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  Shosholoza Shosholoza (shosholoza)
Kulezontaba Stimela Sphuma South Africa
Wen(a) uyabaleka (wen' uyabaleka)
Kulezontaba Stimela Sphuma South Africa

Move fast on those mountains
train from South Africa
You are running away on those mountains
train from South Africa

- Shosholoza is one of South Africas most popular songs, historically sung by hardworking railway workers.

 


Work
Work experience
Östgöta Correspondenten (newspaper), Linköping: news reporter
Tidningen Vi (monthly magazine), Stockholm: feature reporter
Norra Skåne (newspaper), Osby: local news reporter
Åhléns department store, Lund: shop assistant (alongside studies)
NK department store, Stockholm: shop assistant (alongside studies)
Hotel Diplomat, Stockholm: reception and reservations (alongside studies)
Bird & Bird law firm, Stockholm: reception (alongside studies)
Hotel Lundia, Lund: reception, reservations, conferences (alongside studies)
Grand Hotel, Lund: reception, reservations, conferences (alongside studies)
Jonasgården, Bjärred: care taker at nursing home for elderly (alongside studies)
Wisby Hotell, Visby: reception and reservations (summer job)
Fritidsanläggningen Kneippbyn, Visby: reception (summer job)
Mash Camp/Snäck Camping, Visby: in charge of reception (summer job)
öretouring Resetjänst AB (Travel agent), Malmö and Landskrona: sales assistant
Hotel Vestersöhus, Köpenhamn: housekeeping and breakfast waitress (summer job)
The Barbican Hotel, London: reception/shiftleader (full time during one year)
Sydsvenska Dagbladet (newspaper) : wrote columns during my time as a volunteer in South Africa
Sveriges Radio P3 (Swedish Radio) : participated in a programme called Transit with my own material

Idealistic work
Radio AF, Lund: active at the student radio, Lund University
Student paper Lundagård, Lund: reporter for Sweden's oldest student paper, Lund University
Helsingkrona Nation, Lund: Editor at a student magazine called Helsingkroniten. Was responsible for its contents and editing as well as dealings with printers and sponsors. Also worked as a reporter, photographer and proofreader.
Supervisor for, and participant in, a students farce called Helsingkronaspexet.
Lundakarnevalen 2002: I was engaged in the big carnival that takes place in Lund every fourth year and engages over 5 000 students. I made schedules for 'canivalists' in the Information section and was responsible for an information desk.
Faculty of Law , Stockholm University: reporter and photographer for the Faculty's magazine Iusbäraren. Was also in contact with the printers. Edited in InDesign.
ELSA (European Law Students Association), Stockholm: Reporter for the magazine Elsius.
Nattugglorna ("Night Owls"), Höör: I participated in a group of adults, mainly parents, that wanders the streets and visits night clubs during weekends with the goal of being a friendly "adult element" in young people's leisure time.

Volunteer work
Volunteer in Durban, South Africa (5 months): taught at a high school for girls. Also spent a lot of time at a shelter for homeless girls and at an orphanage for younger children.
Volunteer in Poland: summercamp for disabled children and children from rough social backgrounds. Went through SOIR (Swedish Organization for Individual Relief) that supports the Polish NGO "S.T.A.R.T.".