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Honest resident lauded - Page 2 Alarming birth defects - Page 3 Continental news coverage - Page 5

The Luthuli House ANC headquarters in Joburg.

Inset: A reflection of the bill that was delivered to the ANC by the City.

ANC caught in billing blunder Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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he ANC owes the City of Joburg more than R3-million in rates, taxes and electricity, that’s if the city’s billing system is to be believed.

Although a recent bill delivered to the ruling party for services on its headquarters indicates that the ANC is behind on its municipal bill, to the tune of R3.5 million, the party’s account is paid up and is in fact in credit.

The bill, dated 24 May 2013, goes so far as to threaten legal action. ANC spokesman Keith Khoza said the ANC had lodged a formal complaint disputing the amount shown against what was paid. “It’s part of many bills sent out to

many residents that was faulty. The City of Joburg has set a process to deal with complaints to a point where they publicly visited communities. There might be some residual bills that still need to be rectified,” Khoza said.

He added that the ANC brought the billing error to the attention of the municipality, and the problem amended.

City of Joburg spokesman Stanley Maphologela said: “The Luthuli account is among the well paid accounts on the monthly basis without fail. The billing department is not where it should be, but we are definitely not where we used to be and slowly moving in the right direction. Improvement is being seen and felt by customers,” Maphologela said.

In the short term, the city began ad-

dressing the property valuations backlog, reducing query resolution times and increasing the number of statements delivered to customers. However, the long term plan is aimed at resolving several systemic issues, Maphologela said.

The DA’s John Mendelsohn said the “high level task teams” sent to resolve queries have been successful. But he continues to receive complaints relating to incorrect categorisation of properties and failures to fix incorrect metre readings dating back even two years.

Maphologela said the meter reading programme was being implemented.

“Backlogs of outstanding queries have been reduced by over 99%”, with almost the 200 000 queries having been reduced to 140.”

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Captain John Maluleke with Vrajesh Patel.

Julius Malema (centre) is flanked by movement members during the launch.

Pic: Inner-city Press Agency

Malema launches movement We’ll usher in the demands of our people, fight against white supremacy, and fight for restoration of black dignity Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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uring a media briefing on Thursday morning at Constitutional Hill in Braamfontein, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema said the

movement is geared to root out corruption in the country.

Malema was addressing members of the media on the action plan of the EFF. He is adamant that they are a government in waiting, and said white South Africans are also welcome in the movement, but they

must be willing to share the land.

“It must be a people’s organization, not an organization of friends.

People must come together and say ‘we want an organization’ and these are the policies. We will take over South Africa. We’ll usher in the demands of our people. We will fight against white supremacy, and we will fight for restoration of black dignity. Our people should feel confident,” Malema said.

The EFF movement’s national committee consists of Julius Malema, Floyd Shivambu, Mpho Ramakatsa, socialite Kenny Kunene and actor Fana Mokoena.

Pic: SAPS

Cops laud honest resident

Joburg man hands over lost wallet containing R4 000 Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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ohannesburg Central police have commended the good work done by a community member after the recovery of a wallet belonging to station spokesperson Capt John Maluleke, says Corporate Communications Officer Warrant Officer Xoli Mbele.

He says Capt Maluleke recently lost his wallet when he was driving to his home.

“The wallet was picked up by resident Vrajesh Patel, 36, in Henry Nxumalo Street, just next to Johannesburg Central police

station. It contained R4 100 cash, an ID book, three bank cards, police ID card, driver’s licence, petrol card, medical aid card and three clothing shop cards. Apparently using the cellphone numbers he found in a bank deposit slip, Patel called Capt Maluleke, and the wallet was returned to him on Thursday morning with all its contents intact.”

W/O Mbele adds that the SAPS encourages all residents to always have their contact details in their bags.

“We also encourage the community to follow the good example of Vrajesh Patel,” he adds.

Kensington Spring Fair is around the corner

The biggest local event is around the corner. The Kensington Spring Fair, which attracts thousands of people, will take place on September 1 in Rhodes Park.

This year’s charity event promises to be a fun-filled day in the warm spring sun.If you would like to have a stall at the fair, email springfair@kensington.org.za for an application form. The I Love Kensington Association (Ilka) is hosting the event.

