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Safety drive Rea Vaya bus safety mascot RV poses with youngsters during the safety campaign in Joubert Park.

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Alliace members march in the streets.

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Alliance in service Rea Vaya official Sipho Mahlangu ( left) and Ward Councillor Tjitjila Mashao address members of the public during the road safety campaign in Joubert Park Pic : Kgopi Mabotja

ReaVaya safety drive Kgopi Mabotja

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n a bid to raise awareness, Rea Vaya bus staff members and a group of volunteers took to the Johannesburg Art Gallery station to teach commuters and pedestrians about safety precautions.

The initiative held on Wednesday, forms part of regular safety campaigns designed to inculcate road safety conscience among road users. On the day, the group went into the station to speak to commuters, distributed pamphlets and roamed around the vicinity to speak to passerby, including those coming from work and learners.

JMPD officers and Emergency Management Services personnel also came on board. Also there was Sipho Mahlangu, Rea Vaya’s deputy director of safety and security, Nomalizo Xabana, senior marketing and liaison officer, and local ward councilor Tjitjila Mashao.

Mahlangu stressed that the area needed attention because it is very busy. “This is one of the areas where we need to intensify our safety campaigns, this is a residen-

tial and business area; and a huge number of school children pass here every day.”

He urged pedestrians to refrain from walking in the bus lanes, and condemned motorists and taxis who often drive in the reserved bus lanes.

“There are pedestrian walkways, our people must walk on those for their own safety. Our buses are not noisy; sometimes when they come you can’t hear their sound.”

During the campaign Mahlangu approached some of the school children to give them pamphlets.

Also hands on was Xabana who read through some of the safety tips on the pamphlets with a group of primary school children.

Reading out the safety tips to her peers was Mbali Sithole, a Grade 7 leaner from Sithathele Primary school in Soweto, who travels on a Rea Vaya bus daily from the innercity. She read a line to her peers: “Do not walk on the road where you are not supposed to, shortcuts are dead cuts.”

She went on to read another line from a pamphlet that said “cross

only at pedestrian crossings or when traffic lights turn green,” and before she could complete the sentence, two of her peers hummed along, a sign that the youths are familiar with the rules of the road.

Also speaking whilst handing out pamphlets Clr Mashao said her transport subcommittee has been working on similar campaigns.

“We are happy that Rea Vaya invited us as part of the inner-city community to also make a contribution,” she said.

She said a lot of accidents happen in the area involving pedestrians, and that the campaign could not have come at a better time.

“Our transport subcommittee is been is working on similar programmes, our focus now will be on school children,. We will be happy if we can get volunteer marshals from the community who will help our children to cross the roads at crucial intersections.”

The Rea Vaya mascot RV was also present, clad in a fancy outfit and handing out pamphlets, posing for photographs, and also handing out sweets to children.

delivery march Persistance Nkomo persie.nkomo@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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n Thursday this week members of the South African Communist Party (SACP), South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) braved the rain and cold weather as they marched to the City of Joburg to deliver a service delivery memorandum.

SACP Linda Jabane district secretary Mandlakhe Radebe said the march was attended by more than 1 000 people, and was aimed at highlighting lack of service delivery in poor working class communities across Greater Johannesburg,particularly informal settlements in the south.

The Young Communist League of South Africa in the District joined the march together MKVA members.

“A joint memorandum was handed over to an employee in the office of the Mayor as the Mayor and his Committee were not available to receive the memorandum,” Radebe said.

He added that among the key demands in the memorandum was ‘unilateralism and dictatorship in the implementation and management of the City’s Growth and Development Strategy (GDS) 2040.

“The three components of the ANCled alliance have noted with dismay the usage of the social media such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as the

mainstream media as the main tool of consultation, thereby excluding the majority of the working class communities in the City.

“We noted that the alliance as well was not sufficiently taken into confidence in this regard, with the exception of a handful of meetings camouflaged as both a preparatory meetings as well as the summit. We further noted with dissatisfaction the tendering system that the City of Johannesburg is practicing with regards to its Parking system, outsourcing of council services, and most importantly continuous utilization of labour brokers.”

Radebe added that lack of delivery of basic services in the provisioning of water supply, refuse removal, electricity and gas supply, municipal health services, municipal roads and storm water drainage, street lighting, municipal parks and recreation, were some of the focal point of the memorandum.

“We noted the impact that privatisation of municipal entities has in rendering basic services to communities.

The memorandum therefore demands the urgent de-privatisation of all municipal entities. Over and above, we note with concern the lack of consultation on the management of the City of Johannesburg. We are hopeful that the City will take these demands to heart in the spirit of making the lives of our people better,” Radebe added.

