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Mayor opens Ombudsman’s office The Ombudsman will intervene in some of the complaints against the Municipality which residents have struggled to have resolved using normal channels Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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n Wednesday morning Joburg Mayor Parks Tau officially opened the Office of the Ombudsman amid much anticipation from residents.

Complaints can now be lodged with the Ombudsman, Advocate Siduduzo Gumede. A number of avenues are available to residents who want to lodge a complaint against the City. They can visit the office in Houghton or e-mail: info@joburgombudsman.org.za.

Walk-in complaints will be accommodated at the Ombudsman’s Office, situated at the Isle of Houghton, Wildsview II at 36 Boundary Road, Houghton Estate. “It is great to see the culmination of the work of the City’s Legislature, its Councillors and Departments and the many processes they have had to follow come together today in this way,” said Advocate Gumede.

The Ombudsman will intervene in some of the long-standing complaints against the Municipality which residents have struggled to have resolved using the normal channels. He will mediate and conciliate disputes, investigate acts of maladministration or corruption and ensure that the rights of the public are upheld in terms of The Constitution.

A brochure with further details about

the role of the Ombudsman and the by-law can be downloaded from www. joburgombudsman.org.za Online complaints can be made by logging onto www.joburgombudsman.org. za and by downloading, completing and submitting the complaints form provided. Further avenues to communicate with the Ombudsman are through social media channels under the Twitter handle @Joburgombudsman and Facebook at the same name, Joburgombudsman.

Complaints must be in writing. There is a call centre number 087 980 0058 for follow-ups and general enquiries and a team of agents will assist residents with their enquiries. Residents have been advised that the Office of the Ombudsman is an office of last instance. They must first take their complaints through remedial avenues already available before escalating these to the Ombudsman.

Advocate Gumede said in weeks to come the Office of the Ombudsman would embark on public engagements to ensure that he reaches residents in all the seven regions of the City. He plans to open satellite offices in the regions later in 2015, so that the services of the Ombudsman will be accessible to people, without them having to travel too far from where they live.

Joburg is the first Municipality in Gauteng to launch an Office of the Ombuds-

Joburg Mayor Parks Tau (left) with Ombudsman Advocate Siduduzo Gumede during the opening ceremony. Pic: Enoch Lehung

man. The process began during engagements between Mayor Tau and Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela, whose office has handled complaints

against the City. Those included billing issues, planning permissions or disputes, traffic fines, poor compliance with municipal by-laws, informal trad-

ing, hijacked and abandoned buildings.

The Ombudsman will engage the Public Protector’s office on these matters and handle all new cases going forward.

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Some of the participants in the City of Joburg ICT challenge.

Countdown to ICT challenge results Johannesburg - Mayor Parks Tau will announce the winner of the inaugural R1million prize in the City of Johannesburg’s #Hack.Jozi Challenge and the first two runners-up at a gala dinner in Joburg on Wednesday July 8.

The #Hack.Jozi Challenge is an initiative aimed at finding Joburg’s own Mark Zuckerbergs, technology boffins with great digital solutions to some of the city’s challenges. The initiative, developed by the City in partnership with the University of the Witwatersrand’s Johannesburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE); attracted dozens of tech-savvy entrepreneurs with great digital ideas but who lack the necessary funding to fully develop their concepts.

The challenge, with prize money totalling R5-million, pitted 140 ICT entrepreneurs against one another in a “digital bootcamp” since early this year.

The number was first whittled down to 43 and later to 10. The 10 finalists were given the opportunity to demonstrate their ideas at the Wits Origins Centre.

The finalists are Diepsloot Kasi Hive, Move This Stuff, i-Tea, MoWallet, Atinov, Ghost, Tirisan Tech Solutions, South African Trade Solutions, Lazy Liz-

zard and How2Get2. The winner #Hack.Jozi Challenge will walk away with the R1-million prize, while the first two runners-up will each pocket R350 000. #Hack.Jozi Project Manager and the City’s Head of Broadband, Zolani Matebese praised the ingenuity of the finalists, who had transformed ideas and concepts into real digital solutions. The entries included everything from early warning and detection systems for shack fires to high-end applications using Bluetooth portals.

