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STORIES FROM THE AFRICAN CONTINENT PAGE 7

SUCCESS IS NOT FAR FROM YOU

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BASA chairman Kwanele Gumbi, Alecia Nkadimeng and Minister of Arts and Culture Paul Mashatile during the BASA awards ceremony.

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HILLBROW LANDMARK

THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH The Friedenskirche or Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hillbrow, between Edith Cavell and Twist streets was built in 1912. At the time it had a commanding view over the town, perched as it is on the hill, but it is now a little lost in the residential high-rises surrounding it.

Its sandstone foundation runs halfway up the impressive three-bell tower. Sandstone finishes are evident inside the charming church, in columns and window frames.

These finishes are perfectly offset by the long rows of warm-brown wooden benches, striking wooden ceiling beams and the rounded wooden balcony, with its tall organ against the back wall. Unusual stained-glass windows contrast with the off-white plaster walls. The church was totally renovated in 1956.

There was originally a German school and a pastor’s house on the site, which have made way for the Andre Huguenot Theatre, a small block of flats and a crèche, run Metro Evangelical Services (MES). A second pastor’s house still exists on the site, but is now used as a music centre.

The Lutheran Community Foundation has a range of projects on the go: kids’ week, arts and crafts, theatre, a music centre, a computer centre, a financial literary course, and a youth hang-out centre.

Friedenskirche means ‘church of peace’ an appropriate description for a site that exudes peace in the middle of the bustling Hillbrow metropolis.

Environment, Infrastructure and Services MMC Matshidiso Mfikoe tour the streets with officials.

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service delivery City of Joburg announces establishment of integrated basic service delivery forum Moses Moyo moses@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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he City of Johannesburg has approved the establishment of an Integrated Basic Service Delivery Forum to enhance service delivery in all its 130 wards.

The forum is chaired by Clr Matshidiso Mfikoe, the Member of the Mayoral Committee for Environment, Infrastructure and Services in Johannesburg and its mandate is to

monitor and address basic service delivery breakdowns.

As part of kick-starting the work to be undertaken by the forum, the first Integrated Basic Service Delivery operation will take place in Region A on 27-31 August 2012 targeting Ward 78.

All the City’s municipal entities and departments will be part of the operation. The service delivery forum will focus on resolving basic service delivery interruptions

that include sewer blockages, burst pipes, tree pruning and grass cutting, replacing broken streetlights poles, replacing stolen cables and clearing illegal dumping sites.

The planned operation will also include comprehensive public education campaign to inform the residents about the City’s by-laws, council policies and responsible citizenry by encouraging them to report all service delivery breakdowns to the City of Johannesburg.

The operation will be linked to the ward based law enforcement programme for sustainability purposes. For sustainability, all completed areas will be handed over to ward teams set up in terms of a programme launch by the Executive Mayor to deploy 10 metro officers per ward.

In line with Joburg 2040 strategy, the City of Johannesburg aims to achieve substantially enhanced service delivery for all.

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Child welfare vision An effort to create an inner-city environment where the children, their caretakers and the community, as a whole, can feel safe and thrive Moses Moyo moses@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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oburg Child Welfare and the City of Johannesburg Region F’s Best Life for Every Child project kicked off at a workshop in July, which saw the conception of a vision for a better inner-city and specifically for Joubert Park where Joburg Child Welfare’s safe haven Thembalethu is situated.

In the second workshop on 28 August, which was hosted by Joburg Child Welfare and the City of Johannesburg Region F and facilitated by Dr Barbara Holtmann, author of What it looks like when it’s fixed, stakeholders showed their commitment to the project. Stakeholders are drawn from other NGOs; government sectors,

including SAPS and JMPD; City of Johannesburg departments, including Child Development and Social Development; school children and representatives from taxi associations.

Dr Holtmann presented the Best Life for Every Child’s vision which culminated from information gathered at the previous workshop. This visualized a peaceful environment; family leisure time; a vibrant precinct; access to all services, including health; freedom of movement and parenting support, plus a decent postal service.

Issues were identified through a practical scoring system which provided valuable information to Dr Holtmann and the stakeholders who could then see where they can be of most benefit and play an effective role in building

the vision on a practical level.

Dr Holtmann said: “The importance of the Best Life for Every Child model is to collaborate and find real solutions.”

