tame times vosloorus 31 july 2014

Volume 03, 31 July 2014, Week 31 www.tametimes.co.za Tel: 011 862 8500 Fax: 011 869 7335

Becoming the voice of Ekurhuleni

WinnEr oF ThE 2012 & 2013 EkurhulEni aWards: BEsT prinT mEdia

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Computer illiteracy among the youth of Vosloorus will soon be a thing of the past with the launch of the Community knowledge Centre at khulisa Community Centre in Vosloorus Extension 28.Ithemba Community Organisation has received16 flatscreen computers and internet access from Siyafunda Community Technology Centre based in Palm Ridge. Ithemba Community Organisation officially opened the Community Knowledge Centre on Mandela Day.Aaron Mashaba, Director of Ithemba Community Organisation, said the centre will help to alleviate social challenges such as crime and teenage pregnancy, as youth will be kept busy at the centre. “There was no nearby internet café - people had to travel to the shopping centres and mall to access the computers and internet. It will make life easy, especially for the students who will use the computers to do research and write homework. We are living in a digital age and people needs to be computer literate to access information. We are also educating

the community on the basics of computer skills, which includes a PC Introduction and Microsoft Office course at an affordable fee. They will be given certificates by Siyafunda Community Technology Centre,” said Mashaba.He added that, although it is a computer school, the public are also welcome to use the internet. Mashaba said they are appealing to business stakeholders and sponsors for funds so that they will be able to offer their services free of charge in order to accommodate everyone in the community.Tubotsi Moloi, a resident said, “I don’t know how to use a computer and this centre will help us to have basic knowledge of computers. We are going to be able to access information on what is happening around our communities and to search for jobs.”Brain Mahlangu, Manager at Siyafunda Community Technology Centre said, “Our aim is to give skills to people in the community and make them computer literate. We have also trained facilitators from Ithemba Community Organisation to educate the public on basic computer skills. The trainees will be awarded with certificates after the completion of the course.”

Bringing the digital age to the township

CompuTEr liTEraCY: aaron mashaba, director of ithemba Community organisation, is teaching the youth basic computer skills with the help of other facilitators at the new Community knowledge Centre in Vosloorus.

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Charity Moyo

We welcome all our readers to our biggest edition since the beginning of 2014. This edition has more pages than usual and contains many interesting stories about Mandela Day. During

Mandela Month, the community, business stakeholders and companies spent their 67 minutes around Kathorus helping the underprivileged. We appreciate all the good work done and urge

everyone to continue assisting wherever possible.The tame TIMES Kathorus team also celebrated Mandela Day by feeding learners from Manzini Primary School in Zonkizizwe. It was quite a busy month with Ekurhuleni Regional Winter games kicking off at Elsburg, and congratulations go to Cathula Primary School and Fumana Comprehensive School for winning the tournament and proceeding to the provincial championships.Lastly, thumbs up to Pirates for winning the Carling Black Label Cup.For more interesting news, continue reading your favourite newspaper tame TIMES. Cheers for now.

Natalspruit Hospital management is appealing to the public to claim and collect the bodies of their relatives who died while receiving care at the institution. Some of the deceased patients died as far back as May and have not yet been collected for dignified burials.Those who want to make arrangements to collect the bodies of their deceased before they are buried as paupers should contact the

hospital mortuary on 011 035 2300 and ask for Masesi Mahlangu.

Below are the names of the deceased and dates of death of the bodies that will be buried in 21 days:Cordelia Wasa……...…died on: 26/05/2014Christina Zimba……….died on: 10/06/2014Bernet Mpofu………….died on: 13/06/2014Sipho Sangweni………died on: 15/06/2014

Natalspruit Hospital calls families to claim deceased patients

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Vosloorus Old Age Home senior citizens enjoyed special treatment and received gifts from various stakeholders as part of celebrating Mandela Day.Chris Hani Crossing Mall was the main host of the celebration. They donated two industrial washing machines to the value of R20 000, as well as groceries and clothes worth 18 000. They also sponsored a tea party for the elders and treated them to massages, manicures, pedicures and haircuts. Speaking to tame TIMES, Lebohang Matlala, Marketing Manager of Chris Hani Crossing Mall, said all the mall tenant staff assisted at the event and spent their 67 minutes at the centre, “We have adopted the centre as part of our social responsibility,” she said, “and

we will be continue supporting them where we can. Senior citizens need to be visited more often so that they feel that they are still part of the community.”The other stakeholders who also assisted on the day were Department of Emergency and Services, Ekurhuleni Department of Roads, Distell and community members who cleaned, painted the centre and bought groceries for the elderly.Meanwhile, George Ramashala, Centre Manager for Vosloorus Old Age Home appreciated the assistance they received from stakeholders. He said they are very grateful for Mandela’s legacy and that he served the nation when he was alive and continues to do so in death.

