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olice arrested three male suspects for car theft in Yeoville on Saturday through an operation led by Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba. JMPD spokesperson Wayne Minnaar explains: “Illegal water and electrical connections were

also disconnected at one main property. A filling station was closed for not complying with city by-laws and for operating illegally.” The City says it’s managed to recover funds amounting to R1.2 billion since its raid initiative called, Operation Buya Mthetho was launched last year. City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba

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JMPD releases #JoburgCrimeStats Road fatalities on Johannesburg roads reduced by 29%

December Crime arrests: • Driving under the influence of

alcohol – 620 • Public violence – 16 • Undocumented persons – 32 • Unlicensed firearm – 5 • Reckless and negligent driving – 4 • Possession or dealing in drugs –10. December recoveries: • Hijacked vehicles – 51 • Firearms – 3 • Drugs – 455.5 kg dagga and 610 grams of cocaine.

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he crime stats for December 2018 were released by the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), and revealed that road fatalities in Johannesburg reduced by 29% over the festive period compared to December 2017. The number of accidents on our roads also decreased by 28%. Although one death is one too many, The City is pleased to see such a significant reduction. Our roads are becoming safer and better policed under the leadership of MMC for Public Safety Michael Sun, and Chief of JM Police David Tembe. JMPD deployed a focused festive season safety campaign which resulted in over 2 700 citation issued. Over 4 500 vehicles were stopped and 93 drivers arrested for drunk driving during this campaign. Across all of the City’s regions, driving under the influence,

ON THE PODIUM: Chief of JMPD, David Tembe reckless and negligent driving, and public violence remain big concerns. Operation Buya Mthetho, a daily ward-based raid initiative spanning across various departments and entities to enforce bylaws and recoup lost revenue due to illegal connections, is once again proving to be successful. Over R118 million in revenue was re-

covered in December alone by Operation Buya Mthetho efforts. This is very concerning indeed. Illegal connections are an affront to all residents of Johannesburg. Lost revenue directly impact the City’s ability to maintain our infrastructure and continue projects. The City’s R170 billion infrastructure is of great con-

cern, and already impacts on the City’s ability to deliver quality services. Ultimately, illegal connections hugely obstruct efforts to reduce this backlog. The JMPD has been compiling monthly statistics since September last year and it has become a tool of reflection for officers as well as a way of informing residents.

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City of Johannesburg to clamp down on illegal connections

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ast week, under the MMC for Finance, Funzela Ngobeni’s directive, an operation targeting properties developed without following the proper procedures in Fourways took place, under the auspices of Buya Mthetho. “I am shocked to find that close to R9 million had been lost in revenue due to illegal connections to the City’s services by the three developments that were targeted,” director of mayoral communications, Luyanda Mfeka, said in a statement. “The City has taken the decision to acquire the assistance of a service provider for the purpose of running an end-to-end audit of the City’s supply of water and electricity. This will be done utilising GIS and databases of the City’s infrastructure to assess every property in the billing system. It will enable the City to assess that owners are being charged according to their usage of services,” Mfeka added. The statement also states that the aim of this process will be to identify those developments which are non-compliant and connected to the

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City’s water, electricity and sewer services illegally. There’s no doubt that there are individuals who are connecting to services illegally. The City is also aware that some tenants are unaware that the owners of the properties they occupy are evading

the law and not paying for services. “The City has also become aware of so called “runners” who are working with corrupt officials to illegally remove business and residential properties from the City’s database whilst illegally connecting these

properties to City services. “Illegal connections are an affront to all residents of Johannesburg. Historically, the City turned a blind eye to this lawlessness and simply burdened law abiding citizens with annual tariff increases. Lost reve-

