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Tip-off foils heist bid Crime Reporter crime@gazettelive.co.za

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his week Joburg police foiled a robbery attempt in the CBD by arresting gunmen who allegedly wanted to rob a Bree Street store, says police spokesperson W/O Xoli Mbele.

He explains that the police arrested the two men for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition at corner Bree

and Simmonds Street, after they got a tip-off that there were two suspects standing next to a Pep Store with an intention to rob it.

“Upon searching them a gun with 15 bullets and serial number filed off was found on one of them.”

W/O Mbele adds that investigation continues and the suspects are facing charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.

Job security wrangle Poster language...workers air their grievances outside the store in Eloff Street.

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ata shoe company employees recently went on strike and demonstrated at the company’s premises in Eloff Street in the Joburg CBD. A spokesperson for the workers, Lizel Barney said the action was against a policy which was introduced to the system by their employer.

Barney said they are protesting against the introduction of a policy from Retail Independent Association (RIA) which does not give them job security. “By signing the RIA agreement, the manager will have to employ his/her own staff, leaving the already working jobless.

We are against this system because of its terms and conditions. We have been working for the company for many

years and we are not getting any benefits,” she said.

Ernest Mhlongo, a shop steward at the Germiston branch said there is no employment equity at Bata and black people are still oppressed even after 18 years of democracy.

He added that they forwarded their problem to the Federal Council of Retail and Allied Workers (FEDCRAW) and Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) but they did not reach an agreement with the employer so they went on strike.

Andile Nkosibomvu, the secretary general for FEDCRAW, said the workers will have to return to work while they negotiate the terms and conditions of the agreement with the employer. “We had a meeting with their employer but so far had not reached agreement on the terms

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and conditions,” said Nkosibomvu.

Nathi Mkhize, Bata Human Resources Manager, said employees who do not join RIA are transferred to other stores, which are non RIA. “A RIA owner only brings his or her own employees if the current employees do not want to join RIA. We have never retrenched any employee as a result of RIA implementation,” he said.

He explained that the RIA model increases productivity and ensures that the employees who put in extra work earn more through the commission scheme.

“Workers either join RIA or they get transferred to other Bata stores. Every transfer is very reasonable and in terms of the law. As a company we are puzzled as to how any person can decide not to join a RIA model, as it actually benefits the employees,” added Mkhize.

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Finance MMC Geofrey Makhubo (second left) with city manager Trevor Fowler.

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Finances are stable - MMC Moses Moyo moses@inner-city-gazette.co.za The City of Johannesburg’s financial performance continues to improve with revenue collection surpassing budgeted figures, the cash balance exceeding R2 billion and the debt to revenue ratio well within the established limits.

“Figures for the period ending June 2012 confirm the City’s assertion that its finances are exceptionally well-managed in a period when public sector budgets world-wide are under severe strains because of the global economic downturn.

It also contradicts the misguided claims by opposition parties that the City’s budget is under strain, or even, that the city is allegedly “bankrupt”, said Geoff Makhubo MMC for Finance.

“The positive figures were also

underlined last week by one of the world’s most respected rating agencies, Fitch Ratings which demonstrated its confidence in the City’s financial future by affirming both its long-and short-term ratings,” Makhubo added.

“We need to note that this achievement would have not been possible without co-operation and patience of the majority of our residents, business clients and other stakeholders. And we thank them for this. Good efforts of our hard working employees and their management leadership also deserve recognition for their contributions,” said Makhubo.

The Fitch report highlighted a number of reasons for its positive assessment. Among these is continued improvement in Johannesburg’s liquidity and working capital, and many more other reasons.

Some of the girls who attended the seminar at the Sci-bono Discovery Centre.

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his week the Gauteng Department of Education invited 720 girl learners from various schools in the province to a seminar at the SciBono Discovery Centre in Newtown to commemorate Women’s Month and encourage them to be interested in sciences.

Gauteng MEC for Education Barbara Creecy said they are celebrating the achievements of women in science, engineering, finance, and commerce as part of Women’s

Month commemorations.“We have invited the girls to spend a day with accomplished women in these fields. The aim of the annual Girl Learner Programme is to inspire girl learners to follow careers in science, finance and commerce.

