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The City of Johannesburg’s Region F and a youth group have agreed to work together to find solutions to challenges confronting young people, including unemployment, poverty, inequality and the scarcity of skills development opportunities Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za
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he agreement was reached at a Youth Dialogue Forum in Newtown on the eve of the 40th anniversary of National Youth Day. The forum was addressed by several key stakeholders, including Regional Director Irene Mafune, who said it gave the youth a platform to engage the City’s management and to hear their views on how their socioeconomic conditions could be addressed. “Significantly, the forum meets during Youth Month and the City is aware of the youth’s concerns - that they feel excluded both socially and economically. “As the City of Joburg, we are keen to hear their views and understand where they are coming from. But, most importantly, we plan to have a joint programme of action with the youths in terms of which the issues they raise are addressed,” Mafune said. She added that though this was the first session of its kind, it was important that the approach be “outcomes-based”. “The youth feel that their expectations are not being met by government. We will support the youth in their efforts to improve their conditions, the initiative to create a space for dialogue by the youth is another step by the Region to ensure that other youth targeted programmes by the city of johannesburg e.g. vulindlel’ eJozi, jozi@work, digital ambassadors and jozi my beggining, are understood and participation
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is increased at Regional level”, Mafune concluded. The forum was championed by a group of eight young social entrepreneurs under the umbrella of a company called Bhambatha, established about four years ago. According to Jeffrey Zondi, Bhambatha Group co-founder and director, all the founders of the company had dropped out of university because of “financial issues”. “We realised that we as the youth needed to create a vehicle that could mobilise each and every one of us to address our socioeconomic challenges.” He added that Bhambatha, as a social entrepreneurial company, planned to run profit-making projects through which it could assist other youths to improve their conditions. After the speeches, the participants broke into five commissions to discuss key issues facing the youth. These were broadly outlined as economic challenges, social challenges, influences or peer pressure, Black Consciousness, self-hate and success principles. Discussions during the plenary session after the debates in the commissions were robust and passionate. What stood out the most was that the youth took the lead in highlighting their plight. Motivational speaker Thabang Mashego took issue with the practice by parents to choose careers for their children. She said: “We don’t have to choose careers only because they will make us rich, such as medicine, law, architecture, engineering, etc. We need to ‘educate’ our parents that there are other careers that their children want to pursue because they like them, such as performing and creative arts, speech therapy, sports management, etc. You must follow your heart and do what you like, not what your parents choose for you, which might make you rich but unhappy.” The forum concluded by deciding that all key issues emanating from the commissions would be compiled into a report by Bhambatha, the facilitators of the initiative. This report will then be shared with the City’s Region F and will form the basis of a programme of action to be implemented as a follow-up to the meeting.
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CityKidz reading corner competition a success Distribution – Free copies door to door delivery weekly to all households and businesses in the Joburg 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 - 8210 011 402 - 1977 Fax : 086 609 8601 Email : info@inner-city-gazette.co.za Website : www.inner-city-gazette.co.za 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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ityKidz teachers and children were tasked to create the most inviting and stimulating reading corners which are aimed at encouraging our children to read for pleasure. Over the last few weeks, each class has been designing and developing its reading corner. The children have been buzzing with ideas as staff assist them to transform spaces in their classes to create reading corners for a whole-school competition. Bookworm to a Butterfly. Fairies, Spooktacular, Froggy, and many other fantasy themed corners were created. External judges came to judge the reading corners and to choose the best ones on Thursday. All the judges said that it was a very difficult competition to judge as there was a wide range of reading corners. A big thank you to our judges, Mrs Charmaine Plit, Shay Heyden-rych from Jacana Publishers, Angela Rivers from JPOMA. Mrs Lauren Klevansky from Australian Books for Children of Africa (ABCA) and Rachel Klevansky, for taking time out of their day to judge our corners. Racine a journalist from North Eastern Tribune newspaper also checked out our corners. The classes really looked wonderful. They have not disappointed. Visit citykidz.co.za for more pics
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Incumbent City Of Johannesburg Mayor Cllr Mpho Parks Tau (Above) is the ANC’s choice for mayor of the City of Johannesburg. Executive Mayor Parks Tau, during his formal introduction by the ANC as its City of Johannesburg mayoral candidate, said he would continue to build a spatially inclusive city in what he calls the “most cosmopolitan city in the African continent”. Tau, an avid golfer and cyclist, plans to keep the city a vibrant city that caters to all if he is voted to keep his mayoral seat for a second term from 2016 to 2021. He plans to keep ‘building a city for everybody’. Tau talked about facilitated learning, the technological service within the city, and the inner city renewal programme and said he would continue to build a city for every resident within it. “Johannesburg is vibrant and creates opportunities for different people and will continue to attract people who come here in search of opportunities, “he concluded.