Three areas, health, movement and cleanup were identified as real issues and teams were tasked to come up with collaborative actions to achieve positive solutions. Stakeholders offered their specific areas of expertise to provide a workable solution. The Best Life for Every Child is on its way to become a fully functioning model and will be contained in an interactive piece of software.

This will be given to the Mayor in an effort to create an environment where the children and the community, as a whole, can feel safe and thrive.

Joburg Child Welfare officials, back row from left: Ellen Moabi, Emma Holtmann, Aileen Langley, Phumzile Malobane, Edith Shikumo, Carrol Bews.

Front row: Raquel Reddy, Heather Tluczek, Barbara Holtmann, Lyn Perry.

Heavily armed

men arrested Own Correspondent

Above: The guns that were recovered.

Left: Police arrive at the scene.

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This week Badboyz Security officers patrolling the Cyrildene precinct spotted suspicious individuals in their area. When they ap-

proached the men they started running, and in the process dropped two guns, which had serial numbers filed off.

One suspect who had a rifle escaped, but two were arrested.

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Women must aim high

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here were so many activities during Women’s Month that should by now have changed many negative attitudes some men displayed before this period of time.

Among the most important of the activities was the campaign to remove outdated thinking and stereotypes that women were only to be seen as kitchen workers and machines for making children.

At this point in time we have many women trying as hard as they can to climb to the top of the social and economic ladder, who want to achieve the highest levels of life the men had kept for themselves for so many centuries. In this I would encourage all women to try

COMMENT There are many heritage sites to consider in Joburg, which emerged as a village, and then as a town around the gold mining claims of the Witwatersrand in 1886.

The town developed rapidly, and considering its stature today, it is amazing that it got city status only 80 years ago.

Among the city’s heritage sites are the buildings that have been marked with blue and white identification plaques. Most of the sites are still functional, but there are sadly some that have been neglected.

Most significant is Constitution Hill in Braamfontein, or in Hillbrow as some prefer to position it. This is the former Old Fort, the once notorious Number Four Prison. That is where anti-apartheid struggle icons like Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, and thousands more political prisoners; and even common crooks, were once held.

Today the place symbolises democratic reform, justice and peaceful coexistence.

It is filled with artworks that express a myriad of situations, from the grim days of apartheid to the transition to today’s racial and social harmony.

Another landmark is the Rissik Street post office, which was built in 1897, a symbol of the city’s advancement in communications, declared a national monument in 1978. However the building has remained derelict since 1996.

It has housed the homeless and was twice set on fire. The clock and the bells were stolen, ostensibly carted off to recyclers.

In 2010 about R16 million work was done to repair it and guards posted to secure it. But that work was deemed temporary.

There is still hope that the Johannesburg Property Company may redeem it.

Another outstanding landmark is the Miners Monument sculpture in Rissik Street, Braamfontein. It was created by David MacGregor and installed in 1964.

The statue symbolises the city’s economic growth through mining activities.

The city’s fringes display countless mine dumps that stand out as attractive manmade mountains, to decorate the skyline and enrich the city’s economic history.

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by all means to improve their standing in society.

The most important step to take is to have good education. It does not matter whether you are a girl or an old woman, it is never too early or too late to get sound education.

We want women to take up all the leadership positions in this country, in politics, the economy and all other areas where the men have failed so dismally. Above all, the next president of this country must be a woman.

If women really want this to happen there is nothing that can stop them, because to start with they are the majority over the males, and they live longer.

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I’m not my hair ‘We live in a time where media inculcates everything that you think is real; it has reached a point where we don’t even know what real is any more’

Yolanda Zondo

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is status read: “Fake tan, fake boobs, fake nails, and fake hair. Please tell me again how you want a real man” (Sinyorito Peacock Fantastic, Facebook 2012). Statuses such as these have been booming on social networks with men questioning the realness of a woman, specifically black women.

Since when has getting a weave that is affordable become a reason to not finding Mr Right? Two years ago, these same men were the ones giving their girlfriends R500 to get a weave and their nails done so they could look presentable as their girlfriend to friends and the public.

But now suddenly because the R500 has become R1 500, they need to cut their hair to fit your lifestyle or ease your pocket? Be-

ing real or fake is not determined by your skin colour, your hair or where you get it from. The realness that you seek is contained therein.

I got my first weave at the age of 18, and when I got it guys wanted my numbers and men were asking me out as though they did not have women already. However, I was not at all amused.

