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Mall Grand Opening
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Community members attend the grand opening of the Bree City mall. See page 2. PIC : INNER-CITY PRESS AGENCY
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A dancer entertains the audience. Part of the Bree City Mall in Jeppe Street. PICS: INNER-CITY PRESS AGENCY
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ing a grand opening of the Bree City shopping mall in Bree Street, Joburg CBD, from 18 to 29 October. Consolidated Urban Corporation consultant and leasing agent Alex Adeshoye said the event is to unite Africans in the Joburg inner-city. “This will bring people to experi-ence different African foods. We have 22 restaurants in one place with different African foods. There is also many entertainment, gam-ing and shopping facilities. The mall consists of hair salons, which occu-py the whole ground floor and retail stores. This is the biggest hair-salon
complex in the city of Joburg.” Throughout the mall’s launch pe-riod, DJs, kwaito and hip hop danc-ers will entertain the community and shoppers, Adeshoye said. “People attending the launch stand a chance to win prizes such as vouchers, t-shirts, pool sticks and caps. We expect at least 500 people to celebrate the grand opening,” he added. Staff from the Ellis Park branch of Standard Bank attended the cer-emony to promote their services and help community members to open bank accounts. Standard bank sales consultant, Lawrence Mpiana said they were at-tending the event in order to bring the bank to the community. To rent offices, shops and flats in the mall contact 011 025 6526/7.
Part of the crowd that attended the opening event.
Alex Adeshoye, Lawrence Mpiana and Consolidated Urban Corporation partner Jeremy Berman.
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Tourism association launched JCTA ‘action team’ during the launch. JCTA chairman Isaac Chalumbira
Own Correspondent
Johannesburg City Tourism Asso-ciation (JCTA), an organisation
aimed at promoting and develop-ing travel and hospitality in the inner city and surrounds, has been launched. The decision to start JCTA was taken by a group of key role play-ers in the hospitality, transport, re-tail and travel agency sectors in the Johannesburg CBD and Braamfon-tein, who saw a gap for a collabora-tive body representing all those in-volved in various facets of tourism in the city. “Johannesburg is such a diverse,
dynamic and energetic city with vast potential to grow urban tour-ism like all the major cities in the world like London and New York. The formation of JCTA will pro-vide a platform to strengthen and forge partnerships and relationships amongst members and industry to share information, challenges and solutions for the greater benefit of the city. It also offers the opportuni-ty to put collaborative effort in what we the role players have to offer to local and international visitors. An example of this is the recent Stan-dard Bank Joy of Jazz, where hotels and event organisers in the City put together “Joy Of Jazz” packages for
visitors,” says JCTA acting chair-man, Isaac Chalumbira. The association is being run by an ‘action team’ which has registered the company and drafted a consti-tution. The team is inviting the fol-lowing sectors to sign up as founder members of JCTA: associations and agencies; destination management companies; education, business and politics; hotels and hospitality; pre-cincts and security; travel, tour and walking tours. The focus of the launch is to intro-duce the JCTA to all stakeholders, local government and media. For more information contact the JCTA Secretariat: [email protected]
Association to promote tourism in downtown Joburg
The owner of Connaught Properties George Palmer (pictured above) celebrated his birthday with staff and service providers at Kings Ransom building, Joubert Park on Thursday 18 October. Connaught Properties was established in the 1990s by George E Palmer. Since it’s inception Connaught Properties has pushed hard to upgrade both the environment and the buildings that house thousands of tenants. Palmer has been instrumental in establishing the Ekhaya Neighbourhood programme, reclaiming the safety and cleanliness of the Hillbrow streets. Connaught Properties has built a brand and a name in Hillbrow that is synonymous with ‘Home’.
Inner-city Gazette wishes him many more years. PICS: INNER-CITY PRESS AGENCY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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I was deeply moved to read the story in your
previous edition about Constable or Sergeant Nkosinathi Mgimeti. I initially read about his slaying and did some further research on the Internet about him. I came across a photo of the crime scene on the Eyewitness News website, and saw his body lying on the side of the road, under an emergency blanket, while passers by simply went about their busi-ness. It seemed a very
sad and lonely end to a fine human being who went above and beyond his duty. Johannesburg is a poorer place with-out him. I’ve written a poem as a tribute, which I have included in this email.I have taken some po-etic license, but it is based on the details of his life and death. I would be most grateful if you would read it and if you like it, look to publish it.Alison HingleVia email
Tribute to deceased officer
According to the South African Nation-al Cancer Registry, one in 29 women may be diagnosed with breast cancer, but if it is discovered early there is a chance of recovery. Breast cancer, like other cancers, is treatable if detected early. It is impor-tant for women, and men, to examine their breasts regularly and seek medi-cal check-ups. Chinese researchers found that wom-en who ate healthy plant components were 11 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than those who did not. However, their findings do not prove that fibre itself lowers cancer risk, but women who consume a lot of it might be healthier than those who do not. Among factors that increase breast cancer risk is alcohol consumption, obesity, lack of exercise, high-fat diets, and tobacco smoke. Obesity is espe-cially so for post-menopausal women, if the weight gain took place during adulthood. The risk seems to be higher if the extra fat is in the waist area, the researchers say. Studies show that exercise reduces breast cancer risk. Health experts sug-gest that women should exercise for at least 30 minutes every day. A healthy low-fat diet includes five or more serv-ings of vegetables and fruits each day, choosing wholegrain products and lim-iting processed and red meats. The most common sign of breast can-cer is a new lump. Other symptoms in-clude a difference in size of the breasts, unusual swellings, puckering of the skin, sores, pain and nipple discharge. Women who have such symptoms must quickly consult health professionals. Many breast lumps are harmless, but they must be checked nevertheless. Women are urged to examine their breasts and armpits regularly to check for any changes. Those over 40 should ask their doctors how often to go for mammograms to detect breast cancer.
