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Schoolgirl pregnancy campaign NUMSA members demonstrate the effects of schoolgirl pregnancy.

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‘The culture of teaching and learning has deteriorated beyond repair in working class schools’

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NUMSA highlights learner pregnancy Sizwe Mathe sizwem@inner-city-gazette.co.za

t a learner pregnancy demonstration outside NUMSA offices in Newtown, COSATU deputy president Zingiswa Losi said parents need to be in the forefront in fighting pregnancy in schools, and that fight should not be relegated to teachers, but be a challenge for all parents and workers. She declared that the culture of teaching and learning in the country has deteriorated beyond repair in working class schools. “We are confronted with a challenge whereby for a learner to progress to the next grade, she has to sleep with a teacher. Some educators face the temptation of seduction from learners who have not done homework. In some instances we have learners who come to school under the influence of alcohol,” Losi added.

The demonstration forms part of NUMSA’s Youth Month commemorations. According to the union’s national gender coordinator Duduzile Ngcobo, the demonstrations highlight the crisis of learner pregnancy in schools. “This is triggered by the failure of the schooling system, which is detached from concrete realities by not responding to societal challenges of today,” she added. Deputy general-secretary Karl Cloete said teenage pregnancy is not a punishment from God, but a situation created by socio-economic circumstances. “Material conditions continue to inflict our society. Challenges are immense but we hope we will take this issue seriously,” he said. Cloete added that the demonstrations should not end during the Youth Month, but be a continuous initiative throughout.

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We can’t always build a future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future - Franklin Roosevelt

RICA deadline looms ‘Failure to comply will result in SIM card being blocked’ Own Correspondent

J mary FitZgerald square This is a public space in Newtown named after Irish immigrant Mary Fitzgerald, the first female trade unionist in South Africa. Previously known as Aaron’s Ground, the square was renamed after Fitzgerald in 1939 as it was an often-used location for strikers’ meetings in the early 20th century. The square features lighting designed by French lighting engineer Patrick Rimoux and an installation of carved wooden heads. The square is surrounded by structures significant to the city. This includes the Market Theatre, which hosted much of the 1980s struggle theatre opposing the apartheid regime’s discriminatory policies; Museum Africa; the old Turbine Hall, and the Worker’s Library. In 1939, the Joburg council approved the name of Mary Fitzgerald Square for the market square in Newtown. But it was officially renamed in 1986. In December 2001 it was re-opened as a newly paved space. It was to be a major venue for arts activities and concerts. It can accommodate 22 000 people and was the site of the 2010 FIFA World Cup fan festival. Fitzgerald was the city’s first woman trade unionist, first woman printer and first woman city councillor. Born in Ireland in 1885, she immigrated to Cape Town with her father. In Joburg, she got a job as a shorthand-typist at the Mine Workers’ Union, where she became involved in collecting money for the burials of phthisis victims. Countless miners died from the disease, caused by fine underground sand coating the lungs and making them rock hard, with no compensation for their dependants. These workers were disorganised and worked in appalling conditions. Fitzgerald led a tramway strike in 1911. The strikers met the police, who were armed with pick handles. But the strikers grabbed the pick handles, and carried them to all further protests. Fitzgerald became the leader of the Pickhandle Brigade, nicknamed “Pickhandle Mary”. She became the first female printer in the city, printing all the union’s pamphlets. She acquired Modern Press, which printed the Voice of Labour magazine. In 1915 she became the first woman to hold public office when women were not even allowed to vote. She served as chairperson of the Public Health Committee, and deputy mayor in 1921. She died in 1960, aged 75, and was buried at Brixton Cemetery.

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oburg inner- city residents are being called on to register their SIM cards ahead of the 30 June 2011 deadline. The Department of Communications has warned SIM card users to register them whether they are cellular, data or other cards used for mobile devices. Deputy Communications Minister Obed Bapela said failure to comply with the deadline will result in SIMs being blocked. “Those who have not registered will not be able to make or receive calls, and will not be able to send SMSes or use data,” he said.

Bapela explained that the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act (RICA), is designed to limit crime committed using cellphones, and curb the theft of such devices. RICA provides for the lawful interception of communications, such as voice and data conversations between persons, including phone calls, emails and postal services. “RICA applies to both contract and prepaid users and it is obligatory for all cell phone and other data users to comply.” The department urged all SIM

Man dies in hotel Staff members were visibly shaken and refused to comment about the incident Sizwe Mathe sizwem@inner-city-gazette.co.za

illbrow police have opened an inquest docket after the death of a 31 year-old man at the Fontana Inn hotel in Smit Street, Hillbrow last week. The deceased worked as a paramedic at Morningside Hospital in Sandton. According to reliable sources the hotel guest died of a suspected drug overdose. He is said to have checked into the hotel on the night of 4 June. Hotel staff were worried when he did not check out the next day. When they went to investigate in Room 417 they found the man dead. There was no sign of any struggle or forced entry into the room. Hotel management refused to comment, directing all questions to a family spokesperson, who however did not comment up to the time of going to press. When Inner-city Gazette visited the hotel, staff members were visibly shaken, and refused to comment. Neighbouring business owners who spoke to the Innercity Gazette team on condition of anonymity said there is often strange happenings at the hotel.

card users to go to their mobile service providers with their proof of residence and identity documents (IDs) before or on 30 June 2011 for registration. Last year Cabinet postponed the deadline for registration by six months to allow cellular network operators to register as many people as they can and ensure very few, if any, are cut off. Mobile operators initially had until the end of December 2010 to register their clients. They had been pushing for an extension, with the service providers feeling that the deadline was far too tight. Inner City Press Agency

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those who think alike, than those who think differently - Friedrich Nietzsche

Teenagers need to learn about what harm the alcohol can do to their bodies and their lifestyles. There are better things they can do with their lives, than ruining them with alcohol.