These are the very same guys who would pass me by like a street light and not even wonder what my name is when I had my natural hair.

But now because I got Indian hair you want to talk to me?

No baba! Ah-ah! Every woman out there is looking for a man who will accept her for who she is ‘Flaws and all’. Hair, no hair or Brazilian hair; my hair does not make me. Hair might get you noticed but it won’t seal a deal or make your man stay.

Eventually a man will tire of seeing you bald, weaved or afro.

He will sit by your side and start fantasising about that girl in the Usher video with the weave, the lashes, the eight inch heels, the fake boobs or even worse when he is hanging out with his friends he begins to wish you were Nicki Minaj.

Women like steady and men enjoy being with a woman who is not predictable. They want to be surprised. Ladies, are you afraid you might not find Mr Right because, apparently, Mr Right is

looking for girls with afros, uncut their own skin so they can be nails and girls who eat leaves? comfortable when talking to you.

Honey girl stop wasting your It has nothing to do with being time worrying, all you need to do real or fake.

We are all human and we all get is take care of yourself. Feel good nervous and have certain things so you can look good.

Lastly, never change who you that make us confident enough to are, for anybody. If he does not walk on that stage or talk to that accept you with your baggage; guy you like.

Men! If you are not looking that includes your flaws, your makeup bag as well as that weave for a woman with a weave then that cost you eight grand, then he do not go for one with a weave and spend most of your time tois not worth it.

Frankly, we live in a time where gether trying to convince her to media inculcates everything that show you her natural hair; that you believe is real. In fact, it has is what baby pictures are for, and reached a point where we don’t surely you will now understand even know what real is anymore. why she has a weave. I say get to know a woman.

Have we grown to We have menbe a generation that tioned so many relies on the tangible Never change times how words things to weigh how who you are for like ‘hot’ and real someone is? anybody; if he ‘sexy’ diminish a I do not see anyone woman. Today we taking an interest in does not accept have crossed yet the number of people you with your who genuinely help baggage then he another boundary and if you meet others, or people who a woman and tell find out what drives is not worth it her how much another without taking notice of the colour of their you are bothered by weaves and artificial nails, you are basically skin or how much their telling her that you are looking weaves cost.

This age is grooming a genera- for containment, not what is contion of men who do not wonder tained inside.

So while you are going around about their faults, but rather list the things women should do or looking for what you refer to as a change to pleasure them. Men ‘real woman’ you are missing out then take this to heart and over- on A WOMAN. analyse the reasons why women Yolanda Zondo is the editor of do what they do.

Fashion Culture magazine. She can It is simple really, women use be through email address makeup to feel comfortable in yolandazondo@hotmail.com

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Volunteer wins BASA award ‘Winners and finalists demonstrated that even in the current economic downswing organisations are engaging in innovative partnerships’

BASA chairman Kwanele Gumbi, Alecia Nkadimeng and Minister of Arts and Culture Paul Mashatile

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Alecia Nkadimeng

t the 2012 Business and Arts South Africa awards on Monday night in Braamfontein volunteer Alecia Nkadimeng walked off with the prestigious Mentor of the Year award, supported by Etana.

Nkadimeng, who structured human resources policies for the Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative, was one of 14 people honoured at the annual Business Day Basa awards.

Chosen by an independent panel of judges, the winners were announced at a ceremony held at Wits Arts Museum in Braamfontein. “I apprecia-

tive the Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative for allowing me to be part of the experience. Receiving this award is an affirmation that it is okay to take a leap of faith to experience the unknown, and then be able to give back to the very thing I have learned so much from, the Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative,” said Nkadimeng.

A United States citizen, Nkadimeng is currently chief operations officer at 17 Ovations Media. A graduate of St Cloud State University in Minnesota, Nkadimeng completed a BA in Public Administration: Economics and Community Development. She

relocated to South Africa in the beginning of 2004 and has worked in management in various companies and government departments.

Nkadimeng has been a volunteer mentor at the Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative since 2011, which has also asked her to join the board and continue in her strategic role to guide the company.

“We were delighted at the quality of entries this year. The winners and finalists really demonstrated that even in the current economic downswing businesses and arts organisations are engaging in innovative and important partnerships,”

said Business and Arts South Africa chief executive, Michelle Constant.

