GOITSEMANG TLHABYE
ONE WOULD do a double take andeven think it was a mistake that
thesoft-spoken mild-mannered young-ster, Lehlogonolo Mataboge,
couldpossibly be the same rapper makingwaves on the local hip-hop
scene.
But the 16-year-old rapper fromWest View, Pretoria West,
nowknown by his stage name A-Reece,knows exactly how to come out
ofhis shell and give a sassy perform-ance to keep heads nodding and
feettapping.
Lehlogonolo said his first lovefrom a young age had always
beenmusic and he intended to keep itgoing after he finished
school.
He is also adamant that he willmake sure he has a plan B
becausethe music industry has many obsta-cles.
The youngster has already begunexperimenting with other mix
tapesbut his growth and recognitioncame because Nakedi
Ramothibesnephew, Kwena Manyahela, who
attended the same school asMataboge, urged his uncle to givehis
schoolmates music a try.
Ramothibe is running his projectmanagement company, Adriot
Con-sultants, and has often worked withestablished artists.
Ramothibe said:I loved Mataboges lyrical content.It was interesting
and not like that ofa typical 16-year-old.
That is why I thought it best togive it to artists like Khuli
Chana tolisten to. They too saw the potential.
Hes confident about his musicand will appeal to the young
highschool market because he describesthe things that youngsters
his agecan relate to, said Ramothibe.
Lehlogonolo recently released a
single, Come Up, from his upcomingEP Brownies, and has already
had3 525 downloads, since its release onFebruary 2.
The EP, which has 10 tracks, isset to be released officially at
hisown school, Elandspoort Highsfund-raising event, on March
28.
Lehlogonolo has become a profes-sional recording hip-hop artist
at ayoung age and his initiative will bebacked by artists such as
Chana,Cash Time K.O and Kid X as well asthe Touchdown trio Deejays
fromMetro FM.
One of the things I admiredabout Lehlogonolo was that he cameas
a full package humble, confidentand an A-student, said
Ramothibe.
Mataboges elder brother, Phol-ogo, who is also a musician and
pro-ducer, said he was proud of his sib-lings achievement and happy
to seehim succeed in something he loved.
I wanted him to be a lawyer orsomething like that, but I heard
hismix tape, Chapter Two.
I can say proudly that he tookwho I am as an artist and made
iteven better, said Phologo.
Project co-ordinator Mosa Mofo-keng said she had taken it upon
her-self to be the disciplinarian andoffer assurance to
Lehlogonolosparents that he would remain stead-fast in his studies
and not getswayed by the hype.
His parents knew he lovedmusic and entrusted us to take careof
him, hence we started by ensur-ing he had a psychologist and a
tutorto assist him, said Mofokeng.
Hes great to work with andunderstands where his
responsibil-ities lie, at his school work, and thatwe will not
compromise on that,Mofokeng said.
3PRETORIA NEWSMONDAY MARCH 24 2014 News
Shoddyinterpretingmars trials
LALI VAN ZUYDAM
THE STATE of interpret-ing in South Africa hasbeen a topic of
discussionsince the day fake signlanguage interpreter
Thamsanqa Jantjie took the stage atFNB stadium during the
memorialservice for Nelson Mandela.
Jantjie embarrassed SouthAfrica in the international arena in
front of people like US PresidentBarack Obama, British Prime
Min-ister David Cameron and even rockstar Bono from U2.
Three months after the Jantjieincident, as the world focused
onSouth Africa for the murder trial ofParalympian Oscar Pistorius,
it wasagain interpreters who got peopletalking (and tweeting).
State witness Michelle Burgerlost so much confidence in
theAfrikaans-English interpreter Ver-uschka Bosch that she opted to
tes-tify in English rather than hermother tongue, Afrikaans.
Last week, the new interpreter inthe trial misinterpreted
testimonyseveral times.
Defence attorney Barry Rouxcorrected the interpreter during
thetestimony of State witness, formerpoliceman Colonel Giliam van
Rens-burg:
Van Rensburg (in Afrikaans): when we arrived there weretowels
and black garbage bags onthe scene.
Interpreter: there was blackclothing.
Van Rensburg: The person wasalready dead when the
paramedicsarrived.
Interpreter: The body died ontheir arrival.
The Pretoria News spoke toexperts about the state of
interpret-ing, specifically legal (court) inter-preting. Dr Eleanor
Cornelius, sen-ior lecturer in the department oflinguistics at the
University ofJohannesburg, trains interpretersand translators. She
is an accreditedsimultaneous interpreter and hasexperience in court
interpreting.
Cornelius said shoddy legalinterpreting in courts could
influence the outcome of a case. Ifan exact and accurate
rendition ofthe meaning intended by the wit-ness, prosecutor,
defence attorney orjudge is not given in the target lan-guage (i.e.
the language interpretedinto), the testimony is flawed by
themisinterpretation of theinterpreter.