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Your guide to the second Joziburg Lane Festival All you need to know about the 2nd Joziburg Lane Festival, taking place THIS WEEKEND (Friday 24 - Sunday 26 June). Venue The Joziburg Lane No One Eloff (the massive yellow and blue building) Corner Eloff & Wemmer Jubilee Streets Salisbury Claims (Johannesburg CBD). Vehicle entrance for rooftop parking off Wemmer Jubilee Street Pedestrian entrance into the Joziburg Lane off Eloff Street Getting there Take the Rissik Street off-ramp from the M2, As you come into town, turn right into Albert Street (first right), turn right into Eloff street and the massive blue and yellow building is on your left. Parking Over 100 bays available free of charge on the rooftop of the No One Eloff building (entrance off Wemmer Jubilee Street). Walk down the stairs to the Joziburg Lane. Parking bays for disabled people will be reserved along the street-side at the entrance in Eloff Street. Plenty of additional street-side parking available in the area too. Trading hours Friday 24 June: From 12 noon onward (Lunch in the City with main food traders opening at 12 noon -10pm). All other traders (craft, art, deli and lane shops open 6pm -10pm)
small-batch, Jozi-crafter gin, infused with 14 botanicals. Also available with tasting tables will be Avondale Wines, Bullcook Beer andFernskloof Organic Wines. Combine this with a cheese platter from our deli for a phenomenal tasting sensation! Music & entertainment The background music and DJs are provided by Vinyl Joint and we are sure it will create an electric (but at the same time, chilled and relaxed) atmosphere just like our previous festival. Saturday’s line-up will be ‘broadcast’ live around the lane from the Vinyl Joint Lifestyle Pop-Up Store. Catch Mthi’s Essential Selection 7 Listening Session with Vinyl Spinners: Joziburg Lane Festival offers scintillating events to see at the festival
Saturday 25 June: 10am - 6pm (our bar and deli will stay open until late at night). Sunday 26 June: 10am - 4pm Go cashless! Almost all our traders use either Zapper or Snapscan as payment methods. Many traders also have credit card machines. There is no ATM on site and we encourage cashless trading. Traders Our food traders serving scrumptious meals in the foodhall include Makushom, Fusion Foods, Just Food, Chef Papi, Midzi Wellness, Fashion Shack, Paranos Foods, theJoziburg Deli, Healthy & Tasty, Braeside Butchery, Zombi Chefs and Chefs at Work.
Our deli food traders include Kommunitea, Slush Dolls, Monate Biscuits, Araka, Ice Cream I Love You, Larhana Farm Products and Gudgu. Craft, fashion and art traders include I Heart Collection, Lichaba Jewellery, Art in Motion, Change Room, Innocent Spirits, Bhala Africa, Lebold Lifestyle Creations,True Curls and Tea Tots. Pop-up shops in the lane include Cramers Coffee, Crumb & Crust, Hard Rock Café,African Wonderful Embroidery, Goddess Elegance, La’Belle Style & Image Boutique,Baroka Fashions, Soweto Game Skins, Vinyl Joint, Zapper and Louis Oliver Sculpture Studio.
