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‘By buying local you not only create jobs, you also contribute to the broader development of brand South Africa and local products are cheaper because there are not extra tax costs’

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Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe

t the Proudly South African Buy Local Summit in Johannesburg on Monday Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said promotion of locally manufactured goods was critical to South Africa’s growth and the creation of employment.

“All of us have a vested interest in promoting our country as an investment and tourism destination of choice to the world,” Motlanthe said.

The summit, attended by different players in the small and medium businesses, focused on manufacturing South African products. It also marked the proudly South African festive season campaign which aimed at encouraging South Africans to buy local goods during this period.

Motlanthe added that Proudly South African had since its inception sought to whet the appetite of domestic and international

consumers for locally produced goods.

“No doubt this has contributed to the building of national pride, patriotism and social cohesion,” he said.

He added that government interventions like the local procurement accord, signed last year, would go a long way in ensuring competitiveness, investment and labour retention through locally produced goods.

“As we deliberate on ways to improve the sale of locally manufactured products, we must remember that we live in a global village where goods and services no longer recognise borders. As we seek to promote South African products we must do so well aware that our people are spoiled for choice in the marketplace.”

Motlanthe was accompanied by Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies and Economic Development Minister Ibrahim Patel.

Davies said there is a range of sector specific programmes to help different sectors of the economy. “Our interventions seek

to ensure that those manufacturers will be competitive, they will assist in providing employment and are environmentally sustainable,” Davies said.

He added that through the IDC, more than R15 billion had been provided to support the motor manufacturing industry with spin off effects on motor component supply.

“We have seen advances in agro processing industry in this country, and have seen progress being made in the film industry, but we still have a long way to go. We have agreed as government that our main response to the global economic challenge is to invest in infrastructure,” Davies added.

Proudly SA CEO Leslie Sedibe said South Africans need to learn more about the benefits of buying local goods.

“By buying local merchandise you not only create employment, you also contribute to the development of brand South Africa. Local products are cheap because there are not extra tax costs,” he said.

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Johannesburg ward councillor has been living rent-free at a nurses’ home after being forced to resign as a nurse by the Gauteng Health Department, and now faces eviction, the DA claimed on Tuesday this week.

DA MPL Jack Bloom said in reply to questions in the Gauteng legislature Gauteng Health MEC Hope Papo said Ward 60 Councillor Nokuthula Xaba (ANC) (pictured above) had been staying without paying rent at the nurses’ home in Hillbrow for nine months.

“According to Papo, she occupies three rooms at the Hospital Street nurses’ home, and has not paid the rent,” Bloom said.

Gauteng Health Department spokesperson Simon Zwane said he accepted that the MEC revealed the information about Clr Xaba. “If Jack Bloom said the MEC said that, then he did. He would not have said

that if the MEC didnt,” he said.

Bloom said that as a result of his question and the revelation, Xaba had been served 30 days notice of eviction and that measures would be taken to recover the unpaid rent money.

He added that Xaba was previously ‘ethically deficient’ because she refused to resign from her position as a nurse when she was elected to the council in April last year.

“She was then forced by the Health Department to resign as a nurse on March 1 this year. It is an utter disgrace that an elected representative lives rent free in state premises.

This contravenes the councillors’ code of ethics, and the DA will lay a complaint with the Johannesburg council about her unethical conduct,” he added.

By the time of print attempts by Inner-city Gazette to reach Clr Xaba for comment about the eviction issue had been unsuccessful.

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Crime Reporter crime@gazettelive.co.za A man was arrested for attempted murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition at the corner of Grafton and Raleigh streets in Yeoville, police spokesperson Constable Thabo Malatji says.

“The suspect had an argument with his friend and went to his car. He returned with a firearm and started shooting. The police were called and the suspect was arrested,” said Const Malatji.

He added that the gun was reported stolen. The suspect appeared at the Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court and was denied bail.

In the same period a 36 year-old man was arrested for possession of drugs at the corner of Steyn and Observatory Streets in Yeoville, Cst Malatji says.

“The police were on routine patrol when they pulled over a white Toyota Corolla with one occupant. Officers searched the vehicle and found compressed dagga weighing 0,994kg hidden under the carpet,” says Cst Malatji.

Body in shallow grave Crime Reporter crime@gazettelive.co.za Community members found the body of an unknown man buried in a shallow grave, said Cleveland police spokesperson Constable Mpho Mashakane.