Such misinterpretations couldonly be picked up and corrected
ifthe presiding officer was proficientin both languages spoken in
court.
If the presiding officer is notproficient in the source
language,the officer has to rely fully on theinterpreters
rendition, with thebelief that what is presented is cor-rect and
accurate, said Cornelius.
SA Translators Institute (Sati)chairman Johan Blaauw said
sev-eral interpreting mistakes in a trialcould lead to findings
being influ-enced by errors.
Cornelius agreed.If sections of the testimony are
misinterpreted and therefore inac-curate, incomplete or simply
false,the result can be that a guilty personwalks free, or that an
innocent per-son is sent to jail, she said.
The high-profile Pistorius trialof the century is broadcast live
ontelevision and radio to the public.
Cornelius said if interpreting ina case with so much public
interestis shoddy, one can fairly assumethat poor interpreting
happens dailyin most courts.
One can only imagine, whenthe stakes are lower and there is
lesspublic scrutiny, the interpretingquality will be even worse in
othercases, she said.
Blaauw and Cornelius agreedthat proper training and
co-opera-tion from the Department of Justicewas critical to avoid
further interna-tional embarrassment.
Speaking more than one lan-guage, without proper
interpretingtraining, does not imply that theinterpreter is
qualified for the job.After careful selection, interpretersshould
receive adequate and goodquality training not simply anytraining,
Cornelius said.
The Pistorius trial, Corneliussaid, has highlighted that
inter-
preting is under-valued and under-estimated. It is time
decision- andpolicy-makers start acknowledgingthe crucial role
language plays.
If the department acknowledgeda lack of capacity to render
excel-lent services, it should rather con-tract the services of
accredited,experienced, well-trained inter-preters even if it cost
them money,she said.
The cost of poor interpreting ismuch higher than the cost of a
goodinterpreter, she added.
The Department of Justice didnot respond to questions about
plansto improve interpreting.
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Twitter: @LalivZ
Expert: inaccuracy can lead to guiltyparties walking or innocent
ones jailed
There are no dedicated court-interpreting degree qualifications
Unisas BA (specialising in courtinterpreting) was terminated in
2009. University of Johannesburg: BAlanguage practice degree (does
notonly focus on interpreting). University of Witwatersrand:diploma
in legal interpreting,Honours/Masters in interpreting. University
of the Free State: nationaldiploma in court interpreting. North
West University: short coursesin simultaneous interpreting. Durban
University of Technology:translation and interpreting
practiceprogramme. Stellenbosch University: post-graduate diploma
in translation andinterpreting.
TRAINING
Excellent knowledge and commandof both working languages.
Specialised terminology such as theterms used in a courtroom.
Interpreting, listening and analysingskills.Coping with problems
duringinterpreting (such as where there iscultural concepts for
which there is noequivalent in the target language).Note-taking
skills to avoid asking thewitness to repeat themselves. Courtroom
procedures: knowing the physical layout of the courtroomand where
to stand; knowing the role-players in a courtroom and being
familiar with court proceedings.Ethics and professional issues:
beingfamiliar with codes of good conduct,ethical considerations.
Stress management.
SKILLS
Careful attention should be paid tothe recruitment and
qualifications ofinterpreters. Training courses should be
carefullydesigned and should address thecompetencies required of
courtinterpreters.Quality assurance measures need tobe put in place
in all courts (not only inhigh-profile cases). Interpreter testing
could be done atregular intervals.Accreditation of some sort should
beintroduced.Refresher courses should be offered.
NEEDS
Oscar murder trial set to run until MayTEBOGO MONAMA
THE MURDER trial of ParalympianOscar Pistorius has been
extendeduntil May. Yesterday, the office of theDeputy Judge
President Willem vander Merwe said the trial originallyset down
from March 3 to 20 willnow continue until May 16.
Pistorius is accused of murder-ing his girlfriend Reeva
Steenkampon February 14 last year. He haspleaded not guilty,
claiming hebelieved there was an intruder inthe house.
The case will continue in the Pre-toria High Court from today
untilApril 4. Then the court will go intorecess until April 11.
Judiciary spokeswoman LulamaLuti said: After the recess, the
trialwill resume on Monday April 14until Friday May 16. These
dateshave been agreed to by all parties inconsultation with Judge
President(Dunstan) Mlambo.
Meanwhile, bidding for Pisto-riuss Silver Woods Country
Estateopened this week. The house isbeing sold by estate agent
Ansie
Louw the wife of his long-timecoach Ampie Louw. On
Thursday,Pistoriuss lawyer Brian Webbersaid the athlete had to sell
his houseto raise funds to pay his legal fees.