Each winner received a beaded Ndebele Itelefoni dancing staff, sculpted by Petrus Mahlangu and beaded by Sophy Mahlangu and her group Nomhlekhabo Craft Africa.

A section 21 company, Business and Arts South Africa encourages mutually beneficial partnerships between business and the arts. It was founded in 1997 as a joint initiative of government and the business sector, to secure the future development of the arts industry in South Africa, through increased corporate sector involvement.

INNER-CITY FACTS AND FIGURES

- Floor space: 7 million m² - Office space: 3-million m² (the equivalent of 57% of available space in Durban, Cape Town & Pretoria combined) - Home to large number of corporate head offices - Daily commuters: 800 000 - Taxis: 39.6% - Bus: 24.1% - Private car: 27.1% - Rail: 9.2% - Weekday population: 1 million - Working people: 200 000 - Tourist shoppers: 300 000 400 000 pa.

- Number of dwelling units: more than 40 000 - Value of investment: ± R30billion in 2.5 km² radius of core area (built investment replacement cost) Housing capital investment: ± R1.2 billion Source - www.jda.org.za

Traffic accumulates in Joe Slovo Rd as the roadblock gets underway.

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Women’s Month roadblock Annual roadblock commemorates Women’s Month Persistance Nkomo persie.nkomo@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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Col Shereen Swartz

his week SAPS and JMPD female police officers from the Hillbrow cluster held the annual roadblock in commemoration of Women’s Month at the Joe Slovo and Abel roads intersection in Berea, under the command of Col Shereen Swartz of Hillbrow police.

Col Swartz said the roadblock is conducted every year, where they bring female police from eight stations for a cluster operation.

“We hand out pamphlets on safety tips about smash-and-grabs to female drivers, so they can exercise caution when driving. Last year we handed out cupcakes to female drivers, and the previous year we gave them roses. We encourage drivers

not to drive with their windows open, bags, laptops and cellphones on the seats,” said Col Swartz.

She added that the roadblock is fully fledged, with metro police looking for road traffic act compliance. “We also stop and search vehicles and do all other normal policing tasks. During the operation we made various arrests and booked many traffic fines,” she said.

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Ex-dictator to be tried Dakar - Senegal and the AU have signed an agreement to create a special tribunal to try former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, who is accused of war crimes.

Senegal’s Justice Minister Aminata Toure said they are moving resolutely towards the holding of the trial. The International Court of Justice had earlier ordered Senegal to try or extradite Habre, who has been living in Senegal since fleeing his country in 1990 after being ousted by President Idriss Deby. A 1992 truth commission report said while in power Habre presided over 40 000 political murders and widespread torture.

In 2002 a Belgian investigating team visited detention centres and mass graves and found thousands of documents from Habre’s political police, providing strong evidence of torture and rights violations.

While mandated by the AU to put Habre on trial in 2006, Senegal dragged its feet under President Abdoulaye Wade, citing problems in jurisdiction and funding.

In 2010 about $10million was pledged by the EU, Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg, the AU and Chad for the trial. However Wade said he wanted to ‘get rid’ of the case, and the money was never paid.

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Unrest over slain cleric

Rogo Mohamed Hissene Habre

Mombasa - Youths have clashed with police in in violence prompted by the killing of a Muslim religious leader Aboud Rogo Mohamed, accused by the US of helping al Shabab in Somalia.

Police fired teargas and warning shots as youths barricaded streets with burning tyres. Youth also threw a grenade at a police truck, wounding 16 police officers. Shopkeepers reported looting in some areas the tourist hub and major Indian Ocean port.

The unrest began after armed men shot dead Mohamed on Monday, in an attack many Muslims blamed on the police. Rogo was the spiritual leader of the Muslim Youth Centre (MYC), viewed as an ally of Somalia’s armed group, al-Shabab.

One person was killed in riots when protesters torched some churches, raising fears that the unrest may become more sectarian. The Supreme Council of Muslims secretary-general Adan Wachu condemned the violence. “The protesters shouldn’t hide behind Islam or any of its teachings.”

Rogo Mohamed had been accused by the UN of using the MYC group to recruit Africans for carrying out violent militant activity in Somalia.

Death row inmates hanged

Genocide pastor in court

Banjul - Nine prisoners have been executed by hanging after President Yahya Jammeh vowed to carry out all death sentences by mid-September.

Rights group Amnesty International says more inmates may be executed. A security source said all 47 death row prisoners had been moved to one place.

