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the continent - CEO ‘Investment in infrastructure would be a catalyst for growth. Jobs are a key challenge in the South African economy, if we get developments going so people get employed, the economy will grow’ Johannesburg - At the recent Investing in African Mining Indaba Transnet group CEO Portia Derby told delegates that the state rail freight company seeks to establish itself on the African continent, which would yield benefits for the South African economy and also other African nations.

Establishment of Transnet International Holdings in 2018; a Transnet Group subsidiary, was a critical part of investing in the revival of the South African economy

and industrialisation of the rest of Africa, Derby said.

Key projects include a rail revitalisation programme in the North South Rail Corridor connecting rail networks in Southern Africa, and also in Ghana.

Derby said Transnet needs to establish South Africa as a key investor in the African continent.

“The South African economy reaps little benefit from the $104 billion in Chinese exports the continent receives. Exports to the continent from China are substantial, but in terms of logistics, South Africa gets little of that. There is no reason why we can’t be the queens of trans-shipment,” she said.

She added that the company is looking to position itself as a driver of increasing intra-Africa trade, as European and Chinese

economies traded more with the African continent than it did with itself.

“The investment in infrastructure would be a catalyst for growth in African economies. Jobs are a key challenge in the South African economy, not growth. If we can get developments going so that people get employed, the economy will grow,” Derby said.

She added that another key objective for Transnet is to improve the transportation systems for Eskom’s coal with its rail network.

Transnet chief customer officer Mike Fanucchi said the company has a long-term strategic goal of transporting 50% more coal for Eskom through its extensive rail network, as Eskom continues to try and move its coal transport off road.

“We have a joint team between Eskom and Transnet looking at it. The programme looks at 32 million tonnes that are to be transported by rail in the next five years. We are looking at getting to 11 million tonnes this year,” he said.

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Financial fraud

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y 2022 the world will have seen a double-digit growth of digital payments, according to Capgemini’s World Payments Report 2019.

CredoLab’s senior vice-president and head of global sales, Tarun Kumar Kalra, says: “Worryingly, the escalation of financial crime is not far behind. Rapid expansion of digital channels, exploding growth in the number and types of devices, and reduced customer face time are making mainstream financial service providers and newer fintech companies vulnerable to online fraud activities.”

Kalra said fraud is going mobile, mirroring consumer behaviour.

“We needed to better understand financial crime which is why we joined forces with iovation to produce the iovation Financial Services Fraud and Consumer Trust Report 2019.”

The report reveals that between 2015 and 2018, there was a 575% increase in online identity fraud.

As mobile quickly surpassed desktop during this period, nearly half of all these risky transactions stemmed from mobile devices. In the first half of 2019, 50% of all risky transactions originated from mobile devices.

“Through our interactions with financial services companies and other lenders in South Africa, we have quickly assessed that the problem here and in the African continent is as threatening as in other parts of the world. The South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) reported recently that the country currently has the third-highest number of cybercrime victims worldwide and loses an estimated R2,2-billion a year to cyber-attacks,” says Kalra.

He adds: “Tackling this issue is complex. Overly aggressive fraud detection mechanisms can harm the customer experience by slowing transaction speed, requiring customers to

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perform too many steps before checkout, or worse, flagging good consumers as fraudsters or suspicious.”

Banks and financial service providers need to confront financial fraud with the same levels of sophistication as today’s criminals. They need fraud prevention tools that are realtime and accurate. Kalra says that, in 2020, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) based solutions are central to achieving this.

“AI and ML concepts are now familiar to most banks and financial institutions, but they need to go beyond traditional approaches to equal the rate and sophistication of financial crime. Conventional AI approaches that rely on rules and predictive models are no longer enough. Accurate information must be generated in milliseconds to combat the issue in realtime,” Kalra says.

KPMG recently reported that fraud costs are increasing at a faster rate than fraud risk management spend, while the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2019, cites technological instability as a major risk with data fraud and theft now ranked the number-four global risk and cyber-attacks coming in at number five.

CredoLab generates bank-grade digital scorecards to improve access to finance for people with thin credit histories. With customers in 19 countries, the Singapore-based company entered the African market towards the start of last year. ITOnline

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Vandalism irks mobile operators Johannesburg - MTN and Vodacom have warned that South Africans may suffer network problems resulting from vandalism on cellphone towers; as thieves steal the batteries and fuel that powers the infrastructure, especially during load-shedding.

