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Nafcoc concerned about local traders T
he Ekurhuleni branch of the National Federated Chamber of Commerce (Nafcoc) together with the local Kathorus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) have issued a joint statement against what they claim is the two organisation’s concerns about relations between local traders and the Ekurhuleni Municipality. These follows several raids by the EMPD at municipality-owned stalls in Katlehong and Thokoza, where hundreds of goods, some found to be illicit and fraudulent, were confiscated by the raiding law enforcement officers. Many traders fled, leaving behind their illicit goods, including clothing, pirated CDs, illegal cigarettes and other paraphernalia, such as rat poison. However, what seems to have
raised the ire of the two bodies is the hundreds of Rands worth of perishable foodstuff such as vegetables which was impounded by the Metro police. Many of the traders preferred to speak under anonymity, saying they feared reprisals should they appear in the media. Daringly, Pinky Mdlalose, who operates a public-phone street business outside the Chris Hani Mall, said she has lost well over R10 000 worth of goods in two months following raids by the Metro police. “The first time they confiscated my public phones as well as my personal cellphone and the foodstuff that I sell. “This time, again last Thursday, they came again and took my entire public phone system, as well as stock,” lamented Mdlalose. The replacement of the machines and
Nafcoc’s George Ratswana with trader Pinky Mdlalose, who was among the many local hawkers and traders who have sought the assistance of the local chamber for help against EMPD raids.
the stock alone has set her business back by about R10 000. While the Metro claims to be merely enforcing municipal trading regulations and discouraging illegal trading in undesignated areas, many of the hawkers and traders are questioning the enforcement of these by-laws only around the Chris Hani Mall. “Why are they not removing traders in front of the Vosloorus Crossing Shopping Mall, across the road from Chris Hani Mall?” said an angry Mdlalose, as she pleaded her case with the Nafcoc officials at the Lesedi Shopping Centre. Speaking to Kathorus MAIL on
behalf of the two business affiliates, Nafcoc’s regional chairperson George Ratswana, told Kathorus MAIL during an interview with member traders that he would be arranging an urgent meeting with the municipality’s MMCs for economic development, to discuss, among other issues, the recent restriction of hawkers from Chris Hani Mall in Vosloorus on Thursday, May, 7. According to Ratswana, several traders and hawkers affiliated to the local chamber, which is a subsidiary of Nafcoc, have lodged complaints about the recent spate of raids by the Metro’s EMPD and the confiscation of their goods.
“Why are they not removing traders in front of the Vosloorus Crossing Shopping Mall, across the road from Chris Hani Mall?”
“We are expected to pay a R200 fine to have our confiscated goods returned to us,” said a male hawker who asked not to be identified in the media for fear of reprisals. Refusing to divulge further information, Ratswana said he would first want to arrange a meeting with the MMC for economic development before he can issue an official statement. Meanwhile, Lt. Kobedi Mokheseng, the spokesperson for the EMPD, told Kathorus MAIL that officials of the EMPD would welcome any meaningful and progressive engagement with all stakeholders to resolve and clear up issues relating to public trading by local traders and hawkers. “Nafcoc officials can send us an email notifying us of their intention to meet with us and bring any issues they may wish to table before us and we will oblige,” said Lt. Mokheseng.
Metro police removing illicit goods during the recent raid on illegal traders and hawkers around Katlehong, Thokoza and Vosloorus, where scores of traders and hawkers around the Chris Hani Mall were removed and their goods confiscated.
