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Ward 123 Councillor Mzwandile Tyobeka joins residents in a recent clean-up of the streets to embrace the ‘liveable city’ debate.

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Councillors get GDS briefing ‘This defines a chosen development path, confronting complex challenges and framing long-term strategic choices’ Mbhazima Lesego waka’Ngobeni Joburg councillors have been briefed about how the public will be involved in reviewing the Growth and Development Strategy (GDS) over the next nine weeks, and how they can participate in the process.

Rashid Seedat, the director of Joburg’s central strategy unit (CSU) briefed councillors in the mayoral chamber on Friday. He told them the City had asked everyone to participate in a series of debates as part of scrutinising the GDS to give input into its future direction.

“The consultation process would stimulate public participation, bring government closer to people and generate a sense of civic pride and investor confidence,” he said.

Issues to be thrashed out during those nine weeks included sustaining natural and scarce resources, encouraging healthy lifestyles, eradicating poverty, adopting an appropriate governance model for

a city of Joburg’s stature, addressing safety, adopting a growing and inclusive economy, building sustainable human settlements, and promoting good governance, to list a few.

The discussion programme will have different themes, with a week for each.

Discussions will be held with academic institutions, finance corporations, religious groups, young people, the business sector, senior bankers, National Treasury, senior City managers, neighbouring municipalities, councillors, the media, the student councils, leaders of political parties, security agencies, environmentalists, town planners and other stakeholders.

All comments will be factored into the final GDS, which will outline Joburg’s development until 2040.

The reviewed strategy will be officially launched at a Stakeholders’ Summit on 20 October.

Pat Nhlapho, Seedat’s deputy, said

by the end of the consultation process, there would be greater awareness about ways in which local government needed to be strengthened to ensure improved service delivery and greater public participation in planning and budgeting.

Part of the consultation process entails the mayor’s interaction with residents in their communities, ward consultations, discussions and suggestion boxes at regional offices.

Seedat told councillors that the GDS was about defining a chosen development path, confronting complex challenges and framing long-term strategic choices.

He explained that through the GDS, the City sought to address urbanisation, economic development and job creation, service delivery, poverty eradication, urban renewal and regeneration, the impact of globalisation and climate change, the need for information technology and the bridging of the digital divide and related challenges.

“Some of the challenges facing Joburg are scarce natural resources, climate change, the quadruple burden of diseases, food security and vulnerability, an economy unable to grow in a job-intensive manner, urban sprawl and traffic congestion, oil peak and increasing transport costs, a dysfunctional urban system with low densities, housing deficits and crime,” Seedat said.

All these would be brought up in discussions. In its draft GDS, the City aspires to reduce the quadruple burden of diseases; steer a viable economy; scale-up water conservation; change to a low carbon economy; recycle; adopt strategies for climate change; promote non-motorised transport; transform townships; increase access to cultural, recreational and educational amenities; ensure effective policing and law enforcement; address road safety; participatory planning and budgeting; and stabilise the health of its finances. joburg.org.za

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WOMEN’S FOCUS

Josie Adler - a life of activism Her volunteer activities ranged from organizing student work camps (SHAWCO) building classrooms in rural areas and neighbouring states Josie Adler’s commitment to building strong civil society was founded in her family’s background as immigrants and refugees, developed in her studies in Social Anthropology, Sociology, African Government, Classics and law, and inspired by the community organizing principles of the Chicago organiser Saul Alinsky reflecting that “Power is taken not given”.

In South Africa’s anti-apartheid context from the 1960s her volunteer activities ranged from organizing student work camps (SHAWCO) building classrooms in rural areas and neighbouring states, arranging a project of high school students constructing over 4 000 desks for Soweto classrooms (WITSCO), working with teenage girls on a mission station in Lesotho, setting up urban food projects (Kupugani), and participating in the project to publish the first national account of forced removals The Discarded People, 1968).

She co-ordinated the Prison Education Scheme to provide for studies for the political prisoners on Robben Island, at Pretoria Central and other prisons (1963-1975). A committee member from 1971 in the Black Sash women’s anti-apartheid organization, she co-chaired

the Forced Removals Group opposing rural land dispossession, and established the Urban Removals and Homelessness Group. From 1987 she served on the committee of the Witwatersrand Network for the Homeless.

From 1980-1992 her work in three organizations focused on homelessness, land and housing, organizing urban resistance by shackdwellers to force government’s release of 100 000 informal settlement sites in formerly exclusively ‘white’ periurban areas around Johannesburg.

From 1985-1997 she organized with rural women to establish Bambanani Creches Association, a federation of rural women running 13 creches at Driefontein, Mpumalanga, the first rural freehold area to secure reprieve through community resistance to forced removal by government.

She became a full-time professional community organizer in 1986, first at the radical ecumenical Wilgespruit Fellowship Centre and then in the Interfaith Community Development Association (ICDA). In these organisations her mentor/colleague for two decades was Ishmael Mkhabela. Her work has included research (formal and participatory) and leadership and

organisation development, training and mentoring in a broad range of contexts relating to urban settlers, in informal settlements, townships and the inner city.

During South Africa’s transforming election in 1994 she conducted a quantitative research project to assess fairness/bias in the media for the European Union. She has interacted at provincial and local levels of government, in the business sector and communities, including immigrants and refugees.

As a consultant since 2004 she worked with the Johannesburg Housing Company to found the eKhaya Neighbourhood City Improvement District, an association of property owners and housing managers.