The network operators said loadshedding has a damaging effect on the service, as the battery backup system requires time to recharge, and load-shedding compromises this.

MTN corporate affairs executive Jacqui O’Sullivan said the batteries generally have a capacity of six to 12 hours, and require 12 to 18 hours to recharge.

The operator spent R300 million on batteries and added 1 800 generators in 2018 for existing sites; and more money is spent on security personnel.

MTN general manager for network operations Ernest Paul said such a situation leaves consumers without access to network services, because of downtime caused by repeated repairs; or when towers get terminated after regular vandalism renders them unsustainable. “This impacts on consumers’ access to emergency services, effective business operations and connecting with loved ones. Battery theft compromises safety and welfare of every South African, it is not a crime we can fight alone,” Paul said.

A Vodacom spokesperson said there has been an average increase of around 35 percent in battery thefts at base stations. “On average 553 incidents per month are recorded, and there are cases where a site gets damaged beyond economical repair.”

The representative added that during Eskom load- shedding, vandalism of network infrastructure can have a significant effect on the mobile service.

“Each theft can cause the network to be down for days, and severely impact businesses and those using the internet to study. It can also cause ecological damage from diesel spillage. People often can’t make emergency calls, and are put in danger by these criminals, and soon these criminals will cost lives.”

Vodacom said it loses millions in replacing batteries in its estimated 10 000 base stations.

“We lose between R120 million and R130 million to vandalism and theft each year, with between 1 500 and 2 000 batteries stolen each month,” the operator said.

The stolen batteries can be sold to power household appliances, and some are stripped and sold to scrap metal dealers. “In some cases, the batteries are sold in neighbouring countries. As for cables, it appears they get sold to scrap metal dealers all across South Africa,” the spokesperson said.

Vodacom is replacing lead acid batteries with lithium-ion units, which need activation codes to work after being disconnected.

The network providers have urged people with information on mobile network vandalism to report it to the nearest police.

They are also working with police to limit vandalism, and have set up specific measures to reduce theft.

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Pupils injured in taxi accident Midrand - Twelve pupils were injured last Thursday when a taxi they were travelling in overturned in Halfway Gardens, Midrand.

It is understood the driver was driving on the wrong side of the road and lost control of the vehicle.

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naar said driver lost control and drove into the steel gates of a private estate and also through a wall of a house. The learners sustained minor injuries and were taken to hospital. The driver was not injured and was arrested for reckless and negligent driving,” he said.

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Patient info lost in clinic burglary Gaby Ndongo

Paramedics cut away the tree to rescue the men trapped inside the minibus.

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Driver killed as tree crushes minibus Isando - A man was killed and nine other people were injured when a large tree fell onto a minibus in Isando, Ekurhuleni, on Wednesday.

ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said paramedics found three men trapped inside the front part of the vehicle, while seven others

were standing and others seated near the crushed minibus.

“The paramedics assessed the patients at the scene and found that the entrapped driver had sustained numerous injuries and showed no signs of life. The other two men were found to be in a critical condition, while seven other men had sustained minor and moderate injuries,” Meiring said.

He added that rescue personnel worked for about two hours, removing parts of the tree until they freed the men, and the injured were treated and sent to hospital.

Yeoville - Crucial patient information was lost when 11 computers were stolen from the Yeoville Clinic in a robbery days before Christmas.

The clinic had been migrating from paper to digital records to avoid loss of physical files, to facilitate a process of finding patient information, and improve healthcare for the over 11,000 patients it sees each month.

The clinic manager said the clinic has over half a million records and only 60 to 70% of them had been stored in a cloud account. The computers had also collected information through an electronic health recorder programme, and that information was in the stolen hard drives.

Patients come to Yeoville from Orange Grove, Alexandra, Norwood, Parktown, Auckland Park, Berea, Hillbrow, Johannesburg CBD, Jeppe and Doornfontein.

Clinic operations manager Tumisang Morapedi said people come from so far away as there is no clinic between there and Alexandra.

The 11 computers are each valued at R22,000 by the City of Johannesburg’s IT department. A microwave was also stolen, 18 doors damaged, and several medicine cupboards were ransacked. The theft was reported to Yeoville police.

CCTV cameras had not been installed. Only one unarmed JMPD security guard works at night.