We hope to stimulate their curiosity and enhance their knowledge and understanding through hands-on workshops and interactive presentations. We also provide a platform for girl learners to interface with a range of successful women and role models,” she said.

Creecy added that the programme

seeks to raise awareness and interest to girl learners in sciences, engineering and commerce and to highlight opportunities for women in these fields in the 21st century.

“The seminar is a culmination of a programme that started in February this year, where over 2 000 learners visited companies including Eskom Lithabo Power Station, Ithemba Labs, Joburg Water and Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute.”

She encouraged the learners to be curious to know how those women who are in the science fields are coping with their responsibilities.

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Obstacle for young women In Women’s Month many women’s issues are highlighted, but I little is said about the women of tomorrow, the girls who are growing up.

Schoolgirl pregnancies have become a serious disturbance in the advancement of young women. Parents have to make their children aware that girls falling pregnant reduces their chances of a better future. Leaving school to attend to a baby takes away much of her time to study, and in many cases she may not get back to school to complete their studies. When she reaches adulthood she will face the world without enough preparation for it.

I urge teachers to constantly remind the girls that falling pregnant while still at school is a foolish thing to do.

That some teachers get involved in getting the girls pregnant is very sad.

Some girls are said to fall pregnant in order to access the government child grant money, but this is not a strong reason at all. Parents and teachers simply do not commit themselves to their responsibilities of counselling the children about the disadvantages of neglecting their studies.

Rachel Duma Jeppestown

COMMENT Women’s Day marks the anniversary of the great Women’s March of 1956, when thousands of women marched to the government’s Union Buildings to protest against the carrying of pass books.

This historic march was a turning point in the role of women in the struggle for freedom. Since that eventful day, women from all walks of life became equal partners in the struggle for a non-racial and non-sexist South Africa.

Before the 1970s, women’s history was rarely the subject of serious study.

Historian Mary Norton said only one or two scholars would have identified themselves as women’s historians, and no formal doctoral training in the subject was available in the country.”

But today the latter is negative.

The appearance of women has become a major issue, more than their strengths and capabilities. But for women of colour it is an issue of identity that can be traced back to their history.

Before the liberation of the black man, white was the highest standard, therefore white was accepted as beauty. A by-product of apartheid was that black women were trained that white was always better. Today we do not think this consciously, but it is still there and reinforced in more subtle ways.

Today we have the ‘super model’ and the array of products, which she markets in order to make us look more like her.

Look at any advertisement of a product on TV and try to point out an imperfection somewhere on the model. What you are likely to see is this super gorgeous model with a zit or blemish in exactly the same spot as other women have, yet lighting, make-up and computer programmes hide it all.

The media feeds us a dangerous message. Some men believe lighter skinned women are prettier, because of the media championing that myopic perception.

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Women : a force to be reckoned with It has been a remarkable 56 years since the women of this country made possibly the boldest stand against the oppressive apartheid government at the time Troy Martens writes.

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ver 20 thousand women from different race groups mostly from the ANCWL, descended upon the whites only Union Buildings in Pretoria to deliver a memorandum, opposing the pass laws which prevented women from moving freely in urban areas.

This critically changed the political landscape at the time and established the women of South Africa as a force to be reckoned with.

It has been 56 years since that bitterly cold Thursday of 1956, but that cold Women demonstrate against abuse in the recent women’s march in Joburg.

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We have gained so much with are still the victims of rampant Sophy de Bruin, who was among the four brave women leading the democracy; women are seen as domestic and sexual abuse which march said the elements will be having equal rights to men in is perpetrated in the main by men as they were that Thursday, this every respect. We have progres- who feel they are superior to the women’s day which coinciden- sive laws that enable women to women they inflict these crimes tally also fell on a bitterly cold achieve much, we have 50% gen- upon.

Our courts are overflowing with der parity on ANC / Government Thursday.

Today -partly in thanks to those structures and have celebrated these violations of the laws and 20 000 women who braved not the establishment of a women’s policies our forbearers instituted, and our law enforcement agenonly the cold, but also the very ministry.