He said many of the applications had potential to improve the lives of Joburg residents. “It has really been a very interesting journey. I think Joburg, specifically, has been very forward-thinking,” he said.

He pointed at the scale of the #Hack.Jozi initiative and the establishment of free Wi-Fi hotspots and the broadband network. “These are things that most municipalities are only just now starting to think about.

We’re already implementing them,” Matebese said.

“The thing is, if you have 10 ICT startups that go and become successful and employ 10 to 15 people each, you will really make a dent on unemployment. That is what we’re really trying to achieve,” he said.

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Transport MMC Christine Walters

New shareholders in ReaVaya contract Johannesburg - Over 150 minibus taxi owners became shareholders of a multimillion rand public transport venture when they, the City of Joburg and Putco bus company signed a landmark Rea Vaya Bus Operating Company Agreement (BOCA) at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

Through the 12-year agreement, the taxi operators and Putco have become shareholders of Ditsamaiso, a joint venture that will from August 1 operate the BRT system along the Phase 1B routes. The taxi operators hold a 75% stake, while Putco owns the rest of the shareholding. The contract is worth R160.3-million in the first year. The agreement replaces the temporary arrangement that has been in place since 2013. The signing was presided over by Transport MMC Christine Walters, who praised all parties for their commitment to improving public transport in the City.

MMC Walters said: “This is a major milestone in the transformation of public transport in the City. The agreement will be implemented from August 1 to give the board of the new company time to ensure a smooth transition. The new joint venture company will operate Rea Vaya services along Phase 1B routes, including the trunk route from Thokoza Park to Parktown, as well as feeder and complementary services to and from Cresta, Flora Centre, Yeoville, Pimville, Dobsonville and Mapetla.

Peter Mabe of the taxi associations thanked the City of Johannesburg for involving them in the project. “My appeal to the new company is make sure this business does not fail,� he said.

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FNB Head of Consumer Education Eunice Sibiya

Money tips for teenagers

Johannesburg - With good financial habits not always taught at school, it is up to parents to make sure that their teenagers are equipped to face the world of managing their money.

“Teenagers typically have a lot on their minds, however being financially smart generally isn’t one of them,” says Eunice Sibiya, head of Consumer Education at FNB. “It is important to teach our teenager children money skills so they can make good money decisions that they will use for the rest of their lives.”

Usually pocket money is the first type of money teenagers will manage. Make the most of this and teach teenagers to budget. “Make your teenager start budgeting from the get-go,” suggests Sibiya. “They need to understand that they have a finite amount of money which needs to be managed.”

Have they been eyeing an expensive gadget or fashion accessory? Make sure that they understand the cost involved as well as how they can structure their budget to afford to buy it. “Whatever you do, don’t fall into the trap of just ‘helping’ them out by swiping your credit card or just giving them the money. This will send the wrong message,” says Sibiya.

“Earning money isn’t an easy task, so don’t make it seem easy,” says Sibiya. “Make your teenager earn their pocket money by completing chores around the house and put strict rules in place if they haven’t completed the necessary tasks.”

Parents can even encourage their kids to take a part time job to earn extra cash. This will give them some sense of responsibility as well as understanding of the effort and time that they need to put in to earn an income.

Make your child aware of all the different caveats of money. They are spending money even if they aren’t physically handing over cash.

“There are many ways to spend money that your teenager may not be aware of,” says Sibiya. “Are they spending hours using data or on their cellphone when they don’t see the bill, or do they expect you to drive them to friend’s houses on the other side of town?” Sibiya says.

Everyday actions such as travelling, using water or electricity or data and mobile usage will run up bills that they will never see.

“Make them aware that these are all expenses to you, the parent. If need be, show them the bills that come in at the end of the month,” suggests Sibiya.

Saving should start as soon as you have access to money.

“Give your teenager one golden rule - to put away at least 10% of all the money that comes in,” says Sibiya.