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Schoolteacher has eyes on my cousin
Editorial comment Editor Zaid Khumalo
Killing out of envy - the stats show
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re we really killing and maiming each other because of jealousy? The Oxford English Dictionary ascribes different meanings to the word; “jealous”. Among these are: apprehensive of being displaced in love or goodwill, or of a supposed rival, or envious of a person, his advantages. According to a recent survey conducted by the office of the country’s statistician and head of Statistics South Africa, Pali Lehohla, the reason why South Africans kill each other at such a frightening rate can be narrowed down to nothing more than simple jealousy. Well, who could have said it better than the country’s top statistician? According to Lehohla, the high death rate in the country is driven by nothing else but sheer jealousy. Lehohla described crime as of-
ten problematic to solve because it happens away from the prying eyes of the public and the police. He said many acts of criminality happen or are often committed by and between people who know each other. He pointed out that people are either envious or jealous of their family members, friends, colleagues, neighbours, or even siblings who have what they do not have and this leads many to kill or maim those they perceive to be more successful than they are. He said that people who are seen or perceived to be successful in their lives by their communities are the most likely to be killed or maimed by those who cannot accept their perceived success. This kind of jealousy, or call it envy, says Lehohla, could be either between relatives, friends, lovers, colleagues and even siblings and
always end with a murderous twist at the end. To prove his point, the respected statistician went on to outline the age groups of South Africans who are most likely to plunge a knife between your shoulders, or directly into your heart, or jugular vein, as young South Africa between the ages of 15 and 34. Sexual violence is more likely to be perpetrated against women between the ages of 20 and 34. In the majority of these sexual crimes, the victim most likely knows the perpetrator, who in most cases may be a lover or spouse of the victim. Meanwhile, Lehohla describes those he says are most likely to kill someone because of financial gains as between the ages of 34 to 54. He linked financial gains as the main reason why people kill each other. Lehohla went on to paint a rather gloomy picture of the future of the
country’s youth unless the issues currently facing them, such as crime, unemployment, poverty and education, are not attended to. He said these would have a negative impact on the future of the youth. But what is even more worrying about Lehohla’s survey is the fact that a large percentage of young children are born out of wedlock and grow outside the traditional family circle and its values. With so many young boys and girls being raised without father figures in the single-parent homes, it is going to be even more difficult, if not utterly impossible, to raise good, upright young men than to mend a broken society without a backbone in the future. And the fact that 75% of the country’s young people don’t have a matric education, makes the future look even gloomier.
Let’s stand up for the old folk It is often said that there is a time for everything and now must be the time in my life where I am at the age where my folks and most of my friends' folks are at the tender age of being called senior citizens. Many of them are frail and sickly, many of them are fast becoming less mobile and many are still very much on the go - it all depends on what life chose to hand down to them. Bottom line is, I feel more and more as if life (if I can call it that) is trying to tell me something. Something which all of us should hear, should respect and strive for. I find myself looking at the old folk and I feel a desperate need to fight for something which they should just have - something which should be the norm and a given. I feel the need to fight for a place where each and every one of our senior citizens will be welcomed with open arms, a place where they will be taken care of - proper old age homes with the best possible care for the old folk who brought us where we are today. And when I say each and every one of them, it includes the affluent, the middle class and the poor. The
government will say they do provide grants to pensioners, and yes there are old age homes. I wish I could see the day when one of those in power find themselves living off a pensioner's grant in one of the so called old age homes the government provides. There are very few of us who can look back and say, "I did not learn anything useful from my parents or grandparents." They taught us, they moulded us and all they get in return is to fend for themselves when they can least do so - when they have lost the ability to walk, talk and care for themselves. Maybe we should take a real hard look at ourselves. Maybe government should take a real hard look at where they choose to spend what. And in doing so, I plead with everyone to remember these words by Mary Rita Schilke Korzan, who touched my heart, and I thank a very dear friend for sending it on to me: "When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one.
"When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed the birds in winter, and I learnt that it was good to be kind to animals. "When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you make my favourite cake for me, and I learnt that the little things can be the special things in life. "When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say a prayer, and I knew that there is a God I could always talk to, and I learned to trust in Him. "When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I learnt that we all have to help take care of each other. "When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it, and I learnt we have to take care of what we are given. "When you thought I wasn't looking I saw how you handled your responsibilities, even when you didn't feel good, and I learnt that I would have to be responsible when I grow up. "When you thought I wasn't look-
ing I saw you hold the door open for others and heard 'thank you' and 'you're welcome', and I learnt respect for others. "When you thought I wasn't looking I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learnt that sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry. "When you thought I wasn't looking I saw that you cared, and I wanted to be everything that I could be. "When you thought I wasn't looking I learnt most of life's lessons that I need to know to be a good and productive person when I grow up. "When you thought I wasn't looking I looked at you and wanted to say, Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking." Not one of us can say that our lives have not been influenced by the old folk around us. Is now not the time to give back, to fight for their rights, to realise the dire need of so many of them? Is it now time for us to ask ourselves: What will our children learn when we think they are not looking...? Remember the old folk.