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The Crusader
A silver blanket designed to warmBut the body beneath is coolingJaundiced streetlights reflect off thelonely formAnd, dammed by a paper plate, a life blood is pooling.
Hardened hawkers and resident gawkersThe scene doesn’t move them, why should it?They turn their backs and keep on talkingThat’s the anonymity of a bullet.
But on this dead man’s chest, on his useless vestIs the name Nkosinathi – God with usAnd the inner-city oppressed for a while were blessed,Because for this man’s life, God was.
He waded in where others fear to treadIn the system’s cracks he saw beauty
The addict’s big brother, the victim’s friend, Did more than a constable’s duty.
After his shift he would raise the alarmOn hotspots of human trafficHe sheltered underage girls from murderous harmAnd mourned babies in Pick ‘n Pay packets
An impi of the innocent, guardian of the blockBecame the thin blue line’s spokesman, But on the corner of Wanderers and BokThe thin blue line was broken.
Killed for his gun and not the first one In a country’s shameful slaughterA medal won, a service doneAnd an empty bed in bachelor quarters.
Perhaps as the battle was lost in his eyesOn the streets he had cherished and knownIn recompense for his sacrificeHis ancestors called him home.
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More often than not, and recurrently during elections campaigns, we as
activists of the ANC always re-assure the masses of our people that the ANC does not make mistakes, and it is instead indi-viduals who make mistakes. This we often say when our vocabulary and thinking ca-pacity falls short of providing convincing and adequate reasons on why and how the ANC has failed to meet its promises and aspirations of bettering people’s lives in the face of conspicuous consumption and ostentatious values amongst its most senior of leaders. As activists of the ANC, we at all times carry the obligation to tell the truth, claim no easy victories and take the masses with us on everything we do and say. Not telling the truth is not only counter-revolutionary, but a recipe for disaster which will lead to the demise of the ANC as a fighting libera-tion movement. Here we discuss in the most candid and truthful form, the crisis of leadership the ANC is confronting in the current conjec-ture due to narrow bonarpatistpresidential-ism. To understand this, we need to unravel the open secret of bonarpatist method of presidentialism which since formation has been characteristic of the ANC leadership. It is an open secret that whilst there have been attempts to deal with rabid presiden-tialism in various parts of history, the ANC has dismally failed to adequately deal with it. The phenomenon of presidentialism, of a supreme leader whose words, actions and mistakes are sacrosanct has somewhat be-come synonymous with leadership of lib-eration movements in the African continent wherein the elected President of a libera-tion movement is considered the Alfa and Omega of wisdom and knowledge of what is to be done. This is invariably influenced and grounded on the pre-colonial and indig-enous forms of African leadership wherein those who led clans, tribes and other com-munities were considered as socially, intel-lectually and biologically of higher value than the rest of the led people. Now due to this phenomenon, various in-dividual leaders of the ANC have had pro-found influence on its direction, methods of engagement and forms of tactics adopt-ed in various political battles in the war to create racial, social, gender, and economic equality amongst all South Africans. Each leader of the ANC had a massive impact and influence on how the ANC is viewed and understood in society. Here are some
of the central hallmarks of ANC Presidents since its formation and what they are re-membered for: First President John Dube was a reli-gious leader and an educationist whose programmes were financed by white mis-sionaries. This had impact on the ANC character on fighting for inclusion of the ‘civilised’ and educated few because the President believed that inclusion is the way to go. At some stage he left the ANC to form in iKhongoloseyase Natal due to his insecurities and fears of the direction of the ANC. 2nd President Makgatho Sefako was progressive on the land question, and the ANC became vocal on the land question. 3rd President Z.R. Mahabane was man of the cloth and sent petitions to the Queen, but came back in his second term to re-build the ANC after it had collapsed under PixleykaIsakaSeme. 4th President J.T. Gu-mede introduced progressive international-ism and said he saw a new Jerusalem when he returned from the Soviet Union, and altogether introduced the ANC to progres-sive internationalist movements and ideo-logical telescope that held the movement together post 1960s banning of all political formations calling for dismantling of apart-heid. 5th President PixleykaIsakaSeme did not help the ANC, but sowed divisions, de-spite having played an important role at the formation of the ANC. His sense of entitle-ment and narrow tribalist vision muzzled the ANC and almost strangled it to death. Sixth President Xuma did not agree with the radical programme of action and lost the support of the ANC Youth League, but was elementary in the revision and mod-ernization of the ANC after a very difficult moment of divisions. 7th President James Moroka was initially radical, but distanced himself from the collective once the Move-ment was confronted with challenges. 8th President Albert Luthuli was the man of peace, presided over the ANC which adopted the Freedom Charter, and had to hold the ANC together when the Africanist faction broke away to form the PAC. 9th President OR. Tambo led the ANC though difficult moments and kept it together until the realisation of political freedom. Tenth President Nelson Mandela presided over transition from apartheid to democracy with military precision and inspired hope amongst the people of South Africa. Eleventh President re-affirmed the ANC’s leadership of the African continent and in-spired hope amongst all Africans that we can do better as a continent. And the 12th President suppresses debates, expels the leadership of the ANC Youth League from the ANC, and betrays the African agenda by siding with Imperialists in the United Na-tions Security Council. The 12th President of the ANC presides over a massacre of workers in Marikana, and proudly defends the multi-million Rands construction of his personal private residence in Nkandla with public resources. It is the Presidency of Pixley ka Isaka