Elderly are celebrated on Mandela Day

MADIBA MAGIC: The management of Chris Hani Crossing Mall and the management of Vosloorus Old Age Home, with some of their senior citizens, show off the two industrial washing machines donated to the centre by the mall.

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Akani Bafilipi, a Non Profit Organisation, is inviting the community and business stakeholders to join them at their charity fundraising event on 9 August from 09:00 to 17:00. It will be held at Governors Cathedral Church, 107 Old Heidelberg Road, Mapleton (near Leondale). The entrance fee of R150 per person must be deposited in the following bank account:

407676955, ABSA Cheque account and the reference is Akani Bafilipi. People should bring the deposit slip as proof of payment on the day of the event. They are also requested to bring old clothes, as well as canned and packaged foods to be donated to child-headed families. For more information please contact Simmy Maphosa on 082 746 2130.

Charity fundraising event

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The long-delayed new Natalspruit Hospital may only open as late as next year, contradicting a promise by Gauteng Premier David Makhura in his State of the Province address on 27 June that it would be open within 100 days, says Jack Bloom, Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng Shadow Health Spokesman.In his press statement, Bloom said this information was given by Finance MEC Barbara Creecy, acting in place of Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu, to his questions in the Gauteng Legislature.He said Creecy said she could give no specific date but that the hospital would open within 180 days.She said that arrangements

for the transfer of staff from the old Natalspruit Hospital were at an advanced stage, and weekly meetings were being held to track progress.“It is very disappointing that the date for opening this hospital keeps receding. Former Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said in February this year that it would open in July, but we are now told it will be within 6 months, which could extend to next year.The hospital is more than 5 years overdue. I hope the opening will not be further delayed as the old hospital is crumbling and needs to be closed as soon as possible, particularly as it is on dolomitic land that could collapse at any time,” said Bloom.

New Natalspruit Hospital may open next year

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality’s continued efforts to live up to the standards of being a smart and developmental city has moved up a gear, en route to providing the citizens of Ekurhuleni with a flexible, safe and cost-effective public transport system.As Africa’s first Aerotropolis, Ekurhuleni needs a world-class public transport system. The Integrated Rapid Public Transport Network (IRPTN) will see the development of a high quality public transport system which will include trains, buses and minibus taxis to provide a seamless travel experience for Ekurhuleni commuters.According to member of the mayoral committee for Roads and Transport Cllr Thumbu Mahlangu, the first Ekurhuleni Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT) route is about to

be launched. It will run from Tembisa through Kempton Park to Vosloorus. “Construction work is already underway and major temporary inconveniences will be experienced by motorists and pedestrians travelling in these areas. The construction of non-motorised transport infrastructure - such as pedestrian walkways and a network of cycle paths - is also currently underway,” said Mahlangu.The implementation of the IRPTN is the culmination of extensive consultations, engagements and surveys facilitated by the City of Ekurhuleni with the members of the public as well as key stakeholders in the transport industry, which were carried out in various communities around Ekurhuleni. Consultations continue, especially within the public transport industry.

BRT coming to Ekurhuleni

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tame TIMES Kathorus hosted a charity event at Manzini Primary School in Zonkizizwe as part of celebrating Mandela Day. tame TIMES would like to thank Banareng Office Suppliers for donating shoes in partnership

with Orlando Pirates Football Club; and Colleen Naicker, financial manager for Cliffy’s Hyper Land and Phindile Skhosana from Maphindi’s Day Care Centre for donating food for the event.

tame TIMES Kathorus team charity event

SHOES: tame TIMES Kathorus team with Phindile Skhosana from Maphindi’s Day Care Centre and representatives of Banareng Office Suppliers showing off the shoes to be donated to learners.

LUNCH: Learners enjoying their meal during the charity event.

CAKE: tame TIMES Kathorus team with Phindile Skhosana from Maphindi’s Day Care Centre and representatives of Banareng Office Suppliers during the charity event.

I was born in Katlehong and am now a resident in Spruitview. I am concerned at the state of our roads and graveyards in Kathorus. I have noticed that, although there is a new shopping centre being built next to Chris Hani Mall, the road to and from Katlehong remains as small as it used to be many years ago. The road has been like that ever since I can

remember and the traffic is bad, especially on weekends and at month-end. I now wonder how emergency vehicles like ambulances and police cars will be able to render services between Katlehong and the neighbouring townships with the road in such a state. The graveyard in Rondebult is also bad to drive through, especially during weekends.