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This is a time when we reflect on the bad old times of apartheid rule, in which people were judged by the colour of their skin, and the language they spoke. The majority of South Africans were not regarded as citizens, and thousands were forced to flee the country and live as refugees in distant lands. At school the learners were provided poor quality education, which was called Bantu education. That was prescribed by apartheid master Hendrik Verwoerd’s assertion that black people were condemned by God to remain hewers of wood and drawers of water for their whole lives, so they did not need real education. The learners were also to have Afrikaans as their language of instruction, the language of their masters. Unbeknown to the apartheid masters, the suffering they had meted out to the parents of those children had reached unbearable proportions, and those youths were prepared to take the apartheid government head on. The rest is history. June 16 1976 is one of the most memorable days in the history of struggles against oppression worldwide. As we commemorate Youth Month the names of martyrs of the Soweto uprising like Hector Pieterson, Hastings Ndlovu and hundreds more ring loud in our ears. We are also indebted to youth stalwarts like Tsietsi Mashinini, whose leadership galvanised formidable resistance to apartheid, which eventually led to its demise. Today’s youth must acknowledge the sacrifices of their predecessors, and use the now available educational and economic opportunities to improve themselves and their communities. Distribution – 40 000 copies free door to door delivery fortnightly to all households and businesses in the inner-city. Inner-City Gazette welcomes editorial contributions from readers. They may raise new issues or respond to articles published in the paper. Contributions may be sent to the editor’s address below. Published by Inner-City Gazette 149 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 2000 Tel : 011 023 - 7588 011 024 - 8513 011 024 - 8621 Fax : 086 609 8601 Email : info@inner-city-gazette.co.za Printed by Paarlcoldset(Pty)Ltd Website : www.inner-city-gazette.co.za Production Editor Harry Ndlovu harryn@inner-city-gazette.co.za +27 11 023 7588 Journalist Sizwe Mathe sizwem@inner-city-gazette.co.za +27 73 490 1905 Advertising Executives Peaceful Nyathi - +27 76 870 3009 ads@inner-city-gazette.co.za Diana Chembe - +27 73 123 2289 diana@inner-city-gazette.co.za For Distribution purposes please call Nkosi on 078 070 9998. All rights and reproduction of articles, images and other items published in this publication are reserved in terms of Section 12(7) of the Copyright Act 96 (1978) and its amendments thereof.

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any teenagers experiment with alcohol at an early age. There are many reasons why they do so; some are pushed by peer pressure, others do it to fit in with their peers, to avoid being kicked out of the crew, they drink. Some teens have low self-esteem and drinking makes them ‘feel good’. There are those who want attention from their parents because they feel they are not getting enough of it. There are many more reasons that lead teens to drink. The 2010 statistics show that 25%

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of teenagers drink because they are bored and 25% said drinking gets them ‘high” whilst 40% of teens drink because they are sad. Most parents don’t even know that their children binge. They may not take it serious but binge drinking is a serious matter and it can lead to addiction. It may seem cool because they think they are just having fun, but later it will catch up with them and it won’t be so cool. Drinking has a lot of serious implications in people’s lives. Dr Kumasamba says it will have

an impact on their health, like having liver disease, brain damage, heart disease. There are diseases people could find in the later stage, if they’ve drank most their lives. Those include deep vein thrombosis (DVT), cirrhosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Rasacea and Neuropathic. Teenagers need to learn about what harm the alcohol can do to their bodies and their lifestyles. There are better things they can do with their lives, than ruining them with alcohol. Belinda Khumalo Braamfontein

My HIV test

hat day was cold, I walked a long distance and I got lost, but didn’t give up because this was something I really had to do. There was only one thing in my mind. I just needed the strength to get it over and done with. I went straight to the clinic and asked for the HIV testing room, and I was ushered in. The counsellor asked me to fill in a consent form. I was nervous but at the same time believed in the outcome of all this. The whole process took a couple of minutes, but I have to admit, holding that test kit in my hand, looking at it and seeing only one red strip made my heart skip a beat for a second. “You are HIV negative,” were the words that sounded like music to my ears. I look back now and think to myself, I do not want to be in that situation again. So, from now on, I am going to protect myself. If you are sexually active, use a condom, and if you are not, keep it that way until you are ready, because one mistake can change your life, and there will be no turning back. Boitshoko Moremi Johannesburg

Legacy of Mama Sisulu Lessons for young lionesses in the current conjuncture

Gugu Ndima

he passing on of Mama Sisulu is mourned by all, not just in the Mass Democratic Movement, but by the nation in its entirety. This is a reflection of the roles that Mama Sisulu played not only as revolutionary, but as a mother, a wife, grandmother, a pillar, a nurse, a home maker, a leader - a woman. The values and principles which culminated her character and life will continue to characterise her legacy. As a young woman today I have a duty to question what lessons should I draw from her life, and what remains the challenge for our generation in the current conjuncture. Mama Sisulu stems from a generation of women who were born into oppression and patriarchy was institutionalised in all spheres of society. It was a generation whereby success was contextualised and directed by men. However despite such barriers, today we can embrace women like Mama Sisulu for advocating for the emancipation of women even when such bravery would mean humiliation and isolation for one.