Seme that needs closer attention because it bears some degree of resemblance with what is currently happening in the ANC. Pixley Seme succeeded President Josiah Gumede in what is described as a very divisive model of leadership succession, due to the fact that traditional leaders who were not properly accredited were allowed to vote and participate as voting delegates. What transpired under Seme’s leadership of the ANC was spiralling of tribalism and other forms of organisational mismanage-ment that reduced the integrity of the ANC in society. It took the Presidents Z.R Maha-bane and A.B Xuma decided efforts to re-vitalize the ANC. Some of the weaknesses that characterized the Seme-led ANC were the inability to convene National Executive Committee meetings to co-ordinate organi-sational work country-wide and open pro-motion of Nguni-dominance by the ques-tionably elected leadership. During Seme’s leadership of the ANC, the organisation was by apartheid laws precluded from participative and inclusive electoral processes which could have ex-posed its weaknesses through loss of elec-toral support. One thing apparent though is that the election of Seme was a huge mis-take which almost splintered the ANC into tribal factions, which Seme had initially opposed during the formation of the ANC. It took great effort to revive such. Many years later, the ANC made a huge blunder in electing Jacob Zuma as Presi-dent of the ANC in December 2007. Ironi-cally, the re-election of President Thabo Mbeki in the same Conference would have been a huge blunder, portraying an inca-pable ANC that cannot outgrow its indi-vidual leaders. This is an unfortunate part of politics where it happens that both sides of political options are disastrous. Now, Polokwane bred a disaster in Jacob Zuma who despite his literary incapabili-ties, has very low or non-existent moral standards, and obsessed with enrichment of his family members and household. An expectation was somewhat developed to-wards Polokwane that the election of Jacob Zuma will lead to discontinuation of rabid presidentialism and the ANC will be taken to the people. It was not to be so judging by the many individually inspired blunders committed by the sitting President both as ANC President and President of the Re-public of South Africa. Election of Jacob Zuma in the 53rd Na-tional Conference of the ANC will be the biggest blunder the ANC would have made in its history because it is going to lead to massive electoral support decline of the ANC. Majority of the people will lose con-fidence on the capacity of the ANC to cre-ate conditions for betterment of their lives and govern society effectively. The ANC should never elect Zuma, despite efforts to co-ordinate tribal support in KwaZulu Natal. Between January and August 2012, the membership of the ANC in KwaZulu Natal
grew by more than 100 000, actually more than 36% growth, meaning that KZN dele-gates will have mandates from unseasoned members on what should be the direction of the ANC. The membership growth had nothing to do with organisational devel-opment and growth, but the tribal need to defend a fellow Zulu speaking individual who has failed to provide leadership to the ANC. What this means is that a tribal regiment has been mobilized as voting fodder to defend and protect President Zuma. Un-der real circumstances, there can never be a straight thinking individual without tribal prejudices, and without expectation to be defended from corrupt practices, and without legitimate expectation of being re-cipient of State and government patronage who will support the re-election of Presi-dent Zuma as President of the ANC, and subsequently as President of South Africa until 2019. If in their wisdom, ANC members believe and think that the re-election of President Zuma is the right thing to do, then the ANC would have lost its moral compass and to-tal wrong. It will mean that the people of South Africa will be justified to lose confi-dence in the ANC. Jacob Zuma is a corrupt leader who en-courages corruption of self-enrichment. We can all appreciate that the Courts of law have not yet decided on his impend-ing guilty verdict, and it does not need rocket science to know and notice that any competitive and fair court of law will find him guilty of corruption. The biggest cor-ruption however is that Jacob Zuma will cost the South African government more than R1 billion on his three official resi-dences, many wives who are subsidized by the State, and now recently the expansion of his private residence in Nkandla and the roads leading towards there.A R1 billion can do a lot in the eradica-tion of informal settlements and bettering of living conditions of many fronts. Zuma is a liability to the ANC, to the country and to the image of Africans the world over. He must be stopped sooner than later and held accountable for his corruption, fraud and money laundering. The wisdom or lack of it on the Presi-dent’s side led to first, militarization of the Police, second, destabilization of its leadership through unexplainable release of Police Commissioner Bheki Cele, and appointment of an inexperienced and Se-curity cluster novice police commissioner RiyaPhiyega. The mishandling of the mass wage pro-tests in Marikana in August this year, which led to the massacre was as a result of the directionlessness of the police and lack of experienced leadership. The Police Commissioner is on record of justifying the Marikana massacre claiming that the police were defending themselves, whilst they conspicuously resorted to cold-blooded killing of protestors after failing to arrest
all of them for withdrawing their labour from the Mines.The reason why the Mines protests hap-pened in the first place is a reflection of lack of leadership at the highest level of the State and government. As a territory with mineral resources endowments, the leader-ship of South Africa have a permanent ob-ligation to ensure that the people of South Africa, not Mine bosses, derive maximum benefits through salaries and decent human settlements from the extraction of Mineral resources. The Zuma led government does and has never even pretended to care about the well-being of the people and mineworkers, the government has instead arrested thou-sands of mineworkers, injured and killed some of them and recurrently assured Mine bosses that they are safe and should not panic. President Zuma went to the ex-tent of deploying the military to intimidate mineworkers and those who associate with them from pursuing a national protest ac-tion against Mine bosses. South Africa has degenerated into a Security State due to the insecurities of President Jacob Zuma.Offered an opportunity to provide politi-cal and ideological leadership to the ANC, President Zuma dismally failed and instead gave a pathetic characterization of the ANC struggles as second transition, which in all intents and purposes deviates from the core values and mission of the ANC to achieve Freedom Charter objectives. Members of the ANC had to re-educate President Zuma in the Policy Conference that our struggle cannot be character-ized as second transition because the first transition towards attainment of Freedom Charter objectives has not been fulfilled. In the ANC, inability of a sitting President to provide political and ideological leadership is treacherous. There is not even a single new idea or intervention provided by President Zuma that has taken the country forward, and yet he still want re-election for another 5 years. Re-election of Jacob Zuma will not only cause massive and irreparable divi-sions in the ANC, it will isolate a signifi-cant number of voters in the 2014 general elections, most of whom will stay away for fear of voting for a white dominated party and some who will guarantee the opposi-tion increased majority and representation in the National Assembly and Provincial Legislations. This is an absolute fact and ANC struc-tures and members should in a uniting fashion avoid repeating the mistakes made in the 52nd National Conference of elect-ing a leader who is only concerned about his personal and private family’s uplift-ment, whilst not offering any durable, sound and sustainable solutions to South Africa’s crisis of unemployment, poverty and inequalities. We cannot afford to repeat mistakes.Floyd Shivambu is an Economic Freedom Fighter.
