Online Discussion

Talk to us and share your opinion on the most controversial topics ever. Click here to go to our online TalkGroup. Either a new window will pop-out, taking you straight to the TalkGroup, or you will be taken out of this page straight to the TalkGroup. You will be required to register and join the group before you can participate. However, you can enjoy listening to others' contribution without registering or signing in to the website. You can always come back to this page when you finish your contribution or when you have finished listening to others' contributions.

NB: Coming soon - *Online Video Discussion*
WSU Students: Your Headphones and Mics are coming, soon.

It will be fun. I can feel it!

Text to Speech

Type a word or sentence/s in the textbox below, choose the accent and the voice you would like to use to read it aloud. Then, press the play button to listen.

Test 2 coming soon

In your preparation for Test 2, please practice changing the following passages into passive and active voice.

Change the following bulletin into passive voice:

A pastor has angered Christians in South Africa by preaching a sermon entitled "Jesus was HIV-positive" in an attempt to break what he regards as a conspiracy of silence by the South African church. Xola Skosana said that people stigmatise HIV as evil and a sin in the country that has the world's biggest caseload. Skosana (43) took an HIV test in front of his congregation last Sunday at the non-denominational Way of Life church in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. 100 young people from the impoverished township also took the test. Skosana chose the title for his three-part sermon to draw attention to "a very serious issue". Skosana cited a passage in the Bible where Jesus says: "I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me." But South African Christians are saying he can't reconcile Jesus and Aids. They assume it means Jesus was promiscuous and had a louche lifestyle with many sexual partners.

Change the following ad into active voice:

Applicants are invited to apply for a scholarship in the field of Science and Engineering. To qualify the applicant has to be in their first year of study, or scheduled to complete grade 12 at the end of 2010, or must be enrolled to commence their first year at university in 2011. Special interest in Natural Sciences is required. First year applicants who do well in Math and Academic Literacy will be preferred, and at least 50% of successful applicants will be selected from those groups. Students with good communication and computer skills are highly encouraged to apply. Successful applicants will be informed by email.

Bursary & scholarship websites

After our wonderful class, especially the tutorials, on "motivation & career guidance" I have posted the ff websites for you to view and apply for bursaries. Feel free to suggest more sites and let me know if some of them are no longer available or helpful. Good luck!


Study Trust http//:www.studytrust.org.za

CareerWise http://www.careerwise.co.za/

GAL.co.za http://www.gal.co.za/fm_bursary_start.asp

Bursary Management System http://www.bursary.co.za/

Allan Gray Orbis Foundation http://www.allangrayorbis.org/

MandelaRhodes Foundation http://www.mandelarhodes.org/scholarships

Fulbright Scholarship http://southafrica.usembassy.gov/

Chevening Scholarship http://southafrica.usembassy.gov/ ; http://foreign.fulbrightonline.org/participating_country/show/south_africa

FirstRand Educational Trust: Laurie Dippenaar Scholarship for International Post-graduate study http://www.firstrandfoundation.org.za/

Canon Collins Trust http://www.canoncollins.org.uk/

Visit Highe Education Websites like Wits, UNMMU, Rhodes, UCT & others http://www.nmmu.ac.za/documents/webmaster/NMMU%20Bursaries%20Booklet.pdf

http://www.uct.ac.za/downloads/uct.ac.za/apply/handbooks/undergradfunding_2010.pdf

http://web.wits.ac.za/Prospective/FinancialAid/ExternalBursaries.htm

Funza Lushaka Lushaka website - www.funzalushaka.doe.gov.za.

Website by tert. educ. students by students for students http://www.tertiaryeducation.co.za/

Chemistry related bursaries http://www.chieta.org.za/Search/SearchResults.aspx

http://www.chieta.org.za/STATS/OCT07/CLIENTSTREAM-32.HTML

Business related http://www.neet.co.za/graduates.html

Links to many website w/ bursaries and scholarships to all bursaries: http://www.gostudy.mobi/Bursaries/All/Default.aspx and by field of study: http://www.gostudy.mobi/Bursaries/StudyField/Default.aspx

Bursary Directory http://www.bursariesdirectory.net/

Firststep [dot] me http://www.firststep.me/content/view/633/1/

For Law http://www.wwb.co.za/wwb/view/wwb/en/page3449

By Field of study http://www.smartcape.org.za/careers/bursaries-and-scholarships.html

Various http://www.quickfindit.co.za/index_files/bursaries.htm

Essay 2, Ready

Based on your performance in the first essay, which so far, is pretty good, I thought it would be more essential if you could hand in a draft before the final essay. For this I'd like you to utilise the services of the Reading and Writing Centre. Contact Mrs Ncube in the Centre and submit your drafts to her before you write and submit the essay online. She will, after going through your draft, take your name/s down and give you a grade for the draft and hand the marks to me to record. Handing in the draft constitutes 50% of the whole essay grade. Please NOTE that Essay 2 should follow the same format as essay 1 - check the guidelines in Mr Maduna's study guide for details. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions and/or for further assistance.


Click here to start working on your essay. Have a fantabulous day.