My cousin is 17 years old and currently at a boarding school in the Free State. I am worried that she might not be able to complete her studies because of a teacher who has set his affections on her. Although she is reluctant to tell her parents and teachers at her school about what is bothering her, recently she confided in me about the unreasonable demands made on her by the teacher. My feeling is that she is being bullied or she’s being coerced into a relationship with someone who is much older than her. I have asked my cousin to stand her ground and inform her parents and schoolteachers about the demands made by this teacher on her. But I also think that it is time that the criminal justice system also jumps on the anti-crime bandwagon by naming and shaming teachers who make sexual advances towards learners. Tabita Khuzwayo Thokoza Flats THOKOZA
What happened to ubuntu? It is sad to see black people being torn apart by selfishness, greed and jealousy. Where we were once a nation that cared for its poor and orphaned, we’ve become a people filled with envy, greed, jealousy and even murder in our hearts. The age-old principles of ubuntu and the goodness in us have fast been eroded by the corrosive cheap values of materialism that we see so rampant around us. Unless we go back to our roots and unclothe ourselves of this false, heavy armoury of cheap values that are dragging us down, we stand a very good chance of perishing as nothing but fools. And for as long as mothers believe that it is fine for their daughters to have sex before marriage on Valentine’s Day because if they get pregnant there will be an abortionist for them to get rid of the unwanted baby. And for as long as young girls throw themselves into the arms of older men for easy money and the benefits and comforts of being 'used' as a sex slave at a young age. Morabe Ntoane Tlaile Mailula Park VOSLOORUS
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Industrialising the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
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he Ekurhuleni capital budget for the 2016/17 financial year stands at R5.1-billion, while the operational budget for the same period is R34.2-b. This was announced by Ekurhuleni Finance MMC Moses Makwakwa, who delivered his budget speech in Alberton, on Thursday, last week. The capital budget has been allocated as follows: • Outlining the Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework (MTREF), based on the economic functional corridors, Makwakwa said an amount of R141-m (R550-m for MTREF) has been allocated to re-industrialise the city. This will cover, among others, R88-m to strengthen industrial competitiveness through the development of the aerotropolis nerve centre, investor information centre and Ekurhuleni innovation hub. • A total of R19-m has been allocated to acquire tourism route buses, high-tech tourism management systems and developing waterfront facilities, which include conference and hospitality facilities at Germiston Lake, while R15-m will be used to develop an enterprise hub in Reiger Park and vocational skills centre in Ramaphosa, to promote small to medium enterprises. • To re-industrialise corridors, R211-m has been set aside (R461m for MTREF) in order to drive economic development. • For the installation of bulk infrastructure, to enable new development, R100-m is budgeted. Makwakwa added that key developments in this corridor include the Tambo Springs Inland Port and Prasa manufacturing plant in Nigel. • A figure of R33-m has been allocated to sustain agricultural activities, which include R15-m for the development of part of the Spaarwa-
Ekurhuleni MMC for finance Moses Makwakwa delivers his budget speech. ter farm into a commercialised ecotourism facility, training academy, lodge and game farm, and R18-m to expand the wholesale market at the Fresh Produce Market. • An amount of R78-m goes towards promoting township economies through tourism and industrial development. • To re-urbanise the city, in order to achieve sustainable urban integration, a total of R3.2-b (R10.9-b for MTREF) has been allocated. • When it comes to repairs and
maintenance in re-urbanising the city, Makwakwa set aside a total of R2.9-b, amounting to 6.3 per cent of the carrying value of the assets. This amount has been allocated for repairs and maintenance of, among others, the energy repairs and maintenance (11 per cent of the asset value), the water and sanitation repairs and maintenance (eight per cent of the asset value); and the roads and stormwater infrastructure (three per cent of the asset value). • Over and above this, Makwakwa
