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City manager Trevor Fowler, Mayor Parks Tau and Environmental Services MMC Matshidiso Mfikoe during the tour.

n Tuesday this week Joburg Mayor Parks Tau and municipal officials toured the city to highlight Region F challenges pertaining to bad buildings. The tour included city manager Trevor Fowler, MMCs and officials from Development Planning, EISD, Health, Housing and Economic Development; and was led by the MMC responsible for Region F, Clr RoosGreeff and Acting Regional director for Region F Irene Mafune. Inner-city ward councillors also took part in the mayoral tour of Region F. The entourage witnessed first-hand, the scale of hijacked, delapidated and invaded buildings, while conducting grassroots interviews throughout the day and night tour. The other objective was to witness the current status of night life to which Health and Human Development responds, and looking at how effective current measures are in addressing homelessness, safety and drug abuse. They visited over 10 sites of ille-

gally occupied buildings, places trading illegally, commercial sex sites, illegal service connections and collapsed buildings. From Jeppe Street to Mai Mai market and Yeoville and Bertrams, the delegation was shown the appalling conditions under which people desperate for accommodation are forced to live under. A big challenge faced by the City is its inability to evict people from such unsafe buildings without providing suitable alternative accommodation as required by the courts. The delegation interacted with residents, listening to their complaints and pleas for improving their conditions. City spokesperson Nthatisi Modingoane said this tour’s thrust is to give more focus on the remaining bad buildings in the inner-city. “This rallies efforts consisting of Housing, Planning, Economic Development, Health and EISD towards resolving the bad building challenge in a holistic way. This approach will lead to improved quality of life in a well governed and productive City underpinned by sustainable services as envisioned in the GDS 2040.”

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Murder, rape suspects held Crime Reporter crime@gazettelive.co.za

Above: Some of the parents who attended the workshop. Centre Limukani Moyo of SANCA Phoenix House Right: Capt Nthabiseng Magowa Pics: Inner-city Press Agency

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he Makhulong a Matala organisation, a subsidiary of the Johannesburg Housing Company (JHC) recently hosted a parenting skills workshop at the Landrost apartment building in Plein Street. The event focused on solutions for child protection and discipline Among the speakers was Ward 59 Councillor Francinah Mashau. She

explained that parents must know the whereabouts of their children at any given time. “Parents must encourage children to continue with the chains of prayer that take place Mondays to Sundays, they help them to become better people and fear God,” she added. Captain Nthabiseng Magowa who deals with social issues at Hillbrow police station explained that no one has the right to touch or make a child feel uncomfortable in any way.

“If you are abused or know someone who is being abused in any way report them, even if that person is a family member. Speak out, avoid criminal activities, no one must take away your happiness,” she added. Another speaker was Limukani Moyo from SANCA Pheonix House. He explained the danger of abusing drugs, the differences among them and their effects. “If you are using or know anyone who is using and trying to stop, you

can refer them to our house. We have in patients, out patients and outreach programmes,” he said. The residents of Landrost made a pledge that their children will not use drugs. They said they would advise them when they see them do wrong things, and know the whereabouts of their children at all times. For more information about programmes at SANCA contact 086 117 3322; and to report issues or talk to Captain Magowa call 076 495 9291.

oburg police arrested 64 suspects for various offences during crime combating operations between 16 and 18 November in the CBD, according to police spokesperson Warrant Officer Xoli Mbele. He explains that among the suspects four were arrested for alleged business robbery, five for common robbery, two for possession of a stolen motor vehicle, two for armed robbery, two for attempted murder and four for domestic violence. “The rest of the suspects were arrested for committing other crimes ranging from possession of suspected stolen property, driving a vehicle without a license, dealing in liquor without a license, inconsiderate driving, shoplifting, assault common, assault GBH, drunk and driving, theft and drinking in public,” W/O Mbele adds. In the same period a 31 year-old man allegedly raped his 30-year-old exgirlfriend in at his flat in the Dulamo building at corner Cornelius and Von Weilligh streets, according to Warrant Officer Xoli Mbele. He says the man allegedly confiscated the woman’s cellphone in the street and told her to come to his flat to fetch it. “The victim followed his ex-boyfriend to his place because she wanted her cell phone back. When she got there he allegedly raped her for the whole night, and released her in the morning. After that she reported the matter to the police and he was arrested,” W/O Mbele says.