Kathorus lettersNelson Mofokeng from Spruitview writes:


Katlehong cluster Youth Crime Prevention Desk and Community Police Forum (CPF) members spent their 67 minutes on Mandela Day painting 18 classrooms and outside windows at Illinge High School in Vosloorus.Prominent Paints from Alrode donated 20 litres (20) of paint , 5 litres ( 20) of paint, 5 litres (2) of mineral turpentine, 20 litres (1) of general purpose cleaner, 10 paint-rollers, 10 painting trays and 24 brushes that were used on the day. Sipho Motloung, technical and training assistance at Prominent Paints said,“The community is supporting us by buying our products and we felt that is a good

gesture to also give back on Mandela Day. Prominent Paints is 33 years old this year and the event was also part of celebrating our birthday by being involved in community initiatives.”Mxolisi Mabotyeni, principal of Illinge High School, said,“We very much appreciate the assistance we received from Prominent Paints, and the youth desk, CPF, community members, teachers and learners in painting the classrooms. We hope that the partnership will not end; our classrooms were in a shabby and dilapidated state but now they look refurbished. The environment is now conducive for learning.”

Community crime-fighters refurbish school Charity Moyo

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DOING THEIR TIME: Members of the Katlehong cluster Youth Crime Prevention Desk and CPF paint one of the classrooms in Illinge High School in Vosloorus.

Chronic conditions that often target police officers - including obesity, high blood pressure, short temper and laziness - will soon become a thing of the past if our men and women in blue embrace the Wellness Fitness Program recently introduced countrywide.The programme is aimed at improving service delivery and rehabilitating the tainted public image of the police force, which is why the Vosloorus Police Station recently decided to take part in a Wellness Fitness Program. Speaking to tame TIMES, Vosloorus Police Station Major\Psychologist Cilia Mabasa said that they first enrolled police officers for a dietician course to help them improve their daily diets. “After the completion of the dietician course, we then enrolled them for the Wellness Fitness Program. We have 21 police officers already enrolled in our programme and

their health has constantly improved. We are optimistic that the number will slowly improve as time progresses. Since joining the programme, our police work rate has changed and their respective domestic relationships have improved as well. Their level of stress constantly dropped and absenteeism from work now belongs in the past. Our police officers are now working more as a team than competing against each other,” said Mabasa.She is confident that their police officers can now easily outsprint criminals. The programme uses a special trainer for the police officers, who targets specific areas that need immediate attention to improve their health and working condition. “We are hosting Wellness Fitness Programme classes on Mondays to Thursdays from 4 to 5 pm. However, only on Wednesday we start training from 2 to 4pm because it is a sports day. We will soon invite experts to give additional recommendations to fellow police officers on how to live a positive lifestyle,” concluded Mabasa.

Police Wellness and Fitness Program on the runLebo Mosolodi [email protected]

GETTING FIT: Vosloorus police officers take part in the Wellness Fitness Program in a bid to stay healthy and active while dispatching their duties.


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Local business owner inspires entrepreneurs

Isaac More, the director and sales manager for Bophepha Suppliers based in the Eastfield section of Vosloorus, has inspired entrepreneurs around the township through his unique business success.Bophepha Suppliers is supplying 400 government hospitals across all nine provinces countrywide with dental equipment and instruments, and medical and surgical equipment. More is an information technology specialist by profession and took early retirement in 1998 when he had a vision of running his own company.“I conducted market research and identified the need before establishing the company in 2000. We are importing the products from overseas and distributing them locally. It is cheaper to import but we are in a process of establishing the plant manufacture in South Africa,” he said.More’s business has been sustainable since its establishment, obtaining and maintaining both new and old clients. Sustaining his company was not a walk in the park, however, because he encountered many challenges in terms of convincing clients to buy his products.

“It was difficult to convince the clients that we are offering good quality products because we were competing with big branded companies. My greatest achievement so far was to be able to convince the manufacturer abroad to open a plant in South Africa,” said More.Asked for advice for budding entrepreneurs, he said, “Everybody has a dream and they must not fear to fulfill it. People must not be shy to fail but they must embrace it, as it is a motivation and a gate to success. Aspiring entrepreneurs must go to school, attain skills, and conduct market research and plans for their businesses to prosper.”Bophepha Suppliers has created employment for four local people with a total of six employees. They are conducting the business from More’s garage at home because he believes it is better to start from home to save money rather than to rent fancy offices.A humanitarian at heart, More is also conducting small business workshops and helping people to register and start their own companies. As a social responsibility project, Bophepha Suppliers also supports the Vosloorus Old Age Home with cleaning materials and printers.

