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Sasabona Samuel Manganye

Sasabona Samuel Manganye was born in 1982 March 03 in Tshamahansi, Mokopane, Limpopo Province. Currently reside in Johannesburg where he is playing his Community and Political Activism.

His father, Hlengani Manganye passed away in 1985 and he grew-up under a care of his mother, Ramasela Manganye. He started schooling not at a pre-school but Makgubuketja Primary School in 1988. He furthered his studies at Ben Hlongwane Secondary School where his leadership role started to blossom. He became involved in politics at an early age where he was in the Presidency of the Learners Representative Council (LRC) from 1996 to the year 2000. He was also a member of the School Governing Body informed by his Presidency role. He also participated on activities like Drama (as a main character), soccer and volley ball.

In 1999, he was approached by South African Communist Party Branch Task Team in Tshamahansi to be part of the collective which facilitated the launch of the SACP branch in Tshamahansi village where he was the youngest at the age of 17 in the branch. He was then being introduced to Marxist and Leninist Communist ideology which he still believes in. He joined the ANC in the year 2000, May 1 and he is still an active member.

He completed his Matric in 2000 after he repeated as he was not satisfied with his initial performance in 1999 although passed. In 2001, he did not manage to further his studies due to lack of finances but participated in community development programs. He was the Organizer of the Youth Leaders Against Crime in 2001. He also volunteered to facilitate Accounting and Mathematics at Tshamahansi ABET School. He became part of the Secretariat of the Tshamahansi Community Committee which was a mouth-piece of the community on mining expropriating issues deployed because of his role as part of the Secretariat at Headman (Chief) Matjeke in his village. He was instrumental in assisting the Headman in addressing number of community challenges even though being at a younger age by then. He also worked for STATS SA as an Enumerator for Census 2001. He served as a Ward Committee member for ward 20 (Tshamahansi Village). He was also the Acting District Secretary for Mokopane District Community Correctional Service Forum established by the Department of Correctional Services which led to him serving as an additional member for Limpopo Provincial Community Correctional Service Forum.

In 2002, he managed to obtain a study bursary from Study Trust later from Limpopo Department of Education where he registered with the Vaal University of Technology (The then Vaal Triangle Technikon) main campus where he completed National Diploma and B-Tech in Information Technology. Currently busy with his M-Tech in IT. In his first year, he was elected as the first Deputy Branch Secretary for the ANC Youth League when it was launched. He was also the Vice-General Secretary of the Career Information Organisation (CIO) and later been elected as the Primarius (Chairperson) of the then Goldfields House deployed strategically by SASCO. He also served as the Deputy Chairperson of the Central Housing Committee of the Vaal University of Technology. This role made him instrumental in ensuring transformation in the University residences by ensuring the availability of appliances such as stoves, televisions, refrigerators and many other supporting resources which made the environment conducive for students to study.

In 2003, He was elected as the Chairperson of the Career Information Organisation and also the Chairperson of the South African Students Congress (SASCO). He was later on the year elected as the First SRC President from SASCO (since it was launched in 1999) and Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) for 2003/2004. His election made him to serve as the first President for the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) when it was renamed the Vaal University of Technology from Vaal Triangle Technikon. His Presidency enabled him to serve as a member of Students Affairs Committee of Council, Building Committee of Council, Senate and the University Council. He also participated in number of students formations including Students Parliament. He delivered a watershed Inauguration Speech which influenced the transformation of the Vaal University of Technology. In his term of office, he has ensured that there’s no single student denied access because of neither financial nor academic reasons. He further used his SRC honorarium to register other students from historically disempowered families.

In 2005, he served once again as the Chairperson of SASCO where he and the collective invited the then Deputy President of the ANC, the YCLSA National Secretary and ANC Youth League President to show Comrade Jacob Zuma support on his legal battles which VUT SASCO branch believed there were politically motivated. This campaign was also used as the launch for the Progressive Youth Alliance SRC manifesto and a campaign for local government elections which led to his re-election for the second time as the SRC President of VUT for 2005/2006. As the SRC President, he participated to all committees as above mentioned in addition to Finance Committee of Council. In both his term of office, fighting academic and financial exclusions were in the main of his leadership mandated by the Progressive Youth Alliance (SASCO, YCLSA, ANCYL and SUCA). He was also elected as the Education and Transformational Officer of SASCO Gauteng Provincial Executive Committee for 2005/2006.