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Alcohol is the problem The letter on page four of your last edition (Inner-city Gazette 15 – 22 November) entitled Liquor is not the problem, by Muzi Maphaka must not go unchallenged. Maphaka condones alcohol abuse and plays down the dangers of alcohol consumption. He says accidents are not caused by liquor, but there is overwhelming evidence that alcohol is the major cause of most of the fatal accidents in this country and abroad. Maphaka may be an ardent alcohol fan, or his livelihood depends on alcohol sales and advertising. While he is entitled to his opinion he must consider many people who have lost their loved ones in accidents that were caused by drunk drivers. He has to admit the fact that alcohol is actually the problem, but at this stage we have not suggested banning it. Cathy Nesbitt Newtown

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In this period that focuses on prevention of abusing children we sometimes come across vendors and shop attendants who sell tobacco to youths of school-going age. It becomes evident that they do not care about the health and social development of the children. Those who provide the chemical to children are interested in the money, and do not care what happens to the children’s health. Responding to a challenge about the matter, one vendor said he considered a boy he had sold some cigarettes just as any other customer. He actually went on to say that if the boy’s parents did not stop him smoking that was not his fault. Unfortunately, many of the children who smoke also smoke dagga and drink alcohol, and may as well graduate to more harmful substances like tik, nyaope and whoonga, cocaine, you name it. Adults have to set a good example for the children to grow up to be responsible citizens and good leaders. The children need our support to grow up to be all that we expect from them. But if we spoil them as young as it has been witnessed, all we shall get in the end are criminals who will be breaking into our houses, robbing and murdering us. Distribution – Free copies door to door delivery weekly to all households and businesses in the Joburg inner-city. Inner-City Gazette welcomes editorial contributions from readers. They may raise new issues or respond to articles published in the paper. Contributions may be sent to the editor’s address below. Published by Inner-City Gazette 149 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 2000 Tel : 011 023 - 7588 011 024 - 8210 011 402 - 1977 Fax : 086 609 8601 Email : info@inner-city-gazette.co.za Website : www.inner-city-gazette.co.za Printed by Paarlcoldset(Pty)Ltd

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For the first time since the dawn of SA’s democracy, the judiciary has been asked to force Parliament to debate the future of the executive. The Western Cape High Court could trigger a domino effect that could cause the fall of government; or it could decide to pull everyone back from the precipice, Ranjeni Munusamy writes. The parliamentary year is heading towards a dramatic end with the Western Cape High Court set to rule on Thursday whether the speaker of the National Assembly should urgently schedule a debate on a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma. The DA, on behalf of eight opposition parties in Parliament, made an application to the Western Cape High Court to compel the speaker, Max Sisulu, to schedule the debate and vote of no confidence before the last plenary of the year on Thursday. This was after the ANC used its parliamentary majority to block the debate by preventing the programming committee from putting the matter on the order paper. The ANC national executive committee (NEC) however decided that the debate should not be blocked but that the matter was not urgent. The opposition parties brought the motion of no confidence against Zuma earlier this month on the grounds that “under his leadership the justice system has been politicised and weakened; corruption has spiralled out of control; unemployment continues to increase, the economy is weakening, and the right of access to quality education has been violated.” Following the ANC’s initial refusal to allow the debate, DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko applied to the high court in a bid to force Sisulu

to schedule it before 22 November. Mazibuko says if the debate does not take place this week, Parliament next sits in February 2013. She says in the affidavit that because of the gravity of the motion and its consequences, the National Assembly must debate and decide the motion as a matter of urgency. “It is not good enough to postpone consideration of the motion for three months. It seems clear that the intention of the majority party leadership in Parliament is indeed to defer the voting on the motion of no confidence for as long as possible if not to ensure that the debate never sees the light of day,” Mazibuko states. The respondents in the case, Sisulu and ANC chief whip Mathole Motshekga, are opposing the application.