PASSIONATE ABOUT BUSINESS: Isaac More is the director and sales manager for Bophepha Suppliers

Vosloorus wine student awarded bursary

Mahalia Matshete from Vosloorus Extension 2 is one of the four oenology and cellar technology students from Elsenburg Agricultural College who have been awarded bursaries by the Cape Winemakers Guild.The initiative is part of the Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Development Trust set up to help students in pursuit of their dreams of becoming wine-makers. This year’s bursary recipients include Western Cape students Kiara Scott, Clayton Christians and Danielle Jacobs - and Mahalia Matshete from Vosloorus in Gauteng.Speaking to tame TIMES, Mahalia Matshete said she applied for a bursary and was fortunate to be selected. The bursary caters for her final year tuition fee and internship. “It is now a relief to my parents in that they will not be paying for my school fees. This also give me an opportunity to gain exposure in the industry and my dream of becoming a wine-maker is becoming a reality,” said Matshete.She added that she has great ambitions

in the industry, “I want my contributions to the wine industry to help South Africa to continue to be a world class wine-producing country,” said Matshete.The Cape Winemakers Guild Billy Hofmeyr SETA Bursary Programme provides students with financial support during their final year of study, after which they can apply to the Guild’s three year Protégé Programme for funds. This programme is a great opportunity for the students to gain insights into the wine-making industry and it gives them the opportunity of working alongside some of the country’s best wine-makers, who are members of the guild.The Cape Winemakers Guild Protégé Programme was launched in 2006 with the support of the Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Trust and plays an active role in the transformation of the industry, ensuring its long-term health and sustainability by cultivating, nurturing and empowering promising individuals to become wine-makers of excellence.

SELECTED: Kiara Scott, Mahalia Matshete, Clayton Christians and Danielle Jacobs enjoy a glass of wine after being awarded bursaries by the Cape Winemakers Guild.

Motsepe Foundation lives up to its mandateThe Motsepe Foundation finally answered the questions of local stakeholders and various sectors in Ekurhuleni regarding funding at the National Road Show held in Thokoza Stadium recently. In their last financial year, the national office of the Foundation allocated R10 million to their Ekurhuleni branch. Their local branch dispatched R1.3 million on 20 bursaries alone to top-performing learners across the city and the remaining balance is R8.7 million so far. Speaking to tame TIMES, the Motsepe Foundation Ekurhuleni funding chairperson, Xola Nzo, said the R8.7 million remaining from their allocation will be spent on beneficiaries in the following categories: Women in Business, Youth in Business, Non-Profit-making Organisations, Arts, Sports, Education (Orphans and Vulnerable Children and Early Childhood and Development), Religion, Traditional healers and Workers. He said the expenditure in all the above-mentioned categories will be kick-started by the end of August. Doctor Zibonele Mkhonazi, Ekurhuleni chairperson of the Motsepe Foundation, said, “The foundation has committed to pay for the studies of the beneficiaries in full for duration of their respective degrees at various tertiary institutions countrywide.

Each year we will be spending a minimum of R1.3, and in four years we will spend a minimum of R5.6 million towards the studies of the 20 beneficiaries combined. However, bursary recipients are expected to work very hard in their studies.”One of the bursary beneficiaries, Aisha Khoele, said in the past two years she paid for her studies through a study loan and was expected to pay the loan back immediately after completion of her B. Comm degree in finance. Khoele could not believe her luck when her name was announced among the 20 Motsepe Foundation bursary beneficiaries. “My bursary pays for tuition fees, books, food and accommodation. After completion of my studies, I am not expected to repay bursary funds they invested towards my education. The foundation intervention brought financial relief to my parents,” explained Khoele.Foundation founder Patrice Motsepe said his father taught his family from childhood to learn to give back to communities that were loyal customers of their businesses. He reassured the crowd that the Motsepe Foundation will continue to help and invest in people across various sectors of the community every year.


Due to numerous criminal activities occurring in their area, residents of Zonkizizwe are always on the alert for screams for help and other strange noises, and it was this watchfulness that led to the capture of a 22-year-old male suspect by community members who brought him to the police station after he allegedly stabbed and robbed a woman of her cellphone and cash.According to Sergeant Rufus Tema, Communications Officer of Zonkizizwe Police

Station, it is alleged that the 38-year-old woman victim was walking in the open space between Zone 4 and Magagula Heights when she noticed the suspect approaching her. He demanded her cellphone and money, which she reluctantly gave to him after he allegedly pulled a knife and stabbed her on the hand.It was at this stage that the victim screamed for help and watchful community members came running and chased the suspect. Fortunately, they managed to catch him and take him to Zonkizizwe Police Station. He was arrested and charged with armed robbery and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and appeared at Heidelberg Court.