As ANC activists, we at all times carry the obligation to tell the truth, claim no easy victories and take the masses with us on everything we do and say
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FOCUS ON AFRICA
Rebels threaten FranceTimbuktu - MUJWA fi ghters have threatened to ‘open the doors of hell’ for French citizens if France kept pushing for armed intervention to retake the rebel-held north. The renewed threats against French hostages and ex-patriates came as French President Francois Hollande urged deployment of troops to attack the rebels. A spokesman for the MUJWA militants Oumar Hamaha said: “If he continues to throw oil on the fi re, we will send him the pictures of dead French hostag-es, and he will not be able to count their bodies.” Six French nationals are still held after being seized in the region. MUJWA is among the groups which seized northern Mali in April. Regional and West-ern powers are now considering armed intervention to retake the area, with France seeking swift military action by ECOWAS. The UN Security Council has called for an intervention plan within 45 days. Hollande said the threat would not deter his deter-mination to quash the rebels. MUJWA’s Hamaha said his group is largely funded by ransom payments from France. “We’ll try to kidnap Hollande himself.”
Cops hold crime summitKampala - Police chiefs from the East Africa Po-lice Chiefs Cooperation Organization (EAPPCO) met this week to improve efforts against cross bor-der and transitional crimes. EAPPCO chairman, Rwanda’s Inspector General Emmanuel Gasana said 200 senior police offi cers and 1 000 delegates attended the summit. Deputy Spokesperson of Uganda Police Vincent Sekate said the meeting reviewed regional crime trends and sought means to strengthen tracking of crimi-nals. EAPPCO carries out regular reviews of joint crime management strategies in view of changing national, regional needs and priorities. A notable success in fi ghting cross-border crime this year was the arrest of Rwandan genocide suspect Thadee Kwitonda in Kampala, who had changed his name to John Tumwesigye. Only nine out of the 12 EAPPCO member states have signed the agreement on extradition of fugitives and criminals. Uganda’s Inspector General Lt Gen Kale Kayi-hura, who served in the same offi ce in 2006, is expected to take over from Gasana. With its secre-
Dar-es-Salaam - Health Minister Dr Hussein Mwinyi has launched an investigation into the circulation of fake HIV drugs, in a move that has suspended three top offi cials and stopped local pro-duction of the ARVs. Analysts say there is concern about the quality of locally made drugs given widespread corruption in political circles. Earlier this year, a body over-seeing public fi nances exposed rampant misuse of public funds, including in the health ministry, which led to the sacking of seven ministers. Dr Mwinyi said the department was alerted to problems with a batch of ARV drugs at the Tarime Hospital. The batch, produced by the Tanzania Pharmaceutical Industry (TPI), was subjected to further testing, revealing that it was sub-standard. The minister said out of 12 000 bottles of the fake ARVs, 9 570 had been recalled, and health work-ers ordered to contact all patients taking ARVs to check their medication and do further testing. According to the UN, 1.4 million Tanzanians are HIV positive out of a population of 45 million.
Govt probes fake ARVs
Frontier bridge deal signed
Dr Hussein Mwinyi
Lusaka - Zambia and Bo-tswana have signed a loan deal with Japan to fi nance construction of the Kazun-gula Bridge project. The project would be jointly fi nanced by Japan through Japan Internation-al Development Coopera-tion (JICA) and the African Development Bank (ADB) at a cost of US$124.22 mil-lion. The signing ceremo-ny on Friday in at the JICA
offi ces in Tokyo was wit-nessed by Foreign Affairs Minister Given Lubinda and Bank of Zambia gov-ernor Dr Michael Gondwe. In the deal JICA would provide US$41.77 mil-lion, ADB US$78.41 while Zambia contributes US$1.57 million. The project includes the construction of a new tolled road, railway bridge with one stop-border post facili-
Emmanuel Gasana
Nouakchott - President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz has been fl own to France for treatment after he was shot in what is claimed to have been an accident. A military patrol is said to have mistakenly opened fi re on the presidential convoy on Saturday. Communi-cations Minister Hamdi Ould Mahjoub said Abdelaziz was injured in the arm; and medical sources said a bul-let was removed from his stomach. An inquiry into the shooting is expected and two army offi cers have been detained over the incident. Initially, local radio reported Abdelaziz had escaped an assas-sination attempt, but the government had denied this. Some reports say he was targeted by militants while travelling from Tweila. “This was an accidental shooting on the presidential convoy. The army unit did not recognize the presiden-tial convoy,” Mahjoub said. Abdelaziz came to power in a military coup in 2008, and won presidential elections the next year. Coups and coup attempts are common in Mauritania, with three in the last 10 years. The West trusts Abdelaziz as a bul-wark against al-Qaeda linked Islamists in the region.
Troops shoot president
Given Lubinda
ties and access roads at Kazungula Border. Zambia’s ambassador to Japan Mwelwa Chibesakunda signed for Zambia while Botswana’s Finance Minister Ontefetse Matambo signed for his country.
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CRIME BRIEFS
Gunman shot and arrestedA man was shot and arrested after he allegedly pointed a gun at a se-curity guard in Denver last week. Police spokesperson Cst Mpho Mashakane said a security guard who works at a company in Chil-vers Street alleged that he was responding to the alarm when an unknown man inside the premises approached him.“The suspect pointed a firearm at the security guard and told him not to move, but the guard fired shots at the suspect and he fled. Police were alerted about the incident, and when they saw an ambulance going to a nearby hostel they fol-lowed it. There they found a man with gunshot wounds.The security guard was brought to the scene and he identified the man as the one who had pointed a gun at him. The man was arrested and taken to hospital under police guard.