Sisulu’s lawyer, Jan Heunis, said his client’s hands were tied and that the DA had jumped the gun by not allowing parliamentary processes to run their course. On Monday the ANC expressed concern about the DA’s court application, saying the sanctity, independence and jurisdiction of Parliament should be protected. “By taking a purely parliamentary programming matter to court, the opposition is reducing parliament to be subsidiary of the judiciary and thereby impeding the legislative independence of Parliament,” the ANC NEC said. Davis has reserved judgment. “I’m not going to make this judgment in three minutes,” he said. Mazibuko said if the judge ruled in their favour, the debate could still take place on Thursday afternoon. Her lawyer had told Davis that a “farewell speech”, to be delivered by the whips of the parties, was set down for 75 minutes on Thursday afternoon and that the debate on the motion of no confidence could take place instead. If Davis rules in her favour, the court can only compel Sisulu to schedule the debate by Thursday. Parliament will then have to contend with a crucial

debate with far-reaching consequences for which MPs have had no time to prepare. In the unlikely event of the vote of no confidence taking place and, rather more improbably, the opposition winning it, the president and cabinet would have to resign. Davis, therefore, is justifiably agitated that he is now under the whip to put Parliament under the whip in order to turn the heat on the executive. Is the opposition to blame for bringing the motion so late in the parliamentary schedule. Is this an expedient move to exploit the ruling party’s factional battles ahead of Mangaung and draw votes from MPs opposed to Zuma’s second term as ANC president? Or does the blame lie with the ANC for acting like a schoolyard bully and not allowing the debate to be scheduled, only to find out later that this was unconstitutional and then trying to backtrack. Or does the blame lie with the failure of leadership which created the undesirable situation in which a motion of no confidence in the president is under consideration? What will it take to stop every institution in the country being pushed to the brink and the independence of organs of the state – the police, intelligence agencies and the prosecuting authority among others – from being compromised? Something has got to give. And soon. Daily Maverick

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Bid to end kids’ access to guns Own Correspondent

auteng MEC for Education Barbara Creecy is expected to meet Community Safety MEC Faith Mazibuko to seek ways of limiting learner access to police firearms. This follows a shooting at Phineas Xulu Secondary School in Vosloorus on Tuesday, where a learner brought his metro police mother’s service pis-

Sanral responds to e-tag hoax Own Correspondent

he South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has announced that the alleged ‘roadblocks’ forcing motorists to register for e-tags was a hoax. Sanral commissioned auditing firm, Deloitte, to undertake an independent investigation following media reports and circulation of chain emails alleging that Sanral officials were threatening motorists with severe fines in an attempt to coerce them into registering for e-tags. “An independent investigation, conducted earlier this year, found that there was no evidence to support any of the claims made, and that have since re-emerged, that employees of Sanral or its suppliers had conducted roadblocks and threatened motorists on highways in Johannesburg and Pretoria, or at any other point,” said Sanral in a statement. Despite the nature of the investigation, the reputation of the investigators and repeated assurances that identities would be protected, no one with evidence of any roadblock came forward. Even, Sanral’s own investigation showed that there were no roadblocks. “Despite the calls for witnesses and information, no one has ever contacted the investigators with evidence relevant to the alleged roadblocks. It was accordingly concluded that the allegations remained unsubstantiated,” read the statement. However, as a result of the continued accusations in May and June 2012, Sanral appointed a forensic investigation team from Deloitte to conduct an independent investigation. Sanral provided all the information regarding the allegations and the contact details of those who had raised complaints with SANRAL to the investigators. Further interviews were conducted with the representative of the Justice Project South Africa and an executive member of the Edenvale Community Police Forum. Sanral advises that if anyone is stopped and forced to register for etoll or for any reason that is e-toll related at this stage, such action would be illegal and should be reported to the authorities because the company is not carrying out any such enforcement actions. SAnews.gov.za