Amnesty International’s Paule Rigaud said the decision by Jammeh to execute the prisoners after 25 years without execution would be a giant leap backwards.

However, a source reported that executions have continued unofficially, the most recent in 2007.

Jammeh, a former soldier who seized power in a 1994 coup, brooks no dissent in a country often blasted by rights bodies for abuses. Many top officials have been charged with treason, often related to coup plots which observers view as a sign of paranoia by Jammeh. Last year eight top military officers, including the ex-army and intelligence chiefs and the ex-deputy head of police, were sentenced to death for treason.

The executions come after a visit by an envoy of AU chief Boni Yayi, who urged Jammeh not to kill the prisoners, many of whom are political detainees.

Kigali - Genocide suspect Jean Bosco Uwinkindi, who was transferred from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) four months ago, appears in court this week.

Uwinkindi, a pastor with the Pentecostal Church in the former Kigali-Rural Prefecture, allegedly unleashed killers on thousands of Tutsi refugees, including members of his church in 1994.

His appearance is procedural as the case will only go to the specialised chamber for substantive hearing after issues such as provisional release are dealt with. He is detained at the special transit facility at Kigali Central Prison, designated for suspects transferred from the ICTR. Since being granted four months to prepare his defence, Uwinkindi has refused to answer questions from the prosecution.

The special transfer law grants the accused the right to remain silent, and they can always speak through their lawyers.

Uwinkindi is charged with three counts of genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity.

Yahya Jammeh

Chinese ‘gangsters’ ejected Luanda –The government has extradited 37 Chinese accused of extortion, kidnappings, armed robberies and running prostitution rings, for trial in China.

Chinese police said the gangsters targeted other Chinese, kidnapping businessmen and burying victims alive; lured women to Angola, promising wellpaid jobs, but forced them into prostitution. Thou-

sands of Chinese live in Angola, where Chinese firms have large interests.

China’s Security Ministry said special police were sent to Angola to help investigate criminal gangs, and they had helped break up 12 gangs and free 14 victims, mostly women forced into prostitution.

Mineral-rich Angola is China’s biggest trading partner in Africa. Chinese

media says crime seriously affects operations. China Police website documented 14 kidnappings where five were killed.

Chinese business owners had left Luanda, hired bodyguards or use bullet-proof cars.

Jean Uwinkindi

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Child centre grows Persistance Nkomo persie.nkomo@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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n inner-city child development centre that started with only three children has now grown to accommodate an intake of 400, according to founder Violet Legabe.

She says the Ithute Daycare and Pre-school is a centre for early child development which accommodates all types of children from different backgrounds.

“I started the crèche in 2000 in

Yeoville because of my love for children and seeing them grow to become useful people in society.

The centre has now grown into having three branches in Yeoville, Berea and the CBD, which provide day care and early education for children.”

Legabe says there were many challenges when she started the business. “That included providing a safe and clean environment for children, affordable fees, quality Early Childhood Development

(ECD) and other necessities.”

Legabe says ECD is the basis of education for every child, and they make sure they cover enough ground to prepare the children for school.

“When children graduate from here they have the ability to listen to instructions, identify colours, read and have social life skills.

Early learning is an input of future learning, hence we prepare them and teach them to make a difference between good and bad,” she adds.

She says they identify those who have problems like hearing, sight and those who are emotionally disturbed.

“When a child has such problems we communicate with the parent and refer them to medical specialists if necessary, or help if we can.

We also have activities which help emotionally disturbed children heal, which we call the ‘fantasy area’ in which they say what they think, pretending to be parents at home, and it helps them heal,” she adds.

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CPF chairman thanks Hillbrow community Moses Moyo moses@inner-city-gazette.co.za Hillbrow Community Policing Forum chairperson Denzil Goldstone has thanked the community for the support given to Hillbrow police during the mourning of the two policemen who were killed last week.

“We thank the residents for the CPF chairperson Denzil Goldstone PIC: INNER-CITY PRESS AGENCY support and comforting messages

given by them during this dark. We must now focus our energy on making sure the perpetrators are brought to book,” Goldstone said.

He added that any information that members of the community have that might lead to the arrest of the perpetrators will be greatly appreciated. You can call the station commander direct on 079 970 4115 or Goldstone on 083 556 4066.