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DA leader’s address on economic freedom Own Correspondent

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An aerial view of the Drill Hall in downtown Joburg.

New life for the Drill Hall Own Correspondent

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he historic Drill Hall in Joubert Park has been given a new lease on life after a R10-million refurbishment led by the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) and funded by the City of Johannesburg.

The 100-year-old building on the corner of Plein and Twist streets has been developed as a heritage asset and public open space that forms part of the historical and cultural tourism trail of the inner city.

In its new life, the Drill Hall accommodates: the Rand Light Infantry in the northern wing; the Johannesburg Community Chest, which provides life skills training for disadvantaged

people in the inner city; the Joubert Park Project, a collective of creative artists concerned with the promotion of the arts and cultural development in the inner city; and the Johannesburg Child Welfare Society in the southern wing. The society provides skills to girls at risk - street children, homeless girls and sex workers - through special programmes intended to develop their entrepreneurial spirit.

A hair salon, sewing machines and amenities for cooking lessons are under development.

Led by architect Michael Hart, the development has been driven by the desire to honour the layers of history of the site.

Built in 1904, it was used as a mili-

tary barracks that supplied regiments throughout the Anglo Boer War. It was the site of the mobilisation of volunteers from the Transvaal who went to the aid of the Natal colonial troops in quelling the Bambatha Rebellion of 1906 and housed regiments responsible for suppressing the miners’ strikes of 1913, 1914 and 1922.

Troops gathered at the hall on their way to the First and Second World wars.

It was also the site of the initial stages of the Treason Trial in the late 1950s, in which former president Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu were among the 156 accused.

It was also a popular dance venue from the 1930s to the late 1970s.

t the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants of Southern Africa (ABASA) Leadership Programme panel discussion, DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko MP (pictured) said realising economic freedom will decide the destiny of the nation in this century.

“Whoever we are, we all have a responsibility to consider this question. This requires open minds, honesty and intellectual curiosity. No one who cares about South Africa can shy away from it,” Mazibuko said.

She added that many South Africans feel alienated from each other.

“On the one side are those who have jobs, homes, and the prospect of rising incomes and a better future.

On the other side are the millions of poor South Africans who remain excluded from the mainstream economy. This inequality is the ill that underlines all the others.”

She said inequality splinters along the racial lines of SA’s history of discrimination and prejudice.

“Inequality of opportunity makes

it difficult for South Africans to understand the lives others lead. It imprisons people in the circumstances of their birth; dividing them from one another in schools, at work, in the conditions of their bodies, and, most tellingly, in the openness of their minds.

“Inequality of opportunity erodes trust among South Africans, as was so tragically demonstrated in Marikana. Mine-workers there felt that the rules of the game were rigged against them. And this mistrust is not limited to the Lonmin mine, nor to platinum mining, or to the mining sector in general,” she added.

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‘poison meat’ I would like to warn your readers about the danger of eating the meat that is roasted in the streets. This is because the last time I ate it I experienced great stomach pains and had to be rushed to hospital.

The doctor said I was a victim of food poisoning. I remembered that I had never suffered such pains before, and that the last thing I had eaten before that happened was the braai ‘insides’ I had bought from a vendor in King George Street, Joubert Park.

Afterwards I was shocked to learn that some of the vendors do not discard leftovers. They keep them and next day they just warm them and continue selling them. Some of the leftovers may as well be a week old, and eating them would be the same as taking poison.

I remind the vendors that their business depends on customers, and if they die, their business also dies.

Phylis Motloung Braamfontein

COMMENT Giving money to street beggars perpetuates their plight, and teaches children to expect favours from people.

It also indicates to parents that children may be employed as bread winners and prevented from going to school, which constitutes the highest level of child abuse. To give money to beggars may do more harm than good. The more money you give, the greater the incentive for children to beg and stay out of school, an obvious route to a disastrous future.

Some parents may see turning their children into street beggars as more lucrative than working.

If people continue to give beggars money, they will be creating a new generation of beggars, as this may be seen as a lucrative trade; thereby creating a dependency syndrome and destroying the fabric of society.

Moreover, street beggars are often linked to robbery; hence giving them money may be an indirect contribution to crime.

Plenty of children become beggars because of poverty, but instead of giving them money, try to change their circumstances. There are so many ways of doing so.

In addition to being constantly taxed for child grants, beggars have to tax you live on the road, and as much as one accepts that there is shortage of jobs, some of the beggars are old and able enough to find piece jobs.

There are many people looking for helpers, even if it is only for two days a week that would put bread on the table.

They must get out of the comfort zone and do something more serious to earn a living for themselves.