nue directly impacts the City’s ability to maintain our infrastructure and continue projects,” he said. The City’s R170 billion infrastructure is of great concern, and already impacts on the City’s ability to deliver quality services. Ultimately, illegal connections hugely obstruct efforts to reduce this backlog. To date, Operation Buya Mthetho, which launched early last year, has brought in over R1,2 billion owed to the City that would previously have been lost through illegal connections and historical debt for the non-payment of services. And it will continue to do so. “As government, our approach will not be to continue squeezing the law-abiding, paying customers of our City, but rather those who can pay but do not. I would like to encourage members of the public that have any information about illegal connections to come forward and report it to the City’s fraud hotline at 0800 002 587. This is blatant theft, and we cannot allow law-abiding, paying residents of our City to continue footing the bill for these practices.” he concluded.

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olice have allegedly rounded up 38 people in Hillbrow for questioning over an alleged mob attack in which a robbery suspect was burnt recently. “Taking the 38 in for questioning is part of the investigation,” Gauteng police spokesperson Captain Kay Makhubele said. The unidentified man was burnt alive by a group that chased him and an alleged accomplice after they allegedly tried to rob a woman. The dead suspect’s accomplice was also attacked. He was admitted to hospital. Makhubele said a decision to charge the 38 with murder and attempted murder will be taken soon. “If the police are satisfied with the information they get, they will release them, but if they are not, they will keep them and (their fate) will be decided by court. We haven’t charged anyone yet,” said Makhubele. Some of those being questioned could be charged. “Mob justice is a criminal activity,” Makhubele said. “Remember, somebody died. They may be charged with murder and attempted murder,” he concluded.

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City takes aresebetseng clean-up campaign to yeoville

The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Herman Mashaba visited the Yeoville community to do a special #AReSebetseng clean-up with COJ officials and residents. A Re Sebetseng encourages all of Johannesburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residents to continue taking ownership of their environment by helping to create cleaner and more connected communities.

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The sales growth of both locally produced Pik-Up models and SUV range has subsequently skyrocketed.

ollowing the publication of the final sales results for December by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (Naamsa), Mahindra has confirmed the sale of 440 new Mahindra SUVs and pick-ups in December, bringing its tally for the full year to 5 486 new vehicles. “Breaking through the 5 000 barrier in 2018 culminated in a very busy year for Mahindra,” says Rajesh Gupta, CEO of Mahindra South Africa. “During the year, we firmly entrenched our position as a truly South African company with the opening of our first assembly plant north of Durban. The sales growth of both our locally produced Pik Up models and SUV range has subsequently skyrocketed.” According to Naamsa, Ma-

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hindra grew by 26% in 2018, while the overall new vehicle market shrunk by 1%. The sales results show that Mahindra’s sales tempo picked up significantly in its new financial year, which started in March 2018, with an average growth rate of 32%. This further confirms its status as one of South Africa’s fastest growing brands. In 2018, Mahindra celebrated South Africa as its second home outside of India when it commissioned the award-winning Joe Public to create a new brand campaign and two locally produced new TV advertisements. This not only won the hearts of many South African fans, but also bagged an Orchid Award for local relevance and creativity. The new brand campaign showed that Mahindra is #Al

“Mahindra will invest in the expansion of its dealer network, with a new dealer location in Johannesburg this year.” waysUpForAChallenge and welcomed the refreshed Mahindra XUV500 and KUV100 NXT in the market. Both models have since been selling well, with the KUV breaking through the 100-unit-permonth mark in both November and December. “With its fresh design and improved affordability, the KUV100 NXT has become a popular entry-level vehicle option, especially among firsttime buyers thanks to our new Graduate Finance offer,” says

Avinash Bapat, Chief Financial Officer of Mahindra South Africa. According to Bapat, the KUV100 NXT has also found favour with vehicle rental companies, with Mahindra delivering its first 100 KUVs to the rental market at various depots across South Africa. “For the year ahead, we hope to grow at an even faster pace. We will utilise the flexibility that our local assembly facility offers to introduce new models and special editions of the Pik Up and will soon launch a brand-new model in one of South Africa’s fastest growing vehicle segments,” says Gupta. “Mahindra will also invest in the expansion of its dealer network, starting with a new dealer location in Cape Town and an additional dealer in Johannesburg in January.”