allocated an additional R200-m in the capital budget for the reconstruction of the roads and storm water system. • He said that, to re-generate to achieve the environmental wellbeing of society, R266-m has been allocated to ensure an environmentally friendly city and that, in creating a socially cohesive environment, they will upgrade and develop parks in Springs, Etwatwa, Tembisa, KwaThema, Benoni, Zonkezizwe and Vosloorus. • Furthermore, an amount of R507-m (R1.5-b for MTREF) has been allocated for the construction and upgrading of community facilities and the acquisition of emergency services vehicles, the purpose of which Makwakwa said was "re-mobilising in order to build a responsive and active citizenry". • In order to achieve effective co-operative governance, Makwakwa allocated R607-m (R1.9-b in MTREF) towards building a capable developmental and sustainable city. This amount sees R305-m go towards digitising and modernising the city, R250-m for the upgrading of municipal properties and the acquisition of land and buildings to bring the government closer to the people. • Regarding the Social Package, Makwakwa said that in expanding access to free basic services, they have spent R10-b since 2011 towards the social package programme as a relief to households, while they continue providing water and ablution services to 119 informal settlements. Social package includes: • 100 per cent rebate on assessment rates • Free nine kilolitres of water • Free nine kilolitres of sanitation • Free refuse removal; and • 100 kilowatts of free electricity.
Relatives urged to claim corpses A number of corpses remain unclaimed at the Bertha Gxowa Hospital mortuary. Details of the unclaimed bodies are: Zandi Main. Date of birth: December 18, 1980. Date of death: February 3, 2016. Hospital number: 00061192. Address: B19 Makause informal settlement, Primrose, Germiston. Nhlanhla Cele. Date of birth: April 5, 1980. Date of death: February 12, 2016. Hospital number: 00064928. Address: 3552 Siluma Section, Katlehong, Germiston. Noluthando Hadebe. Date of birth: September 19, 1982. Date of death: March 4, 2016. Hospital number: 00013160. Address: Zone 6, Marathon informal settlement, Primrose, Germiston. Sipho Sambo. Date of birth: October 12, 1980. Date of death: March 12, 2016. Hospital number: 00069342. Address: Unknown. Sizakele Maphalala. Date of birth: June 10, 1974. Date of death: March 12, 2016. Hospital number: 00070345. Address: Unknown. Family members and friends are urged to urgently come forward and to claim their loved one’s body, as pauper burials will be arranged should the corpses remain unclaimed. For more information contact Malefa Mcunu on 011 089-8593.
Electricity, water, refuse tariffs are all about to go up Ekurhuleni Metro MMC for finance, Moses Makwakwa, announced an increase in tariffs during the Budget Speech, in Alberton, on April 28. Making the announcement, Makwakwa thanked the many individual and business account holders who realise the important factor of paying for services, as it enables the metro to continue to do what is expected of them. Makwakwa said that, in their
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efforts to fulfil their core mandate of providing basic services, the city proposed the following tariffs: Assessment rates will increase by 7.5 per cent. This, he said, is lower than the average rate increase of other metros, of 8.1 per cent. Based on the Nersa approval, Makwakwa said the electricity tariff will increase by between 7.64 per cent and 9.4 per cent, depending on the
consumption level. Other increases are: Water tariff will increase by 9 per cent; Sanitation will increase by 9 per cent; Refuse removal goes up by 8 per cent, for both business and residential; and There is a zero per cent increase in cemetery fees for Ekurhuleni resi-
dents, but 10 per cent for outsiders. "Having listened to our people’s cries about the rate of night vigil tariffs for traditional churches and non-profit organisations, we have reduced the tariff from R900 to R450 per hour," he said. Makwakwa said key to note is that there will be no increase for the following services: Library and information services;
Use of arts, culture and heritage facilities; and Sport and recreational facilities. He said that the 2015 independent report by the South Africa Cities Network, in respect of Cities State Finances, states that Ekurhuleni’s comparative cost of services packages was the lowest, and that the city is the cheapest for Type A municipalities in the country.
