UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS UNISA lfs= ENG1511 Mayhiune 2014 ENGLISH PROFICIENCY FOR UNIVERSITY STUDIES Dwaton 2 Hows 100 Marts a MRM CHOKWE MR JT KEKANA MMI LENTO. MS Bu THOKA SECOND MRD PROCTOR ‘Closed book examination ‘This examination question paper remains the property of the University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venue INSTRUCTIONS: 1. This examination consists of two sections. Please answer both sections. 2, Section A consists of a comprehension passage followed by short questions. 3. Please fill out your answer sheet completely and correctly. 4. Section B consists of essay questions. You are provided with 3 different ‘essays. Choose only ONE topic. Your essay should be approximately two pages long,ENG1511 MAY/IUNE 2014 SECTION A: Reading Read the following text and answer the questions that follow Nelson and Graca 1 She's barely been seen in public since her husband was admitted to hospital n the dead ‘of a midwinter night Until she stepped out recently to tell the nation how Madiba was doing, all we'd seen of her was a glimpse through a car window — and in that glimpse the broad smile that can light up a room and has endeared her to pnnces, presidents and the poor alike, was nowhere to be seen Instead Graca Machel looked solemn and drawn — a woman no doubt preparing for the mevitable while dreading the unthinkable 2 Her smile was back, albert a iitle less radiantly so, when she left Nelson Mandela's bedside to tell us that, although Madiba was at times uncomfortable and a few times in pain, he was fine Graca’s constant presence at her husband's side has drawn praise and admiration from many quarters Denis Goldberg, one of the Rivonia trialists and a close fend of Mandela, saw her when he went to see Madiba recently "What a lady,” hhe told City Press “My first response when | arrived at the hospital was to embrace her. She was strong and in charge but looked so tired | tned to transfer as much strength to her as | could* Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said South Africa owes Graca "a tremendous debt of gratitude for the joy she has brought to Nelson Mandela’ And Zeldala Grange, Madiba's long-time personal assistant, said Graca’s role in his Ife is as vital as ever “Madiba always wants reassurance that she's close by. She provides emotional stabiltty not only to fim but also to many of us * 3 While she maintains her vigil the rest of us remain in the state we've become accustomed to over the past few weeks — an anxious, some-what confused state of waiting. Meanwhile story after terrible story of greed and infighting among the Mandela family has raged unabated in the media. At last there's one crumb of comfort: Mandela 1s. too sick to know about the disgrace being heaped on the family he loves so much 4 Graca, ever vigilant to Madiba's wellbemg, 1s said to have shielded tim from unpleasantness within the Mandela clan in particular and the state of SA in general even before he became seriously ill. As he sank further into old age and became more and more housebound, one of his remaining pleasures was to read the daily papers — especially the polities and sports pages — and watch the news on TV “Yet to his frustration there were many days when the newspapers didn't appear to have been delivered to his home,” an article on the UK's Daily Mail webstte states. “More annoying stil, the breakfast room TV would be switched off and the remote control had mystenously vanished so he was utterly unaware of what was going on in the ‘outside world.” When he complained to Graca she feigned ignorance. Actually she would deliberately hide the remote and the newspapers to spare her frail husbands feelings.” 2ENG1S11 MAY/IUNE 2014 The source for this anecdote ts none other than George Bizos, Mandela's long-time frend and lawyer "Some unsavoury things have been going on around Nelson," Bizos said “But thankfully he 1s unaware about a lot of it because Graca protects hin.* Tragically for Graca, there's Iittle doubt she'll outlive a second beloved husband Nonetheless this gentle yet formidable woman 1s unlikely to fade from the scene after Mandela is gone As sha proved after the death of her first husband, she’s eaming her place in history too If there's any truth in the saying “third time lucky’, Nelson Mandela's marriage to Graca Machel is surely proof of that His first two mamiages — first to Evelyn Ntoko Mase, then to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela — floundered against a backdrop of the all-consuming struggle against apartheid and long prison sentences And his relationship ‘with Winnie when he was released from jail wasn't what he'd hoped it would be, Dunng their divorce — played out in court for the world to see — he emerged as a desperately lonely man starved of intimacy and affection. But with Graca he found enduring love, ‘companionship and contentment Mandela and Graca were mamed on his 80th birthday 15 years ago — and to a nation smitten with the extraordinary statesman, the romance was real lump-in-the-throat stuff. Graca's first husband, Samora Machel, was Mozambique's first postandependence leader who was kiled when his plane went down in suspicious circumstances near the ‘South Afncar/Mozambican border in 1986 His death plunged his country into mourning As the people tried to come to terms with their gnef Graca was dubbed the Jackie Kennedy of Mozambique — and the companson to the widow of assassinated American president John F_ Kennedy “is not implausible", British joumalist Robert McCrum wrote in ‘The Guardian recently “She has the same easy, cosmopolitan selt- confidence, natural presence and command of languages [Graca speaks English, Portuguese, French and ‘some Spanish] * She has always been unfailingly gracious. When Samora was killed, ‘Winnie and Madiba — who was then still in prison — wrote her letters of condolence To ‘Madiba she replied, "From within your vast prison, you brought a ray of light in my hour of darkness * “Graca 1s impressive,” says John Carlin, author of Playing the Enemy, the book that inspired the movie Invictus about Mandela and the 1995 Rugby World Cup "She has a different level of intelligence, clanty and chansma* She has impressive qualifications oo, including a law degree and a laudable history of global achievements in women's nights and humanitarian issues ‘In public she's beloved for her ready smules and selt- deprecating humour mixed with steely determination," McCrum writes "As Mozambique's first lady she was widely credited with being a moderating influence over her firebrand Marxist husband.” if Samora Machel's story 1s now part of Afncan liberation folklore, and if Nelson Mandela 1s a figure for the ages, Graca Machel is close to the ‘equal of her two husbands * Notoriously publicity-shy, she once said, “I's not two leaders who fell in love with me but two real people | feel privileged that | have shared my life with two such exceptional men * Mandela stepped to the fore-front of Graca's family Ife after the death of Oliver Tambo ‘The ANC stalwart was godfather to the Machels’ children, Josina and Malenga, and when he died Mandela took over the role As the years went by and Graca and Mandela 3