EKhaya’s model of regeneration in the dense, badly run-down Hillbrow area is nurturing a thriving inner city low-income residential neighbourhood in Johannesburg based on the conviction that sustainable urban regeneration has 3 equal components viz social cohesion, infrastructure upgrade & maintenance, and good urban management of crime-and-grime. She is now working to extend understanding and practice of this model of urban development. http://goo.gl/GdwJo

Pic : http://goo.gl/GdwJo Inner-city activist...Josie Adler

Annual women’s roadblock in Jan Smuts Sizwe Mathe sizwem@inner-city-gazette.co.za

Col Shereen Swartz and a JMPD officer during the women’s roadblock.

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Female officers of the SAPS Hillbrow cluster, JMPD and Gauteng Traffic Department conducted a roadblock on Women’s Day eve.

The annual roadblock was set up in Jan Smuts Avenue, Parktown. The officers searched motor vehicles, people and issued traffic fines to transgressors.

Hillbrow Visible Police Coordinator Col Shereen Swartz said they searched over 200 vehicles and 500 people. “This highlights the importance of women in society, and also ensures that motorists adhere to the rules of the road. We searched for unlicensed firearms, drugs and stolen vehicles as well as other criminal offences.” she said.

BRIEF : WOMEN’S DAY Sithembile Hadebe thembi@inner-city-gazette.co.za

Women’s Day marks the national march of women on 9August in 1956 to protest against legislation that required black people to carry passes.

The ‘pass’ law required African persons to carry an identification document to ‘prove’ that they were allowed to enter ‘white areas’.

Lillian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Albertina Sisulu, Sophia WilliamsDeBruin and Rahima Moosa were

some of the women who led a protest march of over 20 000 women of all ages and races. The march headed for the Union Buildings in Pretoria and left 100 000 signatures at Prime Minister JG Strijdom’s door.

These signatures were an indication that they should get rid of the ‘pass law.’ These women then stood silently for 30 minutes, carrying their children on their backs, and nannies carrying the children of their white employers.

They sang a protest song in hon-

our of the occasion. “Wathint’ abafazi, wathint’ imbokodo, uza kufa!” they chanted.

The Nguni phrase: wathint’ abafazi, wathint’ imbokodo, uza kufa which means ‘you strike a woman, you strike a rock, you will be crushed (you will die)’ has come to represent women’s courage and strength in South Africa.

Since 1994 the day has been commemorated and celebrates the bravery of women who stood up for their rights and contributed to what we call freedom today.

Joburg Council Chair of Chairs Rosemary Thobejane-Ndoqo is an inspiration to many women in their struggle for socialism, equal rights and opportunities. She resides in Berea.

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Also consider future women

COMMENT The level of alcohol consumption among young people has reason to the highest stratum.

The extent to which some young people worship alcohol is very disappointing. These youths, mainly students, consume so much alcohol they seem to be in some competition.

They drive themselves to a bleak future by exposing themselves to the cruelty of a life without a proper education.

According to a medical author Dr Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, teenagers who have experienced alcohol intoxication and withdrawal tend to have difficulties with memory.

Some of the students now in universities and colleges may only remember how drunk they were this or that weekend. Teenagers also tend to abuse alcohol together with other intoxicating substances, most commonly dagga.

Scientific research has proven that male teens who drink heavily tend to complete fewer years of education, compared to those who do not drink.

Quite oblivious to this observation, being an alcoholic graduate is very much easier than completing a degree, diploma or certificate.

But young people should not turn alcohol to be their master. However, the friendship that the youth has built with the bottle makes the path to graduation extremely difficult.

The younger a person is when they begin drinking, the more likely they are to develop problems with alcohol.

Alcohol is involved in nearly half of all violent deaths involving teenagers.

There is a perception that all our misdemeanours result from the devil.

People must stop blaming Satan for all the mistakes they make. It is about how they react when the wrong happens.

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The Gautrain...the writer wonders whether Metrorail train surfers are planning to do the same with the recently introduced Gautrain rapid rail link.

Shocked by train surfing This is a massive increase in the number of people risking their lives riding the trains in such a dangerous manner. With the introduction of the Gautrain, its management has to consider that the the train surfers may do the same with the high speed train.

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often get shocked by the disregard for obvious danger that is displayed by some men when they board the trains to the townships and back to Johannesburg.

One day the train was full and those men rode the train clinging on its sides and the space between the coaches. I was also amazed to notice some women there too.

This and train surfing is not new in the rail transport system of the city, but on that day it was much worse because the train was overcrowded inside and outside.

It was clear that if any of them slipped he would fall and die im-

GREEN MATTERS

Now with the introduction of the Gautrain I ask myself whether the train surfers are planning to do the same on the high speed train.

May they please enlighten me on this. At the same time I may also ask the Bombela management whether they are aware of the possibility of train surfers considering to graduate to the Gautrain.

If so they also have to provide enough security personnel to prevent such behaviour, which would only increase the number of unnecessary deaths if not stopped.

Zandie Nkoane Johannesburg

Reducing greenhouse emissions The City will also continue to strengthen its disaster management planning to encourage a more proactive approach to disaster

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ohannesburg is mindful of the damaging effects unsustainable environmental practices can have on its citizens in terms of health and socio economic development.

In pursuance of a green city, Joburg

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mediately, and this has happened several times before.