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LOOK WHAT WE GOT: Excitement as the children see some of the stationery with, (at the back) principal Amanda Lebopo, Mpho Mathole, Fazlin Sasman, Lauren Pretorius, Sister Helen and Catherine Bede (grade 1 teacher).
Mall of the South donates to school
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ERATO Education Centre, which is situated in Jackson’s Informal Settlement, recently had a visit from staff members of Mall of the South. Bearing gifts of stationery, the school principal, Amanda Lebopo, and Sister Helen welcomed them to the school with open arms. “This is marvellous and will go a long way in assisting our learners,” they said. The boxes of stationery were full to the brim with sketch pads,
colouring-in books, crayons, pens, pencils, rulers, in fact everything a learner needs to equip them for their school day. Lauren Pretorius, Fazlin Sasman and Mpho Mathole are part of the Concierge Team from Mall of the South and took it upon themselves to create awareness for the school by having stations within the mall where customers could donate stationery items to the good cause. “We would really like to
thank everyone who donated and went the extra mile to make sure we collected lots of stationery to give to the school. It was wonderful to see the boxes filling up as the weeks went by,” said Lauren Pretorius. Lerato Education Centre began 16 years ago with 16 children and was founded by Sister Mary. Since then the school has grown in leaps and bounds with help from community members and corporates. It now has 492 children in the
school ranging from grade R to junior classes. “We play such an important role in the children’s lives here in Jackson’s Informal Settlement and each and every child receives a good education as well as a cooked breakfast daily
and lunch. It’s heart-warming to see how they love coming to school. They even want to come when it’s school holidays,” laughed Sister Helen. As more community members and corporate companies come on board, so principal
Lebopo and Sister Helen say the school can grow even more. “We are in the process of registering our school and as soon as we get the green light we will be able to apply for a subsidy. Exciting times ahead for sure,” they both agreed.
A SONG: Singing for the visitors.
Sanco applauds arrest of violent criminal gang
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The South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) has applauded the arrest of a Gauteng gang specialising in vehicle hijackings as well as business and house robberies. Thirty-four firearms and seven vehicles were also seized during the sting operation, which led to the arrest of the gang last week. "The recovery of the firearms and stolen vehicles believed to have been used to commit serious and violent crimes is commendable," said national Sanco spokesperson, Jabu Mahlangu. Mahlangu has called for no bail for the suspects in the case and said that the onslaught against organised crime syndicates needs to be sustained and complemented by successful prosecution and stiff sentences for those involved. "We are encouraged by efforts to rid our communities of violent crime,” stressed Mahlangu. According to police, one of the suspects was arrested on Sunday morning, May 3 while
attending a church service in Baduza Street in KwaThema, Springs. "He was in possession of an unlicensed firearm and a stolen cellphone," said Gauteng police spokesman Lungile Dlamini. According to Dlamini, the suspect would face charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and suspected stolen property when he appeared in the KwaThema Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. The police said nine of the suspects were shot dead during the far-reaching operation, which began on April 25. “Another suspect, wanted for serious crimes, was arrested at the Greenstone Mall in Edenvale by police doing routine crime prevention on Saturday, May 2,” said Dlamini. The arrested suspect was in possession of two unlicensed firearms and was driving a white BMW X5 that was reported hijacked in Pretoria West. Dlamini said that on further investigation, it was es-
tablished that the suspect was out on bail for serious and violent crimes, including a murder case in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni, and a cash-in-transit robbery in Limpopo. Police have urged the public to report suspicious-looking vehicles and look out for the following: * Mostly luxury vehicles driving around with three or four men inside. * Vehicles with two different registration plates at the back and front or even without registration plates, with a group of three to four people, mostly men, inside. * Unmarked vehicles with blue lights. * Unknown vehicles parked next to the gates. * Two or three people posing as employees of certain companies or as job-seekers. * A group of men wearing heavy clothing. * People standing aimlessly near financial institutions or ATMs.