Registered charities in Kensington that wish to be considered for a donation from the profits made on the day, can submit a letter to chair@kensington.org.za.

The application will only be considered if it is submitted on a letterhead with a valid, non-profit organisation number, attached.

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News Briefs from around SA

Nelspruit – On Sunday an earthquake registering 4.7 on the Richter scale caused residents some anxious moments, and was felt as far away as Komatipoort and Swaziland, but no major damage was reported.

Sudwala Caves owner Phillip Owen said the caves had not been damaged. The powerful tremors, with an epicentre next to the Vygeboom Dam in Badplaas, started with a low rumble at about 5pm.

The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre in France said the earthquake occurred about 5 km below the earth’s surface. Last year an earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter The Sudwala Caves scale hit Swaziland and the Eastern Highveld, its epicentre at the Magugadam in Swaziland.

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Alarming birth defects

Port Elizabeth - The Health Department considers launching research into the increasing number of babies born with deformities in the province. This follows the birth of a baby at Dr Malizo Mpehle Memorial Hospital in Tsolo with an eye and a penis on the forehead.

The baby girl, who was born to a 16-year-old girl from Qumbu, died.

Health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said the baby had one eye on her forehead, and no eyes where her eyes should have been. “She had a penis on the forehead even though she was a girl; and exposed small and large intestines.

She had no nose and where there are supposed to be eyes there was nothing,” Kupelo said.

Earlier this month, conjoined twins were born at the same hospital. Kupelo said they were the fifth set in the past 18 months. Last November a child was born with an exposed heart in PE, and another with an exposed brain in Middleberg. There were 29 birth defects last year, and 50 in two years, said Kupelo.

“We urge pregnant women to start ante-natal care early for early detection. They should inform doctors that they are pregnant to avoid ingesting medication that could be harmful to the child, and must stop using traditional herbs,. which possibly contribute to this.”

Other deformities included babies born with the heart or brain exposed, having two penises or four legs, and most died soon after birth.

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Andile Lili

Airport faeces man blasts ‘racist’ magistrate Cape Town - One of the men who appeared in court on Monday for allegedly dumping faeces at Cape Town International Airport attacked Bellville magistrate Jannie Kotze who denied them bail, saying they may commit a similar offence.

The men are ANC Councillor Loyiso Nkohla, former councillor Andile Lili, Yanga Njingwana, Ben Dyani, Jaji Diniso, Bongile Zanazo, and Thembela Mabanjwa.

Lili shouted: “You white racist, you don’t care, we can’t allow our people to live in those conditions! He is lambasting us because we are black.

We are ready to spend 30 years in jail. Why must

we be treated like pigs?” They are charged under the Civil Aviation Act, and face 30 years jail if found guilty. Kotze left the court without reacting to the accusations. About 50 supporters danced in front of the court building.

The men allegedly dumped 10 buckets of faeces at the departures terminal of the airport on 25 June. The men were on a warning for a similar offence at a Cape Town train station, at the time of their arrest.

“In spite of this condition, they arranged for faeces to be dumped at the airport which, in fact, has nothing to do with service delivery,” Kotze said.

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From the Editor

Moses Moyo

Mandela Day is a call to action for people everywhere; to take responsibility for changing the world into a better place, one small step at a time, just as Mr Mandela did

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Mandela Day: it’s in your hands

he countdown to Nelson Mandela International Day 2013 has begun. Marked across the world on 18 July each year, Mandela Day aims to inspire people to take action to change the world for the better, and in doing so to build a global movement for good.

On Mandela’s birthday, 18 July - adopted as Nelson Mandela International Day by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009 - people around the world are challenged to spend at least 67 minutes doing good work in their communities in honour of the 67 years that Mandela gave in service and sacrifice.

The countdown was announced at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory in Johannesburg. Following the success of Nelson

Mandela’s 90th birthday celebrations in London’s Hyde Park in June 2008, it was decided that there could be nothing more fitting than to celebrate Mr Mandela’s birthday each year with a day dedicated to his life’s work and that of his charitable organizations, and to ensure his legacy continues forever.

The Mandela Day campaign message is simple: Mr Mandela gave 67 years of his life fighting for the rights of humanity.