Resident catches robberA man is facing charges of house robbery after Cleveland police arrested him in October. Cst Mpho Mashakane, Cleveland SAPS communications officer, said a resident in Oxford Road, Kensington was at home with his wife when two unknown men en-tered the house.“One of the men pointed a firearm at the woman.The other was armed with a wheel spanner.The com-plainant said one suspect took his wallet containing cash and bank cards.” The male victim tried to grab the firearm from the suspect, but he ran away, and he then caught the man who was armed with a wheel spanner, said Cst Mashakane. Po-lice were alerted and the suspect (18) was arrested.
Spiked drink rapeA 12 year-old Yeoville girl was raped in a public park by a man who offered her a spiked drink prior to the rape. According to police spokesperson Cst Thabo Malatji, the girl was playing in the park on October 6 with her friends when they were approached by three unknown men. “The men offered them a drink and while they were playing one of the girls started to feel dizzy and uncomfortable. Her friends left her when she began feeling hot and re-moved her clothing. That is when the man raped her in the park, and then left her there,” said CST Malatji. The girl was found by a passerby who alerted the police. No arrests have been made yet.
Men held for drugsTwo men were arrested in Bruma on October 10 for alleged posses-sion of drugs, .Cst Mpho Mashakane, Cleveland SAPS communications officer, said police patrolling the area saw two men behaving suspiciously.The police officers searched them and found drugs, a small pipe and a lighter, and arrested them.
Own Correspondent
On Monday many Johannesburg motorists were shocked when
they were stopped at ‘roadblocks’ by children, who demanded to see their driver’s licences and vehicle licence discs, and assessed the road-worthiness of their cars. In cases where a motorist was found to have violated a traffic regulation, the children whipped out their fines books and, with the assistance of JMPD officers, issued
tickets to the offending drivers. The child ‘traffic law enforcement officers’ were part of a group of 70 primary schoolchildren from all the City’s regions, who had earlier at-tended a road safety workshop ad-dressed by MMC Rehana Moosajee and JMPD officials at Robertsham Primary School in Rosettenville. The workshop was part of the City’s Transport Month programme aimed at educating the public about road safety and as well as the rules of the road with the ultimate goal of
changing their attitude. Moosajee said it was important to have the right attitude on the road. By targeting children and allowing them to issue fines to motorists, the City was trying to bring the mes-sage home to road users to respect and obey the rules of the road. “Children are generally enthusias-tic about what they do. In this proj-ect, in which they were required to ‘apprehend’ transgressors, we are saying to motorists: ‘Don’t shame yourself, do the right thing’,” said
Moosajee. The MMC said though the sample of the children who took part in the campaign might be small, benefits were wider and long-term. Princess Mphuthi , 12, a Grade 6 pupil at Moses Kotane Primary School in Braamfischerville, Sowe-to, said she was happy she was se-lected to attend the road awareness campaign course. “I now under-stand the importance of respecting the rules of the road. I will discuss this with my parents,” she said. Joburg.org.za
Youths in traffic safety drive A JMPD officer briefs the youths about traffic laws. Some of the children attend the traffic workshop.
Braamfontein Cemetery is the oldest public burial ground in Johannesburg, and is filled with some de-lightful and important char-acters, with a sprinkling of real heroes. From Thomas Gray who cut his throat in the Preto-ria jail, to Sir Thomas Cul-linan of diamond fame’ and many of his family mem-bers, to Caroline Kitchener who came to Johannes-burg to see her husband (General John) before she died. There is also Kate Vaughan the loved actress
who was carried to her grave in the rain by emi-nent men of letters. And so it goes on until we reach Cornelius Broeksma, Enoch Sontonga and other heroes. Meet Flo Bird and Val Hammerton at 14h00 and park inside Braamfon-tein Cemetery – entrance Graf Street. The cost is R70 for members and R100 for non members. Bookings can be made ei-ther through Computicket or should you require fur-ther information call Eira Bond on telephone number 011 482-3349.
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On Thursday morning Joburg police arrested a 23 year-old
robbery suspect at corner Fox and Polly Street, in connection with a robbery that had been committed at the Easy Fast Foods Fish and Chips restaurant at corner President and Nugget Street in the Joburg CBD. Joburg police spokesperson War-rant Office Xoli Mbele says three men allegedly entered the outlet and pretended to be customers. “One of the suspects pulled out a gun and demanded money. They
then took an undisclosed amount of money from a 42-year-old owner and some money from a till, his car keys and two cell phones,” W/O Mbele says. He adds that an alarm was activat-ed and the suspects fled the scene. “Police saw the suspects running and gave chase. They arrested one suspect and recovered a gun with no serial numbers, and seven live rounds of ammunition. Some of the money and the cellphones that had been stolen during the robbery were also recovered. The other two sus-pects are still at large and investiga-tions continue,” W/O Mbele adds.
Armed robbery suspect nabbed
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Following the court application by Rea Vaya bus operator Piotrans to have the drivers’ strike declared unlawful, the Labour Court has ruled that the drivers must return to work. SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Sam-wu) spokesperson Phumlile Shange said they still had to meet the employer to discuss this further. Piotrans spokesman Dumisani Mn-tambo said the bus operator had reached an agreement with the drivers. “We still have to discuss their con-cerns, we have an open-door policy.” About 35 000 commuters were left having to seek alternative transport since Monday when the bus drivers went on strike. Samwu demanded an increase in workers’ salaries and better employment conditions.
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Yeoville/Bellevue Liquor Traders Association launchedA formal liquor traders associa-tion has been meeting to discuss issues of common concern. Often they would meet the SAPS and sometimes with the Yeoville CPF in an attempt to Adress liq-uor related problems in the area.Liquor traders have now formed a Yeoville Bellevue Liquor Trad-ers association (YBLTA) which has a constitution and elected leadership. All legal liquor outlets can ap-ply to join the association. Illegal outlets are encouraged to legalise themselves or they will have to close. They cannot join the Yeo-ville/Bellevue traders association if they do not have a license.