“Open a savings account for them and encourage them to deposit their money, including pocket money, any birthday money or money earned on part-time jobs into this account.”

Choose an account with favourable interest rates and allow them to access this periodically, but no more than once a quarter. This will teach them discipline of saving and help them to decide when and for what they will be accessing and using money. The money will also steadily grow and soon will reach a reasonable amount to impress any teenager. “This will demonstrate how compound interest and saving will benefit them in the long run as well as instill the discipline of saving,” says Sibiya.

Credit in some form or another is part of everyone’s life and the sooner your teenager understands the advantages and pitfalls of credit, the better.

“Have a sit down with your teenager and quiz their understanding about credit,” says Sibiya. “It is important to highlight all the different types of credit that they will be faced with.”

The easiest way to do this is to list the different credit you use in your own life and demonstrate the difference between your credit card, as well as the interest rate attached against something like your home loan, clothing accounts and other loans. “Equipping your teenager with skills to manage and understand money will put them on the right track for the rest of their lives,” Sibiya says.

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Many people risk diabetes and cardiovascular deseases by drinking sugary drinks.

Sugary drinks may lead to death ‘If these young people continue to consume high levels as they age, the effects of high consumption will be compounded by the effects of aging, leading to even higher death and disability rates from heart disease and diabetes than we are seeing now’ Honor Whiteman

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ugary drinks have been linked with greater risk of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. A new study finds they may be responsible for more than 184 000 adult deaths worldwide each year.

In 2010, sugary drink consumption was responsible for an estimated 184 450 deaths worldwide. The American Heart Association (AHA) recommend consuming no more than 450 calories from sugar-sweetened beverages each week, the equivalent to less than three 12 ounce cans of cola.

However, a 2011 study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that males consume an average of 178 calories from sugary drinks daily, while women consume around 103 calories from sugary drinks each day.

For their study, lead author Prof Gitanjali Singh, research assistant professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy of Tufts University and colleagues set out to estimate the annual rates of global deaths and disabilities caused by sugary drink consumption. Their findings are published in Circulation, a journal of the AHA. The team analyzed 1980-2010 sugary drink consumption data from 62 surveys involving 611 971 people over 51 countries. Specifically, they focused on how sugary drink consumption affects the number of deaths from diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. In their study, sugary drinks were defined as sugar-sweetened sodas, sports/energy drinks, fruit drinks, sweetened ice teas and homemade sugary drinks. They excluded 100% fruit juice. The researchers also gathered data on national availability of sugar among 187 countries during the 20-year period. Overall, the data allowed them to assess how consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages varies by age, gender and population and how this impacts death rates.

Professor Singh and colleagues estimated that in 2010, sugary drink consumption was responsible for around 184 450 deaths worldwide, with 133 000 deaths from diabetes, 45 000 deaths from cardiovascular disease

and 6 450 deaths from cancer.

The team found younger adults were more likely to experience chronic disease as a result of sugary drink consumption than older adults, which Prof Singh says is a concern.

“The health impact of sugar-sweetened beverage intake on the young is important because younger adults form a large sector of the workforce in many countries,” he explains, “so the economic impact of sugar-sweetened beverage-related deaths and disability in this age group can be significant.

It also raises concerns about the future. If these young people continue to consume high levels as they age, the effects of high consumption will be compounded by the effects of aging, leading to even higher death and disability rates from heart disease and diabetes than we are seeing now.”

The researchers also found low and middle-income countries had the highest estimated rates of sugary drink-related deaths, with around 76% occurring in these regions.

Among the 20 most populated countries, Mexico had the highest rate of estimated sugary drink-related deaths, with 405 deaths per 1 million adults.

The US had the second highest rate, at an estimated 125 deaths per 1 million adults.

While there were wide variations identified in sugary drink-related deaths between different regions, the researchers note that most countries are affected. Senior author Dr Dariush Mozaffarian, also of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, says: “Many countries in the world have a significant number of deaths occurring from a single dietary factor, sugar-sweetened beverages. It should be a global priority to substantially reduce or eliminate sugar-sweetened beverages from the diet. There are no health benefits from sugar-sweetened beverages, and the potential impact of reducing consumption is saving tens of thousands of deaths each year.”

