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Redakteur: Johan Schoeman, Renier Hattingh (Adjunk)Ontwerp en uitleg: Justin Reinecke (Hoof), Reynier Adriaanse, Philip Ellis, Thomas Butler

Nuus: Calvin Durr, Christo Langenhoven, Francois van ZylStuurdingetjies: Luke White (Hoof), CP KockOnderwyser in beheer: Hesti van der Mescht

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Calvin Durr

After coming 2nd in the world for U/19 Powerlifting (at only 15 years old) Alexander Braxton (Right, Grade 12) has quite suc-cessfully transitioned into the cut-throat category of body-building. Braxton never fails to impress, achieving yet another 2nd place in the U/18 men’s Shameen Classic Bodybuilding contest in Bellville on the 30th of April 2016. Concipio has managed to secure an exclusive interview with the rising star and his legacy.

Braxton is back!

“Always start with the basics, build a foundation, follow a prop-

er diet and exercise with proper form. Forget trying to lift heavy and be patient. Slow progress is better than no progress. Before

you start make sure you have the right mind-set and determination to achieve your goal. Then finally, it’s a difficult path, but it can also be an expensive route – make sure

your parents know that they are going to need to dish out some

cash for your gym fees, diet and supplements. Other than that,

nothing can hold you back. Read the full exclusive interview om page 4.

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Van Agter die SkoolbankSouth Africans love complaining

When we aren’t complaining about bad governance, corruption, crime and the traffic - we’re ranting on social media about the unfairness of it all.

South Africa is being ravaged by a disease. It is rapidly spreading through our society like a tumor, choking our livelihood.

Negativity will mean an end to our society if we don’t fight it.

Granted – much of the barrage is well-founded. I am, however, of the belief that with the right to complain when something is wrong, comes the responsibility to do something about the problem.

The perfect example is that of

disgruntled commuters complain-ing about how congested our roads have become while they drive to work all alone in a fuel-guzzling 4x4. The problem lies in their attitude and their mindset of not wanting to solve a problem for which they refuse to take responsibility.

How often is it that we have to listen to someone complaining about South Africa’s disastrous drought to a backtrack of a tap dripping in the bathroom.

It is easy to blame big industries for climate change and pollution, but isn’t it time that we start picking up the lit-ter on our school grounds instead of ignoring it as we pass by? You might not have littered, but it is your moral

responsibility to pick it up. We are all guilty of hypocritical

complaining, but it is time to put an end to the trend, before it puts an end to us.

Making these mind shifts might seem small and insignificant to you now, but in the words of Nino Var-simashvili: “It is so that sometimes small changes lead to a big differ-ence.”

South Africans love complaining

Yours Truly Johan Schoeman Editor-in-Chief

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Congratulations to the following players who achieved Boland (Cape Winelands) Colours and represented Bo-land at the Western Cape School’s play offs on 30 April

2016 – 1 May 2016.Caleb Samuel Frank Daniel

Andrew Flores-BartoliCorné Briedenhann

Laurence Briedenhann Justin Korkie

Keagan Palmer Zander Stadler

Caleb Samuel made the Western Cape School’s Team and will represent the Western Cape in the SA Schools National

Competition in Durban: 15 – 19 July 2016.Chess South Africa latest (May 2016) Grand Prix ranking

U/20Caleb Samuel 3rd on the Grand Prix list with 8422 Grand

Prix points.

U/18 Andrew Flores Bartoli: 24th with 6382 Grand Prix points.

Daniel Frank: 25th with 6268 Grand Prix points.

SCHOOL’S LEAGUE RESULTS1. PRG VS LUCKHOFF

6 - 02. PRG VS CLOETESVILLE

6 - 03. PRG VS STELLENBOSCH HIGH

6 - 04. PRG VS KYLEMORE

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SOUTH AFRICAN JUNIOR CLOSED (NA-TIONAL TRIALS)

Andrew Flores Bartoli U/16, Daniel Frank and Caleb Samuel U/18 participated.