At around March 2005, he was awarded with a Scholarship for an exchange program between VUT and Loerrach University of Corporative Education situated in Germany, where he completed his IT National Diploma project from November 2005 to February 2006. He also participated in the three days Customer Relation Management (CRM) Workshop in Lenzerheide, Switzerland organized by Tourism Department. He also managed to visit Paris, in France. He was employed as an Intern for three weeks with Vitra, an international furniture company on its IT department to get Germany industrial exposure.

In 2006 April, he graduated for National Diploma in IT where he also officially received a Merit Certificate from Loerrach University of Corporative Education. In the same year, he registered for B-Tech in IT which he completed in 2007 and graduated in 2008 March. He registered for a Certificate in Business Management with the Graduate Institute of Management and Technology (GIMT) which he completed in 2008 January and Graduated in February. He is currently registered for Master Degree in IT with VUT.

In 2007, he was employed by Nedbank Group through Bankseta Graduates program where he moved from Vaal to Johannesburg. He worked for Nedbank until October when he resigned after he was employed by Afrisoft Africa in October 2007. Through Afrisoft he is currently with Siemens from 2008 July up-to-date. He was elected as the National Chairperson for the ZCC Students Fellowship (ZCCSF) for 2007/2008.

In 2008, he became a Branch Executive Committee member for the ANC Havana64 branch in the inner-city as the Deputy Secretary. He is being elected as the Branch Chairperson of the ANC Youth League Havana64 branch. He was part of the collective which ensured the Launch of the YCLSA and SACP branch in Berea which has been named after the second President of the ANC, Sefako Mapogo Makgatho.

He has been elected as the first President of the Vaal University of Technology Alumni Association (launched on the 24th & 25th October 2009). He is also serving to the Board of Trustees for VUT Foundation: Educational Trust. He is also serving as the Secretary for Hilbrow Community Policing Forum 2009-2011.


PROFILE OF SASABONA MANGANYE

Personal • Date of birth, 03 March 1982, Mokopane-Tshamahansi, Limpopo Province. • A father to a 2 year old son. • Currently reside in Johannesburg Berea where he is a Community Activist.

Current Position • Deputy Secretary: ANC Havana64 Branch • ZCCSF NEC ex-officio member (Alumni) • Chairperson ANC Youth League • President of the Vaal University of Technology Alumni Association • Trustee of the Board of Trustees for VUT Foundation/Educational Trust. • The Secretary for Hilbrow Community Policing Forum (CPF) 2009-2011

Career/Memberships/Positions/Other Activities

• He became actively involved in politics at an early age; • He occupied the Presidency of Ben Hlongwane LRC since 1996 to the year 2000; • He was also a member of School Governing Body; • He became an active member of SACP in 1999 which led to the launch of SACP branch in his village, Tshamahansi; • He joined and became actively involved in the ANC in 2000; • He elected the Organizer of Youth Leaders Against Crime in 2001; • He was part of the Secretariat for Headman Matjeke in 2001; • He was in the Secretariat for Tshamahansi Community Committee which represented the community on mining expropriating issues in 2001; • He was the Acting Secretary for Mokopane District Community Correctional Service Forum in 2001 and became a Limpopo Provincial Additional member because of that capacity; • He served as Tshamahansi Ward 20 Committee member in 2001; • He became the first ANCYL Branch Deputy Secretary at VUT for 2002/2003; • He became the Vice-Secretary General of the CIO in VUT for 2002/2003; • He became the Primarius for Goldfields House (Currently Dikgalala) for 2002/2003; • He became the Chairperson of SASCO in 2003/2004; • He became Chairperson of CIO for 2003/2004; • He was elected as the first SRC President deployed by SASCO and/or PYA for 2003/2004; • He was elected for the second time as the Chairperson of SASCO for 2005; • He was elected for the second time as the SRC President for VUT for 2005/2006; • He served in the Building Committee of Council for VUT in 2004 and 2006; • He served in the Students Affairs Committee of Council in VUT for 2004 and 2006; • He served in the Finance Committee of Council for VUT in 2004 and 2006; • He served in the Senate for VUT in for 2004 and 2006; • He served in the University Council of VUT in 2004 and 2006; • He was elected the Education and Transformation Officer of SASCO Gauteng PEC for 2005/2006; • Elected the National Chairperson for ZCCSF 2007/2008; • He was elected the Deputy Secretary of ANC Havana64 Branch for 2008-2010; • He was elected as the first President of the Vaal University of Technology Alumni Association for 2009 to 2011 and therefore makes him a University Council member. • He is the Secretary for Hilbrow Community Policing Forum (CPF) for 2009-2011