Community catches armed robbery suspectCharity [email protected]

PRO-ACTIVE POLICING: Colonel Daniel Swanepoel and Stanley Nevhuhulwi are pictured with Katlehong tuck-shop owners at the police station hall during a workshop held to sensitise them to crime affecting their businesses. These workshops will be conducted every first Monday of the month at the station.

Enough business robberies already

Two male suspects aged between 20 and 23 years were arrested for public violence and the assault of a police official on Zonkizizwe police premises recently.It is alleged that the suspects came to the police station to complain about being assaulted. While they were being assisted, they began to accuse the police of failing them. The suspects then went outside the

police station Client Service Centre, where they started to assault the three men who they alleged were originally guilty of assaulting them.They also punched and kicked the police officer who was trying to separate them and stop the fight. The suspects appeared in Heidelberg Court on charges of public violence and assaulting a police officer.

Men punch and kick cop

A co-operative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.Co-operatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, co-operative members have traditionally believed in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.There are many types of co-operatives, namely consumer, producer, housing, finance, burial society, health-care and social co-operatives, to mention a few. It is unfortunate, however, that too many people see co-operatives as suitable only for agricultural activity for rural women. This is a sad myth and the sooner local people come to terms with it, the better for increased economic activity. Suffice it to say that any business could be conducted the co-operative way. The other important point to take note of is merely historical: The Presidential Growth and Development Summit, held in July 2003, endorsed special measures to promote co-operatives as one of the strategies for job creation in the South African economy. Consequently, the Department of Trade and Industry was charged with the responsibility of dealing with matters relating to co-operatives in the country.

It is important to take note of the distinction between the two main types of co-o p e r a t i v e s , namely worker co-operatives and user–owned co-operatives. In South Africa, unfortunately, the focus has been on worker co-operatives, which have been seen as a vehicle for job creation, and as providing a democratic alternative to conventional forms of work. Not much attention has been given to the alternative of user co-operatives, which are better able to mobilise wide participation, can reduce costs, enhance incomes, and improve the viability of business activities across the spectrum of formal and informal enterprise activities.There are six internationally adopted principles which co-operatives use as guidelines. They will be covered in detail in the next issue.This column is contributed by Bheki Phakathi from Nkwali Business Solution based in Spruitview.

Business What is a co-operative?

CO-OPERATE: Bheki Phakathi is encouraging the community to start co-operatives.

This column is contributed by Moses Gama, Deputy Chairperson of Project and Programmes at the national Central Drug Authority Board and the Founder and Director of Tsohang Youth Project.I would like to welcome all the tame TIMES readers to our monthly “New beginnings” column. I also extend my gratitude on behalf of Tsohang Youth Project for the auspicious opportunity granted by this publication. Tsohang Youth Project has been in existence for a decade. The organization’s sole mission is to promote awareness and prevention of substance abuse among the people of Ekurhuleni. The target group is schools; however this challenge does not affect just learners and the addict’s immediate family alone, but also the nation as a whole.We encourage the community’s support in overcoming the scourge of drugs that is ravaging our communities. It is everyone’s duty to channel the future generation’s misguided energies in positive directions, as idle minds always fall prey to mischief.The organisation is currently embarking on the One Kasi One Treatment Centre Campaign in order to make sure that the community can be offered some immediate assistance regarding timeous treatment for addicts. On 27 July we will be hosting a fundraising concert at which we will be appealing for R67 from every attendee to assist with the campaign.Next month, we will engage intensively on the issues affecting our communities in terms of substance abuse. We are looking forward to

questions from the community as we are here to serve them through NEW BEGINNINGS.Tsohang Youth Project, Physical Address: Katlehong Skills Centre, office No. 5, 555 Tsolo Section, Katlehong 1431 \Telephone: 011 860 5354 \Cell: 076 278 3599, Fax: 086 212 5786 \ Email: [email protected]

New beginnings

FIGHTING DRUGS: Moses Gama is the Deputy Chairperson of Project and Programmes at the national Central Drug Authority Board and the Founder and Director of Tsohang Youth Project.