In January, Medical News Today reported on a study suggesting girls who frequently drink sugar-sweetened beverages are more likely to start menstruation earlier than girls who do not consume sugary drinks.

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Unhealthy behaviors like smoking, obesity, lack of exercise and medical factors such as high blood pressure accounted for almost half of the association between elevated PTSD symptoms and cardiovascular disease

PSD raises women’s risks of heart attack and stroke

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omen with post-traumatic stress disorder have up to a 60% higher chance of a heart attack or stroke, according to a study of almost 50 000 participants.

In the first study to examine trauma exposure, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and onset of cardiovascular disease exclusively in women, those with no PTSD symptoms but who reported traumatic events had 45% higher rates of cardiovascular disease.

Jennifer Sumner, PhD, lead author and epidemiologist at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City, says: “PTSD is generally considered a psychological problem, but the take-home message from our findings is that it also has a profound impact on physical health, especially cardiovascular risk.”

Dr Sumner, also a visiting scientist at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA, adds: “This is not exclusively a mental problem; it’s a potentially deadly problem of the body as well.”

The researchers examined 49 978 women in the Nurses’ Health Study II, an ongoing cohort study of younger and middle-aged women that started in 1989. The study investigated exposure to trauma and PTSD symptoms in relation to incident cardiovascular disease over the 20-year study period. Researchers used a questionnaire to evaluate different types of traumatic experiences and PTSD symptoms.

The main findings of the study were that: Women with four or more PTSD symptoms had 60%

higher rates of cardiovascular disease compared with women who have no history of being exposed to traumatic events.

Unhealthy behaviors like smoking, obesity, lack of exercise and medical factors such as high blood pressure accounted for almost half of the association between elevated PTSD symptoms and cardiovascular disease.

But the researchers point out that PTSD is twice as common in women as in men. Most studies of cardiovascular disease risk in PTSD patients have been conducted in men who have served in the military, or among disaster survivors.

PTSD affects some women after traumatic events such as a natural disaster, unwanted sexual contact or physical assault.

They may suffer mental flashbacks of the trauma, insomnia, fatigue, difficulty with memory or concentration, and numbed emotions. Other symptoms include nightmares, irritability or being startled easily.

Karestan Koenen, the study’s senior author and professor of epidemiology at Columbia University says: “The medical system needs to stop treating the mind and the body as if they are separate. Patients need access to integrated mental and physical health care.”

Dr Sumner agrees, women need to get mental health care to treat symptoms as well as be monitored for signs of cardiovascular problems.

Heart disease has also been linked to panic disorder in a recent study. The study published in June found that panic attacks were linked to heart disease, although there could be overlap to confuse the issue. Medical News Today

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A UNHCR official receives Burundian refugees as they arrive at Kagunga village in Tanzania’s western region of Kigoma. Pic: Stringer / Reuters

Thousands of Burundians seek refuge Arusha, Tanzania - Nearly 127 000 Burundians have registered as refugees in neighbouring countries, the UNHCR says.

Since Burundi’s political turmoil started in April, the UN said it had seen 62 000 Burundians register as refugees in Tanzania, 45 000 in Rwanda, 10 590 in DR Congo, 8 855 in Uganda and 400 in Zambia.

UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said many more are thought to have left but have not registered as refugees. The exodus has come as around 70 people killed in weeks of brutally suppressed street protests. The country was plunged into turmoil in late April when President Pierre Nkurunziza launched his drive for a third consecutive five-year term. Opponents say his bid is unconstitutional and a violation of a peace deal

that ended 13 years of civil war in 2006.

Opposition groups are boycotting the polls.

Several top officials, including the vicepresident, members of the election commission and constitutional court, journalists and activists are among those who have fled. Edwards said refugees were arriving in Tanzania at a rate of 300 per day, and were being transferred to the overcrowded Nyarugusu refugee camp, which was already home to over 60 000 Congolese refugees.