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outh Africa has recorded 6 852 972 traveller movements at its ports of entry, up from 6 811 510 movements in 2018. Briefing the media on traveller statistics on Sunday, Home Affairs Minister Siyabonga Cwele said the increased movements were influenced mainly by tourism, cross border employment, business and education programmes. The statistics are for the period 1 December 2018 to 15 January 2019. “Statistics on traveller movement are an important indicator on how busy our ports are, and how efficient we are in processing movements. When comparing statistics for the period 1 December to 15 January over the past two years, we see a marginal increase of 0.61%. This year we recorded 6 852 972 movements compared to 6 811 510 movements in 2018,” said Cwele. The top nationalities cleared at ports of entry over this period were from Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, Botswana, United Kingdom, Germany, USA, Namibia and Zambia. OR Tambo International Airport cleared the highest volumes, with 997 167. It was followed by Beitbridge at 884 992, then Lebombo with 625 975, Ficksburg Bridge with 471 474 and Maseru Bridge with 428 038. Extended hours at front offices Cwele said that due to higher

Lesotho and Zimbabwe ranked high in border movements volumes of citizens in the period after the New Year’s celebration and the start of school year, the department extended operating hours at its big and some medium-sized offices from 2 to 11 January 2019. During the period, offices across the country provided services to citizens and other clients from 7am to 7pm. During the extended hours period, 116 404 citizens visited Home Affairs offices to access services, including applying for smart IDs, collecting documents, getting temporary ID certificates, registering births, applying for birth certificates and resolving various queries. “Extending office hours benefitted citizens who were looking for enabling documents with which to register learners and university students and for matric exams. There are citizens who

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he preliminary Festive Season Road Safety Report shows that 1 612 people lost their lives on the country’s roads from 1 December 2018 to 8 January 2019. Releasing the report on Wednesday at a media briefing recently, Transport Minister Blade Nzimande said the Northern Cape, Free State and Eastern Cape recorded the highest percentage increases in fatalities. “This resulted in an 80 percent increase in Northern Cape from 30 to 54 fatalities. The Free State increased by 28 percent moving from 124 fatalities in the previous year to 159 this year, while the Eastern Cape recorded a 22 percent increase moving from 195 fatalities to 238,” the Minister said. The report indicates that Gauteng and the North West were the only provinces that recorded percentage decreases in the number of fatalities. “Gauteng recorded a commendable 19 percent decrease while the North West recorded only a two percent decrease,” Nzimande said. The preliminary figures for this past festive season indicate that South Africans have managed to reduce crashes and fatalities from what it was at mid-point of the festive period. “At the mid-point of the season in December last year, we reported that crashes had increased by 5 percent and fatalities by 16 percent. We

managed to reduce crashes by two percent and seven percent for fatalities,” he said. The reduction was a result of the increased law enforcement operations, the introduction of the 24/7 shift as well as the rollout of the Evidential Breath Alcohol Test (EBAT) to deal with drinking and driving. According to the report, at least 36 percent of people dying from road-related incidents were passengers. This in an increase from the 34 percent recorded last year. “Pedestrian fatalities have shown a two percent decrease from 37 percent last year to 35 percent this year while driver fatalities remained at 27 percent and cyclist at two percent,” he said. The statistics show that human factors account for 90 percent of contributory factors to fatal crashes compared to vehicle factors that contributed 4 percent while road and environmental factors contributed six percent. The Minister expressed his concern on the involvement of trucks and minibus vehicles in major horrific road crashes. “An analysis of these shows a disturbing trend where drivers from our neighbouring countries were involved in some of the major of crashes in which five or more people died. A total of 54 lives were lost in these crashes and the Free State province was the worst affect-

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