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Fear of the protector We watch as they tell of how authoritative members are greedy and selfish, or are not concerned with what happens to the people, young children die; women are raped in their own homes and we hear of how police officers did not care enough to help

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fter Googling through the internet looking for different definitions in an attempt to find one that is close to the way civilians view the police, I did not find any, except how the media portrays them, Yolanda Zondo writes.

Police officers are now described in the same way as criminals. The people that we trust to protect us today are the very same people that will add oil to fire, turn a blind eye and watch you getting killed.

Often we think of the media as the fabricator of lies. We read newspapers and watch TV series like 3rd Degree and we think they

the community. are exaggerating stories.

I believe that We watch as they tell of there are truly how authoritative memgreat police offibers are greedy and selfcers out there, who ish, or are not concerned with what happens to the want to protect and people. Young children be pro justice. But die, women are raped in what are we doing their own homes and we wrong? Has it behear of how police officome so bad that it cers did not care enough seems we are livto help. ing in a jungle and I am not the type of perwe are fighting for son to let emotion cloud survival? my judgement, however, We step out of our with recent stories painthomes praying and ing police officers as vilwishing we make lains I am in fear of step- Events like the Marikana tragedy have not helped the image of the police. it back unharmed. ping into a police station Now we watch out Movies can fool us though, esand asking for help. for that blue light, Not only am I in fear of being pecially if you often get engaged that blue uniform and not feel obsessively questioned unneces- in a Criminal Minds episode and safe, we feel fear that one of them sarily, but I fear that my situation watch as a team of committed offi- might just go crazy and shoot you might not be taken seriously, and cers track down criminals. It seems or rape you all for no reason. We thus lead to me getting harmed by so simple as they chase speeding live in fear of our protectors. cars, putting their lives in line to the police.

All we can do now is pray for What happened to the days when protect communities. change, pray that our own children But what about hopeful wishing? won’t experience all this torture. parents pushed their children to want to be police officers? Those Wishing that our police officers be were the days when the police chosen from people who are com- Yolanda Zondo is the editor of were regarded as strong men and mitted to protecting people.

Fashion Culture magazine. She Our country needs people who can be through email address women who protected the weak are passionate and ready to protect yolandazondo@hotmail.com and supported the justice system.

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or the second time within eight months Inner-city Gazette has won the CAPRO Publisher of the Month award. The last time it won the accolade was in December 2011, amid a close contest with similarly well produced publications like Eastern Free State & Mangaung Issue and Eastern Cape Today. In that contest Ekasi News won the runner-up spot.

This time the contest was won again against highly commended Eastern Cape Today and the runner-up Eastern Free State & Mangaung Issue.

The other contestants, all professionally presented publications, included Al Qualam, Botswana Advertiser, Bugle Group, Bulletin, Cosmo City Chronicle, De Aar Echo, Eastern/ Northern Time, Ekasi News, Free Stae Sun, Herrie-Die, Highlands Panorama, Khathu Gazette, Kokstad Advertiser, Kwevoel, Life & Style, Limpopo Mirror, Middelburg Medal, Mogol Post, Mamibian, Namib Times, North West Independent, Ons Kontrei, Plattelander, Polokwane Observer, Pongola News, Pos/Limpopo Beat, Seipone, Stanger/Coastal Weekly, St Francis Chronicle, Suidernuus, Swazi Observer, Tabloid Group, Voice, Windhoek Observer, Witzenberg Herald, Zeerust News, Zithethele and Zoutpansberger.

Inner-city Gazette has also been nominated as a finalist for the CAPRO Publisher of the Year award, to be announced at CAPRO’s Networking Function and AGM on 14 September.

Our interns graduate Babalwa Bungane

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o this date Inner-city Gazette has had a long list of student journalists who underwent internships with the publication, and subsequently graduated from their institutions of learning.

Most recently was Babalwa Bungane who studied at Boston City

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Campus. Those who graduated previously include Sizwe Mathe from Birnham College’s Braamfontein campus, and Damelin College students Zinhle Phakathi, Keamogetsoe Mathikge and Sithembile Hadebe.

There was also Dorothy Mabelebele from Rosebank College, and also Michael Letsoalo, Dintle Motlala, Duduzile Choba, Nosizwe Tsha-

Zinhle Phakathi, Sithembile Hadebe and Keamogetsoe Mathikge

balala, Leroy Serame and Lebogang Seale from Jeppe College. The exinterns at Inner-city Gazette, including those not mentioned in this report, are now fully fledged journalists practising in various functions in the media industry.

The publication continues to offer opportunities for student journalists to hone their practical skills, prepar-

ing them for the real world of journalism and the media.

In this the Inner-city Gazette publication’s management and staff sacrifice crucial time to help the students grasp some of the complexities of the media profession, which they could not learn from their institutions of learning, and, to the uninitiated, the service is offered for free.