At a meeting at the Yeoville Recreation Centre community members proposed that the clinic gets five security guards, and that CCTV cameras be installed. They also said there should be an electricity generator to cover power cuts. GroundUp

Four die as truck rolls Florida - Last Thursday four people were killed and another injured when the truck they were travelling in rolled on Albertina Sisulu Road in Florida.

ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said paramedics arrived on the scene at 23:15 to find the truck upright in a ditch on the side of the road.

“A man and a woman were found lying inside the cab of the truck, while two women and a man were found lying next to the truck. Medics assessed the patients and found that the man and woman inside the truck had already succumbed to their injuries. Nothing could be done for them and they were declared dead.

The three patients outside the vehicle were also assessed. Another man and woman were in a critical condition, while the second woman sustained moderate injuries.”

Meiring said paramedics treated the patients and provided the two critically injured with advanced life support interventions. “Unfortunately, after some time, the two critically injured succumbed to their injuries.”

The patients with moderate injuries were later transported to a private hospital for further treatment.

Details surrounding the fatal incident were not yet known, but local authorities were on the accident scene for further investigations, Meiring said.

JRA acting COO Siyabonga Genu

JRA’s ‘war on potholes’ gains momentum Johannesburg - The Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA) has declared a ‘war on potholes’ in the city.

JRA said they have made considerable progress in a 60-day action campaign.

At a media briefing on last Wednesday JRA acting COO Siyabonga Genu said after the festive period there was a backlog of about 4 000 potholes which needed to be fixed.

“This campaign was launched on January 28 to deal with this backlog, and the deadline for the potholes to be fixed is March 28, and as of Tuesday, 3 000 had already been fixed.”

Genu noted that there were more potholes outside this backlog, and that more would develop perpetually owing to the condition of the city’s road infrastructure. “To tackle these potholes, the JRA will work together with small, mediumsized and micro enterprises; and has made additional teams available to ensure all potholes that are reported are dealt with.”

Genu noted that this is an interim measure and did not deal with the underlying problem of the city’s road infrastructure. He explained that the city’s roads were never built to accommodate such high volumes of traffic, which was ever increasing as the city and economy developed.

“The road infrastructure problems are exacerbated by climate change, with heavier rainfalls experienced at unseasonable times during the year, which the storm water drainage system does not have the capacity to deal with.

This causes water to run into roads, which damages the tar and asphalt.

The city has grown faster than its infrastructure,” Genu said.

He added that the JRA would deal with the underlying problems and rehabilitate or reconstruct the roads.

“Bringing all the roads in the city to an acceptable level would cost about R20-billion, which the budget cannot accommodate. JRA will continue to fix potholes until more funds become available for more extensive rehabilitation,” he said.

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‘The fire destroyed 10 coaches, five motor coaches and five plain trailers, causing damages of about R50 million’ Prasa spokesperson Nana Zenani

Suspects arrested

for burning train Braamfontein - Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) security guards recently detained four people suspected to be involved in the burning of trains at the Braamfontein train yard last year.

Prasa spokesperson Nana Zenani said the suspects were detained by the guards on Friday night, and were handed over to police at Johannesburg Central police station.

In December, Gauteng Metrorail spokesperson Lilian Mofokeng said the fire destroyed 10 coaches, five motor coaches and five plain trailers, causing damages of about R50 million. The coaches had

been waiting to be repaired and were not in active service, Mofokeng said.

In the meantime, Prasa said a cable smelting operation had also been uncovered in Heidelberg.

Three people were arrested in connection with that operation, where cables were smelted into blocks at an illegal facility in Ratanda.

One of the suspects is understood to be a Prasa employee. The items recovered were valued at around R2.6 million.

More information about the arrest was not available from the police by the time of going to press.

Crooks pose as City Power contractors

R400 000 stolen cellphones found hidden in dustbin

Johannesburg - On Friday Joburg City Power warned residents not allow intruders posing as City Power contractors onto their homes.

The intruders have been telling unsuspecting residents that they have been sent by City Power to check meters as the system is offline. The power utility said the suspects are travel in a blue Mercedes-Benz V Class vehicle with a North West province number plate.

City Power reported that the suspects targeted Kibler Park and Bassonia suburbs.