He adds that when police inspected the scene they found the body wrapped in a plastic bag.

“A case of murder was opened for investigation and police are still looking for the suspects,” said Cst Mashakane.

Hundreds of migrants were sheltered in UNHR tents during the 2008 xenophobic violence.

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City joins migration campaign Kgothatso Mokhonoana news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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he City of Joburg will conduct the International Migrants Day on 18 December in an awareness drive about migrants being an integral part of society, according to City of Joburg’s technical reporter Nkosana Lekotjolo.

He says as a build-up towards the day, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) South Africa, in partnership with UNHCR and the City of Joburg, has launched the ‘I am a migrant too’ campaign.

“This is to help promote peace and diversity by enabling communities to realise that we are all, or have at some point been migrants, and that migration should therefore be celebrated as part of our existence,” he says.

Lekotjolo adds that using the slogan ‘I am a migrant too’, will highlight

the fact that practically all community members are either migrants or related to migrants. “The City has a policy and programmes on migrants integration, such as the Migrant Help Desk, Johannesburg Migration Advisory Panel and Johannesburg Migration Advisory Council,” he says.

Lekotjolo explains that previous campaigns have focused on convincing host communities to accept migrants, in spite of their differences. While there is richness in the diversity that migrants bring, it is also true that there are a lot of similarities between migrants and host communities, the campaign argues.

He says IOM has appointed Stoan Seate as an ambassador of the ‘I am a migrant too’ campaign.

“Seate has been one of SA’s most vocal celebrities against xenophobia. He became a superstar as part of the legendary music group Bongo Maffin.”

Joburg MMC for Health and Social Development Clr Nonceba Molwele says the City is proud to partner the IOM because it has a high number of migrants owing to it being the economic powerhouse in Africa. “Joburg is a home to both local and cross border migrants; who come from all corners of the country and outside the borders in search of a better life, through employment and business opportunities, education, tourism, as refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented and irregular migrants.”

Acting Chief of Mission for IOM in South Africa, Dr Erick Ventura says: “Whether we migrated from another province to Gauteng to look for work, or from another country to South Africa fleeing conflict, or in search of a better life, or we fled into exile during apartheid to fight for freedom, or sent our children overseas to study, we are and

‘I am a migrant too.’ Ubuntu has no nationality or borders. We all have a shared responsibility to respect each other’s human rights, irrespective of where we come from. We are all migrants and as such contribute to the global economy and cultural diversity.”

UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants François Crépeau says: “How many of us live today in the city of birth of our forefathers?

We are all children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren of migrants. Rare are those who have settled in the same place for generations. Migration is in the DNA of mankind. It is not an anomaly: it is the normal state of our human condition on this planet.”

IOM invited poets from across South Africa to submit poems on the subject of ‘I am a migrant too.’ Entries close on November 30. For more visit www.iom. org.za and www.iamamigrant.co.za

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Shacks in the streets

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ecently your newspaper carried stories about shacks being built in the streets. I read about those that were built in Noord Street, and later about those that were in some street in Berea (Soper Road).

If such a thing happens in this “World class African city’, it becomes clear that the city is failing to provide accommodation for its residents. Admittedly, those who build shacks in the streets are the vagrants, hobos or whatever one

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In this period we reflect on the effects of HIV/Aids and mourn the hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their lives through the epidemic around the world.

The theme for this moment surrounds advising everyone to test for HIV infection.

There have been some interesting responses to this advice. Some people say they may not test because they do not engage in risky sexual activities, while some shun the test because they fear testing positive.

Such responses are from uninformed opinion, since HIV infection is not only through risky sexual activities, and being HIV positive is not necessarily the end of life. Those with such opinions must visit information centres to access correct information about the transmission and effects of the virus.

Similarly, those who still resist prevention measures also need a great amount of help.

Those include youths who hardly understand anything about HIV, and adults who are blinded by certain traditional values.

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calls them, but they are still residents of the city.

If the Social Development cared it would get into partnerships with concerned organisations that would help fund the accommodation of the vagrants, rather than just wishing they disappear in the next cold season.

Otherwise, we will wake up to see a hundred shacks erected in the whole of the Joubert Park.