It is now hosting 120 000 refugees and UNHCR is working with the Tanzanian government to identify an alternative site for a new camp, he said.

In Rwanda, the number of Burundian arrivals has increased to over 600 refugees crossing the border each day, Edwards said.

Freetown, Sierra Leone - Authorities have quarantined three doctors and 28 nurses when a mother tested positive for Ebola after giving birth, the health ministry says.

Doctors were unable to stem the woman’s bleeding and she was transferred to an emergency ward at the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital, where she tested positive for the deadly virus on Saturday.

Ministry spokesman Jonathan Kamara said: “All the health workers and the baby are quarantined and will be on observation for 21 days.”

The National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) said the woman was one of three new cases registered over the past week in

the densely-populated slum of Magazine Wharf, the first infections for weeks in Freetown. Part of the slum was placed in quarantine as the cases began to emerge but the pregnant woman escaped and headed to the nearby Mabaila Health Centre to give birth, according to the health ministry.

The worst outbreak of Ebola in history has seen 27 443 infections in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, of which 11 207 have been fatal, according to official data deemed to be an underestimate.

The number of health workers who have been infected stands at 872, of whom 507 died, since the epidemic broke out in southern Guinea in December 2013. Reuters

Cairo, Egypt - A record number torture of prisoners.” of journalists have been jailed, Human rights campaigners have voiced alarm at the worsening sitmostly for links with ousted president Mohamed Morsi’s uation in Egypt since 2013 when the military toppled Morsi, an banned Muslim Brotherhood, Islamist who was Egypt’s first the Committee to Protect freely elected head of state.

Journalists (CPJ) says.

Under army chief-turned-presiAt least 18 journalists were locked up, the most since CPJ dent Abdel al-Sissi, the authorities have waged a brutal crackdown began keeping records in on the Muslim Brotherhood.

1990. “The threat of imRights groups accuse Sissi of prisonment is part of an atmosphere in which auestablishing a regime more repressive than that of Hosni thorities pressure media Mubarak, who was ousted in a outlets to censor critical Mohammed Morsi 2011 popular uprising. voices and issue gag orders on sensitive topics,” it said.

The detained journalists include Mahmoud Abu Zeid, who was arrested in August 2013 A third of the detained journalists are servwhile covering deadly clashes between secuing life sentences, according to the group.

“The arrests of journalists often involve rity forces and Morsi supporters in Cairo.

Media outlets like Qatar-based Al-Jazeera beatings, abuse, and raids of their homes and confiscation of their property. In letters from and the Turkish Anadolu news service have prison, some journalists wrote that they do been banned from operating in the country or have been forced to shut their offices. not see sunlight for weeks; others described

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Nairobi, Kenya - Foreign fighters with Somalia’s Shebab pose a risk to Europe, Kenya’s deputy president warned, days after the first British jihadi was killed in Kenya.

Deputy President William Ruto said: “Foreign fighters, some from Europe, are here in the Horn of Africa. If they escape our forces they will return to their countries to pursue what they sought here.”

Briton Thomas Evans was among a group of a-Shebab militants killed last week in Kenya after a raid on an army base.

Evans, in his mid-20s and also known as Abdul Hakim, was a Muslim convert whose family lives in Buckinghamshire in southern England. Video footage reportedly shot by Evans during the battle in which he was killed was released by British ITV. It showed militants embracing each other before the attack, including apparent footage of wanted German national Andreas Muller. The Shebab were once a magnet for foreign volunteers, but their capacity to recruit has in recent years been eclipsed by the rise of Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, while several foreign Shebab members have fallen victim to infighting and purges.

The highest-profile British al-Shebab supporter is Samantha Lewthwaite, who is known as the “White Widow”.

Lewthwaite, is the widow of Germaine Lindsay, one of four suicide bombers who attacked the London transport network on July 7, 2005, killing 52 people. Reuters

President Salva Kiir

Heavy fighting in northern town

Juba, South Sudan - Warring forces battled on Sunday over a key northern town with both rebels and the army claiming control after the latest peace talks collapsed.

