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Mass prayer for slain cops ‘Not only did the callous killers take away a father, they also took away the future from our children’ Part of the crowd during the mass prayer at the Standard Bank arena.

Johannesburg - Over 5 000 people recently converged into the Standard Bank Arena in Ellis Park for a mass prayer service in honour of the 60 police officers who were killed in line of duty nationwide this year alone.

Of these, 33 of the officers were killed in Johannesburg.

In his address Mayor Parks Tau urged communities to ensure that those responsible for the killings were brought to book. The venue was a kaleidoscope of colours as members of various faiths and religions called for an immediate end to the killing of police officers.

Also present was a strong contin-

gent of traditional healers from all corners of the city. The ceremony was characterised by song and dance, with several local gospel musicians entertaining the crowd with popular tunes.

The SAPS brass band ushered the Mayor into the arena and also performed a popular African chorus to the delight of the audience. Mayor Tau said in many instances members of communities knew who the criminals were and consequently had a duty to join the movement against crime.

“We cannot continue to say we are sorry to the families whose loved ones are being killed while on duty.

Not only did the callous killers take away a father, they also took away from our children the future,” he said.

Mayor Tau also commiserated with the families of people who died in the Sandton bridge collapse and of those who were brutally murdered in Rhodes Park on Saturday October 17.

“We need to rise up as a people to ensure we are able to confront this scourge,” he said.

The Mayor urged communities to have a paradigm shift in their relations with police.

He said the majority of crimes committed in Johannesburg, such as

rape, murder and robbery, were perpetrated by individuals who knew the victim. He stressed that it was only through working closely with police that perpetrators of these crimes could be brought to book.

He added that from a crime prevention point of view, the City had improved the training of JMPD officers. He also praised the Johannesburg Emergency Management Services’ personnel who responded swiftly when a scaffolding supporting the construction of a foot bridge on Grayston Drive on the M1 in Sandton last week collapsed, killing two people and injuring several others, for their professionalism and

commitment to their work.

“We saw the best of our EMS. They really made us proud in the manner in which they handled the incident. We sometimes don’t appreciate the sacrifices that they go through,” he said.

Health and Social Development MMC Nonceba Molwele said the aim of the mass prayer service was to raise awareness of the importance of police presence in communities and of the creation of partnerships between police and communities.

“We need divine intervention in our communities to ensure we exorcise the devil that is causing crime in our communities,” she said.

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Dementia awareness drive Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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he City of Joburg Department Social Development is hosting gatherings as part of the Dementia Awareness Campaign.

The campaign seeks sensitising communities about the devastating effects of the disease, how to recognise its symptoms and steps to take in dealing with those affected.

Dementia specialist Dr Carla Kotze of Gauteng Health said most communities tended to confuse people suffering from the disease with witches. “As dementia is a progressive change in memory and thinking, most of the sufferers tend to even forget their names, where they come from or where they are going. Although anyone could suffer from dementia, it is common among people over the age of 65.”

Dr Kotze said early detection meant suffer-

ers could have access to immediate support, information and medication. “It is crucial for dementia sufferers to have the opportunity to take part in planning the rest of their lives and their finances, and indicating their wishes regarding future care.”

Dr Kotze explained that Alzheimer’s disease was the most common type of dementia but added that there was no single specific test that showed whether someone had dementia. “Sadly there is no known cure for the disease and tests and research are ongoing, especially in Canada.”

Dr Kotze also could not rule out the role African traditional medicine could play in helping to find a cure for the disease, though one would need a physical and neurological examination to look at other possible causes.

Project coordinator Busi Nkosi urged residents to be on the lookout for strange behaviour in people, especially among the elderly.

Robber shoots accomplice dead Hillbrow - Police are searching for two men after one of them shot his accomplice dead during an attempted robbery at a building in Esselen Street.

Sergeant Mduduzi Zondo of Hillbrow police said a shop owner closed his shop at about 8pm carrying an undisclosed amount of cash. “He walked with two friends to the building in which he lives at corner Edith Cavell and Esselen streets. The three men went up to the fourth floor, and upon opening the door of the spaza owner’s flat; they were approached by three suspects, one of who was armed with a gun.”

Sergeant Zondo said the one suspect grabbed the man who owns the spaza shop and stood behind him, demanding the money.

“A struggle then ensued. The armed suspect fired a shot at the victim, grazing the spaza shop owner’s ear but hitting his accomplice instead. The accomplice died on the scene.

The other two suspects then fled the scene without the money.”