“The intruders pose as workers from the utility to gain access onto the property. City Power would like to warn residents of Bassonia, Kibler Park and other suburbs in Johannesburg south against people who are driving a blue Mercedes Vito with North West registration number. They tell the customers that City Power is offline and they need to access their properties to check their meters. Our customers are advised not to open for them but call 011 490 7911. These people are not genuine City Power contractors and they are not carrying City Power identity cards,” a statement on the City Power Twitter account read.

Residents have been urged to call 011 490 7911 or 011 490 7504; or report to the nearest police if the intruders turn up at their homes.

Johannesburg - On Saturday police arrested a man and his wife for alleged possession of stolen cellphones, who were linked to the theft of new handsets worth R400 000, according to police.

JMPD spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said a tip-off led their undercover unit to the top of a building at corner Lillian Ngoyi and Rissik streets in the Johannesburg CBD. “The brand-new cellphones, which were still in their boxes, had been hidden in a dustbin. The cellphones were allegedly stolen from Exact, a shop in Northwest Mall in Mahikeng,” he said.

The two suspects have been charged with theft and being in possession of stolen property.

Police spokesperson Brig Vish Naidoo displays some of the drugs that were seized.

R30 million drug bust at airport ‘The woman was carrying over 21kg of a substance suspected to be cocaine in her checkin luggage, and the man, over 4kg, which he had strapped around his waist and chest’ Johannesburg - On Saturday three people were arrested at OR Tambo International Airport after being found in possession of over 30kg of cocaine, worth an estimated street value of R30 million.

Two men and a woman were arrested in a joint operation by the police, South African Revenue Service, Airports Company South Africa, and airport security.

In the first incident, the police acting on intelligence arrested a man and a woman as they arrived from South America.

Police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said the woman was carrying over 21kg of a substance suspected to be cocaine in her check-in luggage, and the man, over 4kg, also of a substance suspected to be cocaine which he had strapped around his waist and chest.

In the second incident the Hawks, acting on information, intercepted a 49-year-

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old Brakpan man at the airport, just as he was about to depart to Hong Kong on a flight.

“He was found with over 5kg of cocaine, also strapped around his waist and chest,” Naidoo said.

All the suspects were booked or had travelled on business class.

Naidoo said this was the second time in less than a month that an alleged drug mule travelling to Hong Kong with cocaine is intercepted at the airport.

“In fact, since January last year to date the joint team secured an average of 20 drug busts per month, including parcels coming through the mail centre, via courier com-

panies as well as an average of one drug mule per week at the airport alone. These drug successes are an indication of the capacity and capabilities of the joint security forces to decisively deal with the numerous attempts to use the airport as a thoroughfare for drug smuggling. This clearly negates recent media reports that drug smugglers pass through OR Tambo International Airport undetected,” he said.

Naidoo added that intelligence work and information gathered by operatives helps the police to be able to easily detect and also identify those people who try to smuggle drugs in and out of the country.

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Black lives feeling

UJ hosts ‘inequality’

Blue in Paradise

photo-essay expo

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his year’s Market Theatre production to mark Black History Month, Paradise Blue, is set in a jazz bar in a run-down part of Detroit.

Gentrification is looming, partly to improve the area but mostly, the residents suspect, to shift out the poor blacks who ‘blight’ the landscape.

Apart from the accents, and the fact that gentrification in this story is more voluntary than enforced, it could be set in Sophiatown.

The play by African American playwright Dominique Morisseau stars Aubrey Poo as Blue, the club owner with a haunted past, a bad attitude, and a secret plan to sell the property and move on. He is a bombastic bully, and Poo captures his anger that stems from trauma well.

Seneliso Dladla the pianist Corn is particularly enjoyable, initially bashful and respectful of women, and gaining confidence as he is seduced

by Silver, the sexy out-of-towner who breezes in with a plan of her own.

A man who needs a stronger plan is Sam (Pakamisa Zwedala) the musician who is suddenly superfluous and finds out what it’s like to be a black man with no money, respect or hope.

While Morisseau gives a good array of men, it’s the women who she crafts more strongly. Her writing gives tender-hearted Pumpkin a real depth that actor Busisiwe Lurayi grabs superbly, while Lesedi Job turns Silver into a shimmering siren with brains and

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Busi Lurayi plays the role of Pumpkin in the production

cunning beneath the make-up.

