“There are six billion people in the world, you are just but a number” says a face with large brown eyes full of intensity. This is Mandee Uku a survivor of a first year at Rhodes, a survivor of a first year of experiences and a survivor of a year of disappointments.
Mandee came to Rhodes because she had an “Oprah moment” and like Oprah she wanted to change the world and what better way to do that than by getting a Journalism degree from Rhodes University. However she was not prepared for the sudden freedom she was exposed to considering she lived a fairly sheltered life in Nelspruit with her loving and sometimes overprotective mother and father. “In high school I was abit of a lameo” she laughs a deep and uninhibited laugh as she explains her extra long skirt that she eventually convinced her mother to hem and her excellent top 10 marks.
She nearly didn’t make it to Rhodes as her father was positive his daughter was meant to be a lawyer, studying at Wits. However Wits did not have accommodation and her parents did not want their daughter stranded in the big city. Amanda got her wish and was off to Rhodes to become Oprah.
When she got to Rhodes things changed and between boys and crazy nights out things hit a low. Rumours are a dangerous thing Mandee explains, her words spew out over each as if they were in a rush to get to the dinning hall on time. Having this new social life meant that she was subject to some nasty and hurtful rumours about her love life.
When she got to Rhodes things changed and between boys and crazy nights out things hit a low. Rumours are a dangerous thing Mandee explains, her words spew out over each as if they were in a rush to get to the dinning hall on time. Having this new social life meant that she was subject to some nasty and hurtful rumours about her love life.
Who did these people think they were assuming and divulging details of her dating life to the masses, when in reality all of these stories were false. She touches her elegantly braided hair that’s pulled back in a scrunchie when talking about her less than friendly boyfriend, who is now and ex-boyfriend after he partook in some rumours himself. Mandee throws her arms up in the air trying to explain the jealous nature of most of the girls that were spreading the rumours that made her lie in bed for days unable to move.
Things weren’t going Mandee’s way and the cherry on top were her less than satisfactory marks from the July exams. However she realised something when she was low and missing her mother and that was “you are unstoppable and no one can stop you but yourself”. Mandee loves her residence Dingemans, where she feels at home with the people and spends many a late night chatting to friends, sipping 2 minute noodles mixed with Melrose cheese.
Yes there are “6 billion people in the world and you are only a number but that just means you have to prove yourself, I wouldn’t change a thing,” Mandee announces giving a crooked smile. This is Mandee Uku a future multi million empire builder as she likes to say and one “opinionated, well rounded and sometimes rude” Rhodent.
Things weren’t going Mandee’s way and the cherry on top were her less than satisfactory marks from the July exams. However she realised something when she was low and missing her mother and that was “you are unstoppable and no one can stop you but yourself”. Mandee loves her residence Dingemans, where she feels at home with the people and spends many a late night chatting to friends, sipping 2 minute noodles mixed with Melrose cheese.
Yes there are “6 billion people in the world and you are only a number but that just means you have to prove yourself, I wouldn’t change a thing,” Mandee announces giving a crooked smile. This is Mandee Uku a future multi million empire builder as she likes to say and one “opinionated, well rounded and sometimes rude” Rhodent.