What makes this generation distinct is that it had minimal or no accesses to education, economic opportunities, freedom of speech, no rights - no voice. The women that went to defy political orders at the Union Buildings in 1956 were not women in Jimmy Choo stilettos, nor did they have the protection or support of the law. These were women at the core of oppression who probably after returning from the Union Buildings severely got beaten by their husbands for defying the government of the day. These were women who would brace the cold as early as 3am to get children ready for school and ensure that their husbands are fed breakfast. They would then embark on long journeys to get to trains and head off to the suburbs for a long day of domestic work, and endure humiliation from madams and baases, whose ill-disciplined children would at times use them as guinea pigs to test the might of their dogs or pellet guns without being reprimanded. After a long and humiliating day, that woman would come home (no help from a nanny) prepare meals of a family of about 10 in a four roomed house, ensure everyone is ready for bed; probably be subjected to abuse from a man coming from his own day of humiliation from work. Her only salvation would be a bible and a small prayer next to her bed as a means of comfort, or church group prayer meetings. Today we hear slanders and the degrading of the

name Tea girls from all corners. It’s important that we appreciate that the women chartered accountants of today, the mining magnates, the women ministers in cabinet, the parliamentarians, the female Range Rover drivers going to corporate meetings carrying Ferragama bags, the journalists who have opinion spaces in media and the chairwomen of prominent blue chip organisations, are who they are because of the Tea girls who could not stand the societal disparities they were subjected to; who took to the streets and said their children would not be tea girls or domestic workers. The generation of Mama Sisulu might have not had the privileges, but they had the ability and strength to resist their conditions for the future generation. They took action when some of the men could not even conceptualise nor comprehend a South Africa without apartheid. The class contradictions remain vehement even today. However the issue is no longer centralised around just patriarchy, but its women’s inability to understand the depth of their role within society; the inability to collectively use their power to empower each other. Women emancipation has been reduced to a power struggle with men. We are failing to see the class struggle within our broader struggle to emancipate ourselves. It has become a game of quick emergence into corporatism and business, which unfortunately has minimised the role of women in politics or government as

gender quota entities, as opposed to advocators of transformation. This has isolated and marginalised the women of the working class and the poor, who still remain marginalised and oppressed. Elitism and validation from male counterparts, whether in business or politics, has clouded our transformation objective. This generation needs to clearly define its role in the current conjuncture, not just within the context of economic empowerment but our values and the principles we espouse today. We should further assess the gains and unintended consequences of the gender agenda in the context of the law, business, politics and social transformation. More importantly in the class context, we need to assess whether all the current changes, benefited a certain elite, excluding the working class and the poor women of our society. Have women occupied the right spaces in order to drive women emancipation? Are we really decision makers or are we tacit asserters of patriarchy through the very same positions we occupy? Have women become their worst enemies, orchestrating their own demise as a result of greed and gate keeping? What women are we elevating in media spaces as the epitome of success? Is the Womens’ Ministry playing its role in women empowerment. If we are to build from the gains MaSusulu’s generation built, we need to clearly define our role as Young Lionesses of today.

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Elusive ex-dictator’s trial Dakar –Victims and human rights groups have said Senegal’s withdrawal from talks to establish a court to try ex-Chadian dictator Hissène Habré was the ‘last straw.’ The groups are losing hope for a trial in Senegal, where Habré is in exile for 20 years, and would now press to have him sent to Belgium, which requested his extradition in 2005 and 2011. Jacqueline Moudeina of the Chadian Association for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (ATPDH) said they would have liked Habré tried in Africa. “But after 11 years of delays the idea that Senegal would try Habré is just an illusion.” A Senegalese delegation withdrew from talks with the AU on the rules for a special jurisdiction to try Habré, accused of thousands of killings and torture in Chad from 1982 to 1990. That jurisdiction was mandated by a ruling of the Court of Justice of ECOWAS. The withdrawal follows over 10 years of stalling by Abdoulaye Wade’s government. In 2000 a Senegalese judge indicted Habré, but after interference by Wade, courts said they had no jurisdiction to try the case. The victims turned to Belgium, and a Belgian judge indicted Habré; but Senegal refused to extradite him.

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Fears of new civil war

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Promise of poll reforms Bamako - Celebrating the ninth anniversary of his inauguration as a democratically elected leader President Amadou Toure said there will be no transitional government in 2012. “The elections will be free because the outgoing president is not contesting, and he does not support any aspirants,” he said. Talking about the voting list, he suggested that the revised list be a consensual one, which is accepted by all. Toure assured the press that there will be political reforms to give an opportunity to the country to reinforce its democracy by creating a general agency for elections. “There will be two chambers of Parliament. The problem is how to replace the High Council for local districts by the Senate. In case of power vacancy, the transitional government has a deadline of 40 to 60 days for organizing elections. These new texts will be applied only after the 2012 general elections,” he noted. About the neighbouring Libya’s crisis, Toure said his country will follow the position of the African Union.

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Khartoum - Escalation of violence around the north-south border in the run-up to Sudan’s divide has sparked fears of a new civil war,. Ibrahim El Nur, a political science professor at the American University in Cairo, however, says population claim to the land is more important to the tribal groups than oil. “Abyei is like Kashmir in terms of population composition, made up of residents with historical ties to both the south and north, competing interest over key water sources like the Kiir or the Bahr el Arab, claims to pastureland, and ambiguous borders,” he adds. Situated at the Muglad Basin, Abyei is the 10 460 square kilometre disputed area straddling the North-South border. A 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ended Africa’s longest civil war, and granted Abyei special status. Nine months before the CPA, the Abyei Protocol was signed allowing residents to vote in a referendum in January, but a voting rights dispute between the Misseriya and the Ng’ok Dinka tribes postponed the referendum indefinitely.