He added that the spaza owner was taken to hospital with minor injuries, and police are on the lookout for the two suspects.

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R50m fund for innovative ideas kicks off Johannesburg - The City of Johannesburg community innovation fund, Jozi My Beginning, has begun accepting submissions of innovative ideas from residents and community entities.

The R50 million fund, which is an extension of Jozi@Work, is designed to explore innovative ideas geared towards improving service delivery in Joburg in-line with the city’s drive to partner with communities in the delivery of municipal services.

Joburg Mayor Parks Tau has encouraged residents to submit their innovative ideas before the closing date on No-

vember 11. “The submission date was extended from 26 October, following the awareness workshops where it was established that people needed some more time to prepare their proposals for submission,” Mayor Tau said.

The city has partnered with the University of Johannesburg, which has availed its entity, Resolution Circle, to administrate the fund, handle submissions, shortlist, evaluate and support as a sector expert.

Mayor Tau said the criteria to be used to evaluate submissions will include innovation, economic empowerment of

the impacted communities, as well as the idea’s alignment with green/blue and smart city principles. The intellectual property (IP) of the innovator is expected to be protected while the IP rights will stay with the individual or company that submitted an idea.

The city will however have the right to make use of the IP for a year after the grant has been made. “The fund will secure expert services to assist with the development of submitted ideas to a bankable proposal. The outcome of the supported proposals will be a demonstration to the city,” Mayor Tau

said, adding that the innovator will be required to be part of the development and implementation phase. It is expected that some of the proposals could be implemented with minimal support while others could require technical or business development support.

Joburg residents can obtain more information on the fund at their nearest City of Johannesburg Regional Office where they can also hand deliver their submissions. An application form for completion can be downloaded on www.jozimybeginning.co.za and also submitted on the same website.

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Cops dispel killer rumour

Grahamstown - Police have dispelled rumours of a serial killer in the City of Saints.

This was after the body of an unknown man was found in a house in Joza Township on Monday.

Police spokesperson Captain Mali Govender said the victim, aged 40 or 50, had injuries to his upper body. “The owner of the house had no knowledge of how the body got there and who the person was, however later relatives of the victim managed to identify him,” “There are no similarities that support that this case is linked to other murders in the area or could be the work of a serial killer.

There is also no evidence that the body suffered human mutilation,” said Govender.

Police has called for calm and respect for the rule of law and appeal to the community to work with the police in apprehending the suspects involved. Any community member or anyone who may be able to assist with any information to please contact the Detectives Lt Mzwandile Maleki on 046 603 9111, Warrant Officers: John Manzana on 0827797117 and Kabous Lensley on 082 442 3747.

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Some of the members of Umkhonto Wesive cultural group. Pic: Mpumalanga News

Youth culture group pleads for support Kabokweni - In a bid to entrench cultural roots and keep children off the streets, the Umkhonto Wesive cultural group is pleading for sponsorship.

The group of boys and girls is divided into two sub groups, the juniors with 37 members and seniors with 22 members. They perform at weddings, schools, parties and cultural ceremonies to generate money for basic needs. The group started in 2009 with a few members, and now have 59 members.

The group’s leader Xolani Maseko says he prides himself in his ability to change other people’s lives and to ensure that the future

of our country is bright. “We wish to visit as many areas as possible to teach young ones and elders that culture needs to be embraced by everyone.”

Due to the lack of funds and sponsorship, they are unable to go abroad, and are pleading with businesses and the public to help them with funds so that they can make their dream a reality.

“The challenge we normally come across is the lack of finance for transportation during events and competitions, to market ourselves and to buy uniforms,” Maseko adds. For details visit www.mpumalanganews.co.za

Matric candidates moved to safe place

Education MEC Debbie Schäfer

Cape Town - Unrest in Masiphumelele has forced the Western Cape Education Department to move more than 200 matric candidates from the area to an “undisclosed location” to write their final exams.

The 206 candidates were bused to the location at the weekend and are expected to stay there until a more permanent solution is found, said Jessica Shelver, spokeswoman for Education MEC Debbie Schäfer.

Most matric candidates started their final examinations on Monday morning, when

the first papers in English were written. By Monday afternoon no exam irregularities had been reported. Schäfer visited Gardens Commercial High School in the city centre on Monday. “We encourage all our candidates for the 2015 NSC examinations to stay focused and to put in the hard work required to prepare for the upcoming examinations.”

The exams will conclude on November 27, but Schäfer said candidates should be available until December 4 should any “rewrite be required or for other eventualities”.