However this is not the time to cies are burdened with having real threat of persecution - we live in a very different South sit back, fold our arms and pat to track down those responsible Africa. They have left behind a ourselves on the back for a job for this social ill that should be legacy that will never be forgot- well done. The struggle for a truly totally eradicated. Women still live under the triple oppression ten by our daughters and their non-sexist society continues.

Patriarchy still plagues this so- of poverty, inequality and unemdaughter’s daughters.

As modern women, living in ciety threatening to undermine ployment.

While women have made many a new South Africa it is time to the huge gains we have made as take the lead from those brave women. These gains and equali- gains we are not seeing enough

women actively participating in the economy and they occupy few of the key strategic positions in industry.

Women make up the majority of the population and we need to start seeing the real reflection of that in all spheres of society. Young women and girls need to ensure that they go to school and educate themselves so that we can carve a future and contribute to a South Africa we can all be proud of leaving behind. Women have been liberated from the constraints of political oppression but going forward we need to be free of social and economic oppression in a truly non-sexist South Africa.

It is with this in mind that the ANC Women’s League will be joining women from all walks of life to celebrate 56 years since the historic 1956 women’s march.

As the only remaining leader of the four women who led the Women’s March of 1956 Ma Sophy de Bruin, still an active ANCWL NEC member, passes on this simple message to the young people of today.

She says: “Build upon what was prepared for you 56 years ago.

‘Reach for the sky’ is no longer enough to just dream about, for you it is now possible to reach and go beyond.”

Troy Martens is the spokesperson of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL).

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More women in parliament Dakar - A record number of women were sworn into a new parliament inaugurated this week.

Sixty-four women now have seats in the country’s 150-member National Assembly, thanks to a law on gender parity. This has relaunched a debate on the quality of their work in the legislature.

The poll also served as a test of a Parity Law passed in 2010 which required all 24 parties to field equal numbers of men and women on their candidate lists.

“Our objective was to see women take 40 to 45 percent of the seats,” said Fatou Kiné Diop, president of the National Parity Observatory (ONP).

The lower house of parliament is often considered to be a rubber stamp for the president’s decisions. Sall’s BBY coalition took 119 of the 150 seats, but the new MPs - men and women alike - campaigned with a view to breaking with the past and restoring an independent role for the National Assembly in passing legislation and serving as a check on the executive.

“The quality of debate in the National Assembly is seen as relatively low, particularly since the passing of the Parity Law,” said Diop.

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Foes reach oil export deal

FOCUS ON AFRICA Fatou Diop

Salva Kiir

Juba - Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to end a dispute on oil payments to allow the resumption of southern oil exports through Sudan’s territories.

They still have to discuss when to resume southern oil exports through the north. Sudan’s economy has suffered since the secession of South Sudan last year, which took 75 percent of the country’s oil wealth. Most of the oil wells are in the south, but the pipelines and port to export the oil are in the north. South Sudan halted oil production in January after accusing Sudan of stealing $815 million worth of its crude. Sudan said it confiscated the oil to make up for unpaid fees.

The governments of Salva Kiir and Omar al Bashir have agreed that Sudan gets $25.80 per barrel as export tax and refining cost.

Border clashes have brought the countries to the brink of war. South Sudan’s Upper Nile state has been flooded with over 150 000 refugees from Sudan. The Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebels agreed to a partial cease-fire so humanitarian aid could reach victims of hostilities.

Border deal averts violence

Lake Nyasa ownership row

Freetown - The government of Ernest Koroma and Guinea have agreed to withdraw troops from their disputed border, Guinean troops entered Yenga over 10 years ago to help the Sierra Leonean army fight rebels, but refused to hand the town back after defeating the uprising.

Guinea’s Foreign Minister Edouard Lamah said the two governments had agreed to demilitarise the area.

“The Sierra Leone army reverts to its own territory and the Guinean army also reverts to its own territory.

Both armies should work out the modalities on how this buffer zone will be demarcated.”

He said they would set up committees - assisted by experts from Britain and France to find agreement.

“They will help us demarcate borders,” Lamah said.

Sierra Leone’s ambassador to Guinea, Adikali Suma said both want to avoid confrontation. In 2005, Sierra Leone and Guinea signed an agreement confirming Yenga, a tiny town on the banks of the Makona River, belonged to Sierra Leone. However, Guinean troops have remained in the town.