Big blow for militants Amadou Toure

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Improving regional security Kinshasa - The head of the UN peacekeeping mission MONUSCO, Roger Meece has told the UN Security Council that there is improved security in the immediate region, but challenges remain. In the Orientale province in the north, members of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) continue to threaten civilians during cross-border movements between the DRC, the Central Afri-

can Republic and Southern Sudan. Their numbers have however fallen, and they are poorly equipped. “The only strategy that will eliminate the LRA threat is one that focuses on its leadership, three of whom are under indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC). That strategy, however, requires effort that goes beyond our mandate, but we are ready to support it,” he said.

Mohammed Fazul In Kivu, Meece said the Rwandan rebel group FDLR has been weakened since the arrest of its foremost leaders Ignace Murwanashyaka, Straton Musoni and Callixte Mbarushimana.

He noted that MONUSCO’s operations are being negatively affected by a shortage of helicopters, and voiced appreciation for South Africa’s pledge to provide additional choppers.

Mogadishu - The killing of Mohammed Fazul in a month after the death of his leader Osama bin Laden, has dealt a major blow to al Qaeda. Fazul was head of al Qaeda’s East African cell, which was responsible for the 1998 twin US embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam. He was also blamed for the 2002 Kikambala Paradise Hotel attack that happened simultaneously with an attempt to bring down an Israeli airliner that was leaving Moi International Airport in Mombasa. The killing of Fazul comes after that of another al Qaeda operative, Ali Saleh Nabhan, believed to have been the leader of the group’s cell in Kenya. Nabhan, who was killed in Somalia by US special forces in 2009, was allegedly responsible for the bombing of the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel. The death of the two top al Qaeda operatives in East Africa also deals a big blow to Somali militant group al Shabaab which has been fighting the Transitional Federal Government.

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Premier unveils youth projects Up to 4 000 young people to be engaged for 12 months to gain work experience while receiving training in building, environment, health, social development, agriculture, library administration and community safety Sizwe Mathe sizwem@inner-city-gazette.co.za

Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane Pic : Inner-city Press Agency

nveiling youth empowerment programmes for Youth Month, Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said the province is determined to pursue an agenda aimed at improving the conditions of the youth. “Although there are many challenges that we still face as a province, we can pride ourselves with some of the great milestones we have achieved towards attaining meaningful youth development in our province. In line with this year’s theme, Your Action for Economic Freedom in our Lifetime, we are determined to pursue our agenda aimed at improving the conditions of our youth,” she said. Mokonyane added that the province,

in partnership with the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) in Gauteng, will be rolling out 50 waterless car wash projects which are linked to business hubs, including township beauty parlours, internet cafes, and Shisanyamas. “In our effort to mitigate against poverty and unemployment caused by the economic depression, we are going to implement one job per needy household as part of the National Youth Service (NYS). Through this programme, the Department of Infrastructure Development has recruited 4 000 young people to be engaged for 12 months to gain work experience while receiving accredited training in building, environment, health, social development, agriculture, library administration and community safety,” she said.

Mokonyane added that from15 June to 15 July the province will promote the procurement of services with the preference towards youth owned companies. “All our departments will be required to account on the youth procurement spent by the end of July. In addition, we would like to call on all youth entrepreneurs to come forward and register with the Gauteng Shared Services from 10 to 30 June this year.” She added that the province will be hosting the program on social dialogue with young women in a spirit of promoting the legacy of the late ANC stalwart Albertina Sisulu. For more details call 011 834 7660 or visit them at 17 Diagonal Street, Old JSE Building, Ground Floor Newtown, in the Johannesburg CBD.

NYDA chairperson Andile Lungisa

Youths discuss ideas at a NYDA seminar.

In honour of the 1976 generation Andile Lungisa

n The Wretched of the Earth, Franz Fanon challenges each generation to out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfil or betray it. The South African youth and student movement through generations has always been a formidable force for change in the history of South Africa’s liberation. This month South Africa marks 35 years since the Soweto and related uprisings of 16 June 1976. This is a time when the whole of South Africa pays tribute to a generation of fearless fighters who consciously changed the face of the South African education system. What transpired on the morning of that fateful day, should teach us never to dishonour the cause of freedom. On this day more than 1 000 schoolchildren were shot and killed by a brutal apartheid security police, during what began as a peaceful march organized by learners against repressive apartheid education laws. Their sin was standing for what they believed; an understanding that the future of all generations including ours, is premised on a solid education foundation. As we continue to retrace their steps in honour and in celebration, let us all do so mindful of their sacrifice. Let us do so with

a clear conscience that they lay down their lives, so we could today live in a society where we all enjoy equal rights and opportunities. Our tribute to them should however be both in words and in deeds, the first step is to value education towards total emancipation, including economic freedom in our lifetime. Let us spare no effort in realizing the two. The South African youth and student movement has made it their conviction to fight for public access to quality and free education. The response from the ANC led government continues to reassure all of us that we are on course in realizing these ideals. Through ongoing engagements with government we continue to make inroads, because we understand it is the only way in which we can empower young people and help them reach their potential. As a response, to the government’s review of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, in partnership with the Department of Higher Education and Training, we held a student colloquium under the theme ‘Reconfiguring NSFAS towards free higher and further education’. A resounding view at the colloquium was that the NSFAS is a vehicle towards achieving free higher and further educa-

tion for the South African youth. Earlier this year, President Jacob Zuma made a pronouncement on behalf of government that a focus on education, starting with basic education, with triple T: teachers, textbooks and time. He said: “We reiterate our call that teachers must be at school, in class, on time, teaching for at least seven hours a day. We remain committed to our focus on higher education to expand access especially for children of the poor. This includes the conversion of loans into bursaries for qualifying final year students. Students in further education colleges who qualify for financial aid will be exempted from paying fees.” This we have come to view as a progressive stance by our government towards ensuring that deserving young people, especially from poor backgrounds, are effectively supported to pursue their dreams. With more young people accessing quality education, we are almost certain that our communities have a potential to prosper. We are determined to succeed in this regard, because young people have proven through various generations that youth remain the force that mobilizes society towards fundamental social change. Andile Lungisa is the chairperson of the National Youth Development Agency.