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Katlehong traders feel the cold W ith the chilling signs of winter looming, hawkers at the openair flea market behind the Letsoho Shopping Centre in Katlehong say they’re appealing to the municipality to build them shelters for protection against the elements. Some of them told Kathorus MAIL they have been trading on the designated paved open space not far from the old Natalspruit Hospital for more than two decades and said they now wish the Ekurhuleni Municipality would reconsider the situation of the unprotected trading area. “In summer, we can’t sell our merchandise because of the rain and in summer the hot sun damages our products. And come winter, we are forced to sit in the open and expose ourselves to the elements,” said herbalist Mosotho Mushishi. The traders said even though business at the flea market is not booming as before, many of them claim to have managed to raise and educate their children from the meagre income they earn from selling second-hand clothes to the community. They purchase
their stock of second-hand clothes in bales from secondhand clothes importers and then re-sell them to the public for a profit. And after the relocation of the old Natalspruit Hospital from the busy nearby main bus and taxi terminus opposite the Letsoho Shopping Centre, to the new premises in Vosloorus, four years ago, traders said their businesses have also suffered from the drop in human traffic to the health facility. Pointing to bundles of his stock of assorted merchandise of second-hand clothing, Francis Chauke said he started the business in 1998. “It has been my main source of income and survival for my family since I lost my job in 1997,” explained Chauke, a father of six children, who specialises mainly in men's, women's and children’s second-hand clothes. According to Chauke, the meagre earnings he makes from selling second-hand clothes to the public has helped him to put three of his eldest children through school. His second- and third-born are currently in
their second and third year at university respectively and the business pays for their tuition. “It hasn’t been easy, but I’m definitely not complaining,” said Chauke with a proud smile on his face. To Chauke and his fellow traders, their plea to the Ekurhuleni Municipality is to have the area shaded to protect their merchandise from the elements especially from the rains in summer and the winter cold. “We are grateful to the municipality for establishing this place for us, but we need help to draw potential clients to our businesses,” explained Cekiso Nxasa, who specialises in second-hand shoes. An attempt by Kathorus MAIL to obtain clarity regarding the status of the flea market and the plea of the traders from the municipality, a council employee who refused to be named described the flea market area as “situated under electrical power lines” and gave this as the reason why the municipality was unable to erect cubicles for traders. The MMC was not available for comment at the time of going to press.
Cekiso Nxasana runs a second-hand shoe stall which displays shoes for both males and females. The shoes are of all shapes, colors, makes and sizes. Her business not only helps her put “bread and tea” on the table for her children, but also helps pay for their education. GARY STEEL WK20
Clients select garments at one of Katlehong’s biggest second-hand clothing flea markets outside the Letsoho Shopping Center where more than 100 hawkers display piles of garments for sale to local residents.
Second-hand clothing hawker Francis Chauke, who claims to have been in the trade for more than 25 years and has no regrets. He says the business has helped him put two of his eldest children through university.
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Abducted Somalians freed Two Somali citizens who were being held for ransom were freed by the Germiston SAPS, last Friday. The police officers received information that the two men had been abducted and were being held for ransom money at a house in Le Cateau Street, Delville. “They went to the address and found three Somalians and, while searching the premises, they discovered the two abducted Somalians,” said WO André de Jager, spokesman for the Germiston SAPS. “The two men were abducted on the R59 highway near Vereeniging.” The police officers arrested six suspects, aged between 24 and 48, and also recovered an unlicensed firearm and a small bag of money. The suspects were detained at the Germiston Police Station and will be facing charges of abduction and possession of an unlicensed firearm
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The unlicensed firearm recovered by the Germiston SAPS while freeing two abducted Somali citizens, last Friday. and ammunition. The arresting officers were Consts Themba Zwane, Bongani Ngcutsha, Thou Selolo and Pontsho Raseala.
