulu kuba mnandi kakhulu.
d. Okwamukelekile… ngizokubeka ngolwasemzini (amaBacktracks nama Acoustic accompaniment)

B. Ukudansa
a. Ungakhetha ukudansa wedwa noma udanse neqembu
b. Umdanso akumele weqe imizuzu emine
c. Umculo kumele uhambisane nesiqubulo sombungazo

C. Izinkondlo
a. Inkondlo kumele ibe noma yingaluphi ulimi kulezi ezine esezibalwe ngaphezulu, asiphathi-ke uma usukhetha ezimbili kuya phezulu kuba mnandi kakhulu.
b. Inkondlo ingeqi emigqeni engama-20 – 25
c. Uma inkondlo yakho iphumelela uyoba nethuba nokukhetha ukuthi uzihayele yona noma uyihayelwe omunye. Ukuhlolwa kwamakhono kokwenziwa ukuze kukhethwe abahayi bezinkondlo.

Ulwazi Ongaludinga

A. Ukuthunyelwa komsebenzi:
a. Imisebenzi esilungile kumele kuthunyelwe ku- ufsmokete@ufs.ac.za 

i. Okuqondene nomculo nomdanso kumele kuthunyelwe nge-MP4 ngokusebenzisa iLink yeGoogleDrive noma ye-OneDrive noma yeDropBox kwimeyili ebhalwe ngaphezulu. Izinkondlo kumele zithunyelwe zibe iphepha eliyi-PDF

Umsebenzi nomsebenzi othunyelwayo kumele uhambisane nefomu lokuthumela.

B. Izinsuku Nezinhlelo Zazo:

    a. UMsombuluko zi-5 kuNtulikazi: Usuku lomnqamlajuqu wokuthumela. Uyothola umyalezo ozingenela wona wokuthi umsebenzi wakho usufikile.
    b. ULwesihlanu ziyi-9 kuNtulikazi: Imisebenzi ephumelele izomenyezelwa kuqale kuhlolwe amakhono ngokwe-email.
    c. UMsombuluko ziyi-19 kuNtulikazi: Kuyaqala kushuthwa izinto.
    d. ULwesihlanu ziyi-17 kuNtulikazi: iMokete isiyavezwa isiyifilimu.

    Uma Udinga Usizo

    Xhumana ne- UFSmokete@ufs.ac.za maqondana nolwazi oluthe xa-xa.

    Iphepha elihlobene nalo mcimbi: 2019 Kovsies Multilingual Mokete

     

     

    Mokete wa bobedi wa Kovsies Multilingual Mokete ke boikitlaetso ba University of the Free State (UFS) ba ho ntshetsa pele botemengata. 

    Mokete o tla kenyeletsa le ho keteka dipontsho tse fapaneng tsa moetlo – ho bonono ba pono, bothothokisi, ho pheta dipale, tshwantshiso, mmino, le pina – ka dihlopha tse fapaneng le ka dipuo tse fapaneng tse buuwang haholo mona UFS (e leng English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, isiZulu, le Puo ya matsoho). Baithuti le basebetsi ba tswang difakhalthing tse fapaneng le mafapheng a fapaneng dikhempaseng tsa rona tse tharo, ba tla ba le seabo ho bontsha bokgabane le matla a bongata ba meetlo ya Kovsies, tse ileng tsa qatjwa ke Qwaqwa Campus ka Lwetse 2021. Dintlha tse fapaneng di tla bontshwa ka filimi mme Mokete o tla bontshwa ho kanale ya UFS YouTube le ho Webosaete ya UFS ka letsatsi la moketehadi ona.

    E ba le rona ha re keteka morero wa Yunivesithi wa ho tumisa dikamano tsa meetlo e mengata le dipontsho tsa bonono ka English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, isiZulu, le Puo ya matsoho.

    Mekgahlelo:

    A. Ho bina 
    B. Ho tantsha
    C. Ho etsa thothokiso

    Boiqapelo ba hao e lokela e be bo ikgethileng, ‘e be bo foreshe ho tswa ontong’, mme bo lokela ho bolela tse ngata ka botemengata le bongata ba meetlo.  Bo lokela ho keteka ho tswakana ha meetlo e fapaneng le dipuo le ho kopana ha ditlwaelo tsa rona ho theha moetlo o ikgethang wa UFS. Ho na le mpho ya sephethahatsi se hlwahlwa sa bonono se atlehileng ka ho fetisisa mekgahlelong ka mong. #SayItLouderForThePeopleAtTheBack

    Ditaelo bakeng sa mokgahlelo ka mong:

    A. Ho bina
    a. O ka kenela sehlopha kapa sebini se binang pina se le seng
    b. Pina ha e lokele ho ba telele ho feta metsotso e mene (4)
    c. Pina e lokela ho ba e nngwe ya dipuo tse nne tse boletsweng ka hodimo, ho akaretsa puo tse fetang puo e le nngwe 
    d. Ho dumellwa feela ditshehetso kapa medumo e felehetsang pina

    B. Ho tantsha
    a. O ka kenela sehlopha kapa motantsho wa motho ka boyena, a le mong
    b. otantsho o lokela o se ke wa feta metsotso e mene (4)
    c. Mmino o lokela ho tshwanela morero wa mokete ona

    C. Ho etsa thothokiso
    a. Thothokiso ya hao e lokela ho ba ka puo e nngwe ya tse nne tse boletsweng ka hodimo, ho kenyeletsa puo e fetang bonngwe
    b. Thothokiso ha e lokele ho feta mela e fetang 20-25
    c. Haeba thothokiso ya hao e kgethwa, o tla ba le kgetho ya ho etsa thothokiso ya hao ka bowena kapa o kope motho e mong ho e etsa bakeng sa hao. Diteko tsa mantswe di tla tshwarwa ho kgetha baphethahatsi kapa tsona dithothokisi.