I wondered whether Metrorail has any enforceable regulations concerning this, and also whether the officials know how many people one train should carry.

I also considered that if this happens every day, then there must be many people who get seriously injured or even die nearly every day from this.

In view of this I ask Metrorail to review what I believe is a massive increase in the number of people risking their lives riding the trains in such a dangerous manner.

In this Women’s Month many women’s issues are highlighted. In this I feel much is being said about grown up women but little is said about the women of tomorrow, the girls who are still at school.

I would like to focus on schoolgirl pregnancies, which have become a serious disturbance in the advancement of the women of the future.

This has become a common problem in our society, and cannot be overemphasised. What parents have to make their children aware of is that for girls to fall pregnant reduces their chances of a better future.

If a school girl has to leave school to attend to her baby that takes away much of her time to study, and in many cases such girls do not get back to school to complete their studies. When she reaches adulthood she will face the world without enough preparation for it, which will make her life miserable.

As a teacher to, I would like to urge fellow teachers to constantly remind the girls that falling pregnant while still at school is not a wise thing to do. That some of the teachers are actually involved in getting the girls pregnant is very deplorable.

The teachers should be there to set the example and guide the children in the proper direction, and not to have sex or drink beer with them.

That some of the girls fall pregnant in order to access the little money that is provided by the government in child grants is not a strong reason at all. It may be so with only a few of the girls, but with the vast majority it is certainly not so.

The reason is that parents and teachers simply do not commit themselves to their responsibilities of counselling the children about the disadvantages of neglecting their studies to pursue temporary and useless pleasures.

Rachel Duma Jeppestown

has clear plans for achieving sustainable development. These include the following among others: • Commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions • Open space conservation and management • Biodiversity protection programmes • Demand side management for water, waste and energy • Entrench polluter-pays principle through regulation and enforcement Sustainable urban drainage designs will also be developed. Already in place is a target of zero recyclables to landfill is in place.

The City will also continue to strengthen its disaster management planning to encourage a more proactive approach to disaster that is quick and effective.

Notably South Africa is the 13th highest greenhouse gas emitter globally. This means that it emits even more than many developed countries.

There is obvious pressure on South Africa, along with other countries to reduce greenhouse emissions.

Given that the key drivers of urbanization and sustainable growth are transportation, economic, social and infrastructure networks,

the City has to focus on protection and management of environmental systems, reduce its carbon footprint and by law enforcement.

During the week of 19 to 23 September the City will devote an entire week to discuss among other important issues climate change, biodiversity, greener business/ commercial operations, reducing carbon footprint, disaster management and food security.

We are calling on technical experts and residents to become players and make their input. *Roslyn Greef is the Joburg MMC for Infrastructure, Services and Environment

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French troops to withdraw Dakar - The French military mission in Senegal has finally yielded to a request from the Senegalese government to reduce its presence in the country.

President Abdoulaye Wade says the withdrawal of the French soldiers underlines Senegal’s sovereignty. The French Forces of Cape Verde, as the mission is known, Abdoulaye Wade has announced the withdrawal of 900 of its 1 200 contingent, stationed in Senegal since independence in 1960.

A spokesman of the mission, Lt Cedric Thibaut said the withdrawal concerned three sectors of the military: the air force, infantry and navy battalions stationed on several different locations in Senegal.

The French military has been phasing out its presence and turning over to the government several of the bases it has occupied since 1974.

Lt Thibaut said the 300 remaining personnel comprise non-combat forces and will focus on training duties with the Senegalese army. From now the force will be referred to as the French Forces in Senegal and are mainly administrative and technical staff. Senegal and Djibouti have hosted the largest number of French troops in Africa.

Military chaos in the east Kinshasa - Fighting continues in the east between the Interahamwe and Congolese forces.

In a new twist some Congolese commanders accuse some of their comrades of establishing illegal radio links with the Interahamwe, and thus leaking their operational plans to the enemy.

Congolese forces have been suffering more casualties than their enemy. The commander of Rapid Intervention Force demands an investigation to have the culprits arrested. He has singled out commanders from 55Bn deployed in Pinga.

The fighting in the 8th Military Region between Interahamwe and Congolese forces (mainly ANC) is by proxy between FAC/Mai Mai on one hand, and ANC/ RDF on the other.

The 8th Military Region uses one communication network in operations against Interahamwe. But because RDF is embedded in the ANC operation structure, FAC or Mai Mai leak the operation plans to the Interahamwe, who counter the operations, in some cases inflicting heavy casualties on the ANC/RDF. This annoys the ANC/RDF who at times turn around and attack FAC or Mai Mai, and open war may erupt between the two groups in north Kivu.

FOCUS ON AFRICA

A rebel fighter in eastern DR Congo

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Islamist fighters flee city Mogadishu - The Somali army has declared Mogadishu free territory after al-Shabaab Islamist fighters fled the capital.

Deputy army commander Gen Abdikarim Yusuf Aden confirmed the fundamentalist group’s pullout, adding that it resulted from pressure from government forces and its AU allies.

Gen Aden said al-Shabaab fighters realised the Prof Abdiweli Ali odds were against them in the face of a major offensive, informing their withdrawal from their key positions in the capital.

Most of the al-Shabaab combatants headed towards Lower Shabelle and Middle Shabelle regions, respectively south and north of Mogadishu, in what they claimed was a change in tactics.

On Saturday Prime Minister Prof Abdiweli Mohamed Ali labelled the leaders of al-Shabaab as fugitives and said security forces were on their trail.