Colleges wishing to send their Journalism, Marketing and Graphic Design students for internships may send requests to hr@inner-city-gazette.co.za or call 076 870 3009 Deadline for requests is 30 September 2012

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Complaints on crime and bad buildings Persistance Nkomo persie.nkomo@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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ome Berea residents complain about dilapidated buildings and crime in their ward, and claim that their councillor is not doing anything to change their situation, says a resident who spoke on condition of anonymity.

According to the source, people who live in Sandhurst and Sandringham dilapidated buildings are the perpetrators of crimes like smash-and-grab in Joe Slovo Road, and there are also illegal electricity connections at the buildings.

He adds that one of the buildings was once burnt due to the connections and nothing was done.

Ward Councillor Phineas Madisha

says he is aware of what is happening in those buildings and has reported the issue to the City of Joburg officials.

“The buildings are registered with the city and something will be done about them soon. People have made some complaints about certain issues and they are always addressed to,” says Clr Madisha.

He adds that the very people who claim he is not doing his job do not attend public meetings, hence they do not know what is happening to the issues they address to him.

“I am doing my best to serve the community. Before I used to drive around the ward checking what is happening because I had no committee to help me, but now it is better because there is a ward com-

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Specimens of the R10 and R100 notes displaying Madiba’s image.

Bank launches Mandela notes Clr Phineas Madisha PIC: INNER-CITY PRESS AGENCY

mittee in place,” adds Clr Madisha.

He says they have a cluster programme they are working on with the ward councillors from wards 69, 63, 64 and 123 for improving the inner-city.

“The programme has prioritised the issues of drug trafficking, public safety and health issues. We have presented our programme to the MMC for health and the MMC for public safety, and we hope there will be a positive change in these wards,” adds Clr Madisha.

Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za The SA Reserve Bank has launched a national campaign today on a new range of banknotes honouring former president Nelson Mandela.

It said the range was themed “One of a kind” and that the campaign is aimed at educating the public about the banknotes, which would enter circulation before the end of the year.

The new R200, R100, R50, R20, and R10 notes would show Mandela’s face on the front, and the Big Five animals, which appear on the existing notes, on the back of the note.

Security features would include watermarks, micro-printing, and unique numbering. There would be raised printing for the visually impaired.

The new banknotes would be the same size as those already in circulation to avoid confusing the visually impaired.

“We are pleased to issue this new series of banknotes which reflects South Africa’s pride as a nation and pays tribute to a much-loved world icon,” SARB governor Gill Marcus said.

She added that the campaign had

already started in other countries on the continent which used the South African rand. These included Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Tanzania.

The banknotes already in circulation remained a legal tender and were of equal value to the one to be introduced.

Marcus said that as at December last year, R100 billion of banknotes were circulating within the South African economy.

She said it was regarded as a best practice internationally for central banks to upgrade the security features of their banknotes every six to eight years. “This is to combat counterfeiting, which diminishes the value of real money, robs countries worldwide of billions of rand annually and tarnishes the credibility of a currency, thereby impacting on the growth of that economy,” she said.

“We have done our best to ensure that they cannot be replicated.”

The campaign would end in March.

“We are very thankful for the recognition of Tata Mandela in this manner.We think it is the best birthday present he ever received on his 94th birthday,” said Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who attended the launch ceremony.

This man, who provides his name as Mjida poses in his traditional African gear. He is often seen around the Main Street precinct, clad in African traditional gear. If you would like to have your photos in traditional gear published you may send the pictures to news@inner-city-gazette.co.za.

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Rebels execute diplomat

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Algiers – Islamist rebels say they have executed an Algerian diplomat kidnapped during their takeover of northern Mali, a Mauritanian news agency says.

The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) told the ANI news agency that they had killed Taher Touati, the Algerian vice-consul. MUJAO had given an ultimatum to Algeria, threatening to kill Abdelaziz Bouteflika the hostage after Algiers rejected its demands for the release of prisoners in a hostage swap. MUJAO claimed the kidnapping of seven Algerian diplomats in Gao. The wife of one hostage called on MUJAO to free them, and urged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to intervene.

Alessandra Giuffrida, an anthropologist specialising in the Tuareg, said MUJAO likely had links to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and not with the Tuareg movement. “A majority of them are not Malians,” she said.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb was an Algerianbased movement that migrated south in the Sahel.

In separate news, MUJAO seized another town, Douentza, moving closer to government-held territory and signalling possibly expanding ambitions. A local said they disarmed the local militia and took over.

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Army chiefs to be fired Cairo – The government has announced that 70 army generals are to be retired, in a move that comes soon after President Mohammed Mursi replaced the defence minister and the chief of staff.