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Nkandla scandal deepens

As the scandal around President Zuma’s Nkandla homestead mounts and his leadership weaknesses become more evident, it becomes increasingly difficult, even for his most ardent supporters, to justify their support his re-election at Mangaung. The failed attempt by the opposition to pass a vote of no confidence against Zuma saw the ANC try every possible means to avoid having to defend his leadership, as that could prove an insurmountable task. And yet, almost inexplicably, Zuma’s campaign for a second term is still on track, Ranjeni Munusamy writes.

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resident Jacob Zuma’s home base, KwaZulu-Natal came out in full support of his re-election as ANC president at the weekend. KwaZulu-Natal ANC chairman Zweli Mkhize said in Durban on Saturday that the provincial leadership had conducted a performance assessment of their national counterparts and found that Zuma was best placed to continue to lead.

KwaZulu-Natal will have the biggest delegation at the ANC’s elective conference in Mangaung, and the provincial council was a preparatory meeting to decide the province’s nominees for leadership posts at Mangaung. Zuma and ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe had uncontested support, but the other four leadership positions were put to the vote.

Businessman Cyril Ramaphosa secured the most votes for the position of deputy president, and Baleka Mbete was supported for re-election as national chairwoman. Mkhize received the most votes for the position of national treasurer and Jessie Duarte received the province’s nomination for deputy secretary general. Despite KwaZulu-Natal’s initial overtures to the Anything But Zuma lobby to prevent an election showdown over the presidency, their shunning of Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe from their slate now means that he would have to go up against Zuma in order to remain in the top six.

Mkhize did not disclose the criteria the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal used to conduct the leadership assessment. As the group driving Zuma’s re-election bid, surely this assessment would have been vital to influence other structures in the party

who are doubtful about the president’s leadership qualities or who are opposed to him.

But Mkhize did not elaborate on the assessment, because there was no way it could stand up to any reasonable test of truthfulness or reliability. Mkhize is one of the more sober and rational leaders the party has, and he would know that trying to make a case publicly, explaining Zuma’s superb leadership skills, would turn him into a laughing stock.

So instead, the best he could do was to try and convince journalists at a media briefing later that ANC members still had faith in the president’s leadership.

The KwaZulu-Natal meeting seemed unmoved on Sunday by the growing scandal over the renovations at state expense to Zuma’s Nkandla homestead.

City Press reported that the Department of Public Works did not only foot the R248-million bill for security upgrades, but also a tunnel for cattle, new homes for three families who had to be relocated due to the expansion of the compound, an entrance road to the home-

stead and a tuck shop.

Documents leaked to several media houses show that Zuma was briefed on the upgrades by the former ministers of public works. The documents also show that the cost of the renovations ballooned from R6 million to R248 million in two years. The presidency has reserved comment on the latest reports on the Nkandla renovations.

The deepening scandal has emboldened the DA to reconvene the National Assembly to deal with Zuma. Eight opposition parties attempted to force a debate and vote of no confidence in the president last week before the National Assembly rose for the Christmas recess.

Their application to try to compel the Speaker of Parliament to allow the debate was dismissed in the Western Cape High Court.

The parties are now taking the matter to the Constitutional Court to have the National Assembly reconvene to debate the motion of no confidence.

DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko said on Sunday that there was

now no doubt that “Nkandlagate” had resulted in such a crisis of accountability for the presidency that it warranted urgent action by Parliament. “This is supported by what is clear prima facie evidence that President Zuma misled Parliament when he attempted to defend the project during questions to the president. I will request a meeting with Speaker Max Sisulu to ask that he reconvenes Parliament, which is still in session until 9 December 2012 so that a special inquiry can be established by the National Assembly,” she said.

As long as Zuma and his office put off explaining the expenditure on the renovations at the compound, the Nkandla scandal will remain a monkey on his back. Though it might not impede his party election campaign, Zuma and the ANC are in for a hell-run with concurrent investigations by the Auditor General and Public Protector, as well as a possible special inquiry by Parliament.

It would be fascinating to find out if all the ANC structures discussing the nominations for Mangaung, including KZN are considering the impact of the scandal and the concurrent investigations are having on the party’s image. It is difficult to imagine how they would explain to the electorate in 18 months that they were aware of the shocking wastage of taxpayer’s money on Zuma’s private residence but decided to disregard it.