tol to school and allegedly shot dead a pupil he accused of bullying him. Gauteng Education spokesperson, Charles Phahlane said the Grade 11 learner was alleged to have been bullied by a Grade 10 learner and two other boys who allegedly took his cap and cellphone. “The learner was arrested after he went home to return the pistol,” Phahlane said. He said the department called the

police, psycho-social counsellors as well as support from the faith-based community. A study conducted by Unisa’s Bureau of Market Research, through its Youth Research Unit, shows that nearly 35% of learners in Gauteng schools have been bullied in the past two years, with 42% being Grade 8 learners and a third having experienced bullying throughout their high

school lives. In prioritising the issue of bullying, in 2011 Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane announced that she had assigned 1 000 community volunteers to monitor, amongst others, incidents of bullying in schools. The provincial Education Department has also introduced a school safety policy that provides psychosocial support in the event of bullying and violence among learners.

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Govt to relax press laws Dakar - The International Press Institute (IPI) has welcomed President Macky Sall’s commitment to decriminalising press offences. At the 5th African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) last week Sall said he supported decriminalization of press offences. His comments came in response to a question from Mo Ibrahim, the Sudanese-born British billionaire whose foundation works to improve governance in Africa. Ibrahim said: “The media is a mirror. If you look into the mirror and you are not happy, maybe you are ugly.” Sall, who has been president since April, said media houses will no longer pay taxes, and will receive an annual US$1 million subvention. IPI director Alison Bethel McKenzie said this will end the using of criminal courts to go after journalists for libel and insults. Several journalists have been jailed for criminal libel. In 2011, La Gazette journalist Abdou Coulibaly was fined and given a three-month sentence for libel after an agricultural company executive complained when Coulibaly alleged the business had inappropriate connections to government. In January editor Mamadou Biaye and reporter Mamadou Ticko Diatta of Le Quotidien newspaper were also handed three-month suspended sentences for allegedly defaming a deputy mayor.

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Rebels battle each other Bamako-One of the Islamist groups that seized northern Mali has claimed victory over Tuareg fighters who tried to dislodge them in a gunfight, spokesman Abour Dardar said. The Tuareg group denied losing any of their fighters, insisting that they had killed dozens of Islamists. The town and the region have been held by fighters of MUJAO since June, when they chased their former allies, Tuareg fighters of the Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA). On Friday, MLNA fighters attacked the Islamist fighters but a dozen of their men were killed, and a senior commander injured. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), which is linked to MUJAO, sent 300 reinforcements from Timbuktu. Earlier Malian PM Cheick Modibo Diarra held talks with chief west African mediator, Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore. He acknowledged that Bamako would hold talks both with the Tuareg MNLA and Ansar Dine. Ansar Dine and the ethnic Tuareg separatist group MNLA announced Friday that they were ready for talks with Bamako after meeting Compaore. Mali’s north has been under control of rebel groups since shortly after a March 22 coup. But the two other groups that have seized the region, AQIM and MUJAO are both made up mainly of foreign fighters.

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Military involved in abuses Abidjan - In a recent report Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the military was involved in widespread human rights abuses in August and September. That included arbitrary arrests, illegal detentions, extortion, inhuman treatment and torture. The report details the brutal crackdown that followed attacks on military installations, allegedly committed by militants loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo in August. The group added that the gov-

ernment of President Alassane Ouattara must ensure prompt investigation and prosecution of forces who committed serious human rights abuses. HRW researcher Corinne Dufka said the security threats to Côte d’Ivoire are real, but abuses by the military will fuel them. “The government should quickly bring to account the soldiers responsible for the criminality.” The report is based on a three-week mission to Abidjan in late August and

early September, during the height of the military crackdown. The attacks on military installations followed earlier assaults along the Liberian border. On August 6, attackers killed six soldiers and stole weapons from one of the most important army bases in the country. Since April, 50 people, including civilians, have been killed during these attacks.