Dodoma - Acting Leader of Government Business in Parliament, Samuel Sitta said they had been shocked by Malawian official statements, following reports quoting Malawi’s Foreign Affairs secretary Patrick Kabambe claiming that the entire Lake Nyasa belongs to Malawi.

Sitta urged Tanzanians in the areas surrounding the lake to continue with their normal lives.

Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Membe said Tanzania wants the dispute over oil and gas exploration on Lake Nyasa to be resolved amicably.

He was reacting to reports from Malawi, which vowed to press on with oil and gas exploration on Lake Nyasa, dismissing a demand by Tanzania that claims half of the lake, to halt prospecting. Malawian officials cited an 1890 colonial deal that placed the border along the lake’s Tanzanian shore.

The dispute dates back during the colonial era but gained new momentum lastSeptember, when ex-Malawi President, late Bingu wa Mutharika, awarded a British firm, Surestream Petroleum, a licence to prospect for oil and gas on the lake.

Ernest Koroma

Protesters kill Chinese boss Lusaka - Miners have killed a Chinese manager during a riot at Collum mine in Sinazongwe.

They were protesting against delays in implementing a new minimum wage. Their wages were lower than a new minimum of $220 a month. Southern province police chief Fred Mutondo said Wu Shengzai, was killed by a trolley which was pushed at him

as he ran away. “He died on the spot while his colleague is in hospital.”

Last year government dropped attempted murder charges against two Chinese managers after they fired on miners at the same mine during a pay dispute.

Copper mining is one of Zambia’s main industries, providing nearly threequarters of the country’s exports; many mining

companies are foreign-owned, and China has invested over $400m. A 2011 HRW report said safety and labour conditions at Chinese mines were worse than at other foreign-owned mines.

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Bernard Membe

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WOMEN’S FOCUS

Changing Course towards the elimination of poverty : Together, contributing towards the progressive future women want The annual celebration of Women’s Month gives us a unique opportunity to reflect on the role that women are playing in the South African society – and especially in Johannesburg, Mayor Parks Tau writes.

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lthough we have taken giant strides in the City to address gender issues in the mainstream of our activities – the specific activities in August give us space to consolidate our actions and rededicate ourselves to the cause.

Women’s Day activities often focus on the leadership role by prominent women in the struggle for political freedom and equality in South Africa: Charlotte Maxeke who devoted herself to the education of the African child; RahimaMoosa, who organised female workers into unions; Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph and Sophie Williams who courageously organised and led the mass women’s march

to the Union Buildings in August 1956; Albertina Sisulu, who inspired successive generations of South Africans with her steadfast resistance to oppression and kept the struggle going while many of the leadership were either in jail or in exile.

This year we want to urge you to also commemorate the contribution to the millions of ordinary women. The vast majority of these women were never in leadership positions but in their own little way, made the South African society what it is today.

Let us honour the memory of the women who kept families together despite conditions of dire poverty;

the women who inspired children to rise up above their circumstances through education; the many women who managed singleheaded households; the women who contributed to the economy and created jobs through smalland micro-businesses.

In the City of Johannesburg we are committed to equity and gender equality. We have already achieved many goals in this area.

Among other things, we appointed a number of capable women in leadership positions in the Mayoral Committee, Council and senior management. This is an on-going process and much more progress will be made in the years ahead.

In the development of the City’s Growth and Development Strategy (GDS2040), we devoted much attention to the question how women can be further brought into the mainstream of the City’s economy.

We developed strategies to ensure that female contractors receive a growing number of opportunities in areas such as construction, building and infrastructure provision. Our health programmes are aimed at drastic improvements in maternal and child health.

Last week we launched a comprehensive new approach to public safety and visible law-enforcement. One of the key reasons for this approach is to ensure that the

women and children of Johannesburg can feel safe. This should be behind the doors of their homes; when they walk in the streets or when they use public transport.

While we appreciate efforts of all employees in making Johannesburg a world-class Africa city, we want to use this special opportunity during the August Women’s month to thank the women of our city for their special contributions.

Parks Tau is the Mayor of Joburg.