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Study to find solutions for Yeoville ‘We hope these proposals can be used for possible debate and implementation’ Rudo Mungoshi

tudents from the Wits University School of Architecture and Planning are working to find solutions to problems that affect residents of Yeoville. The project, which involves the City of Johannesburg’s Region F and the French Institute of Civil Society, was launched by the school last February and aims to give students the opportunity to do research and fieldwork in the area, in partnership with the local community. The research programme called Yeoville Studio examines issues that include informal trading, housing and xenophobia. Benit-Gbaffou, a senior lecturer at the Wits architecture school, says Yeoville Studio focuses on three aspects of sustainable livelihoods: street trading, housing and urban stories. “The objective is to work closely with organisations to produce relevant and locally adapted research,” she says. The project also entails training students at the school to work with communities and to locate their professional practice in real-life situations. The findings of the survey will be disseminated to Yeoville residents in a way that will enable them to use them for advocacy and sustainable development. “Because of its vibrancy and diversity of African cultures, Yeoville suburb provides a perfect study area,” Benit-Gbaffou says.

Vibrant and diverse...Yeoville residents in the busy Rockey Street.

The main focus of the research has been on informal trading. Investigations were made on how street trading contributes to the special atmosphere in the Yeoville suburb, and ways to make it more sustainable. Students examined the challenges faced by informal traders and various perceptions of street traders among shop keepers, pedestrians

and street traders themselves. Benit-Gbaffou says some of the problems street traders in Yeoville face relate to lack of management, a result of their illegal status. “Legalising their status would contribute to their growth, diversification and to Rocky-Raleigh development as a vibrant retail street. Street trading offers a specific service to Yeoville residents. It contributes to

street vibrancy and local identity. It is seen as attracting customers to the area and being generally good for business,” she says. The issue of housing will also be explored during the research, and students will work on housing issues from a design perspective. “Our aim is to imagine and develop together with residents and local activists on various layers of

Communication group’s unrealised expectations Sizwe Mathe sizwem@inner-city-gazette.co.za When communications company Neotel was launched a few years back, many people hailed it as a possible competitor to monopolist Telkom. This telecommunications network operator caters for wholesale, business and home customer needs. Contrary to many people’s expectations, the company has not offered the alternative role expected from it. Even though the company is still in its tender age, compared to Telkom, it is however expected of it to provide effective services to its clients at any given time. One shop manager in Johannesburg CBD suggested that Neotel must consider online purchases using online banking. “I have to drive to Eastgate to buy airtime for my shop. They must engage with leading stores in the country to allow them to sell airtime,” he said. The manager of movie company Ster-Kinekor at the Carlton Centre, Nompumelelo Nkosi says they stock Neotel airtime, even though very few people ever buy it. “Their product only sells a lot of units during month end periods,” she says. Nashua Mobile assistance manager at Carl-

ton Centre, Raheel Mohammed says they do not sell Neotel products anymore. “We used to sell contracts before, but we have stopped. My manager is busy with the Neotel guys to solve the problem. But I don’t know the problem between them,” he says. A Hillbrow retail store manager, who preferred not to be named, said Neotel used to advertise their products at the store. “We stopped them from advertising because people were complaining about their poor services to us,” he says. He however added that they now sell prepaid airtime only. Neotel’s spokesperson Chuma Siswana says the company has discussions with a voucher vending company to extend sales via ATM banking. “With reference to Nashua Mobile, we were not aware of this issue. As part of our channel partner agreement, which is still active, they should be selling the vouchers.” Siswana adds that PostNet is undergoing an integration of a new point of sale mechanism, which has delayed the implementation of the voucher vending system. “We do not have a date as to when this will be completed, and we hope that it will be by the end of August,” she said.

housing design and policy.” The absence of an inner city housing strategy that is able to provide households with affordable housing, while maintaining a balance between different income levels, has led to serious housing and urban challenges, Benit-Gbaffou says. “We hope these proposals can be used for possible debate and implementation, and thus positively impact on the future lives and livelihoods of Yeoville residents.” She believes that the redesigning of housing in an existing neighbourhood in a prime location could become a new South African prototype that is multicultural and inclusive. “The South African low-income housing policy does not address the need for cheap rental accommodation. Social housing is too costly and targets higher income earners,” she said. Yeoville Studio will produce books at the end of the year using the research collected over the past 18 months as well as studies being done this year. The first book, entitled Yeoville Stories, will be a collection of narratives, photographs for a mainstream audience. The second will offer a theoretical reflection on similar material, targeted at an academic readership. “The book’s chapters will include a diverse array of topics from love stories to the management of xenophobia discourses,” BenitGbaffou explains. joburg.org.za

Gunmen get 40 years jail Crime Correspondent Sgt Jenny Pillay of Hillbrow police reports that last January Captain Maripa Molamudi and Warrant Officer Edward Nkwe were conducting patrols in Hillbrow when they came across two suspicious males. Sgt Pillay says the police approached the males and searched them. “They found one pistol and ammunition on one suspect, and on the other they found one revolver. Both the serial numbers on the firearms were filed off. “The suspects were charged with possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition, and the firearms were sent for ballistic tests. The case was investigated by Constable Makaleng.” Sgt Pillay adds that last month the Johannesburg magistrate’s court found the two men guilty and sentenced each of them to serve 20 years in prison for the crimes. The court also declared both of them unfit to possess firearms.