Caleb Samuel made the U/18 national team.

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So Alex, why bodybuilding?I just felt it was the right time, and as a

sport it obviously holds a lot of positive effects; I’ve really become both physi-cally and mentally strong and felt that my confidence has enhanced along with

my body.First successful Powerlifter, then body-

builder. What type of things were you do-ing before bodybuilding?

Well, as you said, Powerlifting was a really good experience for me but once I had reached my full potential in it – I made the change to bodybuilding. Be-sides those two, I’ve also done a lot of

swimming and rugby. Before entering the Shameen Classic,

what was your prep time like?Simply put, 16 gruelling weeks of

blood, sweat and tears. When you’re in the gym, what goes

through your mind when you do that last rep?

Haha. Pizza. Always Pizza. Shout out to those people who kept you

on track?Huge thanks to my mom and girl-

friend. Obviously my mates at school who supported me and then to all the

people I’ve met along the way, everyone has played their part in what I’ve ac-

complished. Now, the important stuff. What was

your diet like pre-comp?Oh gosh. Yea, it’s pretty much six

meals a day that are always 2-3 hours apart. For the biology guys out there, it’s about 2500-2800 calories a day. This was all supplemented with whey protein, BCAAs (amino acids) and good old L-

glutamine. Geez, massive diet. What did the train-

ing schedule like?Yea, to work actually fully utilise all

those calories I’d gym twice a day. Strict regime of 30- 40 minutes cardio in the morning followed by classic weightlift-ing in the afternoon. I’d top it off with a further 30 minutes of cardio. This hap-pens 6 days a week, with a solid rest on

Sundays. All athletes come to points in their

training where the pull to quit is almost impossible to resist, how did you over-

come yours?I think the only thing that really kept

me working hard, was that I was do-ing what I really loved. Sure, there were times where it was brutal and I consid-ered throwing in the towel… but with

support from my loved ones and my own drive to succeed, nothing could

stop me. So is the journey over for Big Man Brax-ton, or are their future plans in place?Academics, academics and more aca-

demics. I realise how important mat-ric is to every student and I’m really focused on not only doing well in the gym, but succeeding at school as well. I do, however, have plans to put on a lot more muscle for 2018, aiming for that

1st place. Let’s say the average Paul Rooser comes

to you wanting to follow in your foot-steps, any advice?

Always start with the basics, build a foundation, follow a proper diet and ex-ercise with proper form. Forget trying to lift heavy and be patient. Slow pro-gress is better than no progress. Before you start make sure you have the right mind-set and determination to achieve your goal. Then finally, it’s a difficult path, but it can also be an expensive route – make sure your parents know that they are going to need to dish out some cash for your gym fees, diet and supplements. Other than that, nothing

can hold you back.

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Dexter Labuschagne

Drie PRG-leerders (op die foto v.l.n.r. Jared Booysen, Quin-

lan Smit en Joubert Grobbelaar) het tussen 27 April en 1 Mei 2016 deel-geneem aan die Suid-Afrikaanse Na-sionale Kleiteiken-kampioenskap vir seniors en juniors wat te Al Thandiwe Skietklub buite Mokopane, Limpopo gehou is, en die Zimbabwiërs be-hoorlik op hulle neuse laat kyk met Jared (in ATA Trap), Quinlan (in DTL Trap) en Joubert (in Universal Trench) wat almal uitstekende tellings behaal het om die goue medalje vir die SA Juniors in elk van die dissi-plines te verseker.

Al drie leerders het vooraf gekwali-fiseer en is opgeneem in ’n Suid-Afrikaanse Junior CTSASA Uit-nodigingspan wat teen besoekende junior skuts van Zimbabwe in drie kleiteiken-dissiplines (American ATA Trap, DTL Trap en Universal Trench) gekompeteer het. PRG is die enigste hoërskool in SA wat met meer as een verteenwoordiger in die Suid-Afrikaanse Uitnodigingspan van 18

junior deelnemers oor al drie dissi-plines kon spog.