However, six of them will keep their positions on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf).

Some analysts say President Mursi is asserting his authority over the army. There has so far been little adverse reaction from the military.

Defence Minister Gen Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, who was appointed in President Mursi’s military reshuffle last month, announced the changes.

Mursi had replaced Field Marshal Mohammed Tantawi with Gen Sisi as both armed forces chief and defence minister. Gen Tantawi’s number two, Gen Sami Enan, was also replaced.

Both men were prominent members of Scaf, the military body that ran Egypt after Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February 2011. In July, Scaf formally handed over power to Mursi, Egypt’s first ever democratically elected president.

However, Field Marshal Tantawi and Gen Enan stay on as President Mohammed Mursi’s advisers.

Spy leak scares ex-spooks

Troops sign security deal

Abuja - Former secret agents of the State Security Service (SSS) are worried about their safety after their personal details were published online.

Details of about 60 operatives remained on the local news site for days before being deleted. Islamists Boko Haram has not commented on reports that it was behind the leak. Information published includes names, ID numbers, bank details and addresses, including that of SSS head Ekpeyong Ita. Then there was the threat: “We still have more to kill in the SSS.” A previous posting carried a threat from Boko Haram, which has killed hundreds of people over the past three years. SSS spokeswoman Marilyn Ogar said she had not seen the site and so could not comment. Analyst Abubakar Othman said the leak had put the country in danger. “If the SSS cannot protect its own security, people may not give them information about groups fighting the government,” he said.

President Goodluck Jonathan said Boko Haram has infiltrated all levels of government. It has attacked government and security institutions, churches, bars and killed Muslim clerics who disagree with it.

Kampala – At a commanders and intelligence officers meeting in Mbarara this week the Ugandan and Rwandan armies signed an agreement to maintain security along their common borders.

Maj-Gen Alex Kagame headed the Rwandan delegation, while Brig-Gen Patrick Kankiriho, was the head of the Ugandan delegation. The two parties agreed to draw a mechanism on how they could implement the resolutions that were reached between presidents Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame of the two neighbouring countries.

“It is healthier that we keep checking on our border security,” said Brig-Gen Kankiriho.

They also considered incorporating stakeholders like civil authorities in security meetings, and also uplift intelligence gathering and sharing, and discussed terrorism and how to fight it. Their plan is to meet every four months to exchange visits of secuquarters to protest the report’s findings. rity forces at tactical level, to create a mechanism M23 rebels, led by Bosco Ntaganda who on intelligence and information gathering. is wanted by the ICC, have been fighting Maj-Gen Kagame dismissed talk of involvement of DR Congo troops in North Kivu since April, displacing some 470 000 civilians. Yoweri Museveni his forces in the DRC war as ‘baseless rumours’.

Raymond Mulongo

Call to ‘neutralise’ rebels Kinshasa - The government has called for boosting the UN force to neutralise the M23 rebels, and accused neighbouring Rwanda of backing it.

Foreign Minister Raymond Mulongo called on the Security Council to impose sanctions on those named in a UN report of supporting the M23 rebels.

“We believe that all the consequences must be

drawn from the conclusions in the report of the group of experts,” Mulongo said.

The report accused Rwanda’s Defence Minister James Kaberebe; Chief of Staff, Charles Kayonga; and Gen Jacques Nziza, President Paul Kagame’s military advisor, of constant contact with M23.

Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo, was also at the UN head-

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Poet Napo Masheane

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Lira entertains the crowd at the Jazz on the Lake event at Zoo Lake.

City is ‘cultural capital’ Own Correspondent

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his year’s Jazz on the Lake event featured a stunning lineup of artists, covering a wide spectrum of music tastes.

Singer Thandiswa Mazwai was joined by award-winning soulful Lira, veteran crooner Vusi Mahlasela and newcomers Maleh, Bokani Dyer and the Puisano Live.

Jazz on the Lake is free for music lovers, as part of the City of Johannesburg’s spring “gift” to its residents and visitors throughout the annual Joburg Arts Alive In-

ternational Festival. Alongside the sterling line-up of artists, excellent stage and sound and other amenities were offered, to ensure the comfort of those attended the event.

This year, Jazz on the Lake started at 10:00am on Sunday and ended at 5:30pm. People were allowed to bring their picnic baskets but no alcohol, glass, sharp objects and firearms were permitted.

Clr Chris Vondo, the MMC for Community Development, says the two-week Joburg Arts Alive International Festival, called “10 Days in September” will give residents and

visitors to the City exciting opportunities to experience some of the best talents in the fields of dance, music, theatre and the fine arts.