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oreign nurses in Joburg are helping through a volunteer programme for translators and interpreters at City health centres. At the handover of certificates to the interpreters the City’s Health and Human Development MMC Nonceba Molwele (pictured left) thanked stakeholders for volunteering their services for the betterment of communities. “Let us promote our diverse languages so that we can understand each other’s backgrounds,” she said. The 18 refugee nurses were awarded certificates for volunteering their services. Molwele said the translation projects would help with faster and appropriate service delivery. “Life would be very difficult if there was no exchange of ideas and information through the usage of our respective languages.” Molwele noted that services could not be properly disseminated without effective communication. “Let us draw lessons from this initiative by encouraging multilingualism.” Volunteer Burundian Jackie Mi-

‘Communication breakdown made treating people difficult, and some migrants stopped visiting the clinics altogether’

lambo, who volunteers her services at Rosettenville Clinic, says she is happy to be back in her profession after a long break. “This is also an opportunity for me to catch up with latest developments in the medical field, and prepare for my practical examinations with the South African Nursing Council.” Milambo, who fled the conflict in Burundi eight years ago with her family, is still struggling to register her qualifications with the council. She does not earn a salary, but feels the project helps her gain self-esteem. “Our managers treat us like their staff and make us feel at home,” she says. Milambo is also involved in counselling patients and holding talks on different health issues in the clinic. She loves working with pregnant women and helping them with their exercises. The City Health Department, Refugee Nurses Association and African Migrants Solidarity recently joined forces to train 18 refugee nurses to provide interpretation services voluntarily for migrants who are unable to communicate in local languages or English.

As a result, translation services in Rosettenville and Yeoville clinics have started. These clinics were selected because they operate in areas that have significant migrant communities. Sister Pretty Kgoadi of Rosettenville Clinic says the translation service has made it easier for them to communicate with patients. “We are now able to communicate with patients on various health issues.” Before translation services were introduced sometimes fights broke out between patients and nurses, who were frustrated as they could not understand their patients. “We had problems trying to understand the patients’ ailments, often leading to longer queues and waiting times as we tried to find someone to interpret,” Kgoadi says. Communication breakdown made treating people difficult, and some migrants stopped visiting the clinics altogether. Sister Granny Stobber of Rosettenville Clinic says the introduction of the translation service has seen a large number of people using the health services. “We are even learning some of

the medical terms used in other countries,” she adds. She has urged the City to introduce a programme that will train the translators as community health workers so that they can help prevent diseases. Volunteer Given Wilonja from DR Congo, who also received a certificate, said the project has helped him explain some medical terms in English. “I have learnt quite a lot and hope to pass my examination that will enable me to get a job,” he added. The total number of translations needed at Rosettenville and Yeoville clinics in February was 558. Of these 514 were face-to-face translations with patients, while the remaining 44 were for group health education talks. The main language needing translation at Rosettenville Clinic was French, followed by Portuguese, Lingala and Swahili. The data indicate that about 54 percent of patients who used the translation services in Rosettenville were from DR Congo while 25 percent were from Mozambique. The balance was from Rwanda, Burundi, Cameroon, and Tanzania. Joburg.org.za

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sha Beddingfield, and Justin Bieber belted out of loudspeakers in the packed hall. The learners’ performances and their emulation of the artists’ songs prompted the show’s host Lara Wittels to suggest they take back up roles for these artists. “Rihanna will not run out of back up dancers,” she quipped. The show was divided according to the school’s senior and foundation phases. Judges had a difficult task of se-

Pic: Inner-city Press Agency lecting the overall winners. Part of the judging panel included the ETV soapie Rhythm City’s Magi Williams, the school’s headgirl Mpho Diphoko and SGB chairperson Nonhlanhla Radebe. Overall winners for senior and foundation phases were Grade 7s and Grade 3r respectively. The school’s principal Sandra Levitas added that the foundation phase winners will visit Montecasino Birds Park and have a luncheon in

a date still to be announced. “The trip will be sponsored by Outdoor Education,” she added. In August the Grade 7s will be going for a 10 day trip in Durban, sponsored by Star Seaside Fund. “We are hopeful that the event will be much bigger next year,” said Levitas. Williams said the discovered talent needs to be nurtured. “These kids need guidance, they can go very far in this field,” she added.

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‘A tribute to the creativity and excellence of our visual artists in expressing their vision’

Winners ...acclaimed artists John Kani (left) and Gcina Mhlophe won accolades in the 2010 awards ceremony.

ACT awards nominations open Arts Correspondent

he Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) is recognising and celebrating excellence in South African arts, culture and creativity. The annual ACT Awards 2011 is presented by the Vodacom Foundation, the Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO) and the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO). Vodacom’s Director of Corporate Social Investment Mthobi Tyamzashe says the visual arts

The Market’s winter line-up

The Secret Life of Girls explores peer pressure, anorexia and sexual enslavement

provide a nation with a dynamic and vivid reflection of its artistic and cultural life. “As a proud sponsor of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Visual Arts, Vodacom Foundation pays tribute to the creativity and excellence of our visual artists in expressing their vision,” he adds. Three Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to luminaries for their lifelong contribution to theatre, music and visual arts in South Africa. Winners are nominated and selected by the ACT Trustees.