In die individuele SA-kampioen-skap, het Jared ’n silwer en Quinlan ’n brons medalje in ATA Trap (vir skuts onder 18) verower, terwyl Joubert twee brons medaljes (in DTL Trap en in Universal Trench vir skuts onder 21) behaal het. Joubert het ook die

WP senior skuts gehelp om twee brons medaljes in die interprovinsiale spankompetisie (in DTL en in Uni-versal Tench) by die kampioenskap te verower. In ’n afsonderlike kompeti-sie na afloop van die kampioenskap, het Quinlan vir hom in plek in die Macintosh-span in DTL losgeskiet.

PRG skiet hoog by SA Kleiteiken-kampioenskap

Bergfiets: Nissan Trailseeker20km Uitslag Naam Tyd2de Charl Cronjé 0:56:369de Krige van der Vyver 01:00:5114de Luke Stanford 01:08:0919de Albert Muller 01:09:2334ste David Kriel 1:13:0958stge Nicolas Rust 01:17:31

40kmUitslag Naam Tyd1ste Robert Hobson 1:33:432de Rossouw Bekker 1:35:073de Jamie Penfold 1:35:264de Thomas Moss 1:35:368ste George Ducharme 1:39:2015de Kosie Marais 1:41:5917de Ilan Meintjes 1:42:3919de Hennie Roux 1:42:4630ste Franco Pretorius 1:48:4634ste Jaco Marais 1:50:0043ste Ruben Viljoen 1:53:26

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Johan Schoeman

Op Vrydag 6 Mei en Saterdag 7 Mei 2016 het vyf Paul Roos

spanne aan die eerste rondte van die nasionale ATKV-Debatkompetisie deelgeneem. Die eerste rondte is by Hoërskool Hugenote in Wellington gehou. Die spanne het ingesluit: Renier Hattingh en Francois van Zyl, Charl Smit en Johan Schoeman, Charles Deacon en Jandré Vorster, Van Zyl Bester en Christiaan van der Wath, Jean-Tiaan Cronje en Richardt Lourens.

By die ATKV-Debat-kompetisie praat al die spanne oor dieselfde, vooraf opgestelde onderwerp. 2016 se onderwerp was Engels as onderrigtaal sal verdraagsaamheid in Suid-Afrika bevorder.

Deelnemers besluit lank vooraf of hulle vir of teen die onderwerp gaan wees, en kan dus daarvolgens voorberei. Die onderwerp was was baie van toepassing op jong Suid-Afrikaners, aangesien die taalkwessie by verskeie onderriginstansies regoor ons land ’n baie groot rol speel.

Die debatvoering het menige sterk argumente uitgelig.

Debatvoerders ten gunste van En-gels as enigste voertaal het graag ver-wys na die feit dat Engels ’n wêreld-taal en ’n besigheidstaal is, en dat dit dus ’n positiewe finansiële impak op burgers sal hê indien hulle in Engels kan besigheid doen. Opponenerende spanne het ook dikwels genoem dat verdraagsaamheid in Suid-Afrika grootskaals bevorder sal word indien burgers een gemeenskaplike taal het om in te kommunikeer.

Inleidende spanne het dikwels daar-op gefokus dat die implimentering van Engels as onderrigtaal mense sal ontneem van hul reg om hul onder-

rig in hul moedertaal te ontvang. Verder het inleidende spanne ook uitgelig dat die gebruik van Engels as onderrigtaal eenvormigheid, en nie verdraagsaamheid nie, in Suid-Afrika sal bevorder.

Paul Roos het onder leiding van me. Dalene Vermeulen en mev. Karin Tomlinson baie goed gevaar. Vier van die vyf spanne het hul onderskeie debatte gewen.

Renier Hattingh en Francois van Zyl het deurgedring na die semi-finaal, waar hulle op 11 Junie 2016 sal meed-ing vir ’n plek in die nasionale finale rondte.

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The Awesome Foursome choir fes-tival, hosted by Stellenbosch High on Tuesday 10 May, proved to be series of choir performances living up to the title of this prestigious annual event.