There are some wisecracks along the way and a few telling comments about the intolerable racism around them, but the script centres largely on whether everyone stands together, or it’s each man for himself. The backstory about Blue’s trauma could be highlighted more for a stronger dramatic punch, but it skims along as the cause of his torment without sufficient exploration.

The story is carried along with musical numbers and the actors all have powerful voices that make the songs a pleasurable part of the whole. They also break up the wordy script, which does begin to feel a little overlong before it suddenly ends in a flurry.

The action unfolds on an evocative set designed by Nadya Cohen, with a jazz bar in the centre and Silver’s bedroom to the right-hand side, which isolates it quite drastically from the audience on the left side of the stage.

The direction by James Ngcobo is energetic, but at times characters have their backs to us or block the view of the person they are speaking to.

An exhibition entitled Inequality: A Different Picture, featuring poignant photo essays by three visual artists, will be presented at UJ from 26 February to 18 March.

Questioning pervasive stereotypes about ‘township’ youth, black fathers, and women’s abilities, the trio of photographers aimed to portray how three Cape Town-based individuals have confronted various forms of inequality to realise their passions, sustain themselves and their families, and ultimately bring change in their communities.

The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) spearheaded this project, in its mandate to address inequality and social cohesion.

Working with award-winning South African photographer Neo Ntsoma, who mentored budding photographers Andiswa Mkosi and Ross Jansen, the resulting photo essays were realised in partnership with Igalelo.

Ntsoma, one of the first black women to enrol in photography school in the 1990s, is celebrating her coming of age in her chosen field this year. “I realised that by mentoring fellow photographers

I could empower people and multiply their potential. Now that I have some wisdom and experience u n d e r m y belt, I feel even more obliged to guide other photographers to grow and succeed in this competitive industry,” she says.

Ntsoma, Mkosi and Jansen edited their images of inspiring entrepreneurs to tell a coherent story that can be shared widely on various platforms.

Mkosi, a self - taught photographer, lyricist and performing artist considers photography Award-winning photographer Neo Ntsoma a privilege. “It gives us tail and composition, finds it imthe chance to see ‘chapters’ in people’s lives that we would not portant to “disseminate local stootherwise see. As a young black ries and steer clear of portraying photographer, I am able to change stereotypes. Cape Town is full of perspectives and challenge stereo- untold stories. I don’t need to be types by telling the true narratives elsewhere to capture great moand rewriting those that have been ments, they are all around us.”

Walkabouts will be hosted in the told wrong by outsiders.” morning of Saturday 29 February Ross Jansen, a well-rounded and 14 March, from 10:30am. photographer with an eye for de-

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Conflicting reports on ex-Bafana midfielder Bucs star set for European move, while the team seeks to sign goalkeeper Sports Reporter

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ormer Bafana Bafana, Kaizer Chiefs and Free State Stars midfielder Siphiwe Tshabalala is believed to be considering hanging up his boots so he can focus on his businesses, sources close to him have claimed.

After leaving Turkish side BB Erzurumspor last season Tshabalala has been linked with PSL teams Highlands Park and Maritzburg United, and also Moroka Swallows who play in

Siphiwe Tshabalala

the GladAfrica Championship league. There also have been reports that he may return to Europe.

Meanwhile sources in the Orlando Pirates camp indicate that winger Thembinkosi Lorch is set for a move to Europe at the end of the season.

Lorch was supposed to join Percy Tau at his Belgian side Club Brugge. However, Pirates were reported to have declined the offer made for Lorch.

A source said Lorch will remain

Thembinkosi Lorch

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with Bucs for the rest of the season. “But it doesn’t seem like he will be playing in the PSL next season. He is really eager to play overseas, and has been dreaming about it since he started playing football. But he knows that his time will come and doesn’t want to force things.”

Meanwhile the Buccaneers are said to be moving to sign Maritzburg United goalkeeper Richard Ofori at the end of the season.

According to SunSport, Pirates overtook Mamelodi Sundowns

in the race to sign the goalkeeper.

The newspaper said Bucs loaned out Tebogo Tlolane to Maritzburg United to sweeten the deal.

“Pirates are worried about their goalkeeper department as Wayne Sandilands is not getting any younger; which is why they loaned out Tlolane to Maritzburg because they want Ofori,” a source was quoted as saying.

Maritzburg United chairman Farook Kadodia however insisted that Ofori stays with his side “He isn’t going anywhere,” he said.