“This confirms Joburg’s position as South Africa’s cultural capital and a city that can host world-class events that are accessible to all communities,” says MMC Vondo.

Arts Alive 2012 will be spiced up considerably with the inclusion of Dance Umbrella 2 under the curatorship of Georgina Thomson and David April. The duo has lined up a performance series that will play out in various locations across Jo-

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Jazz on the Lake has always been a big day on Joburg events calendar

hannesburg, from Uncle Tom’s in Soweto through to Braamfontein’s Joburg Theatre.

The Joburg Arts Alive International Festival has also joined forces with The Mail & Guardian Literary Festival this year, a collaboration which features amongst others ‘The Youngsters’ – a series of pocket books authored by prominent young South Africans Anele Mda, Khaya Dlanga, Danny K, Shaka Sisulu and Nik Rabinowitz.

Theatre at Arts Alive will provide a combination of emerging and established talent this year, featuring the

iconic “Bopha!” by Percy Mtwa; “Owl” starring the talented newcomer, Briony Horwitz, as well as “The Mother of all Eatings”, a satirical take on post-colonial corruption directed by Makhaola Ndebele.

In total, there will be seven theatre productions as part of the “10 Days in September” programme.

Fine arts audiences will enjoy an abundant experience at the Joburg Arts Fair in the Sandton CBD while the renowned performance poet, Napo Masheane, will be a major draw card at the Speak The Mind Sessions, the spoken word festival.

Project to guide families ‘Our services depend on the needs of the area, it could be a bereavement programme to equip children with coping skills when there is a death in the family’ Akhona Zibonti akhona@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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t a recent information session the coordinator of the newly opened Johannesburg branch of Homestart, Innocentia Nebe said her branch would ease the work load of their Benoni branch.

Homestart SA national director

Erica Strydom said her organisation is a branch of an international network, which operates in 22 countries. “Volunteers are trained to give guidance and assistance to families, our work is to work with families. We do not work directly with children, but with the parents to help them help their children.

Our services depend on the needs of

the area, it could be a bereavement programme to equip children with coping skills when there is a death in the family, and a toy library for mothers who cannot afford daycare for their children, which is also in Benoni and soon to be in Germiston. We do play therapy with young children who have emotional diffi- Volunteers pose with co-ordinator Innocencia Nebe ( first left back row) and culties,” explained Strydom.

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THE MINERS’ MONUMENT This is a bronze sculpture of three men that is stationed at the head of Rissik Street in Braamfontein. The artwork now gleams in a rich charcoal colour, after having received a dose of fussing in the form of repatinating, courtesy of the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA).

The miners face southwest to Langlaagte, where gold was first discovered in Johannesburg in 1886.

The sculpture was donated to the City in 1964 by the Transvaal and Orange Free State Chamber of Mines.

According to the plaque at the site of the sculpture, it ‘symbolises the contribution of the mining industry to the economic wealth of South Africa’. It also celebrates the workers who built the city.

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A scene in one of the productions at the Hillbrow Theatre PIC : ARTS ALIVE

Festival promotes positive attitudes SA’s economic growth is being dragged down by the recession in Europe Akhona Zibonti akhona@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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he Inner-city High School Drama festival, hosted by Hillbrow Theatre projects, and also part of the Johannesburg Arts Alive International Festival started this week.

Project coordinator Marvelous Malinga said the festival, which started in 2005, and now involves 21 schools, promotes arts and culture in schools to encourage positive attitudes and behaviour.

“Each year it happens under a different theme, and is made broad to

allow students to come up with different stories. This year’s theme is ‘Joburg stories’ which is in line with the City of Johannesburg’s Growth and Development Strategy 2040. This year’s plays are inspired by our city, its history, present or future. The Festival was started to promote drama in high schools in the inner city, to contribute towards building positive attitudes within the community by bringing people together, and to build and strengthen dialogue between inner city educational institutions.,” he said.

He adds that the festival is in a form of a competition for the various groups.

“This is so that students can be inspired to tackle issues that are relevant to them and be able to express themselves fully, but not really take this event as a competition. The prizes for performances and poster design include a book voucher to encourage the students to read more, for the best play is a cash prize which will go towards the development of the schools’ art and culture department,” said Malinga.

He added that the plays will raise issues such as substance abuse in schools, domestic issues, HIV/Aids and crime. Malinga can be reached through telephone 011 725 5413.

his week the City of Joburg was presented with the 2012 Arbor City Award by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) in Kimberly to mark National Arbor Day Joburg MMC for Community Development, Clr Chris Vondo received the award and stated that, “the Arbor City Award was the highest acknowledgement of greening in the country.” “Joburg’s greening strategies is underpinned by the Joburg 2040 vision to build an economically-viable powerhouse to enhance the quality of life of all its residents.”