The City of Ekurhuleni is calling on artists of all ages to enter their contemporary fine art competition, Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards.Entries open on 19, 20 and 21 August from 09h00 – 19h00 at the Coen Scholtz Recreation Centre, Mooifontein Road, Birchleigh North Kempton Park. The satellite entry points are available at: Boksburg Library on 20 August 2014, from 09h00-16:00, Springs Art Gallery on 19 - 20 August 2014 from 09h00-19h00 and Katlehong Art Centre on 19 August 2014 from 09h00 – 16h00.According to Themba Gadebe, Ekurhuleni’s spokesperson, “A competition of this nature serves as a platform to encourage artists to transcend limitations, reconfigure and manipulate contemporary cultural, social and political landscapes. It is a platform for artists to employ various ways to express metaphors, and their aesthetic sensibility to reflect the world we live in.”The entry fee is R50 per artwork. The works of art must have been completed in the past 12 months.The selected artworks will be exhibited at the opening function and prize-giving ceremony at the Coen Scholtz Recreation Centre in Mooifontein Road, Birchleigh North, Kempton Park from 20 September to 12 October.

This year’s competition will be presented in collaboration with the Lizamore & Associates Mentorship Programme. Lizamore & Associates Gallery has been showing the work of new and established contemporary South African artists for over ten years.The total prize money amounts to R 100 000.00

THE FOllOWING PRIzES WIll BE AWARDED:First Prize R 40 000.00 Ekurhuleni Prize R 30 000.00 Multi & New Media Merit Award R 7 500.00 Painting Merit Award R 7 500.00Art on Paper Merit Award R 7 500.00Sculpture Merit Award R 7 500.00

For more information artists can make contact with the Visual Arts Curator at 011 391 4006/7or 011 391 6273 or email: [email protected]/[email protected].

Artists called to enter Thami Mnyele awards 2014

A cultural collaboration between the European Union and South Africa was officially launched at the National library of South Africa on Friday, 18 July. The project was inspired by the iconic story of Nelson Mandela and the Robben Island Museum. The international Mandela27 Project reached a high point on 18 July, when the Mandela27 Exhibition was launched at the National Library in South Africa in Pretoria. The project examines how culture has brought about change in Europe and South Africa through the lens of Nelson Mandela’s struggle against apartheid. The project’s global partners include Coventry University, United Kingdom, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, South Africa, Robben Island Museum, UNESCO heritage site, European Union and Cultural Program.The project aims to introduce the younger generation to the cultural and political developments that have shaped both South Africa and Europe into what they are today. The core focus includes the struggle against apartheid and the role Madiba played in orchestrating political change. The project consists of several interactive concepts including the DIY Exhibition which is a low-cost, easy-to-assemble display to be used in schools and other cultural institutions. The exhibition depicts a replica (with the exact floor span) of Mandela’s prison cell at Robben Island with exterior artwork showing the chronological progression from the inception of apartheid to freedom. Institutions or organisations throughout the world wishing to house/display this exhibit will be able to download the DIY kit and documentation via the project portal – www.mandela27.eu. To date, the exhibition has already been requested by museums in Great Britain, Belgium and Sweden. The Coventry University in the United Kingdom and the Vaal Triangle Campus of the North-West University have joined forces to create an interactive graphic novel for the purposes of the project. Web portal visitors will be able to access the game and by means of a digital and interactive graphic novel, actively gain an impression of what life as a political

prisoner in Robben Island was like. The graphic novel is also available at www.mandela27.eu. The third element of the Mandela27 Project is the development of an interactive cultural timeline. Hundreds of cultural highlights that contributed to political change have been added on to the maps of Europe and South Africa. Highlights include events such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the freedom concerts that took place all over Europe and South Africa as well as the euphoria on the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990. This interactive timeline is published on www.mandela27.eu. According to Prof Linda du Plessis, Vice-Rector of the Vaal Triangle Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal), the project truly represents a one-of-a-kind experience from the word go. “The moment you enter Mandela’s prison cell you will hear his story, walking down the corridor you encounter the interactive map and by clicking on the various pins several cultural events across the European Union and South Africa spring to life. As you go outside the prison yard you can play the serious game and experience life on the island.” Professor Du Plessis said the project has a global reach and will contribute towards investing in Nelson Mandela’s living legacy.

Launch of the Mandela27 Exhibition

lEGACY OF MADIBA: Stakeholders cut the ribbon during the launch of the international Mandela27 Project.



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This is the season of the year when most people are consuming many hot beverages, namely coffee, tea, cappuccino and hot chocolate to warm their bodies. These beverages, however, need to be served with something sweet, namely biscuits, scones and cakes. This week in our cooking column, Crissy from Ubuntu Creative School shares with us a carrot and pineapple cake that can be served with the hot beverage of your choice.