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ew plays and old favourites at the Market Theatre include the musical The Bassment, So What’s New?, I am an Emotional Creature, The Table, Sizwe Banzi is Dead and Death of a Colonialist, throughout the winter. The line-up began with The Bassment, a musical featuring a 12-piece double bass ensemble. It consists of six jazz artists and classically trained bassists, combining their musical backgrounds to produce new music for an African audience. Next up is acclaimed drama, Sizwe Banzi is Dead, from 21 June to 24 July. Set in the late 1960s, it tells the story of Sizwe, who leaves his poor

Past recipients of this accolade include Miriam Makeba, John Kani, Gcina Mhlope, Ronnie Govender, Peter Clarke, Joseph Shabalala, Pops Mohamed, Lynette Marais, David Goldblatt and David Koloane. Sponsored by the Distell Foundation, ACT also presents four ImpACT Awards to emerging artists at a time in their careers when they have shown commitment to, and reached some professional standing in their chosen discipline. Young artists, up to the age of 30 years within the first three years of

family in King William’s Town to seek a better life in Port Elizabeth. Caught without his passbook, Sizwe is forced to choose between going back home or taking a chance that could lead him to abandon his name and sense of identity. The play is directed by award winning Monageng Vice Motshabi. “The portrayed issue goes into matters of identity. Names are very important to black people. For Sizwe, he reflects on whether he will connect with his ancestors if he is now called something else,” he says. Performing are Omphile Molusi and Arthur Molepo. The third show is Fatima Dike’s So What’s New, from 28 June to 14 August at the Barney Simon Theatre.

their professional careers are eligible for nomination. Awards will be presented in four categories with selected disciplines being eligible for consideration in each. The categories are: Visual Art (Painting and Printmaking, Sculpting, Public Installations & Photography), Performing Arts (Dance, Acting, Musical Theatre & Physical Theatre), Music & Singing (Classical, Contemporary & Jazz) Design (Craft, Graphic Design, Fashion Design & Web Design) Winners of the ImpACT Awards

for Young Professionals are selected by an independent panel of judges. Awards will only be presented if a satisfactory number of quality nominations are received in the various categories and the adjudication panel reserves the right to carry over such awards to the following year. The closing date for nominations is 29 July 2011. For guidelines and nomination forms please visit the ACT website at www.act.org.za. The ACT Awards is supported by Classicfeel Magazine and Business and Arts South Africa (BASA).

This is a domestic comedy about four township women who work in and outside the legal system. Death of a Colonialist is going for another run at the Market Theatre. It features a star cast: Stokvel’s Andrea Dondolo, Zone 14’s Thuli Thabethe, Society’s Sibulele Gcilitshana and newcomer Zimkhitha Kumbaca. Eve Ensler’s I am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls, is also on the calendar. The play has been adapted from her book of the same title, and is concerned with the unheard voices of girls across the world. The play explores peer pressure, anorexia and sexual enslavement. It runs from 15 to 29 July at the Market Theatre’s Laboratory.

Also on the list is The Table, created through collaboration between theatre makers Sylvaine Strike and Craig Higginson. It has its Market Theatre run from 3 August to 18 September at the complex’s Laager Theatre. Ending the winter line-up is the multi-award winning Death of a Colonialist by Greg Latter, which returns to the Market after a successful run in 2010. It tells the story of an ageing, yet still passionate history teacher at a high school in Grahamstown. The show is funny, sad and profound, and runs from 29 August to 16 October at the Barney Simon Theatre. For more information call 011 832 1641. Joburg.org.za

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Youth leaders of the Joburg Inner City

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A community and political activist, he was born in Mokopane, Limpopo. He started schooling at Makgubuketja Primary School in 1988. In 2002, he completed a National Diploma and B-Tech in Information Technology. He is Currently busy with his MTech in IT. He is the convener of the ANC Ward 123 branch and ANC Youth League Joburg Regional Executive Committee (REC).

eatured in this column are some of the young leaders of the Johannesburg inner-city. They have been selected at random, from all walks of life and across the political and social divide. They are featured in this page to commemorate the contribution of the youth in the political and social transformation of this country. This is also to inspire young people to take their lives more seriously, and strive for good health and success in all their endevours.

Originally from Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape, she joined AFHCO’s marketing management department on 18 February 2010 as a residential letting agent She has grown strong in the male dominated industry and is the top performer in consecutive months since the beginning of 2011. She has found many homes for people in the innercity and surrounding areas. She also gets a lot of business from referrals, and is known to be quick in serving potential clients.

Thabisa Mvulana - Joburg

Sasabona Manganye - Joburg

Bonisiwe Nhlapho - Berea A well motivated woman who was born in Ekurhuleni. When she turned 14 she joined the ANCYL and participated in awareness campaigns. Later she became deputy chairperson of her ward, Havana 64, and two years later she was elected branch secretary. She also takes part in programmes such as the Hillbrow Kids Week.

Patrick Wisani - Yeoville

Timothy Rees-Gibbs - Hillbrow

Born in the Eastern Cape, he is currently doing his second level of the BCompt degree with Unisa and has successfully completed a certificate on Banking Advice. He was elected chairperson of the ANCYL Joe Slovo branch in 2008; and is currently secretary of the same branch. He helped form the Yeoville/ Bellevue East CPF . He is the ANCYL chairperson in Greater Joburg.

