Newsletter 01

Newsletter 01

Love Lives Here!

Director's Note

February 14th is celebrated as Valentine’s Day around the world.
Sending Valentine’s Day wishes to your family, friends, and also
colleagues is the finest way to celebrate this occasion. Having a
supportive, vibrant and progressive team like you makes me feel

special on any day of the year, not just on Valentine's Day.
Thank you for always having my back! It is an absolute pleasure
having you all on my team! Happy Valentine's Day to all of you
comrades, your commitment to the work of the organization is
sweeter than any heart-shaped box of chocolates. Valentine's Day
is the day to spread love and happiness and as management we
wish our family at work a wonderful Valentine's month. May the
joy and smiles of love and happiness spread in your universe and

give you the strength to move ahead in life.
Happy Valentine's Day to you!



Ntsilo Molumaele (Mr.)
DITSELA Exceutive Director

Valentine's Day Challenge!

How good is your vocabulary and spelling? Test
yourself with this challenge.



“VALENTINE”



Make as many words as possible using only the letters

in the word Valentine. Each
letter (except E and N, which appear twice) can be used

only once in each word.
Check your watch and give yourself 5 minutes

Give yourself one point for each word and an extra point for each

word 5 letters or longer.

If you are not sure about spellings check that too!

0-12 points 13-20 poi

nts More than 20 points
TRY HARDER WELL DO
NE
YOU'RE A WALKING

DICTIONARY!

If you are unhappy with your score and know you can do better

give yourself another 5 minutes and try again.




For a list of 50 possible answers, see page...

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The History of Valentine's Day!

Every February 14th, around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in
the name of St. Valentine. Valentine’s Day is associated with romantic dinners; sending cards; and
flowers or chocolates to special friends and loved ones. Whatever is sent; the message remains the
same: love and friendship.

There are multiple stories to the origins of Valentine’s Day; the history of the
holiday and the story of its patron saint—is shrouded in mystery.
One legend, tells of a wonderful priest named Valentine who lived during the
reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius II, about 200 A.D. At this time, Rome was in
desperate need of an army and Claudius believed that married men would make
less reliable soldiers because they wouldn’t want to leave their wives and
families. So, Claudius forbade young men to get married. However, Valentine
secretly defied Claudius and performed marriage ceremonies in the temple.
Soon, he became known as the “friend of those in love.” Eventually, Claudius
discovered what the good priest was doing and the Emperor’s anger was so great
that he had Valentine thrown in jail. During his imprisonment, Valentine is said to
have cured the jailer’s daughter of blindness. Because of this miracle, he was
sentenced to die on February 14th, 270 A.D. On the day he died, Valentine wrote
the girl a note in which he spoke of bonds of affection between people. He signed
the message; “From your Valentine”. According to this legend, it is to honour St.
Valentine that we celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14; in turn, we are
celebrating love and marriage.
Another legend of St. Valentine exists… In this tale, Valentine was loved by the
village children for always allowing them to play in his garden. He was placed in
prison by the Romans for refusing to worship their gods. During his
imprisonment, the children exchanged notes with him, attached to small
bouquets of flowers and flung through the prison bars. Valentine was put to
death on February 14th and we commemorate his death by sending flowers,
chocolates and love notes on this day each year.
No matter the legend, one thing is clear, St. Valentine represented love, peace
and friendship, with all the wrong in the world; crime segregation, the Covid-19
pandemic and the challenges that come along with it, let us be encouraged to
spread/show that very love, peace, kindness and friendship which he
represented on this Valentine’s Day and all other days that follow.

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Images:

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https://www.history.com%2Fnews%2F6-surprising-facts-about-st-valentine/
https://www.indianexpress.com%2Farticle%2Flifestyle%2Fart-and-culture%2Fvalentines-day-2018-history-of-

valentines-day-who-is-st-valentine-and-why-is-valentines-day-named-after-him/
https://www.history.com%2Ftopics%2Fvalentines-day%2Fhistory-of-valentines-day/

Valentine's Day!

On February 14th, DITSELA
decided Valentine's Day is
truly whatever you want it to
be: You can skip the
celebrations completely, buy
yourself some chocolate or
flowers, or express your love
and appreciation for the
people in your life, whether
they’re romantic partners,
family members, friends or
co-workers.
Tons of sweet goodies were
bought and our ladies were
served by our lovely
gentlemen with such love
and tender-heartedness;
Thank You!

Our Programmes

In 2021, DITSELA piloted New DITSELA ADVANCED NATIONAL
LABOUR EDUCATION PROGRAMME (DANLEP) programmes.
The courses are offered at Level 6 of the National Qualifications
Framework (NQF) carrying 120 credits each.

The objectives of DANLEP would beto develop a pool of active,
skilled and confident trade unionists and other working class
organisations’ activists and to further develop a dynamic
interaction between the context that trade unions find
themselves in, the work they hope to undertake with their
members and the development of appropriate educational
approaches and content.