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DA denounces council speaker Own Correspondent

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Members of the Yeoville Youth Dest pose with Lt-Col Jeffrey Meyer of Yeoville police.

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Youths in safety drive Akhona Zibonti akhona@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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eoville Youth Desk co-ordinator Cst Thabo Malatji says they target school children and help them understand the dangers of drugs and alcohol, and general safety measures.

“In the youth awareness campaigns we bring ex-drug addicts and ex-convicts so they tell them about their experiences.”

Cst Malatji adds that at one point they took a group of school children

to a correctional facility to have a chat with the inmates about their experiences inside and out of prison.

“We also do health awareness to encourage the youth and adults to know about what safety precautions to take so they can prolong their lives. We want them to be able to identify health hazards within our communities,” he said.

He announces that next month the Yeoville Youth Desk will host a soccer tournament to campaign against drug abuse in the area, and that in October there will be a child

safety exhibition in the area. “We will invite the Department of Social Development, the Teddy Bear club, Family Violence, Child Abuse and Sexual Offences (FCS) and Ikhaya Lethemba who will broadly speak about this problem. From 25 November to 13 December there will be Activism Against Women and Children Abuse campaign.”

He adds that they consider establishing committees in schools. “We target the youth, so they grow up knowing what is acceptable and what is not,” said Cst Malatji.

Man ‘rapes’ his niece Akhona Zibonti akhona@inner-city-gazette.co.za.

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Yeoville man has been arrested for allegedly raping his niece at corner Hopkins and Kenmere streets, according to police spokesperson Cst Thabo Malatji.

He says the 12 year-old girl reported the matter to her sister‘s friend, and it was discovered that the alleged rape had been going on for a long time, Cst Malatji says.

“The child said she was afraid to report the matter because the suspect threatened to kill her if she

told anyone. She was taken to a surgeon and it was confirmed that she had been raped,” he says.

Meanwhile Yeoville police’s intelligence unit raided a house in Dunbar Street, seized dagga worth over R5 000 and arrested five suspects, Cst Malatji adds.

uring a council meeting in the City of Johannesburg on Thursday the called for a motion of no confidence in the Speaker of Council, Clr Connie Bapela.

In a press statement DA Chief Whip in the City of Johannesburg Dot Corrigan (pictured) said it is the DA’s view that Clr Bapela has failed to uphold her constitutional and legislative responsibilities.

“This motion is brought in terms of Section 40 of the Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998 as amended. The Speaker of Council’s inability to follow standard council procedures includes failure to uphold the provisions in section 160 (8) of the constitution by not allowing parties and interests to be fairly reflected within the Council; failure to conduct council meetings in accordance with the rules and orders of the council by not safeguarding the independence of the Council and maintain the authority thereof; protecting freedom of speech and debate in the Council; discharging her responsibilities in an impartial way; enforcing Standing Rule 73 (1) (a) which prohibits Councillors from discrediting the Council or Councillors by using disrespectful and insulting language; and failure to build, promote and protect democracy, facilitate debate and arrive at consensus within the Standing Rules of Council and ensuring ethical conduct by councillors.”

Corrigan added that further to this, agendas and notices are

constantly received late, leaving councillors little time to prepare or plan; meetings are frequently cancelled and committees simply do not meet for extended periods of time.

“Proper oversight of council matters and accountability to the people of Johannesburg cannot happen under such circumstances. The Speaker of Council’s lack of impartiality and consideration for the time of the councillors of the City is not only impacting the work of the councillors, but also the participation of communities in the life of the metro. Therefore, we hereby serve notice of a motion as prescribed in terms of section 40 of the Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998, as amended to remove Clr Connie Bapela as Speaker of this council.”

By the time of going to press comment had not been obtained from the office of the Speaker of the Joburg Metro Council.

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In 1992 he was commissioned to write The People Want Mandela, a song celebrating Nelson Mandela’s release from prison

An interactive playground of very personal memory

Jazz star is back Nat Ramabulana and Atandwa Kani in Hayani.

Conway Falconer

Magical display

of storytelling Arts Correspondent

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he International Johannesburg Arts Alive festival at the Market Theatre Laboratory from 7-9 September will present the acclaimed play Hayani, staged by DFL Company Laboratory and Sibojama Theatre.

Hayani (home in Venda) reflects on the meaning of “home” in South Africa. It delves into the stories of two unique South Africans to reveal a complex, honest and poignant journey towards understanding themselves as South Africans and what it means to be a South African.