But it will be even more fascinating to see whether South Africa’s voting public will also overlook the matter in the 2014 election, or whether propping up the strawman president and the handling of Nkandlagate will prove to be a fatal error for the ANC. Daily Maverick

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City to have resident ombudsman

‘Councillors have their limitations in terms of interfering with administration. We will ensure that internal mechanisms work. The office of the ombudsman will be the last resort’ Luzuko Pongoma

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he city of Joburg is to start a process of establishing an ombudsman as part of enhancing accountability in the municipality.

Mayor Parks Tau said they would table a draft by-law today so it could be published for comment.

“The establishment of the ombudsman did not mean that councillors and internal processes were not working. Councillors have their limitations in terms of interfering with administration. We will ensure that internal mechanisms work. The office of the ombudsman will be the last resort,” he said.

He added that the ombudsman’s office would deal with everything from complaints about public lights to the zoo, and all other municipal services. “Among the criteria the ombudsman should meet was to have a legal background such as possibly being an advocate, magistrate or judge.”

Tau said he expected the ombudsman to receive many complaints in the first three years, but later to receive less as a sign of its success. “The number of complaints will decrease significantly not because they are not doing their job and now it is referred back to the public protector, but because they

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Mayor Parks Tau with Advocate Thuli Madonsela and Speaker of Council Clr Connie Bapela during the media briefing.

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have been effective in doing their job and the administration has put in place a mechanism to deal with the problem upfront. Then we’ll say they are successful,” Tau said.

After the public’s participation the council would adopt the by-law and a multiparty committee proposed in the by-law would initiate the process of recruiting an ombudsman.

Tau said the committee would conduct interviews and recommend a candidate for the post.

Public protector Thuli Madonsela said the municipality should be commended for creating the post.

“The timing for the ombudsman could not be better. People no lon-

ger tolerate arrogance and selfishness in the exercise of state power.

In many countries people have taken to the streets and brought down governments when they felt they were not being listened to. But people should not take to the streets without exhausting all the avenues, although avenues were sometimes distant from the people.”

Madonsela said the ombudsman should not rely on heads of argument. “People do not need good lawyers to win with the ombudsman as the office only needed facts.

Our office already deals with cases of billing and RDP houses lodged

by Joburg residents.” New Age

his week Hillbrow police Parktown Sector arrested three suspects who were trying to steal a car, according to police spokesperson Constable Mduduzi Zondo.

Cst Zondo says a police patrol noticed a suspicious, white Polo at corner York Street and St Andrews Road and went to investigate. “The car was parked next to a silver Toyota Corolla, which the suspects were busy trying to open.

When they saw the police the suspects ran and jumped into the Polo, and the driver reversed into oncoming traffic trying to flee the scene, but the police cornered them. Three suspects were arrested, but one managed to escape.”

Cst Zondo adds that the white Polo was reported stolen at Norwood police station in October. “The suspects have been charged with possession of a stolen car, car-breaking instruments, and attempted theft of a motor vehicle. Two of the suspects are also wanted on other cases. Computer equipment the suspects used to open cars was recovered, together with car keys for different car models.”

Cst Zondo adds that police arrested 41 suspects in crime combating operations. Among those arrested were six for robbery, 11 for assault and 10 for possession of drugs. “Police also confiscated drugs, counterfeit DVDs and a firearm during their stop-and-search operations,” Cst Zondo says.

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Shot president returns

Nouakchott - Over six weeks after being shot by his own troops, President Mohammed Aziz returned home from France, where he had been receiving treatment.

After arriving at Nouakchott Airport, Aziz met with government officials. He later travelled through the city streets in an open-air convertible, waving at supporters, some of whom held up pictures and cheered his return.

Aziz said bullets hit his intestines and his colon, while his kidneys and liver were spared. “There were no complications, but doctors exercised caution,” he said.

On October 14 Aziz’s convoy came under fire as it headed back toward Nouakchott. Witnesses said the shooting was an assassination attempt, because unknown men shot at the president and fled.

But state news reported that soldiers stationed alongside the road shot at the president. Aziz refuted the possibility he had been targeted, saying on state TV that the shooting was not intentional. “Everything is fine,” Aziz said.”

But he returned to France for continued treatment.

An ex-general, President Aziz seized power in a bloodless 2008 coup; one of many the country has had since independence from France in 1960. He ousted Cheikh Abdallahi, the first democratically elected leader.

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Poll rigging allegations Freetown - The opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLLP) threatens to boycott parliament and local councils unless its concerns about the recent elections are addressed.