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Besides these items, the confiscated goods included 100 purses, cosmetics, toys and cellphone and i-Pod covers. The recovered counterfeit goods included 100 pairs of sandals, 20 backpacks, 60 hats, 60 pairs of sneakers and shoes, 60 bracelets and 80 necklaces. All the confiscated goods are stored at the EMPD Vosloorus storage facility. The goods can be re-claimed by taking along an operating permit and paying a R200 fine, as well as a storage fee of R150.
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EMPD tackles hawkers in CBD when the police approached and left their wares behind,” said Lieut-Col Wilfred Kgasago, spokesman for the EMPD. “In Vosloorus, hawkers operating along Barry Marais Road were inspected while in Germiston, High, Park and Rand roads were swooped upon.” One hawker operating a telephone booth without a permit and obstructing pedestrians had his five phones, 50 razor blades and 40 hairpieces confiscated. In addition, the hawker was slapped with a R200 fine and issued with a written warning.
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The EMPD and SAPS cracked down on hawkers selling illegal items, last Friday. EMPD officers seize some of the counterfeit footwear from a stall in Germiston.
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other males suspected of a recent robbery at the Thokoza Shoprite store. Twenty drivers nabbed on Masakhane, Khotso, Sontonga and Thutong roads, aged between 22 and 40, appeared at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Monday, April 18. Sixteen other drivers apprehended on Barry Marais, Hassink, Pelser, R103, and MC Botha roads, aged between 16 and 29, appeared at the Vosloorus Magistrate’s Court on the same day. Four others, aged between 29 and 35, were arrested on the Old Vereeniging and Heidelberg roads and appeared at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 18 April. EMPD has vowed to continue with its Bumper to Bumper operations to leave no room for any form of criminal activity and to ensure that no crime goes unpunished.
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Two die in taxi crash with SUV Two died in a crash involving a minibus in Boksburg. The minibus taxi was involved in an accident with an SUV at the intersection of Rondebult Road R554, in Windmill Park, Boksburg. According to William Ntladi of Ekurhuleni Emergency Services, two of the 14 passengers
in the taxi were declared dead on the scene while the rest were rushed to different hospitals around the metro. The drivers of both vehicles escaped unharmed. Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) conducted an investigation on scene. The intersection was
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ontact Karate Organisation in Katlehong, an affiliate of the Auxiliary Full Contact Karate Organisation (AFCKO), hosted its annual women’s karate field camp to help participants find encouragement and prepare for the May 28 tournament at the Thokoza Auditorium. Women participants from different organisations around Ekurhuleni got together under the umbrella of AFCKO at Tropicana for
a series of workshops under the guardianship of Sensei Thulani Sibisi. Sensei Sibisi described the camp as one of the many training sessions offered to AFCKO’s female members. The camp sessions included an introduction to the basic rules and regulations involving training and other disciplines. The camp provided the following: • Assisting young women in realising their role in the
field of karate. • Strengthening their mindset towards the sport. • Learning the standards of karate as a woman. • Familiarising themselves with their sensei's techniques.
Women members of the AFCKO during their recent camping session where they underwent a series of orientation classes under the leadership of Sensei Sibisi.
New baseball team for Opelweg Primary OPELWEG Primary School's baseball team was formed in April by Mr Lesiba Ramoroko, who is coaching teams at differ-
ent schools. Although the new team has not yet received a new baseball kit, the players are very anxious
and eager to learn the new sport which they have never played before. For practice, the new team has
played a couple of games against different schools in the area over the past three weeks. On Saturday, April 30, they
played against the more experienced Palmridge team which has been playing since 2013 and who is playing in a major league.
PLAY BALL: The new baseball team f ro m O p e lwe g Primary, with the Palmridge Baseball Club (front), re a dy to p l ay friendly matches on Saturday, April 30 at the school’s sport fields.