The transitional government’s National Security Agency (NSA) director Ahmed Moalim Fiqi has ordered al-Shabaab fighters hiding in the capital to surrender, or be treated with an ‘iron fist’.

Officials linked to poll killings

First to launch stroke remedy Windhoek - Namibia is the first African state to launch Boehringer Ingelheim’s oral blood thinner, Pradaxa, for prevention of stroke for adult patients with non-valvular arterial fibrallation.

Dr Kevin Ho, medical director of Boehringer Ingelheim in South Africa, said the Namibian Medicines Control Council has approved Pradaxa after approval by regulatory agencies in the US, Canada,

Japan, Australia and the European Medicine Agency. “Pradaxa is the breakthrough anti-clotting agent, having significant clinical benefits over current therapy, Warfarin, in patients with atrial fibrillation, thus addressing an unmet need,” he said.

Dr Ho added that because of its significant variability to response, interactions with food and other medicines and its slow onset and

Uhuru Kenyatta offset of action, thus requiring regular monitoring blood tests, the correct therapeutic level of anticoagulation is difficult to control with Warfarin.

“Pradaxa provides a predict-

able anti-clotting option for patients with atrial fibrillation, on the basis that it has been shown to be more effective, prevents three out of four strokes with a reduction in risk of death.

Nairobi - Police killings during the 2007 polls will form part of the evidence prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will table at The Hague next month.

The evidence will be used against Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, postmaster-general Hussein Ali and Civil Service head Francis Muthaura. A list containing MorenoOcampo’s third disclosure says that he will be seeking to link the role of the three in the chaos with the extrajudicial killings that were witnessed in the country at the time.

At the time, Muthaura was the chairman of the National Security Committee and Ali the police commissioner.

The prosecutor will also try to link the killings to activities of the outlawed Mungiki sect, which he alleges has ties with Kenyatta. He has until August 19 to file the document containing the charges in the cases against Kenyatta, Ali and Muthaura.

The evidence includes findings of the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, Prof Philip Aston. He also has media reports on the deaths of key Mungiki members, including leader Maina Njenga’s wife in 2008, and spokesman Gitau Njuguna in 2009. Moreno-Ocampo not only wants to redact the information he is going to rely on during the September 21 hearing, but also wants to use anonymous summaries of witness statements.

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Women dance the day away ‘If it were possible, I would take the fun we had here with me so that other women at home can also experience it’

Women enjoy themselves during the Women’s Day event.

Limakatso Khalianyane About a thousand women from disadvantaged backgrounds were treated to music at the Johannesburg Zoo on Women’s Day this week.

There was a variety of jazz and

Afro-pop music on offer. Young visitors from welfare centres were entertained by Thab'sile Ndlovu, who is featured on DJ Bongz’ Sobabili hit song.

The children sang along and danced on the stage with musician Ndlovu.

Among the visitors who could not ignore the rhythm were Agnes and Julia Ramosoeu, sisters from the West Rand. They said this was the best Women’s Day event they had ever attended. “We danced and saw animals that we only see on TV,”

said the former. “If it were possible, I would take the fun and the warmth we had here with me so that other women at home can also experience it,” added her sister.

Agnes Ramosoeu said she was inspired by the late Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the former minister of health, while her sister got her inspiration from the late Albertina Sisulu.

Ledwaba, who is known as MaJoy to her fans, said she was honoured to be performing for women on Women’s Day. She is inspired by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, she said, because she encourages women to strive for what they want.

Candice Segal, the zoo’s market-

ing assistant, said the Women’s Day concert was part of the Joburg Zoo’s 67-day community campaign which was launched on Nelson Mandela Day. “It aims to bring 10 000 people from the poorest areas for a day of fun at the zoo, and has already seen over 4 000 people visit the zoo since the launch on 18 July,” she said.

The three-month campaign is part of the 90-day service delivery plan for City of Joburg entities.

Women’s Day is an annual celebration that commemorates the events of 9 August 1956, when about 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the apartheid pass laws.

City Parks awards workers Man dies in early A chance to show appreciation for good work morning stabbing Rudo Mungoshi

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City Parks acting MD Geoffrey Cooke announces the winners.

wards for excellence were recently handed out to tractor drivers, chainsaw operators, brush cutters and other City Parks employees in the fourth annual awards organised by the utility.

Robert Tshishonge a driver at Parks Rangers depot in Florida won R7 000 first prize in the light vehicle driver category.

“I had no idea that I would win this kind of money. The prize will motivate me and other workers at my depot to work even harder. I enjoy my job and that is probably the trick of it,” he said.

About 21 City Parks drivers and machine operators were awarded prizes of excellence in seven categories last week. Those included tractors, trucks, ride-on-mowers, walk behind mowers, chainsaws, brush cutters and light vehicles.

Those who won second and third place got R5 000 and R3 000 respectively, and were presented with caps of honour.

Each category had five or four finalists. The finalists were nominated for the awards by their regional managers from each region in the city.

City Parks acting MD, Geoffrey Cooke, said the award ceremony was a chance for the company to show appreciation of their workers, and urged the workers to look after the interests of the company.

“Without you, City Parks will not be where it is today. We hope to see the organisation grow in strength,” said Cooke.