The party, which won 40% of parliamentary seats, alleges that some ballot boxes were stuffed with premarked ballots. But the electoral commission has said it found no evidence of ‘over voting’.

Their presidential candidate, ex-military ruler Julius Maada, also lost to incumbent Ernest Koroma, who won 59% of the vote. International observers said the poll, the third since the civil war, was peaceful and transparent.

In the run-up to the elections there were clashes between rival supporters in the capital. After the presidential results were announced on Friday, about seven SLPP supporters were arrested in Kenema because police feared riots. The SLPP also demanded that some of its supporters be released from police custody, and all charges against them dropped. The SLPP controls nine out of the nation’s 19 local councils.

The vote was the first post-war election Sierra Leone organised - the other two held since the war ended in 2002 were run by the United Nations. Since the end of the 11-year war, in which 50 000 people were killed, there has been progress towards reconciliation.

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Court indicts ex-first lady Abidjan - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for former first lady, wife of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo.

The ICC says Simone Gbagbo is wanted for ‘her individual criminal responsibility for murder, rape and other forms of sexual violence, persecution and other inhumane acts committed during the 2010 post-election crisis.

Laurent Gbagbo refused to step down after Alassane Ouattara was declared

winner of the election. The standoff sparked months of violence, leaving thousands dead. The ICC alleges that as a member of the president’s inner circle, Simone was an ‘indirect co-perpetrator’ because she attended meetings at which a plan was formulated, and carried out to persecute Ouattara supporters.

“She played a key role in recruiting, arming and integrating thousands of volunteers and enlisting them into the FDS chain of command,” the warrant said.

Why COSATU opposes e-tolls 1. Tolls will add to the burdens of the poor, who will be forced to pay to travel on highways which were previously free of charge. It will not just affect the people of Gauteng, as the government has now conceded that e-tolling will replace the existing toll-gates throughout the country.

It is not true that only the middle class use our highways. Many low income earners use private cars to travel to work, because our public transport system is so unreliable and they have no alternative. Large numbers of private vehicle users simply do not have a single extra rand to spend.

Tolls will also put an indirect burden on the poor of the whole of South Africa, by adding to the cost of transporting goods and will have an immediate effect on food inflation.

2. Tolls will perpetuate exclusion: ‘User-pays’ means that you cannot use the best roads if you cannot afford to pay. The logic is that those without the money to pay the tolls should be excluded from access to the best roads. They must find the potholed side roads, while those with the money glide along the highways in their fancy cars.

COSATU has consistently argued that taxation must be the main source of funding for road infrastructure. If additional revenues have to be raised by government, then this must be done through a progressive tax system, rather than tolls which take no account of the ability of the drivers’ to pay.

3. Public Transport is totally inadequate: Government has now exempted registered

‘At meetings she instructed the proGbagbo forces to commit crimes against individuals who posed a threat to her husband’s power,’ the warrant alleges.

She was arrested at the same time as her husband. She was questioned by magistrates earlier this month ahead of a national trial on the same allegations. The ICC wants Ivory Coast to hand her over.

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Khartoum - Former intelligence chief Salah Gosh and top army officers have been arrested over an alleged plot to destabilise the country.

Sudan has seen demonstrations in recent months over the high cost of living and demands for political reform. President Omar al-Bashir has been in power since staging a coup in 1989. Information Minister Ahmed Osman said 13 people had been arrested over a plot which ‘targeted the stability of the state and some leaders.’

Armoured vehicles and tanks were seen in the early hours of Thursday in a main street in central Khartoum, although news agencies said there was no increase in security later on.

Gosh was an ally of President Bashir, and served as chief of intelligence until 2009. Protests in recent months calling for the end of Bashir’s 23 year regime have since died out; after opposition figures were arrested. Pro-democracy activists had hoped to organise protests similar to those that ousted Arab rulers out of power in North Africa.

Bashir was also unpopular with nationalists over his decision to give South Sudan - the source of most of its oil-reserves - independence last year.

Rebels start to pull out

Kinshasa - M23 rebels say they have started withdrawing from territory they captured from government troops, days after a pullout deal was reached in neighbouring Uganda.

Amani Kabashi, deputy spokesman for the M23 group, said they were starting to withdraw from the town of Mushake, 50km south of Goma. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by fighting between government troops and the rebels.