Clr Vondo also paid tribute to Joburg City Parks; green conscious businesses; the media; NGOs and the residents of Joburg who have supported the green call to action. Adding, that he accepted the award on behalf of these, “committed and passionate individuals and the birds, bees and trees who have no voice”. He also committed the City of Joburg to continuing its quest to explore new innovations, diligently interrogate the developmental agenda, aggressively work towards bridging the green-divide and to consistently strive to build a citizenry that takes pride and ownership of its environment.

“The award salutes a decade of cutting-edge service excellence in greening by the City of Joburg and Johannesburg City Parks,” he stated.

City Parks has among other projects planted over 200 000 trees since 2010, transformed landfill sites into parks, developed over 42 community food gardens and is planting 7 000 fruit trees this financial year.

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A memorable performance by world-class musicians who continue to pioneer new sounds and break barriers with uncompromising styles

he unrivalled entertainment line-up at the 9th Moshito Music Conference and Exhibition in Johannesburg’s Newtown cultural precinct has elevated the continent’s live music offering at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre.

With more than eight years of setting musical trends and constantly raising the bar, this year’s Moshito continues where the highly successful 2011 instalment left off by showcasing only the best live entertainers.

Headlining the Moshito Africa Unites Concert is multi-talented Jabulani Tsambo, better known to his fans as the winner of the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards for the Best Video (Mpitse), Hip Hop Pantsula.

With seven critically-acclaimed albums that have revolutionised the local rap industry, HHP’s live performances never fail to be anything but spectacular

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Bouba Kirikou

and Moshito 2012 is no exception.

Moshito’s heavyweight offering is bolstered by the prolific Congolese stage performer Freddy Massamba, who has set a high standard for those who grace the stage after him.

Massamba boasts several notable world tours that saw him collaborate with the likes of Zap Mama, Bilal, Mos Def and The Roots, creative encounters that are expressed as part of Moshito.

The conference’s opening day of performances was rounded off by skilled Ugandan guitarist and two-time nominee for the Pearl of Africa Music Awards, and also nominee for Kenya’s Kisima Awards and master of lyrics, Maurice Kirya.

The enchanting sounds of Trance Untes, the Zimbabwean outfit Makoomba - who have toured European countries like Sweden, Belgium, Spain, Holland and Italy - and South Africa’s The Brother Moves On ensure that all musi-

cal tastes are more than catered for.

The public and music enthusiasts in attendance are treated to a memorable performance by world-class groups and musicians who continue to pioneer new sounds and break barriers with their uncompromising styles and methods of delivery. Among these are Futhi, Wanda, Matsatsing, Prinston, Nathalie Natiembé, Stellinzicht/Cappuccino, Jazz Expressions and the Mzansi Jazz Band.

The programme sees Moshito kick into a higher gear as Erna Chimu, Bouba Kirikou and the talents of Iza bless Johannesburg stages with some of the most unforgettable musical performances ever witnessed.

Once again, Moshito’s live showcase programme turns Newtown’s bustling venues that include the Bassline, Niki’s, Shikisha and Sophiatown into cultural hotspots as the most influential music conference and market takes over the City of Gold this springtime.

Futuristic love tale Two hours of speed, spectacle, energy, daredevil stunts and turbo-charged excitement Claire Pacariz

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production which is brought

by City Power and M-Net to Joburg, Andrew Webber’s Starlight Express, is one of the longest running musicals in theatrical history.

Never seen in SA before, it explodes onto stage in a production helmed by award-winning director Janice Honeyman at the Joburg Theatre on July 7.

Produced by the theatre’s CEO, Bernard Jay, the all-South African company promises to take you on the ride of a lifetime - with two hours of speed, spectacle, energy, daredevil stunts and turbo-charged excitement, combined with dazzling sets and costumes, extraordinary roller-choreography and some of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most memorable musical hits.

Starlight Express opened at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London in March 1984. In April 1991 it became the second longest running musical in London theatre history at that time.

The record-breaking run in London eventually closed with its 7 461st performance on January 12 in 2002, almost 18 years after its opening.

Despite subsequent productions on Broadway, in Las Vegas, throughout the UK and USA and in many other countries - a production in Bochum, Germany, will celebrate its 25th year in 2013 - Starlight Express has never been seen in South Africa before.

Producer Bernard Jay said. “To give South African creative and performing artists this unique opportunity to interpret one of the most extraordinary musicals ever written

is a compliment to us all. Already, over a year ahead, the finest theatre talents in South Africa are clamouring to become involved with Starlight Express.”