The association is interested in professionalising the industry in the Yeoville Bellevue and in helping to change the image of the area.They would like to be part of the development of Yeo-ville Bellevue and not part of the problems facing the community .They are aware that much crime is alcohol-related and would like to work with the SAPS and CPF to change the situation. They would like Liquor to be associat-ed with relaxation and enjoyment not crime and ViolenceFor more info contact Chairper-son Mark Anthony on 084 055 5346. Yeovue News – [email protected]
Sector 1: Yeoville 071 675 6035 or 071 675 6038Sector 2: Bellevue / Bellevue East 071 675 6031 or 071 675 6033Sector 3: Observatory 071 675 6032 or 071 675 6036 If you do not get a quick response or good service from sector police, report your con-cerns to the Yeoville Community Police Forum on [email protected] or to Station Com-mander Col Lubisi Motaung on 083 748 3095 or by e-mail at [email protected]
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Crime Line has welcomed the launch of the SAPS ‘Operation
Duty Calls’ festive season cam-paign, and has pledged to continue providing the public with a 100% anonymous and safe service to blow the whistle on crime. The campaign was launched in Limpopo on Friday by Police Min-ister Nathi Mthethwa at the Jane Furse Stadium in the Sekhukhune district. “We will support the SAPS again during the festive season and ensure that the information we re-ceive from the public about criminal activity is passed on to the police to act. No campaign of this nature is possible without the buy-in, support and active participation from mem-bers of the public. Crime Line Coordinator Marisa Oosthuizen said the service is anon-
ymous and an effective tool to stand up against crime without becoming a target of criminals.He commended the police for their continued commitment to strength-ening the role of whistleblowers in the community. “It is our collective responsibility to fight crime. Our men and women in blue are changing public percep-tion through hard work and daily acts of bravery. The tip-offs we re-ceive are testimony to an active civ-il society that breaks the silence and plays its part in squeezing the space for criminals,” added Oosthuizen. Operation Duty Calls will con-clude at the end of January 2013. The campaign will clamp down on a number of criminal activities, in-cluding drug abuse and dealing; ag-gravated robberies; cash-in-transit heists and ATM bombings. SAPS will continue to raise aware-ness on how South Africans can en-
sure the safety of children over this period. Rural protection will also be intensified, while high visibility patrols will be increased along tour-ist destinations, especially along coastal cities. “The need to intensify police op-erations during this period is vital. The necessity for the public to work together with the police cannot be stressed enough. We are confident that together, we will ensure an-other successful campaign,” said Oosthuizen. Meanwhile, second vice-president of Crime Stoppers International (CSI) and Crime Line head Yusuf Abramjee, said tip-offs were ‘a very effective way of fighting crime’ as one person was arrested every 14 minutes around the world through anonymous information. Abramjee said fighting the drug scourge, gun running and human trafficking should also become ar-eas of focus. “These crimes are on the increase around the globe and we must unite to stop it,” he said. Members of the public with in-formation about criminal activity can pass it to Crime Line by SMS to 32211, online at www.crimeline.co.za or by contacting Crime Stop on 08600 10111. SAnews.gov.za
Crime Line lauds police campaignThe campaign will clampdown on a number of criminal activities, including drug abuse and dealing; aggravated robberies; cash-in-transit heists and ATM bombings Police at an ATM bombing scene.
Women sift through some of the clothing that was collected for the fire victims.
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The Daughters of Zion charity or-ganisation that is based in Malvern, urges community members to help victims of a fire that took place at the George Goch informal settle-ment in September. The chairperson of the organisa-tion, Xolisa Tetana said they are collecting clothes, household items and food for the fire victims. “We recently visited and prepared food for the victims of the fire. We are asking for more help, especially
for the two one-month old infants. They need nappies, clothes and anything that you may think of,” she said. The Daughters of Zion did this programme with the New Life Christian World International, one of the local churches based in Malvern. The Daughters of Zion organisation offers social, spriritual and emotional support to women and children. Anyone interested in supporting the fire victims may call Lusanda on 072 240 9486, or call the Daughters of Zion office on 011 042-8548.
Fire victims need help
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This week the Cancer Associa-tion of South Africa presents an
programme called Relay for Life, which promotes the fight against cancer. Cancer survivor and Relay for Life coordinator Wendy Fipaza (pic-tured) says Cansa as an organisa-tion has been playing a major role in the fight against cancer. “We try to minimise the number of people affected by cancer and
also give support to those affected by the disease. We provide cancer sup-port groups and care lodges in the nine provinces where people who can’t afford proper care facilities can get the proper care,” she says. Fipaza explains that Relay for Life is an event in which
they celebrate the lives of those who have passed away, honour the survivors and also promote healthy living. “It was started by an American doc-tor in 1985 and introduced to South Africa 2005. The event is a 12-16 hour overnight team event that rais-es awareness about the disease, and much needed funds to fight cancer. Evening symbolises doubt, fear and loneliness as you are alone with your thoughts, no one is there to hold your hand through your fears, while the morning is the end of the of suffering, a second chance to fight the disease,” she adds. She says during the event teams of 10-15 community members must pledge to keep at least one member walking the track, as cancer never sleeps. “Everyone is welcome as this is a community event which must have the participation of all. Our mission is to inspire in a fun way.” For information on how commu-nity members can form their own community Relay for Life teams call telephone 011 9351160 or email [email protected]
Cancer awareness campaignWe try to minimise the number of people affected by cancer and also give support to those affected by the disease.