Colonel Vianney Kazarama, the M23 military spokesman, later said rebels were to withdraw from Sake and Goma by Friday. Herve Ladsous, the UN peacekeeping chief, said rebel advances had stopped. M23 military leader Sultani Makenga said his men would leave Goma in three days and pull back 20km. Makenga said the rebels had begun transferring arms, provisions and medical supplies from Goma to Rutshuru territory, an area along the Ugandan and Rwandan borders; their main stronghold since April.

M23 political leader, Jean-Marie Runiga said their demands include the release of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, who has been under unofficial house arrest since declaring victory in elections last year that were won by President Joseph Kabila.

The rebels also demanded direct talks with Kabila and the dissolution of the electoral commission.

The government must prioritise the roll-out of efficient, reliable, affordable and safe public transport for all the people of South Africa

public transport vehicles from the tolls, but very few buses and taxis actually use the tolled highways. Public transport largely remains woefully inadequate both in quality and in the numbers of people it serves.

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work. Not from choice but because our public transport system is expensive, unsafe and unreliable.

4. Tolls represent a form of Privatisation: The introduction of a tolling system that brings the private sector to operate the tolled roads is a form of privatisation, the commodification of what ought to be an essential publicly funded public service. Worst is that the contracts signed with the companies operating the tolls remain secret. All evidence indicates that the revenues from the tolls are going to be enormous and that the loans will be paid off quickly, leaving the private operator to milk the public.

5. Cost of collection: Another reason for opposing the tolls

is the cost of collection, which will consume a massive 17% of the money collected in tolls.

This means that tolls are not only unfair but also a grossly inefficient way of raising the money for road improvements. Even if the government makes further cuts in levels of tolls, the collection costs will become an increasingly larger percentage of the amount collected.

A large portion of the revenue collected will ultimately find its way into the pockets of the toll operators.

6. Income to be supplemented by fine collection: In addition to the collection of toll fees, the operator will rely on the technology to administer fines for non payment of toll fees.

This back-door generation of income for profit from fines is in COSATU’s view an abuse of the rule of law.

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Killer gunman gets life jail Crime Reporter crime@gazettelive.co.za

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n Wednesday this week the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court gave a life sentence to a man who shot dead a taxi driver in a failed hijacking on 12 February this year.

Joburg police spokesperson Warrant Officer Xoli Mbele said the killer, Geza Cele, 28, and an

accomplice who is still at large, shot 25 year-old Sibusiso Masuku three times while trying to hijack the minibus taxi he was driving in Plein St. “They then fled, and Masuku died at the scene.�

W/O Mbele adds that the community helped police find Cele at the Wanderers taxi rank; who was in possession of a loaded gun. The court convicted him for murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm, and jailed him for life.

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he Sophiatown Heritage and Cultural Centre presents a monthly series of live music shows called Sophiatown Jazz Encounters, featuring musician Katlego.

Katlego defines her sound as ‘AfroIndigenous-Soul, writes and performs in various South African languages.

She has performed at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, and also performed with her former band NIA as an opening act for Linton Kwesi Johnson.

She has also performed with Bheki Khoza and featured and performed in Mantswe a Bonono, a documentary on poets and writers.

Her passion for music is driven by her belief in the power of words and song, combined with the role and responsibility of artists as ‘modern day griots’.

Sophiatown’s legacy as the original home of urban jazz until the mid1950s, (when forced removals destroyed the multicultural life there) has led to its revival as a place of emerging talent, playing host to greats from those times, such as Dorothy Masuku and Stompie Manana, alongside the newest talent in the country.

Residents experience the music in the intimate setting of an original 1930s Sophiatown house, formerly the home of A B Xuma, doctor, activist, politician, philanthropist, and now at the heart of the Sophiatown Heritage and Cultural initiative.

The Sophiatown Heritage and Cultural Centre at 73 Toby and Edward streets is a vibey venue where one get up close and personal with the band, the neighbour, and sublime music.

Above: Thabo Rapoo and Muzi Shili in Tranceformations.

Right: Muzi Shili in Beauty Remained

Pics: John Hogg

Dance anniversary tribute Choreographer explores Japanese spirituality, philosophy, rituals and discipline, and ultimately gives the piece an indigenous twist by drawing inspiration from Southern African spiritual healers and prophets Arts Correspondent

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n celebrating 21 years of Moving into Dance Mophatong (MIDM) vocational training, the group has been staging some stunning performances throughout the year.