Carrot & Pineaplle Cake

Method:Preheat the oven (not fan-forced) to 170 Degrees Celsius. Grease a 23cm spring form cake pan and line the base.Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and 1 teaspoon salt into a bowl. Add the eggs, oil, carrot, pineapple and sugar. Stir to combine, and then add walnuts. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool in pan for 5 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack to cool completely.Meanwhile, place the butter, cream cheese and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light and soft. Add the sifted icing sugar and beat until you have a smooth, light icing. Cover the top and sides of the cake with the icing.Place the pineapple slices in a microwave on high for 15 seconds, then remove. While still warm, gently bend slices into a flower shape. When they are cool, decorate the cake.

ICING:- 250g unsalted butter, softened- 250g cream cheese, softened- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract- 5 cups (750g) icing sugar, sifted- Dried pineapple slices, to garnish

InGReDIenTS:- 2 cups (300g) plain flour- 2 teaspoon baking powder- 1 ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon- 4 eggs- 200ml safflower or sunflower oil- 2 cups grated carrot- 400g crushed canned pineapple, drained- 1 ½ cups golden caster sugar½ cup chopped walnuts

To celebrate their 37th birthday, Boxer will be giving away half a million rand to their customers.In keeping with their giving nature, Boxer will continue to run promo-tions and competitions, aside from their fantastic range of products at amazingly low prices.In their everyday promotion, four lucky customers are being rewarded for shopping with them. Shoppers are prompt to purchase any two “diamond deal” products to qualify for the entry. They will need to retain their till slips and dial a USSD number to enter the competition.The Boxer Birth-day Deals Promo-tion has received well over 50 000 entries in just five days, with numbers soaring daily. They have rewarded more than twenty customers with over R45 000 and it is the beginning of the pioneering competition. Boxer has laid their cards on the table and is inviting customers to spend and win with them. Do you feel lucky? If you do, visit any Boxer superstores in your area and win big.

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GOOD: Meat Express Manager, Ricardo Martins showcases some of the fresh, quality meat found in their butchery.


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Kasi FM played an active role during Mandela Month in sensitising their audiences to give a helping hand to their underprivileged neighbours. Today, the leading Ekurhuleni community radio station’s presenters, disc jockeys, administrators and general staff members are rolling up their sleeves to renovate the Mashininis’ house in Vosloorus Extension 28.Speaking to tame TIMES last week, the Programmes manager Jabulani Xhasa said they were looking forward to painting a two-room house in Vosloorus Extension 28. “It is a child-headed home where three brothers, namely 27-year-old Vincent Mofokeng who is blind, and his two younger brothers, Benjamin and Tshepo Mashinini, are staying. The house is not in a good condition because none of them are working; hence our mission is to transform the house into a real home once again. We cannot expect the boys to focus on school work if they are confined in such hazardous living conditions at home.” Kasi FM staff members will be painting, plastering and repairing the house roof and giant retail supermarket Boxer will donate groceries valued at R2 000. Xhasa said they are still looking forward to obtaining additional

sponsors who want to donate furniture, grocery or any other items to change their lives of the Mashinini boys for the better. Business people who are interested in donating to the Mashinini boys should please phone Kasi FM station manager Jabulani Xhasa on (011) 866 8877.

Kasi FM ploughs back to communityLebo Mosolodi [email protected]

PLEASE HELP: Kasi FM Programmes manager, Jabulani Xhasa urges the business sector to help rescue the Mashinini boys from abject poverty.

“If music be the food of love play on.” These famous words of William Shakespeare came to mind while the melodious voices of senior citizens sang and entertained the crowd at the music concert held at J Dumane Hall in Vosloorus recently. The concert was hosted by Lindokuhle Home-based Care in order to fundraise for the organisation. They invited five old age home choirs, namely Vosloorus Old Age Home choir, Tsakane Old Age Home choir, Kwa Thema Old Age Home choir, Katlehong Old Age Home choir and Duduza Old Age Home choir. All five of the choirs invited paid R1000 each as part of their entrance registration.

The entrance fee for the concert was R25 per person, including catering; and Lindokuhle Home-based Care managed to raise R8000 in total from the concert.Hope Gatyeni, project manager for Lindokuhle Home-based Care said the concert was arranged through consultation with other centres on methods of fundraising. “We appreciate the donations we received for the preparation of the event and the money we got after the event. We are going to use the money to sustain the organisation since we are not yet funded. We are going to buy food, chairs and uniforms for the elderly.” She added that they are appealing for any kinds of donations that will help in feeding the 90 senior citizens who are assisted at the centre.

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HARMONIOUS: Tsakane Old Age Home choir sings during the concert.

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Ward 45 George Makhubela ANC branch, in conjunction with the Lungile Mtshali Community Development Plan organisation, cleaned Bopang Kgotso Primary School in Vosloorus as part of celebrating Mandela Day.They fixed broken doors and re-welded

burglar bars to the windows, as well as cleaning the classrooms, the surrounding area and the drainage system. The event was organized by branch chairperson Amos Matlala and sponsored by Boksburg Boxer Cash-and-Carry.