On the same day, City Parks workers who excelled in the MD’s Achievers Awards were rewarded for hard work. The workers got certificates, caps of honour and shopping vouchers. joburg.org.za

Police hunt for murder suspects Sizwe Mathe sizwem@inner-city-gazette.co.za Early Wednesday morning Hillbrow police attended to a murder scene at the corner of Bok and Quartz streets in Joubert Park, where they found one man dead.

According to Hillbrow police corporate communications officer Sgt Jenny Pillay, two males who were walking past Bok Street around 3am, were approached by three knifemen who stabbed and robbed them of their belongings.

Sgt Pillay adds that one of the men

suffered multiple stab wounds and died at the scene, and the other was rushed to Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital.

Sgt Pillay says the suspects are still at large. “We are working around the clock to make sure the suspects are arrested,” she adds.

Sgt Pillay adds that the police are investigating a case of murder, robbery and attempted murder.

Anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of the murder and robbery suspects may call Hillbrow police Lt-Col van Straten on tel 011 488 6511 or 082 568 4668.

THAT DAY IN 1956 Keamogetsoe Mathikge kea@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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omen’s Day commemorates women across South Africa and their contribution towards humanity. This includes raising their children and taking care of their households.

This day reminds us of the women’s march which took place in 1956, when they marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The reason for the march was for the right not to carry passes.

They waited outside the Union Buildings for 30 minutes with children on their backs. “Wathinta abafazi wathinta imbokodo,” they chanted; Nguni for ‘you strike a woman, you strike a rock’.

Many people do not know that is only the surface of history. Some of the youth do not have any idea of the suffering that those women such as Mam Albertina Sisulu

had to go through for their rights as women to prevail.

All thanks to museums around our lovely country South Africa, we get to experience the full version of what such days mean to us as fellow South Africans.

One of the museums which will give citizens a better understanding of why the women’s march took place during that particular time is at the Constitutional Hill in Braamfontein.

During apartheid the place was called Number Four and was used as a prison. Many women who were there were detained because they had no passes or protested against the government.

Among them were musicians, journalists and those involved in politics.

The museum gives a feel of the suffering the women went through inside prison, and why we should appreciate and celebrate this day.

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MZALA’S THOUGHTS Jabu Nxumalo

What is developmental with GDS? Approaches should take into account structural challenges posed by the Western hegemony and capitalism

I haven’t read the recently launched Joburg’s Growth and Development Strategy (GDS), but that is beside the point. The question is what’s developmental about it?

From what I have seen it seeks to “… shape the Joburg we want in 2040”.

I am also aware that, just like all citizens of Jozi, I have been called to have my say. In the words of Mayor Parks Tau, “…this is a launch of a process of conversation and interaction to ensure that there is adequate engagement and consultation.”

I have often wondered if our government officials understand the meaning of development and /or a developmental state and the role of communities in that context. Here is a process which seeks to redress, I assume, our triple challenge of unemployment, poverty and inequality perpetuated by underdevelopment, but then misses the opportunity to entrench participatory democracy.

Telling us that a document that has been developed and launched is merely a “launch of a process of conversation and interaction” is to take citizens for granted. In my view this document has been launched and, correctly so, tries to find solutions to underdevelopment.

But one of its major flaws, just like the early development initiatives in the 1950s, is its top-down linear approach. When the concept of development was initially introduced and became fashionable, people were told how to live their lives, raise families and how to get ahead economically.

After all the efforts, third world countries, African in particular, are still facing the same challenges.

The continued reproduction of underdevelopment in Africa is partly due to that the type of development driven by the West ignores underlying structural challenges. It assumes that development support communication is a silver bullet that can address underdevelopment.

We cannot fall into these traps again.

But if we don’t acknowledge the importance of bottom-up or grass-roots approach rather the top-down decision making, then we are likely to repeat the same mistake. And come 2040 we will be in a same position.

Participatory democracy, with all its barriers such as the ability of the participants to fully participate in the process including language, our communities should still be empowered to decide their destiny. They should be empowered to define the future they want.

Our development approaches should take into account structural challenges posed by the Western hegemony and capitalism, which is currently in crisis. Outside of this approach, our development initiatives and their objectives are likely to remain a pipedream, and in fact they will fall flat.

Also, if the disjuncture between government and communities in planning continues, the uprising that we are witnessing throughout the world, latest in London, will equally befell our beloved Jozi. For these are not driven by a bunch of impressionable young people but by deepening inequality and high levels of unemployment. jabu.nxumalo@gmail.co.za

WO Steven Debbes (centre in police uniform) poses with the women soon after the training programme ended.

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Self-defence lessons for women Warrant officer Steven Debbes of Johannesburg Flying Squad conducted self defence lessons for Parktonian Hotel’s female staff in Braamfontein. This is in line with

the commemoration of women’s month.

Hillbrow police corporate communications officer Sgt Jenny Pillay organised and coordinated the

Deadly poison in the street Zinhle Phakathi zinhle@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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ome street vendors have been spotted selling a deadly poison called Aldicarb, which is used to control rodents. This rat poison is commonly known as alibirini, and some people have used it to commit suicide and murder.

According to Wikipedia the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says this poison contains a chemi-

Joburg police have launched an awareness campaign to help fight substance abuse, prostitution and building hijackings.

The campaign involves Yeoville, Cleveland, Jeppe, Hillbrow and Johannesburg Central police stations.

Cst Thabo Malatji, Yeoville SAPS communications officer says the cops took to the streets and educated the community, school children and property owners on how to keep their city clean and stay away from drug abuse.