The grand finale, celebrating MIDM’s remarkable year of dance and anniversary tribute, is currently culminating in three weeks of explosive dance pieces titled 21, at the Dance Factory in Newtown, Johannesburg, which kicked off on 17 November and will finish on Sunday.

The gala evening will also feature Flesh, a spiritually arousing work choreographed by MIDM 1992 graduate Gregory Maqoma, who recently won the 2012 Tunkie Award.

In 2011, he was awarded the Dance

Manyano Choreographer of the Decade. Maqoma is one of MIDM’s most illustrious graduates with a national and international profile; and also founder and artistic director of Vuyani Dance Theatre.

With Flesh he explores Japanese spirituality, philosophy, rituals and discipline, yet by drawing inspiration from Southern African spiritual healers and prophets he ultimately gives the piece an indigenous twist.

Flesh originally debuted in 2006, while Maqoma was associate artistic director of MIDM, and will be restaged for the 2012 season tomorrow and on Saturday.

Other works to be featured are Mummy mummy, choreographed

by David Thatanelo, a 1992 MIDM graduate, who was MIDM’s execu-

Self mastery event Cathy Pisanti

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his is a journey towards selfmastery at the Wits Theatre in Jorrisen Street, Braamfontein on 29 November. This is set to be an evening of music, friends and dialogue about how to become the ‘master of effort; learning how to make the most of opportunities and relationships.

The event is presented by TV presenter, motivational speaker, and author of So You Want to be the Master Joshua Maponga (pictured left).

Maponga, a Golden Key award recipient, is a social entrepreneur with a keen interest in empowering individuals and organisations with knowledge and skills to become successful. An articulate and accomplished communicator, he has been extensively involved in motivational

speaking, organisational development, facilitating change management processes, counselling, and commercial negotiations. He is also a successful TV presenter and an accomplished musician.

He has worked within organisations, including the Entrepreneurial Development Southern Africa (EDSA), the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, the Global Management Centre (UK), as well as various corporate institutions in Southern Africa, parastatals and private enterprises.

He has also worked with the students of Alexandra High School and made a significant contribution to their successful matric pass rate. He has also worked a variety of training and development programmes and with entities such as the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

tive and artistic director from 2003 to 2009. He is currently a project manager for Dance Forum and runs his own arts consultancy. My journey “Uhambo Lwam” is a new solo piece created by Mcebisi Bhayi, a 1999 MIDM graduate, telling the story of his life. After graduating he started his own group called the Senzeni Cultural Group in East London. The 2 December Matinee performance by MIDM Graduates will include a new yet untitled work-inprogress by Sonia Radebe, senior MIDM dancer/choreographer and 2002 graduate. Radebe was awarded the Dance Manyano Female Dancer of the Decade in 2011 and recently toured internationally as part of the Afrovibes Festival.

Gates of Hell 2 is a duet by Fana

Tshabalala, who after graduating in 2006 joined MIDM as a performer and choreographer. He recently joined the Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative (FATC) and also won a prestigious Standard Bank Young Choreographer Award for 2012. He is the fifth MIDM choreographer to receive this award.

Dirty Hands by 2010 graduate Otto Nhlapo won the pick of the Stepping Stones at Dance Umbrella 2012. Nhlapo recently returned from a seven week tour in France with the Orlin/MIDM work Beauty Remained.

The Strange Attraction production is choreographed by Sifiso Kweyama, a well known choreographer and teacher; and will be performed by this year’s MIDM trainees.

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t the launch of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2013 event last weekend in Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau said that demonstrated the city’s readiness to stage an event of global significance.

He added that it also signals the momentum and excitement that is building up about a tournament that is starting to capture the imagination of people of Johannesburg.

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Joburg Mayor Parks Tau (right) and city officials hoist the flags of the nations that will participate in the tournament.

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vividly within the first two years of our democratic transition, after centuries of divisions, discrimination, and oppression.”

He added that the victories in the 1995 Rugby World Cup and the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations created a spirit of unity and optimism that contributed to the success of the initial transition. “Let us use the 2013 AFCON to rekindle a shared spirit of support for our national team Bafana Bafana. We encourage the citizens of the City to support the tournament by attending the open-

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The City of Johannesburg is ready to host the tournament, specifically the opening and closing games.

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games. These plans will be unveiled shortly.”

He added that the organising committee has done a great job to stage this major event at such short notice. “This achievement has been possible through the support of the South African government and relevant structures at national, provincial and local spheres,” he added.