Rebels said militia commander Johnson Olony, a notorious ex-government general accused of recruiting child soldiers, was in ‘full control’ of the ruined town of Malakal, the state capital of Upper Nile, but the army dismissed the claim. Aid workers confirmed heavy fighting began on Saturday. The town, the gateway to the country’s last remaining major oilfields, has repeatedly changed hands in the 18-month long conflict.

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 latest effort to bring the rivals to a deal failed in Nairobi. Kiir and Machar have inked seven ceasefires, all broken within days or even hours, but in talks on Saturday did not even meet faceto-face. Instead, they met separately with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Rebel spokesperson Mabior Garang said the talks failed to bear any tangible results.

UNICEF said warring forces have carried out horrific crimes against children, including castration, rape and tying them together before slitting their throats. Others were thrown into burning houses.

Two-thirds of the country’s 12 million people need aid, according to the UN. AFP

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ollowing the end of a 2014/15 season in which the Orlando Pirates were not able to win any of the PSL trophies the club set out to strengthen its striking department.

The Buccaneers latest big name signing, Tendai Ndoro, will be added to their Carling Black Label Cup squad for the 2015 edition on 01 August.

The club’s first big name signing was the capture of the former Mpumalanga Black Aces forward which was finalised on June 24, 2015. It is expected he will be added to the Bucs CBL Cup squad in the next few days, meaning fans will have the chance to vote for the 27-year-old and see him in action in a month’s time.

Kaizer Chiefs central defender Erick Mathoho has been ruled out of the Carling Black Label Cup challenge scheduled for Saturday, August 1.

According to a media statement from the sponsors, the towering central defender will not be eligible for the Carling Black Label Cup match following the surgery he underwent towards the end of last season.

With Tefu Mashamaite having left the club and Morgan Gould still in rehabilitation from his injury, it means Kaizer Chiefs supporters will need to use all their coaching knowledge to pick, once again the right backline for the clash.

Carling Black Label general manager Vijay Govidsamy said this situation depicts what real coaching is all about. “That has to do with deciding the best course of action to take when your first choice selections are not available and it will be a true test of character and skill for the Kaizer Chiefs Champion Coaches.”

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turn to other defensiveness options such as Ivan Bukenya and, young rising star Lorenzo Gordinho. Kaizer Chiefs’ new recruits will be added to their Carling Black Label squad leading up to the spectacle scheduled for Saturday, August 1.

Chiefs faced a dilemma with their only available natural centre back being Lorenzo Gordinho. It was suspected that Siboniso Gaxa might have to partner him in the centre of defence, however with the addition of Chiefs’

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Food outlets are also nearby.

new recruits including Siyanda Xulu, it should not pose a problem.

Along with Xulu, the new signings in Daniel Cardoso, Camaldine Abraw, Bongani Ndulula and Keegan Ritchie will be added to the squad sometime in the next few days. Andisiwe Mtsila and Sibongiseni Ngcobo who have been promoted from the development structures are also expected to be included, as well as Lucky Baloyi who has returned from his loan spell at the relegated Moroka Swallows.

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Inner-city youths urged to join club Doornfontein - The Ezah Star Holdings sporting venture in the Johannesburg CBD is calling on youths to participate in its sporting activities. The group is registered as an NPO and has established the Eza Stars Football Club, which is based in Doornfontein and affiliated with the Greater Mayfair Local Football Association.

The club calls for youths between the ages of 10 and 12 to join up, according to its spokesperson Douglas Ndumndum.

He says they aim to promote sporting activities in the Johannesburg inner-city and help keep youngsters

away from temptations that include crime and drugs. “We also aim to unearth and enhance talent in football in Joburg central. Soon we shall build an academy for youth skills development and ensure that the youth have access to coaching and live a healthy life through their involvement. They will also be taught life skills and building confidence and interpersonal skills,” Ndumndum says.

He adds that interested youths may call Lucky on 078 394 6699 or 072 6371412, or visit 36 Sivewright Avenue, Van Beek Family Unit, Room 29A in New Doornfontein.