“Working together with property

cal called the cholinesterase inhibitor, which prevents the breakdown of acetylcholine in the synapse in a case of severe poisoning.

“The victim dies of respiratory failure. It shuts down the victim’s lungs, stopping them form breathing,” the entry reads.

Aldicarb does not have to be eaten to do harm. If its dust is inhaled it can be just as dangerous.

Selling of this poison in the streets is illegal, and some people may not

owners to clamp down on hijacked and dilapidated buildings, the campaign is set to continue for three months where the SAPS will hand out pamphlets, visit schools, have door -to -door campaigns and interact with the community,” he says.

Cst Malatji adds that the community is forthcoming.

“We have not experienced any problems yet and we hope to keep it that way. We will then sit back and review what we have achieved and then continue.”

He added that they hope to reach and educate all members of the community about substance abuse, prostitution and building hijackings by the end of the campaign.

WARD MEETING A ward 118 meeting will take place at the Kensington Club on August 13 starting at 9am.

Malvern residents wanting to raise a concerns but are not able to attend the meeting can write a letter

women will pass on the skills leaned to other women, and that they will be able to protect themselves and their children should it become necessary,” she added.

Some people have used it to commit suicide and murder

Cops in awareness drive Crime Reporter crime@gazettelive.co.za

self defence training programme.

“We thank the Parktonian Hotel management for giving their employees a chance to learn to protect themselves. We hope the

and leave them at the Malvern Library by august 12 before 4pm.Mr Mike Spadino, chairperson of the Malvern United Community Forum, will pick them up. Alternatively fax the information to 086 516 0597.

even know how to handle it correctly, not to mention how dangerous it is to have it in a household, especially where there are children.

Warrant Officer Baloyi of Joburg central police confirms that this is a very dangerous substance, and it should not be sold in the streets.

“Even those who sell it in the streets know this, and that is why they hide it when they see the police,” he said.

He added that there have been many cases of people consuming

this poison to commit suicide.

“We understand that people need it to kill pests, but those who sell it can’t control how and what the person who buys it uses it for. So they could face charges of murder if they are caught selling this,” he said.

The lawful way of using Aldicarb is through a qualified pesticide operator or having the operator present.

People who want to buy Aldicarb, traded as Temik, may visit their nearest pest control centres.

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Jamboree outpouring of fun The Dignity of Women Festival provides a vital platform for women of all ages to express themselves through music, song and dance

A performance by Ladies in Jazz

A vibrant cross-section of community dance groups have committed to appear in this celebration of women Celebrity singer Lira will also be there.

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s part of the Seriti sa Basadi (Dignity of Women) Festival 2011, the Sibikwa arts centre has provided a vital platform for women of all ages to express themselves through music, song and dance.

This will also bridge the generation gap via the joy of music and dance performance. This collaboration of women will be presented at the Sibikwa arts centre on August 14, with a guest appearance

by star musician Lira in he afternoon.

A vibrant cross-section of community dance groups have committed to appear in this exhaustive day of celebration.

Also in that afternoon Ladies in Jazz will lay down some irresistible rhythms, and they will be joined by two giant female puppets, courtesy of The Giant Match.

Audiences can enjoy the music and dance, and can even indulge in the rejuvenating luxury of a hand massage or Indian head massage. This is a jamboree

outpouring of fun and pleasure.

Sibikwa officially launched its membership drive through the Ha-re-eng Friends of Sibikwa Membership Card.

The card entitles the member to generous discounts on all Sibikwa shows and festivals, and entitles the holder to bring in three friends to any Sibikwa show, event or festival and get a discount per ticket they buy.

If it is the holder’s birthday, he or she qualifies for a free show upon production of valid proof such as ID or passport.

Solo expo depicts Joburg life ‘The city is naked in that it does not hide its problems or weaknesses from view’ Arts Correspondent

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rtist and printmaker Senzo Shabangu is no stranger to the concept of pressure in printmaking .

He takes the idea a step further in his exhibition Naked Pressure to also talk about the pressure of living and working in the city of Johannesburg.

Pressure is an effect which occurs when a force is applied in a direction perpendicular to the surface of an object.

A printing press is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting on a print medium, such as paper, thereby transferring the ink.

“We are all under pressure; we

are all surrounded by the city and the pressure it constantly forces down on us,” Shabangu says.

His work is something that comes from within and in some way maintains a kind of innocence, even when dealing with issues such as sex workers and forced removals.

He says the city is naked in the way that it does not hide its problems or weaknesses from view.

“It exposes them openly, from the potholes and beggars in the streets to the opulence of the high-rise buildings that tower over its inhabitants.”

He sees the possibility of people being larger than that and being able to rise above it. Sha-

bangu’s work looks at the pressure that drives people into the ground as being the same stress and tension that motivates people to persevere in a place that is wrought with potential.

This body of prints, produced at DK Workshop Gallery, bares the souls of the people and places that Shabangu encounters in his day to day life.

The art works are his way of understanding himself within the chaos and infinite prospects of Joburg city.

The Naked Pressure exhibition opens on 13 August at the DK Workshop Galleryat 140 Jan Smuts Avenue.

For more information email siphiwe@davidkrut.com .

Senzo Shabangu works on a new linocut with printer Mlungisi Kongisa.

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Impressive line-up for spring festival Many of the shows on offer guarantee universal popularity Lynley Main

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his year’s spring festival dance programme promises some top dancers, and the selection of dances hitting the stage are expected to delight audiences.