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Speaking contest is back Milliscent Katsane to represent Gauteng at the Young Communicators Awards Moses Moyo moses@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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fter months of intensive training, wavering emotions, and thorough preparations, 24 August 2012 will see nine highly gifted orators from across the country battling in South Africa’s leading public speaking competition, the Young Communicators Awards (YCA).

The competition kick-started early this year METROPOLITAN with nationwide workCOLLEGE shops for GDE 134007 participators Registration Now and educaOpen for 2013 tors, then Grade 01-11 proceeded 170 Pritchard Str to district Nugget / End Str and provincial elimiCall 011 402 9502 n a t i o n s , and will

culminate with a national final at the Turbine Hall in Newtown, Johannesburg.

Competitors will showcase their gift of the gab in hope of walking away with an incredible R65 000 study bursary and R15 000 for their school.

The first runner up will win a R45 000 bursary and R10 000 for their school,

while the second runner up with win a R35 000 bursary, plus R7 000 for his or her school.

Milliscent Katsane (Gauteng) (pictured) dazzled crowds when she argued the general notion that “life begins at 40”, while in KwaZulu Natal Thabiso Bhengu proved that his young mind houses insightful thoughts when he urged “the youth to escape from mental slavery”.

The YCA, sponsored by Anglo American in partnership with the Department of Basic Education (DoBE) and Sowetan, strives to help the grade 11 and 12 pupils from South African public schools who do not have English as first language improve their communication proficiency and build confidence through public speaking.

Godfrey Gomwe, Executive Director of Anglo American in South Africa concludes that the YCA is proving to be a significant catalyst in rewriting the future of the country.

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Free meals for the poor Akhona Zibonti akhona@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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he St Francis Church in Cavendish Road, Yeoville, is among the churches in the area which provide free meals for the homeless and poor people of the area.

The church’s volunteer Kate Bompas (pictured right) says the soup kitchen was started because there was no feeding scheme for the poor in the immediate vicinity.

“The kitchen feeds about 60 people on weekends. Some of them also ask for clothing and we refer them to other charities like Mother Theresa,” she adds.

Bompas explains that the soup kitchen has been operating for years, and has been joined by volunteers from other churches.

“We do not have funders who buy the food, but we do all we can from church collections and donations.

There is no real effort to engage

other organisations, it is merely a healthy meal on Saturday and Sunday,” Bompas says.

Yeoville community member Norman Kunene, who frequents the soup kitchen said: “Getting fed here does not feel like begging because they treat everyone with respect.”

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‘Budding musicians must be fully conversant with their chosen instrument and work towards technical perfection’

Star actors like Noni Mkhonto (left) and Desmond Dube feature in the cast.

Star cast in pantomime ‘This is sure to be one of the craziest and original versions ever, with the best of South African creative talent behind the scenes and surprises galore on stage’ Claire Pacariz

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anice Honeyman’s pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, is to be presented at the Mandela at Joburg Theatre on October 31 and runs until the end of December this year.

Many people know the story of Jack and how he goes to the market to sell his cow, and comes home with some magic beans which then grow into an enormous beanstalk, climbing to the sky where a giant lives.

But Janice Honeyman’s telling of the Jack and the Beanstalk story is sure to be one of the craziest and original versions ever, with a star cast, the best of South African talent behind the scenes and surprises galore on stage.

Needing no introduction, or explanation, South Africa’s most loved panto star Tobie Cronjé returns as the evil Henry Hideosa, the Giant’s assistant.

Desmond Dube dons the usual over-the-top gowns as Dame Dora Dimpledumpling. Award-

Nhlanhla Zwane and Priya Naidoo in the production.

winning actor and comedian, Dube is much loved for the Sasol Amaglug-glug advert.

His feature film credits include Hotel Rwanda, Millennium Menace and Panic Mechanic and he played the character of BK in The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, which was nominated for an Emmy Award. Desmond last appeared in panto at Joburg Theatre in 2006 as Dame Winnie Wotalotigot in Janice Honeyman’s Aladdin.

Bongi Mthombeni will play the title role of Jack. Bongi charmed audiences last year as Prince Charming in Janice Honeyman’s Cinderella. He is best known as one of the Top 10 finalists on the sixth season of the M-Net reality competition Idols in 2010.

