Assessment 2 - AFL1501

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Assessment 2 – 871178
Name of Department and University: Department of African Languages, UNISA
Course Code and Name: AFL1501 - Language Through an African Lens
Name of Instructor: Dr J. O. Nene
Due Date: 25 August 2022
Contents
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Task 1……………………………………………………………………………………………3
Task 2……………………………………………………………………………………………6
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Task 3……………………………………………………………………………………………7
References List………………..………………………………………….…..………..………9
Academic Honesty Declaration………………………………………….……………………

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Task 1
1.1. “… A man reaps what he sows.”1 These are the words that my grandmother would
often say to me in my formative years, and they instilled the importance of
independence and having a solid work ethic. I agree with the statement mentioned in
1.1.a because in every step of the bread making process, she asked the animals in the
barn for help and they refused to offer any of their assistance. She deserved to eat the
bread all by herself because the literally reaped what she had sown. Isaac Newton’s
third law of motion states that ‘for every action, there is an equal but opposite reaction’2.
Refusing to share the bread with the other animals was not a selfish thing to do, but an
act of fairness, and this is justified by Newton’s third law.
1.2. Everyone wants to benefit from something without putting in the required amount of
work. It has reminded of the saying ‘success has many fathers, but failure is an
orphan’3, which means that ‘victory is claimed by all, [but] failure [is claimed] to one
alone'. The Little Red Hen’s friends had not worked for the bread, but they want to claim
the benefits without accepting any responsibility in the process of making the bread.
Task 2
a. You are really making a storm in a teacup about this. It is just a television show, not a
compatibility test. b. My friend called to tell me that her significant other dozed off when
they were watching her favourite reality television show. She claimed that he showed no
interest in what was happening in the show, and started saying that perhaps they are
not meant to be together because they have different preferences in terms of
entertainment.
Task 3 3.1 . Tshepiso Thobejane, known by his community members as Tichere,

was an activist who initially trained as a lawyer. He was expelled from university
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because of this political activities. He became an educator, but left the teaching
profession to become a truck driver at PanAm Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, a firm
located in Polokwane. Tshepiso admiringly stared at himself before going to the
pharmaceutical firm that would employ him. later He organised and led labour
strikes at his firm, and at firms whose members belong to the Mokga wa
Bakganni ba Teransefala (MBT; Transvaal Truck Driver's Union). His actions had
a tendency to negatively impact the lives of the people around him. Tichere led a
life of secrecy, where found himself entangled in a love triangle and had a love
child. Tichere escaped from police custody, after he had been arrested on the
charge of a hit and run near Soweto. The police believed that he had done so
intentionally in order to use the child's intestines to perform a ritual. He later
found himself at a hospital where he looked in the mirror, but did not see
the same person that he admired before going to the job interview at his firm.
As he stared at his own reflection, he reflected on what truly makes a person.
He also wondered whether this is determined by the image that he saw as
reflected in the mirror, the physical form that other people can see or the
abstract substance that is said to make a man; his inner being.
3.2. I caught a glimpse of my reflection on a wooden framed mirror. There I saw

someone who was still staring at me after a few blinks. A closer look exposed blemishes
and a few tiny black moles. ‘Dermatosis papulosa nigra’ is what I recall a beauty editor8
calling them; they are harmless and hereditary. I remember thinking that they were
beauty spots. What is beauty anyway? Is it defined by a symmetrical face? A quick look
made me see that my right eye is slightly bigger than my left eye. Is beauty defined
scientifically by a golden ratio9 of beauty? Beauty is only skin deep, because there is
more to a person than what they look like. In my reflection I shifted my focus from my
form to my substance, and thought of how much I have grown, and admired that I was
able to see that I was not defined by what people saw externally, but also by my
thoughts and the potential I have to someday make a significant contribution to society.
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Reference List
1. The Holy Bible, Galatians 6:7, New International Version,

Biblica, (1987) 2. Space Center Houston. 2022. Science in
Action: Newton’s Third Law of Motion, 22 February 2022.
[Online]https://spacecenter.org/science-in-action-newtons-third-
law-of motion/ [Accessed 23 August 2022] 3. Business World.
2019. Who gets the credit?, Tony Samson, 11 June 2019
[Online]https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bworldonline.com/edi
tors-picks/2019/06/11/235934/who-gets-the-credit-2/%3famp
[Accessed 23 August 2022] 4. Education First. English Idioms.
[Online] https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/english-
idioms/ [Accessed 23 August 2022] 5. Briefly. 2021. 50 Zulu
proverbs, idioms, quotes, and phrases: the ultimate collection.
Priscillah Mueni, 19 September 2021, [Online]
https://briefly.co.za/31405-the-ultimate-collection-zulu-proverbs-
sayings.html [Accessed 23 August 2022] 6.
Afrikaanspod101.com. The 31 Best Afrikaans Proverbs and their
Meanings.
[Online]https://www.afrikaanspod101.com/blog/2021/06/10/best-
afrikaans-proverbs/ [Accessed 23 August 2022] 7. Language
Through an African Lens Study Guide. 2022. Unit.2.3.2. Story 2:
Tichere kweetsa ya pelo ya motho [The depth of the heart]. 8.
Self. 2017. Why Am I Getting These Tiny Black Moles On My
Face?, Jessica Cruel, 28 November 2017, [Online]
https://www.self.com/story/dermatosis-papulosa-nigra [Accessed
23 August 2022]
9. Oprah.com. 2009.
https://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/measuring The Beauty
Equation. 14 August 2009. facialperfectionthe[Online]
goldenratio#:~:te xt=Schmid%20measures%20the%20length
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%20and,longer%20than%2 0it%20is%20wide . [Accessed 23

August 2022 ]
Academic Honesty Declaration:
1. I know that plagiarism means taking and using the ideas, writings, works or
inventions of another as if they were one’s own. I know that plagiarism not only includes
verbatim copying, but also the extensive use of another person’s ideas without proper
acknowledgement (which includes the proper use of quotation marks). I know that
plagiarism covers the use of material found in textual sources and from the Internet.
2. I acknowledge and understand that plagiarism is wrong.
3. I understand that my research proposal must be accurately referenced.
4. This research proposal is my own work. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s
research, or part of it, is wrong, and that submitting identical work to others constitutes a
form of plagiarism.
5. I have not allowed, nor will I in the future allow anyone to copy my work with the
intention of passing it off as their own work.
6. I confirm that I have read and understood UNISA’s Policy for Copyright and
Plagiarism - https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Apply-for-admission/Master
%27s-&-doctoral-degrees/Policies,-procedures-&-forms
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Name of Department and University: Department of African Languages, UNISA

Course Code and Name: AFL1501 - Language Through an African Lens

Name of Instructor: Dr J. O. Nene

Due Date: 25 August 2022

Academic Honesty Declaration………………………………………….……………………

Task 3 3.1 . Tshepiso Thobejane, known by his community members as Tichere,

3.2. I caught a glimpse of my reflection on a wooden framed mirror. There I saw

1. The Holy Bible, Galatians 6:7, New International Version,

%20and,longer%20than%2 0it%20is%20wide . [Accessed 23

Academic Honesty Declaration:

2. I acknowledge and understand that plagiarism is wrong.

3. I understand that my research proposal must be accurately referenced.

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