All we are asking is that everyone gives 67 minutes of their time to the cause, whether it’s supporting a chosen charity or serving your community.

Mandela Day is a call to action for people everywhere – to take responsibility for

changing the world into a better place, one small step at a time, just as Mr Mandela did.

Yusuf Abramjee, chairperson of Lead SA, once again pledged his support for Mandela Day, saying his organisation’s focus this year would be on improving facilities at a school in Johannesburg.”Bertrams Junior Primary School has been identified as a school that is in need,” Abramjee said. “We will be going out in full force to see how we can improve standards at the school and bring joy to the learners.”

Inner City Gazette will attempt to cover all events and initiatives around the city. Kindly send us your event details and birthday wishes for President Madiba, you can mail me at editor@inner-city-gazette.co.za

Ridiculous bus ticketing system

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e run and work for Past Experiences, a tour company, specialising in walking tours of the Johannesburg Inner City. We have invested a great deal in the CBD, Inner City Business and Tourism Industry and are passionate about helping create the community driven, fair, safe city that we and our fellow city residents and workers would want to exist in.

Months ago it was advertised that the Rea Vaya would start using a card system. On the morning of 5 July, we picked up 18 students from Wits, visiting Joburg for a few months, predominantly from African cities; America, Venezuela and Germany. We walked to the Park Station Rea Vaya, where we planned to board the bus and travel to Soweto. On our arrival we were advised that the new card system had been implemented. I had seen no notices of the implementation of the system, and from the amount of surprised commuters implementation wasn’t widely known.

The very rude man, selling tickets, seemed confused as to what tickets were available and their prices. He even told my colleague that she shouldn’t buy the tickets because it is very complicated. Surely he should want to sell tickets, since it is his job. We had budgeted specifically for the 20 pax and so did not have unlimited funds to get to Soweto and back. There was no option of getting a single ticket, rather tourists who will not use the ticket again, had to purchase a card.

We were informed that we had to get everyone a card, a single route which is R25 per single trip, which meant we would have needed three each on the day, equivalent to a charge of R75 pp. A few days before, this same trip would have cost R27, a significant and unjustified price difference.

There was an option of R37 for two trips, which we couldn’t get as the station didn’t have these tickets in stock. The man then informed us that if we went to the Joubert Park Station we could get a free card and load it with whatever amount we needed. We asked whether we could, as a favour, get on the next bus to Joubert Park as we were already running late, where we would then purchase the cards. The man said no, when we asked if we could speak to his manager he said no, as his phone was only for his use.

We then called Customer Care. When we explained the situation to the lady she asked to speak to the man, and they spoke on our phone, using our airtime. The lady thereafter informed us that she wouldn’t help us, and that we must get 20 people in a taxi to Joubert Park to buy tickets.

At this point we decided to walk to Joubert Park Rea Vaya Station. Again after much conversation and confusion, it finally came out that the only option was paying R50 pp (minimum) for a card and fare, R20 of which is a card holding fee.

Additionally, each person on the tour had to give their personal details and ID number as well as choose a card pin. The process for 20 people to get cards was difficult, confusing and took a great deal of time. They first had to sign a register to get the card, then walk across to the other side of the station, put in a chosen pin, then pay R50.

We were not the only people standing in the queue. That included daily commuters who were getting irritated by the system and complaining.

We had been trying to get a ticket for two hours of an eight hour tour; two hours less to show how great Johannesburg is. The group were cold and hungry by the time we got on the bus and very disappointed in the Rea Vaya System.

The problems we experienced are systemic flaws in a ridiculous ticketing system.

Jo Buitendach and Tania Olsson Passionate members of Inner City Community (Letter shortened)

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Focus on Africa

New press gagging law

Banjul - Parliament has introduced new legislation that threatens those who spread ‘false news’ with 15 years jail and $100 000 fines.

The government said that was needed to ensure stability and prevent ‘unpatriotic behaviour’. The changes may deepen Gambia’s reputation as one of Africa’s most repressive countries. The penalties, which apply to anything that is published, were spelled out in the recently adopted updated Information and Communications Act. Information Minister Nana Grey-Johnson said the law is to prevent people from engaging in ‘treacherous’ campaigns against Gambians. “They incite unpatriotic behaviour, spreading false news and engaging in criminal defamation against government officials.”