Atandwa Kani and Nat Ramabulana weave personal narratives against the tumultuous transitional years in South Africa. The performers are consummate entertainers and gender surfers as they play each other’s parents, siblings and each other; thus turn the performance space into an interactive playground of very personal memory.

Together with live music on stage, the audience will be weaved into a

magical display of intimate and beautiful story telling.

Atandwa Kani and Nat Ramabulana created media buzz when they premiered in Hayani at the National Arts Festival in 2009 to standing ovations. They also received excellent reviews when they performed the play at the 2011 Goethe Institut Conference Art in troubled times.

Annette Bayne of The Citizen newspaper said although it seems a heavy subject, both actors are beautiful storytellers and bring to their performances lightness and ease that draws the audience comfortably into their narratives.

“They switch between characters and situations in a moment and yet you never feel left behind. You laugh with them both and similarly you experience their sadness and pain.”

Kani is the son of John Kani, a renowned South African actor. He played the role of Thabo Mbeki in a Paul Grootboom directed production of Rhetorical in 2012. In 2010 he was a regular in the SABC TV series Soul Buddyz”. He was also featured in the US TV series

Royal Pains. He is currently in production shooting Long Walk To Freedom where he plays ‘Young Mandela’.

He says: “Hayani is an important play because we strip away all of the exteriors of skin, culture and religion, and we exhibit the true, sensitive core of what it is to be a human being with our own personal struggles. It is imperative to look back and remember, so we can build our future memories now.”

Ramabulana’s most recent work in film includes Blood Diamond, Jerusalema, and Bang Bang Club.

His theatre includes The Girl in the Yellow Dress directed by Malcolm Purkey and Master Harold and the Boys directed by James Ngcobo, which won him a Naledi Award.

“Hayani to me means sharing my innermost desire for society to get along. I thought if I could be brave and share some really personal and touching aspects of my own life, it would help people believe in their own stories and be comforted in knowing that they are not all alone.

In reality, we are a lot closer than we think,” Ramabulana says.

Internationally acclaimed pianist, composer, producer and recording artist Rashid Lanie (pictured above) performs in Melville this week.

Lanie was a star on the Jozi jazz scene in the late 1980s and early 90s, performing with, among many others, Vusi Khumalo, Bakithi Khumalo and Lawrence Matshiza in the groundbreaking jazz group Theta.

He performed at the World Cup 2010 Kick-Off Celebration Concert at Soccer City with John Legend, Angelique Kidjo, Shakira, Alicia Keyes and Black-eyed Peas. He has also worked with the likes of Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, Will.I.AM, Randy Brecker, Lew Soloff, Hugh Masekela, Ernie Watts, Bobby Womack, Slash, The UN Jazz Orchestra, Jonathan Butler, and the world-famous Agape International Choir.

Lanie went to Los Angeles in 1994 with scholarships to the University of Southern California and the Musicians’ Institute in Hollywood. A year later he was invited to be the Musical Director for the launch of the Lion King album Rhythm of the Pridelands, featuring musicians from the bands of Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Adam of the Ants and Yanni.

He received the award for Best Ar-

rangement from the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers for Infant Eyes by Wayne Shorter, and was nominated Best World Music Artist as part of the Prince Ayengo Band, by the Los Angeles Music Awards.

Lanie is well-known in his native South Africa not only for his musical accomplishments, but also for his political activism in the fight against apartheid. In 1992 he was commissioned to write The People Want Mandela, a song celebrating Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, and was personally honoured, with 11 others, at a press conference following Mandela’s release. He has spoken at the United Nations on behalf of South African musicians, and has served as vice-president of the South African Musicians’ Alliance.

While in South Africa his band, The Rashid Lanie Jazz Trio, performed regularly at music festivals and on South African TV. Lanie is especially honoured to have performed for the Dalai Lama at the 1999 Sacred Music Festival in Los Angeles. He has released four CDs of original music.

At the Lucky Bean in Melville’s 7th Street Lanie will be on piano, supported by Sydney Mnisi on saxophone, Lex Futshane on acoustic bass and Bernice Boikanyo on drums.

Gender probe at drama fest Masculinity and femininity interrogated through text and physical theatre Rahiem Whisgary

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n her theatrical piece Construction Jessica Glendenning investigates gender differences at the Drama for Life Festival which is currently on at the Wits Theatre.