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The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) says a confidentiality agreement on the e-tolls contract was not designed to conceal information. The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alli-ance (Outa) had to sign a confidential-ity agreement to get information on the contracts. Last month, the Constitution-al Court ruled that the system could be implemented pending a North Gauteng High Court review set for November. It said the information requested re-mained intellectual property of third party organisations, and contractual un-dertakings of confidentiality were con-cluded as standard practice.ewn.co.za
Sanral denies concealing information
18 - 25 OCTOBER 2012 INNER-CITY GAZETTE 11THE ARTS
Visual expression expo
Festival of people’s rebirth
Arts Correspondent
Fresh from a tour of Hamlet in Taiwan, the Forgotten Angle
Theatre Collaborative (FATC) company delivers a fresh produc-tion in Joburg. An eclectic mix of light and dark will take centre stage at Dansby-tes, a mini festival that features the choreographic work of FATC and artists in residence at the Con Cowan Theatre at the University of Johannesburg’s Bunting Road Campus, on October 25 - 27.
FATC has built up a name for it-self as a platform for the develop-ment of new work. This year’s dance festival features three 20-minute works from Charl-ston van Rooyen, Shanell Winlock and Craig Morris: To Be Contin-ued..., It’s Not a Balloon Title and Shadows. To Be Continued..., by award-winning dancer and Jazzart Dance Theatre graduate Van Rooyen, tackles the complex issue of time. He explained that the concept of To Be Continued... is the rebirth of
the people; arising, awaking and understanding. “It shall survive you and me. It shall linger in history of dance, in your mind, in time forever. Be-cause this piece is speaking and has spoken before dance has said something, it shall continue even when dancers have stopped danc-ing,” said Van Rooyen. To Be Continued... features Van Rooyen himself teaming up with performers Thulani Chauke, An-dima Kula, Tertia Coetzee, Bonwa Mbontsi and Thapelo Kotlolo.
Shadows, choreographed by Mor-ris from Untouchable Productions, is a dark but playful exploration of shadows and light. The idea came from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung’s shadow aspect and plays on these “shadows of the mind... il-luminated by our insight... to the playful notions of chasing one’s shadow, or perhaps, living in an-other’s shadow, unaware of the pall our own shadow throws,” said Morris. Shadows features the trio of Mbontsi, Mayne, and Coetzee.
Inspired by the animation mov-ie Up, It’s Not a Balloon Title is choreographed by well-travelled dancer Winlock. “I liked the idea of how magical balloons made the space look and feel, as if being transported into a different dimension They also give a sense of lightness, floating and feeling like a child again,” said Winlock. The performers taking part in the It’s Not a Balloon Title production are Van Rooyen, Coetzee, Kula, Mayne, Mbonsti, and Kotlolo.
‘This piece is speaking and has spoken before dance has said something, it shall continue even when dancers have stopped dancing’
Tertia Coetzee and Andima Kula Bonwa Mbontsi and Thapelo Kotlolo
Arts Correspondent
The Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
will host an artworks exhibition between 28 October and 10 March 2013 to display all col-lections, particularly drawing attention to those that have histori-cal significance, and en-trance is free. This exhibition, a re-sult of negotiations be-tween JAG and l’Institut Français d’Afrique du Sud (IFAS), consists of works from the French collection of JAG and is organised as part of the
France-South Africa Seasons 2012 and 2013. Included is 19th century French painter, Claude Monet and Alfred Sis-ley, as well as sculpture by Auguste Rodin in the form of the beloved Miss Fairfax. This core collection aroused enormous interest in London where it was shown before being shipped to South Africa in 1910. It was regarded as the finest small collection of its day and preceded the Tate and the Na-tional Galleries in London displaying French Impressionists. Romantic art-ists, such as Eugene Delacroix, work-
ing between 1800 and 1850 in Europe created expressive art forms that de-fied established artistic conventions and, in this way, they paved the way for the Impressionists and Post-Im-pressionists in the later 19th century. In fact, from the mid-1830s French artists also began to capture an ac-curate impression of light and atmo-sphere in their art, and often in their own personal way without regard for established artistic rules. These artists were forerunners of Impressionism, and included Eugène Boudin, Gustave Courbet, and the Barbizon School (Charles-Francois Daubigny, Narcisse Virgilio Diaz de la Pena, Camille Corot, Henri-Jo-seph Harpignies, Jean-Francois Mil-let), usually painting out of doors in situ. That was while others sought a more realistic depiction of the world, such as Edouard Manet and Honoré Daumier, and they too were precur-sors of Impressionism in creating a more naturalistic artistic style. These artists’ work, all owned by JAG, are incorporated in this exhibition. Impressionists included in this dis-play are Paul Cezanne, Edgar Hilaire Degas, Jean-Baptiste Armand Guil-laumin, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissaro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and others Impressionists can be found in the JAG collection. The list of Post-Impressionist artists’ work con-
tained in the collection includes: Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri Matisse and Andre De-rain. These artists reacted against Im-pressionist aims. From 1945 - 1980 the Gallery re-vealed its commitment to a signifi-cant, modern international collection. It consists of several important artists with French connections: Francis Ba-con for example, is an Irish-born Brit-ish figurative painter who spent time in Paris and was influenced by French artist Nicolas Poussin and Picasso’s 1927 exhibition at the Galerie Paul Rosenberg (Paris). This exhibition looks at the precur-sors of Impressionism, Impression-ism, Post-Impressionism and other
alternate methods of visual expres-sion from 1830 to the 20th century. JAG owns an exquisite collection of artworks by the Post - Impression-ist artist Toulouse-Lautrec, and these will be displayed in one of the smaller separate galleries. Gerard Sekoto worked in France from 1947. He is recognised as the pioneer of urban black art and social realism. An area of the exhibition space is dedicated to this influential South African Modernist. JAG needs of sponsorship for fram-ing, contact Antoinette Murdoch through email [email protected] . JAG is on King George Street, between Wolmarans and Noord streets in Joubert Park.
Artists also began to capture an accurate impression of light and atmosphere in their art, and often in their own personal way without regard for established artistic rules.