This is due to the unexpectedextension of the trial beyond the
ini-tial three-week period Due to thedelay in finalising the trial,
the deci-sion to urgently dispose of his singlebiggest asset had to
be made.
Pistorius is now living with hisuncle Arnold. He has not
competedprofessionally since 2012.
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Lehlogonolo A-Reece Mataboge, a Grade 11 pupil from Elandspoort
High School, has become a professional recording artist in the
hip-hop industry.PICTURE: OUPA MOKOENA
Shy teen a hit assassy hip-hop rapper
Schumacher losing a lot of weightDAILY MAIL
LONDON: Stricken former F1driver Michael Schumacher
hasreportedly lost 25 percent of hisbody weight while in his
artificiallyinduced coma and now weighs a lit-tle under 54kg.
Today is the 85th day of the comathe driver was placed in on
Decem-ber 29 after suffering serious braininjuries during a ski run
on theslopes of the French resort of Meri-bel.
Taken to the University Hospitalof Grenoble by helicopter, he
wasplaced in the coma and has under-gone two operations.
Although his family, manager
Sabine Kehm and close friend JeanTodt insist they have not given
up onthe hope of full recovery, there isstill no concrete news
about howoptimistic his medical team areabout him coming
around.
Doctors began decreasing theanaesthetics keeping him under
amonth ago but he is still uncon-scious with no signs that he
recog-nises his external environment.
Italys La Gazzetta dello Sportand the German daily
Bild-Zeitungare now reporting Schumachersdrastic weight loss.
While a weight loss in comapatients is normal, 20kg is a lot
forpeople with normal body weights,said Professor Dr Curt Diehm,
of
the Karlsbad teaching hospital inGermany.
One must assume that his mus-cles have degraded greatly due to
theimmobility, he said.
Although Schumacher, 45, hashis muscles and joints massageddaily
while lying prone in intensivecare, Diehm said this was notenough
to stop muscle shrinkage.
Schumachers wife Corinna, hisdaughter Gina-Marie, 17, and
sonMick, 14, spend up to eight hours aday at his bedside praying
for signsof a recovery.
Doctors believe that if he doeswake up, he will need many years
ofintensive therapy to regain full limbmovement and speech. Michael
Schumacher
Shark bite victims body found
A WITNESS described yesterdayhow the body of an Austriantourist,
72, visiting Port St Johnswashed up yesterday after he wasfatally
bitten at 3pm by a shark atSecond Beach on Saturday.
His family screamed at thesight of his body floating in
thewater. We called the NSRI andpolice. It took the divers 20
min-utes to get to the body, owner ofthe local Outspan Inn,
Katherine
Costello, said yesterday.She said Bugs Moodley, Intaba
River Lodge manager where thegroup had stayed, called her
seek-ing help. The shark victims wifeand other tourists were
incon-solable when the body washed up.Bugs (Moodley) told me that
allhis clients were warned not to goswimming. There have beeneight
fatal shark attacks in PortSt Johns since 2009. Jason Felix
Wkloof 2 work
in jail bakery
FRIKKIE du Preez and ChristoffBecker, two of the so-called
Water-kloof Four, are working in thebakery of the Kgosi
MampuruPrison in Pretoria and being heldin a communal cell.
Correctional Services Depart-ment spokesman Manelisi Wolelatold
a Sunday newspaper it wastoo early to say how the
pairsrehabilitation was progressing.The paper said its
investigationsdiscovered that Becker was nowhaving to queue to use
a payphone as is the normal prison rule.
Becker and Du Preez had theirparole revoked at the end of
lastmonth after a video emergedshowing the two having a party
injail, apparently drinking alcoholand using a cellphone.
Wolela said four prison guardswould be attending
disciplinaryhearings within a month for theirpart in the
incident.
He said that recent raids in thecells at the prison had led to
theseizure of 86 mobile phones, acomputer and a hard drive.
Becker, Du Preez, Gert vanSchalkwyk and Reinach Tiedtwere
released last month afterbeing jailed for beating a home-less man
to death in Pretoria in2001. Sapa
Kiss for dyingzoo workerA GIRAFFE gave a lick to a dyingman who
asked as a last wish tobe taken to Blijdorp Zoo in Rotter-dam,
Netherlands, where he hadworked odd jobs for 25 years.
Mario Eijs had developed abrain tumour and had difficultywalking
or speaking. He wantedto pay a final visit to the co-work-ers and
animals he loved.
The Stichting AmbulanceWens offers free transport to ter-minally
ill patients.
Several giraffes became curi-ous when Mario was brought to
their enclosure on March 19.Mario got a lick on his nose
after a lot of snuffles, foundationworker Olaf Exoo said. It was
alast greeting. Sapa-AP
A zoo giraffe licks terminally illMario Eijs. PICTURE: AP
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