Few ponder the construction of what, aside from biology, makes us either male or female; and whether our personality traits and societal functions are really as dependent on our sex organs as we are made to believe.

It is this difference, which Jessica Glendenning seeks to investigate in her one-woman theatrical piece Construction, which is part of the Drama for Life Festival at the Wits Theatre.

Glendenning unpacks notions of masculinity and femininity and interrogates

them primarily through the modes of text and physical theatre. Rather than falling back on the overdone effeminate man or butch lesbian, Glendenning, instead chooses to speak to the heterosexual majority.

Slipping from one anecdote to the next, she craftily unpacks patriarchy and shows how traditional gender roles can be problematic for both sexes.

The stage is speckled with a myriad of characters, each as distinct and intricate as snowflakes, and Glendenning morphs from one to the other to create a strong and unapologetic performance.

One leaves with the feeling that Glendenning is on the cusp of creating the space for babies to be born, free of expectation and predestination, to embrace a world of diversity.

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Lerato Ndlovu

From left: Adrew Matshitse, Homi Nyakale, Mado Masia (Ladies Convener at Soweto Country Club) and Bushi Modise (president of Soweto Country Club)

Women’s Month T golf tournament

he Soweto Country Club recently hosted a Women’s Month golf tournament to commemorate the period.

Many people who included professional golfers attended

the event. The president of the Soweto Country Club Bushi Modise expressed gratitude towards the community members who attended the event.

Many women played the game

Mado Masia

for the first time and expressed their joy at being given the opportunity to try their hands on golf clubs. The ladies convener at the club helped those who needed initial instructions.

Left : Tennis champion Lucas Sithole.

An injured fan gets assistance soon after the game.

Bucs, Chiefs face charges This relates to unruly behaviour by their fans in the Wafa Wafa contest Soccer Correspondent

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he PSL has charged Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs with spectator misbehaviour following violence in their semifinal matches against Supersport United and Mamelodi Sundowns in the MTN8 Wafa Wafa cup tournament.

Pirates will face charges relating to spectator misbehaviour and unsporting behaviour at Orlando Stadium, following allegations that supporters threw objects that included lighted firecrackers and bottles onto the pitch during the match against SuperSport United last Saturday. Bucs, the cup’s defending champions, were knocked out of the competition after a 3-0 second-leg defeat.

During the game, three fireworks were

thrown at Supersport goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez, and a photographer was injured. The match had to be stopped in the 66th minute as the referee called players into the centre circle, waiting for the crowd to calm down.

A heavy-duty police vehicle drove onto the pitch after the end of the game, and stadium security arrested two fans in the players’ tunnel after the game.

In the same period Chiefs were charged for a similar offence in their match against Mamelodi Sundowns on August 5 at the Loftus Stadium, where Amakhosi lost 1-4.

Chiefs fans allegedly behaved in an unruly or unsporting manner, throwing a variety of objects onto the pitch during the game.

Both clubs will appear before a PSL Disciplinary Committee on Friday this week.

The team includes many young athletes

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ver 2.3-million tickets to the 2012 Paralympics in London have been sold, and the games will be broadcast to more countries than ever before, and receive increased screen-time from broadcasters, organisers say.

South Africa’s 61-member team includes swimmer Natalie Du Toit and runner Oscar Pistorius, and has high hopes since the Beijing 2008 Games in which Team SA reaped 30 medals. Besides the well known Du Toit and Pistorius the team includes many young

Above: Sandra Khumalo

Team SA’s high hopes at London Paralympics athletes to compete in athletics, cycling, swimming, rowing, equestrian, and wheelchair basketball and tennis.

Another hopeful is rower Sandra Khumalo, 31, who was paralysed in a car accident in 2005. She is the only SA representative in the rowing code, having started the sport two years ago. Khumalo said out there alone on the water for the first time he felt independent.

“I have to be dependent on other people for help every day, so it was a thrilling feel-

ing. Rowing makes me feel very complete.”

The team also includes wheelchair tennis champion Lucas Sithole, 25, a tripleamputee at the age of 10 when he fell under a train. He won the 2007 Melbourne Open and was runner-up at another tournament in Sydney.

Team South Africa is fielding competitors in only seven sporting codes, which include judo, shooting, archery, wheelchair fencing, sitting volleyball, wheelchair rugby, five and seven-a-side soccer.