Awards and/or Bursaries

• He was awarded a Bursary by Study Trust 2002 and terminated it in the same year; • He was awarded a bursary by Limpopo Department of Education in 2002 to 2006 • He was awarded a Leadership Prestigious Award in VUT for three consecutive years; • He received an award for an exceptionally students governance leader in VUT by Students Christian Organisation (SCO) 2005; • He was awarded a Scholarship for an exchange program in Loerrach University of Corporative Education situated in Germany for 2005 Nov to 2006 Feb; • He was awarded an Information Technology (IT) National Diploma Certificate in 2006; • He was awarded a Merit Certificate for IT National Diploma Project in 2006; • He was awarded a IT B-Tech Certificate in 2008; • He was awarded merit certificates acknowledging his leadership for and from different students structures;

Documents Compiled, Edited and Published

• Career Information Organisation Constitution 2003; • VUT SRC Constitution 2004; • “Are boleleng” le Mo-Presidente – SRC News Letter 2004 & 2006 • VUT House Committees Guiding Document 2005; • VUT Edu-city Student Committee Document 2005; • VUT PYA Deployment Policy 2005; • Afro-Flavour Constitution 2005; • ZCCSF National Constitution 2005; • Preparation of Students to the Corporate World published by SASCE 2006; • Poem: Pride an enemy of human kind 2008; • In progress: The Development Of An E-Learning Course For Vehicle Driver Learners Licence In South Africa; • Drafted Vaal University of Technology Alumni Association Constitution in 2009 to be adopted on the 24-25 Oct’ 09

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  • 2nd/22nd Tennessee Cavalry (Barteau's) - Confederate militatry unit in the American Civil War.
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  • Roman-Moor Kingdom there is references to this kingdom in various maps and articles on wikipedia, but not article for it.
  • Shihus People cited in Qatar.
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  • Arbitrary Talk Is a popular podcast that answers viewer submitted questions. Very popular in Michigan, California, and Florida.
  • soompi.com [203] Alexa rankingsSoompi is the largest community site for English speaking fans of Korean pop culture aka the Korean Wave.
  • -ster - A suffix added to names to make them sound "cutesy." Similar to the -kun and -chan suffixes in Japanese honorifics.
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  • Beer Gay - Drinking Enough That You Love Everybody Regardless of Age, Gender, Race, Size, Manners, Income, Hygiene, Occupation, etc ..
  • corporate samurai: definition, application, and examples
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  • Dealer's Defense A moral argument that someone who sells anti-social products such as weapons or drugs is not responsible for the harm they cause.
  • peanut butter and banana sandwiches
  • Enchanted, I'm sure: meaning, usage
  • e-Penis - a property of an internet gamer, usually associated with their skill in games, or a certain game. One may say "check out my huge e-Penis!" after showing a player them as the top player in a game.
  • Fükn A - an expression similar to fuckin' A [204] except with the emphasis on the long o sound, foo-kin A. Not to be confused with The Thermals second album Fuckin A or the play Fucking A
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  • "You People" is an expression very often used in American movies: someone says it, then someone else, usually black, repeats, like "You "People"?!?" it and everyone seems shocked, then the first one apologizes. It is in almost every second US movie that I've seen recently. This expression is not found in dictionaries or other encyclopedias, and for a foreigner such as myself it would be interesting to understand what exactly is the meaning, eventually its' origin and history. I believe it is notable. Thanks! (P.S. You people redirects to You but no explanation is found in that article.) --5ko 00:03, 18 March 2007
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