Light years ahead of the rest, this futuristic tale of love and hope in the face of adversity was originally written by Lloyd Webber for his children. The plot features a group of toy railway trains, portrayed by actors on roller-skates, who come to life inside the mind of a small boy.

The characters race to become the ‘fastest engine in the world’.

At the time of the original production Webber said: “We are all proud that Starlight has spawned a new generation of theatre goers who perhaps have never considered going to the theatre before, and who may have gone on to other, perhaps more conventional, things.”

A scene in Starlight Express.

PIC : JANE HOBSON

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Natalie du Toit in action at the London Paralympics.

SA swimmer wins gold Olympics Correspondent Bafana Bafana during the recent match against Ivory Coast.

Bafana drop in FIFA rankings Soccer Correspondent

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afana Bafana have plummeted seven places down the latest FIFA world rankings and are now positioned as the 19th best side in Africa.

The South Africans are placed at number 74 in the global rankings, down seven places from the 67 of the previous month. It is their worst position since their ranking of 83 in the world in June 2010.

Nations such as their 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifier opponents Central African Republic, Cape Verde Islands and nemesis Sierra Leone are all ahead of them in the African list.

The national side will have the opportunity to improve on that significantly with a positive result with a home victory over

Mozambique on Tuesday night.

It is all far away from the target of a place in the top four of African football, though once again they will get the chance to reach that high when they host the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in January.

Ivory Coast remain the topranked African side (and number 16 in the world), while Algeria have taken over second place from Ghana. Libya and Mali round out the top five, followed

by Egypt, Tunisia, Gabon, Zambia and Sierra Leone.

Spain have maintained their healthy lead over second-placed Germany in the global list, with England in third, while the only change in the top 10 sees Portugal move into fourth at the expense of Uruguay. Supersport.com

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his week South African swimmer Natalie du Toit cruised to a gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle S9, improving on her earlier heat by two seconds at the London Paralympic Games.

Competing for the last time at Paralympic level, she led from the start and increased her lead at each turn, touching in 4:30.18.

She was a full 10 seconds faster than her nearest rival, Stephanie Millward of the UK, who touched in 4:40.01 while Ellie Cole of Australia took bronze in 4:42.87.

Du Toit, who has 11 gold Paralympic medals to her name, including her unbeaten world record time of 4:23.81 set in Beijing, dedicated Tuesday’s medal to Cathy Doyle, former president of Central Gauteng Aquatics, who died a few months ago. “Cathy was supposed to be officiating here and it’s very sad because she was at the last world championships by the side of the pool,” Du Toit said.

“I try and picture her sitting there on the chair and the whole idea for me was to swim the 400m for her. She really helped me in the province and I want to dedicate this medal to her and to her family who are still supporting

me even in their time of grief.”

Swimming in one of her “safe” races, Du Toit said the greater the distance, the more chance she had of winning it.

“The longer the distance the better it is for me. Tomorrow is the 50m freestyle, which is a bit of a blink of an eye and anything can happen.

It will be tough as I haven’t been under 30 seconds in a while and the arm amputees have improved tremendously since we got the new blocks.

I need to just go out there and give it my best.”

Emily Gray ended seventh in the same race, setting a slightly better time than her morning heat, in 4:59.77.

She said the experience had helped her tremendously and she would start working towards Rio. It wasn’t a personal best, but I tried my hardest so I couldn’t really do more. “The call-up room gets quite intense so I’m learning to soak up the pressure and also learning to handle the crowd and use them as energy. The South African support is huge. It was so awesome to see the flag while I was swimming and it just made me push harder.”

Shireen Sapiro, was unable to defend her crown in the women’s 100m backstroke S10 final, but set an Af-

rican record for a bronze medal in 1:09.02. “I have to be happy as I swam a personal best. The standard of the sport has been raised so much in the last four years, so I knew I would have to fight like I’ve never fought before.

“I can’t ask for more as I gave it my best shot, but coming into the race as defending champion put a lot of pressure on me. I’ve been through so much in the last four years, so for me to come here and still be competitive is such an amazing feeling.”

Canadian Summer Mortimer set a new world record in 1:05.90 for the gold medal. Sophie Pascoe of New Zealand, who led for three-quarters of the race, had to settle for silver in 1:06.69.

Charles Bouwer came fifth in the men’s 400m freestyle S13 final in 4:14.13. As expected the race was won by Ihar Boki of Belarus who bettered his earlier world record by four seconds, winning gold in 3:58.78.

Ukrainian Danylo Chufaraov took the silver medal in 4:05.85 with Russian Aleksandr Golintovskii winning the bronze in 4:11.13.

South Africa have dropped from 20th to 22nd in the Paralympics competition, with three gold, five silver, and seven bronze medals.

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