Digital delivery of govt services Durban - The government aims to make broadband internet connectivity available in all corners of the country within the next five years, according to Telecommunications Minister Siyabonga Cwele.

He says this is part of the plan to make government services available on the internet.

“Making e-government available to people includes bridging the digital divide.”

The minister says there are pilot projects in eight districts like Port St John’s in the Eastern Cape, to provide broadband connectivity by the end of the year. “In the CBD of major cities companies use fibre optic cables. In the suburbs they still have copper telephone cables. Some rural areas only have cellphone towers, while rural areas or informal settlements may have no infrastructure at all.”

State Information Technology Agency (SITA) Chairperson, Jerry Vilakazi, says there is excitement over this years’ GovTech since its inception 10 years ago. At the moment, government offices have a very slow internet connection of 250 kilobits per second.

Apart from connecting all South Africans to the internet and prioritising education and health for e-government, Cwele says they are looking at the use of open data to improve service delivery. IOL

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Some of the slum dwellers among the ruins of their houses. Pic: Sam Olukoya/IRIN

Once vibrant community a disaster zone Lagos, Nigeria - Over a month after security forces chased 15 000 people from their homes in Badia East, one of Lagos’ largest slums, thousands of families are homeless.

The once vibrant community now resembles a disaster zone, with houses and shops reduced to rubble. Some have moved to other slums, or stay with family and friends, but many have settled in a narrow, overcrowded piece of public land sandwiched between the demolition site and the main road.

“That the people still remain there about a month after their eviction shows that they have nowhere to go,” said Megan Chapman, of the Justice and Empowerment Initiative (JEI), one of several organisations who condemned the demolitions and evictions.

The evictions came after the High Court ruled that the land belonged to the powerful

Ojora chieftaincy family, who has been trying to reclaim the land since the 1990s. The evicted families, a majority of who are from the Ilaje community, insist that the land belongs to them because the government resettled them there over 40 years ago.

For decades, the slums existed without anyone laying claim to them. But now, as land has become scarcer they are considered prime real estate. “Slums are being targeted because the poor lack the financial resources to resist the acquisition of their land,” said Segun Olutade of Shelter Watch.

According to international instruments, including the International Covenant for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, to which Nigeria is a signatory, authorities must respect “the right to adequate housing by refraining from forced evictions. IRIN

Exiled Ethiopian opposition groups unite Kampala, Uganda - Five Ethiopian opposition groups in exile say they have formed an alliance to bring a change of government back home.

The new alliance is called the People’s Alliance for Freedom and Democracy, according to a joint statement issued on Friday in Oslo, Norway.

The group was formed by the Benishangul People’s Liberation Movement, the Gambella People’s Liberation Movement, the Ogaden National Liberation Front, the

Oromo Liberation Front and the Sidama National Liberation Front.

The new alliance’s statement said the alliance “will create an opportunity for all peoples in Ethiopia to co-create a transitional political order that is based on the consent of all peoples”.

It said the group will work to change the “current undemocratic political culture and oppressive system in Ethiopia”.

Ethiopia’s ruling party won all the contested seats in May elections. Reuters

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Kigali, Rwanda - The governas well as dissidents from Nkument has dismissed accusations runziza’s ruling party.

Burundi however claims of meddling in neighbouring Burundi’s political crisis, with that rebels set up by mutinous soldiers after a failed the Foreign Minister Louise coup in May are enjoyMushikiwabo saying Rwanda ing Rwandan support. only wanted peace.

“We are not in the “We believe that when leaders take decisions they should logic of exchanging accusations and be able to live with the consedenials. It’s not quences of the decisions.” that we’ve kept Burundi, where a 13-year civil war ended in 2006, quiet, we want them to solve has been rocked by violence Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo their own probsince April, when President lems, and after we shall talk about our relaPierre Nkurunziza launched his controversial bid for a third term in power. Relations tions,” Mushikiwabo added.

Rwanda, with a similar ethnic makeup to between Rwanda and Burundi grew tense after Rwanda President Paul Kagame urged Burundi, seen as a safe place for opponents of the Bujumbura government. Rwandans Nkurunziza to end his bid for a third term.

“We wish Burundi to be peaceful, those and Burundians have close ties, and have who’ve sought refuge in Rwanda to repatrisheltered each other when trouble spiked, including during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide and ate, and the region to advance,” she added.