To build an understanding of individual and collective roles in
contributing to the development of the wider labour movement
as well as pioneer a trade union – friendly approach to the
accreditation of trade union education and to lastly, create a
learning space for trade unionists to critically engage and
discuss the issues of the day that impact on worker’s lives.

Our Programmes Continued...

The NEW DANLEP Courses are as follows:

ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN RESEARCH AND INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
Which broadly aims to build capacity within the trade union
movement and other working class organisations to do
research to support the work of their organisations.

ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN TRUSTEE DEVELOPMENT
To build trustee capacity within the trade union movement and
other working-class organisations. To train and develop a core
of worker trustee who can protect member’s assets and can
improve member’s benefits. To enhance worker control and
stewardship over how their resources are managed. To
promote the allocation of economic and financial resources in a
socially responsible and environmentally friendly manner.
Furthermore, on a broader spectrum we look to explore the
role of the Trustee in a multicultural society, and explore the
relationship between the employer and its shared value
systems.

ADVACNED CERTIFICATE IN CLIMATE CHANGE
Aims to empower workers and community-based
organisations through democratising Climate
change knowledge and disseminate information
that demystifies the science of climate change as
elitist. It further looks to develop an understanding
of climate change within neo-liberal capitalism and
globalisation and its impact on the workers, the
working class and the environment; to build
capacity within the trade union movement and
working class organisations to develop a critical
understanding of the impact on their lives at their
workplace, in their community and on the
environment and lastly to explore the principle of
the just transition as a vehicle for eco-socialism as
an alternative political economy/ economic system.

ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN HEALTH AND SAFETY
The purpose of this NQF Level 6 course is to
introduce participants to the field of occupational
health and safety as it impacts on the core
objectives of Trade Unions to improve the working
and living conditions of their members who
depend on their work for their survival, health and
well-being.They will develop skills in recognizing
and assessing occupational health hazards and
risks, and approaches to addressing them
effectively at workplace level and beyond in their
own Trade Union structures.

ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN KNOWLEDGE
ECONOMY AND WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGIES

Aims to look at the impact of Globalisation,
Technology & Development; to understand the
World of Work in the 4th Industrial and its impacts
on Labour; to understand ICT’s for Development
and Social Justice Advocacy and finally to know and
understand workplace technologies and tools for

organising



For more information, make sure to follow this link to our
programme brochure for the year:

http://online.anyflip.com/zvtwa/phpw/mobile/index.html

Support Week 01

This past week (21-25 February 2022),
DITSELA was in Bloemfontein, Free State
taking it by a storm!
We delivered our Administrators
Development Course for the National
Education Health and Allied Workers
Union (Nehawu) Free State province.

The course is inclusive of Office
Management; Record Keeping;
Improving Systems; Minute
taking and Report Writing, with a
little background talk on the
History of the Labour Movement.

Tribute

Comrade Fundiswa Mtsotso was born the 7th January
1975, in the small town of Engcobo in the Eastern
Cape. She completed her schooling at Kayamandi High
in Stellenbosch and proceeded to live and work there.
A shopsteward of SACCAWU, she worked in the retail
sector and was employed at Pick n Pay and Checkers
until her passing. Fundiswa was passionate about
developing her skills in the interest of workers and
growing the organisation. She believed that entering
the DITSELA programme as a mature student and
worker will give her the strength to deal with the many
challenges faced by a shopsteward in representing
workers.
And when she came on the DITSELA TUPQ programme
she applied the same zest and determination to her
studies. She would travel from Stellenbosch to bring
her assignments, making sure its handed in on time.
Supporting her fellow comrades and classmates, in
ensuring that they are also up to date with their work.
Her positivity, her spirituality, beautiful persona was
always a pleasure to witness and her singing both
filled and inspired the class.

Her dream of becoming an
organizer and lawyer was not
formally realized, but in the
workplace she was the workers’
representative, organizer and
lawyer.

Its a huge loss to the workers'
movement and to her loved
ones. May her soul rest in

peace and rise in glory!
Hamba Kahle!

Birthdays

Since the year began, we celebrated the following
birthdays...

Veronica Felicia
02 January 11 January

Fikile
28 January

Hip Hip Hoorays to you! We hope you've had
yourselves a wonderful day and wish you
many more years to come!

Valentine's Day Challenge!

“VALENTINE”

Your Task: Make as many words as possible using only the letters in the word
Valentine.

Each letter (except E and N, which appear twice) can be used only once in each
word.

Check your watch and give yourself 5 minutes

Let's see how you did...

List of 50 possible answers

Ant Ale A I An Veal

Eat Eaten Eel Lenient Even Event

In At Eve Lentil Line Lean

Leave Insane Lent Lien Nine Lit

Linen Lint Lintel Teal TV Tine

Nit Net Neat Teen Vane Vein

Ten Tale Tail Valiant Leaven Invent

Tin Let Lane Vale Veil Van

Vent Vine


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