Gerard Sekoto’s Street Bonhomie
Louis Boudin’s Regatta at Argenteuil
Arts Correspondent
Youngsters of the Joburg Youth Or-chestra will join the Johannesburg Youth Ballet for a gala performance on Sunday at the Mandela stage of the Joburg Theatre.
There will be music from the SA Tat-too, where the Johannesburg Youth Or-chestra performed, including Albinoni’s Adagio, Weeping by Bright Blue and the ever popular Highland Cathedral; numbers from the show No Strings Attached, which the Symphonic Wind
Band presented at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown; and the best of Jazz Youth Ensemble which recently featured at the Big Band Festival. Un-RAVEL-ed on the Mandela stage at the Joburg Theatre on October 21 is a first-time collaboration between Johan-
nesburg Youth Orchestra and Johannes-burg Youth Ballet, and marks an excit-ing development for both companies. The event will be followed by a cock-tail party in the foyer. For more de-tails call 011-484 1257 or email [email protected]
Youth talent display at the Mandela
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Above: Malcolm Klassen Right: Cassius Baloyi
Baloyi retires after defeatRon Jackson
In the main supporting bout on Sunday at the Nasrec Expo Cen-
tre, Johannesburg, a lightweight clash between former IBF junior lightweight champions, Malcolm Klassen (59.15 kg) beat Cassius Baloyi (59.70 kg) on points over eight rounds. Klassen improved his record to 26-5-2, with 14 knockouts. The big news from the tournament was that former IBF champion Cassius Ba-loyi retired after losing to Klassen in a bout on the undercard. Judges Spampool and Simon Mokadi scored it 77-73 and 80-72
and Alfred Buqwana had it 77-75. The 31-year-old Klassen dominat-ed from the first round against the 38-year-old Baloyi. Baloyi’s record dropped to 37-8-1; 19 and he an-nounced his retirement from boxing after the fight. Tsiko Mulovhedzi recovered from a first-round knockdown to retain his SA welterweight title at the same venue. The champion stopped Kyle Smith 2 minutes 13 seconds into the fifth round of their fight. In the main bout, the 29-year-old Smith, who weighed 66.65 kg, came out fast at the opening bell and caught the champion with a barrage of punches before landing a right to
the jaw that sent Mulovhedzi down in the corner. The superbly fit Mulo-vhedzi (66.3 kg) survived the round by holding and mauling and came back well to take the second, third round and fourth rounds with some sharp lefts and rights to the head. The 25-year-old champion dropped Smith for a count midway through the fifth round and soon afterwards the challenger went down again. Smith beat the count again but was little more than a punching bag be-ing battered against the ropes until referee Thabo Spampool stepped in, rather belatedly, to end the fight. It was a much improved per-formance by Mulovhedzi who
won the vacant title in August in a clash with Boitshepo Mandawe. He showed he could also punch a bit as he improved his record to 6-7-3, including 3 knockouts. Smith’s re-ported record dropped to 11-2; 7. The judges were Boitumelo Madi-ba, Simon Xamlashe and Joseph Chaane.Other resultsWelterweight: Vusi Bilankulu beat
Evans Rekhoso in the first round Middleweight: Walter Dlamini stopped Christo Smith in the second round . In the Junior welterweight: Keith Nkosi stopped Jules Batala in the fourth round. Junior middleweight: Bongani Mlotswa stopped Sylvester Zaki in the sixth round.The tourney was presented by Pat Molefe of Rainbow Promotions.
Smith beat the count again but was little more than a punching bag being battered against the ropes
Members of the Central Gauteng Squash team.
Squash player donates racquetsAngel [email protected]
A squash-playing student from Canada, Riley Waterous and his father visited the
Egolisquash team at the University of Johan-nesburg, Doornfontein Campus from 12 to 13 October. Accordingly to Central Gauteng Youth De-velopment Coordinator, Sharon Sibanda, Wa-terous found a way of collecting used squash rackets to give to communities. “That led to the birth of Rackets for Africa, an initiative supported jointly by the World Squash Federation (WSF) and the African
Squash Federation (SFA),” Sibanda adds. She says it was the second consignment of rackets from Rackets for Africa. “The first consignment was handed over during the Egolisquash Youth Day celebration on 16 June at Wits University. Waterhouse gave the Egolisquash Team 200 squash rackets.” The SA National director for squash de-velopment Liz Addison says the equipment would help in grassroots development of the sport. “The children were given the opportu-nity to be trained by Waterous and also play matches against him. He was met by players and coaches from the inner-city of Johannes-burg, Alexandra and Soweto townships.”
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A new soccer club called OHA Foot-ball Club has been formed in the
Joburg inner-city. The founder of the club, Ben Obi Oha said he found a smart way of taking boys off the streets into doing some-thing about their talents. Oha said the club has been running for the past three weeks. “The aim is to unite communities, we are trying to take children off the streets and intro-duce them to sports. We hope to groom and turn them into soccer stars. For now
we concentrate on male footballers, but in the near future we will appreciate having female footballers aged between 17and 25.” He added that they welcome male players aged from 17- 35. “When our club grows bigger we can be able to create jobs because some people take sports as a career.We have 54 members thus far and plan-ning to have more people joining us. We go to parks and soccer fields to recruit people who are interested in joining our club. For one to join they have to bring their ID books, and for people who come from other countries they have to
bring any legal papers at 114 President Street, Bridgewaters House, 3rd Floor.” Oha added they are looking to expose the players to well known people who can help them grow big in the sports in-dustry. “We wish to see them playing in the Vodacom Leaugue and PSL in five years.” He explained that the club is funded by his OHA Protection Services secu-rity company. “Finding sponsorship will help us achieve our dream to create opportunities, decrease crime and help people to develop talent” he added. For more details or to join the club call 071 777 3030 or 073 079 4331.
New soccer club formed
Club founder Ben Obi (third left) with some members of his club. PIC: INNER-CITY PRESS AGENCY