The capital Kigali has become a refuge for Burundi’s 1993-2006 civil war. Rwanda now many opposition and civil society activists, hosts over 70 000 Burundian refugees. AFP

Global Fund grants R5bn to fight disease Lilongwe, Malawi - The Global Fund has awarded Malawi a $380-million (R5.1-billion) grant - the largest allocation ever by the fund to any country - to boost the fight against HIV/ Aids, TB and malaria. The signing of the agreement in the capital on Wednesday last week was witnessed by President Peter Mutharika and Global Fund executive director Mark Dybul.

“I am confident that through this grant, millions of lives in the country will be saved,” President Mutharika told reporters.

The grant will enable Malawi to provide HIV treatment for 745 000 patients by the end of 2017, the Global Fund said.

The money came from donors including the US, European Union and UN. Malawi has 1.1 million people living with HIV and continues to report significant progress in the fight against the disease. The total number of people receiving antiretroviral treatment increased from 3 000 in 2003 to 56 8000 at the end of June this year. Treatment for TB for HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral treatment increased from 40% in 2010 to more than 95% in 2014. Reuters President Peter Mutharika

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Thousands face starving to death Juba, South Sudan - Over 30 000 people in war-zone regions face death by starvation, the UN has said, warning that tens of thousands more are on the brink of famine.

While an official famine has not been declared, the report describes the worst conditions yet seen in a 22-month civil war marked by atrocities and accusations of war crimes, including the blockading of food supplies.

“At least 30 000 people are living in extreme conditions and are facing starvation and death,” the UN’s FAO, UNICEF and WFP said in a joint statement.

Hardest hit are the Leer, Guit, Koch and Mayendit counties, where aid agencies have pulled out due to intense fighting.

“People are on the edge of a catastrophe,” said WFP chief Joyce Luma.

Both sides are accused of ethnic massacres, recruiting and killing children, widespread rape, torture and displacement of populations to “cleanse” areas of their opponents.

Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed and the country’s economy has been destroyed, with soaring inflation causing sharp spikes in food prices.

Civil war began in December 2013 when President Salva Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar of planning a coup, setting off a cycle of retaliatory killings across the country that has split the country along ethnic lines.

The army and rebels have repeatedly traded blame, accusing each other of breaking an internationally-brokered August 26 ceasefire, the eighth such agreement. AFP

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he PSL has confirmed this year’s Telkom Knockout semifinal fixtures dates, venues and kick-off times. Both semi-finals, Soweto and Tshwane derbies, will be played on Saturday 7 November.

The Soweto Derby between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates will be played on Saturday afternoon at the FNB Stadium at 3:00pm. That evening at 8:15 Mamelodi Sundowns will host SuperSport United at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in the Tshwane Derby.

Lovemore Moyo reports that the Telkom Knockout draw which has Chiefs against Pirates has renewed the cup rivalry that has been dominated by Bucs.

Pirates have won six times while Amakhosi have won five, with the other two finishing as draws in the 13 matches that have been contested as cup games by the two clubs. Their last cup meeting was last year when Tefu Mashamaite header made the difference in the 2014 MTN8 Final at Moses Mabhida Stadium. The previous season Daine Klate scored the winner in the first leg of the 2013 MTN8 semi-final with the return finishing off in a 1-1 draw as Pirates progressed 2-1 on aggregate.

Prior to that Bucs overcame Amakhosi 1-0 in the Final of the 2011 MTN8 with Oupa Manyisa’s drive from range leaving Itumeleng Khune baffled.

In 2010 Pirates again had the better of Chiefs in the MTN8, winning that year’s two-legged semi-final 2-1 on aggregate after Katlego Mashego scored the sole goal that made the difference in the second leg after the reverse leg had finished in a one-all draw.

However, that same season Chiefs beat Pirates 3-0 in the 2010 Telkom Knockout Final, the last time the Soweto rivals were pitted against each other in this competition. In 2009 Amakhosi again had the better of their rivals in the Telkom Knockout semi-finals, winning 3-0 on penalties after the contest had finished goalless after extra-time. Chiefs went on to be crowned Telkom champions that year after overcoming Ajax Cape Town in the Final.

So since Telkom took over as sponsors of the League Cup, the Soweto Derby has been played out twice with Chiefs winning both and eventually finishing off as cup winners on those two occasions.

On all occasions that Chiefs have won a semi-final against Pirates they have gone on to win that competition. So as it stands in cup games, Pirates have the edge with six wins over Chiefs’ five with another two finishing off as draws. If Chiefs manage to overcome Pirates on the weekend of November 7-8 then they will know that history favours them finishing off as champions. Chiefs have not won this particular competition since 2010 while Pirates last won it in 2011. kick - off.com