This year, the character of Raspberry Rose will be played

by South Africa’s musical theatre star Carly Graeme. Carly achieved personal triumph with her leading role in Joburg Theatre’s World Cup 2010 production of Andrew Lloyd Webber

and Ben Elton’s musical The Boys in the Photograph.

The comic role of Mayoress Fumblebum will be played by Nandi Nyembe. Nandi is best known for her role as Nandi Sibiya on the TV soccer drama Zone 14 and for her role as Sister Lizzie on the SABC1 drama series Soul City.

Multi-award winning actress Louise Saint-Claire is taking on this year’s fairy, Fenella Fynbos.

This is Louise’s second panto at Joburg Theatre: she previously won many admirers with her hilarious send-up of Helen Zille in Janice Honeyman’s Robinson Crusoe and The Caribbean Pirates in 2010.

The full company of the panto also includes Shaun Brian Murphy, Nicol Sheraton, Clint Lesch, Hector Leigh, Weslee Swain Lauder, Emil E Haarhoff, Ziyanda Yako, Dionne Song, Tsholofelo Monedi, Noni Mkhonto, Tanielle Powell and Diani Gernandt.

For more information about the production call 011 877 6805.

Jazz master for Newtown expo Peter Feldman

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ddie Palmieri (pictured), one of music’s elder statesmen, will be one of the star attractions at the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz in Newtown from August 23 to 25.

With over 50 years in the industry, 40 albums under his belt and heaps of awards Palmieri shows no signs of letting up.

He joins a star-studded line-up that include Grammy-Award winner Kurt Elling who has been hailed as the jazz male vocalist of his generation; trombone master Wycliffe Gordon; Grammy-winning guitarist Earl Klugh as well as an appearance by the world famous Duke Ellington Orchestra.

This will be Palmieri’s first visit to the country. “The nearest I’ve been is when I played in Algiers in 1984,” he recalls in a telephone interview from New York.

The reason he is so excited to be coming to South Africa isn’t only from a spiritual perspective. His music is closely aligned with African rhythms and he feels closeness with the continent.

The concert he will be giving in Johannesburg is his Latin Jazz presentation which will feature trumpet (with long-time member Brian Lynch), alto sax, bass, congos, bongos, timpani, two horns and Palmieri on his beloved piano.

Palmieri’s parents migrated to New York from Ponce, Puerto Rica, in 1926, and settled down in the South Bronx, a largely Hispanic neighbour-

hood. Both he and his older brother, the late Charlie Palmieri, were born in New York. When he was only eight years old, he would musically accompany Charlie and together they entered and participated in many talent contests.

During his schooling Palmieri was constantly exposed to music, specifically jazz, and began piano lessons at the age of 11, later performing at the same tender age at Carnegie Hall. His biggest piano influences at the time were Thelonious Monk and McCoy Tyner. He was inspired by his older brother and formed his own band in 1950, when he was just 14. During the 1950s, Palmieri played in various bands, including Tito Rodríguez’s and formed his another band, Conjunto La Perfect, in 1961.

At the time he concentrated on a Latin dance craze called Charanga, which required an orchestra with a flute and violins, but Palmieri added a mixture of trumpets and trombones to the format. He included a touch of jazz in his recordings in the ‘60s and also applied his own interpretations to a Cuban rhythm known as Mozambique.

Palmieri’s advice to budding musicians is that they must be fully conversant with their chosen instrument and work towards technical perfection.

“They must study some of the masters in the genre and listen to their musical compositions,which will help them eventually develop their own signature,” Palmieri says.

Enchanting world of intrigue Theatre piece celebrates the triumph of good over evil Arts Correspondent

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n enchanting world of intrigue will be unveiled to audiences at the UJ Arts Centre between 23 and 26 August. This is a stunning production called Into the Light: The Story of Rama.

The show is collaboration between the Tribhangi Dance Theatre and Poko Productions, and was commissioned to combine the unique power of shadow puppetry with incisive storytelling and create a unique presentation in Gauteng.