Grey-Johnson added that, if unchecked, such statements were a recipe for chaos and instability in any country. The 2009 law had no reference to such penalties. President Yahya Jammeh has ruled since he seized power in a 1994 military coup. Gambia ranks near the bottom of a global press freedom ranking from Reporters Without Borders. Jammeh is regularly criticised by rights groups for press crackdowns and civil society.

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Islamists reject poll plan

Adly Mansour

Cairo - Muslim Brotherhood officials have rejected a timetable for new elections laid out by interim president Adly Mansour.

Brotherhood figure Essam al-Erian said the plan brings the country ‘back to square one’. President Mohammed Morsi was ousted by the army last week. The decree came after 51 people were killed at a barracks. The Muslim Brotherhood, which Morsi belongs to, says its members were shot at a sit-in for Morsi. The army says it responded to an armed provocation. Morsi was Egypt’s first freely elected president. His removal followed protests by people who accused him of becoming authoritarian, pursuing an Islamist agenda, and failing to tackle economic woes. The Brotherhood denounced the military’s action as a coup.

Mansour’s decree planned to amend the suspended Islamist constitution within 15 days. The changes would then be put to a referendum within four months, paving the way for elections in early 2014. Muslim Brotherhood legal adviser Ahmad Abu-Barakah said the decree was illegitimate.

UN to deploy frontier troops

Gunmen in school massacre Abuja - Secondary schools have been ordered to close across Yobe state after a massacre in which suspected Islamists killed 22 students and torched their school.

Yobe Governor Ibrahim Gaidam blamed Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which targeted two schools in the region in June, for the attack.

Dozens of schools have been burned in attacks by Islamists since 2010. Gaidam ordered the schools closed until the start of the new term in September.

Yobe is one of three states where President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in May, sending thousands of troops to the area.

Eyewitnesses said some of the victims were burned alive in the attack, while others were shot and killed as they tried to flee from the carnage.

Survivors said suspected Boko Haram militants arrived with containers full of fuel and set fire to the school. Gaidam ordered that those injured in the attack be given free treatment.

Over 600 people were believed to have been killed in 2012 by the Boko Haram militants, who are fighting to overthrow the government and create an Islamic state in the predominantly Muslim north of the country.

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Khartoum - The UN’s Undersecretary General for Peacekeeping, Herve Ladsous has announced that an advance party of UN troops to support the monitoring of a buffer zone along the disputed SudanSouth Sudan border should arrive by August.

Ladsous said there they will be among more than 1 000 troops who will protect the border monitors.

“We are in the process of deploying an additional battalion. That is a crucial way to contribute to confidence between the two parties on that 2 200km, and very complicated border.”

The troops with special border duties will be part of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (Unisfa), one of the contested border regions.

After months of intermittent clashes, Sudan and South Sudan agreed in March to detailed timetables for normalising relations by setting up the border buffer zone and implementing eight other key pacts, including an oil deal.

Last month Khartoum said it was suspending all the Gorongosa Mountains. Analysts doubt the agreements over alleged South Sudanese supthat Renamo, previously supported by the port for rebels in its territory. But the deputy presiapartheid South African government, has the dents of the two countries met in Khartoum this resources to relaunch full-scale hostilities.

Armando Guebuza week and committed to ease the tensions.

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Goodluck Jonathan

Govt forces raid Renamo base

Maputo – Government forces have attacked a camp of ex-Renamo rebels, according to state media.

Police spokesman Joaquim Nido said they broke up the base on Saturday. Renamo claimed it repelled attacks on its camp near Muxungue. Authorities denied casualties, but Renamo said it killed government soldiers.

Tensions between Renamo

and the Frelimo government erupted in April, over 20 years after a bloody civil war ended. Renamo demands more representation in the army and changes to the electoral law.

Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama said he was willing to meet President Armando Guebuza if government forces withdrew from the former rebel base

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Help find missing persons JOHANNESBURG TOWN PLANNING SCHEME, 1979 NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 56 (1) (b) (i) OF THE TOWN-PLANNING AND TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE (ORDINANCE 15 OF 1986) I, John Pryor being the authorized agent of the registered owner(s) of Erven 1458, 1459,1460 (1531) of Berea Township, hereby give notice in terms of Section 56 (1) (b) (i) of the Town Planning and Townships Ordinance, 1986, that I have applied to the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality for the amendment of the town planning scheme, known as Johannesburg Town Planning Scheme, 1979, by the rezoning of Erven 1458,1459,1460 (1531) of Berea Township (No 109 Lily Road) from ‘residential 4’ to ‘residential 4’ with the inclusion of a guest house and restaurant, subject to certain restrictive conditions.

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Nomhle Lusu

Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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oburg police request community assistance in finding a missing 18 year-old schoolgirl, Nomhle Lusu.

Police Corporate Communications Officer Warrant Officer Xoli Mbele says Nomhle left her home at Zam-

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bezi House in Von Weilligh Street on 27 June in the company of an unknown man. “She told her mother that she was going to Sandton to attend a workshop that was presented

by Exit Equity at Michelangelo.

She never returned and her phone has been off.”

Anyone with information about

her whereabouts can call Detective Warrant Officer Jwara on 082 655 5589 or 011 497 7426.

Police also seek help in finding Elizabeth Ndaba, 51, who is mentally unstable, and was last seen at Park Station on 4 July, W/O Mbele says. Contact Warrant Officer Jwara on 082 655 5589 or 011 497 7269.

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he City of Johannesburg is ready to host the first 4th World Conference on Doping in Sport on the African soil, Mayor Parks Tau has said.

Tau reassured the World AntiDoping Agency (WADA) and the Minister of Sport and Recreation South Africa Fikile Mbalula that the city was looking forward to hosting the conference.

“Since the announcement of the host city, we have been working with the sport department and various federations. We believe the culture of doping undermines sport and those who participate in it. So far we have received feedback from the city’s Joint Operations Committee (JOC), confirming that we are on track with issues such as security and logistics,” said Tau. The conference will take place from November 12-15 at Sandton Convention Centre where more than 2 000 people around the globe will attend.

Mbalula said the WADA conference later this year was going to be more than just another mega event.

“WADA plays a central role in the life of an athlete and for the drug free sport campaign. If it wasn’t because of WADA we would still be celebrating cheats like Lance Armstrong. WADA is there to deal with the cheats. Our country is a leader in the anti-doping campaigns in Africa.”

Last year, as part of the commitment to hosting the conference the City together with the Sport and Recreation signed a memorandum of agreement, stipulating the roles and responsibilities of the organisations involved.

Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development Clr Chris Vondo said the city was honoured to be hosting this event.

Rodney Swigelaar, director of WADA’s African regional office, said his organisation was excited that Africa had a chance to host this world event for the first time.

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SA classic returns A scene in the classic play Asinamali!

This is a show of immense vitality, sadness and humour Lusanda Zokufa

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oburg’s Market Theatre will present one of the greatest hits of the South African stage, Asinamali! from 16 July to 18 August.

The multi-award-winning musical drama, Asinamali!, returns to the Market Theatre’s Barney Simon after a successful season at The National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. A show of immense vitality, sadness and humour, Asinamali! makes for compelling theatre, mingling exhilarating dance and mime with hypnotic choral singing.

Written by Mbongeni Ngema, this tale of five black prisoners brought together in a South African prison is enacted like a theatrical poem, rising and falling in cadence with the sounds of singing, dancing, shouting and speaking.

This classic play was inspired by events that surrounded the 1983 rent

strike in the Lamontville township, led by the martyred activist Msizi Dube, in which the rallying cry was ‘Asinamali!’; which is Zulu for ‘We have no money!’

With five wooden chairs and a few props, the five actors, dressed only in khaki prison shirts and shorts, take their viewers through the farms and cities, homes and factories, courtrooms and detention camps of their homeland. With a shift in costume, they become white policemen, supervisors and bureaucrats who bully, tease and patronize blacks.

One black man, a pig farmer, gleefully tells of his affair with his white master`s wife; another lustily acts out the life of his hero, an urban con-man.

Others tell of their frustrating, humiliating search for work permits.

Still others speak of their involvement with Dube`s movement. All spit out their contempt for the po-

lice informers who contributed to his death.