He is the chairperson of the Hillbrow SAPS Youth Desk and a youth leader with the Ekhaya Neighborhood community organisation. Rees-Gibbs organises and manages events for the youth of Hillbrow. That includes street soccer, Kids’ and Youth days. He also conducts youth crime prevention activities, and has been involved in community service for five years.

A multi-slam winning poet who began writing poetry from 2003, Mokgale, is a lateral thinker who has strong views about pseudonyms. He always told himself that he would not formulate one for the sake of it, until he was reborn spiritually. After he was reborn, he formulated the name Neosapien. The prefix NEO means new and SAPIEN is taken from Darwin’s theory of evolution where he states that humans are Homosapiens. The name also means that he is a new breed in his way of thinking and he seeks to alter the perceptions of people through his poetry.

With his Joubert Youth Outreach Project he aims to empower disadvantaged children within the community. He also wishes to help provide more youth skills development like in football and promote arts and culture. He mentors vulnerable children and conducts HIV/Aids and drug awareness campaigns.

Born in Frankfort in the Free State in 1986, he moved to Denneysville, still in the Free State, in 1995, where he completed matric. He then moved to Johannesburg in 2006 and started a new life He says that was when he realised his love for politics. “I loved the policies of the DA.” In 2009 a DA councillor introduced him to the DA, and they worked together in the inner-city DA branch. Last year he was elected as branch chairperson. Later the branch elected him to be Ward 123 candidate for the 2011 local municipality.

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Awards for top cricketers Kemantha Govender All rounder Jacques Kallis has won the coveted 2011 South African Cricketer of the Year Award for the second time in his career. The South Africa Cricket Awards ceremony took place recently at

Gallagher Estate in Midrand. Kallis was also named Castle Test Cricketer of the Year and received the KFC ‘So Good Award’ for his centuries in both innings of the test match against India at Sahara Park Newlands. Kallis gave an inspiring performance in spite of suffering

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Young team’s amazing performance One year-old team wins league championship Soccer Correspondent

Streams in the Vodacom League national play-offs that took place over the course of the week at the University of the Western Cape and Philippi Stadiums on the Cape Flats. The match was a tense, closely contested encounter played before a capacity crowd. Neither team was able to make a breakthrough in the first period, with Sevutsa making most of the running and looking the more threatening. It was a different story after the break, as Chippa United, playing on their home ground, came out with more purpose and began to wrest the initiative from their Mpumalanga opponents, and when supersub, Rhode took advantage of a moment of hesitance in the Sevutsa Stars defence to slip through a gap and beat the goalkeeper, it capped a superb week for the Nyanga club and their thousands of fans.

odacom league champions Chippa United completed an astonishing season when they beat Sevutsa Stars 1-0 in the final of the Vodacom League National play-offs at Philippi Stadium in Cape Town on Sunday. Substitute Robin Rhode’s 69th minute strike ensured Chippa United finish the season as Western Province Vodacom League champions, Vodacom League National Coastal Stream champions and Vodacom League National champions for 2011, representing an extraordinary rise to fame for a team that only came into existence in early 2010. Going into the final, both Chippa United and Sevutsa Stars had already clinched automatic promotion to the National First Division by virtue of having won their respective Coastal and Inland

Enzo Scarcell, marketing managing executive at Vodacom congratulated Chippa United on their magnificent achievement. “We have witnessed a fabulous week of football that has culminated in this exciting final and we wish both clubs the best of luck in their journey to the National First Division. It has also been most encouraging to see the fantastic turnout of support from the people of Cape Town. Vodacom salutes you.” SAFA’s director of competitions, Steve Pila said the football has been played in the best sporting spirit. “It is most encouraging to see the ever-improving standard of technical ability and overall competence of the Vodacom League, which augers well for the future health of South African soccer, and we appreciate the involvement of Vodacom in making it possible.”

‘It is most encouraging to see the ever-improving standard of technical ability and overall competence of the Vodacom League, which augers well for the future health of South African soccer’

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Memories of the 2010 World Cup

Left : Luis Suarez punches the ball off the goalmouth.

Sizwe Mathe sizwem@inner-city-gazette.co.za It is a year since President Jacob Zuma and Sepp Blatter stood in front of a packed Soccer City stadium and proclaimed the 2010 Fifa 2010

World Cup open. Cars, homes, and offices were branded with Bafana Bafana colours; the streets of Hillbrow were abuzz with activities. It is with great sense of pride that South Africa reminisces about the 2010 Fifa World Cup. There were all sorts of myths about the so-called Dark Continent. But the whole country dispelled doubts in its ability

to host world guests. The World Cup tournament strengthened the love of sport and injected a sense of confidence in the local game. A Spanish journalist Xavier Aldekoa recalled Andres Iniesta’s victorious goal in the final against Netherlands. “It was an amazing moment; the victory generated more interest for La Liga,” he said. Many foreign visitors arrived in the country with pessimism and left the

Above: Asamoah Gyan crashes the penalty onto the cross-bar.

country with a positive image. Before the World Cup tournament started, an English journalist warned visitors that to survive in South Africa they needed bullet-proof and stab-proof vests. However, the same journalist wrote back that it was the safest World Cup ever. Like former Argentinian maestro Diego Maradona’s Hand of God goal in the 1986 World Cup match against England, the first World Cup in African soil left indelible moments.

Uruguayan Luis Suarez’s handling of the ball inside the box in a game against Ghana springs to mind. The referee rightfully showed the Uruguayan striker a red card and awarded Ghana a penalty. But Ghana’s star striker Asamoah Gyan drove the potential winning goal onto the crossbar; sending the whole continent into tears. The FIFA 2010 World Cup left a lasting legacy for the country in terms of infrastructure, in particular.