Zambian and Angolan officials also attended the event, together with SAFA president Kirsten Nematandani and Local Organising Committee (LOC) members.

AFCON holders Zambia, affectionately known as Chipolopolo hope to keep the trophy.

Bafana Bafana meet relatively unknown Cape Verde in the opening match at Soccer City.

A notable absence in the AFCON 2013 tournament is Egypt, who have won the competition seven times, and four time winner Cameroon

AFCON journey to SA 2013 Soccer Correspondent

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total of 47 African countries entered the competition, including South Africa, which automatically qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations 2013 to be staged between 19 January and 10 February 2013.

The remaining 46 teams competed in the qualifiers. In each of the three rounds, teams were drawn into twolegged home-and-away knock-out ties. Aggregate goals were used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the

second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shootout, and no extra time was played.

Preliminary Round: The lowestranked four teams started from the preliminary round.

First Round: The two winners of the preliminary round joined the other 26 teams which did not qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

Second Round: The 14 winners of the first round joined the 16 teams which qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

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qualified for the AFCON finals.

The countries which qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations are, Morocco, Cape Verde, Angola, Ghana, Mali, Niger, DR Congo, Zambia, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Togo, Algeria and Tunisia. The 15 teams are joined by South Africa who qualified as hosts.

The countries who have won the tournament before are South Africa (once), Egypt (seven times), Ghana (four times), Cameroon (four times), Nigeria (two times), Congo DR (two times), Tunisia (once), Sudan

(once), Ivory Coast (once), Algeria (once), Morocco (once), Ethiopia (once), Congo (once) and Zambia (once), who won it last year.

A notable absence in the AFCON 2013 tournament is Egypt, who have won the competition seven times, and Cameroon who have won it four times. Appearing for the first time in the AFCON tourney is Cape Verde, a surprise inclusion which eliminated former champions Cameroon in the qualifying stages.

Cape Verde play the opening match against Bafana Bafana at Soccer City on 19 January 2013.

AFCON 2013 Draw Group A: South Africa, Morocco, Cape Verde, Angola Group B: Ghana, Mali, Niger, DR Congo Group C: Zambia, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria Group D: Ivory Coast, Togo Algeria, Tunisia

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ast Saturday Jomo Cosmos beat FC Cape Town 1-0 at Johannesburg Stadium to end the weekend on 11 points, not too far behind Aces at the top of the table.

A single goal from Aleni Lebyane helped Cosmos back to winning ways as they climbed to eighth position on the NFD log, while FC Cape Town remain in the bottom half of

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Other notable wins were for Santos, who won 4-1 away over Witbank Spurs, United’s 3-0 victory over Thanda Royal Zulu in KZN and Sivutsa Stars’ 5-0 thrashing of Dynamos.

The biggest surprise result occurred in Richards Bay, where Professor Ngubane’s Thanda Royal Zulu, who have been in good form of late, went down 3-0 to United FC.

The result saw Amabhubesi wasting the chance to make up ground on league leaders MP Black Aces, who could only manage a 0-0 draw away to Vasco da Gama at Parow Park on Saturday.

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Sam, who was first elected president in 2008, was elected unopposed for another four years, after

Dr Irvin Khoza withdrew just over a week before the elections.

Hajera Kajee and Les Williams were also re-elected to their positions of first and second VicePresident. Other nominations for the were Wimpie du Plessis, Colin Webster and Kirsten Nematandani.

NFD Fixtures : 2 - 8 December 2012 Sunday, December 02, 2012 15:30 Jomo Cosmos v Santos Johannesburg Stadium 15:30 Dynamos v FC Cape Town Giyane Stadium 15:30 Witbank Spurs v Blackburn Rovers Puma Rugby Stadium 15:30 Thanda Royal Zulu FC v Black Aces Richards Bay Sports Stadium Saturday, December 08, 2012 15:30 Thanda Royal Zulu FC v FC Cape Town Richards Bay Sports Stadium 15:30 Black Aces v Sivutsa Stars Themba Senamela Stadium 15:30 United FC v Polokwane City Moruleng Stadium 15:30 Milano United AFC v Blackburn Rovers Grassy Park Stadium 15:30 Vasco Da Gama v Santos Parow Park 19:30 Jomo Cosmos v African Warriors Johannesburg Stadium