Rhenish, Paul Roos, Stellenbosch High and the Tygerberg Children's Choir all performed at the festival, snatching up the ideal opportunity for rectifying mistakes and sorting out problems before next week's first round of ATKV Applous.

The Rhenish Choir was first, with ms Sonja van Amstel running the show.

This is an excellent choir. Absolute dedication and an enormous amount of practice has led to the incredible dynamics of the choir’s performance.

Although Rhenish's choice of music might be regarded as slightly con-servative, the excellent quality of execution outshone the somewhat “old-fashioned” selction of songs.

Next up was the Tygerberg Chil-dren's Choir with yet another as-tounding performance.

This was their first year at Awesome Foursome, and the audience was very pleased to have been graced by their presence.

Then it was time for the esteemed Paul Roos Gymnasium Choir, who delivered the best performance of Pouse so far. Despite some miscom-munication between choir members in terms of dance moves, the perfor-mance quality of the African song has much improved. The prescribed works were also performed on an

excellent level.The bass section, under Zak Visser's

leadership, did exceptionally well, and there was little to fault them on. There are still a few things to improve on before Applous, but the choir is confident that it will be able to pull through.

Stellenbosch High's mixed choir was up. The choir has great potential, and rendered an outstanding perfor-mance.

The choir's switching of positions was quite amusing, which ensured that the audience's attention was always focused on them – at least until the conductor started explaining every song to the audience.

The next choir competition will indeed be the first round of ATKV Applous at Gene Louw Primary.

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Christo Langenhoven

’n Mens sou nooit kon raai dat iets wat op die oog af so klein

en minderwaardig lyk, ’n mens se lewenskwaliteit kan verbeter nie.

DB Janse van Rensburg (Graad 10) het egter onlangs die versteekte waarde van ’n plastiek-broodknippie besef.

DB het aangesluit by Breadtags for Wheelchairs, ’n projek wat deur die Polystyrene Packaging Council (PSPC) bestuur word. Die doel van die projek is om knippies en skroef-doppies bymekaar te maak en dan teen R6 per kilogram te verkoop om fondse in te samel vir behoeftige gestremde mense se rolstoele.

“Ek het daarvan gehoor by iemand van Cloetesville wat ook aan die projek deelneem,” vertel DB.

“Verlede jaar het ek een aand ’n knippie saam met die res wat ons toe al ingesamel het in ’n emmer gegooi en nogal gewonder of die knippies regtig ’n verskil in iemand se lewe sal kan maak. ”

Die uiteindelike doel is om vir ie-mand ’n rolstoel te gee, maar vir hom

gaan dit ook oor teruggee aan die gemeentskap.

Die skool se Rektor, mnr. Jannie van der Westhuizen, het beloof om die finan-siële waarde van DB se insameling te ewenaar.

Juffrou Dalene Ver-meu-

len, ’n onder-wyser by die skool, sê dit is ongelooflik om te dink dat iets wat mense gewoonlik weggooi só goed benut kan word.

“Dit is wat die projek vir my so spesiaal maak. Dat iets wat mense net in die drom sou gooi, gebruik kan word om ’n verskil in iemand

anders se lewe te maak.Verskeie mense is reeds deel van die projek, selfs die terreinwerkers by

PRG, wat knippies en doppies namens hul gemeenskappe

insamel.“Dit word nou soos ’n

groot netwerk. Ek het gehoop dat

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iemand anders te help. Ek is verbaas

dat so baie mense bereid is om betrokke te

raak.”Baie mense dink daar word iets

drasties van hulle verwag om ie-mand se lewe te verbeter, maar dink gerus hieraan: om iemand se lewe te verbeter is so eenvoudig soos een broodknippie op ’n slag.

’n Beter lewe – broodknippie vir broodknippie

Volgens HAT beteken die woord “mening” ’n sienwyse, ’n oordeel of ’n oortuiging sonder dat dit noodwen-dig kennis van ’n saak veronderstel.