A fantastic art and sculpture exhibition, curated by Gordon Shroud is also open for viewing in the residential courtyards of the No One Eloff building. Joziburg tasting bar At the heart of the Joziburg Lane is our tasting bar and deli. We only stock locally-sourced craft beers, artisanal spirits such as gins and vodkas and really special wines. Taste the best of South Africa at our bar. Apart from our range of drinks and cocktails, we have several producers joining us to give you the best tasting experience ever. Darling Brew will have a mobile bar on our deck. Ginifer will for the first time introduce its
Wenawedwa (12noon -1pm) Spinn The Rocker (1-2pm) Thulani Elex (2-3pm) King Maestro (3-4pm) Tokzen-Mthi (4-5pm) Tshiamo - Subman (5-6pm) Sof - T (6-7pm) Dupleix (7-8pm) Deepland (8-9pm) On Sunday, the ever popular Joburgbased jazzy band, Afrosense will provide a live performance from 1-2pm and again from 2:30-3:30pm. Entrance is free! The entire Joziburg Lane Festival offers free entrance. Follow the Joziburg Lane team: Facbook: Joziburg Lane Twitter: @JoziburgLane
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cool R25 000 will be up for grabs at the Pimville Skills Centre in Soweto on Saturday June 25 when seven Johannesburg informal food traders go head to head in the final of the second season of the City of Johannesburg’s Healthy Kota Competition. The contest is held under the auspices of the City’s Go Jozi Healthy Lifestyle Programme, a broad mayoral initiative aimed at encouraging Johannesburg residents to watch what they eat and engage in physical activity to avoid diseases and conditions such as diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure, thereby help to enhance the city’s life expectancy. Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development Cllr Nonceba Molwele, who has been spearheading the programme since its launch by Executive Mayor Cllr Parks Tau in 2012, is expected to give the keynote address at the event. “The Mayor introduced this pro-
gramme because he wants residents to embrace a healthy lifestyle to fight chronic diseases and take better care of their health. We’re aware that kotas (bunny chows) are enjoyed by many people. “We don’t want to change that. All we want is for them to be conscious of what is in their kotas,” said Health and Social Department’s Gugu Mathibela. The informal food traders who will be battling it out for the bragging rights and the ultimate prize are Katlego Khunou (Region C); Timothy Mlangeni, Lunga Motaung and Masechaba Lesenyego (all from Region D); Cindy Simelane (Region E); Raymond Mashele (Region F); and Gwen Shezi (Region G). They all progressed to the finals after fending off tough opposition during the semifinals held at the same venue on Saturday June 11. “All the contestants showed great talent and it was not easy for the judges to decide who goes to the final. We expect contestants to be on top of their game in the last round of the competition,” said City’s
Lindiwe Tshabalala. The contestants will be given 10 minutes to select the ingredients they want to use in making their healthy kota and 45 minutes to make two healthy kotas – one for the judges and another for the audience to taste. They will be given the option of either making two of the same healthy kota or two different healthy kotas and present to the judges the one they feel is the best. When asked what constituted a tasty and healthy kota, judge Phila Noah, a self-confessed health fanatic, said: “We look at a variety of things, ranging from hygiene, preparation, presentation and, most importantly, affordability.” She said contestants must retain as many nutrients as they could in their kotas. Chef Moses Molotsi said the ingredients would use would ultimately determine how much the kota cost. “Healthy doesn’t necessarily mean expensive. This competition will show Joburgers alternative ingredients they can put in their kotas,” said Molotsi.
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Bafana in Cosafa Cup final Bafana Bafana progressed to the COSAFA Cup final, after securing a 5-1 win over Swaziland on wednesday. South Africa ...............5 Swaziland....................1 Staff reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za
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outh Africa came from a goal down to beat 10-man Swaziland 5-1 at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek on Wednesday evening and book a place in the final of the 2016 Cosafa Castle Cup. Bafana Bafana looked to be in trouble after heading into the break 1-0 down, but a much-improved second-half showing from Shakes Mashaba’s side – sparked by a red card for Sihlangu defender Siyabonga Mdluli – saw them romp to a convincing victory. South Africa started the stronger of the two teams and enjoyed a handful of early attempts, the best of which saw Aubrey Madiba denied by a sharp save from Swazi goalkeeper Sandile Ginindiza in the ninth minute. Yet as the first half wore on, it was Sihlangu who began to claim the ascendancy. On 20 minutes South Africa were lucky not to be punished when Wonder Nhleko was unable to pick out a shot or cross to an unguarded goal after beating ‘keeper Reyaad Pieterse to a 50-50 ball outside of the penalty area. Swaziland claimed a deserved lead in the 38th minute, with the tournament’s leading goal scorer, Felix Badenhorst, turning provider as he played a lovely reverse pass to put Tony Tsabedze in on goal – the attacker coolly placed a shot between the legs of Pieterse to open the scoring. The Bafana Bafana coach made two changes at the start of the second half – sending on Menzi Masuku to spark the midfield and replacing Pieterse with Jody February – but the true turning point was the dismissal of Swazi defender Siyabonga Mdluli for picking up two quick cautions. The second saw him concede a free kick on the edge of Swaziland’s box and South Africa equalised from the set-piece, with striker Thabiso Kutumela scoring with a low shot past the side of
Bafana Bafana put up a sterling performance against Swaziland to secure a spot in the Cosafa Cup final
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