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Asmara - The exiled Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) has called for an uprising against President Isaias Afeworki’s regime. RSADO leader Ibrahim Haron said Eritrea faces political, economic, social and human rights crisis. “Eritrean leaders have become more corrupted and the nation witnesses growing division among political and military leaders. As a result the army has lost the spirit to defend the nation.” Eritrea is a one party state, and does not have a legally functioning political opposition to the ruling People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ). The Ethiopian-based RSADO vowed to carry out military strikes to topple the Eritrean regime. The group said its fighters are making preparations to carry out strong military action. The Eritrean Afar forces have in the past carried out a number of cross border attacks against targets inside Eritrea. Rival Ethiopia which fought a border war with Eritrea during the 1998-2000 has said it is ready to help the opposition and people of Eritrea in their struggle to topple the regime of Isaias Afeworki. Ethiopia and Eritrea frequently trade accusations of backing rebel groups to destabilize each other.

Project to boost exports

Kampala-Barclays Bank has announced plans to send some business customers to developed countries early next year to link with fellow business counterparts to pay way for Uganda’s exports. Charles Ongwae, the bank’s managing director said the move is intended to boost exports, leading to the country’s economic growth. The bank previously sponsored business trips for its customers to China, Indonesia and Hong Kong among other countries, aiming at boosting the growth of their businesses. Ongwae said most of the participants have procured inputs and markets at a fair cost. Trade and Industry minister Amelia Kyambadde applauded the bank for the initiative. GDP growth is expected to climb especially when oil revenues start to flow in the next few years. Uganda’s import bill has outstripped growth in exports, which has undermined the government’s efforts to build an export-led economy. For instance, export grew by 14 percent between 2007 and 2009 but relaxed to eight percent by 2011. However, imports have kept a steady growth, moving northwards by 16 percent and 15 percent respectively in corresponding periods. The trade deficit widened by 28 percent between 2008 and 2009 but contracted by eight percent between 2009 and 2010. Between 2010 and 2011 it grew by 24 percent.

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Mary Sibande’s work on display in the Joburg CBD.

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he 2013 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Visual Arts, Mary Sibande, is celebrated for employing the human form as a vehicle through painting and sculpture, to explore the construction of identity in a postcolonial South African context. Joburg artist Sibande attempts to critique stereotypical depictions of

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(particularly black) women. For Sibande, the award means personal growth, and is a validation of the years of hard work and an expression of the appreciation for her creative development. The body, for Sibande, and particularly the skin and clothing is the site where history is contested and where fantasies play out. Centrally, she looks at the generational disempowerment of black women,

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The ‘Long Live the Dead Queen work in Braamfontein.

he Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative (FATC) presents Dansbytes 2; its follow-up to the previous mini festival that features new choreographic work of FATC and artists in residence at UJ. Dansbytes 2 takes place December 6 - 8; broken into two programmes that feature innovative choreographers that include Standard Bank young artist for dance

and in this sense her work is informed by postcolonial theory, with the domestic setting acting as a stage where historical psychodramas play out. “I have joined a group of women artists who shape perceptions about women’s narratives,” said Sibande. Her work also highlights how privileged ideals of beauty and femininity aspired by black women discipline their body through rituals

Fana Tshabalala, Athena Mazarakis, Irven Teme, Charlston van Rooyen, Thulani Chauke, Thabo Kobeli and Thami Majela. Tshabalala started his career within the performing industry by being involved in different community groups before being accepted as a student at the Moving into Dance Mophatong FETC in Performing Arts. After several acclaimed works, he became a Moving into Dance’s Perfor-

of imitation and reproduction. She inverts the social power indexed by Victorian costumes by reconfiguring it as a domestic worker’s ‘uniform’, and thus adding complex notions to the colonial relationship between ‘slave’ and ‘master’ in a post-apartheid context. The fabric used to produce uniforms for domestic workers is an instantly recognizable sight in domestic spaces in South Africa.

mance Company member and is applying his teaching skills in its Open Class programme. He teaches a signature style Afrofusion and contemporary dance.