Wees dus gewaarsku: hierdie kolom is net ’n mening.

Die lewe het drasties verander vandat ons ouers hulle grootwordjare beleef het.

Deesdae klink dit nogal vreemd as iemand vir kinders sê: “Gaan speel buite!” Tegonologie, skool, sport en selfs huiswerk maak van daardie op-drag ’n uitgediende onmoontlikheid.

Skoolkinders word deesdae in ‘boksies’ geplaas. Die belangrik-ste vaardigheid wat kinders nodig het om te ontwikkel, word onder ’n emmer weggebêre, naamlik die vermoë om op jou eie te dink en by oplossings uit te kom. Skoolwerk word woord vir woord verduidelik

en kinders moet soos papagaaie tot in die vroegoggendure studeer. As antwoorde nie volgens die handboek of selfs die onderwyser se presiese woorde verskaf word nie, word punte afgetrek.

Depressie tot resessie. Ja, dit is sekerlik een van die redes waarom ons land moontlik in ’n resessiefase kan verval. Die jong generasie van vandag is meer gestres en depressief as ooit.

Die dae van buite speel en kind wees is weg – klaarblyklik vir altyd. Ons word vanaf die ouderdom van 14 verplig om soos volwasse mense op te tree, volwasse besluitneming toe te pas en selfs die magdom werk wat volwassenes kan hanteer aan te pak.

Skool en sport is uiters belangrik vir die onwikkeling van kinders. Volgens

my het dit egter in ons samelewing te veel van ’n prioriteit geraak. Kinders moet tyd hê om hulle eie opinies oor sake te vorm. Hulle moet tyd hê om huiswerk te doen, te speel, te lees, te oefen en ook tyd saam met hulle gesinne deur te bring.

Dit is vreemd hoe ons in ’n wêreld vol geleenthede steeds die klein besluite wat die grootste verskille kan maak, oorsien.

Ons is jonk en kan onbeskryflike hoogtes in die lewe bereik as ons gebalanseerd lewe. Die hoër gesag wat namens die kinders in ons land besluite neem, moet dit besef. Die lewe gaan nie net oor die ekonomiese sisteem waarin hulle ons beheer nie. Ons is mense, nie robotte nie. Dit is tyd vir verandering. Dit is tyd vir ’n nuwe Suid-Afrika.

– Hennie Koegelenberg

’n Uitgediende onmoontlikheid



Renier Hattingh

As children we’ve all saved the world, and this year, Insomniac Stu-dios wants you to do it again.

If you’ve owned a Playstation system in your (even) younger years, and have never played a Ratchet and Clank game, you’ve owned half a system. The original “Ratchet and Clank” has been completely remade for the PS4, and serves as a fantastic reboot to the beloved game series.

Some of your favourite weapons re-turn with some new ones to boot. My personal favourite must be the Mr. Zurkon support bot. Mr. Zurkon will fly by your side, shoot evil aliens and occasionally say a catchphrase like, “Have you been killed by Mr. Zurkon

yet?” The weapon upgrade system is pure

fun. The more you play with your weapon of choice the more damage it will deal and the more optional upgrades become available. Once a weapon reaches level 5, it will gain a game-changing modification.

The game is packed with the classic humour the Ratchet and Clank series is known for, and topped with story-related clips from the new “Ratchet and Clank” movie. Long-time fans will enjoy seeing their pixelised child-hood experiences in vibrant high definition. The game is absolutely gorgeous and very colourful in its open areas.

The core characters are well voiced, but some of the supporting roles left me annoyed because of their weak acting skills. There are a few glitches regarding PS trophies, but they all help you out, so this is both good and bad. Also, once you earn the RYNO weapon, the game becomes a walko-ver if you want it to be, but that’s probably the point of this super-weapon.

I throughly enjoyed my playthrough(s) of the remake of the one entry I never got to play. If you liked Ratchet and Clank back in the day, don’t hesitate to buy this game, because it’s a steal at almost half the price of AAA releases.

“Grim, you gotta see this.” 9.2/10


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