Asinamali! travelled widely internationally and is one of the most important plays from apartheid South Africa. This new production is directed by Market Theatre Laboratory graduate Prince Lamla, who has just enjoyed a six-month season of his production of Woza Albert! at the Market Theatre, which was followed by a month-long season at the Edinburgh Festival 2012.

Recent re-runs of such apartheidera classics as Woza Albert! , Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island have suggested that there is a new hunger for classics from the past as interpreted by a new generation of young black directors and performers.

The cast includes seasoned performers who include Mncedisi Shabangu, Solomzi Biyela, Thami Tshallo, Sputla Chokwe, Bhoyi Xolile Gama and Bongani Pinda.

he !Kauru African Contemporary Art Touring project is hosting a discussion on Friday at the Turbine Hall in Newtown Johannesburg.

Key stakeholders have been invited to discuss the future of this project, and the meeting is also open to interested parties to attend. Delegates include representatives from Brand South Africa, Gauteng Tourism, Department of Art and Culture, Department of International Relations and Cooperation-SA. The art project aims to promote conversations in Africa and abroad that change perceptions of the continent through contemporary art. The project was launched in 2012 at the Sandton Art Gallery, targeting artists from the SADC region. Last year’s exhibition entitled Made In Africa Towards Cultural Liberation was curated by Andile Magengelele in conversation with Nontobeko Ntobela. This year’s exhibition, entitled Cultural Brokerage, Africa Imagined Act 1, is curated

by Melissa Goba in collaboration with Euridice Kala.

The meeting follows on from a series of artist’s talks and workshops that have explored the real logistical and pragmatic challenges facing the project in realizing its ambitious brief.

As the key stakeholder, !Kauru is supported by the Department of Arts and Culture (International Relations Department) and seeks to instil and increase Inter Africa, Caribbean and Diaspora arts and culture activities between civil society, government and the private sector. This is achieved through collaboration in various capacities between sponsors, state organizations and civil society in realizing the project’s vision. !Kauru’s aim is to provide a platform for African contemporary artists and cultural practitioners

to engage around a showcase of contemporary art from the continent that will travel to various locations. The strategic plan aims to incorporate all the regions of Africa over the lifespan of the project, and began in 2012 with the SADC region which is once again the focus for the 2013 project season.

The project aims to sensitize and mobilize South African/African audiences and media to appreciate African contemporary visual arts.

Art is seen as a way to promote inter Africa /Diaspora cultural exchange in a direct and meaningful way while creating a network and visibility for artists, artists promoters and institutions to future promote the sustainability of the sector. The project interventions include (but are not limited to) a travelling museum exhibition, and allied skills, educational, academic and audience programmes.

The artist’s discussions held on 25 May 2013 involved cultural officials, curators and artists from the SADC region: Samuel Amunkete (Namibia), Henrique Calisto (Mozambique), Benjamin Sabby (Angola), Edestino Mondlane (Mozambique), Fransisco van Dunen (Angola), Danny Sopha (Seychelles), Vivienne Gonzalves (Seychelles), Safina Kimbokota (Tanzania), Precious Mhone (Malawi), Krishna Luchoomun (Mauritius), Maimuna Adam (Mozambique), Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum (Bottswana), Dineo Bopape (South Africa), Joao Orecchia (SouthAfrica), Ruth Sacks (South Africa), Kudzanai Chiurai (Zimbabwe), Nastio and Gerald Machona (Zimbabwe).

The round table meeting will attempt to move the project’s mandate forward by identifying a key set of actions and resolutions that the stakeholders will adopt to initiate the next phase.

A position paper will be released at the close of this session that will form the mandate of partner organisations going forward.

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Wits Theatre’s interdisciplinary birthday performance The audience will follow a narrative on new paths and engrained routes, while conjuring up the magic of mythic and metaphoric worlds full of hope, contradiction, baggage, hurt, mystery and curiosity Arts Correspondent

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n celebration of Wits Theatre’s 30 Birthday, Wits Theatre and the Wits Repertory Company presents a special interdisciplinary performance piece on the stage.

The presentation, Afrocartography: Traces of places and all points in between, explores a way of being in the world Afropolitanstyle, at Wits Main Theatre from 16 to 27 July.