Producer Jayesperi Moopen says this production is a fusion of two disciplines, Shadow Theatre and

Bharatanatyam Dance. “It is a Hindu inspired theatre piece celebrating the triumph of good over evil, as told through the Sanscrit epic, The Ramayana.”

This epic forms part of the Diwali festival of the triumph of Light over Darkness.

The collaboration, funded by the National Arts Council and the Arts and Culture Trust, will incorporate elements of various disciplines to tell an enthralling story through dance, shadow theatre, puppetry and traditional storytelling.

Live interaction will be created between the shadows and the dancers promising a unique and uplifting

experience. “This production is important as we are reviving an ancient art form of storytelling by presenting it to audiences in an innovative way, that is far more accessible to modern audiences,” Moopen adds.

Into the Light also aims to create cultural awareness among theatregoers of all backgrounds about the Diwali cultural event, which has taken on a national identity. Through the vivid entertainment on offer the show will enlighten audiences about South Africa’s rich cultural heritage, including the Diwali celebrations and traditional Sanskrit Epics.

For more information please visit www.pokoproductions.co.za.

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Ace SA biker redeems himself

Semenya in Olympic semifinals

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The 800 metre race is a tactical race, to be a good contender you have to know how to run from back to front Caster Semenya runs among the leading pack towards the finishing line.

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outh African athlete Caster Semenya made a solid start to her Olympic Games campaign when she ran to qualify for the semifinal of the women’s 800 metres in London on Wednesday.

The favourites in the twolap race revealed little of what could be expected of them ahead of Thursday’s semifinal, as they did just enough to advance to the next round.

Semenya crossed the line in second place with a time of two minutes, 00.71 seconds

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(2:00.71). The United States’ Alysia Johnson Montano went out fast and led from start to finish, clocking a time of 2:00.47.

Semenya ran a more calculated race, as she held back over the first lap with Montano opening a gap between her and the rest of the field.

Towards the final stage of the race, it seemed as if Semenya had left her famous kick too late as she was lying in third, but she surged in the final 100m, almost pipping Montano to the finish.

“The 800 metre race is a tactical race – you have to know

how to run from back to front.”

The 20-year-old said she was satisfied with her race, but said little about her tactics in the fastest race of the six heats.

“The race seems to be okay, it was a little bit faster from the first lap, I just had to maintain the pace to finish in the top three,” Semenya said.

“It is very important – 800m is a tactical race – you have to know how to run from back to front... that is the way to run 800m. For you to be a good contender, you have to run under two minutes, so that is what I am looking for.”

Most of the medal contenders progressed to the semifinals, with Ethiopia’s Fantu Magisu the only big gun not to compete. She pulled out before the race due to injury.

Olympic champion Pamelo Jelimo from Kenya recorded the second fastest time of the heats, clocking 2:00.54.

World champion Mariya Savinova of Russia also reached the next round with a time of 2:01.56.

The South African’s best time this season is a pedestrian 1:59.18, which is only the 21st fastest in the world this year.

South African BMX ace Sifiso Nhlapo made the first steps towards redeeming himself at the London Olympic Games on Wednesday.

Each rider made a run on the 450m long track – which features a combination of high technical jumps, obstacles and tightly banked corners – to determine the seedings for the quarterfinals.

“It was not the start I wanted but I regained my composure,” Nhlapo said. “It’s not really good time but I’m looking forward to racing tomorrow.”

Nhlapo would hope for a better campaign than the Beijing Games where BMX racing made its Olympic debut.

The 25-year-old reached the final four years ago, but a but a collision with Australian Jared Graves saw his dream of winning a medal come to an abrupt end. “This is a sport that can throw a lot of things at you and you’ve just got to be prepared,” he said.

“A lot of people think it can never happen to them but it’s the nature of the beast. We’re professional athletes and, at the high level, everyone can give you a bit of a personal story about injuries.”

Nhlapo said he was relieved to be at the Games after the numerous setbacks he has suffered over the last few years.

“It’s been a real struggle to just get to this point, but I’m here and I’m safe. I managed to get the job done so I’m really excited for tomorrow.”

While he was disappointed with his outing, Nhlapo felt the seeding was not a true reflection of what could be expected in the next rounds.