ANC local branch cleans the school Contributed by Raymond Mokwena

CLEANING FOR MADIBA: Two members of the Ward 45 George Makhubela ANC branch clean the drainage system of the school.

GIVING BACK: Vosloorus Home Care Services, in partnership with Roodeport Kusile Hygiene and Industrial Services, handed out food and clothes to underprivileged members of the community at J Dumane Clinic in Vosloorus on Mandela Day.

Community members receive donations of food and clothing

Unilever Powder Package Shift B gave 117 school shoes and food to the needy learners of Mthimkhulu Primary School in Vosloorus on 29 July.The representatives of Unilever came out in numbers to give the learners bread and warm soup. They managed to feed the entire school and the left-overs were given to the learners to take home.

Their main purpose was to make a difference in the learner’s lives, to boost their self-esteem and to make sure that they had proper school shoes.Learners were overwhelmed by the gesture and showed their appreciation for the donations through singing and reciting poems for Unilever.

Unilever lends a hand to needy school

By Zeb Mathobela

BREAD AND SOUP: A representative from Unilever gives bread and soup to a learner at Mthimkhulu Primary School.

In our journey to a better life we meet challenges, especially as young adults. When we meet challenges that are beyond our control, we start asking questions like “Why me?” or “How can I be so stupid?” Well, it is not you - it is how the One in control of everything has planned your life.Do not question yourself but ask for strength from God, Who created the universe. According to Roman 8:28 in the New King James Version, “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” So nothing happens for sweet nothing; God the Creator is in control.Romans 12:2 in the New King James

Version tells us: “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God”.God is looking for the true and pure in heart to bless them, for others who are less fortunate. I pray that we may stop crying for the worthless things of the world but look for our purpose and lesson in all we go through in life, Amen.

MAN OF GOD: Khotlhello L Tsoku is an evangelist from Agape Family Church situated in Katlehong Resource centre, Ramokonopi section.

Spiritual Corner By Evangelist Khotlhello L Tsoku


Ephraim (Shakes) Mashaba was recently appointed as the new Bafana Bafana coach after months of speculation. He was up against big names, including Steven Keshi and Carlos Quiroz, who were running for the vacant post left by the former national coach Gordon Igesund. Mashaba’s achievement with the under-20 and under-23 junior national soccer teams is well-known in football circles. His extensive football experience and technical knowledge will now be put to the test. His philosophy of introducing young players into big games is a required attribute for transforming the senior national team. Football experts regard his appointment as a step in the right direction that will transform the senior national team in a bid to return it to its former glory. However, Mashaba’s team should first qualify for the next African Cup of Nations and the Fifa World Cup before he can win the trust of the hard-to-please soccer-loving fans. Players from minor teams in the ABSA Premier Soccer League and the national first division teams are now fancying their chances of donning the national team jersey after Mashaba’s appointment as a national coach.

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Constable Duduzile Zulu is a perfect example of the famous words once uttered by the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Gauteng Commissioner Major General Phumza Gela urging our men and women in blue to be super fit at all times. Zulu joined the Vosloorus Police Station in 2008, little knowing that this would pave her way to join the popular South African Police Gauteng Athletic Team (SAPGAT). “It was the beginning of my high flying athletic career and I have won several athletic awards to prove that. I took part in the South African Police Services National Championship (SAPSNC) held in Secunda in Mpumalanga. In that competition, I had the privilege of competing in the SAPSNC 800, 1500 and 5000 metre races. I was excited when I was crowned the overall champion,” explained Zulu.This jewel of the Vosloorus Police station has continued

to show her dominance of the athletic track while competing against the best police athletes in the 2013 South African Regional Police Chief Corporation (SARPCC) 21-kilometre race held in Namibia, in which police officers from Southern African Development Economic Countries (SADEC) nations took part. Zulu surpassed her team-mate’s expectations and came third in the 21-kilometre race. As if that were not enough, the high flying Zulu sprang another surprise when she took part in the 89-kilometre 2014 Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban. She was crowned the Comrades Marathon SAPS overall female winner after completing the race in 9 hours and 33 minutes. Zulu is currently working hard in preparation for another SAPS National Championship 21-kilometre race to be held in October in the Western Cape. She is optimistic that she will live up to her reputation of springing surprises on her police colleagues.

SPEEDY COP: Duduzile Zulu flanked by her competitors when she was recently crowned the champion of the SAPSNC 800, 1500 and 5000 in Secunda.

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