By applying it to Victorian dress, Sibande attempts to make a comment about the history of servitude as it relates to the present, in terms of domestic relationships. Her solo exhibitions include Long live the dead Queen, Gallery MOMO (2009) and later at the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown (2010), and the Joburg City World Premier Annual Exhibition (2010) in the inner city of Johannesburg.

Said FATC artistic director PJ Sabbagha: “It is a testament to his talent and skill, and it is an honour to work with him and see this talent develop.”

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oroka Swallows coach Zeca Marques 9pictured) blasted referee Victor Gomes after the Birds’ 3-2 league loss to Kaizer Chiefs at the FNB Stadium on Tuesday night. Gomes infuriated Marques by adding seven additional minutes at the end of the second half, with Marques crying foul. Swallows looked to have done enough to claim a point, after coming from behind twice in the match, but Lehlohonolo Majoro scored in the seventh minute of added time to claim maximum points for Chiefs. “We never lost this game, the game was stolen away from us. Unfortunately when you have both teams playing their hearts out and you have somebody who decides who the winner is going to be, it’s very disheartening,” Marques said. Marques added, not only did the referee allow for too much time, but also played nine instead of the stated seven minutes. “I’m still trying to work out where the nine minutes came from. I can understand the last two. But where did the seven minutes come from? It is

just very sad, very sad. I don’t want to have a go at referees. I have never done that and it is not my style, but I’m starting to see a certain pattern with the referee.” Swallows were trailing behind within 10 minutes after Reneilwe Letsholonyane scored his first league goal of the season. The visitors equalised through Lerato Chabangu, before Letsholonyane scored again to give Chiefs a 2-1 lead at halftime. Swallows’ Bennett Chenene equalised for a second time with half-anhour left to play, but the visitors were denied by Majoro, who scored his seventh league goal. Swallows are now seventh in the Premiership standings, winless in their last four league encounters, while Chiefs are unbeaten in 11 fixtures this season, having now won three on the trot. Amakhosi boss Stuart Baxter sympathised with his counterpart, admitting that some decisions puzzled the former Bafana Bafana mentor. “I know what Zeca is alluding to with his comments and I think there were some strange decisions all the way through the game,” Baxter said.

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For the fifth consecutive year OMO teamed up with SPAR branches to provide sports PE kits for children at schools within their communities. Spokesperson for OMO, Crystal Singh, says 600 learners from Grade R to four join thousands of primary school children around the country in the 2012 OMO SPAR Schools Challenge. “Learners at 67 schools are re-

ceiving their own sports PE kits as part of the community project. Each year the brand works towards helping develop the potential of our country’s children by focusing on projects that range from donations of sports PE kits to the awarding of bursaries.” OMO representatives are visiting the winning schools to present the prizes. The OMO Schools Challenge invited consumers at participating SPAR outlets to nominate their

school of choice, write the name of the school on a till slip and place it in an entry box in the store. The schools receiving the most votes won prizes of a sports PE kit for every child in the school. Singh adds that participation in sports is an important way in which children can have fun at school and work towards reaching their full potential. “OMO is a proud sponsor of projects that help to assist children achieve their potential.”

Weekly Soccer Tickets Give Away Jomo Cosmos Football Club is giving away tickets to watch its matches at Johannesburg Stadium every week. To win a ticket answer the following simple question by calling the telephone number 011 023 7588.

This week’s question is: Which team will Jomo Cosmos play against next weekend on Saturday 24 November 2012? Call 011 023 7588 to submit your answer and stand a chance to win a ticket for the match.

NFD Fixtures, November 24, 2012

15:30 Jomo Cosmos v FC Cape Town Joburg Stadium 15:30 TR Zulu v United FC Richards Bay Stadium 15:30 Vasco Da Gama v Black Aces Parow Park