What does it truly mean to be without our sense of identity and how do we build a sense of belonging?

Afrocartography: Traces of places and all points in between presents this through the prevalent themes of migration on the African continent and the sense of displacement on a physical, psychological and emotional level.

This visually captivating work is presented as a choreopoem and set in a timeless and surreal dreamscape, which is poetic and evocative. It speaks to the audience’s imagination using heightened text, stylized movement and striking vocal language.

The characters in the piece are aptly named Traveller, Mapmaker, Afropolitan and Afrosettler, who

will invite us on a journey through this in-between realm of existence where dreaming, waking, memory and imagination overlap.

The audience will follow a narrative, which takes us on new paths and engrained routes, while conjuring up the magic of mythic and metaphoric worlds full of hope, contradiction, baggage, hurt, mystery and curiosity.

The audience will also experience fantastical otherworld places through the eyes of the Traveller, who is guided from one journey to the next, all the while meeting characters from history and from next door.

Afrocartography is written and co-directed by Mwenya B Kabwe, co-directed by Khayelihle Dom Gumede, choreographed by Liya Gonga and features a talented ensemble cast. Khutjo Green is the assistant director and Lieketso Wa Thaluki is the vocal coach.

To fully encapsulate Afrocartography and its migratory theme, the work will be staged site specifically in four parts in and around the Main Theatre at Wits, with the opening night performance on the 19 July taking place in its entirety in the Main Theatre, for Wits Theatre’s birthday celebration.

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afana Bafana has left for Zambia to participate in the 2013 Cosafa Cup competition. Before they left coach Gordon Igesund had to make yet another change to his final squad for the tournament starting in Lusaka on Saturday.

Igesund had already made two sets of changes to his original squad, after players were withdrawn from the team by their clubs.

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Orlando Pirates have a defensive headache ahead of their CAF Champions League match against Congolese side AC Leopards at Orlando Stadium on July 20.

The Buccaneers will be without the injured Siyabonga Sangweni and suspended Lucky Lekgwathi, who was sent off during the TP Mazembe clash in Lubumbashi. Thabo Matlaba and Rooi Mahamutsa have just returned from injuries and are in serious need of game-time. However, Pirates are able to add five new players to their Champions League roster. Burkina Faso defender Paul Koulibaly and Maritzburg United’s Mohammed Awal may soon be available.

Meanwhile, Happy Jele has called on the club’s supporters to come out in numbers for the match against Leopards.“We expect them to throw everything at us when we meet. Fortunately for us, our opening group game will be played at home. This is the match where we need to stamp our authority in the competition.”

Meanwhile Ryan Cooper reports that Ndumiso Mabena has made his way into the Pirates team for the Carling Black Label Cup pre-season contest against Kaizer Chiefs at Soccer City on July 27. Mabena takes advantage from the withdrawal of Takesure Chinyama, the second Pirates striker to be withdrawn from the voting process after Benni McCarthy, who retired. With Rudolf Bester a distant third in terms of voting with just two weeks to go, Mabena is almost certain to start with Collins Mbesuma.

Former Bucs goalkeeper Moeneeb Josephs has returned to Bidvest Wits on a three-year contract, according to his agent Michael Hughes. Josephs failed to break into the starting line-up after their disastrous performance in the Telkom Knockout Cup last season. His contract expired on June 30, and it became clear that Bucs would not keep him.

The Bucs team is: Senzo Meyiwa, Happy Jele, Lucky Lekgwathi, Siyabonga Sangweni, Thabo Matlaba, Tlou Segolela, Andile Jali, Oupa Manyisa, Sifiso Myeni, Collins Mbesuma, Ndumiso Mabena.

There has been no change to the Kaizer Chiefs team during the voting period.

It is however interesting to note that Knowledge Musona, who only rejoined the club on Friday last week, already had over 55 000 votes by midweek. But with Bernard Parker and Lehlohonolo Majoro some 600 000 votes ahead, he may not play in the competition.

The Amakhosi team: Itumeleng Khune, Siboniso Gaxa, Tefu Mashamaite, Erick Mathoho, Tsepo Masilela, George Lebese, Josta Dladla, Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Siphiwe Tshabalala, Bernard Parker, Lehlohonolo Majoro.

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