    Dintlha ka kakaretso

    Nyehelo ya bonono:
    Dinyehelodi
    lokela ho romelwa ka imeile ho ufsmokete@ufs.ac.za

    Dinyehelo tsa ho bina le ho tantsha di lokela ho etswa ka sebopeho sa MP4 ka ho sebedisa lehokela la Google Drive/OneDrive/Dropbox ho aterese ya imeile e ka hodimo

    Dingolwa tsa dithothokiso di lokela ho nyehelwa ka sebopeho sa PDF  

    Nyehelo ka nngwe e lokela ho felehetswa ke foromo ya nyehelo.  

    Matsatsi: 

    Mantaha 5 Phupu: Letsatsi la ho qetela la nyehelo. O tla fumana tsebiso ya hore nyehelo ya hao e amohetswe.  
    Labohlano 9 Phupu:
    Diphethahatso tsa bonono tse phatlaladitsweng bakeng sa diteko tsa mantswe ka ho sebedisa imeile.  
    Mantaha 19 Phupu:
    Qala dipapadi tsa difilimi.
    Labohlano 17 Lwetse:
    Mokete premiere ka maranrang.

    Dipatlisiso:

    Ikopanye le UFSmokete@ufs.ac.za bakeng sa dintlha tse ngatanyana.

    Atikele e tshwanelehang: 2019 Kovsies Multilingual Mokete


     

     

    Related article: Multilingualism at the UFS reaches remarkable milestones

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    Inaugural lecture: Prof. Phillipe Burger
    2007-11-26

     

    Attending the lecture were, from the left: Prof. Tienie Crous (Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the UFS), Prof. Phillipe Burger (Departmental Chairperson of the Department of Economics at the UFS), and Prof. Frederick Fourie (Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS).
    Photo: Stephen Collet

     
    A summary of an inaugural lecture presented by Prof. Phillipe Burger on the topic: “The ups and downs of the South African Economy: Rough seas or smooth sailing?”

    South African business cycle shows reduction in volatility

    Better monetary policy and improvements in the financial sector that place less liquidity constraints on individuals is one of the main reasons for the reduction in the volatility of the South African economy. The improvement in access to the financial sector also enables individuals to manage their debt better.

    These are some of the findings in an analysis on the volatility of the South African business cycle done by Prof. Philippe Burger, Departmental Chairperson of the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Department of Economics.

    Prof. Burger delivered his inaugural lecture last night (22 November 2007) on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein on the topic “The ups and downs of the South African Economy: Rough seas or smooth sailing?”

    In his lecture, Prof. Burger emphasised a few key aspects of the South African business cycle and indicated how it changed during the periods 1960-1976, 1976-1994 en 1994-2006.

    With the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as an indicator of the business cycle, the analysis identified the variables that showed the highest correlation with the GDP. During the periods 1976-1994 and 1994-2006, these included durable consumption, manufacturing investment, private sector investment, as well as investment in machinery and non-residential buildings. Other variables that also show a high correlation with the GDP are imports, non-durable consumption, investment in the financial services sector, investment by general government, as well as investment in residential buildings.

    Prof. Burger’s analysis also shows that changes in durable consumption, investment in the manufacturing sector, investment in the private sector, as well as investment in non-residential buildings preceded changes in the GDP. If changes in a variable such as durable consumption precede changes in the GDP, it is an indication that durable consumption is one of the drivers of the business cycle. The up or down swing of durable consumption may, in other words, just as well contribute to an up or down swing in the business cycle.

    A surprising finding of the analysis is the particularly strong role durable consumption has played in the business cycle since 1994. This finding is especially surprising due to the fact that durable consumption only constitutes about 12% of the total household consumption.

    A further surprising finding is the particularly small role exports have been playing since 1960 as a driver of the business cycle. In South Africa it is still generally accepted that exports are one of the most important drivers of the business cycle. It is generally accepted that, should the business cycles of South Africa’s most important trade partners show an upward phase; these partners will purchase more from South Africa. This increase in exports will contribute to the South African economy moving upward. Prof. Burger’s analyses shows, however, that exports have generally never fulfil this role.

    Over and above the identification of the drivers of the South African business cycle, Prof. Burger’s analysis also investigated the volatility of the business cycle.

    When the periods 1976-1994 and 1994-2006 are compared, the analysis shows that the volatility of the business cycle has reduced since 1994 with more than half. The reduction in volatility can be traced to the reduction in the volatility of household consumption (especially durables and services), as well as a reduction in the volatility of investment in machinery, non-residential buildings and transport equipment. The last three coincide with the general reduction in the volatility of investment in the manufacturing sector. Investment in sectors such as electricity and transport (not to be confused with investment in transport equipment by various sectors) which are strongly dominated by the government, did not contribute to the decrease in volatility.

    In his analysis, Prof. Burger supplies reasons for the reduction in volatility. One of the explanations is the reduction in the shocks affecting the economy – especially in the South African context. Another explanation is the application of an improved monetary policy by the South African Reserve Bank since the mid 1990’s. A third explanation is the better access to liquidity and credit since the mid 1990’s, which enables the better management of household finance and the absorption of financial shocks.

    A further reason which contributed to the reduction in volatility in countries such as the United States of America’s business cycle is better inventory management. While the volatility of inventory in South Africa has also reduced there is, according to Prof. Burger, little proof that better inventory management contributed to the reduction in volatility of the GDP.

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