Close to 20 productions will be taking place at two main venues.

Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein and Dance Factory in Newtown are the primary locations where shows will be hosted, and they will be buzzing with excitement throughout the month-long extravaganza.

Vast tastes will be catered for, but many of the shows guarantee universal popularity. Highlights include Balletomania by the South African Ballet Theatre (SABT) from 9 to 11 September at the Joburg Theatre.

Balletomania forms part of the celebrations marking the SABT’s 10-year anniversary. It will feature highlights from the company’s repertoire over the past decade, as well

as new works and appearances by dancers from the SABT Academy and Development Programme.

Before the SABT, A Season of Simplicity will reign at the Joburg Theatre from 2 to 4 September. Performed by Agulhas Theatre Works, which was founded by FNB Vita award-winner Gladys Agulhas, the production features the talents of artists of all abilities.

Agulhas Theatre Works will share the limelight at the Joburg Theatre with hip-hop artists in Hip-Hop Explodes on 4 September. Presented in partnership with IFAS, the French Institute of South Africa, the show consists of two solos: Abdou N’Gom from Cie Stylistic will present Entre-Deux, and Junior from the Wanted Posse will present Buanattitude.

Shakespeare Dreaming will flit its way through the Johannesburg Zoo on 10 and 11 September. Excerpts from A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Agulhas Theatre Works will share the stage with hip-hop artists at the Joburg Theatre.

and Romeo and Juliet will be performed by Mari-Louise Basson, Craig Arnold and the Johannesburg Youth Ballet.

International artists will participate throughout the festival. China will be represented by the Gansu Ethnic Song and Dance Troupe, which will perform at the Joburg Theatre from 15 to 17 September.

Artists from the Western areas of China, including Tibet, Hui, Dongxiang, Yugu, Mongol and Manchu, make up the troupe, and will showcase the traditional music and dances of these regions.

The production is presented in partnership with the Chinese ministry of culture. Dancers from India, Brazil and South Africa will work together at the Joburg Theatre on

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A fashion design school in Pritchard Street, Joburg called SewAfrica, recently hosted an ‘Outrageous Day’, where students dressed in hilarious outfits.

Design student Sydney Gasa said his outfit is inspired by his grandmother.

“Since its women’s month I should embrace women and their value. That would show them that fashion is about style and not everybody may like what we wear and design, but that’s what fashion is,” he said.

The owner of the design school, Tracy Mann says fashion in the city centre is growing rapidly.

“The northern suburbs are too westernised, whereas in the inner city you get inspired by the different kinds of people. The inner city is alive and there is always something happening here.

What you find here you may

not find anywhere else, and that is what makes this place special.”

Established designers at Fashion Kapitol also showcase their talents by selling clothes which attract people who have an eye for fashion.

In these stores you find extravagant clothing; ranging from vintage to heritage. A representative of Fruit Cake clothing store, Thato Ramaisa, says they sell vintage clothing because it is strong and beautiful.

“Vintage clothing is classic because it never goes out of fashion, and you can never bump into someone wearing the same as you,” he added.

Lokadia Mogadi of Dare to Differ store said some people wear casual, vintage and formal clothing, and that’s what they sell.

“The formal clothing that we sell is for young, sophisticated and independent women.

Through wearing our clothes one gains confidence, which is why our store is called Dare to Differ,” she said.

20 and 21 September in the IBSA Dance Collaboration.

Anoushka Kurien from India, Micheline Torres from Brazil and Thami Hector Manekhela from South Africa will illustrate the cultural relationship between the three countries.

But there is even more to keep dance lovers enthralled right through September. Triple Bill, New Dance 2011 and Anavarata are just a few more of the shows on the schedule.

Anavarata Dance Company Triple Bill, as the name suggests, features three productions. Those are: To Be Continued by Bailey Snyman, Une Rapture by Fana Tshabalala and Unknown Equation by Ivan Teme.

It will be presented at the Dance

Factory on 6 and 7 September.

New Dance 2011 will be at the Dance Factory as well as at Goethe on Main as it is presented in partnership with the Goethe Institut and Pro-Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council. It is a contemporary dance programme presented by Georgina Thomson’s Dance Forum, and runs from 6 to 18 September.

Anavarata will wrap up the festival’s dance programme on 24 and 25 September, with a production that will celebrate the dance company’s 50th anniversary.

“Anavarata’s purpose is to heal the hurts of the past through the arts and culture medium and unity in diversity in practice,” the dance company says of its performance on the Arts Alive website. joburg.org.za

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World athletics squad gets ready Athletics Correspondent Athletics SA (ASA) president James Evans says athletes who fulfilled the qualification criteria have been included in South Africa’s 26-member squad for the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, end of August.

“It is exciting to see this kind of talent at our disposal for the next four years, and with an average age of 24 years, this is quite healthy,” he adds.

Controversial world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya, was inconsistent in her build-up to the global championships.

The 20 year-old middle distance specialist, who was cleared last year to run against women, was thrust into the limelight at the centre a gender debacle after she won the 800m title in Berlin two years ago.

Her season’s best of 1:58.60, more than three seconds slower than her national record, has ranked her only 14th in the world heading into

the global championships.

One of only five women in the South African team, Semenya had hoped to also compete in the 1 500m race in Daegu, but fell more than seven seconds short of the qualifying standard and was not selected for the longer event.

Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who was cleared to run against able-bodied athletes in May 2008, qualified in style for the global championships.

The 24-year-old four-time Paralympic gold medallist clocked a personal best time of 45.07 seconds in Lignano, Italy, last month to book his place in the team.

Ranked 18th in the world this year, he improved the A-qualifying standard by 0.18 seconds. He was also included in the men’s 4x400m relay squad.

World champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi was even less impressive in the build-up, setting his slowest season’s best in 10 years with a 1:45.50 clocking in Rome in May. Mulaudzi was 0.1 seconds off the

A-qualifying standard, but was automatically selected as the defending champion in the men’s two-lap event.

World and Olympic silver medallist long-jumper Khotso Mokoena was included in the team, but is in danger of being dethroned by young contender Luvo Manyonga.

Manyonga, the world junior champion, leapt 8.26m in Jamsa, Finland, last month. However, Mokoena’s season’s best of 8.25m, set six days later, and his late run of poor form, belies his big match temperament, and the former world indoor champion could shine in Daegu.

South African 400m hurdles record holder LJ van Zyl started the season in superb form, setting the four fastest times in the world this year. Much like his teammates, he has stumbled in his stride in recent weeks.

Like Mokoena, the former Commonwealth and world junior gold medallist will have to rely on his ability to peak for global events.

The South African team Men: 100m: Simon Magakwe, Thuso Mpuang. 200m: Thuso Mpuang, Lebogang Moeng. 400m: Oscar Pistorius. 800m: Mbulaeni Mulaudzi. 5 000m: Elroy Gelant. 10 000m: Stephen Mokoka.

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4x400m: Oscar Pistorius, Ofentse Mogowane, Wille de Beer, Shane Victor, LJ van Zyl, Cornel Fredericks Women: 800m: Caster Semenya.

400mH: Wenda Theron. Javelin: Sunette Viljoen, Justine Robbeson.

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The match tickets will be given to women regardless of the club they supported. Eight hundred tickets will be given for the game between Kaizer Chiefs and Ajax Cape Town, the other 800 for the match between Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns.

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More incentives for PSL New innovations will add to the glamour of the ABSA Premiership Soccer Correspondent Absa has introduced new elements to elevate PSL football in the 2011/2012 Absa premiership season, which promises to be one of the most memorable.

This is Absa’s fifth season as PSL sponsor, with more incentives as the 16 top-flight teams slug it out for the number one prize.

This season will see the introduction of the new ‘champions sleeve’, which will be worn for the first time by the 2010/2011 champions Orlando Pirates, . This was also introduced to mark the historic fifth year of Absa’s sponsorship.

SuperSport United took ownership of the previous Absa Premiership Trophy after clinching three consecutive league titles. More

motivation for players is that if a team scores five goals or more in a game receives five dream-bags for schools chosen by the team.

Every man-of-the-match will win R500 worth of airtime, as well as R1 000. The player and coach of the month will each receive R10 000. The player of the season will win a car, courtesy of Absa during the PSL Awards at the end of the season.

Absa marketing and communication officer Happy Ntshingila says the new innovations will add to the glamour of the Absa Premiership.

“We had one of the most thrilling seasons ever last year with over three million viewers glued to their TV sets to see how the drama unfolded. I am sure we are in for a highly competitive and spectacu-

lar season. The Absa Premiership is the most lucrative league on the African continent and the further incentives introduced this season will make the challenge even more rewarding.”

PSL CEO Zola Majavu says the fifth anniversary of the premiership is a highlight for the PSL. “We appreciate the commitment made by the banking giant to ensure that the Absa Premiership is the league of choice on the African continent. Through our relationship with Absa, the road has been paved for many players to make a name for themselves using the Absa Premiership as a base for bigger things to come,” Majavu adds.

The Absa premiership commences on 12 August 2011 and ends on the weekend of 19 May 2012.

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‘We are so experienced and the guys know each other so well after playing together for such a long time’ Gavin Rich

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he prospect of having a Springbok captain appointed on the sidelines in the build up to theRugby World Cup is not a major issue to veteran player Victor Matfield.

According to the veteran Bok player, the number of experienced players in the squad who can take ownership of their position and their sphere of influence in the team makes the identity of the onfield leader less relevant than it would be, were the Boks going to

the World Cup with a less experienced unit.

And he is ready to dovetail the onfield leadership with John Smit on those occasions that the impressive Bismarck du Plessis gets to start ahead of the squad captain.

“I do enjoy the leadership responsibility but I don’t think it is a big issue in this team, because we are so experienced and the guys know each other so well after playing together for such a long time,” said Matfield.

“We have been together as a team a

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long time and we have world-class, experienced players in several key positions. I take charge of the lineouts, Fourie du Preez takes charge of other aspects such as the kicking and the decision-making, and Jean de Villiers is there to give direction to the outside backs.”

Matfield confirmed that Du Preez’s return to the squad after a year’s absence through injury has given the group a lift.

“I don’t think it is in any secret that we missed Fourie last year and it is great to have him back. The

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big thing he brings is his decisionmaking ability,” he said.

Butch James also spoke about the importance of having experienced players. “Fourie’s whole game is brilliant, he takes a lot of pressure off you as a flyhalf because he is a good kicker and decision maker. It also helps when you have a good No12 outside you, and I have that in Jean. Fourie was injured last year so I didn’t get to play with him, and it is quite a long time since I lined up between him and Jean, but it has gone well in training.”supersport.com

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